Born with immortal seed

Chapter 898 Dual Immortal Foundations, Future Sword

From the Foundation Establishment stage onwards, he gained enlightenment upon first seeing the Spring and Autumn Cicada, which led to the formation of the rudimentary theory of alchemy.

After passing through the three major stages of Core Formation, Nascent Soul Formation, and Spirit Transformation, he gradually perfected himself and thus clarified his own path in the lower realm.

It is truly rare for someone to remain steadfast on their path from the moment they enter the path to their union with the Buddha.

Few people can choose the most suitable and feasible path right from the start.

It's common to make changes as you go, sometimes even going in the opposite direction from the initial plan.

Reaching the Integration stage means that this cultivator's grotto-heaven can be moved into the real world, the Great Dao manifests, and the world can be changed to a limited extent.

If one cultivates the Fu Dao, the primordial energy within a radius of ten thousand miles will circulate, and the growth of spiritual beings will be completely altered according to the environment most suitable for Fu cultivation.

If one walks on the earth element, the earth element is abundant, the spiritual soil nourishes, and rare flowers and exotic plants will surely thrive.

Centered on Bai Zichen, it seems that the pause and rewind buttons are being pressed repeatedly, and more and more frequently.

In this context, discussing time is no longer necessary.

After several trips back and forth, the twelve Mountain and Sea Pearls had retreated along the path they had come from and were now beside Shao Yang.

Rippling water, shimmering light; pieces of jade sinking into the water.

As the water rose, the jade steps became altars, one after another.

Within the Shaohua Cave Heaven, the magnificent mountains and rivers, formed by the condensation of the true essence of time, all vaporize into specks of light, adding bricks and tiles to the landscape.

Once the altar reached its full height, progress visibly slowed down, and it could no longer evolve into a complete immortal foundation.

They could only watch as Shao Yang, unable to make any moves, revealed his ecstatic joy. Without a foundation of immortality, even if other aspects met the requirements, it couldn't be considered a true fusion.

Whether it's breaking through to a higher realm in the heat of battle or reuniting as one, it's all underestimating the insurmountable barrier of fusion, especially since it's the most unpredictable path of time.

Looking back, the hardships Shao Yang endured to gather the Creation Spiritual Objects and Primordial Qi are well worth recounting.

Just to choose an auspicious day, ten top-tier spiritual resources were sent out for fortune telling.

They also captured dozens of demon lords and sacrificed them all.

One must burn a hundred Immortal Herbs and over ten thousand Immortal Crystals to be considered a qualified candidate for the Ascension and Integration Ritual.

But this joy lasted only a few breaths before it came to an abrupt end. A long river of time surged out from the Shaohua Cave behind Bai Zichen and poured onto the altar.

The previously stagnant Immortal Foundation immediately regained its vitality, and its radiance grew ever brighter.

"At this point, whether or not one achieves immortality is no longer their concern; it's entirely up to fate..."

Shao Yang smiled bitterly without a sound. This feeling of life and death being entirely up to fate and not being in one's own hands was indeed unfamiliar to someone who had achieved a fusion.

……

"The river of time hidden in the Mirror of Three Lives! Could it be that I truly possess the Heavenly Emperor's secret weapon, the key to his return?"

A chill ran through Bai Zichen. No one wanted to become someone else's body to undergo tribulation, even if that person was very likely to be the strongest being in the Three Realms who would carry on the legacy of the past and usher in the future.

Who would have thought that a lifetime of arduous self-cultivation would ultimately be used to benefit others?

However, now is not the time to ponder this point. The River of Time hanging in the Shaohua Cave Heaven has completely made up for the effects of the Primordial Qi, and even surpassed them.

In a fleeting moment, yet also like an eternity, a magnificent jade sundial appeared on the altar, seemingly existing since time immemorial, sitting there unmoved.

Move the jade sundial!
The sea of ​​consciousness immediately synchronized the name of the immortal foundation, as well as the accompanying Great Dao divine power.

It can observe time, influence the trajectory of movement, and even move the jade sundial.

There is no limit to the number of times one can manipulate the jade sundial, but the amount of one's own essence consumed can only span a maximum of eight hundred years.

This time-manipulation ability perfectly replaces the past manipulation of time and is many times stronger.

This is precisely the key to establishing one's immortal foundation; one of the great Dao supernatural powers will be selected and sublimated to become the foundation for one's existence.

As one's cultivation level increases, the power of the Immortal Foundation gradually grows, with no upper limit.

When it comes to a desperate situation, one can still continuously activate it, which is far beyond the reach of ordinary Daoist supernatural powers.

As the jade sundial was completed, the world was cleansed, the cracks in the broken space were filled, and time began to move forward again, tick-tock.

"Is this it?"

Bai Zichen was somewhat stunned. The immortal foundation had come too suddenly, giving him a sense of unreality.

However, no power of creation descended, and the true essence within his body did not undergo any qualitative change.

Has the chasm between the two been crossed, or not?
At that very moment, countless grains of sand gathered together, forming a small seal that seemed to freeze the distant river of time.

There is another old lamp, deeply engraved in the real world and the void, silent and cold.

"Another immortal foundation has arrived, or should I choose one of two?"

The one on the left is called Hengsha Seal, which can leave an immortal mark in the long and boundless river of time. Even if one perishes, one can be reborn through the mark.

All those secret techniques for avoiding calamity and methods for reincarnation are so different that they cannot be compared.

And it cannot be stopped by any means; the immortal mark can remain at any point in the river of time.

Given enough time to fully gather his true spirit, another 'Bai Zichen' will naturally be born from the mark.

The one on the right is called the Night Light, a guiding light that illuminates the darkness.

This lamp shines brightly, ensuring you will never lose your way and will not suffer the calamity of passing away.

Not to mention other people's life-stealing techniques, even the lifespan that one has burned and overdrawn will be returned through the Ember Night Lamp, and the loss is negligible.

For example, he could use the True Azure Emperor Longevity Sword and the Heavenly Gate Fall, which he named himself, without any scruples.

In addition, the Ember Night Lamp points to the light of sunrise, but it is still in darkness, belonging to the end of time.

As the immortal foundation falls, those caught in it endure alternating days and nights, suffering countless hardships.

It directly destroys the source of one's power; the higher one's cultivation level, the more one fears this.

"I've never heard of someone obtaining two immortal foundations upon first merging with the body. What's the difference between this and someone who has formed two golden cores?"

To build a foundation for immortality is already an exhaustion of all resources; external forces are still needed to give it its last breath.

The simultaneous birth of two immortal foundations is unprecedented; even when the Taiyi True Immortal and the Heavenly Emperor attained enlightenment, such news did not circulate.

This once made Bai Zichen wonder if he was under a spell without realizing it.

However, the feedback from the void cannot be faked. The Shaohua Cave Heaven is rising continuously, and the great power from the extremely distant heavens is slowly descending, which is already a sign.

"You can only choose one of the two. If you encounter a Celestial Foundation again, you can only reach the Perfected Integration stage, the day when your Great Dao cultivation can no longer advance..."

The sheer volume of information flashed through Bai Zichen's mind in an instant; it was all divinely ordained.

Without much hesitation, the altar was already crumbling, and the seal and the lamp were fading into the distance.

He grasped the Night Lamp in his left hand and, together with the Jade Sundial, entered his body, converging all the light in the world into his body.

Rays of light shone accurately from the ground, from the void, and from the distant heavens.

The illusory river rose from behind him, flowing to infinite heights and summoning countless stars.

A few shimmering points of light, both dark and pure, appeared around Bai Zichen, then coalesced into a mixture of black and white.

With the foundations of the two immortals complete and their bodies merging with the light and time, the great power of heaven and earth descended, thus achieving union.

He drew out the Purple Star Thunder Sword and met the dripping silver frost with it. The flying sword shimmered with spiritual light, undergoing a qualitative change from the inside out.

Originally, the extra power of heaven and earth from the combined advancement could only guarantee one sixth-order flying sword.

However, with the awakening of the Dao Foundation Sacred Treasure, the natal flying sword that can break through at the same time can be on par with one's own realm, and that is the seventh-order flying sword.

Of all the flying swords at hand, the Purple Star Thunder Sword has been with me the longest, so there's no need to overthink it.

Bai Zichen opened and closed his eyes, locking onto the stunned and numb Shao Yang. He attached his seventh-order flying sword to the two immortal foundations, determined to kill him.

In fact, he initially preferred the Hengsha Seal to the Jinye Lamp.

From the perspective of the power of the Immortal Foundation and long-term considerations, the Hengsha Seal is more prominent.

With this immortal foundation, one will no longer fear unexpected death or premature demise.

To be reborn from the imprints of the river of time—how defying fate! Compared to others, it's like having an extra life.

However, in the current direction of destroying Shao Yang's soul and body, Jin Ye Deng has a greater advantage.

Regardless of their irreconcilable enmity or the fact that Shao Yang witnessed his entire process of advancing to the Fusion stage, this person should not be allowed to leave Rotten Ke Mountain alive.

Even a wisp of a remnant soul or a fragment of a spirit cannot escape this place, nor can they be allowed to make a comeback.

The advancement to the Fusion Realm happened much earlier than Bai Zichen had anticipated, resulting in many arrangements not being fully considered.

Once this matter is settled, even if it wasn't part of the original plan, it will definitely attract the attention of all the forces in the Immortal Realm. It's no longer possible to continue developing in a lowly, disguised manner.

A whole host of predictable and unpredictable troubles are bound to come.

First, eliminate Shao Yang, who has become an irreconcilable enemy, to avoid having to constantly guard against a Nascent Soul cultivator who will stop at nothing to take revenge on you in the future.

It's a long story. The Ziwei Xuanlei Sword has emerged from the power of creation, its darkness turning back to light, and its lightning light disappearing into nothingness.

Holding it in your hand is like grasping a pure sword intent; every sword light you wield is imbued with sword intent, which is equivalent to cultivating a Great Dao at the Integration level.

This is the essential difference between a seventh-tier flying sword and a sixth-tier flying sword. It is not a matter of the quality of the sword or the strength of its killing power, but rather the depth of the application of the Great Dao.

Under Shao Yang's horrified gaze, Bai Zichen swung his sword, but there was no brilliance or ripples in his movements; it seemed to be just a beginner's playful swordplay.

Shao Yang was still terrified. This person could seriously injure him even at the Refining Void Realm, let alone at the Integration Realm.

He also realized that this person could not possibly be Lü Zhengyang.

This promotion, with the simultaneous appearance of two Immortal Foundations, is something that Lü Zhengyang could never achieve.

If one possessed such skill, they wouldn't have been defeated during their combined form.

The elder of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion back then was of high seniority and had a long history, but in terms of strength, he was far from being top-tier.

The sword strike that was like that of a ghost or god was raised to the level of the Integration Realm. Who could withstand the late stage of the Integration Realm and below? This person had resisted himself under the blessing of the Three Sovereigns' Crown of Merit with the Refinement Realm.

No one knew who this big shot was, hiding his identity in Wulonghai, but he unwittingly bumped into him.

Shao Yang's clothes fluttered, and a few wisps of spring breeze seemed to carry something away.

The Immortal Foundation is touched by the spring breeze!
They excel at escaping, completely merging into nature, becoming any wisp of spring breeze in the world.

If you can subdue and refine the spring breeze in one place, can you also control the winds that rise in other places? As long as you give up your physical body and your magic treasures, you can reassemble your body millions of miles away.

Aside from the overwhelming power of the superior Dao, the only way to completely crush Shao Yang was to teleport down after he reassembled and strike again to kill him.

After several such cycles, once Shao Yang's life force is exhausted, he will face certain death.

No matter how strong Bai Zichen's combat power is, he is still a newcomer to the Fusion stage, so it is not easy for him to achieve this.

Shao Yang felt that there was still hope for survival because of this.

But the relief deep in his eyes hadn't faded yet when his body stiffened, and the spring breeze in his sleeve rushed around aimlessly without any sense of direction.

A charred black mark appeared on his chest, and his star-patterned robe was torn with several large holes. Several dim lightning bolts flickered, obliterating the flesh and blood wherever they passed.

In the blink of an eye, a third of his chest was gone.

This wasn't the most fatal thing for a Nascent Soul cultivator; his eyes flickered between pitch black and pure white, and his aura plummeted.

When he opened his eyes, he was barely breathing and had lost all ability to move.

On every level, physical and spiritual, he was no different from a mortal awaiting death, his eyes filled with fear.

Because Shao Yang could sense that this was the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man, which was the most feared by cultivators at the Integration Stage. Their source was depleted, and they had no chance of even being reincarnated.

"Why? Who are you? How...how did you do that...?"

The annihilating lightning on his chest spread down to his throat, making it very difficult for Shao Yang to speak; it was like a leaky blower making a whooshing sound.

"My name is Bai Zichen. Today, I unite with time and bestow the Jade Dew of Longevity, thus ushering in the great prosperity of the Sword Dao and spreading the Sword Technique throughout the world."

Bai Zichen spoke softly, and the strange phenomena around him gradually faded away, leaving only the Shaohua Cave Heaven still undergoing dramatic changes.

Mountains rise higher, rivers change course, inspiration is sublimated, and the sun, moon, and stars hang in the sky.

Every aspect is transforming into a complete world.

The strange phenomena at sea receded, the sea roared, countless sea beasts leaped out of the water, and flocks of birds lingered outside Rotten Axe Mountain, all congratulating the newly born fusion.

"Bai Zichen, I've never heard of him..."

Shao Yang coughed violently twice, and the lightning struck his face, completely obliterating the last remnant of his body.

Just as the strange phenomenon celebrating the newly formed union subsided, a light drizzle began to fall again in Wulonghai, accompanied by a gentle spring breeze.

One by one, stars inexplicably fell from the sky, creating a spectacular sight of starfall as rain.

Most of the Six Blessings Immortal Realm sensed the news of the demise of a combined-level cultivator immediately.

"They didn't even bring a single good magic weapon with them. It seems they had a backup plan. But I didn't expect the immortal foundation I built after merging with time to be so powerful, severing all thoughts..."

Bai Zichen reached out and grabbed the twelve Mountain and Sea Pearls that were flying around like headless flies, and threw them into Shaohua Cave, which perfectly decorated the still somewhat blank sky.

The Mountain and Sea Pearl had been refined by Shao Yang for many years. Its original form was a star, and its size could be adjusted at will. It was just right to fill the newly formed Shao Hua Cave Heaven.

If he were to start from scratch, it would take him at least tens of thousands of years to achieve the same effect.

The moment the Purple Star Thunder Sword received the power of creation and was promoted to the seventh rank, he activated the Jade Shifting Sundial.

Instead of moving forward, he looked back and drew his sword at Shao Yang, who was eight hundred years in the future.

The reason is simple: eight hundred years ago, Shao Yang had not yet completed the Three Sovereigns' Union Crown, and was still at his peak.

Eight hundred years from now, given his current injuries, his condition will only worsen day by day.

As expected, eight hundred years later, although Shao Yang used a secret technique to keep the cultivator at the Integration Realm, he simply did not possess the corresponding strength.

He activated the seventh-tier flying sword of the Jade Dial and swung it towards the future, then activated the Night Lamp to plunge it into day and night. This double insurance would be difficult to deal with, let alone a seriously injured Shao Yang, even a fully healthy mid-stage Fusion cultivator would have a hard time.

Back in the present, Shao Yang was completely powerless to stop the injuries that were reflected back from the future.

A powerful being at the Integration Realm died in a daze, still wondering until his death which ancient giant Bai Zichen was originally named.

(End of this chapter)