Fake Husband of the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 488: Discussing the Tao Again

"The Original World" is too tough to survive in.

This was the feedback from every Nascent Soul Cultivator who had entered.

Yet, these individuals seemed to revel in exploring it,

even after they were sent back following various crises.

Still, nothing could deter their fascination with "The Original World."

They could endure darkness, but only if you didn’t let them see the light!

Once they witnessed the power of the formidable cultivators of the Ninth Layer Heaven in the bizarre "Original World," they aspired to reach that level of strength themselves.

Thus, the obstacles in their path did nothing to extinguish their enthusiasm.

Gu Feng also believed that the early hardship for these cultivator players was due to their scarcity, which left them isolated and struggling to level up by battling.

Therefore, he decided to accelerate the number of Nascent Soul cultivators, as well as to optimize his subsequent operation model.

The "Nascent Soul Stage" was the only realm he could mass upgrade mortals to.

Just as the substances that existed in the universe and the Cultivation World needed time to evolve,

so too did the cultivators.

Although Gu Feng possessed the power of the creator, he could only enhance a mere mortal to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Not that he didn’t wish to; it was simply that the mortal physique and bloodline could only assimilate up to the Nascent Soul realm at most!

Moreover, most mortals weren’t guaranteed to successfully complete their Infant Binding, with a significant risk of exploding and dying!

Imagine a normal person undergoing Core Formation, then nurturing a Daoist Infant to become a Fourth Dimension being. This process was tantamount to altering a human’s genes and forcing them through Dimension Ascension.

Even that "God" expressed fear that Gu Feng might not be able to assimilate the personalities of those above the Nascent Soul Stage, which is why they only dared to use the personalities of Nascent Soul cultivators for Gu Feng to amalgamate.

Even then, Gu Feng nearly didn’t recover.

That was why, when he had Lin Yue and the three Offerants take the Nascent Soul Pill, he personally acted as a protector—that was the issue.

And once they became Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, Gu Feng was even less able to freely enhance their strength.

A nascent soul was like a Daoist Infant being born; from that point on, you could only slowly nurture this child like a father.

The best Gu Feng could do was to tilt resources in their favor, piling them up as accelerators to quicken their growth cycle.

This was also why he preserved "The Original World."

For it possessed an ecological upgrade system capable of advancing to the "Supreme" strength of the Thirty-fourth Layer Heaven.

All Gu Feng needed to do was send people in, let them quickly transition, and then transfer the resources of "The Original World" to the Earthly plane!

In simple terms, the help Gu Feng provided these players in "The Original World" included:

One, turning mortals into Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, starting them as entry-level players, and sending them to "The Original World" to self-transition and level up.

Two, he could create elixirs for every major stage breakthrough, but from the early to late stages of each major threshold, the players would have to rely on their own resources and time to accumulate.

Three, using his formidable creator abilities, he could produce any other item besides direct experience transfer to level up the players.

For instance, he could launch a "Prop Store," allowing players to experience a smoother and quicker transfer of resources from "The Original World" to the real plane!

In this store, all the assistance Gu Feng provided to Lin Yue could be turned into items for the "players" to purchase.

And the currency for purchasing would be set as the Spirit Stones from "The Original World."

This was also a way to encourage and stimulate the players to frantically scavenge for Spirit Stones and Spiritual Energy resources in "The Original World."

For this optimization, Gu Feng set the transmission point of all the Star System Lords of the entire universe to a remote corner of a Fourth Grade Cultivation Country.

In other words, from now on, all Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators who ascended to be Lords, regardless of where their domains were, would be collectively transmitted to one area upon their first entry into "The Original World."

Essentially, a Newbie Village.

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In order to expedite progress, Gu Feng summoned Roger, the president of the Elixir Guild, along with the vice president Zhao Rui.

As well as Sobor, the president of the Artifact Refiners, and Pier, the Alchemy Guild’s president.

The three, upon hearing the message from the Taoist Ancestor, were as though injected with vigour.

They couldn’t contain their excitement.

They remembered the last time the Taoist Ancestor summoned the Array Masters’ guild members to discuss the Dao; directly after half a month, hundreds of Late-stage Core Formation and four Ascended Nascent Souls were born!

If the Taoist Ancestor had summoned them before, the trio would have certainly spent half a day reviewing everything they had done in their lives, fearing a reprimand from the teacher.

But also summoning the students of their three major guilds?

Without question, this must be good news!

As such, the four notified spent the night wide awake in excitement, not even entertaining the thought of sleep.

Especially Pier Dan, the Alchemy Guild’s president.

The latest to advance to the presidency of the Alchemy Guild, he was automatically selected by activating the assessment mechanism set by the Taoist Ancestor, announced globally by his golden words flashing across screens.

This was the first time the Taoist Ancestor summoned him, and it would be his first time to have an audience with Gu Feng.

After receiving the message, Pier Dan put aside all his orders, flying directly from the guild headquarters to Shencheng City, where he spent the night in a hotel.

The next morning, their exclusive vehicles were all spotted on the main road to the Gu Mansion Garden.

After passing the security check at the Villa Garden, they arrived at Gu Feng’s checkpoint and all stepped out.

They walked on foot into the grand avenue leading to Gu Mansion.

All chatting and laughing amongst themselves.

Only Pier Dan was somewhat nervous, "Brother Roger, what kind of person is the teacher? Is he usually stern?"

Roger laughed, "It depends. If you’ve made a mistake, then he’s very strict."

Pier Dan asked cautiously, "Do you brothers know why the teacher has called us here this time?"

Roger, Zhao Rui, and Sobor all shook their heads, "We don’t dare speculate on the Taoist Ancestor’s intentions."

Guard Wang had already been waiting for them at the entrance for a long time.

As the four arrived, he led them over.

And yet, they were oblivious to the fact that Gu Jinnian, bored during the vacation, had decided to visit the West he had once toured with his father.

He unlocked Wangcai’s lock, planning to ride Wangcai there,

because Wangcai, vested with the power of the Nascent Soul, was capable of Instant Teleportation.

This could largely avoid the other guards in the compound who were only at the Core Formation Stage.

But Gu Qingxue caught him in the act.

"Brother! Take me with you," Gu Qingxue threatened, "Otherwise, I’ll go tell Dad."

Gu Jinnian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

"Come on then. But you have to behave and listen to your brother. Don’t run around when we get there, you hear? Otherwise, next time I won’t take you."

Gu Qingxue nodded excitedly and hurriedly trotted over.