Chapter 235: Before the Beginning of Time, Gu Nianmo

There is an old saying: thirty years ago the son looks to the father, thirty years later the father looks to the son.

Although such words do not apply in a world with cultivators, looking at Gu Nianmo, who was speaking eloquently before him, Gu Jiangming could not help but feel a touch of emotion rising in his heart.

As for those secret rumors among Immortals, this was also the first time Gu Jiangming had heard them, which further proved that Gu Nianmo truly had not wasted his years.

Gu Nianmo, however, did not notice Gu Jiangming's emotion and continued to speak of these secrets of the Great Wilderness on his own.

"There are nine Heavenly Venerables in the Great Wilderness, and I do not know all of their names. Although I actually took one Heavenly Venerable as my master, both he and I are very clear that I am nothing more than a Great Medicine he is raising outside!"

"He also values the Kirin Bloodline in my body, believing that if I were to reach the Ascension Realm, what I should condense is a Physical Dao Fruit."

"That cheap master of mine is a Second Awakening Immortal, considered one of the weakest among the nine Heavenly Venerables of the Great Wilderness."

"The Body God Dharma with Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown is called a Heavenly Immortal in the Great Wilderness, while the perfection of Five Qi Originating at the Source is called a Golden Immortal in the Great Wilderness."

"If it were merely the Physical Dao Fruit I condensed myself, it would only attract those few Second Awakening Immortals to take action."

"But once Heaven and Earth gives birth to the Great Sun Dao Fruit, I fear there are not many Heavenly Venerables in the Great Wilderness who will be able to sit still!"

Facing his father, Gu Nianmo did not hide anything at all, telling everything he knew in detail.

Although Gu Jiangming felt emotional, as he listened to Gu Nianmo's words, his expression became increasingly deep and grave.

Although Gu Nianmo's words were not finished, Gu Jiangming had roughly understood how those so-called Heavenly Venerables in the Great Wilderness cultivated.

Gu Jiangming did not know how long an Immortal's lifespan was, but according to what Gu Nianmo said, I fear those Heavenly Venerables of the Great Wilderness are deliberately cultivating disciples in the Ascension Realm for the sake of the Dao Fruits they will condense in the future.

As for Heaven and Earth, the Dao Fruits condensed by Heaven and Earth could naturally not be related to the three types of Body, God, and Dharma; what they mostly condense are those Five Elements Dao Fruits.

This is also what Gu Nianmo said: Heaven and Earth is nothing more than a breeding ground for those Heavenly Immortals.

"Can you tell me what your original plan was?"

As Gu Jiangming's thoughts turned, after a brief moment of contemplation, he cast his gaze once again upon Gu Nianmo before him.

Since Gu Nianmo knew so many things, added to the fact that Gu Nianmo had already reached the Ascension Realm, as well as Gu Nianmo's various previous actions, Gu Jiangming was now only curious about what his son's original plan had been.

"My original plan, you ask..."

Hearing Gu Jiangming's words, Gu Nianmo was silent for a moment before speaking.

"My original plan is complex if you call it complex, but simple if you call it simple!"

"Becoming an Immortal through the Demon Dao was an unexpected joy for me. Father also knows my physical talent; after fourteen thousand years of tempering, plus the fact that I have already had one experience of reaching the Ascension Realm, my physical body has long since become strong to an unimaginable realm."

"At the very least, I have an intuition that if I am willing, I should be able to open the path to physical Ascension at any time."

"With physical Ascension, and having already proven Ascension before, the power of an Immortal is entirely within my grasp, and I can perfectly exert the power of Ascension."

"If that cheap master of mine comes to kill me, I will see exactly how much of a gap there is between a First Awakening Immortal and a Second Awakening Immortal. If I truly cannot defeat him, then I will shoulder the Divine Boat World and briefly raise my strength to the level of a Second Awakening Immortal."

"That cheap master of mine has condensed the Dharma Dao Fruit and the Divine Path Dao Fruit. If I can kill him and seize his Divine Path Dao Fruit, I could achieve perfection in the three awakenings of Body, God, and Dharma in a short time and attain the realm of a Heavenly Immortal." "Once I become a Heavenly Immortal, I can also covet the Great Sun Dao Fruit of Heaven and Earth."

"The best outcome would be for me to directly secure the Great Sun Dao Fruit and subsequently become a One Qi Heavenly Immortal!"

Facing Gu Jiangming, Gu Nianmo did not have much to conceal or hide, telling Gu Jiangming every word of the plan he had originally conceived in his heart.

Although Gu Jiangming had thought that Gu Nianmo had heaven-reaching ideas, after Gu Nianmo's plan was uttered word by word, even Gu Jiangming, who had experienced countless storms, was somewhat shocked.

He could see it; he could see that his son Gu Nianmo was gambling.

He was gambling on his own overflowing talent, gambling on his own unparalleled brilliance, gambling that he could prove himself a Heavenly Immortal in a short time, obtain the Great Sun Dao Fruit, and subsequently contend against those Heavenly Immortals in the Great Wilderness.

If it were an ordinary person, perhaps they would only say that Gu Nianmo's idea was nothing but a pipe dream.

But Gu Nianmo had walked and tempered himself in the Great Wilderness for so many years; since he had such an idea, it proved that he had a certain amount of confidence in his own plan.

"In that Great Wilderness, were you able to find out who exactly forged the Heavenly Net within this Heaven and Earth?"

The more he came into contact with higher levels, the more doubts Gu Jiangming had in his heart, especially when Gu Nianmo said that Heaven and Earth was a breeding ground for the many Heavenly Venerables of the Great Wilderness. Gu Jiangming wanted to know if this Heavenly Net could have been forged by the Heavenly Venerables of the Great Wilderness.

"It absolutely could not have been forged by that group of Heavenly Venerables in the Great Wilderness!"

"I did ask my cheap master about the origin of the Heavenly Net, but he kept his mouth shut about it."

"On the contrary, there was one time when Chang Yu came to visit me, and I learned a thing or two from him."

"It is said that before the ancient times, Heaven and Earth truly encompassed the four poles and eight wildernesses. Even the current Great Wilderness was part of Heaven and Earth in ancient times, and the Heavenly Net was originally the Heavenly Dao of the Ancient Great Realm!"

"It is just that after infinite years of change, and with no telling how many Heavenly Venerables and Immortals acting recklessly, Heaven and Earth separated, and the Heavenly Dao was downgraded to today's Heavenly Net!"

Having spent so long in the Great Wilderness, Gu Nianmo also knew a thing or two about those ancient secrets.

"And after I investigated, I realized that Heaven and Earth has a cycle of thirty million years!"

"If it were in the ancient, savage times, every cycle would have nearly three thousand Demon Gods ruling Heaven and Earth, but with the changes of the era, Heaven and Earth can only give birth to three thousand Heavenly Human Dao Lords in one cycle."

"Father, the first three thousand Heavenly Human Dao Lords in this cycle might not necessarily have perished."

"Ancient texts of the Great Wilderness record that after three thousand tribulations, the Dao Fruit emerges, and then for thirty million years, all the geniuses compete for the Dao Fruit!"

"I do not know how others become Immortals, but I know that my cheap master actually obtained the Heaven and Earth Dao Fruit two cycles ago and subsequently reached Ascension."

When Gu Nianmo spoke of this Heavenly Net, his words actually carried a bit of resentment.

Not to mention others, the reason why his Gu Clan had fallen to its current state, in Gu Nianmo's heart, had an inseparable connection with Heaven and Earth and the Heavenly Net.

Therefore, when he said that the Heavenly Net was the downgraded Heavenly Dao, he felt such a sense of relief.

(End of chapter)