Chapter 1255: Layered Visions

At this moment, throughout the Immortal Cultivation World, mortals and cultivators alike, beings from every continent, put down what they were doing. They craned their necks, gazing eagerly as the Four Ancient Immortals, now streaks of four-colored light, flew into the distance, disappearing from sight.

Even cultivators with the keenest eyesight couldn't see one continent from another.

"Are the Four Ancient Immortals going to break the seal?"

"They should be, right?"

Although there had been speculation when the Four Ancient Immortals first appeared, it was just speculation, and no one dared to draw conclusions without witnessing it firsthand.

Just as everyone was filled with doubt, a series of muffled thunderclaps echoed overhead as dark clouds blotted out the sky.

"Why is it suddenly thundering?"

"Why is it thundering at such a crucial moment? Can someone dispel it?" A Mahayana cultivator frowned. Even if they couldn't see what the Four Ancient Immortals were doing, they couldn't have their view obstructed, and he wanted to cast a spell to blow away the dark clouds and lightning.

"No, this isn't ordinary lightning!" A perceptive cultivator stopped his companion. "Look closely, these lightning bolts are changing!"

Silver lightning pierced through the dark clouds, rolling in the air. The lightning bolts were surprisingly uniform in thickness, like lines, forming a series of images.

"The images are of the Four Ancient Immortals!"

With the dark clouds as a backdrop and lightning as paint, silver serpents danced, outlining the scene of the Four Ancient Immortals jointly creating the heavens!

If anyone were positioned at the sun at this moment, they would see that the skies above all five continents were covered by thick, impenetrable leaden clouds. This meant that all beings had the rare opportunity to witness the process of creation!

Mortals and lower-to-mid-tier cultivators were simply grateful to continue watching the creation process, but in the hearts of the Grand Cultivators, immense waves surged. Never in history had they heard of lightning undergoing such transformations!

"Could it be that this moment holds extraordinary significance in history, carrying unusual meaning for the heavens and earth, and thus the heavens wish to record this moment with lightning!?"

"Yes, it must be so!"

"If the Emperor and I hadn't resided in the Immortal Palace back then, but had remained in Great Qian, Great Qian would never have perished!"

Guan Shanhai scoffed at such remarks: "The demise of your Great Qian was a historical inevitability, and had nothing to do with whether you lived in the Immortal Palace or not. The number of divine positions was fixed, and every one of your Divine Monarchs occupied a divine position; it was absolutely impossible to simply hand them over to others."

"This led to those below losing their upward mobility, and the entire dynasty became stagnant. Your Divine Monarchs were mere hangers-on, occupying positions without contributing, and eventually, the cultivators below would rebel. There would always be cultivators secretly becoming Half-Immortals or Immortals to overthrow your Great Qian."

"In contrast, our Great Yu abandoned the divine position system from its inception and established a National Master system. If it weren't for Wu Yao's interference, and I were still in Great Yu, successive National Masters would surely have loyally assisted the emperors, and Great Yu would never have perished."

The Central Heavenly Emperor snorted coldly, utterly disdainful: "That's just your delusion. Your Great Yu was filled with powerful aristocratic families, with countless families rising with each generation of emperor, vying for resources with the older families. Family feuds and national turmoil could hardly be resolved by a National Master system."

"If you ask me, Sī Mìng was right. If Sī Mìng and I had remained in Great Qian and resolved the Divine Monarch issue, Great Qian would surely have been passed down for thousands of generations..."

"Before the founding of the nation, Wu Yao and I already researched this," Guan Shanhai interjected. "Your Divine Monarch problem simply couldn't be resolved; it was flawed from its very roots..."

The leaders of both factions argued incessantly about why their respective factions had fallen into decline and perished, neither willing to concede to the other. The Half-Immortals and Tribulation Transcenders from both sides dared not speak; after all, they were the "Divine Monarchs" and "Ancestors of the Aristocratic Families."

"Look, the sky is changing!"

Someone shouted, though it was unclear who, drawing the attention of all the prisoners. The prisoners saw the thick dark clouds overhead and the lightning sketching the creation image; only then did the leaders of both sides temporarily cease their argument.

"Are they going to create the heavens now?"

"What a marvelous technique!" the Central Heavenly Emperor marveled. "Using a Calamity Dao Fruit to induce a heavenly tribulation, I fear it's not just above us; the entire Immortal Cultivation World can witness this scene."

The Central Heavenly Emperor clicked his tongue in admiration: "I thought our Great Qian's Investiture of the Gods Ceremony was already grand enough, but as expected of the Four Ancient Immortals, their undertaking is even grander."

Sī Mìng slapped his thigh, filled with regret: "How could I not have thought of using a Dao Fruit like this? If I had used an Enlightenment Dao Fruit to enlighten the Investiture Platform, I could have feigned a heavenly investiture!"

At this moment, Guan Shanhai shared Sī Mìng's thoughts, also filled with regret: "Our Great Yu's founding ceremony was too conservative. Back then, I should have used a Replicating Dao Fruit to replicate a pile of top-grade spirit stones and detonated them as fireworks!"

The Demon Realm.

Qing He carried a bag of treasures, as if she had found a priceless gem. Inside were seeds of now-extinct species. If she planted them on Heavenly Gate Peak, her lord would surely reward her.

"Why is the sky dark?"

Qing He looked up, and dark clouds enveloped the sky, revealing four majestic figures in the process of breaking the seal. Plop. Qing He gazed blankly at the sky, her bag of treasures slipping from her grasp and falling to the ground.

Now that the Four Ancient Immortals were breaking the seal, it meant her lord had emerged from seclusion and gone to Imperial City. Not just her lord, but everyone she knew should be there. And she hadn't even made it in time for her lord's emergence from seclusion!?

Above the Spiritless Continent, the Four Ancient Immortals performed the Dharma Idol of Heaven and Earth, transforming into giants of creation. Golden lotuses appeared beneath the feet of the four giants; golden lotuses emerged from the earth, blossoming with every step. Millions of phantoms of demonic beasts appeared, including even species now extinct. These beasts all knelt in unison before the Qilin Immortal, as if ten thousand demons were paying homage. Yin and Yang energies converged, etching a Taiji pattern onto the entire Spiritless Continent. From the Two Poles came the Four Symbols, from the Four Symbols came the Eight Trigrams, unfolding endlessly. In addition, the Yellow-Bell Grand Bell tolled, announcing to the world. Time's turbulent flow appeared faintly, and Nian Beasts galloped and leaped upon the current...

All of these phenomena appeared simultaneously across the world, and the people, seeing these continuous auspicious signs, were left utterly stunned. These auspicious signs had never appeared before. Now, all of them surged forth at once. Anyone witnessing this scene would feel that the Four Ancient Immortals breaking the seal and creating the heavens was a grand feat, one that the heavens themselves commemorated it with these signs. Countless cultivators were inspired with the heroic ambition to emulate such a grand feat, resolving to cultivate diligently to catch up to the Four Ancient Immortals.

Lu Yang and his companions, meanwhile, observed from not far away, doing their best to avoid the recording orbs. Ao Ling, Jiang Lianyi, and Jin Caiwei each held a recording orb, documenting the scene from various angles.

"Fairy, aren't you going to show your face before the recording orbs?" Lu Yang asked.

The Immortal Fairy floated beside Lu Yang, without any auspicious signs, aura, or divine abilities, like an ordinary soul. "No, it's too troublesome to be in the spotlight."

Compared to the Four Ancient Immortals, the Immortal Fairy was low-key. This was evident from how the Four Ancient Immortals frequently held forums to discuss how to maintain an immortal's dignity, while the Immortal Fairy merely observed from the side. If it were merely about breaking the seal, there would be no need for so many complex procedures and methods. Someone like the Immortal Fairy could simply activate it subtly from the side, and others wouldn't even notice she was activating a Dao Fruit. However, the Four Ancient Immortals clearly had their own intentions.