Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

"In this thousand-year cycle, I ascend to this position!"

Four hundred years after the tribal war, everything is back on track.

Gu Qing and Kunlun jointly refined the [Mountains and Rivers Map], which merged with the heavens and earth of Cangwu, allowing them to search mountains and seas, and perceive the water veins in all directions and the earth veins at the four extremes.

In a sense, it's like a high-precision satellite in the realm of immortals, truly fulfilling the function of monitoring the world.

In the Heavenly Court, it is a true celestial treasure; outside the Heavenly Court, it can only be considered a top-grade, heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.

After three hundred years of construction, the Heavenly Court is now complete in all aspects.

The Dragon King of the Rain Department sends clouds and rain to bring favorable weather and peace to the land.

There was a Thunder God who controlled thunder and lightning in coordination with the Rain God, which also gave rise to many absurd things, such as the proof of vows.

There are departments for alchemy, equipment, and more... as well as two academies for exorcising evil and vanquishing demons.

There is a Heavenly Emperor and twelve immortals who oversee all affairs.

There are millions of mountain gods and tens of millions of water gods, who transform into local officials and immortals to bring blessings to the region.

There are sixth-rank cultivators who serve as heavenly soldiers and generals, who establish the four spirits of heaven and the four ancient evils, guarding the eight directions, supervising the demon race, observing the void, and guarding against the calamity of the evil demons of the Void.

"I, Gu, am unworthy to have temporarily ascended to the position of Heavenly Emperor. After my ascension, I will select a more suitable successor."

At this moment, it's another victory celebration banquet.

Gu Qing is humble and modest, offering a cup of fine wine to you all from afar.

The cultivators of the Four Nine Immortal Path have increasingly longer lifespans as they progress. For example, he has already lived for 100,000 years without losing a single bit of his natural lifespan.

They are capable of living until the end of time; they are true immortals.

With its full power unleashed, destroying a middle-thousand world like the Cangwu Immortal Cultivation World is not impossible, though it is still far from being able to wipe out an entire world with a flick of the finger.

As for what happens after ascension.

He says he might rise from humble beginnings in the Realm of True Immortals, but that's actually quite unlikely.

The fourth-rank lower realm is already so powerful.

It's hard to imagine just how strong the "Celestial Realm" of the upper three ranks really is. Could it possibly be able to break free from the Great Universe of Return to Nothingness? This is something Gu Qing has been pondering all along.

Over the past few hundred years, the development of the inner world has become increasingly slow, and the progress of cultivation has also slowed down rapidly.

After refining the pure and turbid energies of heaven and earth, the inner grotto-heaven within the body gained the presence of high heavens and fierce winds, and was nurtured by many divine and extraordinary energies.

The ground was filled with yin energy and filth, which was unsightly, but it was also the opposite of what a complete world should be. In this regard, the "Netherworld Scepter" and many corpses of Netherworld Lords that he had previously obtained had been of great help to him.

At the lower fourth rank, this was the longest Gu Qing had ever stayed in the cultivation realm. He relied entirely on silent, arduous cultivation, slowly grinding away at the speed of time. This was actually the normal pace of cultivation for a cultivator.

Even so, he was far beyond the average person.

It should be noted that Immortal Lord Da Meng is still recovering from his injuries. Ascending to the position of Heavenly Emperor is just a formality; he will leave sooner or later.

After reaching the lower fourth rank, "The Dao Gives Birth to All Things," one needs to break through to the middle fourth rank, "Creating Laws from the Void." As the name suggests, the key lies in creating laws.

Void means nothingness or absence, and does not refer to the laws of space.

To create a new cultivation system based on the beings of the grotto-heaven world is both to create a new method and to fill in the gaps in one's own Great Dao.

Gu Qing, who came from another world, had an extremely imaginative mind and could be called a king of ideas. With the help of his experiences in this world and the weapon-refining panel, this difficulty was actually very simple for him.

Four hundred years not only made the origin of the grotto-heaven more profound, resembling half a small world, but also made some progress in understanding the time law that everyone was so concerned about.

The effect of the large Chinese toon tree stump here is greater than anything else.

It's like an exam paper covered with answer keys.

Not only did they write down the answers, but they also prepared the questions. The so-called "understanding" was actually just following a set procedure.

Easy to get started, hard to master!

To this day, it has only crossed the threshold and mastered a third of the power of time. It is not as capable as the Great Dream Immortal Lord. It is like a seed, waiting to grow into a towering tree in the future.

What Gu Qing really wanted was the Flame of Time!
When one cultivates the laws to such a level, sometimes real illusions appear, which are long rivers of laws, like the foundation supporting the world.

It is connected to the origin of Cangwu.

Walking on the long river of laws is both a manifestation of one's own path to immortality and an expectation and aspiration for the path of cultivation, allowing one to see a vast and boundless future. It is as if one is standing on a rainbow bridge of flowing light and color, like a toddler taking its first steps, each step difficult and unsteady.

Looking back suddenly, the Heavenly Ladder leads to the Divine Palace, where clarity reigns. The past seems like a dark staircase, but upon closer inspection, one can see the Taotie, thunder, life, creation, yin and yang, the five elements... and even time itself amidst the endless flames!
The Great Dao is only me, and I am the Three Thousand Great Daos.

At the Heavenly Emperor's banquet, Gu Qing suddenly felt as if he had attained enlightenment, and a spiritual light entered his heart.

The Pure Nirvana Dao Heart was dissolved like water, flowing into the limbs and bones. The immortal treasures and medicines accumulated in the body were digested in one go, and the foundation was doubled again and again.

While ostensibly aimed at identifying and addressing shortcomings, the true purpose was to reshape the foundation of the Great Way.

In an instant, he was surrounded by radiant immortal light, and the sound of the Dao was melodious. Golden lotuses sprang from the ground like the sound of the Great Sound, and a vast Dao scripture was bestowed by heaven, drawing everyone around him into a state of enlightenment.

"This is---

"The Five Innate Virtues!"

The merit accumulated through good deeds far surpasses the gains made before the battle against the Heavenly Demon Emperor. With this protection, all kinds of calamities will be difficult to befall you.

It also includes the blessings bestowed by heaven and the power of saintly virtue that encompass one's fortune and destiny.

Unlike his gains in the Mountain and Sea Realm, even though he retrieved the two souls of Heaven and Earth, Gu Qing was still fundamentally a being from the Cangwu Immortal Cultivation Realm, and the five virtues bestowed upon him by his own mother were naturally more compatible.

His good fortune caused his luck to soar. A person of great fortune will not be harmed by calamities and will never be troubled by misfortune.

His saintly virtue enabled him to attain extraordinary understanding, which gave him the opportunity to suddenly achieve enlightenment.

The Heavenly Emperor's holy virtue has brought about a new look to heaven and earth. The light of a single lamp pierces through the darkness of dawn, illuminating the path ahead for all beings. He is, in essence, a virtuous ruler.

Even though Gu Qingchu's initial intention was not for the sake of virtue and fortune, the Heavenly Emperor ascended the throne.

An incredible opportunity may also fall into your lap.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu Qing used spiritual energy as the gate to immortality, began to deduce new methods, and recite new scriptures.

Road:
Refining Qi leads to the Dao, Foundation Building establishes the foundation for immortality, Core Formation defies fate, Nascent Soul seeks longevity, Spirit Transformation yields the Five Elements, Refining Emptiness controls Heaven and Earth, Harmonizing with the Dao Body's order, Mahayana reverence is achieved, and Tribulation Transcending naturally leads to ascension to immortality.

The Nine Steps of Flying Immortal were completed in one go, but the true meaning of the scripture remained at the Nascent Soul stage.

As the immortal inscriptions were engraved into the inner grotto-heaven.

Gu Qing's aura surged, and the heavens sent forth a tribulation of creation lightning, indicating that he had broken through the threshold of creating laws in the void and obtained the true seed of my Dao.

Moreover, as if by divine intervention, an aura from the True Immortal Realm, which did not belong to Cangwu, descended. Gu Qing, with his clear mind, instantly activated the Heavenly Shuttle Secret Technique, thus avoiding both the Second Creation Tribulation and the Ascension Tribulation.

The celebration banquet can only be postponed for now; it is not an opportunity for him to ascend to immortality.

A moment later, the group emerged from their enlightenment, feeling both lingering fear and immense joy, a mixture of disbelief and admiration.

Jiu Lei: "As expected of Emperor Gu, he has reached the breakthrough level in just four hundred years of cultivation. I have lived for so long, I am truly ashamed."

Tian Yunzi: "...This...sigh!"

Feng Xian: "!(◎_◎;)"

Golden Mother Yuanjun: "Congratulations to Emperor Gu Tian for grasping the Great Dao. He will soon be able to ascend to the Upper Realm. We desire such an opportunity but cannot obtain it."

Yunmeng Daojun: "Gu Tiandi's appearance is so magnificent that one can admire him from the highest heavens to the deepest hells. He is destined to be a celestial being from birth!"

Butterfly Fairy: "...Congratulations!"

As congratulations arose one after another, Gu Qing remained silent for a moment, then smiled wryly:
"I thought I would have a thousand years to spend with you all, but now it seems that I, the Heavenly Emperor, am about to step down as soon as I ascend the throne. I wonder what the Great Dream Immortal Lord thinks."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions were complicated, and they couldn't express their feelings in words.

It seems best not to let Immortal Lord Da Meng know about this. He spent ten thousand years to reach the point of ascension in the Heavenly Dream Path, and now he is hindered by his injuries. Otherwise, he would have already ascended to the Upper Realm.

"The Heavenly Emperor is only a thousand years old this year, shall we announce this to the world?"

"That's how it should be, but now that the situation has just stabilized, we shouldn't announce it widely. We'll meet at the Heavenly Palace in three months, and then we'll come up with a new plan."

"Everyone, go back and prepare. The golden age of Cangwu is about to begin, and the Heavenly Court is eager to find talented people. While you are cultivating, you should also choose a successor."

"It's natural."

"I understand."

"Goodness—" (End of Chapter)