Chapter 383: with translation of chapter title

The meeting of the Hall of Longevity entered the stage of finalizing details.

Gu Cangsheng gave his wholehearted approval, saying in his own words: "Instead of waiting for those bastards to knock on the door, I'd rather go and serve them their pot first."

Gu Lin Tian, from the Gu Family's strategic perspective, refined the plan.

He decided to form an expeditionary force led by Gu Family True Immortals, composed of strongmen from each affiliated faction, tasked with liberating and taking over the worlds marked on the star map.

If confronting a powerhouse beyond True Immortals.

Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge

Although the system is dormant, he can still use its basic functions.

On the other side, the Myriad Medicine Divine Lord voluntarily offered his assistance, taking charge of the expeditionary force's logistics pill supply, and said he could use his knowledge of Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge to provide intelligence support.

A full‑scale counterattack against Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge quietly began within this tiny Hall of Longevity.

After the meeting ended, Gu Yuan did not immediately join the formation of the expeditionary force.

He knew clearly that aside from opening and closing doors, his greatest remaining task was still to strengthen himself.

Behind the divine island, on the rear mountain, within a newly opened cave dwelling shrouded by layers of celestial arrays.

Divine Kingdom

He was not in a hurry to refine those Immortal King origins; to him, those fragmented powers were far less important than the growth of his inner world.

A thought stirred, and three priceless treasures obtained from the Great Yin Divine Dynasty instance slowly emerged from his inner world.

World Tree Fruit, Fragmented Ancient Emperor Seal, and a strand of the primordial yin‑yang mother Qi source.

He first placed the World Tree Fruit, surrounded by seven‑colored sunrise glow, into the center of the inner world, into the World Tree core that had already risen into chaos.

The moment the fruit merged, the World Tree emitted a cheerful hum; atop its canopy, three thousand leaves representing three thousand Dao paths radiated brilliance, each leaf's world‑shadow becoming more solid, even beginning to outline mountains and rivers.

Streams of ultra‑pure primordial creative source power flowed along the World Tree's roots, feeding back into Gu Yuan's immortal body of longevity, causing his flesh's strength to leap forward once more.

Human Emperor Seal

Primordial Human Emperor Seal

Defective Version Primordial Human Emperor Seal

The ground of the entire inner world jolted violently; the previously somewhat ethereal hundred‑thousand‑li realm became immensely dense and solid at that moment.

The Yellow Spring, evolved from the extreme yin vein, widened its channel severalfold under the nourishment of Xuanhuang mother Qi, and within its waters the first batch of confused yin spirits began to emerge.

Primordial Chaos Origin

His inner world drew another step closer to the truly perfect great world.

Finally, Gu Yuan's gaze fell upon that ancient, simple bronze great seal.

【Damaged Edition Primordial Human Emperor Seal】

Although this seal was missing a corner, the supreme aura that suppressed the human Dao and ruled over all peoples remained undiminished.

"It's you."

Gu Yuan drew a deep breath, his divine sense delved into it, and he began to refine this supreme human Dao treasure with all his might.

Unlike before, when he merely activated it simply, this time he intended to completely integrate this Human Emperor Seal into his inner world, making it the core of the inner world's human Dao principles!

Hum—

As Gu Yuan refined it, the Human Emperor Seal emitted a violent hum, and a vast, unmatched human Dao dragon qi burst forth from within.

This dragon qi was ten thousand times purer and more overbearing than the polluted fortune golden dragon of the Great Yin Divine Dynasty!

As soon as it appeared, it resonated strongly with the pure faith thought power of the countless common people that Gu Yuan had intercepted from the Great Yin Divine Dynasty within his inner world.

Originally scattered like loose sand, the faith thought power began to rapidly gather and condense under the Human Emperor Seal's dominion.

Above the Heavenly Dome of Gu Yuan's inner world, winds rose and clouds surged.

Countless golden strands of faith power transformed into a vast golden ocean, at whose center that bronze Human Emperor Seal shone like an eternal, never-setting proud sun, radiating magnificent divine might.

And beneath the Human Emperor Seal, a majestic, solemn golden temple constructed from the purest faith power was gradually taking shape.

On the temple's plaque, two ancient divine characters inscribed with the origin of the human Dao laws shone brightly.

——Divine Nation!

Embryo of the Divine Nation!

Although it was still merely a phantom, its appearance signified that Gu Yuan's inner world had begun to transform from a simple world into a Divine Nation possessing an independent faith system!

"So this is the true use of the Human Emperor Seal.."

A flash of insight crossed Gu Yuan's mind.

The human Dao, the human Dao, taking people as its foundation, gathering the thoughts of myriad peoples, achieves the supreme undertaking.

He had previously merely regarded this world as his own backyard, treating its living beings as tools to provide power, never considering truly governing and guiding them.

Now, the appearance of the Human Emperor Seal pointed him toward a completely new path.

He could become the heaven of this world, or its emperor!

The Way of Heaven is ruthless; the Way of the Sovereign is compassionate.

"Connections…… Heavenly Dao…… Earthly Veins……"

Gu Yuan muttered to himself.

He faintly understood why the Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge sought to destroy the world……

Crack.

Just as Gu Yuan was immersed in this wonderful realization, an extremely faint cracking sound came from deep within his dantian.

That bottleneck which had troubled him for a long time, the passage from the Fourteenth Realm Half-Saint to the Fifteenth Realm, shattered instantly under the scouring of this mighty faith power.

His cultivation, as natural as water reaching its channel, stepped into the Fifteenth Realm!

But, this was not the end.

As the embryo of the Divine Nation became completely stabilized, the Primordial Human Emperor Seal's brilliance blazed forth, actually beginning to actively absorb the inner world's chaotic origin, attempting to repair its own missing corner!

As a price, a vaster and purer insight into the Human Dao surged madly into Gu Yuan's sea of consciousness.

His realm began to soar again!

Mid Fifteenth Realm!

Late Fifteenth Realm!

Peak Fifteenth Realm!

Boom—

Sixteenth Realm!

Gu Yuan slowly opened his eyes; two golden divine rays flashed and vanished.

He could feel that his cultivation was only one step away from the Seventeenth Realm, the Sage Realm!

Even, Gu Yuan already felt that, without using any external force, he could now directly slay a peak True Immortal!