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"Wha...what's going on? Is this the favor of the Great Dao, and a divine palace has been established?"

"Is it Gu Xiu? Is Gu Xiu setting up the priesthood?"

"No, wasn't he already in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm? Why is he only establishing a Divine Palace for the Nascent Soul stage now? How could this be? Is this...right?"

At the Tianyuan Sword Sect's Sword Enlightenment Platform, exclamations of surprise resounded.

The golden pillar of light, seemingly tearing apart the sky, pierced down like a spear, completely enveloping Gu Xiu. Within the golden light, it seemed to contain endless ancient runes, constantly flashing and shining, swirling around Gu Xiu like spirit fish.

Bathed in golden light, Gu Xiu's face seemed to glow with divine radiance, making him appear even more holy than the Buddha statue in the Western Desert. His hair, which was originally half white and half black, gradually faded from black and turned back into silver-white hair, becoming even more holy under the golden light.

This scene was familiar to everyone present.

To reach the Nascent Soul realm, one needs to establish five divine officials and then attract the power of the Great Dao to build a divine palace. This is a path that many people have walked. Those present are all genuine and renowned geniuses, and they themselves have experienced this scene before.

But it is precisely because they have experienced it that they find this scene all the more unbelievable.

Because Gu Xiu is now at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm!

Establishing a divine palace and appointing divine officials are things that Nascent Soul cultivators do. How could a late-stage Deity Transformation cultivator like him possibly appoint divine officials again?

Even the five supreme beings who were already planning to make a move were startled by this scene.

"What's wrong with him? Although he has a special power to conceal his cultivation level, it's impossible for him to hide from our eyes once he makes a move. He's clearly only at the late Nascent Soul stage, so why can he still establish a divine official? Could it be that he can open up another divine palace at the Nascent Soul stage, a divine palace outside of the five great divine palaces?"

"Such a thing is impossible unless he has cultivated a completely different path from the one he is now on. But how could such a thing be possible? The Heavenly Dao cannot be established without collapsing. No matter how talented he is, he could not possibly open a new divine palace during the Nascent Soul stage. I think he may have had a divine palace but did not appoint any divine officials when he was in the Nascent Soul stage."

"To establish a divine palace without appointing priests—do such people exist in this world? Why have I never heard of them?"

"Yes, the world is full of wonders. I once read in an ancient book that someone once opened up a divine palace but, due to a series of coincidences, failed to establish it and instead postponed the time for its establishment."

"I've heard about this before. It's said that some people have researched this method and it's feasible. Not to mention Nascent Soul cultivators, even Void Refinement cultivators or Mahayana cultivators can establish divine officials. However, this method is useless. Whether it's postponed or done normally, the establishment of divine officials will not result in stronger divine officials being attracted due to the cultivator's cultivation level. Gradually, no one used this method anymore."

"..."

As the supreme being of the strongest order in this world, Gu Xiu's situation was shocking, but not without precedent. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially Huang Chao, the supreme being, and Jin Ye Zhenren, who already had a public feud with Gu Xiu.

Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, they discovered that the old sword saint, who had been drawing the Heavenly Abyss Immortal Sword, had temporarily stopped the sword offering and instead raised his head, his gaze fixed intently on the top of the pillar of light.

His eyes held a mixture of surprise and shock, along with a hint of anticipation.

This scene stunned the five supreme beings, who exchanged glances.

"Could it be that this kid's priest is extraordinary?"

The thought appeared in their minds almost simultaneously, making them unable to resist following the Sword Saint's gaze and looking at Gu Xiu's pillar of light.

"Look, the power of the Great Dao has been attracted!"

"What's that? It looks like... a leaf?"

Someone below gasped in surprise.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed seen that above the golden pillar of light enveloping Gu Xiu's body, a lush green leaf, no bigger than a finger, was drifting down, using the golden pillar of light as a channel, slowly floating and falling towards Gu Xiu.

"What is this? Have you ever heard of the power of the Great Dao that can materialize?" the Heavenly Revelation God Lord asked, frowning.

Everyone shook their heads in disbelief.

"Although I don't know exactly what the power of the Great Dao is, it is related to the rules of the world. It is attracted by the cultivator's own Dao. Theoretically, it cannot have a physical form. I have never heard of such a power of the Great Dao."

"This leaf doesn't seem to be the power of the Great Dao. Instead, it's more like an ordinary leaf, and it's not even a spiritual treasure or immortal treasure."

"Could it really just be an ordinary leaf? But how could an ordinary leaf appear at this time? Something's not right. We should do something to stop this leaf, otherwise Gu Xiu might become even more strange!"

They had never seen this situation before, but that didn't stop them from making a choice.

Although they all looked down on Gu Xiu's current cultivation level, they never denied his potential. Despite being only at the Nascent Soul stage, he inexplicably established a Divine Palace, and they made their decision almost instantly.

To stop Gu Xiu and seize the opportunity!

At the very least, Supreme Huang Chao would never stand idly by and watch Gu Xiu grow stronger again. Without any hesitation, he soared into the sky and rushed toward the leaves in the golden pillar.

"What do you mean?"

"Please stop, senior!"

"Senior, no!"

This scene startled many people. They never expected that a supreme being would intervene at this time. Several cultivators who were on good terms with Gu Xiu immediately spoke up to try to stop him. Lu Dongshan and Ye Wentian even soared into the sky without hesitation to intercept him. The three personal disciples of the Sword Saint were also not idle and rushed out after him.

Their cultivation levels were all extraordinary, but in the face of Huang Chao, the Supreme Being who had already been famous for a long time, they were still somewhat inferior.

"roll!"

Huang Chao glanced at them, snorted angrily, and the few who rushed out were struck as if by lightning. It was as if they were carrying a huge mountain on their backs, and they were stunned for a moment. Fortunately, Huang Chao did not intend to waste time with them. At this moment, he took a step and instantly arrived in front of the green leaves.

Without hesitation, he grabbed it!

only……

His hand had just grasped the leaf when Huang Chao suddenly screamed without warning, hastily releasing his hand and looking down.

Then, his palm was enveloped by a green light. The moment the green light touched his arm, it transformed into a rapidly growing leaf, instantly covering his entire palm. Then it flowed up his wrist and arm, and the area that the leaf swept over...

In an instant, the fingers and palms transformed into a white-brown withered tree trunk, as if they had become a withered branch that had decayed for countless years.

"What the hell is this?"

Huang Chao was startled and hurriedly tried to suppress the strange power by urging his cultivation. However, he soon discovered that his cultivation and spiritual energy were like a stone thrown into a hornet's nest, instantly causing the originally slowly flowing green leaves to suddenly accelerate.

In the blink of an eye, the flow had completely covered his entire palm, even reaching past his wrist and heading towards his elbow.

"damn it!"

"what is this?"

"Get out! Get out of here!!!"

Huang Chao panicked and hurriedly used all his means to try to suppress the green leaf. However, his actions not only failed to stop it in the slightest, but also caused the green leaf to pass over his elbow at an extremely fast speed and head towards his shoulder!

"Quickly, cut off the arm!" Zen Master Wugou hurriedly reminded him.

Upon hearing this, Huang Chao dared not hesitate for a moment. He drew a knife in his left hand and slashed fiercely at his right shoulder. With blood splattering, his entire right arm was severed at the shoulder and fell to the ground.

His choice saved his life, because the moment he severed the arm, the entire arm turned into a withered tree branch, which smashed the bluestone bricks below when it fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

This is clearly not the weight of an arm!

This scene frightened the others, who retreated in fear that the strange leaves would come into contact with them.

They saw it.

Huang Chao looked very weak. It seemed like he had only lost an arm, but in reality, he had probably suffered a serious injury. Something was clearly wrong.

Fortunately, the strange leaves wrapped around the arm began to dry up quickly before they completely covered the arm, eventually merging with the arm, which had turned into a withered branch. At first glance, it looked like a withered twig mixed with some dead leaves.

Unremarkable.

"Damn it..." Even so, Supreme Huang Chao swayed and almost fell over. His breathing was extremely chaotic. Fortunately, Zen Master Wugou reacted quickly and immediately took out a pill for Supreme Huang Chao to swallow, which barely allowed him to stabilize his body.

You can only find out by asking around.

Wherever the emerald green leaves passed, they not only sealed off Huang Chao's physical body, but also, upon contact, fixed his physical body, soul, and even the origin of his cultivation within his body. As his arm was severed, it seemed as if a portion of his cultivation and soul had been lost along with the severed arm.

This answer.

It was even more horrifying.

You should know that a Supreme Being is capable of regenerating severed limbs. Even if their physical body is severely damaged, they can recover by consuming only some of their cultivation. How could this possibly result in such a huge consumption?

even……

It will also directly imprison the source of cultivation and the soul?

What terrifying power is this?

At this moment, no one dared to make any rash moves, but their gazes were all fixed on the leaf that had drifted down to Gu Xiu's head.

The leaves remained unchanged, devoid of any mystical properties or special powers.

Can be biased.

Yet, it sent chills down the spines of everyone who looked at it, making them feel cold inside!

Ye Wentian, who had paused for a moment after being reprimanded by Huang Chao, suddenly murmured something:

"Delaying the appointment of priests may not change the strength of the priests that are brought in, but..."

"What if this priest was originally unable to summon it at that level of cultivation, or his physical body and cultivation were simply unable to withstand it when he did summon it?"

As if to confirm Ye Wentian's speculation, just as the leaf completely entered Gu Xiu's body and disappeared.

"Boom~!"

With a deafening explosion, an unimaginable, terrifying aura suddenly erupted from Gu Xiu, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed. The aura was divine, as if even the heavens and earth were being suppressed by him at this moment.

Those supreme beings who had soared into the sky seemed to be subjected to unimaginable and terrifying suppression at this moment. They even lost their ability to fly and fell to the ground, looking at Gu Xiu with horrified expressions.

This power...

Not of this world!!!