BZZZT—!

His body jolted. An invisible energy manifested from nothing, flowing outward from within, then back inward from without. It formed a cycle that enveloped his physique, washed over his mind, and even reached his Divine Soul.

The effects of the Equipment Effect "Celestial Essence in the Body" naturally became clear in his mind.

"The might of the heavens is immeasurable; the order of the earth cannot be defied" sounded inexplicably profound.

Simply put, it came down to one word.

Immunity!

Immunity to all external spiritual, Anomalous Power, curse, and other such attacks.

The coverage extended all the way to the sixth tier, the Emperor Body Realm!

Above King’s Body was True Body, and above True Body was Emperor Body.

Xu Jianzhu had never mentioned the existence of the Emperor Realm, nor was it recorded in any of the information he had.

Gu Zheng only learned of it now, thanks to this Equipment Effect.

But he only knew of the Emperor Body Realm’s existence. He had no idea how to break through to it, nor what kind of power an Emperor Body possessed.

Gu Zheng had a guess. The jade-like "Dragon Emperor’s Holy Bone" must have come from an Emperor Body, a sixth-tier existence.

One had to remember, an Evil God was merely a fifth-tier being.

Of course, sixth-tier Evil Gods might exist as well.

But regardless of whether they were fifth or sixth tier, the "Celestial Essence in the Body" Equipment Effect made Gu Zheng immune to any spiritual invasion from beings at the sixth tier or lower.

For instance, after he killed the Evil God’s separated soul, its lingering Anomalous Power had bored into his Sea of Consciousness.

From this moment on, something like that would never happen again.

It could be said that the original use of his Reversed Soul Scale had been magnified and, in the process, rendered obsolete.

In addition, with the power of the Dragon Emperor’s Holy Bone activated, Gu Zheng now possessed the passive Celestial Dragon’s Might, which could make all beasts prostrate themselves and all evil beings retreat.

This ability wasn’t very useful; it was practically worthless.

If they were scared enough to grovel, they could just as easily run away.

’Emperor Body...’

Gu Zheng calmed his mind, muttering the words aloud.

He hadn’t forgotten that successfully refining the Human Emperor’s Seal could help him break through to the True Body Realm, as well as the realm above True Body.

Now that he knew about the Emperor Body Realm...

’Does the "Emperor" in Human Emperor’s Seal not only refer to the Human Emperor, but also imply the Emperor Body?’

Gu Zheng’s eyes narrowed.

’In other words, Emperor Yu attempted to reach the Emperor Body Realm back then?’

It seemed the purpose of this peerless genius, who had founded the first dynasty, in refining the Human Emperor’s Seal wasn’t just to deal with the Demon Realm...

Tsk!

Gu Zheng shook his head, calming himself.

He didn’t dwell on it further. He stood up and had his illusory bodies spread out once more to search the surroundings.

The Death God Mantis followed behind, guarding against any surprises.

All seven of his Domains had been born.

Among them, the Five Elements Domain had even achieved fusion and could now cycle. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The next step was to break through to the second stage of King’s Body: Divine Communication!

This step was less about comprehending heaven and earth; that was only a small part. The main goal was to accumulate energy and develop the potential of the King’s Body.

Divine Communication referred to communicating with the Five Orifice Divine Techniques.

Once they were all opened, his eyes would become Thousand-Mile Eyes and his ears would become Downwind Ears.

Other King’s Bodies needed to constantly refine themselves, absorb the Power of Heaven and Earth, and consume all sorts of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to complete this step.

Gu Zheng didn’t have to. He just needed to accumulate 200,000 Demon Points!

And so, Gu Zheng held the Demon-Seeking Pot, sensing for any trace of Demon Fiends within a ten-thousand-meter radius. Then, he simply followed the direction it gave to hunt them down and kill them.

After a kill, he would first use Spirit Capturing to obtain Demon Points. Then, depending on whether the Demon Fiend’s corpse was edible, if it was, he would wrap it in Divine Wondrous power and send it high into the sky.

As soon as these edible Demon Fiend corpses reached a high altitude, they would immediately invert and plummet toward Taiping City.

From a height of three hundred meters, and wrapped in the Divine Wondrous power, the Demon Fiend corpses would only break apart so much, even if they shattered.

In Taiping City, countless citizens once again poured into the streets, holding buckets and basins to catch the falling pieces of meat as cheers rang out continuously.

Gu Zheng was in the Inverted Mountain Range, slaying Demon Fiends and obtaining Demon Points.

The common people were in Taiping City, catching the edible Demon Fiend corpses.

In the sky and on the ground, both sides were busy with their tasks.

At the end of the first day, Gu Zheng had harvested over thirty thousand Demon Points.

At the end of the second day, he had harvested over twenty thousand Demon Points.

At the end of the third day, he had harvested less than ten thousand Demon Points.

With the Demon-Seeking Pot in hand, the Demon Fiends in the Inverted Mountain Range had nowhere to hide.

Gu Zheng would simply walk over, step by step, and kill them.

But the number of Demon Fiends in the mountain range was finite.

On the fourth day, he obtained less than five thousand Demon Points.

On the fifth day, it was even lower, only one thousand Demon Points.

Within these five days, he had found quite a few Source Fruits and obtained a piece of Magic Gold, but he hadn’t encountered any more Marvels.

He also hadn’t found the Rule Array Hub.

The seven-day buffer period was about to end.

If he waited for the Domain to transform into a channel...

A continuous stream of Demon Fiends would then pour in from the Demon Realm.

However, Gu Zheng himself couldn’t guard Taiping City forever.

Most importantly, Gu Zheng, already at the King’s Body Realm, would be unable to pass through a third-tier channel.

What should he do?

’Where in the world is the Rule Array Hub...?’

Gu Zheng’s sword-like brows furrowed tightly.

He had searched all over Taiping City and the mountain range but found nothing.

BOOM—!

Suddenly, a clap of thunder exploded violently.

As Gu Zheng looked up, he saw the void above his head begin to twist. Space surged, rippling outward in circles like waves on water.

Bolts of lightning shot through it, releasing a terrifying pressure. The deafening sound reverberated between the sky and the ground.

’The Rule Array Hub was destroyed? The Domain is about to disappear? Who did this?’

Gu Zheng was astonished.

This was far too sudden.

One second he was worrying about the problem, and the next, the Domain was actually about to vanish.

The Rule Array Hub had been destroyed by someone!

SWOOSH—

Gu Zheng soared into the air.

SH-SH-SH—

His illusory bodies flew in from all directions, merging back into his figure.

The Death God Mantis likewise returned to the Insect Tower.

Gu Zheng shot straight up, leaving the Inverted Mountain Range. He flipped over in mid-air and fell back toward Taiping City.

As he passed through the twisted region of the void, Gu Zheng sensed an invisible yet terrifying tearing force and steered clear of it.