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His mind was completely focused inward at this moment.

Beside the Shenshu Celestial that he had cultivated, a figure akin to a ghostly game world appeared. This figure, like the Shenshu Celestial, did not have a true physical form, nor did it possess self-awareness. However, upon seeing this figure for the first time, Tan Shuchang instantly recognized its identity.

"Numerical..."

"The only incarnation of fate, the only form of life's number..."

"One of the All Ghostly Paths..."

His eyes slightly moved. Tan Shuchang was momentarily stunned because everything that the ghostly path "Numerical" had experienced in the past surged in his mind in the form of images.

Tan Shuchang saw a ghostly path far beyond his imagination. Any lineage of the All Ghostly Paths was not inferior to the Celestial Masters.

Even the combined power of the All Ghostly Paths, if taken as a whole, was formidable enough that even the entire Immortal Path could not match it.

In the ancient past, the All Ghostly Paths had even descended upon the Primordial Heavenly Realm. The Dao Ancestor himself had made an appearance, yet no conflict erupted because the All Ghostly Paths, after a mere glance at the Primordial Heavenly Realm, retreated.

From then on, they termed the Primordial Heavenly Realm as their ancestral land.

However, Tan Shuchang was not concerned with these. What concerned him was that after transforming into a ghostly game, the ghostly path "Numerical" merged into the bodies of flesh-and-blood players through invitation.

Each time these flesh-and-blood players died, the part of the ghostly path "Numerical" merged within them would detach.

And when a flesh-and-blood player showed strength, the power of the ghostly path "Numerical" would begin to concentrate within them.

However, despite there always being strong flesh-and-blood players, there had never been one who managed to completely gather all of the ghostly path "Numerical".

Until one day, a flesh-and-blood player, having slain the Greedy Venerable King, ascended to the throne.

From that moment, the ghostly path "Numerical," scattered among all flesh-and-blood players, concentrated entirely within this king.

And this king was naturally Tan Shuchang.

Understanding all this, Tan Shuchang began to grasp why everything seemed to proceed so smoothly for him after he became king.

The Chaotic Life Dharma Bead itself had the power to change one's fate; how much more so this unique embodiment of life's number?

"Is this also why I could enter the Ten Desolation Realm?" Tan Shuchang pondered. He had always thought his arrival in the Ten Desolation Realm was an accident, but now it seemed that someone might have already calculated it all.

Because at that time, he already represented the ghostly path "Numerical".

An only avatar of fate arriving in a mighty world, it was absolutely impossible not to cause some disturbances.

Thus, it must have been something the Dao Ancestor was planning.

At this thought, Tan Shuchang could not help but remember a fellow Daoist friend—Shi Xin!

Perhaps, from the very beginning, he had misunderstood the true identity of Daoist Shi Xin!

"Dao Ancestor..."

"Dao Ancestor Shi Xin..."

Tan Shuchang's gaze flickered slightly.

Because this Daoist Shi Xin, after preaching three times, had told him that in this world, only he, Tan Shuchang, was worthy of being addressed as a Daoist friend.

At the time, Tan Shuchang thought it was a compliment, just like Prime Minister Cao praising Big Ear Liu. However, they had spoken of 'heroes,' not 'Daoist friends.'

"So, did Daoist Shi Xin know my true identity?"

Tan Shuchang sighed.

As his words fell, the figure akin to a ghostly game world directly dissolved. Tan Shuchang's consciousness, at that moment, shifted from within a person to that ghostly game world.

With just a shift of his gaze, he took in the entire ghostly game world.

At the same time, he understood the origin of this world.

Although this world had been evolving at the direction of his Daoist friend Shi Xin before merging with the ghostly game world, it was interrupted when the All Ghostly Paths descended upon the Primordial Heavenly Realm.

When his Daoist friend Shi Xin recalled this world once more, it had already transformed into its current state.

Because the very foundation of this world was a peculiar soil from the Land of Netherworld.

"So the harsh conditions for breaking through to purple Yin Spirit Power weren't set by Daoist Shi Xin, but were inherently part of this world..."

Tan Shuchang, who knew the original appearance of the Land of Netherworld, immediately realized this.

The Kalpas of Sentient Beings, Killing Calamity, Facing Me Calamity, Turbid Tribulation, and Heavenly Tribulation—the five calamities were not meant for beings below the True Immortals.

Because these are the five True Immortal Calamities!

The world turned upside down, the Immortal Realm transformed into the Land of Netherworld, and the ghostly soil became the Heavenly Realm, turning the five True Immortal Calamities into challenges targeting the Yin Spirit Power.

However, these tribulations were still a bit too outrageous for the unimmortalized ghost entities.

It seemed that this was why his friend, Daoist Shi Xin, had taken them and planned to evolve a whole new world with them.

Then, Tan Shuchang fell silent for a while.

After all, it was his first time being a world, and he was somewhat unsure how to go about it.

However, what he was sure of was his dislike for the gameplay of the creepy game world before, because those "gameplays" were "extracted" from the memories of other players by the ghostly heavenly paths.

"Inviting mortals for what? When mortals come here, even if they are given ample opportunities and another chance at resurrection, the death rate still remains exceedingly high..."

"So, directly invite True Immortals!"

A smile involuntarily appeared on Tan Shuchang's face, considering that he originally needed a substantial amount of time to cultivate to the Extreme of Heavenly Gang, even transcending from Earthly Fiend to Heavenly Gang required time, and the path of cultivation for the Heavenly Gang Righteous Law naturally required painstaking effort.

However, after he acquired a world as his second body, this path of cultivation for the Heavenly Gang Righteous Law could now be expedited by inviting other True Immortals for assistance!

He could even gather the strengths of many through this!

"In the Primordial Heavenly Realm, the beings follow and settle everything from below!"

"In the Primordial Heavenly Realm, led by the Immortal Court, the celestial fate of all living beings has long been reaped..."

"The actions of the Immortal Court are akin to preying on the populace!"

"This Immortal Court... this Primordial Heavenly Realm... must face calamity!"

Tan Shuchang declared.

He spoke so calmly, his voice not loud, but after his words fell, in the Land of the Four Pillars, thunder suddenly roared violently.

The thunder spread throughout the entire Land of the Four Pillars, and no matter where one was, they could feel the terrifying nature of the thunder.

The sky darkened, and the thunder rolled, as if the heavens were showing their wrath!

Even in the Primordial Heavenly Realm atop those four Sky Pillars, it was most severely affected, with omnipresent thunder spreading from all corners of the Primordial Heavenly Realm.

The Immortal Islands had to activate their Guardian Great Arrays because of this.

The severity of the thunder chilled the cultivators on the Immortal Islands to the bone, even the True Immortals who had condensed the Earth Fiend Orthodox Law Dao Fruit looked solemn at the sight of this thunder.

For they all felt the threat that this thunder posed to them.

Although the Heavenly Gang Orthodox True Immortals could disregard this thunder, they too were now frowning deeply. After all, the Celestial Master True Immortal had only hidden away shortly before such changes emerged in the world—an ominous sign for them!

"When the Celestial Master True Immortal reappears, perhaps a terrifying great calamity will ensue..." This was the clear realization in the hearts of all Heavenly Gang Orthodox True Immortals.

Heavenly Gang Righteous Law, knowledgeable of calamities!

And with the appearance of this thunder, inside the Primordial Heavenly Realm, several extremely concealed figures began to emerge, one after another, in confusion.

They were the earliest ones to ascend from the Land of Netherworld.

At that time, the Immortal Court had just emerged.

In order to avoid the sharp edge of the Immortal Court, they each found places to hide. And once hidden, it had been countless years. Find more adventures on My Virtual Library Empire

But True Immortals have endless lifespans and are inherently immortal.

While they were hidden, they could still cultivate, so they did not wish to reemerge into the world.

Yet now, with the appearance of this thunder, they were compelled to come out because they sensed an aura similar to their own within the thunder.

"This is... the firmament from the Land of Netherworld!"

"The firmament, hidden in the sky, unmoved for ten thousand ages. Now that the firmament shows its power, who has taken control?"