"If Demon Venerable Xuan Yin truly is an Upper Realm True Immortal, then why would he willingly obey the Cyan Yang Divine Court? The Cyan Yang Divine Court was originally just a power with a very low level of technological civilization, where cultivation civilization had almost vanished.

Later, when the Cyan Yang Divine Realm underwent a great transformation, the spiritual qi that had disappeared gradually revived, leading to the emergence of a cultivation civilization.

The origin of that Divine Emperor is extremely mysterious, but to make the Cyan Yang Divine Court become such a colossal force in less than a century, and to make an Upper Realm True Immortal like Demon Venerable Xuan Yin submit, he is very likely also a powerful figure from the Upper Realm.

And in terms of strength, he is even more terrifying than Demon Venerable Xuan Yin!"

Someone ventured their speculation.

Divine Emperor Gu Qingyang.

The existence of this figure is no longer a secret.

After all, the Cyan Yang Divine Court has now caught the attention of various powers, who naturally use all their abilities to investigate any information related to it.

As the controller of the Cyan Yang Divine Court, Gu Qingyang is also the one being most investigated.

So.

Major powers are very clear about the information on Gu Qingyang.

But it is precisely because they are clear that they feel a strong apprehension.

For no other reason.

The extent to which that Divine Emperor is unfathomable is excessive.

The Empress said, "That Divine Emperor seems to be cultivating the rumored Faith God-Sealing System, and every cultivator of the Cyan Yang Divine Court is a devotee of that Divine Emperor.

For cultivators of the Faith God-Sealing System, the foundation of followers is crucial.

Thus, the Cyan Yang Divine Court will inevitably continue to expand, and if the Celestial Cyan Dynasty wishes to remain untouched, I’m afraid that won’t be possible!"

"Your Majesty, what do you think we should do now?"

The other ministers also wore heavy expressions.

The Empress’s words were not without reason.

Though rare in the heavens, there is always a group practicing the Faith System, and they are well aware of the intricacies of this system.

The most important part of the Faith System is the followers.

If that Divine Emperor desires a large number of followers, he must expand outward, making the Celestial Cyan Dynasty a potential target.

The Empress continued, "The Cyan Yang Divine Court is a more terrifying entity than the Divine Eye Empire ever was; that Divine Emperor aside, just Demon Venerable Xuan Yin alone has the power to sweep across the starry sky.

Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable, one of the three Quasi-Immortals of the Divine Eye Empire, has already allied with the Cyan Yang Divine Court. On the surface, the Cyan Yang Divine Court has one Quasi-Immortal expert and two suspected True Immortal experts.

With our current strength in the Celestial Cyan Dynasty, facing the Cyan Yang Divine Court head-on would mean instant obliteration!"

The statement was brutally honest, but it was the truth.

The Celestial Cyan Dynasty only had a handful of ninth-tier experts, while the Cyan Yang Divine Court possessed many more.

Furthermore.

The most critical aspect is.

The quality of experts in the Cyan Yang Divine Court is truly high; even one Demon Venerable Xuan Yin can kill Quasi-Immortals as easily as eating or drinking, and ninth-tier cultivators are mere ants before them.

Seeing the faces of the ministers, the Empress said gravely, "The rise of the Cyan Yang Divine Court is unstoppable. In endless past ages, a supreme power that unified the Ten Thousand Races of the starry sky once emerged.

Now, with the rise of the Cyan Yang Divine Court and its thunderous defeat of the Divine Eye Empire, it’s very much like the Immortal Court of that endless age past.

Therefore, I am of the opinion that instead of opposing the Cyan Yang Divine Court, we should show enough sincerity to submit to it!"

"Your Majesty, no!"

"Our Celestial Cyan Dynasty has stood for hundreds of thousands of years; how can we submit to others!"

The Empress’s words had just fallen when many ministers instinctively voiced their opposition.

However.

These voices of opposition quickly fell silent.

Even those who spoke stood there with stiff expressions, unsure how to continue.

There’s no way around it.

In front of the Cyan Yang Divine Court, the Celestial Cyan Dynasty is too weak.

If it really comes down to confrontation, there are only two options: submission or annihilation. There is no third possibility.

The Empress’s voice echoed again: "Submitting to the Cyan Yang Divine Court is not just about fearing its strength, but if the Cyan Yang Divine Court has a True Immortal among its ranks, it means they likely hold an Immortal Technique.

If our Celestial Cyan Dynasty submits, there might be an opportunity to obtain the Immortal Technique someday!"

This.

Is the Empress’s true purpose.

To become an Immortal!

Her primary goal in submitting to the Cyan Yang Divine Court is to learn the method of becoming an Immortal from them.

Other ministers who were inclined to oppose also fell silent upon hearing the Empress’s words.

For the Empress, becoming an Immortal is an irresistible temptation, and it is the same for them.

As the ministers remained silent, the matter was settled.

...

Cyan Yang Divine Realm.

Since the defeat of the Divine Eye Empire, with large amounts of resources being transported back, the entire Cyan Yang Divine Realm has taken on an air of prosperity.

Of course.

The reason for this situation.

Is because the Divine Eye Empire was destroyed, and also because months ago, Gu Qingyang once again took action to merge a world, expanding the original territory of the Cyan Yang Divine Court.

That world.

Was called the Continent of Light.

Now, with its integration into the Cyan Yang Divine Realm, it has been renamed to Light State.

Since then.

The Cyan Yang Divine Court now has four great states.

Among these four states, the original Cyan Yang State is the smallest, Immortal Extinction State is the largest, followed by Taiyuan State, and then Light State.

However.

Though Cyan Yang State is the smallest.

It remains the core area of the entire Cyan Yang Divine Realm.

Because Cyan Yang State is where the Kunlun Divine Realm is located, housing Divine Emperor Gu Qingyang, and with the Heavenly Dao Divine Tree absorbing and releasing spiritual qi, the spiritual concentration in Cyan Yang State is the densest.

...

Name: Gu Qingyang

Essence: Heavenly Dao Divine Tree

Lifespan: Immortality

Rank: Ninth-tier Perfect (66 trillion/100 trillion)

Divine Kingdom: Ninth-tier (663 trillion/100,000 trillion)

Immortal Body: Not transformed (0/100)

Heavenly Dao Origin: 41,230,523

...

"Forty million Heavenly Dao Origin is almost enough. Once I gather slightly more than double that amount, I can directly condense an Immortal Vein!"

Gu Qingyang mused to himself.

Over the past half year.

His Heavenly Dao Origin skyrocketed initially but then began to grow much more slowly.

However, this slowness is only relative.

A month ago, Gu Qingyang’s Heavenly Dao Origin surpassed 40 million, and within another month, it increased by more than a million additional units.

At the same time.

Both his Evolution Value and Faith Power have been steadily increasing.

Especially Faith Power.

As peace returned over the past half-year, Gu Qingyang’s faith expansion hasn’t halted; the name of Divine Emperor Gu Qingyang continued to spread across the starry sky, thus gathering a substantial number of followers.

Hence.

In this half-year, Gu Qingyang’s Faith Power has grown rapidly.

At this rate, the Divine Kingdom could reach the tenth tier within a century without issue.