Chapter 163 - 163
Chapter 163: Creating a World With a Wave of the Hand; Breakthroughs, One After Another
Gazing upon Chengtian Mountain, Chen Wangu was overcome with emotion.
After all, it had been a long time since he had last visited.
Lu Xunxian turned his gaze to an open expanse atop Chengtian Mountain, raised a hand, and space began to warp. A Space Passage appeared before them.
"It's done. Let's go in."
Ye Wushuang and Gu Feng: Huh???
They had assumed that even someone as powerful as Lu Xunxian would need to put in considerable effort to create a Small World capable of withstanding a battle between Saint Emperors. Yet he'd done it with a single raise of his hand?
This gave them a far clearer understanding of just how powerful Lu Xunxian truly was.
Following Lu Xunxian into the Small World, there was no dizzying disorientation--it felt as simple as walking from one room into another.
But upon stepping inside, their faces turned to shock.
The Spiritual Qi within this Small World was actually denser than outside, and not by just a small margin--at least double, if not more.
Most importantly, this didn't feel like a Small World at all. It was just like the Tiansheng Continent itself, complete with a sun and a moon, as though it had formed naturally.
Even when Ye Wushuang closed his eyes and extended his Divine Sense to its absolute limit, he couldn't detect the edges of this Small World.
"Senior Lu, may I ask how large this Small World is?"
"Not very large. Just about the size of the Central Plains."
Ye Wushuang and Gu Feng: ...
An Immortal Emperor truly was terrifying beyond belief.
What Ye Wushuang and Gu Feng didn't know was that the reason Lu Xunxian could casually create a Small World rivaling the Central Plains was because he had mastered the Three Thousand Laws.
If any other Immortal Emperor had come, they would have needed to rely on external means to achieve the same result.
After all, this wasn't a Secret Realm--it was a genuine world, one that even contained its own Heavenly Dao.
Lu Xunxian gazed up toward the firmament of the Small World, his tone calm.
"Are you not going to come out and greet This Venerable One?"
As his words fell, a figure slowly coalesced before him.
"Greetings, Master."
"Senior Lu, who is this?"
Ye Wushuang and the others gazed curiously at the youth before them, but a single glance was enough for them to be shaken by his power.
They could sense that this youth's strength was also at the Peak of the Saint Emperor Realm.
"He is the Heavenly Dao of this Small World. I'll leave it to him to maintain this world from now on. For the Tiansheng Grand Tournament, just have him serve as referee."
Lu Xunxian spoke without much concern.
Ye Wushuang and Gu Feng's eyes lit up. With a Peak Saint Emperor as the referee, they wouldn't need to intervene themselves.
But after a moment's thought, Ye Wushuang asked with some hesitation.
"Senior Lu, what about a hundred thousand years from now?"
After all, even a Peak Saint Emperor couldn't live past a hundred thousand years.
Lu Xunxian let out a light chuckle.
"No need to worry. He is the Heavenly Dao of this world--not an ordinary Peak Saint Emperor. As long as this world isn't destroyed, he is immortal."
"I see."
Ye Wushuang understood.
After giving the Heavenly Dao a few instructions, Lu Xunxian prepared to leave.
All that remained was for Ye Wushuang to spread the word that the Tiansheng Grand Tournament would take place within this world.
"Oh, Senior Lu--since you created this world, you should be the one to name it."
Gu Feng spoke up, realizing they couldn't very well keep calling it "the Small World."
Lu Xunxian considered it only briefly before speaking.
"In that case, I'll name it after the stars. It shall be called the Stellar Realm."
There was no particular significance behind the name. It had simply come to mind.
"Understood, Senior Lu."
With that, the Heavenly Dao watched Lu Xunxian and the others depart, gazing after them until they vanished from the Stellar Realm.
After leaving the Stellar Realm, Lu Xunxian brought them back to the Ancient Wood Sacred Land. All that remained was to wait seven days for the Tiansheng Grand Tournament to begin.
At the same time, within the Qingfeng Sect in the Immortal Realm.
Gu Daoyuan, who had been attempting to break through to the Immortal Monarch Realm, suddenly opened his eyes. In the next instant, he shot skyward.
In a flash, the entire Qingfeng Sect was engulfed in Lightning Tribulation.
Every Qingfeng Sect disciple looked up in alarm, seeing only Gu Daoyuan's silhouette beneath the roiling tribulation.
"All personnel evacuate the sect immediately! Do not interfere with the Sect Master's breakthrough to the Immortal Monarch Realm!"
Hu Pogu's voice resounded in every disciple's mind.
No one dared delay. They fled the Lightning Tribulation's area of effect at once.
Outside the Qingfeng Sect, gazing up at Gu Daoyuan's figure in the sky, Hu Pogu's heart raced with excitement.
Finally. Finally. The Sect Master was about to break through to Immortal Monarch.
If the Sect Master reached the Immortal Monarch Realm, they could move to seize the Primordial Sect and the Ancient Wood Sect in one fell swoop--and also take revenge against the ones who had killed his two disciples.
Still, even with the Sect Master's extraordinary strength, weathering the Lightning Tribulation would take at least a year or so.
As Hu Pogu mulled this over, the Lightning Tribulation descended in the very next moment, engulfing Gu Daoyuan's figure entirely.
Meanwhile, on Bone Demon Mountain.
The Bone Demon Immortal King stared at the figure before him, eyes blazing with fanaticism.
The figure in question was completely oblivious. He knelt before the Bone Demon Immortal King.
"This disciple, Xu Niannan, thanks Master for his cultivation. Without Master's nurturing, this disciple would never have been able to ascend."
"Kehehehe! No need for thanks. If you truly want to show your gratitude, then help your master break through to Immortal Monarch!"
The moment the Bone Demon Immortal King's words left his mouth, Xu Niannan jerked his head up, but he couldn't resist at all. The Bone Demon Immortal King raised a hand and seized him.
"Master, I'm your disciple! I'm your disciple!"
"Disciples are exactly what I need!"
The Bone Demon Immortal King opened his gaping maw and swallowed Xu Niannan whole, refining him in an instant.
Xu Niannan, like the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor before him, had been a Furnace Vessel meticulously prepared by the Bone Demon Immortal King to help him break through to the Immortal Monarch Realm.
And with Xu Niannan consumed, the Bone Demon Immortal King finally shattered the bottleneck of the Immortal King Realm and broke through to the Immortal Monarch Realm.
The Lightning Tribulation materialized immediately, but the Bone Demon Immortal King showed no fear. He charged headlong into the rolling thunder and was swallowed whole by the tribulation.
Inside the Primordial Sect.
"What?! Gu Daoyuan is breaking through to Immortal Monarch?!"
Zheng Gushuang shot to his feet, his face drained of color.
The Primordial Sect had planted moles within the Qingfeng Sect, so the instant Gu Daoyuan began his breakthrough, word had reached the Primordial Sect.
"Keep this under wraps. Stabilize the situation within the sect first. Gu Daoyuan's breakthrough to Immortal Monarch will still take some time. Let's just hope the Sect Master can successfully break through to Immortal Monarch before then."
Zheng Gushuang finished speaking, his eyes tinged with anxiety as he looked toward the sect's forbidden grounds.
There, Sect Master Xu Long was in Seclusion, attempting his own breakthrough to the Immortal Monarch Realm.