Mystic Sky Immortal Dynasty.
Inside the Immortal Palace Hall.
There was neither the imagined opulence nor the envisioned aura of Immortal Qi.
The entire hall seemed like a universe of its own.
Above the dome was an endless starry sky, where countless stars moved in mysterious trajectories, each star emitting different Dao Rhythms.
The ground was a chaos that sometimes evolved into mountains and rivers, and sometimes into the birth and death of worlds.
The four walls were even more void-like, as if directly connected to the Chaos Void, with countless Dao rules interwoven like chains, flowing through it.
At the very center of the hall.
A figure clad in a dark Imperial Robe sat quietly in the void.
There was no light around him, yet he seemed to be the center of the entire hall, indeed the entire universe.
All Dao rules, all the trajectories of stars, all the chaos evolutions, slowly revolved around him.
This person was Gu Qingfeng.
At this moment, he had his eyes closed, breathing long and deep.
With each inhalation, the chaotic Qi flow within the hall surged into his body.
With each exhalation, endless Dao Rhythms turned into tangible runes that dispersed into the void, resonating with heaven and earth.
But the most striking thing was not him himself.
It was behind him—the Netherworld that was slowly expanding.
That was a scene entirely different from the hall, the Immortal Domain, even the entire Endless Immortal Domain.
A realm of dark eternity was spreading out from behind Gu Qingfeng.
In that domain, the Yellow Springs River Water flowed endlessly, its murmuring accompanied by the wails of millions of lost souls.
The Naihe Bridge spanned the void, its ethereal figures all aimlessly walking souls.
The shadows of the Eighteen Layers of Hell loomed, each layer having endless torture playing out, screams tearing at the heart.
Deep within, the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc slowly rotated, emitting the supreme authority that determined the afterlife of all beings.
This.
Was clearly the Netherworld Underworld.
The void faintly trembled.
That was the power of the Underworld colliding and merging with the endless Immortal Domain rules.
In dimensions imperceptible to the naked eye, this newborn Underworld, centered on the Mystic Sky Immortal Realm, was slowly expanding in all directions.
Gu Qingfeng's will was the boundary of the Underworld's expansion.
As the master of the Underworld, the embodiment of the Netherworld Path, he possessed absolute control over this newborn Underworld.
And at this moment, his will was very clear.
Expansion.
Expand fully.
To let the power of the Underworld cover the entire Mystic Sky Immortal Dynasty!
"Four million five hundred thousand Immortal Domains... all to be brought under the jurisdiction of the Underworld."
Gu Qingfeng silently chanted in his heart.
His Divine Thought, like invisible tentacles, stretched along the boundary of the Underworld's expansion, towards every inch of territory within the Mystic Sky Immortal Dynasty.
...
Time flowed in silence.
No one knows how much time had passed.
At the center of the hall, Gu Qingfeng slowly opened his eyes.
In the depths of his eyes, a dark light swirled, seemingly containing the mysteries of the entire Netherworld.
But in the next instant, that dark light quietly faded away, returning to a depth as calm as a deep abyss.
He lightly exhaled.
His breath transformed into a shadowy, grayish river, flowing briefly in the hall before dissipating.
"Ten million years..."
Gu Qingfeng murmured to himself, his voice carrying a rare solemnity.
From the time he began his seclusion until now, ten million years had passed.
For mortals, this is an unimaginable span of time, enough for civilizations to change countless times.
But for a being of Gu Qingfeng's level, ten million years is actually not very long.
Many Nine Tribulation Heavenly Venerables take seclusion measured in billions of years.
But the key issue is—
"Cultivation still remains at the Nine Tribulation Early Stage."
Gu Qingfeng looked inward at himself.
"Since the Netherworld Path was promoted to the Ninth Layer, every bit of progress has been as difficult as ascending the heavens."
Gu Qingfeng slightly furrowed his brow.
This was the greatest bottleneck he had encountered in his journey of cultivation.
Before this, his cultivation speed was considered terrifying.
From ordinary to Heavenly Venerate, from One Tribulation to Nine Tribulations, it was almost a sweep, unstoppable.
But now—
He was stuck.
Completely stuck at the Nine Tribulation Early Stage.
"Unless I can obtain a treasure like the Nine-orifice Exquisite Fruit again, or a similar-level opportunity, otherwise, relying solely on seclusion cultivation, breaking through to the Nine Tribulation Middle Stage would require time measured in billions of years."
"And to reach the Peak of Nine Tribulations, to touch the Immortal Threshold, the required time is even more immeasurable."
This estimation made Gu Qingfeng's heart heavy.
He truly realized why in the Endless Immortal Domain, Nine Tribulation Heavenly Venerables are so rare, and those who can step into immortality are even more scarce.
The difficulty involved far exceeds imagination.
Every Tribulation breakthrough requires accumulating an even greater foundation.
And as one progresses further, the difficulty grows geometrically.
Many Nine Tribulation Heavenly Venerables, spend their entire lives confined to the early stage, unable to advance even a little.
"I don't have that much time..."
A sharp glint flashed in Gu Qingfeng's eyes.
Three hundred billion years.
This is the time point for Emperor Ziwei to undergo the Tribulation of Transcendence.
Once Emperor Ziwei fails to transcend, perishes in the tribulation, then the Human Clan will lose its greatest support.
By then, the immortal existences of the Evil God Clan will surely act fully, sweeping across the Human Clan's territory.
Now the Mystic Sky Immortal Dynasty and the Evil God Clan have torn their faces apart, he himself has destroyed countless Divine Countries, slaying unknown numbers of top Evil Gods.
Once the battle erupts, he and the entire Mystic Sky Immortal Dynasty will undoubtedly bear the brunt.
Even the Immortal God Master might personally act to obliterate his existence.
If by then, he does not have the power at the Immortal Level, the outcome is predictable.
"It must be faster!"
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