Chapter 318: Return to the Primordial

"Young master, are you all right?"

Gu Linjiang's figure flashed, appearing beside Gu Yuan, and asked concernedly.

"No problem, the consumption was just a bit large," Gu Yuan waved his hand, indicating he was fine.

He looked around.

At this moment, they were no longer in the underground air‑raid shelter, but floating in the cold vacuum of space.

Where the Heaven Pivot Source Realm had been, only a void of emptiness and some broken meteor belts remained.

Gu Zhan, Gu Xue Dao and the other Gu Family supremes and true immortals also gathered around Gu Yuan.

"Young master, I've cleared all the broken copper and scrap metal here, and none of the rebellious conglomerate remnants were left," Gu Zhan, shouldering a great axe, grinned, with lingering killing aura on his body.

Gu Yuan nodded: "Well done. This world has been taken into my inner world for nurturing; once we return to the Primordial Immortal Realm, we'll place it around the Divine Island."

Just as everyone prepared to activate the system teleport gate to return.

In the nearby void, the bronze gate woven from pure Dao law suddenly quivered violently.

"Buzzz—"

The bronze gate's surface rippled with gray‑purple waves, exuding a terrifying pressure that made hearts race, seeping through the door.

The pressure was so strong it caused massive cracks to appear in the surrounding space.

"Stand guard!" Gu Linjiang's expression hardened; in an instant he summoned his signature treasure, shielding Gu Yuan behind him.

Gu Zhan, Gu Xue Dao and the others also erupted with formidable aura, as if facing a great enemy.

Wan Yao Shenjun's face changed dramatically; within the pressure he sensed a trace of extremely dangerous blood scent.

However, Gu Yuan merely waved his hand, signaling everyone to relax.

"No need to be nervous; grandpa has returned," Gu Yuan's mouth curled into a smile.

As soon as the words finished, the bronze gate emitted a dull roar and slowly pushed outward.

A roughly woven straw sandal, its sole stained with dark red blood mud from an unknown source, stepped out first from the gate.

Immediately after, Gu Cangsheng's towering, casually rugged figure, like a common old farmer, appeared before the crowd.

He still wore that faded coarse cloth robe, but now its front was splattered with shocking black bloodstains.

One hand idly scratched his ear, while the other, like dragging a dead dog, hauled a massive object.

"Bang!"

Gu Cangsheng casually flung the thing in his hand into the void.

Everyone stared, all inhaling a gasp of cold air.

It turned out to be a half‑broken, tattered torso!

The torso had been ripped cleanly at the waist; no blood flowed from the cut, only a dense, constantly collapsing Immortal King Dao law shimmering.

The owner's face was twisted, eyes wide open, with lingering extreme terror and despair. Though only half remained, its aura still left the Gu Family supremes present gasping for breath.

"Jue Dian Immortal King?!"

Wan Yao Shenjun shouted in astonishment.

He had once been an existence of this level, so he instantly recognized the value of this remains.

"Grandpa, this is..."

Gu Cangsheng patted the blood off his hand: "This grandson is that so‑called Zang Tian Ge's 48th Hall Master, codename Tianqi, the 'Extinction Source Envoy' we've encountered in several worlds, the type behind this kind of guy."

"We'll bring him back for interrogation; maybe we can uncover the true purpose of their master."

Gu Cangsheng kicked the remains,

"As for the rest... the Jue Dian Immortal King's flesh and half of its origin, the Law Fragments within are enough for the Gu Family to cultivate a few more true immortals. Old pill jar, is this thing useful to you?"

Gu Cangsheng looked at Wan Yao Shenjun.

Wan Yao Shenjun trembled, his eyes flashing with fanatical light.

He now possessed the body of the Twilight Immortal King; though also Immortal King level, it was severely broken and its attributes mismatched.

If we use this Tianqi Immortal King's half Dao body as the main material, combined with his defying alchemy, we could brew a batch of Heaven‑Stealing Creation Pills, bypassing the ten‑thousand‑year recovery period and restoring 80% of peak combat power!

"Useful! Extremely useful! Thank you, old ancestor, for the gift!"

Wan Yao Shenjun, excited, clasped his hands repeatedly, nearly kneeling.

"Enough, stop these pretenses. You should quickly restore your health; later the Gu Family will inevitably deal with those Extinction Source Envoys and Zang Tian Ge, and you're our chief alchemist, you can't always look sick," Gu Cangsheng waved his hand.

Gu Yuan watched his grandfather's carefree demeanor and silently sighed.

Half-step Giant, indeed terrifying.

"Since everything's settled, we should head home."

Gu Yuan thought, and the bronze gate behind them flared again, turning into a wide spatial corridor.

"Let's go, back to the Primordial Immortal Realm!"

……

Primordial Immortal Realm, Gu Family Divine Island.

Since Gu Yuan led the team to the Heaven Pivot Source Realm, only a little over half a month has passed under the time flow of the Primordial Immortal Realm.

But now the Gu Family Divine Island displays an unprecedented prosperity and grandeur.

Since relocating forty great states back to the Primordial Immortal Realm, the entire realm's layout has been completely overturned.

Whether it's the Ji Family, the Pantheon, the later Zu Dragon Nest, or the newly cultivated true immortal 'True Moon Fairy' from the minor Sanqian Zhou, they have all abandoned their original territories and moved to reside on the ever‑expanding Gu Family Divine Island.

For them,

Living here allows them to hear the Gu Family's commands most quickly.

They also fear that inactivity will get them kicked out of the Gu Family's core circle.

"Hum—"

On the central plaza of Divine Island, space twisted violently.

A huge bronze gate appeared out of thin air.

Gu Yuan, wearing white robes, was the first to walk out of the gate.

Following closely behind were Gu Cangsheng, Gu Zhan, Gu Xuan Ce, and other core high-ranking members of the Gu Family.

Gu Lin Tian, the Gu Family patriarch who had been guarding Divine Island, had already sensed the spatial fluctuations and led a group of elders to greet them.

"Yuan'er, Father, you're back."

Gu Lin Tian looked at the unharmed crowd, especially when he saw the half of an Immortal King's corpse that Gu Cangsheng was dragging, emanating terrifying pressure, his eyes twitched violently.

How long have they been gone?

How did they kill another Immortal King again?

The group proceeded to the main hall of Divine Island—the Hall of Longevity.

Inside the hall, immortal qi swirled.

Gu Yuan took the seat of honor, second only to the patriarch and the family head, without hesitation.

"This trip to the Heavenly Pivot Source Realm has been completely successful."

Gu Yuan lifted the spiritual tea offered by the maidservant Qingluan, took a light sip, and glanced over the people in the hall.

"Uncle Xuan Ce, tell us your plan."

Gu Xuan Ce immediately stood up, his face flushed, and said: "Reporting to the Young Master, although the mechanical array patterns and those defective technological constructs of the Heavenly Pivot Source Realm are crude in terms of law, they have extremely high reference value in the stable transmission of energy and popularization among mortals."

I plan to establish a dedicated Heavenly Craft Pavilion, combining these mechanical array patterns with our Primeval Immortal Realm's traditional refining techniques.

Given time, perhaps we could mass-produce spiritual energy weapons usable by low-level cultivators and even mortals.

Gu Yuan nodded: "Approved. You'll be fully responsible for this; if you need resources, just ask your father to allocate them."

Next, Gu Yuan looked at Gu Zhan and Gu Xue Dao.

"Uncle Zhan, Uncle Xue Dao, how is the recruitment of the Heavenly Pivot Source Realm's Children of Fate chosen by the Heavenly Dao fragments, as well as the original low-level cultivators, going?"

Gu Zhan slapped his chest and shouted: "Don't worry, Young Master! I, Old Zhan, and Old Three Xue Dao will personally take charge—who among those brats would dare to disobey? Linjiang Big Brother has already registered them all and entered them into the outer disciples of our Gu Clan Immortal Sect. As long as they're willing to risk their lives cultivating, our Gu Family's techniques and pills will suffice. Anyone with second thoughts will be crippled on the spot!"

"Very good." Gu Yuan smiled satisfiedly. Although the Heavenly Pivot Source Realm's Heavenly Dao is deficient, after three thousand years of suppression, the rebound force of the lower stratum is enormous. Those Children of Fate, with just a little cultivation, will absolutely be a force that cannot be ignored—not cannon fodder, but a main force.

Gu Yuan rose to his feet, and with a thought,

"Boom—"

In the boundless void behind the Gu Family Divine Island, space suddenly trembled violently.

Gu Yuan released the star core of the Heavenly Pivot Source Realm from his inner world.

Under the protection of the Great Array of the Heavenly Stars, the star core rapidly expanded, restoring into a huge azure planet.

It hovered silently in the void of the Primeval Immortal Realm, merging after the original Profound Heaven Continent.

"From today onward, the Heavenly Pivot Source Realm will be renamed the Heavenly Pivot Realm, serving as our Gu Family's resource star and outer disciple trial ground. Tie Tu, you will continue as the Realm Lord of the Heavenly Pivot Realm, governing a region on behalf of the Gu Family. If there is any negligence, you will be held responsible."

Gu Yuan's voice pierced the void and directly reached Tie Tu's ears within the Heavenly Pivot Realm.