The Myriad Laws Platform sat at the very center of Du Cang Mountain.

Before Chen Yan had taken over this mountain, once known as Heavenly Summit Mountain and representing the most sacred cultivation ground as the highest peak of Chenping Continent.

The location of the Myriad Laws Platform had originally been the Profound Scripture Hall of Heavenly Summit Mountain, the most important building of the former mountain.

Countless disciples of Heavenly Summit Mountain had once listened to great powers lecturing on dao within the Profound Scripture Hall, including Gu Jing and Qiu Siruo, both Ascended Stewards of Heavenly Summit Mountain.

Directly above the Myriad Laws Platform, at an altitude of over two thousand zhang, a white jade palace riddled with cracks floated silently in the air.

Heavenly Summit Palace.

And above Heavenly Summit Palace, in what should have been a clear and azure sky, a terrifying pitch-black rift had been torn open, its edges slowly writhing as if gradually expanding.

Two figures clad in moon-white daoist robes stood atop a coiling-dragon jade pillar, eighty-one zhang tall, located several hundred zhang away from the Myriad Laws Platform.

They were none other than Qiu Siruo and Gu Jing.

At this moment, the gazes of the two Immortal Ascension cultivators of Heavenly Summit Mountain were both fixed upon the Myriad Laws Platform several hundred zhang away.

The Myriad Laws Platform was forged from a single colossal piece of Heaven-Derivation Stone, smooth as a mirror, presenting an overall deep and indescribable dark gold hue.

The tens of thousands of cultivators who had come to participate in the Du Cang Mountain Dao Discussion had already stepped onto the Myriad Laws Platform, seating themselves cross-legged according to the arrangements made by the disciples of the Five Great Sects.

Among them were over four hundred cultivators in the upper three realms and over a thousand cultivators in the Myriad Transformations Realm—a display of force that the former Dao Inquiry Assembly of Chenping Continent could never have matched.

And at the very center of the Myriad Laws Platform stood another smaller floating high platform.

The color of this platform was completely different from the Heaven-Derivation Stone—it was jade white, with countless silver starlight circling its edges, as if dao resonance were flowing through it.

Eight seats floated upon the platform, with the central seat belonging to Realman Du Cang, Chen Yan himself.

The rest belonged to the other six current Immortal Ascension cultivators of Chenping Continent.

As for the one remaining seat, it was reserved for Immortal Venerable Fusheng.

"Kong Yang's condition is very serious now."

Gu Jing spoke slowly, saying this to Qiu Siruo beside him.

"I can see that. The degree of his dao resonance erosion is far too severe. He probably can't hold on for much longer."

Qiu Siruo replied indifferently.

"In the most ideal scenario, Kong Yang should still be able to live for about five hundred more years."

Gu Jing said, then paused briefly before continuing:

"In the worst-case scenario, I'm afraid he can only hold on for a few more decades."

"I wonder, if Kong Yang dies, whether that would be a good thing or a bad thing."

Qiu Siruo said.

As she spoke, she raised her left hand, revealing her fair and slender forearm from the sleeve of her moon-white daoist robe.

On her arm, traces of cracks remained, left behind from the Great Chaos of the Immortals five years ago.

They were extremely faint, however, almost impossible to see with the naked eye.

Were it not for the special nature of the Glazed Pure Body, Qiu Siruo would probably be in no better shape than Kong Yang right now.

"There's one more thing."

Qiu Siruo lowered her arm, then continued:

"Do you intend to tell Du Cang about the matter of Heavenly Summit Palace?"

The world believed that the Heavenly Summit Mirror was the only dao artifact on Chenping Continent, but the truth was otherwise.

Heavenly Summit Mountain possessed two dao artifacts.

Namely, the Heavenly Summit Mirror and the Heavenly Summit Palace.

However, from ancient times to the present, only the twelve Stewards in the history of Heavenly Summit Mountain had known that the Heavenly Summit Palace was not the residence of the mountain's Ascended Stewards, but rather its second dao artifact.

Because this secret had been passed down orally from one generation of Stewards to the next.

"No."

Gu Jing did not hesitate in the slightest, merely shaking his head gently:

"Heavenly Summit Palace is different from the Heavenly Summit Mirror. If it ever came to the point where we were forced to activate it, the final outcome would only be Heavenly Summit Palace becoming the tombstone of Chenping Continent."

Just like at the end of the Great Chaos of the Immortals, when he had resolved to tear apart his own origin and activate Heavenly Summit Palace to destroy everything together with Kong Yang, Liang Huan, and the others.

Gu Jing was well aware that if the Heavenly Summit Palace were truly activated, this world would only head toward its doom.

This eighth-generation Ascended Steward of Heavenly Summit Mountain chose to submit to Chen Yan's authority, not because of the absolute martial suppression that Realman Du Cang had demonstrated.

But because he knew that the era of Heavenly Summit Mountain could never return.

As an Immortal Ascension Realm cultivator, Gu Jing had once stood at the pinnacle of an era in this world. He was rational enough and decisive enough in his actions.

Whether it was annihilating Mirage Palace back then, or tearing apart his own Dao Basis origin to stand against three Immortal Ascension cultivators, it all showed this clearly.

Although five years had passed since the Great Chaos of the Immortals, he still did not truly understand Chen Yan.

Therefore, Heavenly Summit Palace would remain as Gu Jing's final trump card, serving as his leverage to overturn the table with Realman Du Cang, Chen Yan, if the situation ever spiraled completely out of control.

But Gu Jing hoped that such a thing would never happen.

Because three years ago, Chen Yan had told the two Ascended Stewards of Heavenly Summit Mountain everything behind the mountain's downfall.

Including the bronze bell sound and the Goddess Statues; including the essence of the Cause of Calamity; including the affairs of Tianji Continent from countless ages past.

And also including the crisis hidden behind that pitch-black rift in the sky.

Only, Chen Yan had concealed the fact that he had once returned to eight thousand years ago.

What Chen Yan had spoken of had given Realman Lingxuan and Pure Dust True Person a tremendous shock.

Whether it was the Five Realms Above Immortality, or the history that had existed before Chenping Continent was even born, or the fact that this domain heavens had once been governed by a Sage.

At the very least, judging by the current situation, Chen Yan was walking on the correct path.

To truly have the confidence to stand against the "existence" behind that pitch-black rift, the few Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators currently on Chenping Continent were far from sufficient.

According to Chen Yan's vision, to truly gain the foundation to oppose the "existence" behind the pitch-black rift, the only way was to unite the cultivation world of Chenping Continent as one.

Then, at any cost, nurture cultivators of the realms above immortality.

Although the hope was extremely slim—in the long river of Chenping Continent's history, only Immortal Venerable Fusheng had ever appeared.

No, the long-fallen Falling Star Realman could probably also be considered another.

But in the end, they still had to make the attempt.

Of course, this was by no means Chen Yan's final trump card. As for what his true trump card was, only he himself knew.

In this world, only Immortal Venerable Fusheng could guess a hint of it.

More and more cultivators were appearing on the Myriad Laws Platform. Gu Jing raised his hand, his fingers performing a brief calculation, then spoke:

"The Du Cang Mountain Dao Discussion should begin."

Pure Dust True Person standing beside him nodded.

The two figures in moon-white daoist robes vanished into thin air in an instant.

As if they had never been there at all.

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