Chapter 174: Eight Realms, Grasp the Divine Power!

Level up!

Gu Yuan says this lightly, as if casually saying before leaving, "I'll change clothes first."

The people present hear it and find it ordinary.

A young master breaking through— isn't that as easy as buying groceries or drinking water?

Gu Cangsheng claps his hands and laughs, "Cultivation should be like this; timid and hesitant, looking back and forward, what great deeds can be achieved! Go, your grandfather and father have guardians for you here; just act freely!"

"Yuan'er, don't we need to reserve some Great Emperor Origin for you?"

Gu Yuan looks at his father, pats his chest, shakes his head: "No need, I still have some."

The system‑granted Great Emperor Origin is whole, useful for breaking from the 17th realm to the 18th, and for cultivation in the 18th realm.

He reluctantly uses those one‑or‑two‑hundred Ancient Supreme Origins and it's done.

After responding, Gu Yuan stops the chatter, sits cross‑legged on a massive floating continent, and closes his eyes.

The few clusters of Ancient Supreme Origins he holds in his hand instantly turn into the purest energy torrent, which he swallows whole.

Seeing Gu Yuan enter cultivation, Gu Cangsheng's smile fades, his expression turning serious.

He waves his hand toward Gu Lin Tian and the elders.

"Everyone, move!"

"Yes, Father!"

"Yes, Ancestor!"

At the command, the Gu Family senior ranks, like a precise war machine, instantly begin high‑speed operation.

Gu Lin Tian wastes no time, bows deeply toward Gu Cangsheng and Gu Yuan's direction.

He then tears the void, takes a step, and his figure vanishes instantly.

He must immediately return to the clan to deliver the Ancestor's order.

He initiates the largest resource allocation in Gu Family history, forging in the shortest time a terrifying Supreme Legion!

Meanwhile, Gu Lin Jiang, and the others like Gu Xuan Ce who arrived seconds later, stunned by the news and forcibly awakened, also spring into action.

"Xuan Ce, you and I are responsible for exploring the core area; this was once a celestial palace ruin, where Law Power residues are densest and most chaotic, we must be cautious."

Gu Lin Jiang's expression turns solemn as he speaks to Gu Xuan Ce.

"Senior Elder, rest assured."

Gu Xuan Ce's refined face is now filled with fervor.

He will explore a fragment of a celestial domain and, on that basis, set up a Great Array capable of refining the entire world!

What a magnificent undertaking!

Not at all inferior to the plan of moving Sanqian Zhou!

For an Array Daoist, this is the ultimate challenge dreamed of!

He feels his blood burning throughout his body, countless array formation models already surfacing in his mind.

"War lunatic!"

Gu Xuan Ce turns his head to look at Gu Xue Dao beside him,

"The outer cleanup and patrol are yours; this world may be dead, but we can't guarantee there aren't ancient monsters sleeping for eons, or naturally formed hazards. Your task is to clear every potential threat for me!"

"But the Ancestor ordered that cultivators who have contributed to humanity be treated kindly for now."

"Hey, finally said something human!"

Gu Xue Dao, hearing the challenge, instantly perks up, grins broadly,

"Don't worry; not even an ancient monster—if a true dragon leaps from the depths, I'll pull its dragon tendons for a snack!"

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Meanwhile, Gu Yuan is fully immersed in cultivation.

The Ancient Supreme Origins are no longer rare to him now.

That massive energy, once entered, is completely divided between the chaotic singularity in his dantian and the World Tree sapling.

This time, he lets the World Tree sapling feed back to him.

Boom!

His aura climbs step by step at a visibly rapid pace.

Early stage of the Seventh Realm, Burning Lamp Realm…

Mid stage of the Seventh Realm, Burning Lamp Realm…

Late stage of the Seventh Realm, Burning Lamp Realm…

In just half an hour, his cultivation surged to the peak of the Seventh Realm, only one step away from the Eighth Realm, Divine Power Realm.

Actually.

Considering Gu Yuan's foundation,

As long as he breaks through, any realm becomes his utmost.

There is essentially no distinction between realms.

The division into early, middle, late is merely habitual.

Yet this final step feels like a heavenly chasm, or one could smash more resources to force a break, but that would lack the invincible foundation of the heavens.

He spent so many resources, not just to become a single Immortal King.

The Seventh Realm, Burning Lamp Realm, ignites one's Dao fire, illuminating the path ahead.

The Eighth Realm, Divine Power Realm, requires on this path to comprehend a law unique to oneself, the crucial step of turning Dao into application.

This step demands insight, a higher‑level Law Power as a catalyst.

Ordinary cultivators, upon reaching this point, often need to seclude themselves for thousands of years, travel the world, comprehend the mortal realm, before they might possibly find that sliver of a breakthrough opportunity.

But Gu Yuan obviously doesn't need such trouble.

"Comprehending… I don't seem to lack it."

He possesses three thousand Great Daos.

There is a Time Dao.

However, Gu Yuan wants to make his foundation even more perfect.

Thus, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his divine sense stirred.

In the next moment, a section of bone, radiating immortal divine light and etched with dense golden runes, appeared in his palm.

Immortal King Bone!

Moreover, it is the Immortal King's leg bone personally severed by Old Ancestor Gu Cangsheng!

"Back in the Carving Bone Realm, I only inscribed the runes of the Immortal King Bone; now it is time to continue refining it."

Gu Yuan hesitated not at all, directly pressing that half-section of Immortal King Leg Bone against his own leg.

Hum—!

An indescribable wave of intense pain instantly swept through his entire body!

It felt as if billions of red-hot divine blades were simultaneously slicing his bones, grinding his flesh, and searing his soul!

Even with Gu Yuan's will, he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan at this moment, his forehead instantly covered with bean-sized beads of sweat.

Too painful!

Immortal King Bone—what level of existence is it?

Every strand of bone powder contains terrifying power capable of collapsing the ages.

Now, to forcibly fuse it into his body, merging it with his own bones, the danger and pain of the process are simply beyond imagination.

However, he already had prior experience from the first time.

Now this is merely routine procedure.

"Crack!"

A clear bone-cracking sound emanated from within Gu Yuan's body.

His own bones, before that tyrannical Immortal King's power, were as fragile as porcelain, beginning to shatter inch by inch.

But at the instant of fracture, the immortal substance contained within the Immortal King Bone would immediately surge out, rebonding and reshaping the broken bones.

Shatter, reshape, shatter again, reshape again…

This process cycles repeatedly.

Each cycle is accompanied by agony akin to purgatory.

Yet with each cycle, Gu Yuan's bones become stronger, more crystalline, and faint golden patterns begin to appear on their surface.

His physical body is undergoing a heaven‑shaking transformation!

What is more important, during the process of refining the Immortal King Bone.

The complete Dao law of the Immortal King level contained within the bone, like a sweet dew pouring onto the crown, continuously streams into his sea of consciousness!

The bottleneck that had long troubled him instantly collapsed in the face of this higher‑level law!

Boom—!

Within Gu Yuan's body, a thunderous roar like a muffled thunder erupted.

His aura surged explosively at this moment, breaking through the shackles of the Seventh Realm in one fell swoop and officially entering the Eighth Realm—the Divine Ability Realm!

An overwhelming, matchless power surged through his limbs and bones.

However, this is not the end.

As he entered the Divine Ability Realm, the lamp of myriad Dao time that had been quietly burning in his dantian,

At this moment, the flame suddenly surged three feet high!

Strands of profound time aura emanated from the flame, perfectly merging with his recently broken‑through Divine Ability Realm cultivation.

In the next instant, a completely new comprehension welled up in Gu Yuan's heart.

Eighth Realm, wielding Divine Ability!