Chapter 91: On that very day, three blessings came knocking, and the whole family broke through

Gu Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

At that moment, the Elder Guardian standing beside him had his soul and spirit dazed for a moment.

What he saw was not a pair of eyes, but an expanse of chaos in the act of opening heaven and earth.

The sun, moon, and stars were born within it; all living things evolved within it, and ultimately returned to extinction.

A cycle of birth and destruction seemed like an instant, yet also like billions of years had passed.

"Done."

Gu Yuan rose to his feet, a faint satisfied smile on his face.

With his motion of rising, a clear sound like shattering glass came from within his body.

That was not an injury, but another leap in his life level, breaking an invisible shackle.

He lowered his head to look at his palm; it was ordinary, no different from before.

Within his dantian's qi sea, the chaos singularity formed by the collapse of three thousand miniature worlds was now emitting a faint light.

And at the very center of that singularity.

An extremely tiny humanoid light-shadow, almost impossible to capture with divine sense, sat cross-legged.

The light-shadow's visage was identical to Gu Yuan's, yet its surroundings were wrapped in a supreme aura that words cannot describe.

It was neither a primordial spirit nor any true spirit.

It is the sole sovereign of this nascent universe, the embodiment of Gu Yuan's Dao, and the future… Heavenly Dao.

"How do you feel?"

The Elder's voice pulled Gu Yuan back from his inner vision to reality.

He walked up to Gu Yuan, his old eyes gleaming, scrutinizing his precious grandson from head to toe.

That gaze was even more eager than when he had seen the Primordial Immortality Classic.

The Primordial Immortality Classic is himself.

Grandson, you are the future.

"I feel… all right."

Gu Yuan stretched his limbs, and his whole body emitted a series of crackling pops.

"All right?" the Elder glared, stroking his beard. "What do you mean 'all right'? Explain clearly."

"I just feel… my strength has increased a bit?"

Gu Yuan thought for a moment, then used a more fitting word.

His current feeling is quite wonderful.

Clearly he had only broken through a major realm, from the Unity of Three Realms to the Spirit-Shaping Fourth Realm.

Within that chaos singularity, it seemed to contain infinite, boundless energy.

As soon as he thinks, he can unleash power capable of destroying heaven and earth.

"Your strength increased a bit?"

He pointed to the depths of his inner universe, where a lone, huge star made entirely of black divine iron floated.

"Do you see that star? It's the Profound Heavy Star Core I dug out of a forbidden land back in my day; a palm-sized chunk weighs as much as a hundred million kilograms, so a star this big—even a Seventeenth Realm expert would have to work hard to break it."

"You, use your full strength now and punch it; let Grandpa see."

The Elder said, full of anticipation.

"Oh."

Gu Yuan nodded, not thinking much of it.

He turned his body, looking at that star core, much smaller than an ordinary star yet exuding terrifying mass.

Then, he simply and plainly threw a punch.

He used no divine abilities, nor mobilized any laws.

It was purely the strength of his fleshly body.

As he threw the punch, there was no sound or movement—not even a wisp of wind.

The Elder standing aside furrowed his brows.

Just that?

Has my good grandson not eaten?

However, the next second.

The Profound Heavy Star Core, far away by hundreds of millions of li, trembled violently without any warning.

Immediately after.

Crack.

An imperceptible crack appeared on its indestructible surface.

Then.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The cracks spread like a spiderweb, at a speed impossible for the naked eye to catch, instantly covering the entire star.

Finally.

Boom——!!!

The Profound Heavy Star Core, tough enough to give a Seventeenth Realm expert a headache, exploded right before the Elder's dazed eyes.

It turned into the most splendid dust in the cosmos.

Elder: "……"

Gu Yuan withdrew his fist, turned to look at his own grandfather, and scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"Grandfather, did I…… use too much force?"

The old ancestor opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

He gazed at the void that had turned into a dusty band, then looked at his grandson's clean, fair fist, feeling something was off.

Profound Heavy Star Core!

The hardness of that thing.

Even a seventeenth-realm cultivator would need a full-power strike to shatter it.

As a result……

Was it…… blown away by his grandson's light punch?

This damn…… what kind of monster is this?!

Roughly equivalent to…… a fourth-realm Spirit-Shaping cultivator unleashing a full-power strike of a seventeenth-realm expert.

In between, he had truly crossed thirteen major realms!

What does that mean?

Even the most heaven-defying, peerless forbidden monsters of the ancient immortal era.

In the ancient records, the most exaggerated battle feats were at most crossing seven or eight major realms to slay foes.

Those have already been hailed as myths of all ages.

But this grandson of ours……

Thirteen realms!

Though just thinking about how many resources he swallowed……

It also feels reasonable.

Just that finger bone segment given to a seventeenth-realm cultivator would probably be enough for him to train to mid-stage eighteenth realm.

"Come on, come on, let's leave seclusion."

The old ancestor pulled Gu Yuan, his face full of eagerness,

"Such a great joy must be shown to your father, to your uncles, so they can share the happiness."

The old ancestor now wants to go out, summon everyone, then point at Gu Yuan and loudly announce:

Look well, this is my grandson, fourth realm, capable of striking a seventeenth-realm cultivator!

Envious? Jealous?

Exactly, I'm here to show off!

Seeing his grandfather's impatient expression, Gu Yuan only felt amused.

He felt that if he truly fought a seventeenth-realm cultivator, he might not necessarily win.

But against a sixteenth-realm cultivator, a single force subduing ten associations would settle it.

Speaking of which, it's quite a coincidence.

Just at the moment of his breakthrough.

Gu Yuan sensed an extremely familiar yet immensely powerful aura, and simultaneously, above the divine island of the Longevity Gu Family, it erupted explosively.

As if celebrating Gu Yuan's breakthrough.

The old ancestor raised his head, his eyes showing a smile, unable to resist clicking his tongue.

"Today is truly double joy…… oh no, triple joy arriving at the door."

Gu Yuan also noticed this at that moment.

Following that familiar powerful aura came a slightly weaker yet still vigorous aura.

His father Gu Lin Tian and his mother Jiang Rou.

The two, on the same day as Gu Yuan, began their tribulation breakthrough!

……

At the same time, the Longevity Gu Family, Hall of Deliberations.

The newly ascended Heavenly Emperors Gu Lin Jiang and Gu Xuan Ce were discussing with the supremes Gu Xue Dao, Gu Zhan, and others the follow-up development plans for Lei Province and Huo Province.

Suddenly.

Boom! Boom!

Two terrifying auras, vast as abysses, seeming to collapse the entire primordial immortal domain, shot up from the two forbidden lands deep in the divine island!

One aura was domineering and peerless, imperial might shining brightly, like the supreme ruler who commands all heavens.

The other aura was soft yet containing strength, immortal grace flowing, like the holy mother of the Jade Pond who nurtures all things.

The two auras complemented each other, triggering myriad harmonies, heaven and earth changing color!

"This is…… the aura of the family head and matriarch!"

Gu Lin Jiang leapt to his feet, his face filled with ecstatic joy.

"They…… are about to break through!" Gu Xuan Ce also trembled with excitement.

The next moment.

A deep, resonant voice echoed across the entire Gu Family divine island.

"All clansmen hear the order: the family head and matriarch have both proven the Dao today—this is an unprecedented glorious event for our Gu Family!"

"Convey my decree, open all island-protecting great arrays, so that all spirits of this immortal domain may come to behold the true immortals and heavenly emperors of our Gu Family!"

It was the old ancestor's voice!

As his words fell, the billions of layers of formations encircling the divine island's exterior burst open with a roar!

The two auras about to break through, now unobstructed, shone like two blazing suns, illuminating the entire primordial immortal domain!