523: sect foundation

At the Peak of Zizhu Peak, Gu Changge's fingertips once again pinched two clusters of world origin, which were swirling with the endless power of creation.

His gaze turned toward two of the Sect's important locations, and he flicked his finger.

"Go."

One cluster of Origin transformed into a golden streak of light and vanished into the Azure Cloud Secret Realm deep within the Sect.

The other cluster was cast toward the core of the Myriad Tribulations Battlefield.

Azure Cloud Secret Realm.

This place was originally the Sect's top-tier blessed land, spanning a million miles with Spiritual Qi as dense as mist; it was already a cultivation Holy Land dreamed of by outside Cultivators.

However, the moment that portion of world origin merged into the core of the Secret Realm—

"Boom—!!!"

A silent roar erupted at the level of the Secret Realm's Laws!

Heaven and earth were expanding frantically!

A million miles, ten million miles, a hundred million miles... the boundaries of space were like a scroll being pulled open by an invisible giant hand, extending infinitely toward the depths of Chaos. Its vastness and stability already bore the prototype of an independent Small World!

Above the firmament, the Grand Dao manifested!

Crystal-clear and dazzling divine chains of Law descended from the void, weaving into a net. The rumbling Dao sounds were deafening.

The Dao Rhyme that was once obscure and difficult to understand was now as clear as the lines on one's palm.

Even more terrifying was the Spiritual Qi.

The original spiritual mist was instantly compressed and condensed, turning into a pitter-patter of spiritual liquid rain, then merging into rivers, and finally forming an ocean of Spiritual Qi that covered heaven and earth!

The liquid Spiritual Qi was so dense it almost turned into solid Spirit Crystals. A single breath was worth months of hard cultivation in the outside world!

A single portion of world origin was enough to restore the entire Xuanhuang Great World to its ancient Peak.

And Gu Changge had poured an entire portion into this Azure Cloud Secret Realm!

Its effect could be called Heaven-Defying, with infinite creation!

"Hmm?!"

"This is...?!"

Throughout the Secret Realm, Disciples and Elders in seclusion, and even the Five Ancestors meditating in the deepest parts, were simultaneously awakened by this earth-shaking change.

"My cultivation is skyrocketing! The Bottleneck has shattered!"

"Me too! The Saint Realm barrier is like paper! And my dao foundation is even more stable! How is this possible?!"

Cries of alarm and wild joy echoed throughout the Secret Realm.

Countless auras shot up like bamboo shoots after rain, breaking through one after another. Their Foundations were incredibly solid without any instability, as if they had been polished for thousands of years.

And at the core of the Secret Realm, the seclusion place of the Five Ancestors.

"Buzz—!"

Five auras, like dormant volcanoes, erupted with a bang, soaring into the sky and stirring up massive waves in the newly formed ocean of Spiritual Qi.

The Great Ancestor snapped his eyes open. Instead of wild joy, his face wore an expression as if he had seen a ghost. He scrambled to suppress the majestic magic power surging and roaring within him, which was almost bursting out of his body:

"Ouch! Ouch, ouch! What's going on?! Why is this old man's Realm climbing on its own?! Stop! Stop quickly!"

The Third Ancestor was also horrified, his beard bristling: "I can't suppress it! I can't suppress it at all! This Spiritual Qi and Dao Rhyme are too overbearing."

"It's pushing my cultivation toward the Peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm! I haven't even polished it to Perfection yet!"

The Fourth Ancestor, Fifth Ancestor, and the others were shouting even louder. Their usual sage-like demeanor was completely gone; they were like people who were drunk and had stepped on a live wire, flailing about as they tried to control the rampaging power within.

"Mine too! I'm going to burst!"

"dao foundation! Watch the dao foundation! Ahhh, I can't control it!"

Seeing that the Five Ancestors were about to have their dao foundations destabilized and their images ruined by this sudden, overly blissful trouble.

On Zizhu Peak, Gu Changge, who saw everything, had his lips twitch slightly.

He pondered for a moment, seemed to remember something, and reached into the void.

In his palm appeared an ancient stone tower, barely the size of a hand, yet radiating an aura that suppressed the ages and tested the heavens.

The body of the tower was mottled and had nine levels, each seemingly reflecting the figures of countless Prodigies locked in combat.

"Tower of Heavenly Pride, I actually forgot about you," Gu Changge muttered to himself.

Previously, he had signed in for the Eternal Heavens Pride Tower and placed it on Zizhu Peak.

Later, he signed in for several more Towers of The Pride of Heaven, which he casually tossed into a corner of the System to gather dust.

Now they happened to come in handy.

He flicked his wrist gently.

That small Tower of Heavenly Pride turned into a streak of light, entered the Azure Cloud Secret Realm, and expanded upon meeting the wind.

Instantly, it transformed into a towering nine-story pagoda that connected heaven and earth, landing with a boom in the center of the ocean of Spiritual Qi. Its doors swung open, radiating endless Battle Intent and majesty.

Then, Gu Changge made a grasping motion across the distance and threw.

The Five Ancestors, who were struggling with their skyrocketing cultivation, felt an irresistible gentle force wrap around them, and their vision blurred.

"Eh?!"

"Who?!"

"Changge?!"

Amidst the cries of alarm, the five figures were tossed like beanbags with precision into the open gates of the Tower of Heavenly Pride.

At the same time, Gu Changge's calm voice transmission rang in the ears of the Five Ancestors:

"Old Ancestors, this tower can project phantoms of Great Emperors of the same Realm for tempering. Go in, fight enough, and your Foundations will naturally reach Perfection, and your Realms will naturally stabilize."

The tower doors slammed shut.

The next moment—

"Ah—!"

"Hiss! This is a Great Emperor's projection?! Ouch! Don't hit the face!"

"My old back! Changge, you should have given us a heads-up!"

From inside the Tower of Heavenly Pride, the frustrated yet pained and excited roars of the Old Ancestors could be heard, along with the sound of intense energy collisions.

Gu Changge withdrew his Divine Sense from the Azure Cloud Secret Realm and directed his perception elsewhere.

Myriad Tribulations Battlefield.

With the integration of another portion of world origin, this ancient battlefield used for life-and-death tempering also underwent a fundamental transformation.

Space was reinforced layer by layer, enough to withstand more terrifying energy impacts. The aura of slaughter combined with the world's Dao Rhyme, evolving into more dangerous and valuable forbidden lands and illusions for tempering.

Even in the depths of some battlefields, Law imprints containing ancient Battle Intent began to condense. Cultivators within them felt as if they could resonate with ancient heroic spirits and comprehend the purest Dao of Slaughter.

From now on, this place would become a true crucible for the strong and a land of creation.

Having finished all this, Gu Changge nodded slightly, his gaze calmly looking toward the boundless void, as if surveying the Sect's Foundation that he had personally pushed to a new height.

The Azure Cloud Secret Realm had become a supreme land of creation.

The Myriad Tribulations Battlefield had turned into a peerless whetstone.

The Foundation of the Azure Profound Sect had, at this moment, completely surpassed the limits of what any Sect in the Xuanhuang World's past could imagine.

Elsewhere, Xuan Yangzi was handling Sect affairs when he suddenly felt the changes in heaven and earth and looked up.

The dense Spiritual Qi was no longer a flowing wind but had substantial weight, turning into a pale golden spiritual mist that hung heavily around him.

Every breath felt like swallowing the purest Spirit Pill. Without even needing to circulate a Cultivation Technique, a supremely comfortable warmth spread through his limbs and bones.

Suddenly, he sensed something and, without staying any longer, transformed into a streak of light, racing toward the Azure Cloud Secret Realm.