Replacing the Son of Destiny

Boom!

A terrifying, abyss-like demonic might erupted from Gu Qingfeng's body. It was an aura belonging to the Immortal King realm.

However, even though this aura belonged to the Immortal King realm, it shrouded hundreds of millions of miles above the River of Laws. It was as deep as the abyss and as vast as the sea, boundless and majestic. Even an ordinary half-step Immortal Sovereign probably could not compare to it.

Jie jie jie... With the Mandate of Heaven upon me, who can stop me!? Destiny is mine!!

Gu Qingfeng threw his head back and laughed wildly. He had truly hit the jackpot this time. Not only had he stolen the providence of the Child of Destiny, but he had also devoured the bizarre creatures of the River of Laws and advanced to the Immortal King realm. It was an absolute bumper harvest!

Now, the only thing he needed to do was open the Eternal Era and let the almighty experts of antiquity appear in the world!

He did not care what the mastermind behind the scenes wanted to do. As long as he devoured the eternal experts, the mastermind would be nothing but a fart!

With a wave of Gu Qingfeng's large hand, Dao Child Jietian's body instantly dissipated. His foundation and providence had been completely devoured. Keeping him around was useless, so he might as well enter reincarnation early.

As for that Dao Protector, Martial Uncle Qin, he had long been smashed to pieces in the battle. Having lost his power, it was simply impossible for him to survive a battle of this caliber.

After rejoicing for quite a while, Gu Qingfeng finally calmed down a bit. He hurriedly summoned the Scruffy Old Daoist from the bronze pagoda.

As soon as the Scruffy Old Daoist appeared and saw Gu Qingfeng, he was first shocked pale, but then his face broke into a wide smile as he began to offer his congratulations.

Congratulations, my Lord! With such great providence upon you, your fortune will rival heaven, and you shall be revered throughout the universe!

I do not like hearing these empty words. Now that I have obtained the providence, tell me, how should I open the Eternal Era?

The Scruffy Old Daoist was suddenly put in a difficult position. My Lord, the wonders of providence are incredibly profound and mysterious. No one can explain it clearly. When the opportunity arrives, it will naturally open.

And what if the opportunity does not arrive?

This... if the opportunity does not arrive, we can only... only wait.

What!? Gu Qingfeng's aura erupted explosively. The terrifying demonic energy blotted out the sky and sun, making him look like an indomitable demon god.

As his strength increased, his temper also grew larger.

The Scruffy Old Daoist shivered and hurriedly said, My Lord, please withhold your anger. Allow this poor Daoist to divine a trigram!

Following that, the Scruffy Old Daoist hastily took out a compass. His hands continuously formed incantation gestures, and he muttered under his breath. As several streaks of immortal light were continuously struck into the compass, his face turned pale at a visible rate, but his cloudy old eyes grew increasingly bright.

A moment later, the compass shone brightly, revealing a cluster of profound and mysterious runes. Then, it slowly faded away, and the light dissipated.

My Lord, the opportunity is in the First Star Ruin! The Jietian Sect! the Scruffy Old Daoist said excitedly.

Of course, the reason for his excitement was not because he had divined a secret, but because he did not have to die.

A streak of scarlet demonic light flashed in Gu Qingfeng's eyes. The First Star Ruin? The Jietian Sect! What a coincidence, my original plan was to go to the First Star Ruin.

He had previously heard from Yan Lingxue that there might be experts at the half-step Immortal Sovereign level hidden in the First Star Ruin. He had already planned to sneak in quietly, change his appearance, investigate in secret, and then deliver a thunderous strike.

Although the plan was very crude, it was his only way to come into contact with a half-step Immortal Sovereign at the moment.

It was all Hua Caiyu's fault for doing a global broadcast, causing most half-step Immortal Sovereigns to hide in their own worlds of laws, remaining highly vigilant.

At this time, the Scruffy Old Daoist spoke again, My Lord, you have only just devoured the providence of Dao Child Jietian. The effect of providence is subtle and gradual, not immediately apparent. This poor Daoist guesses that the reason the divination points to the Jietian Sect is definitely because, under the arrangement of providence, the Jietian Sect holds an opportunity that is destined to belong to Dao Child Jietian.

But now that you have acquired the providence, this arrangement is considered void. You can only continue to wait for the changes in destiny. Sooner or later, this opportunity will shift to you through various coincidences.

The current situation is that if you are unwilling to wait, the best method is to replace Dao Child Jietian, return to the Jietian Sect, and then accept the gift of destiny that originally belonged to Dao Child Jietian.

Demonic light flickered in Gu Qingfeng's eyes. He understood what the Scruffy Old Daoist meant. Originally, under the arrangement of destiny, it should have been Dao Child Jietian who opened the Eternal Era. But now that he had intercepted it, destiny needed to make new arrangements, and who knew how much time this process would take.

If he wanted to open the Eternal Era quickly, he would have to replace Dao Child Jietian and walk his path. That way, destiny would not need to make new arrangements.

Can I really smoothly obtain that opportunity belonging to Dao Child Jietian and open the Eternal Era? Gu Qingfeng asked.

The Scruffy Old Daoist nodded affirmatively. Of course. My Lord, you are now blessed with great providence. No matter what you do, it will be as if you have divine assistance. As long as you replace Dao Child Jietian and go to the Jietian Sect, you will definitely succeed.

You must know that destiny has never recognized Dao Child Jietian the person, but rather the providence upon him.

Hearing this, Gu Qingfeng pondered for a moment and finally decided to head to the Jietian Sect.

Because he was too lazy to wait. Heaven knew how long he would have to wait before the opportunity to open the Eternal Era arrived.

What if it took ten thousand years?

Rather than sitting back and waiting for success, it was better to take the initiative and strike. You can only win if you fight for it!

Of course, there was also a trivial reason. He had just learned from Dao Child Jietian's memories that he had an extremely beautiful master.

It was standard equipment for a protagonist, basic operations.

What Gu Qingfeng had his eyes on was definitely not the other party's beauty. The main thing was that this master was suspected to be a half-step Immortal Sovereign level expert.

For such an expert, he felt it was necessary to take action personally and test their depth.

Therefore, demonic light flashed on Gu Qingfeng's body, and with a shake, he transformed into the appearance of Dao Child Jietian.

He also took out Dao Child Jietian's Qiankun Ring and wore it on his hand, along with the ancient Immortal King weapon, the Kunwu Sword.

With this whole setup, no one would suspect he was a fake.

The same appearance, the same items, the same providence, and even the memories. If this wasn't Dao Child Jietian, who else could it be?

Let alone a half-step Immortal Sovereign, even an Immortal Sovereign face-to-face would absolutely not be able to recognize him.

Demons were ever-changing and best at bewitching people's hearts. These were all basic operations.

As for the issue of cultivation techniques?

That was even simpler. Dao Child Jietian's entire cultivation had long been devoured by him. Now, it was just a matter of displaying it again.

The only place where a flaw might appear was his cultivation realm.

Dao Child Jietian was a Quasi-Immortal King, while Gu Qingfeng was an Immortal King. Although one's realm could be disguised, it could not be ruled out that an ancient great sect like the Jietian Sect had some investigative methods.

But Gu Qingfeng had already thought of a countermeasure and did not plan to hide his cultivation base at all.

He would just say that on his way back to the sect, a giant green-scaled python suddenly darted out from the River of Laws and swallowed him into its stomach. Then, he obtained an opportunity inside its stomach and killed the giant green-scaled python from the inside.

Relying on the law-infused flesh and blood of the giant green-scaled python, his cultivation base advanced to the next level. He incidentally passed the Immortal King tribulation and became an Immortal King.

This fabricated lie was basically the truth!

Anyway, a Child of Destiny encountering danger while out and about, and then breaking through a major realm, wasn't this perfectly justified?