Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal-Chapter 1171 - 893: Daluo Golden Immortal

The construction of the Thirty-Three Heavens is not a difficult task.

For Gu Jinlai now, the Three Thousand Great Dao no longer holds any secrets.

In fact, if it weren’t for the fear of causing rejection from the entire Cosmic, he could completely extract a Great Dao that has never appeared in this world from his universe and inject it into this one.

As long as he does not pass down any cultivation methods, ordinary cultivators, even those claiming to be all-knowing and all-powerful Great Powers, would need millions or even tens of millions of epochs to fully comprehend even one type of Great Dao.

And once they are unable to comprehend this Great Dao, the emerging Great Dao would be a complete dimension-altering attack for those who have never encountered it.

Just like how cultivators faced the Evil Gods in those days.

The opponent’s means of deconstructing souls were completely unsolvable to them.

Although Gu Jinlai has not used new Power of Dao to build the Thirty-Three Heavens, he still completed the hierarchical classification of the entire Cosmic through the reorganization and arrangement of the Thirty-Three Heavens’ Great Dao.

Perhaps the Great Powers, relying on their understanding of the Three Thousand Great Dao, can directly enter the highest layer of the Thirty-Three Heavens, the Daluotian, but Immortal Golden Immortals and Immortal Venerables absolutely do not have this capability.

And the Great Powers...

How many Great Powers are there in the whole Cosmic now?

Each one is well-known by name.

Even if they have the ability to enter Daluotian, without Gu Jinlai’s permission, who among them dares to step foot into it?

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Within the Thirty-Three Heavens, the topmost Daluotian is currently concentrated near the depths of the Heart of the Cosmic, with each layer decreasing as it goes down.

Originally, Gu Jinlai planned to establish Thirty-Six Layers of Heaven, with the last three realms located respectively at the core where the Taoist Ancestors exist in the Cosmic Core, the deepest area where the ancient Evil Gods reside, and the depths where ordinary Evil Gods are active.

However, now that the battle between him and the Three Thousand Tao Ancestors at the Cosmic Core continues, let alone Immortal Golden Immortals, even Great Powers dare not approach without facing certain death.

Even...

Approaching the area where ordinary Evil Gods are active would lead to nine deaths and one survival for Great Powers.

Under such circumstances, the concept of the last three realms naturally had to be set aside.

Once the battle ends and the Cosmic completely calms down, he will elevate the Thirty-Three Heavens, until the highest layer of Daluotian reaches the Cosmic Core where the Taoist Ancestors exist.

Simultaneously, he will regulate the Great Dao rules in that area, making them orderly, transforming it into a genuine holy land for cultivation, preparing to nurture a number of top-tier powerhouses to handle possible crises in the future.

...

The years passed swiftly.

Under Gu Jinlai’s Thirty-Three Heavens and the system of trials, Karma, and merit, order within the Cosmic has also changed, transitioning from constant chaos to becoming gradually orderly.

Especially the calamities that would descend from time to time, having annihilated countless Undying, Immortal Venerables, including three Great Powers, the behaviors of those top-tier powerhouses who would casually shatter stars or destroy worlds have noticeably decreased.

When the news broke out that the Alien Demon Clan, once one of the Supreme Races, was collecting emotions by wantonly torturing the living beings on stars for their own purpose, Gu Jinlai descended in incarnation and, using the Great Dao as a string, wiped out all Alien Demon Clan at the Immortal Golden Immortal realm or above across the Cosmic. From then on, there was no race or force daring to defy such majestic Heavenly Might.

The Taoist Ancestors are merciless.

But Taoist Ancestors never targeted any beings specifically.

During purges, it was merely the Undying and those above who were cleansed, leaving vital energy for the Immortal Golden Immortal, allowing them and their respective races to potentially rise again using Supreme Immortal Artifacts or even Supreme Immortal Devices left by their predecessors.

But Gu Jinlai is different.

He possesses the emotions and will that normal beings possess.

Conforming to his actions will be met with favor.

Contradicting his will would invite Thunder.

Though this lacks "justice" to some extent, the world has never had absolute justice.

For those top-tier cultivators, ascending into Daluotian means removal from the mortality threat of the Taoist Ancestors, but they will then face the mortality threat of Gu Jinlai.

The situation seems unchanged from before.

Perhaps...

It has become even worse.

At least during the era of the Taoist Ancestors, they did not need to restrain their behavior.

Anything they wished to do was neither restricted nor constrained.

But in the era dominated by Gu Jinlai...

All freedom, indulgence, and exhilaration have vanished.

...

In the blink of an eye, a hundred epochs quietly passed.

Despite the fact that a hundred epochs are insignificant to Great Powers, even for the average lifespan of an Immortal Golden Immortal back in the day, a hundred epochs would only correspond to two or three years in the life of an ordinary person, but for lower-level cultivators, a hundred epochs have already brought about transformative changes in the customs of the entire Cosmic.

After all, the lifespan of many Golden Immortals, calculated in epochs, only amounts to a mere ten epochs.

Some Golden Immortals who lack cultivation may not even live to see ten epochs.

A hundred epochs equate to ten iterations of the Golden Immortal.

Through the repeated iterations of Golden Immortals, the atmosphere within the Cosmic has dramatically transformed.

Originally, there were different titles among cultivators, some called themselves Immortal Cultivators, some Cultivators, and some directly regarded themselves as Refiners.

But now...

Immortal Cultivators and Cultivators have gradually become the mainstream.

The terms cultivators and refiners are fading into obscurity.

Moreover, there were hardly any unified terms among cultivators before reaching the Golden Immortal Realm.

For example, the Mechanical Clan mainly referred to lifeforms below the Golden Immortal as Mechanic, while the Human Clan called them Profound Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal.

As for Innate Sacred and Star Spirits...

They generally possess Great Dao Golden Immortal cultivation once they mature, and for those Innate Sacred and Star Spirits that have not matured, they are directly categorized as juvenile, adolescent, mature, and complete forms.

The Alien Demon Clan does so as well.

They refer themselves as Heavenly Demon, Great Sky Demon, Heavenly Demon King, and so on.

However, as Gu Jinlai’s system established on the base of Thirty-Three Heavens spreads, people have simplified cultivation into four stages directly.

Anyone who has not cultivated to become an Immortal, with a body capable of energy transformation, is referred to as the First Stage, the realm of refining essence into energy.

Those who focus on enhancing their Spiritual Realm and Energy Intensity are classified as the Second Stage, the realm of Qi Refining and God Transformation.

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This stage spans a vast range, from First Rank Spirit to Tenth Rank Spirit, which is Heavenly Immortal Realm to Immortal Golden Immortal Realm, amounting to nineteen small tiers.

When reaching the Immortal Golden Immortal stage...

Since Immortal Golden Immortals can ascend to Da Luo Heaven, enjoying true eternal life, undying and indestructible, people differentiate themselves from those Immortal Golden Immortals who haven’t ascended to Da Luo Heaven by calling themselves Daluo Golden Immortals.

These Daluo Golden Immortals are unified under the Refining God and Merging Void.

Previously among the Honorable Daoists, it encompassed Immortal Golden Immortals, Immortal Venerables, and Great Powers.

Daluo Golden Immortals are the same.

As for the higher Refining Void and Unity...

It is a crucial blow, even for Immortal Venerables and Great Powers.

Gu Jinlai reiterated that the path after Daluo Golden Immortal, the most important point, lies in Proving Dao.

There are three methods to Prove Dao.

The first is Proving Dao through Merit.

If a Cultivator has great merit in heaven and earth, they may gain the protection of heaven and earth, acquiring the position of the Great Dao, akin to holding the authority of Dao.

This path resembles the most ancient path of a Tao Ancestor.

The second is Proving Dao through External Objects.

Through the Creation Divine Artifact and Cosmic Oddities, one divides oneself into three, comprehends the power of Life and Destruction, then merges Life, Destruction, and oneself to Prove Dao, comparable to a Dao Ancestor.

As for the last method...

It is an idea that many Great Powers derived from witnessing battles between the Dominators and Dao Ancestors.

Proving Dao through Power.

By relying on one’s innate talent, perseverance, and cultivation, one carves out a path of their own.

Henceforth unique.

The vastness of the world and the expanse of the Cosmic, one can go freely.

Even beyond the boundless Cosmic, one may roam at will.

These three paths opened the vision for all Great Powers and those Immortal Venerables and Immortal Golden Immortals hoping to advance further.

Since they have found the way forward, naturally, they no longer confine their gaze to internal struggles, risking their lives for a shred of hope, betting everything to fight.

All Great Powers cautiously verify which path suits them.

Those who Prove Dao through Merit, do good everywhere, seeking gaps in heaven and earth, intending to fill the Cosmic’s flaws, completing a more perfect transformation.

Those who Prove Dao through External Objects begin collecting fragments of Creation Divine Artifacts and Cosmic Oddities everywhere.

While most chose the path of Proving Dao through Power.

But the difficulty of this path is unknowably higher than the other two that until now, no one has reported having any leads.

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As time passes, the changes in the Cosmic grow more significant.

When Immortal Golden Immortals in Da Luo Heaven...

Or rather Daluo Golden Immortals, grow numerous, reaching the level of tens of millions, Gu Jinlai, who is battling with the Dao Ancestors, finally sensed something.

...

"It’s almost time."

In the Cosmic Core.

Gu Jinlai, still maintaining a scale of several light years, looked once more at the Three Thousand Tao Ancestors.

The Three Thousand Tao Ancestors enveloped as one, the power of Dao intertwined and resonated with each other, like a whole.

If not for the universe behind him pressing with immense force as if trying to collapse the entire Cosmic, forcing the Three Thousand Tao Ancestors to bear the Cosmic and maintain the operation of all things, he could not possibly contend against these Three Thousand who symbolize the authority of the Cosmic.

The Three Thousand Tao Ancestors can truly achieve invincibility in the world.

But now...

"Unexpectedly, the road most chosen by people is the Five Elements Great Dao."

Gu Jinlai slightly sensed.

Among the tens of millions of Daluo Golden Immortals, those cultivating the Five Elements Great Dao were the most numerous.

Influenced by the large number of Daluo Golden Immortals practicing the Five Elements Great Dao, the interference on the Five Elements Dao Ancestor among the Three Thousand Tao Ancestors is visibly most severe.

Severe to the point of affecting the power circulation among the Three Thousand Tao Ancestors.

"So long... should come to an end."

Gu Jinlai uttered a word.

In the next moment, he fully invoked the power of the ancient Cosmic to descend.

With a "boom" that seemed to overwhelm the entire universe, his massive form carried a destruction and pressure beyond words towards the Five Elements Dao Ancestor.

Without any embellishments.

He simply wrapped the power of one entire universe within and forcefully collided with the body of the Five Elements Dao Ancestor.

Ignoring any of the other Dao Ancestors’ attempts to block.

Just this full-force collision...

In an instant, an unprecedentedly brilliant light blossomed in the depths of the Cosmic Core.

An invisible ripple swept across the entire Cosmic with incredible speed.

All Golden Immortals, Daluo Golden Immortals, and Immortal Golden Immortals practicing the Five Elements Great Dao suddenly seemed to lose the perception of the Five Elements Great Dao.

Accompanied by an indescribable sorrow that permeated through the Cosmic.

Clearly without any words.

Without any notice.

Yet, in the minds of all cultivators above Golden Immortal level, a trace of somewhat mournful ripple simultaneously emerged.

"The Five Elements Dao Ancestor has fallen."