Chapter 530: New Tricks

Five years.

For Gu Yuan, this is the longest seclusion he has undertaken since he began cultivating.

Refining the Blood Moon Netherworld and the Ten Thousand Herbs Great World, the two top‑tier mid‑thousand‑world origins consume more time than he imagined.

In these five years, the territory of his inner world has expanded by more than double.

The branches of the World Tree have become sturdier, and the world light and shadow flowing on each leaf are clearer and more solid.

One hundred twenty‑three celestial veins, like order divine chains spanning the universe, bind the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity more tightly together, forming a perfectly self‑consistent cycle.

His cultivation level remains steadily at the True Immortal Realm.

There is no further breakthrough.

At his level, a mere increase in realm has already lost its meaning.

What he must do is to fully condense this profound foundation, strong enough to make any Immortal King envious and furious, into his own unique Dao.

On this day, Gu Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

Inside the secret chamber, there was utter tranquility.

He could feel his mind, unprecedentedly clear and empty.

Just then, that familiar voice rang in his mind right on schedule.

【Ding! Detected that the host has completed a five‑year deep seclusion; spirit is complete, Qi is abundant, Dao foundation is solid, making it an excellent time to start a new round of passionate vacation!】

Little Love's voice was full of joy and excitement, like a child who had been held in for a long time and could finally run free.

【Heavenly Vacation System 4.0 Luxury Upgrade, has carefully selected three brand‑new, challenge‑filled, five‑star vacation destinations for you! Master, take a look!】

A pale blue light screen unfolded before Gu Yuan.

Above the screen were three continuously rotating world models.

The first was a world shrouded in endless sword intent, with sword intent criss‑crossing, slicing the entire world into fragments.

【World Name: Sword Tomb】

【World Background: The fallen realm of a supreme Sword Emperor, whose undying Sword Intent has polluted the world's Heavenly Dao; all things take sword shapes, and sentient beings feed on swords and follow the sword as Dao.】

Gu Yuan glanced at it and skipped over.

No interest.

The second was a world composed of countless gears, steam pipes, and metallic cities.

【World Name: Eternal Core】

【World Background: A malformed product of technology fused with cultivation; beings constantly replace mechanical prostheses to pursue eternity, eventually becoming part of a cold machine. The Heavenly Dao of this realm has been replaced by a central main brain called the 'Supreme Will'.】

Gu Yuan's gaze still lingered not.

He turned to the last one, also the most radiant, the largest model, and the seemingly most dangerous world.

It was an ancient, vast land where towering giants roared, three‑legged golden crows spanned the sky, blood seas churned endlessly… countless scenes that exist only in myths and legends lived and perished within.

【World Name: Primordial·Witch‑Undead Chronicle】

【World Type: Myth】

【World Background: At the beginning of creation, when the primordial chaos was first divided, myriad races stood, and innate deities walked the earth. The witch and undead races fought for the role of heaven‑earth protagonist, a great war about to erupt; this marks the beginning of the Tribulation, and beneath the saints, all are like ants.】

Gu Yuan's brows finally lifted.

Primordial.

This is indeed a good place.

The world's origin is robust, innate spiritual treasures are everywhere, and each innate deity is a great Dao principle in motion.

If one could incorporate such a world…

No, even merely merging a small fragment of this world into one's inner world would bring unimaginable benefits.

Only…

"Little Love," Gu Yuan said lightly.

【Here! Here! Master, do you also think this world is the best? The rewards are extremely generous!】

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

【... huh?】

Little Love's voice stuttered.

Gu Yuan pointed at the main quest line, "You call this a vacation?"

He said leisurely, "The Witch‑Undead Tribulation; the dead quasi‑saints and Great Luo Golden Immortals might outnumber the Gu Family's true immortals."

"You want me to go to my death, so you can switch hosts?"

【No, no! Absolutely not!】

Little Love panicked and quickly switched to a mechanical voice.

【Warning! The system and host are deeply bound; there is no option to switch! Please do not make baseless speculations, host!】

"Then you're stupid," Gu Yuan bluntly evaluated, "Posting such a nine‑to‑one‑death task, you don't want this KPI anymore?"

【...】

The system fell silent again.

This world is, in the system's database, the highest‑grade origin and most complete set of laws currently detectable, and the most beneficial for the host's growth.

Hence it placed it first.

But the host seems ungrateful.

"Fine, stop playing dead," Gu Yuan saw through its little trick, "I won't take this quest."

【But… but the rewards of this world…】

"Even if the reward is great, one must have the destiny to claim it."

Gu Yuan leaned back in the chair, shifting to a more comfortable position, "I refuse to go in person."

【……】

Xiao Ai was about to cry.

It realized it seemed to have been caught again.

The host simply wasn't playing by the rules.

Wouldn't a normal host, upon seeing the two words "Primordial", be howling with excitement and recklessly charge in?

How come, when it reached its own host, it was like seeing a plague god?

But...

Gu Yuan shifted the conversation, "Although I'm not going myself, that doesn't mean we can't participate."

【……What does the master mean?】 Xiao Ai's voice carried a hint of doubt.

You forgot? Back in version 2.0, we had an "Investment Mode", didn't we? And version 4.0 upgraded to a "World Editor".

Gu Yuan tapped the light screen unhurriedly, "I want you to combine these two functions."

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【Combine?】

Xiao Ai's voice obviously stalled for a moment,

【Master, these two functions are completely independent…… "Investment Mode" is investing in natives, "Injection Mode" is……】

"I know." Gu Yuan cut it off directly, "So I want you to create a completely new mode."

His voice dropped, full of a bewitching tone: "Just call it…… the 'Absolute Safety Participation Mode'."

【……】

It's very simple.

Gu Yuan began to explain on his own,

I'll send one of my divine souls into the locals; that way I can personally participate, experience the Primordial world's customs, and guarantee my main body's absolute safety.

Gu Yuan spread his hands, laughing like a devil,

Even if that Dao body is reduced to ashes in the Lich Calamity, to me it's merely losing a thread of divine sense—no pain, no itch. And you, with the KPI in hand, we both win.