Volume 1, Chapter 51: Gu Tianjiao, I was wrong, I was truly wrong!-Reencarnei como vilã, só quero ficar de boa, mas minha família é poderosa demais(Espere por mim com uma tigela de mingau.)

"Transmit my decree!" Ancestor Wen proclaimed solemnly, his voice echoing through the void. "From this day forth, any member of the Gu family whose cultivation has not yet reached the Immortal Realm must meditate on the 'Dao of Nest-Padding' for three hours every day! This is the supreme decree of our Primordial Ancestor, and there shall be no deviation!"

Within the shimmering projection screen, Uncle Fu had already received the order. Without a single word of complaint, he picked up the glittering doghouse, carefully retrieved the Seal of the Myriad Realms' Heart, and truly placed it right beneath the doghouse, positioning the structure snugly back over it.

Having finished this, Uncle Fu even gave it a couple of gentle taps with his foot to ensure it was properly stabilized and would not cause any discomfort to Lord Xiao Hei.

Gu Changsheng nodded with satisfaction. "Ah, that looks much more pleasing to the eye."

Inside the ancestral hall, all the senior ancestors looked upon this scene and collectively bowed deeply, very deeply, toward the projection.

"We shall strictly obey the teachings of the Primordial Ancestor!"

Within the ancestral hall of the Gu family, those dozen towering figures remained bowed before the projection for a long, long time, unable to straighten up.

Ancestor Wen's profound and thunderous interpretation of the "Dao of Nest-Padding" struck like a lightning bolt, shattering the mindset they had solidified over countless epochs. They were the bedrock of the universe, the arbiters of order, accustomed to viewing everything through the lens of power, rules, and cause and effect. Yet, the Primordial Ancestor had taught them a vivid lesson in the simplest, most brutal, and arguably most "humiliating" way possible.

The culmination of supreme authority is letting go.
The ultimate pinnacle of invincibility is effortless inaction.

Placing the Seal of the Myriad Realms' Heart beneath a doghouse was not an insult; it was an enlightenment! It was a warning to them, his descendants, not to be shackled by so-called authority and status. The Dao is ubiquitous, present even in the humblest and most inconspicuous places.

"We... have been enlightened." Martial Ancestor's fiery divine will was now as docile as a sheep, filled with heartfelt awe and shame. Previously, he had eagerly anticipated the Primordial Ancestor taking up the Heart Seal to command the myriad realms and restore the cosmos. Thinking about it now, how shallow and ridiculous he had been! How could the realm of the Primordial Ancestor ever be something they could fathom?

"Hear the decree of the Primordial Ancestor," Ancestor Wen's solemn divine will resounded once more. "The 'Dao of Nest-Padding' is hereby designated as the foremost core heritage of the Gu family. All core disciples of the Gu family, regardless of where they may be, must practice quiet meditation upon it daily. Anyone who shows disrespect shall have their cultivation crippled and be expelled from the main bloodline!"

This command traversed space, time, and causality, instantly transmitting into the mind of every single core member of the Gu family.

Above the Nine Heavens, within a forbidden zone shrouded in chaotic Qi, a Gu family youth clad in golden armor and radiating an overbearing, tyrannical aura was currently stepping upon the skull of the master of this forbidden zone. The master of the forbidden zone was an Archaic Dragon Turtle that had lived for over a hundred epochs; its turtle shell was now completely shattered, and its dragon soul wailed, yet it dared not offer the slightest resistance.

"Gu Tianjiao, I was wrong! I was truly wrong! I should never have coveted your Gu family's 'Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Pool.' I am willing to offer all my collections, if only you will spare my life!"

The youth known as Gu Tianjiao wore a cruel smile at the corner of his lips, preparing to crush the creature utterly with a single stomp. Suddenly, however, the decree from the ancestral hall echoed in his mind.

"Meditate on... the Dao of Nest-Padding?"

Gu Tianjiao's expression froze instantly.

He stood rooted to the spot, repeatedly verifying the information in his mind, wondering if his cultivation had produced a mental demon.

Padding a nest? The kind of padding used for a dog's kennel?

What kind of absurd command was this? Which ancestor had suffered a deviation in their cultivation?

He, Gu Tianjiao, one of the most brilliant prodigies of the current Gu family generation, had campaigned across the heavens, defeating countless foes, his hands stained with the blood of gods and demons. And now, the family's highest directive was actually telling him to meditate on a... Dao? Named "Nest-Padding"?

"Lord... Gu Tianjiao?" The Archaic Dragon Turtle beneath his feet felt the lethal pressure ease up and asked cautiously.

Gu Tianjiao snapped back to his senses, his gaze turning incomparably complex. He glanced at the forbidden zone master beneath his feet and suddenly felt a sense of utter listlessness. Even the family's highest directive had become so... returning to true simplicity and nature. Was he himself still here fighting and killing, pursuing so-called fame and battle records, also falling into a lower tier?

At the edge of the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons.

A Gu family maiden with a ponytail and a body bathed in blood had just torn a chaotic demon god, comparable to an Immortal King, into two halves. She was about to extract the demon god's origin core as a trophy when the decree of the ancestral hall descended.

"The Dao of Nest-Padding..."

The maiden blinked her large, beautiful eyes, her face filled with question marks.

She looked down at her hands, which were covered in the demon god's viscous fluids, and then looked up at the demon abyss she had just blasted open. Try as she might, she could not connect the words "nest-padding" with the supreme combat path she pursued.

Similar scenes were playing out simultaneously in every corner of the myriad realms.

Some were experiencing imperial life in mortal dynasties, some were fishing for the future within the river of time, and others were racing against void creatures in the crevices of dimensions... Every Gu family core member who received the decree reacted initially with shock and incomprehension.

Yet immediately afterward, they thought of the source of this decree—the ancestral hall.

That was the supreme sanctuary of the Gu family, where every command represented the ultimate will of the clan.

Incomprehension only arose because one's own realm was insufficient.
Absurdity only seemed so because one's own vision was too narrow.

This must be a trial imbued with supreme truth!

For a time, the entire Gu family—from the elders above the Nine Heavens to the disciples scattered across the myriad realms—fell into a peculiar atmosphere. They began to put aside everything at hand, whether it was battle, cultivation, or pleasure, and plunged into deep contemplation.

"Padding" meant suppression, the foundation.
"Nest" meant a destination, a haven.
Did "nest-padding" imply suppressing one's own heart and seeking the origin of one's homecoming?

Some overconfident clan members began to sit cross-legged in meditation, attempting to suppress their own divine souls. As a result, not long after, they suffered damage to their Dao hearts from exerting too much force and vomited blood.

Other imaginative clan members decided the "nest" was the key, and began scouring the world for the lairs of various divine beasts, attempting to comprehend the Dao from them. Consequently, one of them broke into a phoenix's nest and was pursued across thirty million miles by an enraged mother phoenix.

As for the youth known as Gu Tianjiao, after a brief period of bewilderment, his gaze turned firm once more. He did not bother meditating on obscure and mysterious principles; instead, he returned directly to his own grotto-heaven, found a guardian divine hound he had raised for tens of thousands of years, and then... retrieved from his treasury a top-tier defensive supreme treasure he had just plundered—the "Dragon Turtle Heart Shield," condensed from the lifelong essence of an Archaic Dragon Turtle.

Then, under the dumbfounded gaze of the guardian hound, Gu Tianjiao personally shoved the precious shield, capable of withstanding the full-force strike of an Immortal King, right beneath its doghouse.

"Boom!"

The moment the precious shield was firmly wedged into place, Gu Tianjiao felt a roaring in his mind, as if a brand-new door had swung open before him.

He understood!

It turned out that the true "Dao of Nest-Padding" was not about thinking, but about doing! It was about letting go! It was about detachment! It was taking something you regarded as a supreme treasure and using it indifferently in the most humble of places! This was a tempering of one's state of mind!

In an instant, the bottleneck that had trapped him for tens of thousands of years actually showed a trace of loosening!

Gu Tianjiao's "sudden enlightenment" was like a pebble thrown into a lake, instantly creating a massive uproar among all members of the Gu family.

So that was it! This was the true meaning!

Thus, a fierce and enthusiastic "competitive nest-padding" craze, sweeping across the entire Gu family, was grandly launched.

"Have you heard? Elder Gu Ming of the Southern Firmament Star Domain took his 'God-Slaying Sword' and used it to pad the nest for his pet crane! They say he attained enlightenment right on the spot!"