Chapter 568: Immortal Arts Conferred by the Gods, a Golden Dragon of Luck Spanning Hundreds of Light-Years

At this very moment, numerous ghosts and demons were being forcibly relocated into the Hell Plane of the Xuanhuang World; this was a brand-new plane of existence.

For a time, they were completely bewildered, having no idea what had happened.

"What on earth has happened? Why have we suddenly arrived in this place, and where exactly is this?"

The many ghosts were utterly confused, looking at one another and sizing up the unfamiliar environment around them.

Originally, they had been living quite well, reigning as kings over their mountains and forming their own ghost kingdoms.

Suddenly, the heavens and earth shifted, and in the blink of an eye, they had arrived in an unfamiliar world; it was truly inconceivable.

There was no doubt that the place they were in now was no longer the Xuanhuang World, but another world entirely.

"It must be that some Great Ability took action personally to move us to this place."

"And it is not just any Great Vehicle Cultivator; it might be an Immortal, a True Immortal."

The expressions of the many Ghost Kings were very unsightly.

They were all a group of carefree, wicked ghosts, unrestrained and free.

Who could have imagined that they would be targeted by some Great Ability and then transferred to this place?

For a time, each of them felt extremely uneasy, not knowing what to do.

"If it was some Great Ability who transferred us to this place, then what exactly is the other party's purpose?"

"Does that Great Ability want to kill us, or do they want to toy with us?"

The many wicked ghosts were all completely baffled.

Because they did not know what the thoughts and intentions of that mysterious Great Ability were, they were all anxious and uneasy, fearing that the other party might do them harm.

Although they were indeed dead and had transformed into wicked ghosts, that did not mean they wanted to disappear from this world entirely; as the saying goes, it is better to live in misery than to die, and even ants cling to life, let alone these wicked ghosts who possess power.

"This world is filled everywhere with dense death energy and Pure Yin Qi; it seems incredibly suitable for our survival."

"Even the Underground Demon Cave is nothing more than this."

Quite a few wicked ghosts began to investigate the environment of this world, wanting to know what kind of place this was.

Unfortunately, this Hell Plane was simply too vast, far too vast.

And they could not perform spatial travel.

Relying solely on flight, they did not know how long it would take to explore even a portion of the region.

In short, for the wicked ghosts, this was a boundless and mysterious world.

"It is not just us wicked ghosts who were forcibly relocated here; it seems the demons of the Underground Demon Cave were as well, as if that Great Ability moved the entire Underground Demon Cave of the Xuanhuang World into this world."

"Could it be that the one who acted against us is that Xuanhuang Daoist?"

Many Ghost Kings had flickering gazes as they thought of the mysterious and unfathomable Xuanhuang Daoist.

Regarding this number one powerhouse of the Xuanhuang World, they had heard the name like thunder.

Although no one had ever seen the Xuanhuang Daoist take action, the mere existence of the colossal Xuanhuang World could bring extreme pressure and fear to countless Cultivators.

There was no need for the Xuanhuang Daoist to act; the many Elders of the Xuanhuang Sect alone were enough to suppress the world and remain invincible, leaving countless wicked ghosts, demons, and monsters trembling in fear.

If it were that Xuanhuang Daoist acting personally, perhaps such an occurrence was not impossible.

"Regardless, if that mysterious Great Ability wanted to kill us, it would likely be a matter of a single thought."

"But since we are not dead yet, it means the other party does not have much murderous intent."

"I think this place might be a prison created by that mysterious Great Ability."

"The purpose is to imprison the existence of us ghosts."

A Ghost King's eyes flickered as it voiced its speculation.

"Not killing us, but choosing to imprison us—this is simply unreasonable; what do they take us for?"

"If this is the case, then we must find the exit to this world and escape from here."

The many wicked ghosts roared in fury.

However, no matter how they rioted, it was of no use within the vast and boundless Hell Plane.

It was as if a group of ants were crawling around on the surface of a world; on the surface, they seemed to have built many caves, but in reality, to such a massive world, they were completely insignificant.

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Meanwhile, many Cultivators in the Xuanhuang World also noticed the changes in the Underground Demon Cave for the first time.

After all, they were constantly monitoring the Underground Demon Cave, fearing that some major problem might arise there.

Once a large number of demons escaped from the Demon Cave, the disaster caused would be immense.

But now, the Underground Demon Cave had suddenly vanished into thin air.

This left the entire Xuanhuang World of Cultivators completely bewildered, not knowing what had happened.

"Damn it, the Underground Demon Cave seems to have suddenly disappeared."

"Yeah, I had originally accepted a mission to enter the Underground Demon Cave to clear out demons; who could have thought that I had only just entered the Underground Demon Cave when it vanished without a trace."

"You have nothing to complain about; I was a guard stationed at the Underground Demon Cave. It was supposed to be a steady job, nine-to-five, with nothing much happening on a daily basis, but now it's all over—the steady job is gone."

"What exactly happened? Where did the Underground Demon Cave go?"

Many Xuanhuang Sect Cultivators were dumbfounded.

After all, since they were born, the Underground Demon Cave had been a part of the Xuanhuang World.

Such a massive Demon Cave could not just disappear like that.

Something must have happened for such a strange phenomenon to occur.

"It is not just the disappearance of the Underground Demon Cave; haven't you noticed? The wicked ghosts that were scattered everywhere have also vanished, and the ghost domains and ghost kingdoms entrenched in the depths of the major mountains and forests are completely gone."

"It is as if they all disappeared overnight; who on earth did this?"

Some people had discovered that the wicked ghosts wandering the mortal realm had vanished without a trace.

Although these wicked ghosts could not threaten the rule of the Xuanhuang Sect, they were like mosquitoes—impossible to kill off completely, no matter how many were destroyed.

As long as Human Cultivators exist, then evil ghosts will also exist.

Often, when some evil ghosts are born, they create bloody cases in certain places.

This also left the Xuanhuang Sect overwhelmed, as they always needed to dispatch a large number of Law Enforcement Teams to eliminate these evil ghosts at all times.

But now, the evil ghosts that originally ravaged the entire world have actually disappeared without a trace.

The Spirit Qi of the entire world has also begun to become much clearer; it is truly inconceivable.

"No need to ask, the person who did this is Sect Master."

"Sect Master used an Immortal Technique to send all these demons and evil ghosts into the Hell Plane."

"From now on, the Underground Demon Cave will become history for our Xuanhuang World."

Someone immediately saw the announcement issued by the Xuanhuang Sect, which explained the origin of this matter.

However, more detailed content was unknown; it just stated it simply.

This also allowed many Xuanhuang Sect Cultivators to completely calm down.

In any case, since it was an action by Sect Master, it must certainly have great benefits for everyone.

"Hell? Isn't that the world of death from legends? Does it actually exist?"

Many Xuanhuang Sect Cultivators felt very surprised.

They knew that Sect Master's cultivation was unfathomable, almost omnipotent, and could basically do anything; the Xuanhuang Sect's development to this day relied on Sect Master's divine abilities.

But what surprised them even more was that the legendary Hell World actually existed; it was truly inconceivable.

"Right, I originally thought this was just fictional, I didn't expect it to be real."

"After all, this is the world of death; it is normal for ordinary people to be unable to find it."

"I reckon only a great master with divine abilities like Sect Master could find the Hell World."

"If that is the case, then after we die, wouldn't the place we go to be Hell?"

The crowd discussed it spiritedly, each and every one of them filled with curiosity.

Previously, they all thought Hell was just a fabricated place and could not possibly exist.

Who knew that this announcement would leak so much content, as if the Hell Plane really existed in this world.

It was just that they did not know by what method Sect Master communicated with the Hell Plane.

"Forget it, forget it, what is the use of saying these things? With our cultivation, even if we knew where the Hell Plane was, we probably wouldn't be able to go there."

"Well said, one can only say that Sect Master's divine abilities are truly too astonishing."

"No way, if this is the case, then wouldn't our Xuanhuang Sect's Underground Demon Cave be completely gone? We have lost one means of earning Contribution Points in the future."

"It doesn't matter, besides the Underground Demon Cave, we still have many ways to earn Contribution Points, so this doesn't count for much."

"I reckon Sect Master wants us to focus our energy on other Great Thousand Worlds, which is why he completely resolved the hidden danger of the Underground Demon Cave; this might not be a bad thing."

Many Xuanhuang Sect Cultivators speculated on what Sect Master's intention was this time.

In short, the disappearance of this Underground Demon Cave had a profound impact on the Xuanhuang World.

However, even so, the Xuanhuang Sect continued to develop as always.

This was just a small ripple among them, and it did not count for much.

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Several days later.

Zhou Sui logically integrated drops of his own blood into thousands of Great Thousand Worlds.

This also caused him to suddenly gain thousands of Hell Planes.

And these Hell Planes were constantly devouring the ghosts and demons born in the Great Thousand Worlds.

At the same time, they were also stealing the Source Energy of these dead creatures and Darkness creatures.

When they disappeared, they would merge with the Hell Plane and become a part of the Hell Plane.

Therefore, the Immortal Substance within Zhou Sui's body was also increasing at every moment.

This also greatly promoted his cultivation and accelerated the speed and efficiency of his practice.

"I didn't expect that the promotion of the Dragon Elephant Gu alone would bring me so many benefits."

"I am afraid the changes brought about by the promotion of other Gu Insects will also be very astonishing."

Zhou Sui was very expectant.

He continued to perceive the changes and the improvement in abilities brought about by the promotion of other Gu Insects on his body.

First was the Dream Soul Gu, which had already stepped into the Thirteenth-tier Low-grade realm.

"The Dream Soul Gu has been promoted to Thirteenth-tier Low-grade, and it seems the area of the Dream World has also expanded by more than ten thousand times."

"At the same time, it has integrated the Causality Law."

"But living beings possessing the Nightmare Mark can all generate Causal Lines."

"The connection between them has also become much closer."

Zhou Sui could perceive the change in the Dream Soul Gu's strength; the area of the Dream World it created had expanded by more than ten thousand times, and it could expand further within the Immortal World.

More importantly, the Nightmare Marks it bred had a much closer connection with each other.

Previously, they would lose contact due to the obstruction of Array Formations or the obstruction of worlds.

But now, such a situation would no longer occur.

Unless a certain place could isolate the connection of causality, otherwise, one could log into the Dream World by relying on the Nightmare Mark.

From a certain point of view, it was like a 2G signal evolving into a 5G signal.

The signal was I don't know how many times stronger.

The two were basically not to be mentioned in the same breath.

At the same time, the Dream Soul Gu's Great Curse Art, as well as Turn False into True and other Immortal Techniques, also had their power increased significantly.

"As expected of Golden Immortal Realm Gu Insects, they are indeed all incomparably formidable."

Zhou Sui felt very satisfied and continued to perceive the abilities of the other Thirteenth-tier Gu Insects on his body.

Next was the Clone Gu; it had advanced to the Thirteenth-tier Low-grade realm. After reaching this realm, it could gestate more clones than before, and the power of the Great Substitution Technique had also been further increased.

The Wine Insect had also stepped into the Thirteenth-tier Low-grade; now it could refine Golden Immortal-level Immortal Wine. Its life-bound immortal art, the Great Melting Furnace Art, could also smelt all substances in the world. Even a Daoization Monster could be refined into Immortal Wine by it, though the refining time might be slightly worse, it could still be refined; the power of the furnace force had reached an unimaginable level.

The Gold-Eating Mother Insect had also advanced to the Thirteenth-tier Low-grade. It could gestate more Gold-Eating Insects, forming a massive swarm of Gold-Eating Insects, thereby becoming a terrifying disaster-level military force.

The power of its Great Devouring Art had also been greatly increased; it was practically capable of devouring anything, and it could also fuse all devoured substances into the Gold-Eating Insects, thereby enabling the Gold-Eating Insects to reach a realm of being immune to all laws and indestructible.

At the same time, once countless Gold-Eating Insects appeared, they could devour everything, just like a black hole.

The Golden Light Myriad Poison Gu advanced to the Thirteenth-tier Low-grade, becoming a Golden Immortal-level Gu Insect. The space within its body had also been further expanded, capable of containing massive amounts of deadly poison, forming a vast ocean of deadly poison.

At the same time, the power of the Great Poison Art on its body had also become even more terrifying.

The Great Poison Art, having reached the Golden Immortal level, could lock onto the causal energy of an enemy, and could even poison the enemy along the Causal Line. Often, it could make the enemy poisoned silently and imperceptibly, then cause the enemy to die an unnatural death and perish from the poison.

Without a doubt, the power of the Great Poison Art had been greatly enhanced.

The Teleportation Gu naturally goes without saying; after advancing to the Thirteenth-tier Low-grade, its life-bound immortal art, the Great Teleportation Technique, and the Sleeve Universe were even more formidable, capable of teleporting over even more distant distances.

At the same time, once the immortal art Sleeve Universe is unleashed, it can easily imprison living beings below the Golden Immortal level.

Enemies would all be obediently imprisoned, simply unable to move, as if they had entered a Space Cage.

As for the Object Seeking Gu, Tribulation Thunder Gu, Medicine Gu, Golden Cicada Gu, Spring Autumn Gu, and other Gu Insects, they had also advanced to the Golden Immortal Realm, and their abilities had all been greatly enhanced.

However, no brand-new immortal arts were gestated.

What was more regrettable were the Book Gu and Array Heart Gu; they were still at the Thirteenth-tier High-grade realm and still unable to advance to the Fourteenth-tier.

Without a doubt, this was a huge bottleneck.

Without the appropriate opportunity, it was impossible to break through.

Of course, among them, the easiest to advance was still the Array Heart Gu.

However, over the last ten thousand years, Zhou Sui had been in closed-door cultivation, intending to break through to Golden Immortal, and had no time to head to the Yuhua Sect to search for a Daluo-level Array Formation.

Once a Daluo-level Array Formation was found, it would be an easy task for the Array Heart Gu to advance.

Therefore, Zhou Sui was not very anxious.

Because even if the Array Heart Gu advanced to the Fourteenth-tier realm, it would not be such a simple matter to set up a Daluo-level Array Formation; it would also require a Sixth-rank Immortal Vein.

The problem is that even within the Immortal World, finding a Sixth-rank Immortal Vein is an incomparably difficult matter.

For example, within the Chuzhou Dadi, there is only one Sixth-rank Immortal Vein.

This Sixth-rank Immortal Vein was also occupied by the Yuhua Sect.

Therefore, over countless years, only the Yuhua Sect became a Daluo Sect; other sects did not have any such power.

At the same time, there was only one Sixth-rank Immortal Vein, which, within the vast Human Territory, counted as a large province with scarce resources, so it naturally was not looked upon by other Daluo Forces or Immortal King forces.

That is why the Yuhua Sect was able to occupy Chuzhou safely for countless years, its position simply unbreakable.

"Among these Gu Insects, the one with the greatest change is still the Luck Gu."

"After advancing to the Thirteenth-tier Low-grade, it actually gestated a new immortal art."

Zhou Sui cast his gaze upon his last Gu Insect—the Luck Gu.

If one were to say the Twelfth-tier Luck Gu gestated the immortal art Halo of Qi Luck, then the Thirteenth-tier Luck Gu, after fusing with the Causality Law, gestated a brand-new immortal art, named—Confer God.

Without a doubt, this immortal art was capable of bestowing upon other Cultivators various Divine Positions.

One must know that the Luck Gu gathered the infinite luck of the entire Human Race, but the massive luck was very difficult to use, so the immortal art Confer God also emerged as the times required.

Once this immortal art is used, one can confer one Divine Position after another.

After obtaining a Divine Position, Human Race Cultivators can obtain the eternal blessing of the Human Race's luck.

Of course, at the same time, one also needs to shoulder the corresponding responsibilities.

If one abandons the responsibilities of the Divine Position, then one will be punished and suffer the backlash of luck, thereby dying and disappearing.

However, if one can fulfill the corresponding responsibilities, one can promote the development of the Human Race and facilitate the increase of the Human Race's luck.

The two can be considered mutually reinforcing.

"To want to obtain a Divine Position, one must become an immortal."

"Only an immortal can bear the massive luck brought by a Divine Position."

"Of course, this immortal art is not just capable of conferring gods; at the same time, it can also confer officials."

"For mortals below the immortal level, if they can hold various official positions in the Xuanhuang Sect, such as becoming the city lord of a certain city or the world lord of a certain world, then they can also have an official position bestowed upon them."

"Once an official position is bestowed, one will obtain the blessing of the Human Race's luck, and can even mobilize the luck of a region; this can also allow the strength of Human Race officials to increase geometrically."

"For example, a Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator, if they become the city lord of a certain city and obtain the blessing of luck, then challenging across realms is not a difficult matter, and they can even suppress Golden Core."

"The appearance of this immortal art will cause the entire Xuanhuang Sect, and even the Human Race, to undergo earth-shaking changes."

Zhou Sui clenched his fists.

He could perceive the formidable nature of this immortal art, and how it was thoroughly bound together with the luck of the entire Xuanhuang Sect and the Human Race; it could be said that they prosper together and suffer together, with infinite profundity.

Moreover, under the shroud of luck, all ghosts and monsters have nowhere to escape.

"Wanting to confer gods or confer officials is actually very simple."

"That is to use this immortal art to refine one Divine Seal after another, one Official Seal after another, and then these Divine Seals and Official Seals will be refined by the Cultivators, the two merging into one; in this way, one can obtain a Divine Position and an official position."

"In other words, I need to refine many Divine Seals and Official Seals."

"As the one who controls the Supreme Divine Seal, I am a supreme Heavenly Emperor, controlling the fate of all gods."

Zhou Sui's eyes revealed a glimmer of light, feeling very excited.

He felt that the organizational form of the Heavenly Court in the Immortal World was quite good.

But on the whole, the Heavenly Court of the Immortal World was similar to a parliament, controlled by various Immortal Kings.

In reality, the Heavenly Court did not have an absolute controller.

If anything were to happen, it would still require the various Immortal Kings to deliberate.

Sometimes, if the interests of the Immortal Kings cannot be reconciled, internal strife or even full-scale fighting might occur.

This could lead to the Heavenly Court falling apart.

Fortunately, there are super-races like the Demon Race, the Prison Race, the Devil Race, and the True Spirit Alliance watching from the sidelines.

Otherwise, the Human Race would likely have already started fighting amongst themselves over interests.

To a certain extent, such internal fighting has also hindered the development of the Human Race in the Immortal World.

It has made it impossible for the entire Human Race to unite as one and coalesce into a single force.

However, if one were to utilize the power of the Luck Gu to form a system of Divine Positions, then the entire Heavenly Court could be integrated into one, achieving true centralized power.

This would allow the fragmented Human Territory to be completely unified.

In this way, the strength of the Human Race would certainly see a geometric increase.

"By the way, the Luck Golden Dragon on me has actually expanded to a length of one hundred light-years."

Zhou Sui felt a stir in his heart.

Through the power of the Luck Gu, he immediately saw a golden Luck Golden Dragon soaring above the Xuanhuang World; its body was incomparably massive, like a giant dragon of light, its entire form condensed from golden radiance.

It seemed that dense, intricate Luck Runes were emerging upon its body.

Vaguely, the figures of countless Humans appeared upon this Luck Golden Dragon.

It was as if the destinies of countless Humans had converged within its body, thereby forming a dragon of destiny.

Its body length had also grown from the previous one light-year to one hundred light-years.

This was an astonishing amount of Luck.

The reason for such rapid growth was, on one hand, naturally due to the Mortal World, where one thousand Great Thousand Worlds had been conquered, and the population had also shown geometric growth.

The birth of numerous Humans had allowed the strength of the Human Race and the Xuanhuang Sect to receive an astonishing boost.

Another aspect was naturally due to those True Immortals of the Xuanhuang Sect who had smuggled themselves into the Immortal World.

Do not underestimate them just because they were merely True Immortals.

But after smuggling themselves into the Immortal World, they joined various major factions of the Immortal World and became important members of these forces.

Many of these True Immortals were even favored by the Elders of the Immortal World's factions, becoming their True Disciples.

It was precisely because of this that these Xuanhuang Sect True Immortals were each a Son of Luck, with vast amounts of Luck gathered upon them.

This also drove the increase of the entire Xuanhuang Sect's Luck.

However, the most important factor was still the improvement of Zhou Sui's cultivation.

After all, in this Universe, individual might still outweighs everything else.

Often, high-end combat power can solve all problems.

When Zhou Sui advanced to the Golden Immortal Realm, his strength increased geometrically, which was equivalent to the Xuanhuang Sect gaining an unknown number of Golden Immortals.

To a certain extent, even a Daluo Sect would be nothing more than this.

In this way, it naturally caused the Luck of the Xuanhuang Sect to increase to a length of one hundred light-years.