Come On, Son! You Got to Breakthrough Now!

Although Gu Yang was not entirely clear about the exact state of cultivation his father had reached after retreating into seclusion, he was utterly certain that in terms of power, Gu Qingfeng was an indisputable leader.

In this age when true immortals did not appear, he was among the handful who truly stood at the pinnacle of all the worlds.

Gu Yang barely needed to think deeply to understand.

Once this news was formally announced, it would cause an earth-shattering upheaval!

It would likely not only stir up the forces within the realm of the Xuantian Immortal Dynasty, but also countless powers in surrounding Immortal Domains.

Suppressing the shock in his heart and the surging thoughts, Gu Yang knew well the importance of the matter and that it must be immediately and properly arranged.

He instantly bowed deeply and respectfully replied, "This son understands. This matter is of great importance, and I will arrange it immediately to ensure that the lecture one hundred years hence will be flawless!"

Having said that, he saluted again and swiftly exited the Immortal Palace to arrange the necessary affairs.

Within the Immortal Palace.

Gu Qingfeng was left alone. He paced to the window, his gaze seemingly piercing through layers of palace walls, looking towards the boundless starry sky and the deeper chaos.

"The Netherworld Path has reached the peak of the Eighth Level, just a step away from breaking through to the Ninth Layer and truly touching the threshold of immortality."

Gu Qingfeng murmured to himself, his gaze profound.

"Lecturing in a hundred years to gather millions of cultivators to hear the sound of the Great Tao, utilizing the vast power of all beings, I wonder if it could directly help me break the barrier and step into the Nine Tribulations Realm!"

His intention to lecture was naturally not an unmotivated act of goodwill.

Like other cultivators who lecture, the core purpose of Gu Qingfeng's action was to use the power of all beings to assist in deducing his own Great Tao.

After all, his Netherworld Path had already reached the peak of the Eight Layers. Ahead seemed to be only a thin layer of barrier, but relying on his own painstaking efforts to break through could take countless years.

However, if he could leverage this lecture to gather the power of countless cultivators within the realm, it might greatly accelerate the process and directly seize that fleeting opportunity for a breakthrough.

Of course.

Gu Qingfeng also knew very well that such a thing was like a double-edged sword and should not be done too frequently.

Using the power of all beings to deduce the Great Tao can indeed speed up the process, but it's like drinking poison to quench thirst, with inherent risks.

For one or two times, borrowing such power to break through bottlenecks is acceptable.

But if lectures are given too often, with one's Great Tao long exposed to the diverse thoughts and understandings of all beings, the path randomly walked, whether it will ultimately remain purely one's own, or become a path of all beings influenced by their thoughts, full of impurities, it would be hard to say.

In the end.

The Great Tao is unified, but understandings are myriad.

With a thousand faces, even when listening to the same Great Tao, each person's foundation, experience, and disposition are different, resulting in entirely different understandings and insights.

Lecturing too frequently, being continually enveloped and penetrated by these mixed thoughts, does more harm than good, even potentially causing one's Tao heart to gather dust and one's path to veer off course.

As for the merits that lectures could bring, frankly, Gu Qingfeng did not place much importance on them.

After all, during the destruction of the Nine Nether Divine Country and slaying countless Evil Gods, the Human Dao Merit he accumulated had already reached an astounding degree of magnitude.

At this point, whatever Human Dao Merit might be gained from lecturing would be no more than icing on the cake, naturally not offering much allure.

In the end.

Merit is indeed a good thing, able to protect oneself, ward off disasters, mitigate difficulties, and even assist in cultivation.

But it depends on the context. For a powerhouse of Gu Qingfeng's level, the direct enhancement of his cultivation by ordinary Human Dao Merit has become extremely limited.

Therefore.

The purpose of Gu Qingfeng's lecture this time was clear and unambiguous—still primarily to leverage the power of all beings to deduce his own Great Tao and seek the opportunity for a breakthrough into the Nine Tribulations.

As for how much Human Dao Merit might be gained in the process of lecturing, it was not something he cared much about.

...

On the other side.

After Gu Yang left the Imperial Palace, he immediately convened the important ministers and issued the Immortal Emperor's Dharma Decree with the highest specifications.

Soon.

The news that the Xuantian Immortal Emperor would deliver a lecture on the Great Tao in Chaos a hundred years hence, spread like a massive stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up immense waves, spreading at an incredible speed like wildfire, sweeping across every corner governed by the Xuantian Immortal Dynasty, and even extending to farther realms controlled by other forces.

Virtually all cultivators, upon receiving the news, found it absolutely impossible to stay still!

After brief shock and incredulity followed by extreme delight and urgency.

Countless cultivators in seclusion were awakened by their masters or friends, countless roaming cultivators changed their itineraries, and everyone had an astonishingly unified target.

That is—the Mystic Sky Immortal Realm!

Streams of radiance soared from various Immortal Domains, riding various Supreme Treasures, mounts, and even spending huge sums to use cross-domain Transmission Arrays, converging on the Mystic Sky Immortal Realm like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea from all directions.

The starry sky surrounding the Immortal Domain became unprecedentedly bustling, with cultivators' figures visible everywhere.

Even many ancient beings who had been in seclusion deep within chaos for countless eons, almost forgotten, were stirred upon learning this news, breaking out from their barriers one after another.

Their gaze traversed the endless void, directed toward the Mystic Sky Immortal Realm.

The reason was simple.

Because the person giving this lecture was the Xuantian Immortal Emperor—Gu Qingfeng!

This individual, now at the height of his renown and radiance, was acknowledged as one of the most supreme and powerful beneath immortality!

The news of him slaying top Divine Lords and surviving from the hands of immortals had long spread across the heavens, cementing his supreme prestige.

In an era when even immortals dare not easily show themselves, a figure like Gu Qingfeng, at his level, has already become a truly peerless existence standing at the pinnacle of all worlds, longed for but virtually unreachably.

Now, a stronghold of this level intended to deliver a public lecture, it presented an exceedingly rare unprecedented opportunity for all cultivators across all the worlds!

If one could, during this lecture, glean insights into his Great Tao and perhaps unravel some secrets concerning cultivation and even immortality, it might save one millions, or even more, years of blind and arduous practice.

Though to many old Heavenly Venerates, millions of years may not seem much, the further one progresses on the path of cultivation, the harder it becomes. A clear guide, a moment of epiphany, its value is beyond estimation!

With an opportunity to achieve faster breakthroughs and gain clearer insight into the path forward laid before one's eyes, who would choose to miss it?

So.

For a moment.

The number of cultivators outside the Mystic Sky Immortal Realm exploded.

Temporary cave abodes and floating Immortal Mountain pavilions filled the starry sky, densely packed with cultivators from various Immortal Domains and races, transforming this once relatively quiet starry sky into an unprecedentedly bustling and noisy gathering place of cultivators.

The majority of these swarming external powerhouses hailed from within the realm governed by the Xuantian Immortal Dynasty.

However, the spread of the news was not something that could be entirely controlled.

Even beyond the borders of the Xuantian Immortal Dynasty, many other Divine Countries, factions, and even powerful Loose Cultivators, upon hearing the news, were immensely intrigued and hastened toward the Mystic Sky Immortal Realm.

Although the Xuantian Immortal Dynasty had declared beforehand that in principle, only the cultivators within its territory could qualify to hear the Great Tao.

But with so many cultivators arriving, mixed like fish and dragons, with all sorts of varied auras, how could one accurately discern whether one belonged to the realm of the Xuantian Immortal Dynasty.

Even with the vast influence of the Xuantian Immortal Dynasty, it was impossible to thoroughly examine the identity and trace every cultivator who came to listen in such a short time.

Thus, gaps inevitably emerged.

In this situation, naturally, a large number of opportunistic, outsiders with intentions to fish in troubled waters stealthily slipped into the Mystic Sky Immortal Realm, awaiting the lecture a hundred years hence.

However.

Even with the increasing number of cultivators in the Mystic Sky Immortal Realm, no incidents arose.

Because this was the Mystic Sky Immortal Realm, under the direct watch of the Xuantian Immortal Dynasty.

To cause trouble here would undoubtedly be courting one's own death.