"I understand, Father! I will not fail your great trust, and shall diligently safeguard the foundation of the Immortal Dynasty!"

Gu Yang bowed and responded, his tone resolute.

After giving a brief explanation, Gu Qingfeng did not linger any longer. With a flicker, he disappeared from where he stood and appeared directly in the depths of the Imperial Palace Immortal Hall.

Having obtained those five Nine-orifice Exquisite Fruits from the Immortal Divine Country, he must refine them swiftly and convert them into his own strength.

Having twice faced the deadly assaults of the Immortal God Master, that feeling of having no control over life and death, Gu Qingfeng no longer wished, nor could he afford, to experience for a third time.

In this world where great power resides within oneself, only absolute strength serves as the eternal foundation, the fundamental means of confronting any crisis and safeguarding oneself and the Immortal Dynasty.

Thus.

Enhance strength!

Enhance strength at all costs!

This is his most crucial, most urgent task at hand!

...

Within the Imperial Palace Immortal Hall, it forms a world unto itself.

Here, the Immortal Qi is so dense that it has liquefied, forming a vast lake of spiritual liquid, with Dao Rhythms manifesting, tangible like silk strands hanging down.

The rules of time and space here seem to blur.

Gu Qingfeng sat cross-legged in the void, beneath him a lotus seat formed by the endless condensation of Dao Rhythms.

At a thought, the Three Thousand Great Paths sensed, transforming into limitless brilliant light cascading down like a waterfall, enveloping him entirely.

Within this boundless radiance of Dao Rhythms, there appeared a faint hint of miniature galaxies, continuously emerging and perishing, reflecting the terrifying cycle of Universe's beginning and return to Chaos.

A vast and majestic aura naturally emanated, imposing across every inch of space within the Immortal Hall, making it impossible for ordinary creatures to stand there.

After adjusting his state to elevate his spirit to its peak, Gu Qingfeng with a flip of his hand brought forth the first Nine-orifice Exquisite Fruit.

The Divine Fruit was crystal clear, its nine orifices naturally breathing, inhaling and exhaling Innate Dao Rhythms, filling the air with a fragrance that cleared one's Divine Soul.

Without hesitation, he consumed the Immortal Fruit directly.

"Boom—!"

The Immortal Fruit dissolved upon entrance, as if an entire compressed Universe explosively unfolded within him!

A flood of pure and immense energy surged through his limbs and bones in an instant, washing over every meridian, every point.

Simultaneously, boundless mysterious Dao Rhythms, like inscriptions carrying the ultimate truths of Heaven and Earth, rushed into his spiritual sea, merging with the origin of his Divine Soul.

The next moment.

Without Gu Qingfeng needing to actively trigger it, the Netherworld Path that he mastered was naturally drawn, autonomously manifesting.

A murky, vast, yellow river carrying the essence of life and death cycles appeared as a phantom stretching across the void of his secluded chamber.

The river flowed unceasingly, its waves rolling as if narrating the rise and fall of countless worlds and the reincarnation of billions of beings.

Gu Qingfeng's Divine Soul consciousness sat cross-legged at the source of this Netherworld Path, like a supreme ruler presiding over reincarnation, overlooking the myriad evolutions of the Netherworld beneath the Great Tao.

Under the resonance and guidance of such a Supreme Dao, numerous bizarre images, laden with ancient secrets, appeared like a lantern carousel before him.

These scenes depicted not only the nascent form and blueprint of the "New Underworld" he was building and perfecting based on the Netherworld Path.

But also the fragmented memories and visions sourced from the Tao Origin, records of the Old Underworld long collapsed in the river of history.

When Gu Qingfeng concentrated his mind, shifting his focus from the surging Netherworld Path more towards those fragmented images and Dao Rhythms belonging to the Old Underworld.

An abrupt change occurred!

Deep within those scenes, amidst the ruins of an ancient and desolate hall where rules had collapsed, as though some terrifying being that had slumbered for eons was stirred by his Tao's scrutiny.

An ancient and terrifying aura, as though a slumbering Fierce Beast, slowly woke a little.

"Buzz—!"

Even across endless time and space, perhaps merely a trace left in a Tao imprint, but that vast, unfathomable might still instilled an inexplicable trepidation in Gu Qingfeng, now at the Peak of Eight Tribulations Venerable, even causing his Divine Soul to tremble slightly.

"The Ten Halls Yama!"

He mused internally, instantly recognizing the source of this aura.

The Old Underworld collapsed, and the Ten Halls Yama fell completely.

Gu Qingfeng had only by chance acquired the inheritance of King Qinguang, head of the Ten Halls.

As for the whereabouts and inheritances of the other Nine Yamas, they remained utterly unknown.

Judging by this trace of revival, which although of the same origin as King Qinguang's inheritance, is distinctly different and terrifyingly powerful.

Its source must undoubtedly lie with one of the other Nine Halls Yama.

Nevertheless—

Though startled, Gu Qingfeng was neither panicked nor particularly fearful.

After all, the Ten Halls Yama were already historic dust, having perished countless ages ago.

Even if they were supreme beings during their lifetime, now that they have fallen, their might is naturally far removed from their previous terrifying selves.

Moreover.

For the other side to accurately locate and threaten Gu Qingfeng, situated within the Endless Immortal Domain across the infinite temporal and spatial barriers, is far from a simple task.

More importantly, Gu Qingfeng was not physically present in the Old Underworld at this moment; he was merely indirectly glimpsing the remaining traces of the Old Underworld through mastering the Netherworld Path and resonating with the Tao Origin.

This risk is entirely different from personally stepping into that forbidden land.

"Mastering the Netherworld Path, observing the rise and fall of the Underworld, contemplating the True Intent of reincarnation… this may well be part of the inheritance, both a tribulation and a serendipity."

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