The villain is utterly immoral; with a dragon charging right in his face, how could he possibly lose

Cultivation knows no time; time flows on leisurely.

Gu Qing focused his mind entirely on contemplating the rules of all the heavens and myriad realms, the boundless Great Dao of Chaos, the birth and death of realms, the emergence of all living beings, and the evolution of the immeasurable Dao fruits of chaos...

Before we knew it, thousands of billions of years had passed.

Over these billions of years, the boundless chaos gave rise to countless universes, and countless universes also faced destruction.

Countless strong individuals have emerged, with rising stars springing up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. As time goes by, the old generation replaces the new.

Gu Qing and Zhi Meng have become legends of boundless chaos, existing like progenitors.

Countless powerful individuals followed Gu Qing and Zhi Meng's trail, seeking the true meaning of the Great Dao.

"Nian'er, have you found your butterfly?"

The Holy Mother of Stars looked haggard, her white hair like frost spoke of a life of vicissitudes, and the sorrow in her eyes seemed to overflow.

At first, she didn't care much. After all, Gu Qing was a Dao Lord, and it was normal for him to cultivate in seclusion for millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of years.

But Gu Qing disappeared for hundreds of billions of years.

Given Gu Qing's talent and comprehension, it's absolutely impossible for him to have cultivated in seclusion for so long.

Gu Qing has most likely gotten into trouble.

Gu Nian remained silent upon hearing this.

She spent a hundred million years training at the Gate of Creation, sweeping through it without equal, refining countless powerful beings, and even plundering a Chaos Treasure.

Having attained the Dao Lord realm through cultivation, he emerged from the Gate of Creation and has been searching for Gu Qing ever since.

Initially, it was to suppress the old father so that he would know how to be a loving father.

But after searching for billions of years without success, his once passionate heart gradually grew cold.

Now that her cultivation has broken through to the half-step Dao Ancestor level, she knows where Gu Qing is, but she cannot tell him.

"Nian'er..."

The Goddess of the Nine Heavens was impatient, her usual ethereal and otherworldly demeanor gone.

Lin Chuqing, Su Qingyue, Luo Rou, Luo Li, Chu Yao, Chu Ling'er, Mo Wantang, Shi Jingqiong, Liu Ruyan, Xiao Hongdou, Xi Ling, Xingyue, Wang Yue, and Hong Lan all looked at Gu Nian with anxious and uneasy expressions, their eyes filled with urgency and worry.

He Ni held her baby daughter, her beautiful eyes fixed on Gu Nian, so nervous that she forgot to breathe.

Among them, Gu Nian has the most extraordinary background and the highest cultivation level. If anyone in the world can find Gu Qing and Zhi Meng, Gu Nian will definitely be one of them.

“I haven’t found my father, but I have found some traces of him. Mother, Aunt, you don’t need to worry. Father is fine, and I will bring him back safe and sound soon.”

Looking into the anxious yet expectant eyes, Gu Nian replied calmly and indifferently.

Having undergone billions of years of sedimentation, she possessed an unparalleled majesty. Her eyes seemed devoid of any emotion, cold and indifferent, yet also seemed to contain endless profound mysteries of the Great Dao.

"Really?"

The women were overjoyed, their eyes shining with delight.

"Mmm!" Gu Nian hummed softly.

"Then you should go quickly," urged the Star Mother.

"...Okay, Mother, Sister..." Take care.

Gu Nian gave everyone a deep look, as if she wanted to imprint their voices and appearances into her soul.

"Nian'er..."

The Star Mother's breath hitched. She raised her hand to grab Gu Nian, but her hand only touched Gu Nian's illusory image. The Star Mother suddenly felt a pang of heartache, and regret welled up in her heart.

Yan'er blinked her big eyes, her little voice filled with innocent confusion, and asked in puzzlement, "Mother, why is my little sister different this time after she came out of seclusion? Her eyes are so scary, um..."

He Ni quickly covered her daughter's mouth, picked her up, and hurriedly left.

……

"The Way is not the Way, and man is not man..."

In a void, the old man looked at Jiang Zhiwei with a lost and forlorn expression.

"Disciple, you've decided..." The old man stopped mid-sentence and suddenly looked up.

A long rainbow, gathering countless laws of the Great Dao, pierced through the void.

Gu Nian strolled over, like an embodiment of the Great Dao, his appearance exuding an awe-inspiring majesty that was impossible to look directly at, sacred and inviolable.

"Senior." Gu Nian bowed deeply, her eyes filled with resentment.

"Alas!" the old man sighed. "You have finally come, but I cannot help you."

"Why?" Gu Nian murmured unwillingly.

The old man shook his head and sighed, "Although I am the Dao Ancestor, I am not the only Dao Ancestor. I cannot make decisions for all living beings, much less interfere with their fate."

He knew that Gu Nian wasn't questioning him, but rather questioning the ruthlessness of the Great Dao.

"I wish I had met you sooner..." Gu Nian said in a low voice.

If she had met the old man earlier, or if Gu Qing had met the old man earlier and learned the secret of the Dao Ancestor, she definitely wouldn't have tried to break through to the Dao Ancestor level.

Yes, Gu Nian has already sensed that Gu Qing has become a Dao Ancestor, and Gu Qing's Dao is omnipresent.

Gu Qing has become the Great Dao; he is no longer himself, but merely the embodiment of the Great Dao, devoid of emotion and desire.

"Fate is unpredictable; every living being has endless variables and countless possibilities."

He had left countless footprints, and Gu Qing knew of his existence, but Gu Qing never thought of looking for him.

This is fate.

Even if Gu Qing came to him and learned the secret of the Dao Ancestor, Gu Qing might still choose to become the Dao Ancestor.

"Is there really no way to change this?" Gu Nian unconsciously clenched her hands, speaking slowly and deliberately, staring intently into the old man's eyes.

"Of course."

"Of the fifty Great Daos, one has been concealed, leaving a glimmer of hope for all living beings," the old man replied with certainty.

"What is it?" Gu Nian asked, her expression filled with ecstasy.

They thought there was no hope, and came to the old man only as a last resort.

The old man fell into a deep silence, looking at Gu Nian with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

If he knew, how could he be trapped in the Dao Ancestor Realm and unable to break free?

"You've asked the wrong person; I can't help him."

"But he is special; perhaps he has a way to save himself."

When Gu Qing was mentioned, the old man's tone became more respectful.

He is the Dao Ancestor, and Gu Qing's growth cannot be kept secret. If he wants to know, there is nothing he doesn't know.

"Then can you help me find his origin?"

Gu Nian was referring to the origin rather than the essence, but the old man understood what she meant.

Where is Gu Qing's original body now?

Gu Qing has transformed into the Dao, becoming the source of the Dao that coexists with the Great Dao.

"can!"

The old man nodded slightly, and with a casual gesture, a spatial rift appeared before him, leading directly to the source of the Great Dao.

Without hesitation, Gu Nian stepped into it, and the spatial rift disappeared.

The old man withdrew his gaze, looked at Jiang Zhiwei, and asked sadly, "My disciple, have you really made up your mind?"

"Reporting to Master, your disciple has made up her mind, and will not regret it until death." Jiang Zhiwei's tone was firm.

"Okay, here you go."

The old man pointed a finger at her brow, and boundless power of the Great Dao poured into her body.

Jiang Zhiwei cultivated his Great Dao, which was his most perfect vessel, capable of perfectly containing and refining his Dao Ancestor's Dao Fruit.

The void cracked open, and a primordial energy surged out, emanating a supreme aura, and entered Jiang Zhiwei's body.

"Disciple, kill your master."

His physical body was nothing more than a wisp of thought.

But the Dao Ancestor's thoughts are like those of the Dao Ancestor.

If he didn't completely obliterate all his thoughts, Jiang Zhiwei would have no chance of refining his Dao Fruit.

"Master..."

"Foolish child, do not hesitate."

People only know that the ancestor is supreme, and all Dao Lords want to become Dao Ancestors. Little do they know that all Dao Ancestors also want to become Dao Lords.

The old man had long been fed up with the Dao Ancestor realm, living a life devoid of emotion and desire; for him, this was the cruelest poison.

Not only did he want to die, but all the Dao Ancestors wanted to die, yet nothing could kill or obliterate them.

"Master..."

Jiang Zhiwei murmured, two clear tears streaming down her beautiful face as she fell into the boundless void.

Having refined her master's Dao Fruit, she became the Dao Ancestor, possessing the supreme Dao Fruit while also enduring endless poisons of immortality.