Global Catastrophe: I Begin to Evolve from an Ancient Tree

Chapter 551 - 552: A Decade of Change

The world merges.

The Cyan Yang Divine Realm has already transformed into the Eight States and Twenty-four Prefectures.

The area of any one prefecture is much larger than the original Cyan Yang Realm.

The moment the Eight States were established, the Cyan Yang Divine Court immediately dispatched its army to directly station in the Four States, simultaneously resolving the evident issues of the Four States, laying the foundation of the Divine Court.

Furthermore,

they propagated the faith in the Divine Emperor.

Every cultivator of the Cyan Yang Divine Court was required to believe in the Cyan Yang Divine Emperor.

Instantly,

Gu Qingyang felt the number of his followers increase significantly.

However,

he paid no attention to these matters and continued searching for new worlds within the Starry Celestial River, initiating invasion wars to integrate these worlds into the Cyan Yang Divine Realm.

...

The Cyan Yang Divine Realm expanded once more.

The Divine Court took only half a year to completely pacify the Four States, bringing all forces under control; meanwhile, their campaign across the starry sky never ceased.

In the third year,

the Cyan Yang Divine Court waged war against more than twenty thousand star systems, slaughtering all who refused to submit, bringing all who surrendered under the Divine Court’s control.

By the fifth year,

more than thirty thousand star systems had been completely ensconced with the banners of the Cyan Yang Divine Court.

Until now,

only one voice remained in the starry sky: that of the Cyan Yang Divine Court.

All beings extolled the name of the Divine Emperor, and the number of Gu Qingyang’s followers witnessed explosive growth over these five years.

Within,

believers in the Cyan Yang Divine Realm surpassed one hundred trillion, with all the believers across the thirty thousand star systems breaking through ten trillion.

Furthermore,

this number continued to grow incessantly.

As a direct benefit of the massive emergence of followers, Gu Qingyang received Faith Power exceeding ten trillion each year.

Of course,

the ten trillion Faith Power was before deducting some normal consumptions; deducting those, it still accounted for several trillion.

This was an extremely terrifying figure.

Gu Qingyang was not particularly concerned about it, as all his focus remained on the Starry Celestial River.

Over five years,

the Cyan Yang Divine Realm gained three more great states.

And in the tenth year,

the Cyan Yang Divine Court explored deeper into the expansive starry sky, clashing with many ancient forces, some of which were even stronger than the now-fallen Divine Eye Empire.

Unfortunately,

such power levels no longer held much deterrence against the present Cyan Yang Divine Court.

Having conquered over thirty thousand star systems, the number of powerhouses in the Cyan Yang Divine Court sprang up like mushrooms after rain, with sheer numbers of ninth-rank powerhouses surpassing three digits.

Half-step tenth-rank Quasi-Immortal powerhouses also exceeded double digits.

With the true tenth-rank arrival of Demon Venerable Xuan Yin, these ancient forces were no match at all.

In short order,

they were crushed by the Cyan Yang Divine Court.

At this moment,

the entire starry sky was in upheaval.

The renown of the Cyan Yang Divine Court spread far and wide.

In a vast world, Demon Venerable Xuan Yin watched the scene of all beings submitting, along with the phantom image of the Heavenly Dao Divine Tree appearing in the void. He could not help but feel deeply moved.

"Unwittingly, the Cyan Yang Divine Court indeed has become a prototype of the former Taichu Immortal Court!"

Ten years ago,

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin did not truly believe that Gu Qingyang could develop the Cyan Yang Divine Court to rival the Taichu Immortal Court.

But now,

he had to believe it.

In ten years,

the army of the Cyan Yang Divine Court traversed half the starry sky, conquering one world and race after another; the banners of the Divine Court were planted on every star, reminiscent of the brilliance when the Taichu Immortal Court reigned over the starry sky.

However,

compared with the Taichu Immortal Court, the current Cyan Yang Divine Court still had many differences.

After all, the Starry Immortal Path of those days was uninterrupted, strong individuals were numerous, and even practitioners above the tenth rank were not scarce.

The Taichu Immortal Court conquered these worlds, hosting numerous powerhouses, with absolute strength, ascending to the apex of the starry sky.

Observing the Cyan Yang Divine Court now, its strength compared to the Taichu Immortal Court back then fell short by far more than tens of thousands of miles.

The Immortal Path was not visible.

Immortal Qi did not emerge.

The lower realm starry sky ultimately would not see the emergence of practitioners at or above the tenth rank.

"Regardless of whether the lower realm can reconstruct the Immortal Path, the current power of the Divine Court should suffice to become the hegemon of the entire starry sky and a supreme power revered by the Ten Thousand Races; I don’t think that’s a significant issue.

The severed lower realm Immortal Path now seems like a good thing!"

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin pondered.

If not for the severed Immortal Path, with starry sky powerhouses limited below the tenth rank, the Cyan Yang Divine Court’s conquest would not have been so straightforward.

Just at this moment,

the private chat interface of the Divine Kingdom’s chat group vibrated.

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin glanced at it, finding a message from Ji Xuan.

"It seems an ancient Immortal from the Upper Realm has awakened in the Aries Star System, severely injuring Profound Celestial Immortal Venerable and Master Celestial Secret. The Cyan Emperor and numerous powerhouses are intercepting the ancient Immortal; we urgently need the Demon Venerable to come for support!"

Attached to this message was a coordinate.

"Ancient Immortal!"

Upon receiving this information, Demon Venerable Xuan Yin’s eyes turned cold.

During the epic battle across the starry sky back then, many powerhouses from the Upper Realm were left here. Some lucky ones, like himself, ended up merely sealed or slumbering somewhere, not truly awakened.

In the past decade,

the Cyan Yang Divine Court had encountered three revived ancient Immortals.

These revived ancient Immortals possessed formidable strength and techniques; even though their strength had dropped to the Quasi-Immortal realm, they were not something powerhouses of the same level could suppress.

After all, although the ancient Immortals’ cultivation had fallen, they had been true Immortals, mastering Secret Techniques and Divine Techniques far beyond the reach of lower realm cultivators.

Thus,

only Demon Venerable Xuan Yin personally subdued them.

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin suppressed all three ancient Immortals and brought them before Gu Qingyang as requested.

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin understood that Gu Qingyang intended to subdue these ancient Immortals, but he saw little chance of success.

The vast majority of ancient Immortals were extremely proud and would never easily submit to lower realm cultivators.

Yet, as expected by Demon Venerable Xuan Yin, all three ancient Immortals were very defiant; after cursing Gu Qingyang, they were completely annihilated by him.

Now,

another ancient Immortal was emerging.

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin knew that without his intervention, the Cyan Yang Divine Court might suffer the loss of several ninth-rank powerhouses.

Of course,

given the current strength of the Cyan Yang Divine Court, if they paid every price necessary, suppressing an awakened ancient Immortal would still be possible.

But—

it was unnecessary.

After all, every ninth-rank powerhouse was extremely precious and could not be lost unless absolutely necessary.

Soon after,

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin looked at the cultivator beside him, calmly instructing, "You will handle the concluding matters of this world. Remember, eradicate anyone attempting to incite chaos on the spot!"

Having said that, Demon Venerable Xuan Yin tore open the void with his bare hands and stepped into it, vanishing instantly.