Both Gu Qingfeng and Huode were quite familiar with the Lingluo Heavenly Domain, and it was filled with many memories for them.
Back in the day.
After Gu Qingfeng was judged by the Immortal Dao in the Mortal Realm, it was in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain that he perished and was reborn. When he first entered the Great Desolate, he was a stranger in a strange land, and he truly spent quite a few days wandering around the Lingluo Heavenly Domain.
And Huode, after having his physical body remolded by Gu Qingfeng in the Mortal Realm and ascending to the Great Desolate, also ended up in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain. Like Gu Qingfeng, he was new to the Great Desolate and similarly spent a long stretch of time drifting through the Lingluo Heavenly Domain.
A coincidence?
Not really.
Because the Mortal Realm they hailed from was located within the territory of the Lingluo Heavenly Domain. In a sense, both of them were also part of the multitude of beings of the Lingluo Heavenly Domain.
"Who would have thought, after wandering around outside for so many years, we've finally returned to the Lingluo Heavenly Domain."
Gazing at the bustling Lingluo Heavenly Domain, Huode couldn't help but sigh with emotion. He clearly remembered that after first entering the Great Desolate, he had spent nearly a thousand years drifting through the Lingluo Heavenly Domain. After that, he began his journey to find Gu Qingfeng. During that time, he had returned a few times, but never stayed for long before leaving again. He vaguely recalled that the last time he left the Lingluo Heavenly Domain was already two or three thousand years ago.
Over the years, Huode had been searching for Gu Qingfeng while cultivating diligently and adventuring across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds. The Great Desolate had no cycle of sun and moon, forever shrouded in darkness, and Huode had never had a strong sense of time. It was only every time he returned to the Lingluo Heavenly Domain that he felt how time flew like an arrow and the years slipped away.
It was like that before, and it was still like that now.
He felt this way.
And Gu Qingfeng was no exception.
The difference was.
Huode had drifted through the Lingluo Heavenly Domain for a thousand years, while Gu Qingfeng had only spent a few decades here.
This length of time might not mean much to others, but for Gu Qingfeng, spending several decades in one place was already a very, very long time.
You have to understand, back in the Ancient Times Era, from his birth to the end of that era, he had cultivated for a full five hundred years at most. He spent one or two hundred years cultivating in the Mortal Realm alone, and even in the Great Desolate, he only drifted for about three hundred years. So, the few decades in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain were not short at all.
To be honest.
During those three hundred years of drifting in the Great Desolate, Gu Qingfeng was either killing people, on his way to kill people, being hunted, being besieged, or being judged by this Great Dao or that Great Dao. He hardly spent a single comfortable day.
Thinking back carefully, of the three hundred years spent drifting in the Great Desolate, only those few decades in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain could be considered leisurely. No!
Not just the three hundred years in the Great Desolate, but also the two hundred years spent in the Mortal Realm—only those few decades in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain were truly carefree and at ease.
Recalling back when he first entered the Great Desolate, Gu Qingfeng, having perished and been reborn, was in an extremely weak physical state and worried about the Immortal Dao discovering his whereabouts. He didn't go to any major immortal realms, but instead secluded himself in a secret realm teeming with all sorts of riffraff—demons, ghosts, monsters, as well as various evil immortals, bandit immortals, and rogue immortals engaged in arson, murder, and plunder.
Back then, Gu Qingfeng would occasionally visit other secret realms to get some resources to trade for wine.
He would also gather in small groups to engage in a bit of murder and arson.
He lived like this, leisurely and carefree, for ten or twenty years.
Later, as his physical body gradually recovered, Gu Qingfeng gradually grew restless. Once, when he made a move, he couldn't hold back his temper. After a great slaughter, he became a target for all. Subsequently, his identity was gradually exposed, and from then on, he began to be hunted by the Immortal Dao again, forcing Gu Qingfeng to leave the Lingluo Heavenly Domain.
Over here.
Gu Qingfeng was reminiscing.
Beside him, Huode was also recalling the events of those years. Because he had drifted here for a thousand years, his understanding of the Lingluo Heavenly Domain was much clearer than Gu Qingfeng's.
In his impression, within the territory of the Lingluo Heavenly Domain, while there were no ancient legacies like the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens or Seventy-Two Blessed Lands that shook the Great Desolate, nor many illustrious immortal realm families, that didn't mean the Lingluo Heavenly Domain lacked fame in the Great Desolate. On the contrary, the Lingluo Heavenly Domain was quite famous among the many Heavenly Domains of the Great Desolate.
Perhaps not top-tier, but definitely upper-middle.
The reason was simple.
The Lingluo Heavenly Domain had a very profound foundation.
There were ruins from the Ancient Times Era, ruins from the Primal Times Era, even ruins from the Primordial Times Era, and even ruins from the Desolate Ancient Era. Besides these, there were all sorts of mysterious and wondrous secret realms. After the revival of all things in the Present Era, there were also many worlds rich in resources.
Of course.
There was another even more important reason: since ancient times, the Lingluo Heavenly Domain had truly produced quite a few overlords who shook the heavens and the earth.
And almost every era would see a few emerge.
The most famous among them was undoubtedly the founder of the Lingluo Heavenly Domain, also its first Domain Lord, revered as the Ancestral Founder of Lingluo—Lingluo Huang.
This was a truly remarkable figure, a great personage who ran rampant during the Primordial Times Era. However, because the time was too remote, most people had already forgotten the legends of Lingluo Huang, only knowing that he was an overlord of the Primordial Times Era and the founder of the Lingluo Heavenly Domain.
During the Primal Times Era, two other remarkable figures had also emerged: one was the Immortal Dao's Danqing Great Emperor, and the other was the Monster Dao's Peacock King.
During the Ancient Times Era, two more remarkable figures had emerged: one was the Heavenly Dao's Dragon-Tiger Heavenly King, and the other was the universally known, heinously sinful Nine Nethers Great Emperor.
From Lingluo Huang of the Primordial Times Era, to Danqing Great Emperor and Peacock King of the Primal Times Era, and then to Dragon-Tiger Heavenly King and Nine Nethers Great Emperor of the Ancient Times Era.
These were all overlords who dominated their respective eras, stirring up storms and summoning winds and rains in the long river of history, leaving behind many legends and tales. Thus, the Lingluo Heavenly Domain also became widely known throughout the Myriad Heavens and Worlds because of them.
At this moment, Gu Qingfeng said, "In my impression, the Lingluo Heavenly Domain didn't have this many people, did it?
Could it be that something major changed after ten thousand years of the Present Era's opening?
Why the hell are there people everywhere, even in the void of the Great Desolate?"
"Yeah, this old man finds it strange too."
Huode scratched his head and said, "The Lingluo Heavenly Domain has always been quite lively, but it shouldn't be as crowded as it is today, with people everywhere, right?
I haven't heard of any major event happening either."
"Something's off."
Gu Qingfeng looked around and noticed that the void above the Lingluo Heavenly Domain seemed to be covered by a layer of mysterious, shifting radiance. He asked, "What's going on here?"
Huode also looked over. He too noticed the change in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain. But when he saw this change, he suddenly slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "This is the Lingluo Radiance!
Hahaha!
This old man finally knows why the Lingluo Heavenly Domain is so lively today!"