Chapter 391

The primordial source of the chaos behemoth!

The qualifications to challenge the Grand Chancellor!

The latter is quite tempting to the immortal kings within Zang Tian Ge.

The former, however, can drive countless ambitious schemers and fugitives hiding in dark corners, like sharks smelling blood, to search everywhere for the so‑called traces of the Gu family.

However, this bounty reward, though good, is utterly useless.

The Gu family's main base, the Ancient Immortal Domain, is as if an invisible giant hand had forcibly erased it from the map of the myriad heavens.

No matter how heaven‑defying causal deduction arts those schemers employ, or even at the cost of their lifespan consulting immortal kings adept at the Heavenly Mechanism Great Dao for divination, all they ultimately see is an impenetrable fog of void war.

The system's concealment method is truly superb—it is an underlying logic shield that overlays the laws of all heavens and even surpasses the comprehension of immortal kings, hiding the Gu family together with its subordinate worlds tightly, not a drop leaking.

At the same time, within the Hall of Eternal Silence in the main hall of Zang Tian Ge.

"Grand Chancellor, over these twenty years, the thirty‑seven lower realms we set up in the fringe star region have been forcibly uprooted by that remnants of the Ancient Immortal Domain."

The Third Grand Chancellor's vague outline, woven from countless shadows, appeared in the darkness, his voice wavering,

"They have mastered the star charts of some of our outposts through Youquan and Tianqi, acting swiftly and decisively."

At the center of the void, the massive twisted dark‑red flesh quivered slightly; the Grand Chancellor's icy will echoed in the hall, yet no trace of anger could be heard.

"It's fine; they're just insignificant lower‑level sheep pens—lose them, lose them."

The Grand Chancellor's voice carried a lofty coldness and calculation:

"They think they are rebelling, but they are actually seeking their own death. The more territories they conquer and the wider the lands they swallow, the deeper their entanglement with the causality of all heavens; no matter how marvelous the treasure shielding their base, it cannot conceal such a vast flow of causality."

"Let them eat, let them occupy— the more they consume, the easier it becomes to reveal what is masking our perception, and the easier to expose the true location of their base."

The Third Grand Chancellor's shadow bowed slightly: "Grand Chancellor, brilliant. The 'Source‑Extinguishing Ancestral Poison' we have refined over countless eons is ready; this poison is a primordial mutation bestowed by the Lord himself—once detonated, it need not seep slowly but can instantly infect and assimilate the heavenly dao of an entire top‑level great world."

"Excellent."

On the Grand Chancellor's faceless visage, a deep, pitch‑black fissure split open, as if grinning malevolently,

"The True Immortal Battlefield has been open for years, but it's been left in the outskirts, attracting only the native heaven‑pride true immortals of the surrounding realms; if we open the core zone and discover the Gu family's roots, we can directly inject this poison into their heavenly dao core, purifying it together with all the territories they have annexed over these twenty years."

"Those lower realms we discarded…… we will make them spit out everything, principal and interest, together with that titan who cultivated the Original Indestructible Classic, all in one gulp!"

As for failure……

The Grand Chancellor said nothing, and the Third Grand Chancellor did not ask.

Let alone that the Source‑Extinguishing Ancestral Poison is part of the Lord's own primordial source.

Just say, if the Gu family does not appear, or if even then they remain undiscovered……

That is also simple—this substance was originally refined to target the Primordial Heaven and the Primordial Immortal Domain.

The locations of those two…… they are clear as day.

This trial…… someone will have to face it either way.

As for who the target is…… the Grand Chancellor and company don't care.

……

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Gu family, Hall of Longevity.

Gu Lin Tian sat upon the throne symbolizing the family head's position, a hint of inexorable fatigue in his brow.

Before him on the jade table lay piles of jade slips as high as a mountain, each slip representing a newly affiliated world, representing the tangled interests and resource allocations.

"Family Head, this is the tribute from the Crimson Flame Realm; they offer to contribute thirty percent of their world's primordial source, seeking only a hundred spots to enter the outer sect of our Gu family for cultivation."

"Also, the Blackwater Realm has sued the expeditionary force of the Golden Light Continent; while liberating them, they furtively dug three extra veins of immortal gold."

"Furthermore, Senior Wan Yao reports that the first batch of expeditionary pills has been exhausted, urgently needing replenishment, though the elder is currently researching a new formula and may…… require you, Family Head, to personally urge him along."

An elder stood respectfully below, reporting cautiously.

Gu Lin Tian rubbed his temples, only feeling a massive headache.

A happy worry.

Thirty years ago, he was still worried because the Gu Family had only one true immortal, namely his father Gu Cangsheng.

Thirty years later, he had already begun to worry because there were too many vassal worlds under his command and not enough true immortal–level experts, and he had a headache.

In these twenty years, the Gu Family's expeditionary army advanced victoriously, but it was not all smooth sailing.

Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge's minions spread across the heavens; in the worlds about to be harvested, they often cultivated powerful local forces.

On several occasions, the expeditionary army even encountered true immortal peak–level natives contaminated by the Extinction Source Power; if not for Gu Cangsheng's timely intervention, slapping them to death with a single palm across the endless void, the army would likely have been wiped out.

"Understood."

Gu Lin Tian waved his hand, signaling the elder to retreat.

He picked up a jade slip, extended his divine sense into it, and gazed at the densely packed resource list and population statistics, a hint of complexity flashing in his eyes.

"Yuan'er, you hands-off manager, you really are taking it easy..."

He smiled bitterly and shook his head.

But immediately, his gaze became resolute again.

All of this is worth it.

He could feel that, as the vassal worlds increased, the Gu Family's fortune was surging at an unbelievable speed.

This fortune's blessing allowed the Gu Family's disciples to cultivate at a speed far surpassing before.

In twenty years alone, the number of Gu Family members who had walked the path to immortality and reached true immortal status had reached thirty.

Know this.

The present Gu Family is not what it used to be.

Resources are abundant enough to fully support all supremes in the posture after breaking through the Heavenly Emperor realm, on the path to true immortal, and after breaking through, they can directly become mid‑ to late‑stage true immortals.

As for those supremes who have become immortals... their numbers are countless.

And the most eye‑catching are the Gu Family's first batch of cultivators who broke through to the True Immortal Realm, including Gu Lin Tian.

Nowadays, most of them have already reached the pinnacle of the True Immortal Realm.

By contrast, the former Gu Cangsheng was only slightly inferior in foundation.

If it were three‑against‑one or four‑against‑one, perhaps we could still win.

Sometimes Gu Lin Tian thinks of his old man, and then of himself now, who has been at the pinnacle of the True Immortal Realm for some time; when facing Gu Cangsheng, even the former him, he can't help but sigh.

"Not yet at the True Immortal pinnacle, I see him like a frog in a well looking up at the moon; after reaching the True Immortal pinnacle, I see him like a mayfly glimpsing the vast sky."

Gu Lin Tian shook his head, casting that thought out of his mind.

They're all family; what's there to argue about?

If we keep this pace, give it another ten or twenty years—no, perhaps only a few more decades!

I…might be able to ride this wind and break through to the Immortal King Realm!

One sect…dual Immortal Kings!

Thinking that even I could break into the Immortal King Realm makes Gu Lin Tian handle official affairs with even greater vigor.

He picked up the front‑line jade scroll, sent by Grand Elder Gu Lin Jiang together with Gu Xue Dao, Qing Luan and Gu Zhan, the blue marking indicating it wasn't very urgent.

"Let me see… hmm, the Xutian World… hmm? What's this 'Thirty‑three Layers of Heaven, loan‑based cultivation'? This world is a bit too twisted, isn't it?"