Chapter 103 ·The Eternal World Tree of the Eternal Night Sovereign!

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Gu ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Yan took twenty years to advance from Human Immortal Second Layer to Third Layer.

During ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍these twenty years, aside from comprehending techniques, he spent his days in quiet meditation.

Occasionally, ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍in moments of leisure, he would take out the Haotian Mirror to see what that kid in the Spirit Realm was doing.

Unfortunately, ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍that kid was truly cautious to an outrageous degree.

Ever ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍since comprehending the supreme Sword Dao divine ability that day, he had directly entered seclusion and never emerged.

Gu Yan watched him through the Haotian Mirror for twenty years and did not see him step out of that thatched hut even once.

During this period, there were also great experts in the Spirit Realm deducing heavenly secrets, trying to locate the source of that phenomenon.

But all those deductions came up empty.

Even more extreme—this person not only never went out, but also never interacted with anyone.

That nameless small sect already had very few people, and each cultivated on their own, so no one noticed anything unusual.

Thus, after watching for twenty years, Gu Yan still did not even know the other party’s name.

“Tsk.”

Gu Yan shook his head, both amused and speechless.

He had seen cautious people, but never one this cautious.

“Forget it.”

Gu Yan put the matter aside and no longer thought about that practitioner of the path of concealment.

After all, it was merely a pastime during idle moments, not worth dwelling on.

He lowered his head and looked at his hands, feeling the abundant immortal essence within his body, and nodded slightly.

Twenty years—one minor realm.

“The Immortal Dao is difficult, truly deserving of its reputation.”

Gu Yan murmured softly.

He had once thought that with the Nine Qi Returning to Origin Tree and the countless heavenly treasures gathered by Dragon Lord, his cultivation speed would not be too slow.

But after truly stepping into the Human Immortal Realm, he realized that the difficulty of the Immortal Dao did not lie in the amount of spiritual energy.

Before the Human Immortal Realm, cultivation refined spiritual power, the physical body, and the primordial spirit.

But after becoming a Human Immortal, what one cultivated was—Dao.

Spiritual power could be piled up with heavenly treasures, the body could be nourished with spiritual herbs and immortal plants, and the primordial spirit could be tempered slowly with time.

But Dao—could not.

Dao required comprehension.

It required experience.

It required that fleeting moment of sudden enlightenment.

Gu Yan could clearly feel that in the twenty years it took to go from Human Immortal Second Layer to Third Layer, the time truly spent accumulating immortal essence was only five years.

The remaining fifteen years were spent waiting.

Waiting for that trace of Dao rhythm to descend, waiting for that spark of insight to appear, waiting for a certain resonance between himself and heaven and earth to reach completion.

This feeling was like water about to fill a bucket, yet there was an invisible crack in its wall.

One had to wait for that crack to mend itself before the water could continue to rise.

And the next step—from Third Layer to Fourth Layer—

Gu Yan had a strong premonition that it would be even more difficult.

It had nothing to do with spiritual energy or resources, only with how deeply he comprehended Dao.

“No wonder those great experts in the Immortal Realm enter seclusion for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.”

Gu Yan shook his head.

They were not pretending—they truly needed that long.

Just as he was pondering, suddenly, Gu Yan froze slightly.

【Entry “Fortune-Blessed Immortal Lord · Red” effect triggered. You have obtained the seed of the Eternal World Tree of the Eternal Night Sovereign.】

【Eternal World Tree of the Eternal Night Sovereign: The remnant of a companion supreme treasure of a fallen Eternal Night Supreme God, nurtured by the power of Heavenly Dao for 470,000 years, reborn as a unique innate divine object.

It can be cultivated and grown. Once matured, each leaf represents a complete world of the myriad heavens.

The holder may rely on this tree to traverse the myriad worlds, unrestricted by any realm barriers.】

After reading this, Gu Yan was stunned for a moment.

Four hundred seventy thousand years?

Unique?

Traverse the myriad worlds?

He silently calculated—since the last time this entry gave him something good, it had been over forty years.

He had not expected such a treasure to appear again today.

With a thought, something appeared in Gu Yan’s hand out of thin air.

It was a seed.

Pitch black, yet faintly shimmering with starlight.

Looking closely, within that darkness, it seemed as though countless stars were flowing.

The seed was small, only the size of a thumb, but when held in his hand, it felt heavy.

As if what he held was not a seed, but a world.

At the same time, a realization emerged in Gu Yan’s mind.

This came directly from the effect of the Fortune-Blessed Immortal Lord entry—it was the true method of using this seed.

The Haotian Mirror could traverse the myriad heavens.

But the “myriad heavens” it traversed belonged to this universe.

This universe was vast beyond measure.

Below were three thousand mortal worlds.

In the middle were three thousand realms such as the Spirit Realm, Demon Realm, Demonic Realm, and Ghost Realm.

Above were the thirty-three layers of the Immortal Realm, and beyond that, even the legendary Sacred Realm.

These realms overlapped layer upon layer, forming a complete system of the myriad heavens.

They were like different branches of a great tree—seemingly separate, yet sharing the same root.

What the Haotian Mirror could do was travel between these branches.

But this seed—

What it could do was leap beyond this tree, to another tree.

The true myriad worlds.

Each world was an independent great tree.

Each had its own Heavenly Dao, its own laws, its own lifeforms, its own civilization.

Those worlds had no connection to this universe, nor any intersection.

And once this tree matured, it would become a bridge connecting those worlds.

Looking at the seed in his hand, an image suddenly appeared in Gu Yan’s mind:

Within endless void, a towering tree stood silently.

That tree was unimaginably vast—each leaf was a world.

A breeze passed, and the leaves rustled.

That sound was the birth, destruction, and reincarnation of countless worlds.

Gu Yan took a deep breath.

Since obtaining the Fortune-Blessed Immortal Lord red entry, it had brought him countless surprises.

The Nine Qi Returning to Origin Tree, the Haotian Mirror, the Abi Yuan Tu Swords.

And the countless heavenly treasures, divine abilities, and cultivation techniques that had allowed him to progress effortlessly.

Yet this time, the surprise still shook him.

Not because of how powerful it was—

But because of what it represented.

It meant that this universe was no longer his endpoint.

It meant that one day, he could transcend the bounds of this world.

And see what the true myriad worlds looked like.

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