CHAPTER 1008: CHAPTER 773: TARGET

Longevity World.

Gu Jinlai, Zhao Xi, Wang Xuanjing, Luo Jiuxiao, Tian Qingzi, Dan Chenzi, Xin Tianqi, along with Duanmu Chengyun of the Holy Dynasty, all gathered in Lingxiao Palace, overlooking the hustle and bustle of Starlight City not far away.

After decades of development, the current Starlight City, or rather the entire Longevity World, has changed significantly.

Primal Spirits, Devas, Saints, and Void Immortals have emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain; True Immortals and Heavenly Immortals number in the thousands.

Especially Heavenly Immortals, their number has skyrocketed from six to over two hundred.

Moreover, these more than two hundred individuals are mostly local cultivators from the Longevity World.

Although this scale cannot compare with the Profound Immortal Realm, developing to such a scale in just a few decades is enough to demonstrate the rapid progress of the many cultivators in the Longevity World.

If this trend continues, within a hundred years, post-Zhao Xi, the Longevity World can produce Profound Immortal level experts, filling the gap of lacking experts.

Of course, although the total number of True Immortals and Heavenly Immortals in the entire Longevity World is only a few thousand, even the Profound Immortal Realm dares not underestimate this world in the slightest.

Because they still hold the power of mechas.

Twelve Star Destroyer Mechas, each with battle power not inferior to Nine Heavens Profound Immortal Level.

Relying on this force alone is enough to sweep through more than half of the worlds in the Xuanhuang Star Domain.

After all, not every one of the hundreds of worlds in the Xuanhuang Star Domain has a Golden Immortal as its guardian.

Apart from the twelve Star Destroyer Mechas with battle power equivalent to Nine Heavens Profound Immortals, the number of Cheng Ying Mechas, comparable to Supreme True Immortal battle power, is as high as three thousand.

Yes!

Supreme True Immortals!

With numerous improvements, the Cheng Ying Mecha now clearly possesses such a standard.

Three thousand Supreme True Immortals advancing in unison, even Profound Immortals like Wang Xuanjing and Luo Jiuxiao would have to flee as far as possible.

Even without Gu Jinlai for consideration, should the Longevity World and Profound Immortal Realm engage in warfare, the victory rate for the Longevity World would be over ninety percent.

Gu Jinlai looked at the people coming and going in Starlight City, who appeared as "Refining God Immortals" and "Primordial Spirit True Monarchs" like commoners, and thought of the increasingly pathetic Qingguang values in Longevity World, he couldn’t help but sigh sincerely, "The current Longevity World and Profound Immortal Realm truly enjoy such order and peace, with seas calm and skies clear."

"All of this is thanks to Master Gu’s efforts."

Duanmu Chengyun promptly remarked.

"If someone had told me decades ago that Starlight City, Qiantian, and even the Longevity World could have such prosperity, I simply wouldn’t have believed it."

Xin Tianqi also sighed with emotion.

Zhao Xi and the others nearby deeply agreed.

Gu Jinlai heard this, the corners of his mouth slightly twitching.

However...

Although the Qingguang has diminished, managing to govern the Longevity World, including the Profound Immortal Realm and Blue Star into such peaceful prosperity, he himself also feels a sense of accomplishment.

After all, back when he first arrived in the Longevity World...

The days were truly unbearable.

Primitive! Savage! Bloody! Violent...

At this time, the Longevity World can truly be considered a civilized world where people can live and work in peace and contentment.

"The crisis of the Divine Calamity has been resolved, and the Longevity World... as well as the surrounding worlds, are safe for a short time. Next, I shall return to the Honorable Daoist Mansion."

Gu Jinlai said.

"You’re going back already?"

Wang Xuanjing was slightly taken aback, "What about the Evergreen Alliance..."

"I will not expend as much effort and energy building the Evergreen Alliance as I did with the Longevity World and Profound Immortal Realm. For me, the purpose of the Evergreen Alliance’s existence is merely to maintain the order of this star domain, preventing it from falling into endless war and affecting the future development of the Longevity World and Profound Immortal Realm. If the Evergreen Alliance ever becomes destabilizing, I will dissolve it and form another alliance. Why not?"

Gu Jinlai said, "Moreover, with Qing Ye and Dao Yuan as the Vice Alliance Hierarchs, along with my return every hundred years, nothing will happen to the Evergreen Alliance in the short term."

Wang Xuanjing, Luo Jiuxiao, and others slightly realized.

It’s never that Gu Jinlai needed the Evergreen Alliance, but rather that the Evergreen Alliance needs Gu Jinlai.

As he said, if anyone in the Evergreen Alliance stirs up trouble, he can switch them out easily.

With his power as a Supreme Golden Immortal, this is definitely no empty talk.

For a moment, everyone’s gaze toward Gu Jinlai involuntarily held an extra degree of reverence.

"I imagine you have also thought over whether to follow me on this venture?"

Gu Jinlai asked, looking at everyone.

Wang Xuanjing, Luo Jiuxiao, and others nodded, indicating their willingness to venture into the Heart of the Cosmic stage and strive for success.

Others, including Zhao Xi and Immortal Master Lingyu, were also tempted by the idea.

Gu Jinlai agreed to each of them.

Then, he turned his gaze to Zhao Xi: "Immortal Master Zhao’s foundation is profound; within just a few decades, the Spiritual Realm has climbed from Seven Layered Heavens to Eight Layers of Heaven. With the aid of some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, reaching Nine Layers of Heaven isn’t difficult, and once the Divine Sense Ability reaches Nine Layers, you will be at the threshold of breaking through to the Great Dao Golden Immortal. I will prepare enough resources for you to quickly coalesce the other kinds of Heavenly Dao in the Reincarnation Path, and also gather enough Enlightenment Points to assist you in becoming a Golden Immortal..."

Saying this, he slightly paused, "After it’s accomplished, I hope you can serve me for a thousand years."

"I believe the resources Master Gu uses on me would far exceed what’s needed to get a Great Dao Golden Immortal to serve for a thousand years; I am at Master Gu’s command."

Zhao Xi respectfully said.

"Alright."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

Talking to smart people really saves trouble.

He helped Zhao Xi so greatly for a couple of reasons: for one, the years of fighting side by side proved Zhao Xi’s trustworthiness.

On the other hand, his talent was so high that he could carve out a path to become a Heavenly Immortal in such harsh circumstances, making him a rare genius even across the entire Longevity World.

Moreover, there was a very crucial reason.

Once Zhao Xi mastered the Reincarnation Path, Gu Jinlai hoped to use Zhao Xi to see if he could, like the Evil God, actively decipher some Great Dao that even the Evil God couldn’t.

If he could really complete the deciphering of the Reincarnation Path, he would then find a way to master the power of reincarnation and use the Immortal Golden Immortal corpse of Blue Star to transform all life on Blue Star.

In the process of deciphering and degrading the Reincarnation Path, he would inevitably expose some of his Evil God traits, so he could only try with someone completely trustworthy.

"In that case, I give you all a month. After a month, I will lead you to the Heart of the Cosmic."

Gu Jinlai said.

"Thank you, Master Gu."

Everyone bowed in respect.

Gu Jinlai nodded, and after everyone left one by one, he returned to the Lingxiao Palace.

In the decade he was absent, the Lingxiao Palace operated well, and naturally, he didn’t need to worry too much about various trivial matters.

Thus, after solving the matters here, he turned his attention to the Heart of the Cosmic.

"This time, destroying the All World Alliance allowed me to seize much from them, including what the Golden Immortal Alliance and the Lianshan Alliance offered, accumulating quite a few treasures... However, even if I sell the Immortal Artifact Great Darkness Heaven, I still can’t gather three thousand ordinary Immortal Artifacts..."

Gu Jinlai summarized slightly and finally concluded that to exchange enough Immortal Artifacts to cast a Small World, he still needed to focus on hunting Demigods.

"For others, hunting Demigods is mainly about safety, and the actual gains aren’t huge. If one truly wants substantial gains, Evil God Avatars are more advantageous than Demigods, but..."

Gu Jinlai felt the mark left by the Yuan Mou divine calamity in his spiritual world...

Although many Golden Immortals had Evil God marks, and not all marked ones would fall, the danger they encountered was exponentially higher than other Golden Immortals.

"Give me a few thousand, even a few hundred years, and my strength will surely transform again, so there’s no need to risk hunting Evil God Avatars on the front line for Merit... The gains from hunting Demigods aren’t high, but the divine spirits aren’t like that. Each divine spirit is almost equivalent to a four-star Merit, and some divine spirits with bounties offer additional rewards beyond four-star Merit..."

Gu Jinlai’s thoughts drifted: "Additionally, exterminating a newly emerged divine spirit like Nie Yu could earn over ten thousand Qingguang, and if I kill an established divine spirit..."

At this thought, his train of thought paused slightly.

Forget it, forget it, established divine spirits are too dangerous.

It’s still more reliable to go after newly emerged divine spirits.

If he could kill another newly emerged divine spirit, not only would he earn four-star Merit, but he could also gain over ten thousand Qingguang, making it a double reward.

"If I count the Great Darkness Heaven as part of it, combined with the Immortal Artifacts I’d obtained from the All World Alliance, Golden Immortal Alliance, Lianshan Alliance, and other worlds, five four-star Merits would almost give me enough for the three thousand Immortal Artifacts needed to cast a Small World, which translates to five divine spirits..."

Five divine spirits...

For anyone who is not at the Honorable Daoist Level, this is an unimaginable number.

Because divine spirits are incredibly hard to kill.

Even Immortal Golden Immortals find it easier to defeat a divine spirit than to kill one...

They would rather fight an Immortal Golden Immortal of their realm.

But Gu Jinlai...

His divine sense ability reached the tenth rank, combined with the mysteries of the Void Projection Technique, all of which laid the foundation for his ability to hunt divine spirits.

"If my divine sense ability could be raised to the eleventh rank... facing newly emerged divine spirits would essentially be no problem."

Gu Jinlai said, casting his gaze toward the spiritual world where more than twenty thousand Qingguang and the Galaxy Map where starlights flowed.

"Many Immortal Golden Immortals live for millions of years, and they could sharpen their divine sense ability to the eleventh rank. If they live for tens of millions of years, their spirit levels are generally above the twelfth rank; this is roughly the average."

Gu Jinlai contemplated.

As for Honorable Daoists who have lived for hundreds of millions of years... if their spirit levels haven’t reached the thirteenth rank, it’s not a matter of being dumb or lazy; nine out of ten have made mistakes in cultivation or suffered severe injuries.

After all, even a pig should reach the thirteenth rank over hundreds of millions of years.

"If one Qingguang equates to ten years, and Immortal Golden Immortals need a million years to raise their spirit level to the eleventh rank, do I need one hundred thousand Qingguang?"

This figure...

He could slay four or five divine spirits, or wait three to four hundred years, and accumulate this figure across hundreds of worlds in the Xuanhuang Star Domain.

But he didn’t intend to endure passively like this.

Three to four hundred years is nothing for any Golden Immortal, but for someone who has cultivated for just over a century, it feels quite long.

Ultimately, he still needed to focus on newly emerged divine spirits.

"Although my divine sense hasn’t ascended to the eleventh rank, a tenth-rank divine sense is not inherently inferior to a newly emerged divine spirit. If I could obtain an Immortal Artifact that can withstand the Divine Will... the certainty of hunting divine spirits would definitely be above eighty percent."

At worst, each divine spirit is typically accompanied by several, or even a dozen Demigods.

If he can’t kill the divine spirit, can he not kill the Demigods?

After all, as long as he could withstand the Divine Will, the combat power of the divine spirit is at most at the level of a Supreme Golden Immortal.

"That’s the decision then, I’ll enhance my combat power first, then exchange the Great Darkness Heaven for an Immortal Artifact specialized in defending against the Divine Will, and then, hunt divine spirits!"