Terran Guardian - Chapter 3628

Chapter 3606 Ancient Mountain Proves the Dao

“Another Ancient Immortal has emerged from the Primordial Holy Land!”

In the Netherworld, within the Tongyou Palace, the Yin-Yang Holy Lord stood with his hands behind his back, gazing towards the Primordial Holy Land, his eerie face displaying an inscrutable expression.

That powerful aura, even across countless voids, made him feel a slight tremor.

Since the Yin-Yang Holy Land took control of the Tongyou Palace and gained a share of the reincarnation authority, its strength had increased dramatically.

As the lord of the Holy Land,

the Yin-Yang Holy Lord’s strength was beyond question.

Now, his cultivation had reached the late Immortal King stage, and with the advancement of the universe, he had even glimpsed the potential of reaching the peak of the Immortal King realm.

However, to break through the Immortal King’s shackles and truly ascend to the Ancient Immortal level, there was still a long way to go.

Seeing Gu Chen’s breakthrough, the Yin-Yang Holy Lord naturally felt a pang of envy.

However—

his own control of the reincarnation authority

had also greatly enhanced the Yin-Yang Holy Land’s strength.

Although it cannot be compared to the Primordial Holy Land, it is still a top-tier existence even within the Netherworld.

In the Nine Provinces and Eight Desolations

, very few can truly rival the Yin-Yang Holy Land

. Only the most ancient forces can command the attention of the Yin-Yang Holy Land.

A moment later,

the Yin-Yang Holy Lord withdrew his gaze.

At the same time,

news of Gu Chen’s attainment of Dao quickly spread to all directions.

Not only in the Netherworld, but also throughout the myriad heavens.

“The Primordial Holy Land has produced another Ancient Immortal!”

“Including Gu Qingyang, the Primordial Holy Land now has two Ancient Immortals—”

In the Eternal Immortal Court, Gu Ling looked at the news, a flash of divine light appearing in her phoenix eyes before she crushed the jade talisman in her hand, erasing all traces of the news.

Gu Chen’s breakthrough

had already put some pressure on this Empress.

After all, with Gu Chen’s advancement to the Ancient Immortal realm, the strength of the Primordial Holy Land had further increased.

In comparison,

the Eternal Immortal Court was far inferior.

To date, only Dongfang Zhao has attained the Ancient Immortal Realm within the vast Celestial Court.

Although her father, the Emperor, also reached the Ancient Immortal level

, there’s a difference.

Gu Xing had already ascended to the Upper Realm, while Gu Qingyang returned from there—that’s the gap between them.   While

the existence of the Primordial Holy Land doesn’t seem to threaten the Celestial Court’s rule in the current situation,   who can guarantee it won’t in the future?   Human hearts are fickle.   If the Celestial Court wants to maintain its current transcendent status, it must accumulate strength.   But just then,   a powerful aura suddenly descended, causing Gu Ling to instinctively feel a sense of unease.   She looked towards the void outside and saw that tribulation clouds were gathering above the vast Celestial Court.   The location locked onto by these tribulation clouds was none other than the Crimson Emperor Palace.   ”Ancient Immortal Tribulation… That’s the direction of the Crimson Emperor Palace. Could it be that Gu Shan is about to break through to the Ancient Immortal Realm?”   Gu Ling’s expression shifted slightly. At the same time, the entire Eternal Immortal Court, and even the powerful figures of all the myriad races, sensed this fluctuation of aura and all turned their gazes towards the Crimson Emperor Palace .   Just moments before, Gu Chen, the Holy Lord of the Primordial Holy Land, broke through to the Ancient Immortal Realm, and now the Eternal Immortal Court was experiencing an Ancient Immortal Tribulation. Naturally, this attracted attention.   Inside the White Emperor Palace.   Dongfang Zhao opened his eyes, a fleeting glint of light.   ”Gu Shan is about to break through. The Immortal Court will have another powerful figure at the Ancient Immortal Realm!” Dongfang Zhao   was well aware of Gu Shan’s strength   . As one of the Five Emperors, Gu Shan’s strength was definitely among the top.   Before breaking through to the Ancient Immortal Realm, if we were to discuss strength alone, Dongfang Zhao wouldn’t be confident of overwhelming Gu Shan.   This showed just how formidable Gu Shan’s foundation of power was.   As a powerful figure who had directly faced the Ancient Immortal Tribulation, Dongfang Zhao was well aware of its power.   This kind of tribulation…   For Gu Shan, this was naturally no problem.   Just then   , within the Crimson Emperor Palace, Gu Shan took a step forward, instantly leaving the Immortal Court and heading directly into the void.   With his departure, the tribulation clouds also vanished.   Not long after,   a vast heavenly tribulation descended.   The powerful fluctuations were clearly audible to cultivators in every corner of the heavens.   In the direction of the Heavenly Sect,   Shen Changqing also looked towards the location of the tribulation clouds, but only for a moment before withdrawing his gaze.   At this moment, he wasn’t alone in the Immortal Palace; Gu Chen had arrived from the Primordial Holy Land and sat opposite Shen Changqing.   ”Does the Immortal Emperor think Gu Shan might successfully transcend the tribulation?”   Gu Chen asked curiously.   He didn’t address Shen Changqing as Ancestor or Supreme Elder, but directly used Immortal Emperor as his title.   Now, having broken through to the Ancient Immortal Realm, Gu Chen felt even more keenly the unfathomable depth of this man.   It seemed that after his breakthrough, the gap between them had become even greater than before.   ”The ancient mountain possesses extraordinary resources and has inherited ancient traditions, allowing it to gradually reach its current state. Although the Ancient Immortal Tribulation is powerful, it poses little threat to it.   Unless… what is about to fall is an Eternal Heavenly Tribulation!”   Shen Changqing picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and then smiled faintly.   An Eternal Heavenly Tribulation?   Gu Chen looked puzzled upon hearing this.   Seeing the expression on his face, Shen Changqing smiled again: “The Eternal Heavenly Tribulation only has a chance to appear starting from the Immortal King realm.   Furthermore, this kind of tribulation requires being in the Upper Realm. If one is in the Lower Realm, no matter how profound one’s foundation, it’s difficult to truly trigger the Eternal Heavenly Tribulation.   However, if one is in the Upper Realm, one needs a sufficiently strong foundation to potentially generate the Eternal Heavenly Tribulation during the tribulation.   Take the Ancient Immortal Tribulation as an example; the Eternal Ancient Immortal Tribulation is several times stronger than the ordinary Ancient Immortal Tribulation. Ninety-nine percent of Immortal Kings who want to break through to the Ancient Immortal realm will fail when facing the Eternal Ancient Immortal Tribulation.   But if one can overcome this Eternal Heavenly Tribulation, one can receive blessings from the Heavenly Dao, and the benefits are extraordinary!”

“I see…”

Gu Chen’s expression suddenly changed.

From Shen Changqing’s words, he understood what the so-called Eternal Heavenly Tribulation was.

To put it bluntly,

it was an enhanced version of the Ancient Immortal Tribulation.

Although Gu Chen had never truly witnessed the existence of the Eternal Heavenly Tribulation, he could roughly understand its terrifying nature from Shen Changqing’s words alone.

If he were to face it, he would probably not escape death.

After all, when he faced the normal Ancient Immortal Tribulation before, although he successfully passed it, he was well aware of the dangers involved.

If that tribulation were even three times stronger, he wouldn’t have had a chance of passing it.

Not to mention,

the Eternal Heavenly Tribulation was several times stronger than the ordinary Ancient Immortal Tribulation.

Such a tribulation was destined to be beyond the ability of ordinary cultivators to withstand.

Perhaps only the person before him with his methods and foundation had the qualifications to face the Eternal Heavenly Tribulation.

“Now that you have broken through to the Ancient Immortal Realm, what are your plans for the future?”

Shen Changqing asked.

Gu Chenwen pondered for a moment, then didn’t answer directly: “If you’re in the Immortal Emperor’s opinion, should I ascend to the Upper Realm, or remain in the myriad heavens?”

“The Upper Realm offers numerous opportunities. If you can enter the Upper Realm, you might be able to go further in the future.

However, opportunities are often accompanied by risks. The Nine Heavens Immortal Realm is teeming with powerful beings, and I know very little about the situation in other Immortal Continents.

Right now, in the Divine Wind Continent where I reside, a great calamity of evil has erupted, causing the deaths of countless beings, including some ancient forces with countless ages of history that have disintegrated.

The evil calamity that invaded the myriad universes in the past was merely the tip of the iceberg of the evil calamity in the Divine Wind Continent.

In some lower-level Immortal Realms, a cultivation level of Ancient Immortal Realm would naturally qualify one to establish a sect and become a revered ancestor.

But in some slightly stronger Immortal Realms, an Ancient Immortal is just that—ancient!”

“Furthermore, the cultivation environment of lower-level immortal realms was naturally incomparable to that of the myriad universes before their advancement.

But now that the universe has advanced to the second tier, its cultivation environment is no weaker than that of lower-level immortal realms, and in some aspects, it is even superior.”

“Staying in the myriad universes has obvious advantages, but equally obvious disadvantages.

The upper limit of a second-tier universe is too low; at most, it can only accommodate cultivators at the Ancient Immortal Realm. If one breaks through to the Immortal Emperor Realm without ascending to the Upper Realm, they will hardly make any progress in their entire life.

Unless… the myriad universes can advance again, but such an advancement is by no means a matter of a day or two.

Without a great opportunity, how could advancement be so simple!”

Shen Changqing did not make a decision for Gu Chen, but only stated the advantages and disadvantages.

Upon hearing this, the latter also fell into deep thought.

After a long time,

Gu Chen suddenly asked, “I heard that the force that invaded the myriad universes last time came from a third-tier universe called Tianhong.

If we can suppress and annex this universe, is it possible for the myriad universes to advance to the third tier?”

“Yes!”

Shen Changqing nodded.

“Using the resources of a third-tier universe to nurture a second-tier universe naturally gives the latter a chance to advance to the third tier.

However, this is not absolute; whether the entire universe can truly advance depends on the circumstances!”

The difficulty of a second-tier universe advancing to the third tier is self-evident.

However,

Shen Changqing did indeed have the idea of taking action against the Tianhong Universe.

After all, he had learned about the Tianhong Universe from Yue Zhi’s memories.

“The Tianhong Universe is not weak, but with the fall of the nine Heavenly Venerables, only Gu Hong is worth some apprehension; the rest are insignificant.”

Shen Changqing didn’t take the Tianhong Universe too seriously. Based on the information he had obtained, the strength of that Gu Hong Heavenly Venerable wouldn’t be too great.

As long as he dealt with him, the Tianhong Universe wouldn’t be a problem.

After all, most of the elites of that third-tier universe had perished in the entire universe; even if some resources remained, they probably wouldn’t be much.

Gu Chen nodded: “When does the Immortal Emperor plan to make his move?”

“The myriad universes have just advanced, and the rules of the Great Dao have changed. All races of cultivators are seizing this opportunity to

advance and break through. Making a move now would be too hasty. We’ll wait another hundred years. After a hundred years, we’ll send troops to the Tianhong Universe!”

Shen Changqing stated a timeframe.

This hundred years would allow the myriad universes time to digest the changes and increase their strength as much as possible.   Gu Chen naturally had no objection

to this .   He had only recently broken through to the Ancient Immortal Realm, and his cultivation was not yet stable. A hundred more years of consolidation would certainly not be a bad thing.   Having obtained the answer he wanted, Gu Chen did not linger at the Heavenly Sect for long. After consulting Shen Changqing on some cultivation issues related to the Ancient Immortal Realm, he took his leave.