Chapter 33: The Ancestor Acts, and All Spirits Become Treasures

"Father, is this still useful?" Gu Yuan asked curiously.

"Of course it is."

Gu Lin Tian stood with his hands behind his back, wearing an expression that said, "You're still young, you don't understand the ins and outs."

"The remnants of a higher-order Xuan Tian world, although its origin has been drained and its laws are near collapse, still contain vast amounts of matter and energy in itself."

"You see a pile of ruins, but in the Ancestor's eyes, this is the finest building material."

Gu Lin Tian pointed far off toward the direction of the Immortal Realm, a hint of longing in his eyes.

"Our Gu Family's ancestral divine island, although vast, is not unchanging; each time we wage external conquest and annex a world, it is an expansion and upgrade of our ancestral land."

"By merging this world's remnants into our divine island, we can not only expand our family's territory but also transform the world's remaining laws into nourishment for our divine island, making our clan-protecting great array even more stable."

"Most importantly..."

Gu Lin Tian paused, a mysterious smile appearing on his face,

"This world, after all, was discovered by you. Merging it into the ancestral land, the newly expanded territory will henceforth belong to you as your personal domain."

"When you later establish your office and command, you'll need a decent base of operations, won't you?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan's eyes lit up instantly.

Holy shit!

This is equivalent to one's fixed assets.

Gu Lin Tian ignored his son's shock,

He turned around, and sent a mental transmission to the Heaven-Reaching Immortal Gate still standing in the void,

"Please, Ancestor, take action!"

His voice penetrated countless ages of space-time,

directly echoing in the Gu Family's forbidden land,

within the inner universe where that Bronze Immortal Coffin resides.

"Hmm."

A deep, venerable voice came slowly from beyond the immortal gate.

The next moment, a force that made the entire chaotic void tremble,

an supreme immortal might that caused myriad great dao to submit, descended!

A hand formed from pure immortal light,

huge beyond description,

slowly extended from the Heaven-Reaching Immortal Gate!

That hand, it's enormous!

It seemed capable of holding up a universe with one hand and crushing a sea of stars with the other!

It merely hovered there silently,

the surrounding chaotic currents,

seemed frozen, not daring to move even slightly.

"Father has taken action?"

Gu Xue Dao's body shuddered the instant he saw that giant hand,

his face showing extreme fervor and awe, he immediately dropped to one knee.

Behind him, the Tian Ge Legion,

and the Gu Family Army that had just descended,

all knelt down in unison, their voices like a mountain's roar and sea's surge echoing through the chaos.

"Welcome the Ancestor!"

Luo Bingyao and others in the distance, upon seeing that giant hand, had completely lost the ability to think.

Their minds were blank.

If one were to say, Gu Lin Tian's Heavenly Emperor's might,

had already made them feel as if in an abyss or prison, unable to resist.

then, the aura emanating from this giant hand before them,

was a complete, life-level crushing dominance!

Before that hand, they felt they weren't even worth a speck of dust.

It seemed that if the other merely thought,

they would be utterly erased from this world, leaving not a trace.

"This... this is... truly what an immortal is?"

Luo Bingyao murmured, lost in spirit.

She felt that her proud Quasi-Sage cultivation,

at this moment, seemed so ridiculous and... pathetic.

Gu Yuan gazed at that familiar yet unfamiliar giant hand, his heart equally shaken.

Is this the power of a Red Dust True Immortal?

Just a single hand makes the entire chaotic void tremble?

Too strong!

So strong it's unreasonable!

Just as everyone was stunned, that immortal-light giant hand moved.

It moved with a speed that seemed slow but was actually extreme,

He slowly reached out toward the wreckage of the Profound Heaven Continent that floated in the chaos.

The motion was so gentle, it was like scooping up fallen leaves from water.

Yet this simple action caused the surrounding space‑time,

to undergo violent distortion!

Countless law chains extended from the five fingers of the giant hand, like a fishing net,

enveloping every continent fragment, regardless of size or distance, with precise coverage!

"Gather!"

As the ancient patriarch's hoarse voice sounded again.

The great net formed by law chains snapped inward with a sudden pull!

Rumble—!

All the wreckage of the Profound Heaven Continent, tens of thousands of continent fragments of all sizes,

at this moment seemed drawn by an irresistible force,

and began to converge wildly toward the palm of the Radiant Celestial Hand!

During the convergence, they constantly collided, compressed, and fused…

Finally, under the supreme might of the Radiant Celestial Hand,

all the continent fragments miraculously re‑joined and fused,

forming a single, massive, diamond‑shaped landmass!

Having done all this, the Radiant Celestial Hand, supporting the massive landmass,

slowly dragged it toward the direction of the Heaven‑Piercing Immortal Gate!

This scene completely shattered the last sliver of luck for Luo Bingyao and the others.

They finally understood the Gu Family, or rather Gu Yuan,

to be what kind of magnificent being.

Conquest, plunder, refinement, packaging…

These are no longer methods that mortals, or even the gods as they understand them, could possess.

This is creation! It is destruction!

It is the supreme authority that governs a world's life and death!

"Young master…"

Luo Bingyao looked at the not‑far‑away figure, whose face was calm,

as if the boy, long accustomed to all this, no longer harbored any stray thoughts.

Only endless awe remained, and a kind of… that being able to follow such a being,

generated a deep‑rooted sense of gratitude and glory from the soul.

Gu Yuan did not know Luo Bingyao's thoughts; he was currently busy chatting with his own father.

"Father, Grandfather's move is really impressive!"

Gu Yuan sincerely praised,

"This surpasses any divine technique; it looks far more powerful."

"When you reach Grandfather's realm, you too can."

Gu Lin Tian said with a smile, his tone full of pride.

That was his father, the Gu Family's true stabilizing pillar.

Soon, the Radiant Celestial Hand,

carrying the wreckage of the Profound Heaven Continent,

vanished completely beyond the Heaven‑Piercing Immortal Gate.

The celestial aura that had shrouded the chaotic void also dissipated.

"All right, this matter is settled here."

Gu Lin Tian turned around and issued the final order to the Gu Family army below, still in a stunned state.

"All corps, withdraw in batches! Earth Masters and Medicine Masters stay behind, scour this world's remaining useful items clean, leave nothing!"

"Understood!"

The hundred‑thousand troops responded in unison once more.

A grand, sweeping cleanup began at once.

Gu Yuan watched those clan members passing like a swarm of locusts, his mouth twitching.

"Father, our family… is it a bit too… frugal?"

"That is called not wasteful," Gu Lin Tian corrected solemnly, "Our Gu Family's present prosperity stems from this diligent, thrifty tradition."

"What do you think the Great Array of the Refinement Realm protecting the myriad spirits is for?"

"Obviously because those myriad spirits can later serve the Gu Family; it'd be a pity if they died."