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Golden Core sprouted!

The cracks at its top continued to expand, and the newly born bud grew rapidly, as the Reincarnation Spiritual Qi around it began to pour into the fissures of the Golden Core, forming a vortex of airflow.

Once the bud had grown to a certain stage, it began to bloom.

At the same time, the Golden Core beneath it suddenly shattered, and Gu An's body appeared, naked and pristine, resembling the most perfect creation in the world.

His form began to grow larger as he transformed from his original physique.

The Dao Fruit within him bloomed as well, evolving into a Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, signifying a successful breakthrough.

From this point, he had become an early-stage being of the Innate Golden Immortal Realm. His mana transformed into Innate Magical Power, vast like the boundless primordial waters at the dawn of chaos.

The phenomenon caused by the Life Span Barrier reached another stage, affecting all the heavens and myriad realms, with the Spiritual Energy of many worlds sinking and the Dao Rules of Outer Heaven twisting.

The major forces of various worlds began to act, investigating the cause or preparing to flee.

Chaos!

This was the scene playing out in many parts of the Great Heaven and Earth.

Even the Supreme Sect in the Celestial Spirit Great World was thrown into disarray, with Lv Baitian even leading people into the Third Medicine Valley, seeking to find Gu An's whereabouts.

They hoped An Xin could contact Gu An, and if not, at least reveal to them the truth behind the heavenly phenomenon to put them at ease.

Regrettably, An Xin knew nothing, and after much maneuvering, Lv Baitian and the others could only leave with heavy hearts.

Long Qing came to An Xin's side, looking together in the direction of Lv Baitian and the others leaving, and asked, "Senior sister, is master really going to leave Supreme Sect?"

This time Gu An's departure had been so long that even the disciples within the Third Medicine Valley began to worry he would leave the Supreme Sect.

An Xin looked toward Long Qing and asked with a smile, "If master were to leave, how would you choose?"

"Of course, I would follow. What other choice could there be?" Long Qing answered without hesitation.

An Xin followed up, "If you follow master, you will never be able to enter the mortal world for the rest of your life; you can only cultivate in a place isolated from the world. Would you be willing to do that?"

Long Qing fell silent.

An Xin said, "You can cultivate diligently now because you wish to achieve a higher Cultivation Level, but if you attain it, could you remain as focused? Don't rush your answer. I'm talking about a lifetime, countless years."

Long Qing opened his mouth, but no words came out.

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To him, life meant integrating with society or with the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

At this moment, other disciples in the valley were discussing their futures – if their master truly left, what path should they take? It was a matter they had to consider.

The Celestial Vault above was still distorting, occasionally showing unusual rainbows, and the Earth Spiritual Qi continued to sink, causing the ground to tremble slightly. The tense atmosphere between heaven and earth was still intensifying.

...

It was unknown how much time had passed.

Naked, Gu An slowly opened his eyes and instinctively pulled up the consumption page of the Life Span Barrier, only to find that he had expended five hundred million years of Life Span. His Cultivation Level had reached the middle stage of the Innate Golden Immortal Realm.

He still had nearly seven hundred million years of Life Span left!

The next breakthrough, wouldn't the consumption of the Life Span Barrier amount to several billion years of Life Span?

Gu An felt a sense of awe in his heart, but he did not feel any regret, as he had already reached a very high Realm.

How many beings spend their entire lives unable to reach the Zi Zai Immortal Realm, let alone cross the Dao Fruit Realm.

Gu An continued to wait for his Cultivation Level to increase; he had gained a certain understanding of Innate Golden Immortal.

As the Dao Fruit blossomed, the Great Divine Power nurtured in it, the Longevity True Words, underwent a transformation, and according to his plan, it engendered even more mysteries.

As for the world cultivated by the Dao Fruit of the Golden Immortal, it must be studied further.

And whether his own world planted with Medicinal Herbs could seize Life Span was unknown to him.

The world nurtured by the Dao Fruit was intrinsically a part of him; there was no seizing Life Span from oneself for oneself. Moreover, this world could not directly bring external objects into it and required a lengthy evolution, not an instant formation.

The world of a Golden Immortal could be illusory or real.

If it could not increase his Life Span, he would not allow the Golden Immortal World to become reality but keep it for cultivation of the Great Dao.

Gu An looked up and saw, in the depths of the darkness, another colossal entity, its aura on par with a Perfected Profound Yuan Free Immortal.

Indeed, the Land of Reincarnation was more terrifying than the universe. During his breakthrough, he had already encountered many auras of Profound Yuan Free Immortals, and even those of Heaven-Encompassing Free Immortals.

He hoped not to encounter an Innate Golden Immortal.

Having just broken through to this Great Realm, Gu An did not wish to immediately encounter a being of the same realm.

He found he still could not perform Life Span Detection on the formidable beings that appeared; it seemed the Land of Reincarnation had no living creatures.

No, not just non-living.

Wait!

Gu An suddenly realized something and felt a chill run down his spine.

Could it be that the Land of Reincarnation he entered was the Dao Fruit World of some powerful being? Hence, everything he saw was close to a real existence in an illusory world?

He had previously detected beings without Life Span, at least managing to ascertain their Realm, but now, he could not even detect the Realm of those passing by.

Gu An's wariness of the Land of Reincarnation surged, but he was within a Life Span Barrier and not afraid.

If there really was some kind of will behind this illusory world that he had alarmed, it would have acted already, not leaving him to speculate until now.

"The universe has Celestial Spirit Gods, and the Land of Reincarnation harbors even more mysterious entities. All things considered, the Celestial Spirit Great World is safer."

Gu An thought to himself, deciding that he would still establish his Life Span Dojo in the Celestial Spirit Great World, just not in the Supreme Sect.

He planned to hide again in the secular world, waiting for an Era to pass.

Given the current cosmic situation, a Battle Court invasion was inevitable, which might even alarm the Celestial Spirit Gods. Gu An didn't want to expose himself or be seen as a thorn in the side of these powerful beings.

Moreover, with his non-interference, the evolution of the cosmic situation wouldn't progress so swiftly, giving him more time to grow stronger.

"Perfect, they've long wanted to venture out into the world."

Gu An's lips curved into a smile, and his mood brightened at the thought of the three Celestial Demon Children.

He closed his eyes and continued to wait for his Cultivation Level to increase.

About an hour later, his Cultivation Level had reached the Perfection of the Innate Golden Immortal Realm, with just over a hundred million years of Life Span remaining.

He rose to his feet, and his robes materialized on his body, followed by a belt, Immortal King Crown, and other items. After dressing himself, while the Reincarnation Phenomenon was still present, he stepped forward and directly entered the Reincarnation Vortex. With another step, he landed within the mountains and rivers of the Celestial Spirit Great World.

Standing on a cliff, he faced the wind, then raised his arms, basking in the Earth Spiritual Qi breeze.

The Celestial Vault was still distorting, and the wind existed because of the sinking Spiritual Energy.

Yet he, the one who caused all these phenomena, had finished his breakthrough as if it was all unrelated to him.

Having become an Innate Golden Immortal, the Celestial Spirit Great World seemed small to him; he could pay attention to all things simultaneously, and if he willed it, the rate of all things' evolution before his eyes could dramatically slow down.

He exercised his limbs for a while, then turned to descend the mountain.

The reason for coming to these mountains was their remoteness from the Immortal Dynasty and Holy Court, lying on the edge of the Celestial Spirit Great World and comparatively peaceful relative to other areas.

There was even a town not more than ten miles away, and within a radius of a million miles, the level of Immortal Cultivation was low, without a single being of the Immortal Dao Realm or Demon.

Most importantly, a person from his past had reincarnated here.

After entering the forest, the phenomena began to subside; the chirping of insects in the woods gradually resumed, and sunlight filtered through the leaves to the ground, forming patches of light.