Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal
Chapter 881 - 720: Heart of the Cosmic

Chapter 881: Chapter 720: Heart of the Cosmic

Xuanhuang Palace.

Xuanhuang Heavenly Palace Assembly Hall.

At this moment, in this hall, twelve Star Lords, representing the supreme ruling class of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, had arrived. Except for two who were in a critical moment of seclusion and couldn’t even send out incarnations, all Star Lords were present.

Each Star Lord was carefully viewing the Memory Jade Scroll provided by Gu Jinlai, crafted by Wang Xuanjing, with extreme seriousness.

"Another Evil Deity has escaped?"

"How is that possible... Has the Heart of the Cosmic encountered problems?"

"Let’s not rush to conclusions yet; we need to clarify whether this is truly an Evil Deity escaped from the Heart of the Cosmic, or... if a Divine Spirit has chosen to fall..."

After a long while, the Star Lords began exchanging views continuously.

At this time, a burly Star Lord, clad in armor, suddenly spoke: "According to this Ancient Golden Immortal, the Evil Deity is currently sleeping, indicating a poor state. Can we take advantage of its unhealed injuries to kill it?"

"Seven Killings, it isn’t sleeping because of injuries; it’s in the process of advancing. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be unable to control its power, unconsciously creating numerous Evil Spirits. Advancement can be interrupted, but that doesn’t mean we can take this chance to kill it."

"We must do something."

"But our power wasn’t prepared to deal with this particular Evil Deity, especially since... this one seems... larger than others."

"I suggest we avoid that Star Domain and not confront it in the short term."

"All Evil Deities are the same; there’s no difference."

The Star Lords kept exchanging information, but this newly appeared Evil Deity disrupted their original plans, making it obvious they couldn’t come to a decision immediately.

"So... where exactly does the Evil Deity come from?"

At this moment, Gu Jinlai suddenly asked, interrupting the Star Lords’ discussion.

Instantly, all eyes returned to Gu Jinlai.

Even the Star Lord of Taiyin, dressed in white gauze and adorned with various ornaments, full of gentle, chilly demeanor, was observing him.

After a while, Star Lord Tian Xiang finally spoke: "Let me explain it to the Ancient Golden Immortal."

The other Star Lords didn’t respond, evidently consenting to this.

Being fellow Golden Immortals, although their prestige far surpassed that of Gu Jinlai, they wouldn’t underestimate him too much.

"The source of Evil Deities originates from Divine Spirits... and the history of Divine Spirits... is countless times longer than that of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty..."

As Star Lord Tian Xiang spoke, he waved his hand, projecting a splendid starlight.

Each beam of starlight was dazzlingly bright.

"Golden Immortals refine the Great Dao, also called Great Dao Golden Immortals. At the moment of Great Dao Perfection, they can achieve theoretically eternal life, also known as Immortal Golden Immortals. The reason it’s described as ’theoretically’ is because those Daoist Ancestors perched at the end of the Three Thousand Great Dao are like a sword hanging over the heads of all immortal beings, threatening them perpetually, making them live in constant apprehension."

Star Lord Tian Xiang stated.

Gu Jinlai nodded in agreement, acknowledging this widely known information across the major worlds.

"The ancient Immortal Golden Immortals were unwilling to live under such uncertainty, with life and death seemingly controlled by others, so, at some unknown point... the first Divine Spirit was born in this world, a unique existence that can be called either personal will or collective will."

"Divine Spirit."

Gu Jinlai’s mind stirred.

This term had appeared in some ancient texts on Blue Star.

"Divine Spirits cast Divine Countries, using a form akin to ’assimilation’, employing their high-dimensional will to interfere with the common will of all beings, thus achieving assimilation from high to low. The growth of ordinary beings is actually the nurturing of will, or more precisely, spiritual power. When ordinary beings reach the end of their lifespan, the spiritual will nurtured in eligible ones would ascend into specially crafted Divine Countries, becoming part of the Divine Country..."

Star Lord Tian Xiang’s tone paused slightly: "Even becoming part of themselves."

"Divine Country?"

Gu Jinlai quickly associated something: "Grotto Heaven?"

"You could understand it that way. The essence of Grotto Heaven is spatial material and Spirit Mechanism; Divine Countries are, in some sense, the same way."

Star Lord Tian Xiang appeared solemn: "And the greatest function of Divine Countries is to resist the purges from Daoist Ancestors!"

Gu Jinlai’s expression changed instantly.

"Immortal Golden Immortals have everlasting life. Even though breaking through to Immortal Golden Immortal is incredibly difficult, something that happens only once in ten thousand occurrences... just as it’s tough to form a perfect circle in this world, but... once broken through, an Immortal Golden Immortal can obtain longevity spanning millions, even tens of millions, over billions of years. Over time, each Great Dao gets populated by a large number of Immortal Golden Immortals, such that when Daoist Ancestors stationed at the end of Great Dao carry out their purges, they don’t clear one by one, but sweep clean enough, similar to ordinary people cleaning dust from their homes, where sweeping it clean enough is sufficient, rather than meticulously cleaning every corner."

Star Lord Tian Xiang took a deep breath: "Therefore, as long as those Immortal Golden Immortals rely on their Divine Countries to withstand the purges, they can survive."

Listening to this, Gu Jinlai intuitively sensed something wasn’t right.

If everyone chose to follow the Divine Spirit path, then...

Sure enough, Star Lord Tian Xiang continued: "With the rise of the path of Divine Spirits, countless Immortal Golden Immortals emulated it. In a very short time, the path of Divine Spirits pervaded the starry sky, but, as I just said, the Daoist Ancestors clean the Immortal Golden Immortals attached to the Great Dao much like ordinary people cleaning dust at home; if sweeping clean enough, they’ll overlook the dust in the corners, yet if they can’t clear the house by sweeping casually, then..."