#680 - The rise of the empire
The Nine-Fingered Divine Lord began to recount his past with Gu An, carefully avoiding mentioning Gu An's name and altering many details.
Gu An sat before the chessboard, patiently listening to the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord's boasting.
His thoughts drifted to the Tai Xuan Sect.
Currently, the Tai Xuan Sect's leader was Ye Cang. Under his leadership, the Tai Xuan Sect had developed well, growing stronger year by year. The alliance between the Tai Xuan Sect and the Tai Cang Dynasty was proving very effective, with both sides full of vigor.
Gu An was considering releasing the inheritance within the Heaven Severing Axe.
The inheritance contained within the Heaven Severing Axe was no longer worth mentioning, but the sword intent Gu An had imbued it with was too strong, making it impossible for anyone to wield.
After building momentum for hundreds of thousands of years, it was time to grant the Heaven Severing Axe a true inheritance.
Gu An infused a special wisp of Hunyuan Dao Emperor's fortune into it, the entire process undetectable.
As Gu An had predicted, after finishing his story, the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord wanted to drag Gu An to the former residence of an old friend. As for the chess game he was supposed to lose, he didn't mention it at all.
Considering the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord had lost to him countless times, Gu An tolerated it.
In the following time, Gu An observed Fang Xuan while dealing with the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord.
The great battle between the Dao Court and the Tai Qian Dynasty finally came to an end, with the Dao Court emerging victorious. When Zhao Rushen killed the Tai Qian Emperor, the Tai Qian Dynasty fell apart, plunging the dynasty into chaos, a veritable hell on earth.
This war, which had lasted for many years, resulted in countless casualties. When the Tai Qian Dynasty's fortune dissipated, the land of Tai Qian was shrouded in a blood mist that lingered for a long time.
By killing the Tai Qian Emperor, Zhao Rushen became famous throughout the world. He shed his title as a favored son of heaven and became a great hero recognized by all.
At the same time, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth began to increase, and more good fortune was born, making cultivation easier.
Time flew by.
Five hundred thousand years had passed since Gu An released the Hunyuan Dao Emperor's fortune on the Path of the Great Dao.
The Tai Qian Dynasty became an ancient legend, the number of carefree immortals in the world greatly increased, the limits of geniuses became more and more exaggerated, and the structure of the world became richer.
Inside Xiao Lan's cave abode in the Dao Court.
Gu An cultivated with Xiao Lan while checking his attribute panel.
【Name: Gu An】
【Lifespan: 445,492/31,076,970,562,704】
【Physique: Hunyuan Creation Dao Body】
【Cultivation: Dao Extreme Grand Luo Immortal Realm Completion】
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Lifespan was increasing steadily, but it was still a long way from a hundred trillion years.
Gu An planned to reach a hundred trillion years of lifespan before attempting a breakthrough.
Although the number of variables infiltrating the Heavenly Spirit Great World had increased in recent years, none of them posed a threat to him, so he was not worried at all.
These variables were normal. Any powerful Great Chiliocosm would attract outsiders. Although the Heavenly Spirit Great World was not strong enough, it was in a stage of rapid development and would attract beings from other Great Chiliocosms and planes to explore opportunities.
The original Tai Qian Dynasty was supposed to fall within a few thousand years, but it was forcibly extended by ten thousand years by outsiders.
Of course, it wasn't just the Tai Qian Dynasty that had the help of outsiders. The Dao Court also had it. The master of the Dao Court, Yuan Songzi, was originally from another Great Chiliocosm.
Xiao Lan opened her eyes, looked at Gu An, and sighed, "Brother Gu, I still can't achieve the level of projection. It's too difficult. Although the Hunyuan Dao Emperor doesn't need to fight like the Great Dao Emperor, the difficulty is no less."
Gu An sat on a tree, playing with the Seven Stars Mirror, and said with a smile, "It is precisely because it is difficult that it can prove its strength. Why are you in such a hurry? You have a long time to try."
Xiao Lan took a deep breath and asked curiously, "Brother Gu, how many years did it take you to become a Hunyuan Dao Emperor?"
"A million years, maybe."
Gu An replied casually. Hearing this number, Xiao Lan both breathed a sigh of relief and felt despair.
A million years.
Even if her talent was stronger than Gu An's, wouldn't it take her at least five hundred thousand years?
She was a little tired.
She stood up and said, "Brother Gu, why don't we go out for a walk?"
Gu An jumped down from the tree, put the Seven Stars Mirror in his arms, and walked towards Xiao Lan.
"What's so good about your mirror? You're always holding it." Xiao Lan couldn't help but ask. Her divine sense had peeked at the Seven Stars Mirror, but she didn't see anything unusual about it.
Gu An replied, "Only I know how good it is."
Xiao Lan couldn't help but roll her eyes. Fortunately, this mirror hadn't become a spirit, otherwise she would have thought too much.
Gu An accompanied Xiao Lan out of the cave abode, his attention returning to the Path of the Great Dao.
That Fang Xuan had actually successfully projected!
He actually had extraordinary comprehension on the Hunyuan Emperor Path.
Gu An was looking forward to his achievement of Hunyuan Dao Emperor. If the Hunyuan Dao Emperor wanted to grow stronger, he needed a Hunyuan Dao Emperor to show his style. If he could defeat the Great Dao Emperor, the momentum would be even greater.
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Path of the Great Dao, on a meteorite.
Fang Xuan sat cross-legged on the edge of a cliff, his red clothes fluttering, his white hair dancing. He closed his eyes, his head trembling slightly.
Gradually, his brow furrowed, as if he was suffering some kind of pain.
After a long time.
Fang Xuan suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils trembling, as if awakened from a great dream, his emotions out of control.
He tried to calm his emotions, a look of surprise on his face. He muttered to himself: "This is the fortune of the Hunyuan Dao Emperor? I didn't really reincarnate, but I have the memories of reincarnation. I don't know if it's imagination or reality. If it's true, then the Hunyuan Dao Emperor's way of enlightenment is too incredible..."
On the Path of the Great Dao, what he heard the most was the Great Dao Emperor. Although there were other fortune ranks, none could compare with the Great Dao Emperor.
The Hunyuan Dao Emperor was different!
The hundreds of lifetimes of memories he had just received shocked him.
He could feel that time in reality had not passed for so long.
If he could repeatedly reincarnate and gain enlightenment, his cultivation breakthrough speed would definitely far exceed before.
Thinking of this, Fang Xuan's heart began to beat faster.
"Hunyuan Dao Emperor... I've never heard of it before. Even if there are other Hunyuan Dao Emperors, there must be very few people who succeed, far less than the Great Dao Emperors. This will be the greatest opportunity in my life..."
Fang Xuan's mood became more and more excited.
He closed his eyes and carefully recalled his previous reincarnation insights.
At the same time.
In another void on the Path of the Great Dao, a lion demon in black armor came to a large tree. His figure was similar to a human, burly and tall, but his head retained the appearance of his true form, his mane reaching his waist, exuding an extremely strong sense of oppression.
He raised his right hand and touched a silver crystal floating below the tree branch.
"What is this?"
The black-armored lion demon muttered to himself, his eyes full of curiosity.
Not only him, but as Fang Xuan successfully gained enlightenment, hundreds of silver crystals appeared on the Path of the Great Dao, distributed in different voids, most of them quietly waiting for someone destined, and some, like the black-armored lion demon, were blessed with good fortune, encountering the silver crystal not long after it appeared.
