With this batch of seeds ascending to Gu Immortals, Huang Ting now commanded over forty Gu Immortals, a formidable force spanning different factions, whose combined power increased by several folds.
He arranged for half of the Gu Immortals to accompany him, developing Human Sovereign Grotto-heaven, while the other half remained long-term in Azure Ghost Desert in Western Desert, hunting soul beasts.
Then, his thoughts descended into Human Sovereign Grotto-heaven.
Over three hundred million people logged on to the 'internet', dividing into countless overlapping spaces, where various massive dream Realminstances were derived, unearthing vast dream path gu materials that continuously nourished the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, Great Dream Immortal Realm.
Even if most of these were merely Rank 1 dream path gu materials, they could be refined into dream path immortal materials using Refinement Path methods; moreover, the Cloud Dream Heavenly Palace continuously intercepted and merged dreams from the outside, ensuring the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm would eventually be perfected.
At this time, within the Great Dream Immortal Realm, the vast majority of Mortals simulated cultivation in their immortal apertures, with many even cultivating to the Gu Immortal Realm, capable of shaking mountains and moving the earth with every gesture, challenging various Huang Family Gu Immortals in public dream Realms, showing no inferiority whatsoever.
Indeed, Huang Ting's estimation was correct: many Mortals were not lacking in talent; they simply had 'bad Luck', failing to open their immortal apertures, which was fated by Fate Gu and unchangeable.
The problem was, these Mortals wielded great power in the dream Realm yet were as ordinary as ants in reality; even after enduring countless trials in the dream Realm, their minds firm and resolute, they couldn't help but feel frustrated, spending their days immersed in the dream Realm, becoming the first 'internet addicts' of the Gu World.
Fortunately, Huang Ting had given an early order to protect this precious batch of Gu Immortal seeds, greatly improving their daily lives.
Therefore, Mortals were still very grateful and regarded the dream Realm as the greatest means to change their fate; as long as they performed exceptionally well in battles against Gu Masters, their families would live well.
In a dream-like space, two valiant Gu Immortals battled: one with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, the other ordinary yet profound; they exchanged blows, with myriad rays of light, neither gaining an advantage.
The battle only ceased when both their phantoms exploded, perishing together, after which their phantoms reappeared in the blank Void Realm.
The sharp-browed, starry-eyed youth smiled and said, "Li Xuan, this killer move of yours incorporates Flame Path profundities; it seems your Light Dao is not only outstanding, but your Flame Path is also not bad, quite deeply hidden."
The ordinary man named Li Xuan responded, "Yuchi Xin, you too have integrated Dark Dao into your Sword Dao; your invisible sword comes and goes without a trace, quite terrifying."
"Hahaha, it's not worth mentioning."
Yuchi Xin laughed heartily, yet he was quite pleased; Mortals like them had entered the 'illusion Realm' since they were six or seven years old, continuously mastering various systems of Gu, and although they later specialized, other factions and systems were not neglected.
Ultimately, the two formed a unique combat system; though they appeared young, the years they spent in the dream Realm were long enough for Mortals to achieve Great Master attainments.
"What a pity," Li Xuan sighed, "We Mortals are fated not to open our immortal apertures for cultivation; no matter how powerful we become in the illusion Realm, it is all fake."
Upon hearing this, Yuchi Xin's smile faded, and he frowned slightly, saying, "The Blazing Immortal Realm… no, it's called the Human Sovereign Realm now. In the first six hundred years, the top ten of the 'Martial Arts Stage' each year were granted immortal apertureopenings."
"Although these Seniors of ours did not utilize the illusion Realm as effectively as we do, they were still considered outstanding talents of their time. Yet, not a single one ascended to an Immortal, with most getting stuck at Rank 5 Peak and dying of old age."
"Could it be true what people say? That we Mortals who open our immortal apertures Acquired, going against the heavens, are destined to be inferior to Gu Masters with naturally formed immortal apertures?"
Both frowned simultaneously, feeling quite indignant.
Indeed, Huang Ting's Human Sovereign Grotto-heaven, including three hundred years for Rank Six and three hundred years for Rank 7, had already passed six hundred years. Even a Rank 9 Venerable's Grotto-heaven, after surviving all calamities, would only last twelve hundred years; compared to the entire Gu World, it was quite young.
Huang Ting had previously attempted to sow the Human Race, but the results were meager, primarily due to the continuous acceleration of the immortal aperture's time.
These Mortals whose immortal apertures were artificially opened simply died of old age within the immortal aperture; without external experience or being in the Gu World, even the greatest Geniuses naturally couldn't ascend to an Immortal.
Secondly, the population base at that time was too small, only a few million people; Mortals were ignorant, illiterate, and couldn't navigate the dream Realm effectively, far inferior to the carefully cultivated seeds of the Huang Family's direct lineage.
Therefore, when Huang Ting accelerated the immortal aperture's time, he only relocated the Huang Family's direct lineage, leaving the other Mortals with opened immortal apertures behind. After these older generations died, the true inheritances they left behind and the experiences passed down to their descendants became part of the Grotto-heaven's foundation.
This also led to a phenomenon: after six hundred years of great changes, every time the Huang Family Gu Immortals left and returned to the Grotto-heaven, the events and things had undergone drastic transformations, causing their affection for their descendants within the Grotto-heaven to wane.
Theoretically, most of the current population's Bloodline was related to the Huang Family, but in reality, many branch families had emerged, adopting different surnames, and a hundred flowers began to bloom.
Huang Ting thought, "Accumulated to this point, with hundreds of millions of people, talents should emerge."
With a thought, he issued an Immortal order to the Grotto-heaven.
Soon, a piece of news spread rapidly throughout the Great Dream Immortal Realm: the Blazing Supreme would vigorously cultivate Gu Immortal seeds, support Mortals, and established the [Ascension Ranking].
Considering all aspects of a Mortal's qualities, the top one thousand would be granted the [Manpower Conquers Heaven Gu] to open their immortal aperture and a common Rank 5 true inheritance. The top one hundred would not only receive the Manpower Conquers Heaven Gu but also the Creation Relic Gu to elevate their Aptitude, and a Gu Immortal true inheritance.
The top ten, in addition to the above, would be given a large number of Relic Gu, instantly elevating their cultivation to Rank 5, reaching the same height as their simulated cultivation in the dream Realm.
And these ten most talented Mortals would surely gather considerable Human Dao Luck, which Huang Ting would personally use Luck Pathmethods to bestow upon them, specifically arranging for these ten to cultivate Human Dao and produce results.
By then, when these ten ascended to Immortals, Huang Ting would reap the benefits, perhaps gaining more than ten Human Dao Immortal Gu Recipes out of thin air.
"Thus, these ten can be called the [Ten Human Dao Sons]."
With this operation, Huang Ting's Grotto-heaven spontaneously gained nearly a hundred Gu Immortal seeds and a thousand candidates.
This was only the first session; there would be a session every hundred years, with Human Dao, Food Path, Pill Dao, Weapon Path, and Dream Dao all included.
And there was no shortage of Manpower Conquers Heaven Gu, Creation Relic Gu, or Relic Gu; the population had increased, and there was also the Rank 8 Immortal Gu formation, the [Supreme Yin and Yang Formation].
This Immortal formation also had the wonderful effect of strengthening reproduction; during this period, Mortal couples within the Grotto-heaven, as soon as they became pregnant, would surely have Dragon and Phoenix twins, and having a few more pregnancies would more than double the next generation's population.
How could Huang Ting not utilize this advantage?
"This is the result of cultivating all Dao paths: Dream Dao, Human Dao, Refinement Path, mass production of Gu Immortals is effortless."
Within the Grotto-heaven, Li Xuan and Yuchi Xin had just finished lamenting when they received the news, overjoyed, and laughed loudly, "Our era has arrived!"
At the same time, Ma Hongyun and Zhao Lian Yun, who were settled in a Mortal city, learned of this [virtual illusion Realm] in the Great Dream Immortal Realm, and were utterly bewildered.
Zhao Lian Yun was dumbfounded, shouting in her heart, "Hey! It's clearly just a backward, feudal cultivation world, how did it create a virtual online game?! It's even more developed than Earth?!
"Who are the natives here?!"
She hurriedly pulled Ma Hongyun, eager to try it out.