Chapter 32: World Origin, the Greatest Spoil

Above the Heavenly Dome, the golden net woven from countless immortal dao runes,

It has contracted to the extreme.

The entire Profound Heaven Continent, at this moment, appears as,

like a giant cocoon tightly wrapped in golden threads.

"Condense!"

Gu Lin Tian spat out a concise word.

Boom—

The whole world, at this moment, emitted its final wail!

The earth completely collapsed, turning into the most primal earth, fire, water, and wind!

The oceans completely evaporated, leaving only vast sheets of saline-alkaline crystals!

The sky caved in, revealing the endless, icy chaos beyond!

All matter, under the might of the Refining Realm Great Array, was decomposed, compressed, and refined!

Streams of extremely pure energy surged madly from all directions toward the continent's center!

There, lay the location of the World Origin!

In the distance, Luo Bingyao and the others were completely dumbfounded.

Their world, right before their eyes, was killed alive!

The impact of witnessing their homeland's destruction firsthand is indescribable in any language.

Many cultivators, with unstable dao hearts, spat blood on the spot and fainted.

Even Luo Bingyao herself felt a pang in her heart,

as if something important,

had been torn away from her life.

After all, she is a native spirit of this world, bound to the World Origin by countless ties.

The world wailed, and she could feel it empathetically.

But she endured that discomfort,

staring fixedly toward the continent's center.

She wanted to see what the world's final fruit actually looked like.

"It's about to emerge."

Gu Yuan also put away his playful attitude, his expression becoming focused.

He could feel,

a tremendous, pure energy,

rapidly condensing at the continent's center!

That energy even sparked a hint of longing in his immortal longevity body!

Finally!

Under the extreme compression of the Refining Realm Great Array,

a crystal about the size of a human head, entirely chaos-colored, its surface flowing with billions of law divine chains,

like a beating heart that seems to breathe,

slowly rose from the wreckage of the collapsed world!

World Origin!

This is the Profound Heaven Continent, accumulated over several ages,

and ripened by the Longevity Daoist for countless years,

prepared by him as the essence for breaking through to the Heavenly Emperor Realm!

At the moment it appeared,

the entire chaos void stilled!

Myriad dao paled before it!

"Great treasure!"

Even a supreme expert like Gu Xue Dao,

praised it upon seeing the World Origin.

He could feel that the energy contained within this origin, if refined by him, would greatly advance his cultivation beyond his current foundation!

Even touching the threshold of the Heavenly Emperor Realm would not be impossible!

"Collect!"

Gu Lin Tian, however, remained calm, merely waving his hand lightly.

The World Origin emanating supreme divine might,

obediently flew to his hand and hovered silently,

all its radiance and pressure retracted cleanly.

Gu Lin Tian cradled the World Origin,

as if holding an ordinary glass ball.

He didn't even glance at it, turned, and handed it to Gu Yuan.

"Yuan'er, your spoils."

His tone was flat, as if saying, "Son, your toy."

Gu Yuan blinked at the World Origin before him, still faintly beating.

This is…… the essence of a world?

It looks, indeed quite pretty.

He reached out his hand and carefully took the glass sphere.

It felt warm and smooth, heavy as if it were holding an entire world.

He could clearly feel,

the Immortal Longevity Body within himself,

was madly clamoring, wanting to swallow it in one gulp!

"Dad, this thing... the energy is huge."

Gu Yuan sighed from the heart.

"That's only natural."

Gu Lin Tian laughed and said,

"This is the complete origin of a high-level fantasy world, and it's been forced to mature to the extreme. Its value is no less than a half-immortal artifact."

"Dad, this thing is too precious."

Gu Yuan thought for a moment, then still returned the world origin,

"Didn't you say this thing could help you break through to the True Immortal Realm? Then you should keep it for yourself."

Although he also coveted this origin,

but he more hoped his own father could become stronger.

"If Dad becomes stronger, then I, as a second-generation immortal, can be more secure, right?"

"This is a long-term investment!"

Gu Lin Tian heard his son's words, first he was stunned,

then, in his deep eyes, endless relief and pride shone.

He did not immediately go to receive that world origin,

but instead reached out and heavily patted Gu Yuan's shoulder.

"Good lad! Not having doted on you in vain!"

"You know to respect your father!"

Gu Lin Tian's heart felt warm and cozy.

He had thought, his son, having been spoiled since childhood, would inevitably be somewhat arrogant and selfish.

But he never expected that, faced with such a great treasure, the first thing he thought of was actually himself!

This made him happier than his own breakthrough to the True Immortal Realm!

"Hahaha!"

Beside him, Gu Xue Dao also burst out laughing,

"Big brother, you see I wasn't wrong, right? This kid Yuan'er, he follows you! He's sensible!"

His gaze at Gu Yuan was also full of admiration.

"He is truly a qilin child of my Gu Family!"

"Talent, fortune, and disposition—all are top-notch!"

"Dad, just accept it."

Gu Yuan once again pushed the origin forward,

"I've only just begun cultivation; using something this good would be too wasteful. If you use it, our Gu Family will gain another True Immortal—that would be the greatest good!"

Gu Lin Tian looked at his son's sincere eyes, felt moved, but still shook his head.

"Yuan'er, your intentions, I have received them in my heart."

"But this origin, you must take it."

He pushed Gu Yuan's hand back, his expression turning solemn.

"First, this is the world you discovered; according to family rules, this origin rightfully belongs to you. Without rules, there is no order; even I cannot break the rules."

"Second, Father wants to break through, but relying solely on this world origin is far from enough. However, Father's effort won't be in vain; when the time comes, I will glimpse a hint of opportunity from it and attempt a breakthrough, but to truly take that step still requires long accumulation and precipitation."

"But you, are different."

Gu Lin Tian's gaze became blazingly hot.

"You are an Immortal Longevity Body; your future is destined to surpass Father, surpass Grandfather! This world origin will be the most important and solid cornerstone on your path to the Supreme Immortal Way!"

"What you should do now is not think about how to let Father break through, but think about how to make yourself stronger!"

"Only when you become strong enough—strong enough to look down upon the ages and command the heavens—will that be the best repayment to Father and to the whole family!"

These words made Gu Yuan's blood boil.

He looked at his father's eyes full of expectation, knowing that further refusal would be pretentious.

"Okay! Dad! I understand!"

Gu Yuan nodded heavily, no longer hesitating, and stored the world origin into his storage ring.

He secretly swore he would certainly not disappoint his father's expectations!

"Isn't it just about becoming stronger?"

"With such great conditions, such awesome family, if I don't cultivate to become the top boss of the myriad worlds, I'd be unworthy of this top-tier second-generation immortal identity!"

Seeing his son accept the origin, Gu Lin Tian smiled with relief.

He turned his body, looking at the expanse that had completely turned to ruins, only fragments of continent remaining—the wreckage of the Profound Heaven Continent.

"Alright, the fruit has been picked."

"Next, we should pack up and take away this tree as well."