Chapter 488: The Revived Immortal King Shouzheng

However, just as Tu thought he had already seen the Gu Family's most terrifying trump card, Gu Yuan seemed to do something trivial, clapped his hands and spoke again.

"By the way, Grandfather, this time at the Send Heaven Hall, I also brought back a friend."

As Gu Yuan's words fell, his thoughts shifted.

A weak, almost translucent golden soul, as if it could extinguish at any moment, was slowly released by him from the inner world.

The soul wore tattered Immortal Emperor Battle Armor, its features blurred, aura faint; it was Shouzheng, the Immortal Court guardian who had burned all the sources for Gu Yuan.

"New... new master..."

Shouzheng's soul flickered violently; he looked at Gu Yuan, his voice weak yet filled with the satisfaction of having completed his mission.

"Senior, thank you for your effort."

Gu Yuan gave Shouzheng a slight nod, a trace of respect flashing in his eyes.

"What is this..."

Gu Lin Tian stared at the unfamiliar soul, a hint of doubt crossing his eyes.

"Father, this is the last ancient Immortal Court guardian, Senior Shouzheng," Gu Yuan explained. "If it weren't for Senior holding back the five great overlords in the Send Heaven Hall, we wouldn't have returned so smoothly with a full haul."

Gu Lin Tian's expression hardened at the words, and he solemnly bowed to Shouzheng: "I, junior Gu Lin Tian, thank you, senior, for your assistance."

"I am unworthy... I am unworthy..." Shouzheng's soul waved repeatedly, looking a bit flattered and startled.

Gu Cangsheng, standing nearby, curled his lip, stepped forward to Shouzheng, pointed a finger at his illusory body and exclaimed, "Wow, it's truly a pure will‑entity condensed from Immortal Court law, burns quite brightly. Too bad its foundation is destroyed; in another three to five years it will likely vanish completely."

Hearing this, Shouzheng's soul dimmed briefly, a hint of sorrow appearing in his eyes.

He had burned the entire source of the Send Heaven Hall and, using his remaining soul, triggered the Immortal Court's forbidden law; already exhausted, his survival to this point was a miracle.

However, Gu Cangsheng's next words left him completely stunned.

"But since this is someone my grandson brought back, letting you die like this would make the Gu Family look disgraceful, wouldn't it?"

Gu Cangsheng grinned, showing a set of white teeth.

He whirled around and shouted toward the hall beyond, "Wan Yao! Don't rush to refine that rotten flesh; bring me your Immortal King Cauldron first!"

"Coming, coming!"

Wan Yao Divine Lord, hearing this, did not delay, hurriedly cradling the bronze cauldron exuding Immortal King aura, ran over.

"Grandfather, what is this..." Gu Yuan seemed to have guessed something.

"Hehe."

Gu Cangsheng gave a mysterious smile, snatched the Immortal King Cauldron, and, like dumping trash, threw all the Immortal King Dao Fruit and divine golden elixirs Gu Yuan had presented into the cauldron in one go.

Then he reached out, forcibly siphoned a large stream from the still‑raining Hong Meng Dao Qi waterfall, pouring it into the cauldron as roughly as turning on a faucet.

After completing all this, Gu Cangsheng set the Immortal King Cauldron on the ground, then grabbed Shouzheng's weak soul and, like tossing a chick, threw it straight into the cauldron.

"Grandfather, what is this?"

"New master, no need to worry!"

Shouzheng's voice came from the cauldron, weak yet full of trust in Gu Cangsheng's methods.

Precisely, he no longer cared.

If he could contribute something for the new master before dying, perhaps it was worthwhile.

"Give me—refine!"

Gu Cangsheng let out a roar, his gaunt hand slamming onto the Immortal King Cauldron.

Boom!

A pure, ultimate Chaotic Origin thundered into the cauldron!

"Is this the Dao of Chaos?!" Shouzheng's voice showed shock for the first time.

The Immortal King Cauldron shook violently, the three thousand divine‑demon totems on its body seeming to awaken and spin wildly.

Inside the cauldron, Hong Meng Dao Qi, catalyzed by the Chaotic Origin, instantly boiled, turning into a violet‑golden flame.

The Immortal King Dao Fruit and divine golden elixirs tossed in melted and disintegrated under the flame, becoming the purest law source and incorporeal matter.

"Using Chaos as the foundation, Hong Meng as fire, Ten Thousand Dao as material, reforging the immortal soul, recreating the king's body!"

Gu Cangsheng's voice, like the great Dao's resonant tone, echoed through the Hall of Longevity.

He was forcibly reshaping Shouzheng's Dao foundation using an extravagantly lavish, unprecedented method!

Tu knelt beside, watching this scene worthy of a miracle, completely at a loss for words.

He felt like a joke.

A colossal joke.

He recalled his own damaged Dao foundation, wandering the Boundary Sea for over three hundred thousand years like a stray dog, barely surviving.

Yet here, a remnant soul injured many times more than he was, in a brief moment, enjoyed an emperor‑level treatment: using a giant immortal artifact as a furnace, Hong Meng Dao Qi as fire, and hundreds of Immortal King Dao Fruit as material!

Can the gap between people truly be this vast?

Rumble—!

The Immortal King Cauldron's tremors grew more violent, a mighty Immortal King aura surged from its mouth skyward, even causing the Celestial Star Array above the Gu Family Divine Island to resonate.

After an unknown amount of time, as the cauldron's light gradually faded.

A figure slowly stepped out of the cauldron.

The newcomer still bore the puppet elder's appearance, yet the once‑dry wooden body now shimmered with a faint violet‑gold sheen, as if carved from the finest Hong Meng divine wood.

In his hollow eyes, two blazing golden‑red flames roared, their pressure already reaching the genuine Immortal King realm!

"I, Shouzheng, thank the venerable ancestor for the rebirth grace! Thank the new master for his unwavering care!"

Shouzheng stepped out of the Immortal King Cauldron, performed the grandest bow to Gu Cangsheng and Gu Yuan.

His voice was no longer weak, but brimming with vigorous excitement and gratitude.

He not only survived, but turned disaster into fortune!

That puppet body, reforged from countless heavenly treasures and earthly riches together with Hong Meng Dao Qi, is so sturdy that it has even surpassed the physique of an ordinary Immortal King.

His remaining soul has completely merged with the Celestial Court's laws, becoming the artifact spirit of this body.

He now is a walking, self‑aware…… Immortal King artifact!

Although he only possesses the strength of an ordinary Immortal King.

But under that special chaos, he has temporarily regained a new lease on life.

"Alright, alright, stop kneeling back and forth."

Gu Cangsheng impatiently waved his hand,

"From now on you will be the Gu Family's Offering Elder, specifically responsible for guarding the home and protecting the estate. Normally don't come out to loaf around when there's nothing to do; if anyone who doesn't know better dares to cause trouble, you just beat them to death for me."

He paused, then added:

"Your physique has a solid foundation; normally you're just an ordinary Immortal King in battle strength. If you really encounter a tough opponent, you just burn your Hong Meng wood body; in a short time you should be able to burst forth titanic‑level power, but that's a desperate move—after using it once you'll probably need to be reforged, so use it sparingly."