Chapter 31: Father

With the Great Array of the Refining Realm fully formed,

the entire Profound Heaven Continent,

seemed as if it were placed inside a huge transparent dome.

Gu Lin Tian stood in the void, hands clasped behind his back,

his robe rustled with the surge of energy,

his deep-set eyes,

shone astonishingly at this moment, as if sun, moon and stars revolved within them.

"Yuan'er, this world is your spoils; as your father, this is my first visit to your domain, I cannot leave empty‑handed."

Gu Lin Tian turned his head, smiled, and said to Gu Yuan.

Immediately, his gaze,

fell upon the vast, boundless milky lake below.

"This Lake of Longevity Essence, though stolen by that old thing through unorthodox means and filled with endless impurities and resentful energy, is in essence the purest source of life."

"Ordinary mortals who even brush a trace of it will lose their Dao heart and become murderous demons. Yet for an immortal, everlasting body, it is a supreme tonic."

Gu Lin Tian spoke, slowly extending one hand.

"Today, I, your father, will refine this lake's filth into a pool of exquisite elixir for you!"

As the words fell, celestial light surged from his palm!

Lines of Heavenly Emperor law, beyond this world's comprehension,

flew out from his palm,

transforming into incomparably profound immortal Dao runes that fell into the Lake of Longevity Essence!

"Sizzle—"

Visible strands of black resentful qi were forcibly stripped from the lake,

emitting a mournful howl in the air,

then those immortal Dao runes purified them completely, turning them into nothingness.

The originally milky lake water,

began, at an incredible speed, becoming clear and bright.

Immediately, a brilliant multicolored glow rose from the lake's bottom.

The entire lake started exuding a refreshing fragrance.

In a brief moment,

that lake, once filled with filth and resentment,

miraculously turned into a pool of radiant, flowing colors,

as if a sacred liquid forged from countless melted crystals and gems!

"This is the Life Source Liquid."

Gu Lin Tian withdrew his hand and calmly introduced,

"A single drop can let a saint regrow a severed limb, revive the dead, flesh into bone. Henceforth, this lake shall serve as the foundation of the inner world you will carve out."

Gu Yuan stared at the magnificent Life Source Liquid lake before him, his eyes widening.

This is insanely awesome!

Just a casual refinement turned a toxic waste dump into a supreme divine artifact?

Are all Heavenly Emperor realm masters this flamboyant?

"Thank you, Father!"

Gu Yuan hurriedly expressed gratitude, feeling delighted.

"This is merely an appetizer."

Gu Lin Tian smiled, his gaze turning again toward the towering Undying Mountain.

"This mountain, managed by that old thing for several epochs, has long merged with this world's earth source, becoming incredibly sturdy—a fine material for refining artifacts."

"Conveniently, you still lack a portable cave residence; I, your father, will refine it into a palace and give it to you."

Saying so, Gu Lin Tian formed his finger into a sword and sliced through the air toward the Undying Mountain!

Swoosh!

A seemingly slender sword light, yet containing the power to sever ages, flashed and vanished!

The massive, tens‑of‑thousands‑mile Undying Mountain Range,

was abruptly cut and torn away from the earth by that single sword!

"Rise!"

Gu Lin Tian lightly shouted.

Boom—

The entire Undying Mountain, together with the massive earth vein deep beneath,

began trembling violently,

then slowly rose from the ground!

This sight made Luo Bingyao and the others in the distance once again feel a tingling on their scalp.

"Pull the mountain!"

This truly uproots a continent‑scale mountain range at its roots!

"Refine!"

Gu Lin Tian formed a seal with both hands,

Endless celestial fire surged out from his palm,

enveloping the entire Undying Mountain within!

Under the scorching of the celestial fire,

the massive Undying Mountain,

began to shrink at a speed that defied the laws of physics!

Impurities within the mountain were refined,

the laws were reorganized, the earth veins compressed…

In the end, that towering Undying Mountain,

miraculously became no larger than the size of a palm,

its whole body crystal‑clear and translucent,

as if a delicate jade‑carved mountain model, floating before Gu Yuan.

Upon the peak, pavilions, towers, bridges and flowing water—everything complete,

even the Longevity Daoist, refined into a spirit artifact, could be seen,

diligently cleaning inside.

"This is the Undying Palace, a top‑tier Imperial Weapon, containing a pocket space that can be carried, its defense strong enough to withstand a single strike from a Heavenly Emperor Realm strongman."

Gu Lin Tian handed the palace to Gu Yuan,

"From now on, when you travel, you'll have a place to settle."

Gu Yuan took the delicate palace in his hands,

sensing the overwhelming power within,

his heart blossomed with joy.

"Thank you, Father! You're too kind to me!"

"Hehe, these are just trivial trinkets."

Gu Lin Tian looked at his son's unremarkable demeanor and smiled helplessly.

"Great Array of the Refining Realm, activate!"

At the command, countless array banners spread across the four poles and eight wildernesses of the continent buzzed in unison!

Chains of law as massive as mountain ranges,

extended from the banners,

weaving through the Heavenly Dome like giant dragons, finally converging at the continent's center!

The Profound Heaven Continent began to tremble violently!

The earth cracked, the oceans evaporated, the sky collapsed!

For the remaining living beings of this world,

this was undoubtedly a scene of the apocalypse!

"Heavens! Is the world about to be destroyed?"

"Divine Being… Divine Being, what are you doing?"

The human cultivators under Luo Bingyao,

each with a deathly pallor,

watched the cataclysmic scene in terror.

Only Luo Bingyao and a few senior members,

though equally shaken inside,

still forced themselves to remain calm.

Because they saw that young master Gu Yuan, and the Heavenly Emperor beside him, whose expressions did not change at all.

This indicated that everything was under their control.

"Don't panic!"

Luo Bingyao shouted loudly at the restless crowd,

"The young master is wielding supreme divine power, reshaping the heavens and earth for our realm! You all merely observe, do not speak rashly!"

She did not know exactly what was happening,

but at this moment, steadying hearts was most important.

More importantly, one must set one's position correctly,

showing absolute trust in the new master.

Gu Yuan watched all this with keen interest, marveling inwardly.

"Father, are we going to refine the entire world away?"

"Exactly."

Gu Lin Tian nodded, patiently explaining to his son,

"A world's most valuable thing is its World Origin. It is like the fruit of a great tree, while the world's lands, mountains, and laws are merely the branches and leaves that bear the fruit."

"What we must do now is to pluck that fully ripened fruit whole."

He pointed to the increasingly dense great net in the sky.

"This Great Array of the Refining Realm is our Gu Family's custom harvesting tool. It can comb and compress the world's laws, spirit veins, and earth qi, ultimately gathering all essence into the World Origin, elevating its quality a notch."

Gu Yuan nodded repeatedly as he listened.

"Then… after harvesting the fruit, won't the tree die?" Gu Yuan asked again.

"Die?" Gu Lin Tian laughed, "For our Gu Family, nothing is truly dead."

He points far toward the direction of the Immortal Realm.

"When the Origin is extracted, the wreckage of this world will be taken personally by the founding ancestor, who will drag it back to the Immortal Realm and merge it into our Gu Family's ancestral divine island."

"By then it will become part of our Gu Family, revitalized, and even more stable than before."

"As for these myriad spirits, to them it is merely a change of the Heavenly Dao."