Chapter 390: Twenty Years of Endless Time

This move is not a whim.

Humanity not only governs life, but also death.

If there is no reincarnation, even though sentient beings have myriad beliefs, they are ultimately rootless drifting duckweed, ending in a single life, their mental power like a candle in the wind, fleeting in an instant.

Only by establishing order, allowing true spirits to cycle, and letting cause and effect manifest, can the Divine Realm's humanity truly take shape.

Boom!

The moment the projection of the Human Emperor Seal sank into the Yellow Springs, the entire ever‑rushing black river suddenly stalled.

The river water was no longer merely pure Yin qi, but began to evolve into a deeper, more mysterious law—reincarnation.

By the riverbank, the already blooming, eerie other‑worldly flower, its petals began to show countless vague faces—these were the true spirits of sentient beings who had just perished on the Profound Heaven Continent and the Twilight Divine Realm. They should have dispersed into the world, yet now an invisible force drew them together here.

They stared blankly at the black river, at the towering ghost city on the opposite bank, formed from the Human Emperor Seal's projection, exuding an aura of majesty and judgment.

Above the city gate, two ancient divine characters, imprinted by the law of reincarnation, flickered with a dim light.

—Fengdu.

Behind Fengdu City, a crude stone platform rose from the ground, upon which stood an austere stone mirror; its surface was smooth yet reflected no figure.

Homeward Terrace.

Six black vortices, condensed from the power of reincarnation, slowly rotated behind the Homeward Terrace, leading toward an unknown destination.

Prototype of the Six Realms of Rebirth!

"Not enough yet."

Gu Yuan's thoughts shifted again; the Ten Thousand Paths Time Lamp, floating above the Divine Realm's Heavenly Dome, had long been refined by him, leaving only the pinnacle soul of the true immortal realm, and he snatched the banner‑bearing Immortal King True Spirit at its core.

"Ah! Spare me, master!"

The Immortal King True Spirit named Afan let out a terrified scream, believing Gu Yuan intended to completely refine him.

"Noisy."

Gu Yuan, too lazy to explain, snapped his fingers and thrust the Immortal King True Spirit straight into the newly formed Fengdu ghost city.

"Imperial decree: Appoint you as the Divine Realm's First Judge, keeper of the Book of Life and Death, overseer of reincarnation, arbiter of good and evil. This merit can help you reshape your Dao body."

A majestic voice reverberated deep within Afan's true spirit.

He felt a vast force of merit descend from the heavens, instantly repairing his shattered true spirit, even more refined than in his prime.

His ethereal body, enveloped in golden light of merit, began to slowly solidify.

Afan was stunned.

He had thought he was reduced to a vessel spirit, never to be reborn, yet he did not expect such a fate.

A judge?

Oversee reincarnation?

This... this is far more promising than being a henchman!

"Sinful servant Afan, bows in gratitude for the Divine Lord's Heavenly Grace!"

Afan recovered, turned toward the Divine Realm's Heavenly Dome, bowed his head and prayed, his devotion surpassing that of any ancient predecessor.

With the first Yin deity returning to its place, the Divine Realm's Underworld system finally began to operate formally.

The true spirits lingering on the banks of the Yellow Springs, guided by the invisible order, queued to cross the newly formed Naihe Bridge, drank the Meng Po Soup brewed from the dew of the other‑worldly flower, forgot their past lives, and entered reincarnation.

At this point, Gu Yuan's inner world had its prototype of the Three Realms established.

The Celestial Realm, with the World Tree at its core, suspends the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws, governing the heavens and stars, serving as the abode of immortals and deities.

The Mortal Realm, founded on the Primordial Yellow Maternal Qi, supports the Profound Heaven and Twilight domains, where billions of sentient beings thrive; the Human Emperor Seal suppresses the flow of humanity's fortune, and the power of belief coalesces into the Divine Realm.

The Earth Realm, guided by the Yellow Springs, with Fengdu as its hub, the Six Realms of Rebirth rotate incessantly, governing the life‑death cycles of all things.

Heaven, Earth, and Humanity, the three paths converge into one, all within oneself!

"So this is my Dao..."

Gu Yuan opened his eyes, his gaze clear and bright.

He no longer tangled with the two paths his grandfather spoke of.

Devour, or coexist?

Only children make choices.

He wants it all!

What he seeks is not to become the Heavenly Dao, nor to nurture it.

But to live himself as a true realm that encompasses Heaven, Earth, and Humanity, possessing a complete reincarnation order—a supreme universe!

This universe begins with him and ends with him.

He is the sole, he is omnipotent!

Boom!

The instant his thoughts became clear, Gu Yuan's cultivation could no longer be suppressed.

That bottleneck, already as thin as a cicada wing, shattered with a boom!

Seventeenth Realm, Supreme Saint!

A terrifying aura far surpassing ordinary Supreme Saints surged skyward from his body, yet he instantly reined it in, leaking not a trace.

Within the cave residence, it remained as calm as water.

Only Gu Yuan himself knew that from this moment, he truly embarked on his unique, singular Path of Transcendence.

He did not rush to leave the sect.

The evolution of the Divine Realm had only just begun.

The integration of the Profound Heaven Continent and the Twilight Divine Realm, while bringing a massive population of sentient beings and the power of belief, also resembled painting two vastly different patterns on a blank sheet.

He needs time to harmonize and to integrate.

He needs to imprint his Great Dao onto every corner of this Divine Realm, so that different civilizations and different laws will ultimately be unified under his will.

……

The years drift by; in the blink of a finger, twenty years have passed.

To mortals, twenty years is a sea of change, a generation of new replacing the old.

But to the Ancient Immortal Realm, where cultivation knows no time, twenty years is merely a brief retreat of a strong cultivator.

In those twenty years, the pattern of the Ancient Immortal Realm underwent a cataclysmic transformation.

Gu Family, that awakened ancient dragon, finally laid bare its ferocious fangs.

Led by Gu Lin Tian and the Ten Thousand Medicine Divine Lord, the Gu Family expeditionary force, following the star maps obtained in the minds of the two Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge Immortal Kings, Youquan and Tianqi, launched an unprecedented anti‑evil campaign across the myriad heavens and realms.

Dozens of lower worlds, secretly infiltrated by the Zang Tian Ge and on the brink of being harvested, were forcefully liberated by the Gu Family with thunderous might.

In some worlds, the defiant few were pierced through Heaven's Dao by true immortals such as Gu Zhan and Gu Xue Dao, together with powerful allies, slaughtering the mutated high‑tier combat forces of the world; after reuniting Heaven's Dao, Gu Xuan Ce then deployed the Great Array of the Celestial Cycle, gradually restoring the world to a normal cultivation realm.

In other worlds, after witnessing the overwhelming might of the Gu Family, they chose to voluntarily submit.

Their sovereigns, even emulating the ancient Cloud‑Cloth Patriarch, hurriedly packaged their world's essence overnight and personally delivered it to the Gu Family's Divine Island, hoping to secure a vassal position within the Gu Family's system.

In just twenty years, around the Gu Family's Divine Island, more than thirty subordinate worlds of varying sizes have sprung up like stars encircling the moon.

The Gu Family, or rather the Ancient Immortal Realm's sphere of influence, has expanded at an unprecedented speed.

Meanwhile, the Ten Thousand Realms Bounty issued by the elder of the Zang Tian Ge has caused a massive stir across the heavens and myriad realms.