Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal
Chapter 294 - 291 Status

Chapter 294: Chapter 291 Status

Purgatory Sect.

After five years, Gu Jinlai returned to the Purgatory Sect with his disciples, leading a thousand Demon God Guards.

On the way, the group received a warm welcome from the Purgatory Sect. Sect Master Lu Dengxian accompanied them all the way, continuously playing the sentiment card with Gu Jinlai.

However, since he had not inherited the original body’s memories, Gu Jinlai did not feel too much of an emotional impact.

Instead, it was Gu Xiangyang and Su Nanxing who followed him, their expressions carrying a hint of other emotions.

Especially Gu Xiangyang.

When he was born, the Gu family was already one of Red Wind City’s top families.

Having been raised in luxury, with a solid foundation, he began Body Refinement at the age of twelve.

Skin Training, Opening Tendons, Bone Forging.

Thanks to the medicinal herbs for regulating his body, the medicinal materials for strengthening bones, and his extraordinary willpower, it took him merely three years to stretch open four hundred and eighty-five major tendons and forge two hundred and six bones, completing this stage of cultivation and entering the realm of refining the organs.

Then, through strengthening his body from the outside and his breath from the inside, he polished his five viscera and six bowels, step by step enhancing the heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, stomach, gallbladder, triple burner, bladder, large intestine, and small intestine, eventually reaching blood exchange and forging a vigorous physique from the inside out.

He remembers officially undergoing blood exchange at the age of eighteen, when he was named one of the top ten masters among the young generation in Red Wind City, standing out from tens of thousands of his peers.

It was also because of his outstanding performance that he was recommended to cultivate under Patriarch Gu Jinlai, who had just achieved Refining God and had been promoted to elder not long ago.

Nor did he disappoint the Patriarch, completing blood exchange at twenty-two and strengthening his physique to the extreme.

At twenty-three, with the Patriarch’s assistance, he ignited his blood and transformed essence into energy, stepping into the Qi Refining Realm.

In the following four years, he first opened the twelve main meridians and operated the Microcosmic Orbit, then opened the Extraordinary Vessels and operated the Macrocosmic Orbit, until his True Qi was vigorous, condensed into Gang Qi, and entered the Gang Condensation Realm.

He was only twenty-eight when the Patriarch left the Purgatory Sect.

Now...

At the age of thirty-three, he had already cultivated Divine Thought and achieved the status of a Refining God Immortal.

This realm was exactly the same level as the Patriarch’s when he first joined the Purgatory Sect.

No.

He should be stronger than the Patriarch.

At that time, the Patriarch’s Divine Thought only reached a few miles, but now...

His Divine Thought was almost touching ten miles.

Ten miles is an important milestone.

It signifies that the cultivation of Divine Thought has entered the next stage of condensing, compressing, and purifying.

Once the stages of condensing, compressing, and purifying are completed, and if one can still maintain the range of ten miles of probe, one can attempt to materialize Divine Thought and condense a Yin God.

...

Gu Xiangyang was filled with nostalgia.

By this time, they had already entered the banquet venue.

The welcome banquet was held on the top floor of a thirteen-story pavilion.

After exchanging pleasantries with several elders, whom he had to look up to and treat with great respect just a few years ago, he went to the balcony. From there, he could clearly see a great expanse of the Purgatory Sect.

Seeing that he was unoccupied, five young people couldn’t help but approach him.

"Brother Gu, do you still remember me? I’m Little Zhao."

"Haha, Brother Gu, long time no see. I knew with your talent, you would soar to great heights."

"It’s incredible, Brother Gu has already broken through to the Refining God Realm. I wonder if I could be fortunate enough to invite Brother to teach his junior sister?"

Among these five people, there were two men and three women.

The two men considered themselves to have had a good relationship with Gu Xiangyang before.

The three women, each with their own charms, had clearly dressed up meticulously, looking radiant and competing in beauty.

Gu Xiangyang glanced at them, recognizing two.

One was his senior sister Wang Yuzhao, a True Disciple. When he first joined the Purgatory Sect, she took care of him to some extent.

Another was a junior sister who advanced to True Disciple in the same period as him, pretty and lovely, and now seeming to have matured a lot.

The last one, he only vaguely recognized.

But after a moment, he remembered: "Senior Sister Qin Xia?"

"Brother Gu, you’ve become a Refining God Immortal now. Strictly speaking, you can serve as an elder in the Elder Court; the title ’senior sister’ is far too humble."

Qin Xia wore an elegant smile, then playfully winked the next second: "However, if Brother Gu wishes to continue using this address, I don’t mind."

Seeing this, Gu Xiangyang smiled and remained modest: "I have not yet taken office, and strictly speaking, I am still considered among the ranks of the Purgatory Sect’s disciples, so it is more appropriate for us to address each other as ’brother’ and ’sisters’."

As he spoke, he also felt some nostalgia in his heart.

This Senior Sister Qin Xia, he had understood somewhat at the time, was like a social butterfly in their area of the palace, with a great reputation.

Especially since she was related to Deputy Sect Master Qin Li, her noble identity was even more prominent.

At the time, one of her fellow Senior Brothers from the same court was extremely infatuated with her, thinking of her first whenever he got a hold of good cultivation resources. If he had any insights or understanding about cultivation, he would immediately share them with her.

But the result...

It seemed he couldn’t even win a smile from her.

Last year, due to consistently ranking at the bottom, that Senior Brother had been reassigned as a Steward, losing all the various privileges of a True Disciple.

In contrast, Qin Xia remained as radiant as ever.

Right now, in front of him, she was all smiles, and all of this...

It was all because of the changes brought about by his breakthrough from Gang Condensation to Refining God.

So it goes...

Men, why waste too much effort on women when they are weak, inadvertently hindering the progress of their cultivation?

As long as one is powerful, there is no need to chase or please the goddesses who usually tower above; they will find a way to throw themselves into your arms.

As for the worry of missing out?

It’s no concern at all.

As long as he can continue to climb to sufficient heights, the women that surround him will only become more and more outstanding.

Thinking this, Gu Xiangyang felt the current banquet somewhat dull and tasteless, almost wishing he could immediately return to seclusion for rigorous practice, to achieve Divinity Transformation and even attain the status of Monarch as soon as possible.

...

During the banquet, people like Gu Xiangyang and Su Nanxing were surrounded by many disciples, and Gu Jinlai was likewise showered with attention.

He was, in fact, the absolute protagonist of the scene.

Except for Lu Zhanxian, the other two Supreme Elders of the Purgatory Sect, Zhang Liefeng and Liu Jingtiao, were accompanying him at his side.

Other elders like Lu Dengxian sat below him, barely able to interject a word or two from time to time.

As for the rest, like Deputy Sect Master Qin Li, Dongfang Xue, and Hall Masters Yuan Xizhi and Huo Changqing, they didn’t even have the right to speak.

The only Refining God True Man who could occasionally chat with him was Zhao Qian alone.

This stark difference in status treatment made these Hall Masters not help but feel a bit of melancholy.

Three or four years ago, when Gu Jinlai was first being discussed for how to deal with him due to the matter of Elder Yang Kan, these Hall Masters could easily decide his life and death.

But now...

Less than four years had passed, and he’d grown to a place where they all had to look up to him.

No!

It wasn’t just four years; more than two years ago, when Gu Jinlai thwarted Dragon Sparrow Manor’s assassination attempt and killed the two Supreme Elders, Ye Wuxia and Wang Yinfeng, he had already left the level of ordinary Refining God Elders and officially stepped into the pinnacle of top forces.

Today, in Tiannan, it would be difficult to find another person with more status and position than him.

Even Lu Zhanxian, known as one of the top ten masters of the Demon Path, seemed to be slightly inferior compared to him, the lord of Lingxiao City who occupied the land of three states.

After all, Gu Jinlai’s signature Killing Move was powerful enough to even slay the Demon King.

...

At this point in time, after a lengthy period of meaningless polite flattery, Zhang Liefeng finally served up the main course.

"Earth Immortal Palace is taking such a keen interest in the Divine Sword Conference, even to the point of being somewhat... blatant. This time around, the True Understanding of Celestial Immortals will certainly make a move; the only question is to what extent they will go. Venerable Daoist Gu must have received an invitation as well, right? I would like to know your thoughts on this matter."

"A hundred years ago, Emperor Tianji took action against the Daqian Royal Family precisely because the transformation of Demon Spirits into devils made him realize that this enemy had become a new threat. So, he wanted to stop the rule of the Daqian Royal Family, with him, the new preeminent figure, leading all the people of the Qiantian World against the devils. In fact, his premonition was not wrong: over the past hundred years, despite their silence, if one looks carefully, one can see that the Heavenly Master Lineage has been quietly annihilated."

Gu Jinlai said, "It’s just that the Heavenly Masters were already in direct opposition to the devils, and coupled with the fact that they belonged to a different system from the cultivators, plus the devils’ extremely clever methods, with each wave of Heavenly Masters they kill, it seems that they also suffer heavy losses, even being wiped out directly. As a result, for a hundred years, we didn’t pay much attention to them..."

As he spoke, his tone paused slightly: "It’s not that we didn’t pay attention at all; at the very least, in our minds, although the devils are a major concern, they have yet to gain momentum. There’s still time, and what all of us are thinking is mostly about ending the internal strife before the devils gain full strength, uniting the power of Qiantian to have a decisive battle with the devils, right?"

Zhang Liefeng and Liu Jingtiao exchanged a glance and nodded their heads.

Despite the devils having devoured Mu State, eroded Sun State, and isolated Tianhe, sects like the Purgatory Sect and the Netherworld Sect didn’t border the devil powers. They knew the devils were a major concern, but in the face of certain major issues, they also felt that putting the devil crisis on the back burner for a while wouldn’t really matter.

"Earth Immortal Palace is probably thinking similarly now."

Gu Jinlai continued, "For them, integrating the power of Qiantian quickly is more important than dealing with the devils. They might even fly the flag of the devils, claiming that those who are not united under the rule of the Earth Immortal Palace are unwilling to confront the devils. Therefore, I’m sure that this Divine Sword Conference will be easy for us to attend, but how we will return... that will be a big problem."

"But that’s the True Understanding of Celestial Immortals we’re talking about."

Liu Jingtiao sighed, "If we don’t go for comprehension, and other forces do, we will inevitably fall behind others, and then..."

"That’s why it’s best if we come together in advance."

Gu Jinlai spoke slowly.

He glanced at Liu Jingtiao and Zhang Liefeng: "You two Venerable Daoists may not know, but not long ago, Sect Master Fang of the Cold Moon Sect approached me, hoping to integrate the Cold Moon Sect into the Lingxiao City system, to further improve the relationship between Blue State and Star State."

"The Cold Moon Sect joining Lingxiao City?"

Upon hearing this, the two Venerable Daoists’ expressions changed simultaneously.

"Yes, I’ve agreed to the Cold Moon Sect’s request."

Gu Jinlai smiled, "What do you two Venerable Daoists think?"