My Wife Turns Out to be an Empress of the Dynasty

"Here he comes!"

Deep underground, as Gu Lan activated his Heavenly Eye, Cangming immediately sensed it.

He had now manifested his primordial spirit, and his perception was extremely sharp. He had already confirmed that the earlier intrusion was from Gu Lan.

The other three Ancient God Clan powerhouses also tensed up at the news.

Although they didn't find it difficult to deal with Gu Lan, confronting a Heaven-Fixing Realm expert—especially a Confucian cultivator with great renown since ancient times—would still require some effort.

"He's discovered us!"

"I need half a stick of incense to completely separate the Nine Heavens Earth Essence from this world."

"Bulao, go and stop him first!"

With Cangming's command, Evergreen Pine immediately disappeared from his spot.

Almost the moment Evergreen Pine left, Gu Lan had already reached the underground.

He didn't even have time to explain things to Chen Feng in detail.

Few understood the power of the Nine Heavens Earth Essence better than Gu Lan. After all, not long ago, he had infused a Nine Heavens Earth Essence into the human world.

This treasure of heaven and earth, capable of creating worlds, absolutely must not fall into the hands of the Ancient God Clan.

"After starting the Heaven and Earth Creation mission, I did think about trying to get the Nine Heavens Earth Essence from the other layers of Immortal Realm, but the timing was never right."

"Today, the Ancient God Clan has actually given me a good opportunity."

Gu Lan continued to use his divine abilities to travel through space, and in just a few breaths, he had already arrived deep underground.

Originally, he planned to wait until Lanyan Royal School had enough influence in Immortal Realm to gradually acquire the Nine Heavens Earth Essence. But now, with the opportunity in front of him, he wouldn't let it slip by.

Each of Immortal Realm's Nine Heavens is vast and rich in resources. Losing the Nine Heavens Earth Essence from one of these realms would only make it like Zhongtian World—still better than three thousand human realms, and wouldn't be worse than Immortal Realm or Demon Realm.

For most ordinary cultivators, such an environment was already enough.

Once a cultivator reached the Divine Realm, they would have the ability to break through the void and no longer be confined by any one world.

Although Nine Heavens Earth Essence was important to a world, it was not indispensable.

Gu Lan even suspected that the reason Immortal Realm had nine heavens was precisely because of the Nine Heavens Earth Essence.

The original Immortal Realm, like other worlds, had only one world.

As Gu Lan was descending deeper, a greenish barrier appeared in front of him.

"This way is blocked!"

At the same time, a deep voice came from beyond the barrier.

Then, Bulao's figure emerged from behind the barrier.

At this moment, he didn't conceal his aura at all. His vast energy, as a primordial spirit, surged out like an ocean, pressing toward Gu Lan.

"Not bad!"

"Your strength is much greater than Immortal Tree's, but you still can't stop me."

Gu Lan remained motionless under the immense pressure, a sword of dual blue and purple colors materializing in his hand.

Hongmeng Sword!

With the sword in hand, Gu Lan's entire being erupted with a formidable Sword Intent, as overwhelming as a mountain.

His eyes, as always kind, now subtly hinted at an unbreakable sharpness.

Without holding back, Gu Lan immediately executed a stronger divine ability from Sword Twelve.

This strike, Yellow Spring Crossing, was particularly effective against the Ancient God Clan's divine abilities before him.

With a single slash, sword-like phenomena manifested, and the power of the earth filled the underground space.

In addition to the earth's power, streams of deathly yellow spring water cascaded down, like a raging Yellow River, charging toward Evergreen Pine and the barrier behind him.

Gu Lan immediately understood the situation.

The green barrier was Evergreen Pine's real body, and its defense was impressive.

If he didn't deal with it quickly, it would be difficult to break through in the short term.

If delayed, Cangming and the others might seize the Nine Heavens Earth Essence.

"Damn!"

"This guy is a Confucian cultivator, isn't he? How can he use sword-based divine abilities so powerfully?"

Evergreen Pine's heart sank as he saw the Yellow Spring Sword Intent rushing toward him.

Only then did he realize he might have underestimated Gu Lan.

It was no wonder that when he had left earlier, Cangming had secretly reminded him to be cautious.

"No wonder this person was favored by Zhuge Qingyun—his strength is simply terrifying!"

Evergreen Pine sighed lightly, losing his usual confidence, but not giving in.

He brought his hands to his chest, and in an instant, merged into the green barrier behind him.

Before the Yellow Spring Sword Intent's yellow spring water could descend, he had fully transformed into his original form.

Boom!

A muffled sound echoed from deep underground, followed by continuous rumbling.

"What's going on?"

"Why did the master suddenly disappear underground, and why is there such a huge disturbance? Could there be an earth attribute treasure emerging?"

On the surface, Chen Feng was stunned by the disturbance in the world below.

At the same time, he was also on high alert.

Whatever had made Gu Lan act with such urgency had to be extraordinary.

Before leaving, his master had already reminded him to not act recklessly.

Naturally, he listened to his master's words.

Crack!

Suddenly, the earth cracked open, and the fissures spread like a spider's web.

Like a dragon turning over, the terrifying rumbling echoed across the heavens.

Amidst the rumbling, a giant pine tree shot up from the ground, reaching toward the sky.

"Holy crap!"

Chen Feng quickly retreated, and when he saw what had appeared before him, his eyes widened.

He opened his mouth, and after a moment, managed to say two words: "So big!"

Something felt off, and he quickly added two more words: "Tree."

At this moment, the bamboo forest where Chen Feng had been was entirely replaced by a gigantic pine tree.

The pine tree swayed in the wind, with one of its branches extending far out like a human arm, as if inviting someone.

"This doesn't look like a treasure."

"Why hasn't the master come out yet?"

Chen Feng gazed at the enormous transformation before him and began to use secret techniques to investigate.

Soon, he sensed Gu Lan's aura.

However, the aura was not coming from deep underground but from within the giant pine tree.

"It's master's aura!"

"Could it be that the giant tree has swallowed master?"

Thinking of this, Chen Feng's anger immediately surged. His sword box opened, and thousands of flying swords immediately shot out.

But before he could make a move, an incredibly familiar Sword Intent emanated from the front.

Then, he felt an immense Sword Intent.

Two sword lights—one blue, one purple—pierced through the trunk of the giant pine tree.

Within the sword lights, Gu Lan's figure slowly emerged.