Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 768 The Ninth Authority
Eighteen ice-like cold pillars are suspended around the cauldron, engraved with ancient runes, emitting a biting cold air, which forms a sharp contrast with the heat inside the cauldron.

Countless phantoms were floating above the black water, blurry human figures.

They kept tumbling and struggling in the water, and every time the black water rolled to its extreme, it turned into a cold water column that sucked them into the depths of the cauldron, causing them to endure endless torture between the alternation of cold and heat.

In myths and legends, sinners would suffer extreme torture in this cauldron.

Not only do they endure the torment of boiling water, but they are also forced to face their own crimes. The remorse deep in their souls turns into chilly air, repeatedly corroding their consciousness.

In Gu Xu's hell, the black water in the cauldron is no longer used to punish sinners, but to temper his will and heart.

The illusions that emerged were all projections of himself.

Each impact of the black water was both a bone-chilling torture and a blazing nirvana, which stripped his consciousness of all distracting thoughts in agony and allowed him to constantly sublimate between destruction and rebirth.

The "Northeastern Youdu Hell of Pot Soup" has already appeared and is gradually taking shape.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but the illusion emerging from the cauldron gradually changed.

The blurry figure gradually became clear, and what was reflected in the black water was no longer Gu Xu's own projection, but a vast and boundless world of wilderness - the faces of all living beings, creatures of all shapes and sizes, and the countless causes and effects intertwined between heaven and earth.

Gu Xu understood that at this moment, he had already transcended the limitations of the individual and began to merge with the fate of this vast world and countless living beings.

"All living beings" is the ninth authority he obtained.

However, after the breakthrough, he did not stop his practice, but took this opportunity to explore a higher realm.

In this white world, he couldn't do anything else.

He planned to make a concerted effort and step into "Guixu".

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another two years have passed.

At this time, Dahuang had already changed the era name to "Jianing".

Gu Qingyan has grown a lot taller. Although she is young, she has grown into a graceful and elegant lady, and her every move is graceful.

She is also mentally more mature than her peers.

Zhao Yan began to take her to court and guide her in handling state affairs.

Whenever Zhao Yan saw her daughter wearing the emperor's regular clothes, with a face that was somewhat similar to Gu Xu's, she would always feel absent-minded and miss the years when that person had been by her side.

Xiao Wanjun has also entered her thirties.

Due to long-term hard work in handling government affairs, her temples have some white hair at an early age.

When Gu Xu was still alive, she would always quietly pluck out the white hair from her temples, not wanting him to see her aging appearance. Occasionally, she would secretly take a beauty pill to maintain her bright and beautiful face.

However, since Gu Xu passed away, she no longer had the heart to dress up.

Every day, she would just casually put on a robe, loosely tie her hair up, and hurried to the imperial study to handle busy government affairs with Zhao Yan.

As for Shangguan Jin, she completely gave up her years of carefully taking care of her makeup.

Today, her face is thin, her features are dull, she has lost her former liveliness, and looks more tired and haggard, but she doesn't care about it at all.

That person is no longer here, so no matter how exquisite your makeup is, who can you show it to?

The portraits of Gu Xu that she had put away long ago were now taken out and hung in her room.

Last time, she thought he was dead, so she used his portrait to comfort her sorrow. Now, she was just repeating the same old trick.

She also added many new paintings -

He handled government affairs in the imperial study, he sat in the Mingtang and looked down at the court officials, he set off fireworks on the lakeside during the New Year, he lay in the bathtub with his eyes closed to rest...

When looking at these portraits, she always couldn't help but smile faintly, as if he was still by her side.

But as I laughed, tears couldn't stop falling.

"Gu Lang," she murmured softly, "Last time, I thought you had passed away, but I didn't expect you were still alive, and even defeated Emperor Ziwei and crushed his plan to take over another body.

"Can you let me witness another miracle this time?"

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Chen Suhui from Lingxiao Realm still doesn't know that Gu Xu has passed away.

She still practiced in Bixia Palace under the title of "Saint", and was trembling with fear and treading on thin ice all day long, fearing that one day Tai Shang Haotian would discover her true identity and put her to death.

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Whenever she felt nervous, she would always stand by the window, looking into the distance, her fingertips gently stroking the bracelet made of dogtail grass on her wrist, hoping that His Majesty of the Great Wilderness World would protect her and keep her safe.

Ever since Tai Shang Haotian took control of the ninth authority "Jun Lin", his ruling position in Lingxiao Realm has become more stable.

In the past, it was possible for many major forces to join forces to oppose him.

But now, the most powerful dragon clan has been completely wiped out, and the most stubborn rebel Taiping Sect has also fled to the wilderness.

Even though Gu Xu's destruction of the furnace almost caused the Tiangong Floating Island to fall from the sky, it caused some people to have strange thoughts.

But now these people have already been suppressed by Tai Shang Hao Tian with tough measures, and even ruthlessly eliminated.

No matter where the floating island of the Heavenly Palace drifts to, people will prostrate themselves in worship.

It seemed that it was a natural thing for Tai Shang Hao Tian to reach the ninth realm.

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On this day, a shocking phenomenon occurred in the Lingxiao Realm.

The originally calm sky was suddenly torn apart, countless purple lightnings intertwined like dragons, thunder rumbled, shaking the heaven and earth, like an eternal bell echoing in all directions.

As the lightning gradually dissipated, the sky suddenly ignited with a blazing golden flame. Dazzling light descended from the sky like a river pouring down from the sky, covering the entire Lingxiao world in a brilliant golden glow, making all things in the world pale in comparison in an instant.

The Tiangong Floating Island suspended in the air suddenly shook violently, and then rose to the higher sky at an astonishing speed, as if it was lifted up by an invisible force and soaring into the sky.

Around the floating island, the space collapsed layer by layer and then quickly reorganized. The distorted light and shadows intertwined into strange textures, as if the order was being reshaped to welcome some supreme existence.

All the cultivators in Lingxiao Realm were alarmed and had to interrupt their practice.

They clearly felt that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was like a runaway stream, rushing madly in the same direction, converging into a long river of spiritual energy that penetrated heaven and earth, pointing straight to the depths of the sky, vast and majestic.

When the spiritual energy surged to the sky, it condensed into the shadows of fairy palaces in the depths of the sea of ​​clouds.

The fairy palace was majestic and vast, with towering buildings, golden tiles and glazed tiles reflecting the light of the sky, and colorful auspicious clouds flowing between the flying eaves and brackets.

"Yujing".

At this moment, this word emerged involuntarily in the depths of the soul of every person in the Lingxiao Realm.