454: Chapter 455 The Three Venerables of Chaos, Thirty-Three Heavens

"Continue," he said, flicking another Immortal Crystal over.

The rat demon waiter was even more delighted, his chatterbox completely opened.

"Got it! Listen well, honored guest. These three Immortal Venerables divided the entire Luan Gu Ruins into thirty-three territories, aptly named the 'Thirty-Three Heavens'!"

"Each Immortal Venerable governs eleven Heavens. And each Heaven is as vast as a major Star Domain outside, guarded by a powerhouse at the Immortal Emperor level; those powerhouses are called 'Heaven Lords'!"

"On the surface, these Thirty-Three Heavens do their own thing, and the Heaven Lord is the local emperor there. But in reality, they all have to listen to the three Immortal Venerables. It is precisely because these thirty-three Heaven Lords exist that people from the four great Immortal Courts dare not easily infiltrate."

"Then what is the most common rule here?" Gu Xuanzhang asked the question he cared about most.

"Rules?" The rat demon waiter acted as if he had heard a joke, chuckling and revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"Honored guest, you really know how to joke. In this Luan Gu Ruins, the most common rule is that there are no rules!"

"Here, whoever has the biggest fist makes the rules! Killing and robbing is a daily occurrence. Look at those people outside; which one hasn't had hundreds of lives on their hands? If you want to survive here and live well, there is only one way."

The rat demon held up a finger and gestured: "Be stronger and more ruthless than others! Otherwise, the Immortal Crystals you earn today will become someone else's tomorrow."

Gu Xuanzhang nodded, downed the wine in his cup, left a few pieces of broken Immortal Crystals, and got up to leave the tavern.

The rat demon watched his back, licked his lips, but ultimately didn't dare to harbor any bad intentions.

The young man in white before him, although he looked gentle and harmless, was so generous with his spending, and daring to come to the Luan Gu Ruins alone meant he was either a fool who would die stupidly or a ruthless person hiding his true strength.

As a small demon who greeted and sent off guests, he didn't dare to gamble.

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After leaving the Black Stone Market, Gu Xuanzhang found a desolate and quiet valley.

He set up a few simple concealment Formations, then sat cross-legged, his mind stirred, and he activated the "Destiny Compass" in his mind.

Hum!

An illusory compass slowly emerged in his Sea of Consciousness.

Light flowed over the compass, and an incomparably huge Star Domain map slowly unfolded; it was the layout map of the "Thirty-Three Heavens."

On the map, countless bright or dim points of light were constantly flickering.

Each point of light represented a "Child of Destiny" with deep Luck, or excellent aptitude, possessing great Luck.

These were all candidates for the Disciples of his future Sect.

The points of light varied in strength, and their colors were also different.

Most were white and cyan, representing limited potential.

A few were blue and purple, which could already be considered rare Geniuses.

And the top-tier gold ones, there were none.

Gu Xuanzhang's gaze slowly swept over the compass.

Finally, his line of sight was attracted by an extremely special point of light.

That point of light was located in a blood-colored area marked "Asura Heaven."

Its color was not gold, but a purple that was profound to the extreme, and within the purple, it also revealed a trace of eerie dark red.

The most critical thing was that its brightness far exceeded all other points of light on the compass; even all the blue points of light combined did not amount to one-tenth of it.

It just hung there quietly, like a bright moon in the dark night, full of infinite possibilities and variables.

"Asura Heaven..."

Gu Xuanzhang put away the compass, his gaze piercing through the endless Void Realm, casting towards that chaotic world filled with blood color deep in the Star Domain.

He could feel that the world was filled with a more intense aura of slaughter and chaos than the other "Heavens."

Obviously, that was a more lawless place.

"Since that is the case, I will choose this place for the founding of my Sect."

He whispered to himself, a faint arc curling at the corner of his mouth, and with a movement of his body, he turned into a streak of light, speeding toward that blood-colored world.

Asura Heaven.

Among the Thirty-Three Heavens, it was the most chaotic and bloody Heaven.

When Gu Xuanzhang's figure passed through the pale red spatial barrier and stepped into this world, a thick, almost tangible aura of blood and slaughter rushed toward him.

The sky here presented an eerie dark red color, as if it had been soaked in endless blood.

The earth was cracked, gullies crisscrossed it, and countless huge skeletons were scattered on the wilderness, recounting the tragic wars that had once taken place here.

In the air, there was not a trace of Spiritual Qi, only nauseating blood energy and Evil Qi.

Just as he entered, Gu Xuanzhang's Divine Thought swept over a mountain hollow not far away, where two groups of creatures of different races were engaged in a tragic slaughter.

Severed limbs flew everywhere, and blood splattered.

A creature had just fallen, and the Magic Treasure and flesh on his body were instantly divided clean by the surrounding enemies, or even his own companions.

Here, life was the cheapest thing.

Gu Xuanzhang walked along the way, seeing countless similar bloody scenes, but his expression never fluctuated in the slightest.

For him, who had stirred up dark turmoil in the Lower Realm and slaughtered billions of lives, what was before him was nothing more than children playing house.

Instead, he was quite satisfied in his heart.

This environment of survival of the fittest and lawlessness was the best trial ground for honing his Disciples.

He did not want the Disciples he would work hard to cultivate in the future to be a group of greenhouse flowers who only knew how to stay in the Sect for closed-door cultivation and had never even seen blood a few times.

According to the guidance of the Destiny Compass, Gu Xuanzhang flew unhurriedly toward the depths of Asura Heaven.

Finally, he stopped in the depths of a rolling black mountain range that looked like the spine of a giant beast.

Before him was a huge ring-shaped valley.

Inside the valley, unlike the desolation and decay of the outside world, there was miraculously a lush primitive forest growing, and a winding stream of Spiritual Qi flowed through it.

The Spiritual Qi here, although far inferior to the Immortal Court, was already considered a rare treasure land in this Asura Heaven.

More importantly, the terrain here was dangerous; there was only one narrow passage to enter, and three sides were ten-thousand-foot cliffs, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, perfect as a foundation for founding a Sect.

"This is the place."

Gu Xuanzhang stood above the valley, overlooking the terrain below, and nodded with satisfaction.

He did not hesitate at all and directly issued an order to the System in his heart.

"Establish Sect!"

As soon as his words fell.

The System authority within his body, which originated from Gu Changsheng's main body, was instantly activated.

A vast and boundless power descended from the unknown, drawing in the endless Immortal light from above the Nine Heavens, piercing through the blood-colored firmament of Asura Heaven, and all of it gathered here!