394: Hey, I almost didn't recognize it.

After reading, Gu Liangyuan withdrew his Divine Ability, his eyes flickering.

In He Mozhi’s memory, the Lingqiu Realm once had nine Holy Lands, and these nine Holy Lands also possessed trump cards.

It was just that the trump cards of these Holy Lands were clearly a notch lower than those of the various Holy Lands in the Kong Sang Realm.

According to Gu Liangyuan’s estimation, they should have been some means of the Golden Immortal Realm.

Six tens of thousands of years ago, the North Immortal Emperor, accompanied by eight Golden Immortals, personally intervened to obstruct the will of heaven.

He sent people to the Lower Realm to subdue the Lingqiu Realm.

The various Holy Lands unleashed all their trump cards; in this battle, dozens of True Immortals from the Northern Immortal Court died, but the Lingqiu Realm was also left with only four Holy Lands.

Ultimately, due to the expulsion by the will of heaven, the North Immortal Emperor left the Lingqiu Realm.

Both sides suffered heavy losses.

It was precisely because of this great battle that irreversible damage was inflicted upon the Lingqiu Realm.

Furthermore, the North Immortal Emperor, in a fit of rage, completely severed the connection between the Lingqiu Realm and the Immortal Realm, resulting in no one achieving Ascension for six tens of thousands of years.

This was the background of the Lingqiu Realm.

Gu Liangyuan also learned how He Mozhi entered the Kong Sang Realm.

It turned out that in the extreme west of the Lingqiu Realm, there was an endless abyss.

He Mozhi’s Master had once entered the abyss and, by chance, stumbled into the Qingqiu Realm.

The Qingqiu Realm once had two great Holy Lands: the Nine-Tailed Holy Land and the Pipa Holy Land.

However, they were destroyed by the Immortal Court long ago.

The strongest individuals within the Qingqiu Realm were members of the Immortal Court.

Because this realm had many fox demons, which were favored by women in the deep palace, it became a complete zoo for the Immortal Court.

Whenever a demon immortal achieved Ascension, they would be captured and kept as pets.

Yet, the people of the Qingqiu Realm were unaware of this, happily Cultivating for Ascension.

And when He Mozhi reached a Bottleneck in the Lingqiu Realm, he recalled the words of his deceased Master from years past, stepped into the abyss, and sought to Breakthrough in other worlds, thus being transported to the Kong Sang Realm.

“You all go back, I still have things to do.”

Gu Liangyuan gave an instruction, then headed towards the node in He Mozhi’s memory where he appeared in the Kong Sang Realm.

Intuition told Gu Liangyuan that the place where He Mozhi appeared was certainly not that simple.

Outside the Supreme Sacred Ground, the crowd waited until Gu Liangyuan’s figure completely vanished into the air before someone finally spoke:

“The Cult Master’s cultivation is truly becoming more unfathomable.”

“Killing a Fire Calamity Realm is like slaughtering a dog!”

Yang Yijia nodded:

“In the Cult Master’s move, I saw the shadow of Senior Tian Chanzi from back then.”

A chill ran through everyone’s hearts.

Tian Chanzi was a Loose Immortal of this era. Did Yang Yijia’s words mean that Gu Liangyuan could now rival Tian Chanzi?

Tianyi Old Man saw through everyone’s thoughts and spoke:

“Whether it’s the Cult Master or Senior Tian Chanzi, their Divine Abilities have surpassed our comprehension, making it difficult to judge their strength.”

“But one thing is certain: they both possess power that exceeds the limits of the mortal world.”

Everyone deeply agreed.

An Elder said:

“The stronger the Cult Master becomes, the more we seem to be holding him back.”

Everyone felt the same way, remaining silent.

Yang Yijia suddenly laughed:

“Look at you all, so dejected. Isn’t it asking for trouble to compare progress with the Cult Master?”

The Elders laughed self-deprecatingly, acknowledging the truth in his words.

Comparing Cultivation speed with the Cult Master was indeed overestimating themselves.

Yang Yijia continued:

“However, there’s no need for you all to belittle yourselves. Haven’t you all received the Supreme Legacy? Cultivation resources have also increased severalfold.”

“Which of you Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers isn’t exceptionally talented? Are you still afraid your cultivation won’t improve?”

Everyone looked at the people around them, and in a trance, they found themselves recalling the scenes of competing in Cultivation during their youth.

Someone suggested, “Why don’t we have a competition? Let’s see who can become a Loose Immortal first?”

Everyone’s eyes lit up: “That’s a good idea.”

Yang Yijia refined the rules: “We’ll each contribute a hundred immortal jade, to be kept by Light Eyebrow. Whoever becomes a Loose Immortal first gets it all.”

Everyone nodded: “Excellent!”

After handing the immortal jade to Lü Qingmei, everyone rushed into the Enlightenment Tower, beginning their full-throttle Cultivation.

As the saying goes, ‘what the superior does, the inferior will imitate.’ Seeing how diligent the Ancestral Masters were, the Grand Elders, along with the ordinary Elders, also began to Cultivate diligently.

Subsequently, this influence spread from the Supreme to the entire Dao Alliance, inspiring everyone to push themselves to improve their cultivation.

Seeing this, Lü Qingmei took the opportunity to create a promotion leaderboard.

Nine realms of immortal cultivation, one list per realm.

Everyone in the Dao Alliance could participate.

The top one hundred people with the fastest cultivation improvement would be listed, updated every three months.

Anyone on the list would receive varying degrees of resource rewards based on their ranking.

As soon as the news of the leaderboard was released, the Disciples of various families Cultivated even more diligently.

Although this list might lead to people trying to force their growth, in extraordinary times, extraordinary measures were needed. With the Dao Alliance in ruins and awaiting revitalization, Lü Qingmei felt it was all worthwhile.

At this moment, Gu Liangyuan also felt his Physical Body’s improvement speed was more than double what it used to be.

While the increase in Cultivation speed was certainly pleasing, Gu Liangyuan did not delve too deeply into the reason.

Because at this moment, he had something even more important to do.

Gu Liangyuan was currently standing on an open space not far from the Jade Pond.

According to He Mozhi’s memory, he appeared in this very spot.

Yet, Gu Liangyuan had thoroughly examined this place with his Innate Divine Eyes, but found no abnormalities.

Gu Liangyuan sat down cross-legged on the spot and released his Spatial Origin to search meticulously, but still found nothing.

Looking at the distant Jade Pond, four large characters suddenly appeared in Gu Liangyuan’s mind:

“Jade Pool Forbidden Area!”

Previously, due to insufficient understanding of the world, he only felt that creating a world from the Xuan Nv Diagram was making a mountain out of a molehill.

Now it seemed that the Jade Pool Forbidden Area must contain other secrets.

The abyss in He Mozhi’s memory and the Jade Pool Forbidden Area should have some inevitable connection.

The more Gu Liangyuan thought, the clearer his Ideas became. Without hesitation, he took a step and appeared directly before the mountain gate of the Yaochi Sacred Ground.

As soon as Gu Liangyuan stood there, the gate-guarding Disciples immediately recognized his identity and hastily bowed:

“Greetings, Cult Master!”

“Hmm.”

Gu Liangyuan nodded slightly in response.

Taking another step, he appeared within the Jade Pool Forbidden Area.

However, looking at the Disciples playing in the Jade Pond, Gu Liangyuan felt a faint sadness.

Wait, do you Yaochi Disciples do nothing but bathe?

Isn’t this a Forbidden Ground? How did you all get in?

Gu Liangyuan hadn’t visited the Jade Pond in a long time and was unaware of the changes.

Previously, this place was called a Forbidden Ground because of the Ancestral Master’s prophecy.

Now that the prophecy was broken, Yang Qiong knew the general situation within the Forbidden Ground and arranged an annual competition. The top ten could come here for a soak.

One should know that soaking in the spiritual pool for ordinary Disciples could be equivalent to several years of arduous Cultivation, so Yang Qiong naturally wouldn’t let such Cultivation resources go unused.

It was unclear whether the Tianguan Blessing had taken effect or if Gu Liangyuan was simply unlucky, but his timing happened to be right after the competition ended.

Fortunately, although the Disciples’ attire was light this time, it wasn’t overly revealing.

Thus, Gu Liangyuan lightly coughed.

This cough attracted the attention of all the Disciples, who collectively turned to look at Gu Liangyuan.

Upon seeing Gu Liangyuan’s face clearly, everyone leaped out of the water and came to the shore, bowing in unison:

“Greetings, Cult Master.”

Gu Liangyuan’s gaze swept over them, and he was surprised to find familiar faces among these ten people, whom he had met in the back mountains of the Jade Pond.

Heh, I almost didn't recognize them with clothes on.