437: Ping Zhou

Not long after, a piece of news spread throughout the Immortal Realm!

Gu Liangyuan from the Lower Realm possesses the ability to freely travel between the Immortal and Human Realms.

The Young Clan Chief of the Winged Immortal Clan descended to the Lower Realm and was killed by Gu Liangyuan.

The Clan Chief, harboring resentment, intended to gather his clansmen to bloodbath the Kong Sang Realm.

Gu Liangyuan unleashed a great magical power, shooting an arrow from the mortal world that pierced through the endless Chaos and flew towards the Immortal Realm.

With just one arrow, the Winged Immortal Clan was completely annihilated.

Initially, everyone disbelieved this news, but it wasn't until several surviving members of the Winged Immortal Clan came forward and stated that before the explosion, their clan had indeed summoned them back, intending to attack the Lower Realm, that everyone finally believed.

However, a new problem immediately arose.

How did Gu Liangyuan do it?

First, he killed a Nine Heavens Battle General, then he annihilated the Winged Immortal Clan.

Could the things left behind by the Ancient Immortal Court truly be so formidable?

For a time, rumors spread throughout the Immortal Realm.

Some said that Gu Liangyuan had found the secret treasure of an Ancient Immortal.

Others said that Gu Liangyuan himself was the Reincarnation of an Ancient Immortal.

The rumors varied, but everyone agreed on one thing: this Gu Liangyuan was very likely the one who would overthrow the Four Great Immortal Courts!

In any case, after this incident, the number of people preparing to descend to the Lower Realm significantly decreased.

There are pros and cons.

While the number of pursuers decreased, the apprehension of the Four Great Immortal Emperors increased.

They had previously been unable to finalize their cooperation methods due to minor details, but now they put everything aside.

Only one thought remained in their hearts: forcibly kill Gu Liangyuan!

Gu Liangyuan returned to the human world, where the Fengchan Grand Ceremony had already concluded.

Due to the protection of the Heaven And Earth Barrier, the crowd was unaware of the outside situation.

Nor did they know that the recent tremors between the Immortal and Human Realms were caused by Gu Liangyuan.

Gu Liangyuan did not explain much; everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion, and speaking out would only add psychological pressure to them, doing no good.

With this matter concluded, Qianqiu, following Gu Liangyuan's wishes, left behind an Incarnation to manage affairs, while her true body entered the Void Tower to begin seclusion.

Three more days passed, making it March 18th.

Song Zhenyun once again descended to the Lower Realm, expressing the Divine Song Family's determination to fully cooperate.

Gu Liangyuan had already known everything through Song Zhenyun's inner thoughts, so he appeared very calm.

However, in Song Zhenyun's eyes, this calmness was a sign of Gu Liangyuan's confidence.

This further confirmed the correctness of their cooperation.

It is worth mentioning that after learning Gu Liangyuan had annihilated the Winged Immortal Clan, Song Zhenyun no longer displayed his previous arrogance.

Instead, he cautiously observed Gu Liangyuan's expression; such was the oppressive Aura that strength brought.

Gu Liangyuan was also straightforward, continuously demanding various Heaven And Earth Treasures to prepare the Materials needed for the Hunyuan Grand Array.

He had expected the Divine Song Family to bargain, but Song Zhenyun readily agreed.

Through Song Zhenyun's inner thoughts, Gu Liangyuan then realized that the Divine Song Family's wealth far exceeded his imagination; he had asked for too little!

But it didn't matter; he would ask for more next time.

Ten more days passed, making it March 28th.

Gu Liangyuan's Aura surged, and he Breakthrough to the eighth level of Human Immortal.

Gu Liangyuan knew that his disciples possessed formidable talent, but he didn't believe anyone could progress from Void Refining to Body Integration Realm in just over a decade.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that it was the Innate Dao Embryo that had entered the Qi Refining Realm.

However, even though it had entered the Qi Refining Realm, it only possessed a faint trace of life Qi, showing no intention of taking human form.

That's right.

Gu Liangyuan understood.

Legend has it that the ancient Innate Gods and Saints were already at the Immortal Realm upon birth; it seems this little fellow is also accumulating energy, preparing for its birth.

After observing the Innate Dao Embryo, Gu Liangyuan then glanced at the Eternal Poison Scorpion.

The Eternal Poison Scorpion did not disappoint Gu Liangyuan; its cultivation had directly reached the Wind Calamity Realm.

Three more days passed, making it April 1st.

On this day, a black-robed figure slowly awoke within the Void Tower.

Perceiving his surroundings, a look of confusion appeared on his face.

Who am I, where am I?

After a long while, a vast memory surged into his mind.

The black-robed figure thus understood his identity.

This black-robed figure was precisely that True Immortal who had torn open the spatial rift that day!

This person looked at Gu Liangyuan before him and immediately understood everything!

It was this person who had healed his Dao injury.

After Gu Liangyuan finished explaining the course of events, the black-robed figure immediately bowed his head!

"Dao Jiu, greets Master!"

Gu Liangyuan laughed heartily, accepting Dao Jiu; he now had another True Immortal under his command!

On that day, after accepting Dao Jiu, Gu Liangyuan then distributed eight hundred Fire Calamity Pills proportionally to the people of Great Abyss and the Dao Alliance.

Once these individuals entered the Void Tower and fully absorbed the Medicinal Pills, the Dao Alliance's strength experienced a rapid increase!

Three Heavenly Immortals, four True Immortals, four Loose Immortals, and eight hundred Undergoing Tribulation Cultivators.

This force could already be considered supreme in the mortal world.

However, for the Immortal Realm, their foundation was still too shallow.

On April 9th, more news came from the Void Tower: six individuals had cultivated to the Peak of the Wind Calamity Realm.

This news brought Gu Liangyuan both joy and worry.

The joy was for the increase in his subordinates' strength, and the worry was that without Undergoing Tribulation, their strength could no longer progress.

But once they Undergoing Tribulation, they would be forced to Ascension.

Gu Liangyuan had originally planned to evolve the world into a Middle Thousand Worlds when it reached a certain point, allowing everyone to ascend to the Immortal Realm together.

However, time was not on his side now; a great war could break out at any moment, leaving no time for Gu Liangyuan to slowly strategize.

Ultimately, Gu Liangyuan set his sights on the Heaven And Earth Will, believing that mastering the Heavenly Dao authority might solve this problem.

Thus, the next day, Cultivators from Great Zhou and Great Abyss clashed at the border over an Immortal Plant.

One Great Abyss Cultivator died as a result.

Gu Liangyuan was furious, and with a single command, eight hundred Undergoing Tribulation Cultivators descended upon Great Zhou!

Three million zombie soldiers stood in formation, ready!

Five million Great Abyss soldiers gathered at the border!

Awaiting only Gu Liangyuan's command, the army would move out and could flatten Great Zhou!

The civil and military officials of Great Zhou watched this scene, utterly dumbfounded!

Where did these eight hundred Undergoing Tribulation Cultivators come from?

The former Dao Alliance was also strong, but Great Zhou still had the power to fight!

However, the current strength of the Dao Alliance was almost completely overwhelming for Great Zhou.

No one could muster the courage to fight.

Knowing the inevitable outcome of death, no one was willing to start a war.

This time, without the Jun Family needing to speak, the civil and military officials proactively suggested that Jun Ao Zhi go to intercede, stating that Great Zhou was willing to compensate, hoping only that Great Abyss would withdraw its troops.

Jun Ao Zhi could not refuse and went to intercede.

However, the news he brought was not the result everyone had expected.

Jun Ao Zhi said:

"I spoke to Master about this, but Master reprimanded me, saying that he would not rest until Great Zhou was flattened!"

"For the sake of Great Zhou's people, I exhausted all my efforts and finally received Master's promise."

"If Great Zhou is willing to surrender, the Zhou Emperor can be enfeoffed as a king, and all officials will be demoted by one rank."

As soon as Jun Ao Zhi said this, everyone began to ponder.

Demoted by one rank... it seemed like a demotion, but Great Abyss was an Imperial Dynasty, while Great Zhou was only a Dynasty.

In this back and forth, their treatment actually improved.

However, Great Zhou was backed by an Immortal Emperor.

They couldn't afford to offend Gu Liangyuan, nor could they afford to offend the North Immortal Emperor behind them.

So, they all turned their gazes to the young Heavenly God.

Both choices had their pros and cons.

For them, both were acceptable.