463: The projection of the ancestors, the great power of Taiyi

While these words seem lengthy, Gu Liangyuan actually processed this information in an instant.

Looking at Disaster Central, who was rapidly approaching, Gu Liangyuan felt a sense of relief deep down.

He was relieved that he always liked to have a few extra tricks up his sleeve, and with the System's selection task, even if he was defeated, he could start over!

As Disaster Central drew near, Gu Liangyuan clearly saw his appearance.

“In the entire Major Thousand Worlds, there is probably only one person who can rival my appearance.”

Gu Liangyuan sighed with emotion.

Indeed, although Disaster Central wore a black robe and didn't look like a good person, his appearance was extremely handsome.

“Die!”

Disaster Central attacked in a rage, and countless Dao fruit Laws emerged behind him.

At this moment, Gu Liangyuan felt as if he was facing not a person, but the Heavenly Dao itself.

Just then, Gu Liangyuan suddenly felt a heat in his glabella.

His Innate Divine Eyes appeared out of thin air, and a familiar energy surged from them, causing his cultivation to rapidly ascend.

In the blink of an eye, he reached Golden Immortal Great Perfection, similar to the Eastern Immortal Emperor before, infinitely close to the Great Luo Rank of cultivation.

Just as he was about to advance further, the Golden Immortal experience card suddenly expired, causing Gu Liangyuan's cultivation to rapidly drop.

The next moment, the energy from his Innate Divine Eyes replenished it.

Furthermore, all his injuries were healed.

Ultimately, Gu Liangyuan's cultivation stopped at the Half-step Great Luo Rank, unable to advance further.

Buzz!

Seeing Disaster Central's attack approaching, Gu Liangyuan had no time to ponder the source of the energy and was about to release his supreme jade drum.

But suddenly, countless Laws appeared before him, interwoven into a large net, blocking Gu Liangyuan's path.

“This is… the power of the Heavenly Dao!”

Gu Liangyuan understood; he had previously obtained a portion of the Heavenly Dao's authority, and now that Disaster Central had appeared, the Yellow Heaven had used the Innate Divine Eyes bestowed upon him as a medium to help him, which led to the sudden surge in his cultivation.

However, Gu Liangyuan knew that this was far from enough to deal with Disaster Central.

Having these Heavenly Dao powers only ensured he wouldn't be instantly killed by Disaster Central.

Bang!

Disaster Central's strike hit the Yellow Heaven's great net, and the net shattered with a roar.

The aftermath sent Gu Liangyuan flying back once more.

Disaster Central's eyes instantly turned pitch black, and with a raise of his hand, countless weapons—swords, spears, blades, and halberds—hung in the air.

The lowest Rank of these weapons were all High Grade Immortal Artifacts.

As Disaster Central's hand fell, thousands of weapons rained down like hail, all smashing towards Gu Liangyuan.

“How can an ant shake the azure sky?”

Disaster Central slowly spoke, his voice sounding like a Fusion of all things in the world, neither male nor female, neither old nor young.

Bang!

A drum-like rumble echoed, and the thousands of Divine Weapons all halted in mid-air.

Immediately after, a purple light illuminated the entire Chaos!

Accompanied by a misty purple Qi, a grand voice resounded:

“The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao!”

“Disaster Central, we meet again!”

As the voice faded, a white-robed Daoist riding a green ox, with purple Qi above his head, hovered before Disaster Central.

This person was exactly like the Ancestral Master Gu Liangyuan had seen in the Legacy land in the past!

Before him was none other than a Taiqing projection!

Only, this projection looked too real, just like a living person.

Disaster Central showed no surprise upon seeing the Taiqing projection, as if he had known all along:

“I knew that drum was a trump card you left behind, but I didn't expect your One Qi Transforming into Three Purities to be so formidable, able to survive alone for so long even after your true body died.”

Ancestral Master Taiqing did not wish to explain further. With a wave of his hand, Gu Liangyuan felt the Supreme Fuchen in his Sea of Consciousness tremble slightly.

However, after two trembles, it settled down.

“Oh.”

Ancestral Master Taiqing let out a soft exclamation, clearly not expecting the Supreme Fuchen to have escaped his control.

Seeing this, Gu Liangyuan proactively released the Supreme Fuchen, allowing it to return to the Ancestral Master's projection's hand.

The Ancestral Master, however, was not angered by this; instead, he laughed heartily, his expression showing a hint of relief.

Relief that he had a successor.

After giving Gu Liangyuan a smile, the Ancestral Master, holding the Fuchen, patted the green ox beneath him and charged forward.

The two instantly engaged in battle, leaving Gu Liangyuan, the person involved, aside.

The momentum of their attacks was incredibly vast. Even within the Chaos, the aftermath of their battle caused the Three Thousand Worlds to tremble incessantly.

Ancient stars fell one after another as a result.

Gu Liangyuan did not know how strong this power was, only that it far exceeded Golden Immortal by a great deal.

The Ancestral Master was practically suppressing Disaster Central in the fight, but as the Ancestral Master continued to attack, Gu Liangyuan noticed that the Ancestral Master's figure began to become slightly transparent.

Although Disaster Central was a Half-step Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao at this time was not the Heavenly Dao of ancient times.

If it were the Heavenly Dao of ancient times, let alone the Ancestral Master's projection, even if the Ancestral Master himself had come, he probably wouldn't have lasted more than a few moves against him.

Although the Ancestral Master was suppressing Disaster Central, a projection was still a projection, and it had been sealed in the supreme jade drum for hundreds of thousands of years, losing a lot of its power.

Bang!

With another exchange between the two, while Disaster Central was heavily injured, the Ancestral Master's phantom had also become infinitely close to transparent.

He no longer attacked Disaster Central, but instead turned to look at Gu Liangyuan:

“A corner of time, only you can save the world.”

With that, his figure completely disappeared between heaven and earth.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

A violent coughing sound came, and Disaster Central, spitting blood, looked at Gu Liangyuan, no longer attacking easily.

The Ancestral Master's last words before his phantom disappeared made Disaster Central uncertain.

He sensed that Gu Liangyuan, at this moment, had the power of the Heavenly Dao's blessing.

Although he was considerably injured at this time, he was still confident he could kill Gu Liangyuan.

The several great battles mentioned by the Eastern Immortal Emperor earlier were all at his behest.

Through these battles, he had dealt with many Ancient Immortal relics in the mortal realm that posed a threat to him.

Such as the Ruyi of the Yuqing Holy Land, the bronze lock of the Shangqing Holy Land, and so on.

Now that the supreme jade drum was dealt with, as long as Gu Liangyuan was killed, there would be no more power in the mortal realm that could threaten him.

He could then manipulate the Azure Heaven to devour the Yellow Heaven and recreate a new world.

However, Taiqing's words before disappearing made Disaster Central's heart churn with doubt.

He couldn't tell if these words were intentionally said by Taiqing to make him wary, or if Gu Liangyuan truly possessed this ability.

Gu Liangyuan looked at the dissipating Ancestral Master phantom and silently clicked on Divine Striking Art.

“Ding, Host used Divine Striking Art, random acquisition successful, acquired character: Eastern Emperor Taiyi.”

As the System's voice faded, Gu Liangyuan felt his cultivation begin to rise steadily.

Gradually, he broke through to a certain limit.

Buzz!

An invisible pressure emanated from Gu Liangyuan, sweeping across all the worlds!

“Is this… the power of Great Luo?”

Feeling the almost endless power within him, Gu Liangyuan smiled.

Good luck.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi, although not comparable to the Three Pure Dao Ancestors, was among the top-tier Great Powers, second only to those three.

Previously, a single projection of the Ancestral Master could heavily injure Disaster Central, and now he possessed the Supreme power of Taiyi.

He was stable!

This time, he was stable!

No need to go back and be a groveling dog to the System anymore.