Plans to Forge the Investiture of Immortals; Those Awakened Are Merely the Tip of the Iceberg
Plans to Forge the Investiture of Immortals; Those Awakened Are Merely the Tip of the Iceberg
The Beyond was currently in upheaval because of the appearance of that blurry Celestial Path. Countless Cultivators, living beings, and Daoist orthodoxies were all keeping their eyes fixed on that place, desperate to learn more about the Celestial Domain.
Many Hidden Experts, Immortal Grade Artifacts in hand, had rushed over and were waiting in that universe, their gazes likewise locked dead onto that blurry Celestial Path.
Afterward, someone made another move, attempting to blast open that cracked fissure to see whether they could step onto that Celestial Path.
But in the next moment, it was as if they had been struck by lightning. That substance resembling aurora-like celestial light flew out once more, and this time it was even more terrifying and dense than before.
A single wisp of it made their entire bodies shudder violently, their Physiques splitting open, numerous bloody gashes appearing across their skin.
If they got any closer, it would absolutely end in their bodies exploding apart.
At this point, even the Hidden Experts fell silent. Though their hearts burned with fervor, they no longer dared approach that blurry Celestial Path.
Half a month later, something else fell out of the crack in that Celestial Path. Many Hidden Experts saw it with their own eyes—a fragment of a weapon wrapped in raging flames.
The exposed parts were even stained with five-colored blood, a sight that made one’s heart palpitate.
Though they desperately wanted to fight over it, they remained wary, having learned of that Celestial Path’s terror.
So they reached out with a giant hand, seized a True Daoist who had been watching from a nearby star region, and forced him to approach that weapon fragment.
The result was beyond doubt. That True Daoist didn’t even have time to scream. The moment a wisp of flame touched him, he instantly turned to ash, body and soul annihilated.
“A weapon fragment far surpassing ordinary Immortal Grade Artifacts... perhaps an Immortal King’s Artifact, or a Quasi-Immortal King’s Artifact.”
A Hidden Expert’s eyes burned with fervor as he instantly saw through the true nature of that weapon fragment.
But they also understood clearly that this Celestial Path undoubtedly held great terror. Even a weapon of this caliber had been shattered, stained with the blood of some unknown existence.
Even if they could set foot on it now, it would likely just be delivering themselves to death.
“Even if one attains the Immortal Realm, one cannot lightly tread this path. This is not the Immortal Path.”
A female Daoist dressed in Daoist robes, feathered garments, and a starry crown, with an immortal bearing and Daoist bone, spoke up. Her gaze was profound. After lingering here for a long time, she left without the slightest hesitation, not continuing to wait.
She too was a Hidden Expert, and her discernment was astonishing. She understood that the true Immortal Path was definitely not here.
“Perhaps this is a path connecting the Celestial Domain and the Beyond from after the severing of Heaven and Earth. Some Immortal Realm existences who failed to reach the Celestial Domain in time wanted to use this path to open a connection between the two worlds. What a pity...”
Another Hidden Expert spoke, shaking his head gently before choosing to leave and resume the search for the Tree of Epoch.
In the end, the matter of this blurry Celestial Path was shelved. News spread across all universes, and many sighed with regret.
Within the Longevity Gu Family, Gu Changge’s figure appeared atop a mountain wreathed in clouds and mist.
He gazed into the distant universe, where divine light shot skyward from every direction, even illuminating entire star regions.
His heart was not roiling like everyone else’s. On the contrary, he was utterly calm. During this time, he had already laid out his arrangements.
What he needed to wait for next was the exposure of the Tree of Epoch’s existence to the world—like bait, luring all the big fish to come.
Fishing across this great era.
He chuckled softly in his heart. Within his profound gaze, scenes from various universes seemed to reflect—the dark Heavenly Court sweeping across the lands, various orthodoxies slaughtering one another, blood flowing like drifting pestles, all living beings wailing in grief.
“Such an Age of Immortal Ascension—how pitiful it is.”
At that moment, an Ancestor of the Gu Family appeared beside him, speaking with what seemed like a sigh.
Gu Changge looked at him. It was Ancestor Lang, who had appeared many years ago—a Remnant Immortal. For a figure like him, touching the Immortal Realm was merely a matter of comprehension.
Yet he was not as desperate as the other Hidden Experts. He was quite indifferent to it all, spending his days in the clan sipping tea and playing chess, exchanging insights on the Dao with the other Ancestors, utterly at ease.
“Countless years of waiting were all for this moment. All living beings are fighting to cross over, and we are nearly at the other shore, just one final step away. How could we not fight for it?” Gu Changge said with a faint smile.
“Actually, you should know just how deep my Gu Family’s foundations run. Even if we don’t fight for it, when the Celestial Domain connects with the Beyond, Founding Ancestors will come from the Celestial Domain to guide us there.” Gu Lang shook his head, then spoke with a smile, revealing a hidden secret.
Of course, this was a secret from extremely ancient times. As the world’s environment underwent drastic changes, even these Ancestors of the Gu Family gradually lost contact with the Celestial Domain, unable to communicate with the Gu Family within it as frequently as before.
Even Gu Lang himself didn’t have much confidence or certainty in what he said. If attaining the Immortal Realm was hard in the Beyond, was it any easier in the Celestial Domain?
Still, the fact that he could maintain such composure at a time like this was far beyond what ordinary people could achieve.
“Many of my Gu Family’s Ancestors, even now, have yet to emerge into the world. Are they all waiting for the day the Celestial Domain makes contact?”
Gu Changge’s gaze shifted slightly as he softly said, “In this Age of Immortal Ascension, it is instead the orthodoxies with the deepest foundations that remain the calmest.”
In truth, he understood clearly in his heart: even though the world’s environment had drastically changed and the broken rules had become complete enough to withstand the power of the Immortal Realm, this capacity was ultimately limited.
It was just like some ancient universes, where the strongest beings were merely at the True Daoist level—and even that was the accumulation of countless years of Fortuity.
The birth of a single True Daoist had enormous, terrifying repercussions.
Even after such a being passed away in meditation, for at least several hundred thousand years, their Dao and traces would remain between heaven and earth, impossible to erase, preventing the emergence of the next True Daoist during those hundreds of thousands of years.
By the same logic, every Immortal Realm existence that came into being was consuming the Fortuity of the universe itself. No one could be certain how many Immortal Realm existences the current world could sustain.
This was precisely why those Hidden Experts were so frenzied, terrified that someone would snatch away their Opportunity to Become an Immortal.
“Actually, I think that as long as I follow you, I won’t lose out in this Age of Immortal Ascension.”
At this moment, Ancestor Gu Lang suddenly smiled and said such words, a deeper meaning in his gaze.
Gu Changge was slightly taken aback, then shook his head with a laugh. In truth, Ancestor Gu Lang’s words just now had given him quite a bit of inspiration.
Since the Opportunity to Become an Immortal was so hard to come by, and the Tree of Epoch was in his control, once he broke through to the Immortal Realm, why couldn’t he imitate the ancients and forge an Investiture of the Gods?
Of course, this Investiture of the Gods would certainly not be that Investiture of the Gods.
“In that case, I can forge an Investiture of Immortals. All who wish to become Immortals must leave their Life Soul within it, submit, and accept my constraints.”
The Opportunity to Become an Immortal was something ten thousand gold could not buy. They would have no choice.
Gu Changge smiled faintly in his heart, a plan taking shape.
The Age of Immortal Ascension had begun less than half a year ago, and the Hidden Experts who had awakened were merely the tip of the iceberg.
After all, the Beyond had existed for billions upon billions of years. Since the Forbidden Epoch, how many dazzlingly brilliant figures had been trapped at the threshold of the Immortal Realm?
And there were many terrifying figures who had yet to show themselves.
Even the Longevity Gu Family still had at least a dozen Ancestors who had never appeared. The vast, boundless Beyond simply contained too many unknowns.
The Investiture of Immortals would be an opportunity he granted them.