Chapter 241: Four Symbols Heaven, Preparing for Ascension!

"Yes..."

Facing his father while speaking of his original plan, Gu Nianmo still felt a bit guilty.

After all, if things went according to his plan, a great deal of slaughter would surely be wrought upon this Heaven and Earth! "Do not consider my thoughts; whatever you wish to do, do it with peace of mind!"

"I know nothing of the Great Wilderness beyond the borders. Since you had such a plan to begin with, you must have had your own considerations."

Gu Jiangming shook his head, yet he did not say much more about Gu Nianmo's plan.

To outsiders, Gu Nianmo's actions were naturally no different from those of a demon, but Gu Jiangming felt that rather than turning Heaven and Earth into a cage and farming generation after generation of living beings, it would be better to let Gu Nianmo end it all in this era.

"The preliminary preparations are actually sufficient; continuing to infuse demonic nature into the Heaven and Earth Dao Fruit would be too obvious."

"However, if this old Emperor Qian can rely on his own will to hold out until the Supreme Realm, it would be of immense use to me."

"At the very least, it will be enough to scheme against my cheap master!"

Hearing Gu Jiangming speak in this manner, Gu Nianmo felt some of his concerns dissipate.

As for the preliminary preparations Gu Nianmo spoke of, they were naturally the ravages of the Demon Calamity. Not to mention anything else, the number of beings in the current Heaven and Earth who possess Merit, and even some great demons, is quite substantial.

As long as this old Emperor Qian can be patient and seek them out one by one, it would truly not be difficult for him to break through to the Supreme Realm with the help of the Transformation Demon Sutra.

"Leave a portion of your focus here and help Mingyue perfect the Heaven and Earth as soon as possible!"

"The Dao Fruit gestated by the Heavenly Net has reached its final stage. A rough estimate suggests it may mature in ten years' time."

Gu Jiangming looked up at the sky. The blue sky in the eyes of others was, in Gu Jiangming's eyes, woven and converged from strands of intersecting Dao and principles. And in the very center of that Heavenly Net where the principles intersected, there was a red Dao Fruit pulsing like a heart.

That Dao Fruit was the Heaven and Earth Great Sun Dao Fruit that Gu Jiangming and Gu Nianmo had been talking about.

Gu Nianmo had no major objections to Gu Jiangming's words, so for the next period of time, Gu Jiangming, Jiu Jiu, Gu Nianmo, Long Xi, and even Liu Moxuan all did their best to help Gu Mingyue perfect the Qilin Grotto-Heaven.

Long Xi retrieved the body of the old dragon that had been struck from the records from the Dragon Palace and buried the old dragon in the north of the Qilin Grotto-Heaven.

Jiu Jiu made a trip to Mount Shu in the Southern Kingdom. With the help of Mount Shu, she found the place where that phoenix had once undergone nirvana, located the volcano of the phoenix's nirvana, and placed it in the south of the Qilin Grotto-Heaven.

Seeing these scenes unfold before Ziwu, Ziwu's eyes grew dimmer with each passing day.

Although he did not know what Gu Jiangming and Gu Nianmo intended to do, he could vaguely sense his own end.

Ziwu did not curse or say anything more; he simply transformed quietly into a giant dragon-turtle and sat in meditation until death in the north of the Qilin Grotto-Heaven.

As the Four Symbols circulated within the Qilin Grotto-Heaven, the entire Grotto-Heaven suddenly gained a bit more vitality out of thin air.

Visibly, the territory of the entire Qilin Grotto-Heaven was constantly expanding. For the next three years, Gu Mingyue sat almost entirely within the Qilin Grotto-Heaven, sensing the changes in the Qilin Grotto-Heaven bit by bit.

At this time, the Qilin Grotto-Heaven should perhaps be called the Four Symbols Heaven!

This Four Symbols Heaven buried the survivors left over from the end of the Heavenly Human Era. It seemed not to belong to this era, and as Gu Mingyue's thoughts turned, scene after scene shifted toward the Heaven and Earth of the past.

And the aura on Gu Mingyue's body grew stronger with each passing day during these three years. "Ziwu, he is actually a pity!"

When Gu Nianmo stepped into the Four Symbols Grotto-Heaven once more, looking at Gu Mingyue standing on the peak of Wanglin Mountain with an aura as deep and oppressive as an abyss, and then looking toward the northern ocean, he could not help but let out a sigh.

As the Four Symbols Grotto-Heaven expanded, the original desolation gradually dissipated.

And the most obvious sensation was that in this Heaven and Earth now, besides Gu Jiangming, Gu Nianmo, and Gu Mingyue, there were four gods presiding over the four directions.

These four gods were born from the Heaven and Earth sensing the Dao Rhyme. Although they were born from the Dao Rhyme of Ziwu, Zhou Kai, and others, they could not be considered reincarnations; they were simply four gods completely bound to the Four Symbols Heaven.

"In fact, Ziwu originally had the opportunity to become a Movement and Stillness Dao Lord."

"There was no Dao Lord in the Great Wilderness who practiced the Movement and Stillness Dao. It was just that someone wanted to scheme against me, or rather, wanted to monitor me, and a Heavenly Venerable had their disciple switch to practicing the Stillness Dao."

"Ziwu's personality was not strong enough; he dared not offend a Heavenly Venerable and was forced to give way."

Gu Nianmo looked at the god carrying the mysterious armor in the distance, his eyes filled with a touch of regret as he told Gu Jiangming what he knew.

"Ziwu had Merit toward the Human Race!"

"Although the two of us, father and son, took Ziwu's cultivation, we did preserve a bit of his True Spirit, didn't we?"

"If he can one day in the future cultivate back to the Heavenly Human Dao Lord realm, it is not impossible for him to recover his memories."

Gu Jiangming shook his head. The disposal of Ziwu was carried out by Gu Jiangming and Gu Nianmo together; it was just that Gu Nianmo was thinking of the other's companionship of tens of thousands of years, while Gu Jiangming was thinking of the other's Merit toward the Human Race.

"Looking at Mingyue's state, before the great battle arrives, she might not be able to reach the Ascension Realm..."

"Father, for this battle, why don't you refrain from participating?"

Gu Nianmo withdrew his gaze and looked again at Gu Mingyue on Wanglin Mountain.

According to the original plan of Gu Jiangming and Gu Nianmo, they expected Gu Mingyue to ascend before the Heaven and Earth Dao Fruit matured, but Gu Mingyue had now only barely transformed the Four Symbols Heaven into her own Heaven and Earth, and there was still a long way to go before it became a Great Heaven and Earth.

"This battle, I must participate!"

"This battle is not only for you to take a step further, but it is also the best Opportunity for Mingyue to ascend!"

"According to our speculation, for thirty million years, many Heavenly Human Dao Lords have all had a trace of their True Spirit remain unextinguished. When the Earth Tribulation of the Three Tribulations arrives, they are able to use methods to be reborn."

"If we can collect the Dao Principles of those three thousand Dao Lords, even if we only collect a portion of them, the growth of the Four Symbols Heaven will accelerate countless times."

"Mingyue's dream has already enveloped the Four Symbols Heaven; as the Four Symbols Heaven expands, Mingyue's dream expands."

"When the Four Symbols Heaven becomes a Great Heaven and Earth, Mingyue will achieve the Ascension Realm without any obstacles."

"Her Heavenly Immortal Method is not quite the same as yours; it achieves a relationship of mutual reinforcement with Heaven and Earth."

Gu Jiangming shook his head. His son was going to face those Ascended Heavenly Venerables alone; how could Gu Jiangming stand by and watch? Not to mention, if this battle could slay immortals, it would have immense benefits for Gu Nianmo, Gu Mingyue, and even Gu Jiangming.

(End of chapter)