My little sect, which disappeared a thousand years ago, has become a sacred site!

Gu Changyuan sat high on the table, watching the dramatic scene below. A smile involuntarily appeared on his face, his eyes filled with a hint of mischief and helplessness.

Having a bunch of "good-looking kids"? It seems... not so bad, just kidding.

In the Celestial Sacred Land, the position of elder is not something that can be obtained solely through cultivation level.

Each elder must have made sufficient contributions to the holy land, or have made outstanding contributions in areas such as preaching, protecting the sect, expanding, and managing, and can only be promoted after passing a rigorous examination.

Otherwise, no matter how high one's cultivation level is, one can only serve as a steward, accumulate contributions, and wait for an opportunity.

In Gu Changyuan's view, the hundreds of elders who can stand here have made contributions and shown loyalty over the past thousand years, and they are fully worthy of the "generous gift" he bestowed upon them.

Besides, this "gift" is really nothing to him.

His storage space was filled not only with mountains of semi-immortal artifacts, but also with an astonishing number of genuine immortal artifacts.

Unfortunately, the rules of this realm are limited and cannot withstand or tolerate the existence of immortal artifacts.

Even if it exists, it must be sealed to the level of a semi-divine artifact before it can be used.

Gu Changyuan's thirty disciples actually possessed immortal artifacts, but they were all sealed immortal artifacts given to them by the system.

The power of these immortal artifacts will gradually unlock as the disciple grows, up to the current level of semi-immortal artifacts.

"Alright, get up, everyone."

Gu Changyuan clapped his hands lightly, silencing the noise in the hall, his voice tinged with amusement.

"Take these semi-immortal artifacts back and refine them to familiarize yourself with them. As for the extras, put them back into the warehouse."

That concludes today's business. You may proceed with the remaining rituals as scheduled.

After saying this, he turned and left with his four disciples, leaving the elders to handle the aftermath.

The atmosphere inside the hall became even more relaxed as soon as they left.

Elder Li Huili, who was the first to call out "godfather," couldn't wait to hug the semi-immortal battle axe to his chest, as if it were a rare treasure, looking at it from left to right, unable to put it down.

The others couldn't help but laugh when they saw the other person's expression.

"Alright, Li Huili, tone it down!"

A middle-aged elder couldn't help but make a joke, though he couldn't suppress the upward curve of his lips.

"You can take a closer look when you get back. Everyone's here; don't embarrass yourself here!"

"Tch, you're acting like you're unhappy!"

Li Huili pursed his lips and retorted confidently.

"I call this expressing my inner feelings outwardly, unlike you all who are holding it all in!"

The council chamber was immediately filled with laughter and chatter, with discussions and exclamations rising and falling, creating a lively and bustling atmosphere.

Gu Changyuan had already returned to his residence on Tianyuan Mountain with his four disciples.

......

Time flies, and on the third day, the sun set in the west, and the sky was ablaze with rosy hues, marking the official end of the three-day Tianyuan Sacred Ceremony.

Countless palaces, pavilions, and caves shone brightly, especially the living quarters newly assigned to the new disciples, where faint voices could be heard, filled with novelty, excitement, and boundless anticipation for cultivation.

Down the mountain, the Celestial City, built in reliance on the sacred site, is now brightly lit.

Many cultivators failed the Holy Land's assessment and were unwilling to leave immediately—the trading environment of Celestial City was the best in Central Continent.

Even if one cannot enter the sacred land, it is still worthwhile to find some suitable cultivation resources or broaden one's horizons here.

Gu Changyuan stood alone on the edge of the cliff at the highest peak of Tianyuan Mountain, his clothes fluttering in the wind, his gaze overlooking the magnificent view of ten peaks and one city below.

At that moment, he felt an unprecedented sense of peace and contentment.

This brightly lit and vibrant scene is exactly what he longed to see when he transmigrated here, awakened the system, and founded his sect.

From nothing to something, from humble beginnings to prosperity, watching the seeds you planted with your own hands weather the storms and eventually grow into towering trees, providing shade for the surrounding area.

He took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and sank his mind into the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness, instantly returning his divine consciousness clone to his main body.

He opened his eyes, his gaze gleaming with divine light.

Without further hesitation, he raised his hands, his ten fingers flying like phantoms, and profound runes containing the laws of space and chaos flowed from his fingertips.

"rise!"

A soft shout seemed to resonate with the heavens and earth.

"Buzz—!"

At the summit of Tianyuan Mountain, an unprecedentedly brilliant light burst forth, and a silver-white pillar of light composed of pure spiritual energy and spatial runes shot into the sky.

Then, "Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!..."

Eleven beams of light faintly converged in the extremely high sky, forming a huge halo network that covered the entire core area of ​​the holy land. All the cultivators in the holy land felt it and looked up at the sky in shock.

The eleven spiritual veins beneath these ten peaks and one mountain are the perfect focal points for setting up the inter-domain teleportation array.

This teleportation array, which ignores the distance of the Nine Heavens Realm, requires a massive amount of spiritual power to support it. Ordinary spiritual veins simply cannot bear it, but the foundation of these eleven spiritual veins is enough to support several inter-domain teleportations.

Although activating the grand formation consumes a large amount of spiritual energy from the spiritual veins each time.

However, with Gu Changyuan's current strength, he only needs to inject the spiritual veins when he returns from his teleportation, which will allow them to recover quickly without any need to worry about damage.

As time went by, the array in the sky became clearer and more solid, radiating an increasingly terrifying spatial pressure.

Finally, the last core rune was firmly imprinted in the center of the array.

The enormous array in the sky suddenly shrank, transforming into an incredibly complex, slowly rotating silver halo, which then gradually disappeared into the void, leaving only faint spatial ripples.

At the same time, the towering pillars of light from the eleven mountain peaks slowly receded and dissipated.

Gu Changyuan slowly lowered his hands and let out a soft sigh of relief.

Xiao Yi, Yun Tianhe, Han Feng, and Bai Ling'er, who had been waiting and watching the whole process with bated breath, finally dared to step forward.

Bai Ling'er's beautiful eyes gleamed with admiration as she spoke first, her voice filled with undisguised surprise:

"Master, is the formation... complete?"

"Yes, it's all set up."

Gu Changyuan nodded in agreement, his gaze turning northward.

"Next, it's time to head out and find your senior sister and the others."