Yi Tianxing was burning with curiosity over the fourth mysterious trait.
"The fourth mysterious trait—Disciple (门徒)!"
Ruyi took a deep breath before announcing it with great seriousness.
"Disciple?" Yi Tianxing echoed. The name stirred something instinctively in his mind—a figure, a presence—but it was clear this trait didn't refer to an actual person. Still, it was clearly related to Gates.
🔥 Fourth Mysterious Trait – Disciple (门徒)
Ruyi explained:
"The Disciple trait is extremely unique. At first, it has no power of its own. But if a specific lifeform is captured, devoured, and refined, it will generate a Gate based on that entity."
Examples:
Defeat and refine a Ghost Emperor → generate a Ghost Gate → it will spawn countless vengeful and fierce ghosts, and endless ghost soldiers. With faith power, it can multiply endlessly.
Defeat a God → generate a Divine Gate → it spawns a divine army.
Defeat an Asura → generate an Asura Gate → births endless Asura warriors.
Yi Tianxing was shocked. Despite his composure, he gasped audibly as realization struck.
This trait was heaven-defying.
Each Heaven Gate (天门) would become a source of limitless troops, representing not only a race or bloodline origin, but an entire combat system.
Fully developed, a single Heaven Gate could suppress an entire race or even a realm.These gates could be integrated into Xuanhuang Immortal City's defensive walls or serve as massive war engines, calling forth infinite armies to crush all resistance.
Yi Tianxing asked:
"Are there any restrictions?"
Ruyi answered:
"None, aside from the strength of the creature used to forge a gate. Ideally, it should be at least Dao Platform Realm or even Proving Dao Realm for maximum effectiveness. But there's no upper limit to how many gates the Disciple trait can create."
This was a power far superior to the Night Demon World's Demon Summoning Pools.
The Heaven Gates evolve over time, growing stronger and more efficient. With enough refinement, they could surpass all known summoning techniques.
Just one city—Xuanhuang Immortal City—could shake the ancient past and command the heavens.
Yi Tianxing nodded in satisfaction.
"Choosing the Mystic-type Eternal Ark was definitely the right decision. Its powers complement Xuanhuang City perfectly."
💠 Eternal God Furnace – The Core of the Eternal Ark
Ruyi continued:
"Now that Xuanhuang City has evolved, the entire city has been re-tempered by Eternal Divine Power.The walls are inscribed with a trace of the Eternal Dao—now even more indestructible, far more imposing than before."
At the heart of it all lay the Eternal God Furnace—the core component of the Eternal Ark.
Normally, forging this divine furnace required countless rare materials.But thanks to infinite faith power, it had been formed entirely from will and belief.
Because the ark was Mystic-type, it had no other Eternal Units, so this Eternal God Furnace absorbed and converted the Seven Emotions and Six Desires of heaven and earth into energy to power the city.
Yi Tianxing had already seen this:In the city's core space floated a blue divine furnace, absorbing the mysterious power of the void, especially emotional forces.
It was surrounded by four mysterious halos, representing the four mysterious traits:
Wujian – Seamless
Adaptation
Nightmare
Disciple
These rings rotated slowly, breathing divine energy into the furnace.
After observing a while longer, Yi Tianxing left the core and returned to the Imperial Palace.
🐉 The Growth of the Empire
Looking up, he saw a cloud of golden merit shrouding the entire city.
Within it, an azure six-clawed dragon—the embodiment of the dynastic fortune (气运真龙)—lay coiled.
Sensing Yi Tianxing's gaze, it playfully lifted its head in affection.
Over twenty years, the dragon had grown enormously, now spanning 5,000 zhang in length—its movements stirred the skies.
Though Yi Tianxing had spent two decades leading his troops through the God-Demon Battlefield, Great Yi had never stopped developing.
Population boomed
Civil stability increased
The Eternal Coins had become a recognized currency across many races
All this fed into the dynastic qi, which fueled the growth of the azure dragon.
"If the dynastic fortune reaches 10,000 zhang, we can ascend to become a Holy Court."
Yi Tianxing smiled.
The path to Empire was already halfway complete.
For other nations, this might have taken centuries or millennia, if it was even possible at all.
Qi wasn't permanent—it could rise or fall based on internal policies, the will of the people, wars, disasters.
Yi Tianxing still had Fortune Crystals from the God-Demon Treasury—but had chosen to hold them in reserve, waiting for the right time.
With a resounding roar, the six-clawed dragon circled him before disappearing back into the golden clouds.
🌌 Star-Seizing Tower – The Treasure Vault
Standing atop the Imperial Palace, watching the bustling city life below, Yi Tianxing felt truly content.
"It's worth it."
He whispered to himself.
All the battles and sacrifices were for this peace and prosperity. For the Human Race to never be enslaved again. For its rise to power.
With a single thought, he moved to the 14th Layer of the Myriad Treasure Realm, entering the Star-Seizing Tower.
Inside, it was like a miniature universe—starfields of treasures, each glowing sphere representing a magical item.
Some were rare divine artifacts.Others were ordinary—but even in the lowliest layer, true treasures could be hidden among the masses.
Upon entering, Yi Tianxing activated a spatial portal.
A torrent of treasures poured through—an endless flow like a river of wonders.
This was the accumulated loot from the God-Demon Battlefield:
Items exchanged at the Divine Treasury
Spoils of war from fallen enemies
Treasures taken from conquered Night Demon strongholds
Soul artifacts, battle gear, strange materials
Even the rare Blood Moon Tears—condensed from the blood moon's essence—had been gathered and tossed into the vault.
The tower automatically sorted treasures by value, storing the most ordinary on the first floor and the most precious higher up.Even the lowest level had a small chance to hold something incredible, like a World Artifact or Soul Weapon.
The tower was capable of drawing on stellar energy, refining and evolving its stored treasures.
As Yi Tianxing watched, new stars constantly formed, populating the treasure sky with increasing brilliance.
"Good. May our future geniuses find their fortunes here—transforming their fate through destiny."
Yi Tianxing smiled.
Hidden among the constellations were truly precious items—like evolution serums, stored here in abundance.