Chapter 71: with translation of title

"What?!"?

"Not good! Young master!"?

"Quick! Protect the young master!"?

At the moment the World Tree sapling turned into a stream of light and actively rushed toward Gu Yuan.

The Grand Elder Gu Linjiang and the others who were guarding the Dharma were all scared out of their wits!

That's the World Tree!

It is a supreme divine object born together with heaven and earth, carrying the primal source of a great world!

How vast and terrifying is the energy it contains!

Not to mention Gu Yuan, who had just stepped onto the path of cultivation as a Pi Qiao Realm cultivator.

Even an ordinary Saint would have to refine it carefully.

They wanted to stop it, but that stream of light was simply too fast, too sudden.

At the instant the thought just rose in their minds.

That seven-colored stream of light had already silently entered Gu Yuan's forehead.

It's over!

The hearts of all the Gu Family's strong ones sank to the bottom of the valley at this moment.

Gu Linjiang's complexion instantly turned deathly pale, without a trace of blood.

If the young master comes to harm under his watch, he would not be able to atone for it even with ten thousand deaths!

However, the imagined scene of Gu Yuan's body exploding violently did not occur.

All that could be seen was Gu Yuan's body merely giving a violent shudder after being penetrated by that stream of light.

Immediately thereafter, an energy surge a hundred, even a thousand times more terrifying than when he had previously devoured immortal substances erupted from within his body with a boom!

Om—!!!

Gu Yuan's body seemed to turn into a seven-colored sun.

It burst forth with divine light billions of zhang high, completely illuminating this void space!

The overwhelming, unimaginable vital essence and primal world source power.

Centering on him, it surged wildly outward in all directions!

Even beings as powerful as supremes were forced to retreat thousands of li by the impact of this energy!

They all stared in shock at the center of the seven-colored light, their expressions dazed, their minds blank.

"What... what is going on?"?

"The young master... seems... unharmed?"?

"Not only is he unharmed, this aura... my heavens, the young master's aura is increasing at an inconceivable speed, surging wildly!"?

Gu Zhangfeng's voice trembled, his eyes full of disbelief.

They could clearly feel that Gu Yuan's life level was undergoing an earth-shaking leap!

How could this be a sign of imminent bodily explosion?

This is clearly... a sign of obtaining a tremendous fortune!

"Could it be... that the World Tree sapling is not attacking the young master, but rather... actively acknowledging him as its master?!"?

Gu Linjiang put forward a guess that even he found absurd.

Actively acknowledging a master?

What a joke, that's the World Tree!

Moreover, it's a World Tree on par with the Primordial Immortal Realm!

It can be called the supreme innate spiritual root between heaven and earth!

If one could obtain this, perhaps there is hope to support an entire world!

Hence its name, World Tree.

At this moment, inside Gu Yuan's body.

His consciousness was currently in a seven-colored ocean.

That World Tree sapling, after entering his body, did not run rampant.

Instead, it was as docile as a little cat, directly arriving above his dantian qi sea, at the center of the continent formed by three thousand micro-worlds.

Then, its roots, formed from the laws of the Great Dao, lightly probed and easily took root deep in the origin of that continent.

Boom—!!!

At the instant the World Tree took root inside Gu Yuan's body.

Gu Yuan only felt as if his entire world had been detonated!

An indescribable, most primordial, most pure primal world source power.

From the World Tree's roots, it surged wildly out, instantly spreading throughout his body's three thousand micro-worlds!

Crack! Crack!

Each micro-world within his body.

All began to undergo earth-shaking changes under the scouring of this power!

The boundaries of the worlds were wildly expanding!

Their size perhaps remained the same.

But the laws within the worlds were rapidly being perfected!

Earth, fire, water, wind, evolving!

Mountains, rivers, and streams, coming into being!

Sun, moon, and stars, appear!

……

This is no longer a simple expansion; this is creation!

It is making those three thousand micro worlds, which were only embryonic, evolve wildly!

And as the master of those three thousand worlds.

The benefits Gu Yuan gains are beyond imagination!

His foundation, at a terrifying speed, becomes immensely robust!

His spirit, nourished by the World Tree, becomes exceedingly refined!

The Ten Thousand Dao Emperor Body in his dantian seems as if it had taken a Ten Complete Tonic Pill, swelling dramatically, its aura overwhelming the world, almost becoming material!

"So… this is the true use of the Immortal Body of Longevity?"

Gu Yuan's consciousness, immersed in the thrill of rapid strengthening, feels a vast emptiness within.

He finally understands why the World Tree voluntarily acknowledges him as its master.

Because his Immortal Body of Longevity itself contains the purest laws of life and creation!

The three thousand micro worlds he has forged within his body.

For the World Tree, they are the most perfect, most fitting soil for growth!

He and the World Tree are truly a pair made by heaven and earth!

At a certain moment.

Gu Yuan feels his internal energy finally ascend to a pinnacle!

Boom!

A deafening roar erupts from his body!

Those three thousand orifices that have evolved into small thousand worlds.

At this moment, as if drawn by a mysterious force, they begin to quake thunderously and… slowly converge toward the center!

Unified Realm!

The third stage after Pi Qiao Realm!

The three thousand orifices merge into one!

Gu Yuan's breakthrough is about to begin!

……

……

In the void, the multicolored sun fashioned by Gu Yuan shines ever more dazzlingly.

A terrifying aura of imminent breakthrough spreads from the core of the light sphere, causing the surrounding chaotic qi to churn and boil.

"The Young Master is about to breakthrough!"

"The Young Master is a once‑in‑eons Immortal Body of Longevity, bearing great destiny, and is the Gu Family's auspicious qilin; a rare encounter, his cultivation speed is faster, isn't that normal?"

Gu Linjiang, the Way:

"Enough, stop dawdling. The Young Master's breakthrough is imminent, the most critical moment. Everyone, be on high alert; anyone who dares approach this place and disturb the Young Master, whoever they are, be killed on the spot! Others, don't waste time; take away everything that can be packed."

"Understood."

The Dark Guard responded.

Then they skillfully began to scavenge the ground.

Gu Linjiang naturally knows the family's plan to pack and take away Sanqian Zhou.

To be honest.

Seeing the Immortal King's skeleton, seeing the immortal material of Sanqian Zhou everywhere, he feels the ancestor's plan… profound.

But profound is profound; the attempt must still be made.

This is a heavenly opportunity that could boost the Gu Family's foundation dozens of times!

If he doesn't try, he'd die of frustration himself.

And first take away the valuable relics of the ancient Immortal era.

Also to prevent the relocation plan from failing.

This is his, the great elder of the Gu Family's wisdom.

On the other side, Gu Zhangfeng, Gu Zhan and others also fulfill their duties as guards.

But the shock on their faces cannot be concealed.

They gaze at the multicolored light; beyond awe, their eyes hold a fervent zeal from the heart.

The more demonic the Young Master, the brighter the Gu Family's future!

They seem to have already seen.

In the near future, Gu Yuan will ascend to the pinnacle of the Immortal Path, reign over the heavens, leading the Gu Family into an unprecedented golden age!

Meanwhile, fifty Supreme Dark Guards of the Seventeenth Realm now resemble a highly professional demolition crew, with clear divisions and extreme efficiency.

Some wield specially made Immortal Gold Daggers, open custom jade boxes, then assemble them into a larger one, and carefully seal the bones from the massive Immortal King skeleton.

The motion is so gentle it seems as if handling the most precious lover.

Afraid of damaging even a trace of divinity.

Others produce all sorts of bottles and jars.

They collect without a drop the dense, liquid immortal material that spilled into this void when the Immortal King fell.

Even a few Supreme practitioners skilled in formation have united, researching how to pack the entire void space opened by the Immortal King.

"The Lord said, this space's structure was created by the Immortal King, solid and eternal; if it can be refined into a pocket realm and taken home as the Young Master's palace foundation, that would be a monumental merit."

"Correct! Pay attention, all of you! Don't overlook even the dust on the ground! This is all chaos divine soil stained with the aura of an Immortal King; take it back to lay the road, and it will let the youngsters in the clan cultivate a bit faster!"

"That spatial fragment over there—don't let it escape! Quickly bind it with the Binding Space Rope! That fragment contains the laws of an Immortal King!"

"Fifty Seventeenth Realm powerhouses are working with great enthusiasm, their faces all beaming with the joy of harvest."

"Diligent and thrifty in managing the household, plucking hair even when a goose passes."

"This is an excellent tradition engraved in the bones of every Gu Family member."

"In their view, everything in this Immortal Ancient Relic Site already belongs to the Young Master as private property."

"Since it is the Young Master's property, not even a bone or a drop of liquid—indeed, even a speck of dust—must be packed up and taken away; it must not be cheaply given to outsiders."