Chapter 394: System 3.0

At this very moment.

Gu Yuan, within the inner world.

These twenty years have been a tremendous development for Gu Yuan and for the Gu Family.

He sits cross‑legged at the center of Chaos, his spirit transforming into an indescribable creator deity, overlooking the vast realm he forged with his own hand.

The Xuantian Continent and the Dusk Divine Realm, once isolated enclaves, have now fully merged into the map of the Divine Kingdom.

They are no longer mere spatial overlays, but like two tightly sewn puzzle pieces, perfectly embedded into this newly born heaven and earth.

The former Xuantian Continent has become the Eastern Xuan Province in the east of the Divine Kingdom; the mountains and rivers remain, but the scenery is entirely different.

Above the new Luoyang Imperial City, hanging not the sun and moon but a radiant golden sun forged from the ancient Emperor's Seal, bathing all things and spreading the dignified authority of humanity.

Luo Bingyao, the former Empress, is now the Imperial‑appointed Governor of Eastern Xuan Province, overseeing the livelihood of the province; her cultivation, infused with the Divine Kingdom's primal Qi, has long surpassed the Heavenly Emperor, and she has now entered the mid‑stage of the True Immortal Realm, becoming a figure of paramount importance throughout the Gu Family.

Sometimes, the Empress, gazing at the "God" hanging in the heavens, cannot help but fall into contemplation.

If it were not for him.

She fears she would have perished alongside the human race in that turmoil long ago.

Li Chengqian, the embodiment of the Human Emperor, was appointed by Gu Yuan to walk the Human Emperor Hall, preaching throughout the Divine Kingdom, propagating the order and doctrine established by Gu Yuan; his affection for Gu's domain thrives in the Divine Kingdom, and his cultivation advances at a rapid pace.

In just twenty years, he entered the Sacred Dao realm, becoming a cultivator of the Fourteenth Stage.

And the Western Xihun Province is the former Dusk Divine Realm.

Gu, holding the ledger of life and death forged from the Human Emperor's Seal law, became the Divine Kingdom's first Inspector.

He is impartial and iron‑faced, traveling between provinces, judging good and evil, and administering punishments.

The former traitor had his crimes etched onto the ledger; within three generations, his descendants, though not doomed to death, are cut off from the Immortal Path, forced to live as mortals, cleansing their ancestor's sins through labor.

Those who remained steadfast are granted the Divine Kingdom's auspicious fortune; their descendants' spiritual roots are naturally formed, and their cultivation path is smooth.

Good and evil receive retribution; cause and effect are manifest.

In Gu Yuan's Divine Kingdom, this is no longer a vague admonition but an iron law hanging over every being's head, visible and tangible.

And at the core of the Divine Kingdom, the change is even more drastic.

The Yellow Spring, evolved from the Extreme Yin vein, after Gu Yuan sank the projection of the Human Emperor's Seal into its terminus, fully transformed into the Divine Kingdom's realm of reincarnation.

At the end of the Yellow Spring, a magnificent phantom of the Six‑Path Reincarnation Wheel slowly turns; all souls that die naturally or fall unexpectedly within the Divine Kingdom have their true spirits drawn here.

Those with merit may enter the Celestial‑Human Path, becoming noble offspring of the Divine Kingdom in the next life, born wise.

Those with neither merit nor fault enter the Human Path, remaining mortals, enjoying a hundred years of peace.

Those with sins enter the Beast, Hungry Ghost, or Hell realms: becoming beasts, suffering hunger and cold, or being burned by karmic fire, to repay past debts.

Life and death rotate; yin and yang cycle.

As the first batch of mortal true spirits complete a circuit of the Reincarnation Wheel, they are reborn as newborns throughout the Divine Kingdom; Gu Yuan's inner world finally possesses its own complete "Heaven, Earth, Human" tri‑path system.

The Heavenly Path is the three thousand laws manifested from Gu Yuan's will, hanging atop the World Tree.

The Earthly Path flows beneath the Divine Kingdom, governing the Six Paths of the Yellow Spring's reincarnation.

The Human Path is the joys and sorrows of countless beings, coalescing into an immortal faith that forges the supreme divine might of the Human Emperor's Seal.

The three paths converge into one, intertwining, each serving as the other's foundation.

Boom!

An unprecedented sense of completeness surged back from every corner of the Divine Kingdom, washing over Gu Yuan's immortal body.

The final barrier separating him from the Eighteenth‑Stage Supreme, before this vast primordial force, is as thin as a cicada's wing.

If he wished, a single thought would let him instantly achieve Supremacy.

But Gu Yuan does not.

His eyes pierce the Divine Kingdom's barrier, gazing toward a farther, broader endless void.

Xuantian Continent, Dusk Divine Realm… this is only the beginning.

His Divine Kingdom is still far too small.

"Not enough…"

Gu Yuan rose to his feet; after twenty years of seclusion, his aura seemed not to have grown stronger, but rather became more restrained, returning to simplicity. Without seeing it with his own eyes, no one could link this handsome young man before him with the creator deity who governs a realm of the Divine Kingdom.

He took a step forward, and his figure vanished within the cave dwelling.

When he reappeared, he was back in the purple bamboo grove behind the Gu Family Divine Island.

The bamboo grove remains, the green stones remain.

Only on the stone, the old man who carried sunflower seeds and babbled nonsensical stories was nowhere to be seen.

"Grandpa went off somewhere wild again?" Gu Yuan muttered, casually retrieving a set of jade tea ware from the Storage Artifact and beginning to brew tea leisurely.

At the moment he poured the first cup of spirit tea, exuding the aura of enlightenment, into the cup.

A mechanical tone that had been silent for twenty years, almost forgotten by him, suddenly rang deep within his mind without warning.

【Ding! Host detected to have completed long‑term rest; mental state stable; vacation desire favorable…】

【Heavenly Vacation System is rebooting…】

【Reboot complete! Underlying logic optimization finished; system version upgraded to 3.0!】

【Xiao Ai 3.0, sincerely at your service! Dear master, have you missed me?】

Gu Yuan's hand holding the teacup paused mid‑air.

What is this delicate, slightly flattery‑laden, coquettish girl‑like voice?

"You…"

【Master, no need to doubt, it's me!】

The voice carried a hint of excitement,

【To better enhance your vacation experience, Xiao Ai has undergone a revolutionary iterative upgrade of its voice pack and emotional module during standby! From today onward, I will no longer be the cold machine that only issues tasks, but your most attentive, most understanding, most adorable personal vacation assistant!】

Gu Yuan raised an eyebrow, brought the teacup to his lips, and gently blew away the heat.

"So, after twenty years of upgrades, the result is just swapping a voice pack?"

【Of course not!】 Xiao Ai immediately retorted,

【Version 3.0, besides the optimization of emotional interaction, the core is the launch of a brand‑new world editor and a custom mission feature! Master, you can even adjust certain parameters of the vacation world you're about to visit according to your preferences! For example, the spiritual energy density, world size, or even… the gender of the Destined Child!】

【Certainly! If you, host, have any odd preferences, I'm not unwilling…】

The system's voice was full of a self‑praising, eager‑to‑take‑credit tone.