Chapter 688 - 659: On the Verge of Ascension

Kunlun Divine Realm.

Gu Qingyang was in seclusion for cultivation.

Since he left the Path to Immortality, thirty thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

For tens of thousands of years.

The Cyan Yang Divine Realm has seen no cultivator breaking through to the sixteenth rank, attaining the title of Saint Immortal King.

Regarding this.

Gu Qingyang also felt it was normal.

After all, breaking through to the Saint Immortal King is not easy, and the foundation of the Cyan Yang Divine Realm is ultimately too shallow. It is impossible for its cultivators to break through shackles and advance to the sixteenth rank within tens of thousands of years.

As for exchanging contribution points for a sixteenth-rank Dao Fruit, for many cultivators, this is also an astronomical figure.

Don't you see?

The Cyan Yang Divine Court once exhausted its resources and only managed to exchange two Dao Fruits.

Of course.

Gu Qingyang could also imitate the practice of the past, directly using his Faith Power, forcibly granting a sixteenth-rank Dao Fruit to help these cultivators break through.

However.

There is no need to do so.

To be blunt.

The gap between the sixteenth and seventeenth rank is too vast.

No matter how many sixteenth-rank powerhouses there are, in front of a seventeenth-rank, they are no different from ants.

Rather than wasting Faith Power to forcibly cultivate a large number of sixteenth-rank powerhouses, Gu Qingyang might as well reserve this Faith Power and wait for the day when the Divine Kingdom advances to the seventeenth rank.

The main reason.

It's because the situation in the Cyan Yang Divine Court is no longer as dire as it was in the past.

In the past, when the Upper Realm invaded, the foundation of the Cyan Yang Divine Court was too weak to contend with the powerhouses of the Upper Realm, so Gu Qingyang had no choice but to use other means to forcibly cultivate three thousand fifteenth-rank powerhouses, just to combat the war launched by the Upper Realm.

But now.

This problem no longer exists.

Take the Great Leiyin Temple for instance.

The Cyan Yang Divine Court has three sixteenth-rank powerhouses stationed.

And with the top-tier array formations like the Celestial Spirit and Earthly Fiend Array providing protection.

If the Upper Realm invades.

As long as powerhouses at the Harmonization level don't make a move, the Cyan Yang Divine Court can still withstand them to some extent.

Moreover—

The Upper Realm now dares not rashly wage war.

The fall of the Eternal Immortal Venerable.

Is enough to make those Harmonization Immortal Venerables of the Upper Realm apprehensive.

Next.

The Cyan Yang Divine Court has ample time to recuperate.

For Gu Qingyang, the longer the time, the more advantageous it is; thus, he naturally has little concern.

——

Name: Gu Qingyang

Essence: Cyan Yang Divine Realm (Seventh Rank)

Combat Power: Seventeenth Rank Superior

Divine Kingdom: Sixteenth Rank (75332 Zi/10000000 Zi)

Heavenly Dao Origin: 30 Trillion

——

Then.

Gu Qingyang glanced at his attribute panel.

Little has changed over thirty thousand years.

Only in the aspect of the Divine Kingdom, faith power steadily increased, but still requires a long time to sediment before advancing to a seventeenth-rank Divine Kingdom.

Taking into account the contribution points provided by the Cyan Yang Divine Court and the Upper Realm's Divine Teachings, after deducting the annual consumption, Gu Qingyang can roughly keep a growth of about two Zi.

Ten million Zi.

It will probably take about five million years.

For a powerhouse of his level, five million years is not too prolonged; he can completely wait for it.

Originally.

The Faith Power Gu Qingyang could obtain should have been much more than now; unfortunately, with the return of powerhouses from the Upper Realm, numerous Harmonization Immortal Venerables cleansed various factions, killing many cultivators of the Divine Teachings, forcibly stifling the growth momentum of the Divine Teachings.

As a result.

The Faith Power Gu Qingyang could receive naturally plummeted.

He still places much importance on the Divine Teachings.

But unfortunately, being in the Starry Sky of the Lower Realm, he has no way to interfere in the affairs of the Upper Realm for the time being, so he can only let the cultivators of the Divine Teachings sacrifice themselves.

However—

To enable the quick advancement of the Cyan Yang Divine Realm.

Gu Qingyang also issued a mission—to have the powerhouses of the Divine Teachings go to the Lower Realm to seek refuge under the Divine Court.

At the beginning.

Many cultivators of the Divine Teachings used this opportunity to directly defect from the Upper Realm and enter the Cyan Yang Divine Realm.

But later, due to the inadvertent leak of this information, the Upper Realm heavily controlled the entrance to the Path to Immortality, and many Saint Immortal Kings guarded there, completely cutting off the possibility of the Divine Teachings' cultivators entering the Starry Sky.

Upon seeing this.

Gu Qingyang could only sigh helplessly.

But even so.

Gu Qingyang still gathered a group of powerhouses from the Divine Teachings.

Currently, because of the arrival of these powerhouses from the Divine Teachings, the number of powerhouses in the Cyan Yang Divine Realm has increased significantly, with the number of fourteenth-rank cultivators having broken through to ninety thousand, nearly reaching one hundred thousand.

Afterward.

The number of fifteenth-rank powerhouses also surpassed the five thousand mark.

To sum up.

The Cyan Yang Divine Realm now thrives with prosperity.

"Once the Cyan Yang Divine Realm advances, we can resurrect the Saint Taichu!"

Gu Qingyang looked towards the Star Sea, where ancient stars remain, exuding a heavy, vast, and ancient aura that intimidates other star beasts, preventing them from approaching by even a step.

Originally promised to resurrect the Saint Taichu within a hundred thousand years, but plans couldn't keep up with changes, so until now, it has been delayed for hundreds of thousands of years.

Having waited for hundreds of thousands of years, Gu Qingyang is not in a rush for the moment.

When the Cyan Yang Divine Realm advances to an eighth-rank world, it can accommodate sixteenth-rank powerhouses, and reviving the Saint Taichu at that time will tremendously enhance the strength of the Cyan Yang Divine Court.

After all—

That person was a top-tier sixteenth-rank powerhouse during his lifetime, only a step from the seventeenth-rank Harmonization.

Otherwise.

How could the Saint Taichu, in ancient times, lead the powerhouses of the Taichu Immortal Court into the Path to Immortality?

Though he ultimately died and disappeared, it still proves his remarkable strength.

The only thing that piques Gu Qingyang's curiosity is by what means the Saint Taichu was able to sever the Path to Immortality.

After all, the Path to Immortality's solidity is such that even he and the Upper Realm's Harmonization Immortal Venerables could not damage it in their hundreds of thousands of years of battles; it is utterly inconceivable for an ordinary saint to sever the Path to Immortality.

It is evident.

The Saint Taichu must have owned his opportunities.

Otherwise.

How could he have the qualification to shake the Path to Immortality?

After this thought fell.

Gu Qingyang continued to comprehend the Hongmeng Jade Disc.

As his cultivation progressed, the mysteries of the Hongmeng Jade Disc gradually unfolded, and the Three Thousand Hongmeng Dao were all extraordinarily profound.

Throughout the thirty thousand years.

Gu Qingyang's Chaos Atlas had already integrated the power of eighty-four Chaos Demon Gods.

Though the number of Chaos Demon Gods integrated is greater than before, it hasn't significantly changed his own strength.

At Gu Qingyang's current level, truly wanting to advance his strength isn't something accomplished overnight—it is a prolonged process of accumulation and transformation.

No help for it.

The powers controlled by a seventeenth-rank cultivator are overwhelmingly terrifying, enough to destroy billions of stars and wipe out one galaxy after another, let alone Gu Qingyang's combat prowess reaching the pinnacle of the seventeenth-rank superior, nearing the summit of this realm.

Given this.

Wanting to enhance his strength is naturally not so simple.

A seventeenth-rank is a step-by-step ascent to the heavens.

Every bit of advancement is not easily achieved.