Chapter 177: Enter the Immortal Court, Extend Life Tenfold!

Just as the crowd was bewildered, an ancient Dao tradition, an old quasi‑emperor whose lifespan was nearly exhausted and who had sealed the death gate for years, suddenly opened his eyes.

He sensed that unfamiliar yet supreme aura, and a thread of greed rose in his heart.

Perhaps… this is his only chance to prolong his life!

"Whether you are immortal or demon, this is our homeland; outsiders cannot run amok!"

The old quasi‑emperor burned his last divine power, becoming a Divine Rainbow that pierced heaven and earth, carrying a tattered imperial weapon, attempting to see if he could slip onto the path of ascension!

"Huh? Anyone still not afraid of death?"

Gu Zhan, bored, saw the Divine Rainbow and his eyes lit up; instead of shock, he felt delight.

He was even too lazy to let others act; hoisting a massive axe, he grinned:

"Good timing! Just perfect for old Zhan to loosen my muscles!"

He simply faced that direction, across billions of miles of void, and blew a breath.

Hoo—

A gust of wind visible to the naked eye rose out of nowhere.

That raging Divine Rainbow, capable of piercing stars, before the gust was like a dying candle in the wind—no ripple at all—blown away into nothing.

Along with the tattered imperial weapon and the attacking old quasi‑emperor, they instantly turned into the most insignificant dust in the universe.

Form and spirit both vanished.

The entire Zang Di Star Domain fell once more into death‑like silence.

All the strong ones who had still clung to a sliver of hope were now terrified to the point of soul‑shattering, daring not even a hint of rebellion.

A breath that eradicated a quasi‑emperor wielding an imperial weapon?

What the hell… how can we even fight?

Gu Zhan smacked his lips, his face still yearning:

"Is that it? Not even as loud as my sneeze. No power."

Finishing, his bull‑like eyes swept the whole star domain, his voice rolling like thunder through every corner.

"Anyone else want to loosen their muscles? Step forward, let old Zhan have a look!"

All was silent; no one answered.

…

…

Gu Zhan's shout rang out, its effect outstanding.

The ancient Dao tradition, which had harbored some scheming, now tucked its head into its crotch, fearing another glance from the axe‑wielding brute.

Joking aside, a breath can wipe out a quasi‑emperor; if taken seriously, a single axe swing could cleave the whole star domain in two.

Seeing these terrified natives, Gu Zhan felt bored, hoisted his axe and looked for a place to nap.

At that moment, Gu Lin Tian's silhouette appeared beside him like a wraith, casting a faint glance his way.

"Enough nonsense?"

Gu Zhan craned his neck, chuckling, "Patriarch, I'm just… livening the atmosphere."

Gu Lin Tian was too lazy to reply, standing with his arms crossed, his gaze sweeping the vast, dead star domain.

Though the True Immortal's imposing aura had receded, his eyes seemed able to pierce eternity, seeing into every creature's heart.

He knew that relying solely on slaughter and intimidation could not truly govern a world.

That would sow seeds of hatred, leading to endless trouble.

The Gu Family's goal is not to turn this place into a ruin, but to forge it into a stable, efficient backyard that continuously supplies resources to the clan.

Therefore, order is needed.

A brand‑new order established by the Gu Family.

"Transmit my Immortal Decree."

Gu Lin Tian's voice was soft, yet through some arcane law it entered clearly into the mind‑sea of every being in the Zang Di Star Domain.

"From today onward, the Zang Di Star Domain shall be renamed 'Gu Tian Star Domain'."

"Within the star domain, all holy sites, dynasties, noble families, and sects must, within three days, go outside to the Ancient Forbidden Land to worship and register. All registrants shall be subjects under my Gu Family Immortal Court, protected by the Immortal Court."

"All registrants must contribute 70% of Dao Tradition's divine source, Immortal Gold, and the Core Inheritance Copy. Thereafter, each year they must pay the Immortal Court a tax of 30%."

"In return, the Immortal Court will select and pass down higher doctrines, grant incorporeal matter, and even… open the true path to communion with immortals; you all will have a chance to glimpse the secret of longevity."

"After three days, any who have not registered will be deemed enemies of the Immortal Court and shall be slain without mercy!"

Boom!

This Immortal Decree exploded in every cultivator's mind like countless Chaos Divine Thunders!

The amount of information is overwhelming!

Rename? Worship? Contribute 70% of resources? Pay 30% tax each year?

This is sheer exploitation! It's bone‑crushing!

Countless holders of Dao traditions, upon hearing these terms, trembled with fury, nearly losing their Dao hearts on the spot.

They have passed down foundations for hundreds of thousands, even millions of years, and now a single sentence would strip away 70%?

This is harsher than the dark upheavals the Forbidden‑Zone Supreme have unleashed!

Yet, when they heard the later conditions, the raging fury was doused like a bucket of ice water poured over the head, instantly extinguished.

Pass down higher doctrines?

Grant incorporeal matter?

Open the true path to communion with immortals?

The secret of longevity!

These four words, as if possessing infinite magical power, tightly gripped the heart of every cultivator.

For the cultivators of this declining Dharma world, what is most important?

Not resources, not inheritance, but lifespan!

No matter how peerless your elegance, no matter how heaven‑shaking your might, in the end even a Dao‑proving Great Emperor has only ten thousand years before turning to a handful of dust.

But now, this newly arrived Gu Family Immortal Court offers them a vague yet deadly tempting hope—immortality!

On one side lies losing seventy percent of the family's property, but with a chance to gain immortality.

On the other side lies keeping the family's property, but in three days they will be wiped out—people and property alike—by monsters capable of blowing breath to slay emperors, erased from the universe.

How should this multiple‑choice question be answered?

There's no need to choose at all!

Worst case, we first agree; if they fail to deliver the promised longevity… we'll talk about it then!

Quick! Quickly go to the treasury! Take stock of all the divine sources!

Copy all the ancient scriptures recorded in the clan! No, make three copies as backups!

Prepare the finest divine carriage, select the most beautiful holy maiden—three days from now, no, we set out tomorrow! We must be the first to reach the Primeval Ancient Forbidden Land!

In an instant, the entire star domain, all the ancient Dao traditions, fell into a strange frenzy.

Just moments ago they were gnashing their teeth, cursing the Gu Family's greedy holy lords; now each is more eager than the next, afraid of arriving late and falling behind, leaving a bad impression on the Lord of the Immortal Court.

This is Gu Lin Tian's method.

A big stick, a sweet date.

The greater the pressure he applies, the more tempting the hope he offers.

As for the promised longevity… it's not difficult for Gu Lin Tian!

The Burial Emperor Star Domain cannot compare to the Primeval Immortal Domain, let alone the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

Here the laws are incomplete, spiritual qi is thin.

Whereas the Primeval Immortal Domain has complete laws.

Know this: in this world, even a Great Emperor on par with the supreme is only a mere ten thousand years old!

Such a thing is unthinkable in the Primeval Immortal Domain!

What more when compared to the Three Thousand Provinces?

They need only a little of the Primeval Immortal Domain's laws and spiritual qi to greatly increase the lifespans of the native cultivators of the Burial Emperor Star Domain.

They may not reach the same level as the native cultivators of the Primeval Immortal Domain.

But… extending lifespan by ten or more times is easy.

If we compare lifespan with numbers:

The Burial Emperor Star Domain is 1, the Primeval Immortal Domain is 100, and the Three Thousand Provinces, filled with imperishable substance, are 1000 or even more!

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As the entire star domain frantically mobilized, Gu Xuan Ce's figure also appeared at each of its key nodes.

He took no part in these mundane affairs; this Formation Dao Maniac is now immersed in his own world.

'Take the Eastern Wasteland as the base, draw upon the Purple Imperial Dragon Vein, and lay the Zhou Tian Star Dragon Locking Formation.'

'Take the Northern Plains as the eye, borrow the Ultimate Dao Cold Qi, and erect the Nine Abyss Profound Ice Seal Heaven Stele.'

'Take Zhongzhou as the heart, using the Earth Ancestral Vein as the core, and establish the Ten Thousand Ages Unmoving Stabilize Divine Altar…'

His figure flickered constantly across the star domain; wherever he went, he planted strand after strand of mysterious formation banners.

These banners stirred the star domain's earth veins and stellar power, constructing in the void an invisible law net that blankets the entire universe.

This net is both a surveillance net and a protective net, and furthermore… a harvesting net.

It can uniformly schedule and allocate the star domain's spiritual qi and origin, raising the efficiency of resource use to the utmost.

It can be said that from the moment this great net was completed, this star domain truly belonged to the Gu family.