Chapter 536: Chapter 507: Second-Tier World

"Profound Celestial pays respect to the Divine Emperor!"

Within the Kunlun Divine Realm, the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable appeared humble, bowing to the Heavenly Dao Divine Tree before him.

The Heavenly Dao Divine Tree towers imposingly, its terrifying branches and leaves covering the entire Kunlun Mountain Range, eclipsing the sky and sun. Despite the eyes of the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable, he couldn’t discern the end of the Divine Tree.

A Quasi-Immortal with sight of half-step tenth tier can even glimpse into hundreds of thousands of miles of void, naturally, it would be impossible under normal circumstances not to see the end of a vast tree.

However.

The Heavenly Dao Divine Tree is not an ordinary Divine Tree.

This is the fusion of Gu Qingyang with the Heavenly Dao’s essence, filled with the power of the Heaven and Earth Dao Rules.

Such power. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Is naturally beyond the perception of other cultivators.

Having joined the Cyan Yang Divine Court for half a year, this was the first time the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable arrived at the Kunlun Divine Realm and saw the rumored Divine Emperor.

Although he had heard of Gu Qingyang’s fearsome reputation before arriving, it wasn’t until he truly met Gu Qingyang that the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable could truly comprehend his unfathomable depth.

The aura emanating from the Heavenly Dao Divine Tree even made the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable feel his own blood stagnate, his breathing becoming less smooth.

At this moment.

The Divine Tree shuddered.

Gu Qingyang’s silhouette emerged from within.

"I know well why you are here; rest assured, serve the Divine Court well, and you shall obtain what you seek..."

Having spoken.

Gu Qingyang’s figure slowly faded once again.

In response.

The Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable bowed again: "Thank you, Divine Emperor, for clarifying!"

His purpose was naturally to seek the method to ascend to immortality.

Gu Qingyang evidently had seen through his inner thoughts, and obtaining a definite answer, the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable felt a heavy burden lifted from his heart.

As long as he received the promise from the other party, then someday he might have the chance to become immortal.

To the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable, ascending to immortality was nearly his personal obsession.

After all, even a Quasi-Immortal has a limit on lifespan, and with thousands of years in cultivation, according to the lifespan of a Quasi-Immortal, he might sit and dissolve away in another thousand or two thousand years.

Hence.

The Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable desired to obtain the method to attain immortality.

Becoming immortal.

Signifies eternal life.

Just as the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable was about to leave the Kunlun Divine Realm, Gu Qingyang’s voice appeared once more in his mind.

"From this day forward, you shall be a Tributor of the Divine Court, your duty being to lead the Divine Court’s army in conquering the starry sky. When the Cyan Yang Divine Court becomes the Overlord of the Starry Sky, ruling the Ten Thousand Races, the opportunity for immortality shall descend!"

"Understood!"

The Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable paused, then turned back to bow towards Gu Qingyang’s direction before resolutely turning away.

Conquer the starry sky!

This was the task entrusted by Gu Qingyang.

Considering the opportunity for his own immortality tied to it, the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable would naturally not be careless.

Watching the departing figure, Gu Qingyang no longer focused on him, and melded his consciousness into the entire Cyan Yang Divine Realm, seeing every corner of the vast, expansive world.

"The Cyan Yang Divine Realm should be at the peak of first-tier Heaven and Earth; ascending to second-tier requires a Celestial Tier Spirit Vein and three Earth Tier Spirit Veins.

As for the nine ninth-tier cultivators and a hundred eighth-tier cultivators needed for Heaven and Earth, that’s no problem!"

Gu Qingyang mused internally.

Heaven and Earth elevation.

It brings great benefits to both the Heavenly Dao and all beings.

Even as Heavenly Dao, the powers one can wield will differ with Heaven and Earth’s tier.

Currently, all worlds in the starry sky are first-tier; no second-tier Heaven and Earth exists, which is a sign of the starry sky’s decline.

From the memories of the Desolate Ancient Human Emperor and the Ancient Demon Emperor, countless ages ago, second-tier Heaven and Earth existed, likely under the control of Taichu Immortal Court.

But with Gu Qingyang’s current view, what the two Quasi-Immortals in Immortal Extinction State understood may have been incorrect.

In the era when the Immortal Path was unbroken, the starry sky had numerous second-tier Heaven and Earth; not only that, third-tier Heaven and Earth surely existed as well.

The Heaven and Earth overseen by Taichu Immortal Court, Gu Qingyang suspected were at least third-tier, possibly even fourth-tier.

After all, the requirements to elevate to second-tier are not too high; with sixteenth-tier powerhouses in the past at Taichu Immortal Court, how could the world they were in be merely second-tier Heaven and Earth.

Even the current Cyan Yang Divine Realm deserves to ascend to second-tier Heaven and Earth.

Ascending to second-tier Heaven and Earth requires one Celestial Tribulation Spirit Vein and three Earth Tier Spirit Veins; the Cyan Yang Divine Realm has six Earth Tier Spirit Veins now.

Immortal Extinction State possesses three Earth Tier Spirit Veins, and Taiyuan State holds three Earth Tier Spirit Veins; only the Celestial Tier Spirit Vein doesn’t exist.

Gu Qingyang suspected.

The entire starry sky might lack a Celestial Tier Spirit Vein or higher.

The Divine Eye Empire governs five major systems, yet no trace of a Celestial Tier Spirit Vein was found. Without it, the starry sky cannot have second-tier Heaven and Earth.

In Gu Qingyang’s view, the current starry sky resembles the End of the Dharma Era of Cyan Yang Realm.

Differently scaled End of the Dharma Eras bring variant changes.

In ancient times, the lower realm starry sky could produce sixteenth-tier powerhouses, yet now all cultivators stop at half-step tenth tier; comparing both underscores the current era as the End of the Dharma.

"To elevate Heaven and Earth, a Celestial Tier Spirit Vein must self-converge!"

Gu Qingyang melded his consciousness into Heaven and Earth, formulating a method to converge Celestial Tier Spirit Veins.

Before Gu Qingyang, two paths lay.

The first is to use Faith Power to converge Celestial Tier Spirit Veins, the second using Heavenly Dao Origin.

The former requires a huge amount of Faith Power, totaling ten trillion.

Note.

Gu Qingyang’s current Divine Kingdom’s ninth-tier ascension to tenth-tier also requires ten trillion Faith Power.

Regarding the latter.

It requires only ten thousand Heavenly Dao Origin.

With Gu Qingyang having forty million Heavenly Dao Origin, ten thousand is negligible.

"The Cyan Yang Divine Realm must grow stronger; for that, Heaven and Earth must elevate; with ninth-tier cultivator numbers sufficient, let’s proceed to second-tier elevation!"

Counting the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable, Cyan Yang Divine Court now has ten ninth-tier Tributors, with him being a transcendent, having escaped the original Heaven and Earth’s constraints, hence strictly speaking, not considered a native being of Cyan Yang Divine Realm.

With first-tier Heaven and Earth’s capability, it can’t bind Quasi-Immortal.

Yet even excluding the Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable, Cyan Yang Divine Realm has numerous ninth-tier powerhouses.

After all.

Not all ninth-tier cultivators choose to join Cyan Yang Divine Court as Tributors.

The eighth-tier cultivator count in Cyan Yang Divine Realm is even greater.

Especially Immortal Extinction State and Taiyuan State, where cultivation’s foundations are robust; the emergence of Divine Kingdom’s store gave rise to numerous powerhouses.

Hence.

Once the Celestial Tier Spirit Vein converges, elevating Heaven and Earth to second-tier won’t be problematic.