Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

June 6th, 295th year of the Gregorian calendar.

On this seemingly ordinary day, stars descended from the sky, awakening the memories of countless terrestrial deities.

Hundreds of years ago, a massive star crashed into the Nine Realms, nearly bringing about a cataclysmic disaster.

On that very day, these terrestrial immortals realized for the first time just how vast the gap was between them and the "Great True Lord".

Today, for the first time, the beings of the Nine Realms saw their gods and witnessed a miracle known as "The Descent of the Stars."

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At noon, shadows covered the sky, and the great sun on the dome was swallowed by darkness.

Under the bewildered gaze of the world, the phantom of the Great True Lord manifested in the sky above the Starfall Continent.

His face and features were indistinct; all that could be seen was a hazy blue robe and a folding fan hanging at his waist.

The moment the phantom of the "Great True Lord" appeared, daylight turned into night, and the entire Nine Realms were plunged into darkness, with only the five-colored halo behind the phantom illuminating the world.

Amidst this unprecedented upheaval, the Great Ling Empire's court, far away in the Tianqi Domain and Qing'an Prefecture, was the first to react.

They immediately stopped what they were doing, prostrated themselves on the ground, and repeatedly kowtowed to the majestic phantom in the sky.

Among them, the current emperor of the Great Ling Empire, Mu Zhaoyang, was the most devout, repeatedly slamming his forehead against the jade floor of the palace.

With each tap, Mu Zhaoyang added another ring of cracks to the surface of the jade, demonstrating his "devotion" through sound.

This overly "devout" performance took the ministers by surprise, causing them to inwardly groan and unconsciously increase the force with which they kowtowed to the ground.

Just kidding! Even His Majesty the Emperor led the way in kowtowing! Who would dare not?

Not only must you kowtow, but you must kowtow well, kowtow skillfully, and kowtow at the perfect time!

We cannot be more devout than His Majesty, but we also cannot be outdone by our old rivals!

A strange "contest" was secretly taking place in the temple. One by one, the old bones who usually needed help to go out and required a hundred or eighty people to serve them wherever they went suddenly became energetic.

His back pain was gone, his legs could move again, his dim old eyes became bright and alert, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed more enthusiastically than anyone else.

What? You're asking how our bodies suddenly got better?

The light of the Great True Lord shines in all directions, bathing us in this magnificent radiance.

What's a minor illness compared to that?

You say you don't believe me?

Ha! It's obvious you're not a devout believer, that's why you haven't been able to bask in the glory of the great true king!

Go and ask all the civil and military officials in the court if they have sensed the gaze of the Great True Lord.

If you are not devout to the Great True Lord, what right do you have to serve as an official in our Great Spirit Empire?

Watching the officials deliver their impassioned speeches and discuss their feelings about being watched by the Great True Lord, even Mu Zhaoyang couldn't help but doubt himself.

How strange, why didn't I feel the gaze of the Ancestor?

Could it be that the Great True Lord is not entirely satisfied with what I have done over the years?

Damn it! We absolutely cannot let anyone else know!

"Your words are quite right, my dear minister! The glory of the Great True Lord shines upon every one of us in the Great Spirit Empire. As a descendant of the True Lord, I have truly felt the majestic gaze of my ancestor!"

"Guards, drag that ungodly fellow out! Those with impure intentions are unfit to serve in my Great Spirit Empire!"

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In the halls of power, a farce called "Gaze" is unfolding.

Beneath the temple walls, the largest worship ceremony in history is taking place.

From south to north, from west to east, from the Apocalypse Domain to the Starfall Domain...

Hundreds of billions of humans prostrated themselves on the ground, offering their faith to the gods in the sky.

Whether you believe it or not, as long as you live in the Nine Realms, in the territory of the human race, your life will be inseparable from the words "Great True Lord".

From birth to death, from a small mountain village to a magnificent ancient capital, traces of the "Great True Lord" can be found everywhere.

When each child is born, their parents pray to the "Great True Lord".

Before making any major decisions in their lives, people pray for the blessing of the "Great True Lord".

When each elder passes away, their descendants go to the shrine to pray for a final blessing from the "Great True Lord".

The Five Elements True Lord, Lord of the Stars, Lord of Creation, Great Heavenly Venerable of the Five Elements...

All identities are merely appearances; in different places, the "Great True Lord" has drastically different titles.

But no matter which name you hear or which deity you worship, it all ultimately points to that great being.

This is because in the Nine Realms, there is only one god who reigns high in the Nine Heavens.

All other faiths had to take a backseat to it.

People prostrate themselves on the ground, and even as the world changes, there is no fear in their eyes, only reverence and faith in the gods.

This is because in the stories they have heard since childhood, the Great True Lord is the embodiment of justice, the protector of the mortal world, and the most revered deity in the eyes of ordinary people.

……

At the hour of Wei (1-3 PM), seventy-two meteorites fell from the sky.

The meteorite, drawn by Mu An from the Boundary Sea, passed through the world barrier and arrived at the Nine Realms.

Under the influence of the gale-force winds, seventy-two meteors transformed into a rain of fireballs, trailing long, fiery tails that pierced the sky and illuminated the world shrouded in darkness.

After the meteorite passed through the gale layer, the phantom of the god in the sky raised his right hand and pressed it lightly towards the world below.

Centered on the Starfall Continent, the junction of the ocean and the void suddenly lit up.

Beams of colorful light shot straight into the sky, merging with meteors from outer space.

Seventy-two shooting stars, seventy-two beams of light.

At the instant the beam of light met the meteorite, the meteorite's falling speed decreased rapidly and eventually calmed down.

The devastating kinetic energy disappeared, replaced by five-colored flames entwined around the meteorite.

Under the scorching heat of the five-colored flames, the meteorite's size continued to shrink, and its shape began to transform towards the direction of the island.

As the meteorite transformed into an island, the divine phantom in the sky lowered its eyes, and an invisible force spread out from the Starfall Continent toward the Nine Domains and the Boundary Sea.

In an instant, this power covered the entire Nine Domains, encompassing the vast void on one side of the Starfall Domain.

"Buzz—"

A soft chime resounded between heaven and earth.

The ocean suddenly boiled, and seventy-two islands fell simultaneously, surrounding the Starfall Continent like guards.

At this moment, the entire Starfall Continent was transformed into a single entity, separated from the Nine Realms and the void.

Centered on the continent at the very center, a silvery-white halo suddenly burst forth, sweeping towards the boundless void.

Where the silver light passed, chaos dissipated, and vibrant life blossomed in the Boundary Sea.

The power of creation swept across the chaos, calming the turbulent currents and transforming them into the seawater surrounding the island in the gentlest way, into the purest vitality.

The traditional concept of time was overturned at this moment. The interior of the Starfall Continent maintained the same time flow as the Nine Domains, while the flow rate on the outer perimeter of the continent was accelerated by hundreds of thousands of times.

In just one day, the newly formed ocean had completed its own expansion.

Centered around the seventy-two star islands, small islands and reefs rapidly took shape and are widely distributed in the vast ocean.