Chapter 198: In a day, three more immortals!

Gu Family Divine Island, Martial Training Field.

Gu Zhan's attainment of True Immortal status, the forefather's mighty feat of swatting away heavenly punishment with a single slap, was like a shot of the most potent chicken blood, injected into every Gu family member's heart.

The elders who once held a hint of reverence for the Path to Immortality now looked at that white jade staircase, their eyes filled only with fervor.

Reverence?

In the face of absolute backing, reverence is just a joke.

Heavenly Dao amounts to nothing!

Our family's forefather can swat it away with a single slap!

With Gu Zhan as this successful example, the candidates for the second 'going on the path' were quickly decided.

This time, it was three people.

The first was naturally Gu Xue Dao, who had previously lost by half a move and was holding a breath of indignation.

The second was the Gu Family Grand Elder, Gu Linjiang.

He was already a Heavenly Emperor Realm cultivator, with deep foundations, making him the most reliable choice.

The third was Gu Yuan's mother, Jiang Rou. She had merged with the Mother Goddess Divinity and possessed the Half-Immortal Soul Pearl of Yuan Tu; her cultivation had already reached the peak of the Heavenly Emperor Realm, and in terms of foundation, she was even more solid than Gu Linjiang.

The three stood side by side before the Path to Immortality, each with a different expression.

Gu Xue Dao wore a cold expression, his blood-colored long blade polished to a gleam, as if he intended to use his killing intent to cleave the Path to Immortality itself.

Gu Linjiang, meanwhile, appeared far more composed; he bowed deeply toward Gu Cangsheng and Gu Yuan, his eyes full of gratitude and resolve.

Jiang Rou's gaze continually rested on Gu Yuan, so gentle it could wring out water.

She sought immortality not for herself, but to become strong enough to shield her son from wind and rain, rather than always letting him stand at the forefront.

"Are you all ready?"

Gu Yuan stood on the platform below, like a foreman.

"All right!" the three replied in unison.

"Then... let's go."

As Gu Yuan's words fell, the three stepped onto the first stair at the same time.

Unlike Gu Zhan's attempt, this time the Path to Immortality seemed to have grown wiser.

It no longer relied on mere physical crushing; instead, it tailored different trials to each of their respective Daos.

The moment he set foot on the stone steps, Gu Xue Dao's vision shifted abruptly.

He was no longer on Gu Family Divine Island; he found himself in an endless expanse of corpse mountains and blood seas.

Countless departed souls transformed into ferocious ghosts, crawling from the blood sea, bearing towering resentment as they surged to attack him.

This was the Heart Demon Great Tribulation aimed at his slaughtering blood Dao.

Gu Linjiang, meanwhile, found himself in a chaotic space where the Five Elements were in disarray.

The five most fundamental laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth transformed into five ferocious law beasts, launching the most primal and savage encirclement against him.

This was a trial of the law level, testing his comprehension and mastery of the Great Dao.

As for Jiang Rou, she encountered a void.

There was no sound, no light, no time, no space.

Only eternal solitude remained.

This was the most terrifying trial of the Dao heart, seeking to utterly wear down her will within endless void.

"Interesting, it even tailors its trials to the individual."

Gu Yuan stroked his chin, watching with keen interest.

Gu Lin Tian beside him grew nervous, palms sweating, "Yuan'er, your mother..."

"Don't worry, Dad."

Gu Yuan comforted, "Her Dao heart's tenacity far exceeds that of ordinary people. She could endure hundreds of thousands of years of seclusion to fuse two mutually opposing laws; this mere solitude cannot trap her."

Indeed, it was exactly as Gu Yuan had anticipated.

In the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, Gu Xue Dao not only wasn't devoured by the Heart Demon, he burst out laughing.

"Bring it on! My blade has been thirsting for this!"

He did not adopt a defensive stance; instead, he charged into the ghost tide, his long blade turning into streaks of blood-colored silk, each swing cutting down tens of thousands of ferocious ghosts. In fact, he was using this Heart Demon Tribulation to hone his slaughtering blade intent!

Within the Five Elements space, Gu Linjiang remained calm; behind him appeared a Five Elements Divine Wheel, channeling and transforming the power of the five law beasts, actually laying down a temporary Five Elements Slaying God Formation, and he fought the five giants to a standstill.

Within that void, Jiang Rou closed her eyes, her face showing neither sorrow nor joy.

Behind her, a dignified Mother Goddess illusion slowly emerged, its gentle light flooding the void, actually carving out a domain of her own within that dead silence.

Time passed.

This time, it took only a short day.

The three nearly simultaneously reached the end of the Path to Immortality and pushed open that dilapidated wooden door.

Boom— Boom— Boom—

Above the Heavenly Dome of the Primordial Immortal Realm, omens arose once more!

A blood-colored blade light, a five-colored auspicious cloud, a warm and moist moonlight—three utterly different True Immortal auras shot up together, stirring wind and clouds.

Immediately thereafter, the familiar, suffocating pitch-black tribulation clouds began to gather once again.

Moreover, this time there were three of them!

The three tribulation clouds locked onto Gu Xue Dao, Gu Linjiang, and Jiang Rou, who had just stepped out of the Immortal Gate.

Within each tribulation cloud opened an eye of the Heavenly Dao, colder and angrier than before.

The meaning was clear: 'One was enough, but you lot come in bulk? Do you really think I'm made of mud?'

"Again?"

Gu Zhan stood at the edge of the training ground, feeling his newly healed shoulders, a look of disdain on his face,

"This damned heaven, remembers the food but not the beating."

The outside world, the various major Dao lineages that had just recovered from shock, were now completely numb.

……

Ji Family Divine Island.

Wan You True Immortal stared blankly at the three tribulation clouds in the sky, his tea cup having at some point been crushed into powder.

"One day... three true immortals..."

She muttered to herself, her voice filled with helplessness,

"Gu Family, they don't intend to leave anyone a way out."

……

Myriad Gods Hall.

Yuanchu Divine Lord directly shut himself in a secret chamber, activated the highest-level defensive Great Array, and kept muttering: "Can't see me, can't see me, I didn't see anything..."

He was afraid.

He was truly afraid.

This unreasonable speed of ascension had surpassed his comprehension; his only thought now was to be a loyal dog of the Gu Family and never again harbor any ulterior motives.

……

Above the Heavenly Dome, three Heavenly Dao Eyes blazed with fury, three blades of law more terrifying than before condensed simultaneously, about to fall.

Just then, a lazy voice echoed through heaven and earth.

"Is it never going to end?"

Gu Cangsheng appeared again in midair at some point.

Whoosh—

He lightly blew a breath, instantly turning into a grayish chaotic qi flow.

Wherever the flow passed, the three tribulation clouds, along with the Heavenly Dao Eyes within them, were like three candles blown out—with a puff, they left no sound and simply… vanished into thin air.

The sun shone brightly, the ages were peaceful.

It seemed as if the heaven‑destroying, earth‑shattering scene just now was merely an illusion.

Gu Cangsheng yawned, waved at those below: "Alright, come down now, don't embarrass yourselves in the sky. The spirit rain has come—hurry and heal your wounds."

The pattering spirit rain fell, nourishing the three newly ascended true immortals.

Gu Family, in just one day, gained three more immortals!