Xiuxian: When you do things to the extreme

Chapter 726 Revealed
Time flies, a thousand years in the present world, ten thousand years in dreams.

Thirty thousand years later, in the realm of earthly immortals.

The Eastern Continent of Divine Victory, the Celestial Court of the Nine Heavens.

In the Thai Royal Palace, Xu Yang waved his whisk, and the celestial light of Taiqing flowed, removing the many seals and revealing a pagoda.

The tower has nine stories, each with its own set of shackles, and the upper and lower levels are arranged in a formation that harmonizes the principles of Yin and Yang, creating a majestic and mysterious force that embodies the essence of heaven and earth.

Even so, the nine-story pagoda was still covered with cracks, and wisps of demonic energy oozed out from it. After the Taiqing Immortal Light was unsealed, it even showed signs of solidifying and taking shape.

"Daoist!"

"Emperor!"

Seeing this, the immortals behind were also tense. The true immortals who came from the academy, such as Fengming, couldn't help but speak up, wanting to dissuade them, but they didn't know how to say it.

"Everyone should do their job; there's no need to worry!"

Xu Yang didn't turn around. He left a sentence and then waved his whisk. A beam of immortal light shot out and broke through the shackles that sealed the pagoda's entrance.

"boom!!!"

The shackles shattered, the door opened, and the interior was plunged into darkness, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face. Only demonic energy surged forth, momentarily taking shape, but it was suppressed by the celestial light of Taiqing. It could only bar its fangs and claws, unable to escape its prison.

Xu Yang remained silent, took a step forward, and entered. Then, he saw the Tai Chi symbol twist and turn, forming a seal that closed the door once more.

"Daoist!"

Seeing this, the immortals were even more worried, but there was nothing they could do. They could only suppress their worries, return to their formations, and await the final outcome.

Tens of thousands of years have passed, and many people and things are no longer the same.

The Immortal Realm is no exception. Under the management and chain-driven development of the Myriad Paths Academy, things are developing rapidly, if not earth-shattering, and the True Immortals present here at this moment are proof of this.

In the original Earthly Immortal Realm, the eight major lineages of immortals, Buddhas, demons, dragons, phoenixes, gods, and ghosts combined numbered only sixteen True Immortals.

Now, the number of True Immortals in this Thai Royal Palace has exceeded fifty, coming from various lineages of the four continents of Earthly Immortals.

On the Eastern Heavenly Court side, in addition to the original Four Auxiliary Emperors, there are also five True Immortals, including the Jade Emperor Heavenly Venerable Xuanqiong, the Jade Pool Palace Master Yaoji, and the Six Yang Ancestor.

In Xiniu Hezhou, there are also four great Bodhisattvas of great wisdom, virtue, compassion, and mercy, standing behind the two deities of Buddhism.

Finally, the Fengdu Underworld, the Dragon Palace of the Four Seas, and some of the Daoist lineages of the Four Earthly Immortal Continents also gained one or two True Immortals.

But none of this compares to the Southern Continent, where nearly thirty True Immortals, including Fengming, the Myriad Dao True Immortals, Ziyang Zhenren, Chun Jun Jianjun, Dapeng Tianwang, and Mudan Xianzi, are also present, making up more than half of the total.

This shows that the transformation of the Earth Immortal also has the fruits of the academy governing the world and the transmission of the Dharma through all paths.

These dozens of True Immortals are now gathered in the Thai Royal Palace, standing in positions around the cracked Xuanhuang Pagoda, forming a formation with the millions of Void Immortals outside the Thai Royal Palace.

The Myriad Paths and Myriad Immortals Formation!
Ten thousand immortals formed an array, fiercely defending against attacks.

Looking inside the tower...

"call!!!"

Xu Yang strode in, his celestial light shining brightly, causing the darkness to recede like a tide.

The demonic energy surged and then receded, revealing a single figure sitting in a Tai Chi Bagua formation.

He was a middle-aged man, dressed simply in white, with an unremarkable appearance, but possessing a certain air of authority that suggested his former status.

It was none other than the former ruler of the Eastern Heavenly Court—the Heavenly Venerable Taihuang!
But that's all in the past.

He is now...

Xu Yang stepped forward and opened his eyes. Their gazes met, both of them calm, as if they had expected this.

"Your Majesty!"

He remained seated, only raising his head to gaze at Xu Yang, and uttered the startling words: "You're back?"

Xu Yang remained unmoved by these words, calmly stepping forward and sitting cross-legged opposite him: "I've arrived!"

The words were calm, and the response was direct and unambiguous, both indicating a stance and a counterattack.

"what!"

These words caused the Thai Emperor—no, it should be said that the Primordial Demon King—to burst into laughter: "I knew back then that you had more than one backup plan, and now it seems that's indeed the case!"

There was a hidden meaning in his words.

However, Xu Yang remained unmoved, completely ignoring these words of veiled malice. Holding his whisk, he spoke calmly: "Over the years, I have traveled throughout the Immortal Realm, exploring the past and present, seeking the Dao from Heaven, and finally clarifying everything. I have come here today to eliminate the root of the disaster. If you only have this much skill in words, then you are likely doomed this time!"

"Oh?"

The Primordial Demon smiled, his tone suddenly changing to a chilling sneer, "Then I shall hear what you have sorted out?"

"The Realm of Earthly Immortals was originally called the Demon Realm. Within this realm dwells a demon who was conceived before Heaven and Earth and born after them—you, the Primordial Heavenly Demon!"

Xu Yang, holding a whisk, spoke calmly: "The ancestor of the Dao, who led the immortals to ascend, suppressed you and used the Dao to transform the demon, thus creating the current realm of Earthly Immortals." His words were calm, revealing the other party's origins—he was actually the ancestor of Earthly Immortals!

The Primordial Demon remained unmoved: "Since you know the reason for this, you should know who is right and who is wrong. Back then, we were both rulers of the same realm, and we kept to ourselves. But he suddenly came, invaded my territory, seized my foundation, destroyed my achievements, and committed the most outrageous acts of robbery. How dare he call himself righteous?"

"And you, my successors, come here today to claim you're eliminating the root of the trouble. Who is the demon, and who is the scourge? Is this kind of distortion of the truth what you call the righteous path?"

His words were sharp and cutting, like a sword piercing the heart!
"Those who kill will always be killed!"

Xu Yang's expression remained unchanged: "How is it not righteous to slay demons and eliminate evil? This is the cycle of heaven and the law of cause and effect."

The original body in this world has already attained the Dao as an Earth Immortal, not to mention the avatars in various realms whose time flow is ten or a hundred times faster, who have long since stepped into the ultimate realm of Earth Immortals.

In the world of Daoist magic, after achieving the status of an Earth Immortal, Xu Yang began to study the fruit of cultivating truth through falsehood left behind by the Supreme Dao Ancestor, and to explore the secrets of the disappearance of the ancient immortals and gods in the Earth Immortal Realm and the mysteries left behind by the Tongtian Secret Realm.

To this end, he not only traveled throughout the Immortal Realm, but also roamed the chaotic void, exploring the surrounding realms and searching for relevant clues.

Persistence pays off. After tens of thousands of years, he finally found the answer and figured out the cause and effect.

It turns out that this Earthly Immortal Realm was not originally the Earthly Immortal Realm. Its predecessor, like the Desire Realm where Mara Bodhidharma resided, was a demonic world, and its demon lord was the Primordial Heavenly Demon.

As rulers of the same demonic realm, the Primordial Heavenly Demon and Mara Bo Xun share a similar style of doing things, often launching military campaigns to invade other realms in order to strengthen the power of the demonic path.

But the hunter who hunts geese will eventually be hunted himself; the ever-expanding Primordial Demon Realm eventually came into contact with the world of Taoism.

Although he withdrew immediately upon contact, and stopped his attack once he realized that the other party was a vast world where Golden Immortals might exist, this did not change anything.

The Supreme Dao Ancestor of the Daoist world was not a good-tempered character either. He immediately retaliated and eventually crossed over to suppress him with the power of a Golden Immortal.

But for some unknown reason, the world of Daoist magic was damaged in that great war, the primordial spirits fell silent, and heaven and earth declined.

For some unknown reason, the Supreme Dao Ancestor, who was a Golden Immortal, did not choose to repair the Daoist world. Instead, he led the immortals to ascend and transformed the Primordial Demon Realm into the Earthly Immortal Realm, making it the second world for the inheritance of Daoist teachings.

After that, the Supreme Dao Ancestor ascended to heaven, and the Three Pure Ones returned to one and went to the Great Luo Realm, causing a gap to appear in the Earthly Immortal Realm, from which the Primordial Heavenly Demon was reborn.

There was no other way. Although the Supreme Dao Ancestor was a Golden Immortal, as a "half-innate" deity like Mara Bo Xun, the Primordial Heavenly Demon also held the opportunity to become a Golden Immortal. Although he was no match for the Supreme Dao Ancestor, he could preserve a sliver of life for him without being noticed.

Therefore, after the departure of the Supreme Dao Ancestor, he was resurrected like a centipede that never dies.

Although only a remnant soul was resurrected and could not be restored to the original near-Golden Immortal Demon Lord, it was enough for him to cause chaos.

With the opportunity of becoming a Golden Immortal and various demonic methods, he began to mutate the Taoist immortals and gods remaining in the Earthly Immortal Realm, preparing to transform from Tao to demon and return to the Beginning Realm.

However, even the immortals and gods were not easily fooled. After a certain point, they became aware of his actions. The Supreme Dao Ancestor also foresaw this and specially left him a backup plan.

The final result was a great war between immortals and demons, which engulfed the entire Earthly Immortal Realm. In the end, everything was destroyed, all the ancient immortals and gods were wiped out, and the resurrected Primordial Heavenly Demon also died once again. Even the Golden Immortal Realm was destroyed, leaving only a trace of demonic energy, which remained entangled in the battlefield between immortals and demons.

This is the root cause of the "civilization gap" in the Immortal Realm.

That great war between immortals and demons shook the entire Earthly Immortal Realm. In particular, the clash of the two great powers of Golden Immortals nearly wiped out all living beings in the Earthly Immortal Realm, and the world declined as a result, entering a period of annihilation similar to that of the Daoist world.

But the world is still the world. After an extremely long period of time, the primordial spirits of heaven and earth began to gradually recover, and new life gradually emerged in the world, which became the current Earthly Immortal Realm.

This is the result of Xu Yang's travels to all the immortals and realms, exploring the past and present. There may be some minor errors in the details, but the general direction should be correct.

So he came, to nip the problem in the bud!
Even a centipede, though dead, does not fall down; how much more so these innate deities who hold the key to becoming Golden Immortals?
Xu Yang has a deep understanding of this, because the main troubles he and his group are currently facing are caused by these stubborn guys who are still alive but not dead.

In the present world, there is a supreme ruler of the Underworld Cult.

In the realm of celestial beings, there lived a Primordial Heavenly Demon.

On the other side of the Blue Star Realm, there is also a remnant soul of Mara, who was combined with the Trinity of the Brahma God, and the Mara Demon Fruit.

One by one, they are all dead but not stiff, and some even have the chance to make a comeback!

Forced into a corner by them, Xu Yang had no choice but to choose the easiest target to exploit as a breakthrough point to change the entire situation.

So, who is the easiest target to squeeze?

The supreme ruler of the Underworld Cult in the present world?
No, no, in the real world, without the help of ten or a hundred times the speed of time flow to accumulate, even if Xu Yang can pacify the Six Forbidden Zones and kill the remnants of the Underworld Lord, he still cannot stop the Five Religion Masters and the Ten Celestial Immortals after the connection of heaven and earth.

That Mara of the Blue Star Realm?
That won't work either. Namo used the Golden Immortal Demon Fruit to mutate the Three Gods of the Brahma sect. These three deities, like the Three Pure Ones and Three Buddhas of the Xuanhuang Realm, are all semi-innate saints from the same source. Not only do they all have the strength of a peak Heavenly Immortal, but they also have the ultimate means of returning to their origin and unifying the three aspects, which transcends the limits of heaven.

Not to mention the Golden Immortal Demon Fruit of Mara, the Three-Phase God alone could have left Xu Yang battered and bruised.

Therefore, it can only be the Earthly Immortal Realm, and it can only be this Primordial Heavenly Demon.

Although he was also a primordial deity and possessed the potential to transcend the heavenly limits and become a Golden Immortal, he was first suppressed and destroyed by the Supreme Dao Ancestor, a true Golden Immortal. After a difficult resurrection, he fought a great battle against the Daoist immortals and gods, and was ultimately destroyed by the Supreme Dao Ancestor's contingency plan, resulting in mutual destruction of his Golden Immortal potential.

Having suffered two defeats, he has sustained irreparable damage, and his condition is probably even more miserable than that of the Supreme Being of the Underworld Cult who was banished from the Divine Land by the founders of the Five Religions.

Besides, the person he possessed was the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court. Although his name was prestigious, he was actually only a Human Immortal. Even with the addition of his remnant soul as the Demon Ancestor, he would not exceed the Earth Immortal realm.

Therefore, he is the easiest target, especially for Xu Yang. Because there is a time difference between the Earthly Immortal Realm and the real world, the accumulation of Daoist bodies is far more substantial than in the present world. Targeting him is much safer than fighting the Underworld Lord in the real world.

in this way……

(End of this chapter)