Global Catastrophe: I Begin to Evolve from an Ancient Tree

Chapter 600 - 571: Nine Luminaries Immortal Emperor

When Gu Qingyang engaged in the divination of the Divination Celestial Immortal Scripture, his mind seemed to enter a mysterious state.

The river of time surged vast and mighty.

He drifted like a ghost within its current.

Suddenly.

The river ruptured.

The space before his eyes shattered abruptly, revealed by the sharpness of the Heaven-Reaching Divine Sword, a force so mighty that even time seemed it could not withstand its power, ultimately being forcibly severed.

Immediately afterwards.

A path to immortality appeared, ascending to the heavens.

Countless beings exuding powerful auras emerged from the end of the Immortal Path, to engage those at the other end in battle.

Moreover, on the opposing side of the Immortal Path.

Likewise, billions of mighty beings gathered.

An expansive world spread across the void, where a towering Divine Tree stood unyielding, seemingly supporting a corner of the Cosmic Starry Sky, emitting an extremely terrifying aura.

As soon as the two sides clashed.

The skies crumbled and the earth shattered.

Terrifying forces ravaged the starry sky, with billion-mile spaces reduced to dust, where some beings’ bodies disintegrated, and some cultivators’ Divine Souls were extinguished, resulting in complete annihilation.

Suddenly.

A figure crowned as an Emperor, exuding an imposing presence akin to an Emperor, a gaze cold and indifferent, extinguished numerous formidable beings in the starry sky with just a flick of his fingers, and then his eyes fell upon the towering Divine Tree.

"Origin of calamity, must be exterminated!"

The opponent’s words were icy as a golden True Dragon soared through the air beneath his feet, supreme power severing a billion-mile void, intending to slay the towering Divine Tree on the spot.

"Boom!"

Roots emerged abruptly from the vast earth below, instantly bursting that force into pieces, yet the Emperor-like figure remained unfazed and directly conjured a Divine Sword, engaging in an all-out battle with the towering Divine Tree.

Even with the strength of the roots, they couldn’t withstand the Emperor figure’s attacks, eventually shattering, severely wounding the towering Divine Tree.

And as the towering Divine Tree suffered heavy damage, one side of the starry sky gradually faced defeat.

Creatures perished.

Heavens wept with blood.

The scene shifted, transforming from the Cosmic Starry Sky to a panorama of heaven and earth.

As seen from above the heavens, the Azure Sky collapsed, the sun and moon fractured, countless powerful beings from the Upper Realm had completely invaded this world.

Meanwhile, strong defenders of the world also confronted the invaders at all costs.

Yet regrettably.

The disparity in strength between the two sides was too vast.

When Gu Qingyang’s Divine Thought dissipated at that moment, he witnessed the scene of the world’s collapse.

...

Divine Thought returned to the body.

An unprecedented sense of weakness surged in his heart.

This was the most exhaustive use Gu Qingyang had encountered since repeatedly using the Divination Celestial Immortal Scripture to divine future visions, yet it was the most complete view he had witnessed.

In past divinations.

Though Gu Qingyang saw glimpses of the future, the scenes usually halted mid-battle in the starry sky, failing to endure till the appearance of that Emperor-like figure.

"The scenes forecasted by the Divination Celestial Immortal Scripture are likely depictions of the invasion from the Upper Realm twenty thousand years ahead. As for the formidable person resembling an Emperor, I do not know what level of existence they possess.

But unexpectedly, that decisive battle saw the starry sky ultimately defeated!"

Reflecting on the visions he had seen, Gu Qingyang felt an unusual calm in his heart.

The starry sky’s defeat.

It did not come as a surprise to him.

After all, compared to the Three Thousand Cosmos of the Upper Realm, the foundation of the starry sky was distinctly inferior.

However.

The future is not set in stone.

Any one change could potentially alter the outcome of the future.

Upon this realization.

Gu Qingyang’s Divine Thought moved involuntarily, summoning Demon Venerable Xuan Yin.

Soon after.

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin arrived.

"Servant greets the Divine Emperor!"

"Do you know this person?"

A figure emerged from the Heavenly Dao Divine Tree, as Gu Qingyang conjured the image of the formidable person from his divination.

Upon seeing this figure, the latter’s countenance immediately shifted.

"Nine Luminaries Immortal Emperor!"

"Who is this Nine Luminaries Immortal Emperor you speak of?"

Gu Qingyang’s expression remained unchanged.

Indeed.

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin recognized them.

This True Immortal powerhouse belonging to the Ancient Celestial Demon clan was quite knowledgeable.

As truth be told.

In three hundred years.

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin’s strength had recovered considerably, his cultivation had re-entered the eleventh tier superior realm, and was not far from the twelfth tier.

With several more centuries.

The person should be able to return to the realm of the twelfth tier.

Upon hearing.

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin bowed and said: "Report to the Divine Emperor, the Nine Luminaries Immortal Emperor is the ruler of the Nine Heavens Immortal Court, and the supreme most powerful being of the entire Nine Heavens Immortal Court."

"How strong is this figure?"

"In past times, this person was a fifteenth tier Daluo Golden Immortal at peak strength, now unknown whether further advanced, but typically, achieving the sixteenth tier of Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal is not easily accomplished.

In the Upper Realm, sixteenth-tier Primordial Daluo Golden Immortals are honored as Saints.

Saintly beings are rare across endless ages, much like in my Ancient Celestial Demon clan, within endless ages only one Saint ancestor resides.

Though the Nine Luminaries Immortal Emperor is a stunning talent, yet should not have stepped beyond that level..."

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin did not hold anything back, divulging all the knowledge he had.

Upon hearing.

Gu Qingyang nodded slightly: "This matter is already known to me, you may go."

"Servant takes leave!"

Demon Venerable Xuan Yin respectfully retreated.

He did not know how Gu Qingyang became cognizant of the Nine Luminaries Immortal Emperor’s existence.

But regarding these matters, Demon Venerable Xuan Yin dared not delve too deep.

Understanding clearly what should be questioned and what should not, it was naturally clear to him.

As Demon Venerable Xuan Yin departed, Gu Qingyang’s expression began to gradually grow more solemn.

"Nine Luminaries Immortal Emperor!"

"Fifteenth-tier pinnacle powerhouse!"

"Which means, in that battle the Upper Realm did not even employ sixteenth-tier powerhouses yet defeated the entire starry sky, wiping out even the Cyan Yang Divine Realm..."

This revelation.

Left Gu Qingyang shocked beyond measure.

He thought the Nine Luminaries Immortal Emperor was among the top powerhouses of the Upper Realm, but now it appeared the opponent didn’t belong to the Upper Realm’s apex tier.

Fifteenth-tier pinnacle!

Daluo Golden Immortal—

Which implies.

Twenty thousand years hence, not even a single Daluo Golden Immortal could stave off the starry sky.

"Ultimately, it is because the time is too short and the foundation is too weak, thirty thousand years may seem extensive but every realm breakthrough post-tenth-tier demands prolonged accumulation, even with the Divine Kingdom’s store accelerating growth, it is challenging to truly rival the Upper Realm’s boundless ages of accumulated foundation.

Moreover, my defeat at the Nine Luminaries Immortal Emperor’s hands suggests my strength at that time may merely touch upon fifteenth tier at best, perhaps not even reaching the fifteenth tier.

Such a vast discrepancy requires accelerating growth to bridge the gap.

If everything proceeds systematically, the future’s outcome is unlikely to change dramatically!"

Having genuinely glimpsed future scenes and grasping the stark disparity between the starry sky and the Upper Realm, even Gu Qingyang could not help but feel tense.

If no change occurs.

Then in the battle twenty thousand years hence, the starry sky is doomed to defeat.

Thinking of the destruction of the starry sky, creatures bleeding in pain, and the Cyan Yang Divine Realm shattering, Gu Qingyang’s gaze turned firm.

The future is not predetermined.

How to alter it still lies in how one acts.