Chapter 123: Stealing the Immortal King

Am I… stealing the Immortal King's teachings?

Gu Yuan's heart surged like a towering wave, his breath turning ragged.

This is an unbelievable fortune beyond imagination!

You must know that an ordinary cultivator, spending a lifetime mastering a single Great Dao, is enough to prove the Dao and achieve immortality, becoming a mighty figure of a region.

Even those heaven-defying prodigies with astonishing talent.

Most merely choose a few complementary Great Dao as their main focus, the rest as auxiliary.

But now, what lies before him is not a river, not a stream.

But an endless ocean formed by the Three Thousand Great Dao and countless lesser Dao!

Moreover, this is not something he must figure out on his own.

This is the Immortal King's own understanding of the myriad Dao.

Broken down and laid bare.

Presented before him in the most direct, primordial way.

"Calm, calm…"

Gu Yuan forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart, forcing himself to stay calm.

He knew this miraculous effect arose only from the union of the Primal Immortal Scripture and the World Tree sapling.

The World Tree purges the violent will within the Immortal King's pollution.

And the Primal Immortal Scripture deciphers the Immortal King's Dao resonance contained therein.

Only then does he get to glimpse the source of the myriad Dao.

Even if it were anyone else—a true immortal, or even an Immortal King.

Faced with this Immortal King's pollution, one can only forcibly wear it down, then slowly comprehend the Immortal King's Great Dao within.

Gu Yuan gazed greedily at the vast Dao net in his sea of consciousness, wishing to instantly engrave all three thousand Great Dao into his soul.

But he knew, you must eat bite by bite.

His current soul strength.

Is still far too weak to bear such a massive flood of information.

Greed leads to indigestion.

He must proceed step by step.

Gu Yuan sank his mind into it, carefully extending his spiritual sense.

Attaching it to the nearest, thickest crimson ray of light.

That is the Flame Dao.

Boom!

In an instant, all the ultimate truths about fire, like a bursting dam's flood, surged into his mind.

From the burning of mundane fire to the extinction of divine fire, then to the creation and destruction of law fire……

Countless insights flowed through his heart.

In just a few breaths.

His understanding of the Flame Dao surpassed the sum of his past eighteen years, even exceeding many saints who specialized in this Dao, approaching the supreme realm!

Too fast!

Such rocket‑like speed of advancement made Gu Yuan feel dizzy and light‑headed.

He hastily withdrew his spiritual sense, gasping heavily, feeling as if his head were about to explode.

No, I can't continue.

If he kept going, his soul would be burst apart.

Gu Yuan resisted the temptation and withdrew from that profoundly mysterious state of stealing a teacher's teachings.

He opened his eyes to see his father, Gu Lin Tian, looking at him with concern.

"Yuan'er, how do you feel?"

"Father, I…"

Gu Yuan opened his mouth, but for a moment he couldn't find words to describe what he had just felt.

He couldn't say, 'Father, I almost mastered the Flame Dao just now, and incidentally glimpsed the introductory guides to the other two thousand nine hundred ninety‑nine Great Dao.'

"No need for many words."

Gu Lin Tian waved his hand, a hint of understanding smiling on his face, "Father has seen it all."

He pointed to Gu Yuan's forehead.

Only then did Gu Yuan notice his forehead.

At some point, a grain‑sized flame mark had condensed there, emitting pure law wave.

"It seems you are indeed fated with this place."

Gu Lin Tian sighed,

"To extract a thread of Dao resonance from the Immortal King's pollution in such a short time and condense a law mark—your talent, even I as your father am ashamed to compare."

Gu Yuan felt a flush of embarrassment.

"Father, if you knew what I just did, you probably wouldn't think that."

"However, this must not be rushed."

Gu Lin Tian's tone shifted, his expression turning solemn,

"The Immortal King's Dao resonance is overwhelmingly domineering; with your current cultivation, forcing comprehension is like striking stone with an egg—one slip and your soul will shatter, doomed for eternity."

"I understand, Father."

Gu Yuan nodded obediently.

He knew his father meant well for him.

Moreover, he indeed needed time to digest what he had just gained.

"Like this."

Gu Yuan's eyes shifted, and another idea came to him,

"Dad, look, I'm trying to comprehend this alone here; the efficiency is too slow, and the risk is also high."

"Why don't you give me a hand?"

"Help you?"

Gu Lin Tian was somewhat puzzled.

"Yes."

Gu Yuan nodded and pointed to the Immortal King's wound,

"You are a True Immortal, your mastery of laws far surpasses mine. Could you think of a way to precisely extract a strand of the purest Immortal King contamination from there and inject it into my body?"

"With you controlling the dosage, this would be both safe and greatly increase efficiency!"

Gu Lin Tian frowned tightly after hearing that.

Actively injecting Immortal King contamination into his son's body?

What's the difference between that and personally feeding his son poison?

He instinctively wanted to refuse.

But when he saw his son's eyes full of expectation and trust, he couldn't bring himself to utter the refusal.

He knew his son was not a reckless person.

If he dared to propose this, he must have his own confidence.

Perhaps... he really had some hidden ace up his sleeve?

Recalling his son's various extraordinary performances before, Gu Lin Tian's heart swayed.

Wealth and honor are sought in danger.

The path of cultivation is inherently to go against heaven.

If one only seeks stability and clings to old ways, how could one ever reach the summit?

"Good!"

After a long while, Gu Lin Tian took a deep breath and made his decision.

"As your father, I will trust you this once!"

His expression became extremely solemn, a vast True Immortal power.

It surged from within him, transforming into an invisible large hand that cautiously reached toward the Immortal King's wound.

"Yuan'er, guard your mind and spirit!"

Gu Lin Tian let out a low shout.

That invisible large hand, upon contacting the Immortal King's wound, was almost thrown into chaos by the disordered laws within.

But Gu Lin Tian, after all, is a True Immortal.

He forcibly steadied his immortal power, like threading a needle in a raging storm.

Precisely, from among the billions of violent contaminant strands, he separated a strand of gray mist only one-hundredth the thickness of a hair.

Then, he flicked his finger.

That strand of gray mist, wrapped in True Immortal power, turned into a stream of light that precisely shot into Gu Yuan's glabella.

Boom!

Familiar formula, familiar taste.

The World Tree erupted again, and with the aid of True Immortal power, its efficiency became several times faster than Gu Yuan's own refinement!

A drop of golden liquid, purer than any before, fell upon the Chaos Singularity.

In Gu Yuan's sea of consciousness, that scroll of myriad intertwined Dao.

Unfolded again, and several times clearer than before!

Success!

Gu Yuan's heart overflowed with joy.

Thus, an unfathomable cultivation scene quietly unfolded in this forbidden land.

A True Immortal father carefully extracted toxin strand by strand from the deadly poison left by the Immortal King.

Then, he personally fed it to his precious son.

And that son regarded this Immortal King deadly poison as a supreme tonic, eating it with great delight.

If outsiders saw this scene, they would likely drop their jaws in shock on the spot.

This is hardly father and son; this is clearly a pair of lunatics!