Born with immortal seed

Chapter 905 Repaying Karma
"Your Excellency, no, your presence is an honor to my humble abode. That treasure was escorted by my elders and is not in my possession..."

The purple-eyed cultivator's hands trembled, spilling the spiritual wine from his cup. Gone was his former eloquence, his profound discussions and philosophical inquiries.

The restrictions in the Ascension Tower are not particularly sophisticated; even a Nascent Soul cultivator could forcibly break in. It mainly serves as an early warning system.

It is already quite terrifying that it could be done so silently, without being detected by the two people's consciousness.

What frightened the purple-eyed cultivator the most was that this person had been there for an unknown amount of time, and only became noticeable when he spoke.

Even though they are standing right next to you and haven't disappeared, you still subconsciously ignore them.

Upon closer inspection, this person was fair-skinned like jade, with an elegant and unrestrained appearance. The interplay of light and shadow around him made him seem to exist on a different level.

When the watchful eye is on you, something inside your body starts to stir, as if some invisible substance is about to be taken away.

"A Grandmaster at the Integration Stage! The Great Dao he wields is extremely powerful, projecting itself into the real world and influencing the operation of heaven and earth without being deliberately activated!"

The purple-eyed cultivator clan has more than one elder at the Nascent Soul stage, and they can sense the strength of the newcomer.

Even clan leaders who have crossed the Heavenly Ladder for tens of thousands of years and reached the peak of the early stage of the Integration Realm are not this terrifying.

"That's a pity..."

Bai Zichen could tell that the other party was not lying; it took considerable courage to fabricate a story in the face of a combined entity.

If it happens to be a coincidence, the Vermilion Bird Red Lotus can be used to refine Huang Tingjing's incarnation, as its immortality and rebirth from the ashes perfectly match the characteristics of this incarnation.

Huang Tingjing's incarnation is mainly used to nourish one's original essence and harmonize yin and yang. No matter how harmful the practice is to the body, or how extreme the cultivation method is, it can be reversed.

However, it is unnecessary and beneath one's dignity to bully younger generations for the sake of a Vermilion Bird Red Lotus.

He wandered around the city, mainly trying to find out if there were any unusual occurrences at the Execution Platform recently, so as to avoid getting hurt.

As a result, after hearing several pieces of gossip, I learned about this innate spiritual root.

"If senior needs it, I can have the elders of the clan quickly transfer it back... My great-uncle is a disciple of Immortal Lord Shaoyang, and oversees seventeen medicinal gardens in the Guan Courtyard. He can find any kind of immortal plant."

The Daoist herb garden is not the kind of secret realm or grotto-heaven that is set up in the conventional sense.

To facilitate the growth of a certain immortal plant, directly altering the entire world's environment is still basic practice. They might even use great supernatural powers to move a star tens of thousands of miles away just to make the solar rays they scatter a little more intense.

There have been instances of crushing stars and triggering cosmic tides, all to cover the medicinal garden with apocalyptic wasteland.

Being able to manage so many medicinal gardens wields immense power; no one other than a fully-fledged cultivator could possibly maintain control. This is a completely different concept from the medicinal garden manager like the Jade Rabbit.

Seventeen medicinal gardens likely represent worlds with a number greater than seventeen, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they are the rulers of those worlds.

Bai Zichen's heart skipped a beat when he heard a familiar name.

'Master Shaoyang, I never expected we were from the same lineage. Now I feel even more embarrassed to bully the weak and forcibly seize your innate spiritual root...'

When Shaoyang Immortal Lord last issued a decree to the Hidden Dragon Realm, the signature was already that of the Grand Historian of the Nine Provinces, Judge of Thunder and Lightning Province, one of the highest immortal positions below the Six Emperors.

When I first ascended to immortality, I was hoping to find protection in the Central Immortal Realm and cling to its powerful backer.

My current path is vastly different from that of the Jingming Sect, and I have almost no trace of being a disciple of the Jingming Sect, but I will not forget the support the sect gave me when I first entered the Dao.

In particular, the core Taoist practice, Cantongqi, has been with me all along and is still in use today, making it very convenient to practice supernatural abilities and spells in the spiritual space.

If they haven't joined forces yet, this could be a good opportunity to get closer.

"I'll come to see you again when I have time."

Bai Zichen heard no valuable information from the banquet. Suddenly, a flash of white light appeared, and he vanished into the void.

"I was terrified! Luckily, this gentleman meant no harm; he just happened to be passing by!"

The purple-eyed cultivator was still shaken, but thankfully, their conversation hadn't touched on anything taboo.

Otherwise, if they were to unleash their combined fury, even the so-called chosen ones of heaven and nobles of the immortal race would be at the mercy of a single thought.

So what if they are fused seeds? It is indeed not easy to cultivate them on its own, but if we give it more time, the immortals like Wei and Jin can continuously select from their descendants.

Are we to fight to the death with the same fusion seed for the sake of the deceased fusion seed?

As long as there's a way out that both sides can gracefully back down, a smile and it's all over.

Of course, when the dragon is truly trapped in shallow waters, these immortals wouldn't hesitate to give it a good stomp, ensuring it can never rise again.

"But I don't recall this person. Could it be a recently promoted extraterrestrial fusion cultivator?"

In prominent families, the first lesson in educating their children is to distinguish between different schools of thought, to recognize and understand people, and to avoid offending important figures whom they cannot afford to offend.

The combined forces of this domain include not only the few who are active, but also the senior cultivators who have been in seclusion for tens of thousands of years and whose fate is uncertain.

"What's wrong, fellow Daoist? You've been silent all this time. Are you startled by this?"

"The river of time, I hear the rushing sound of the river of time..."

The black-robed Taoist priest seemed to awaken from a dream, his words sounding like a murmur, his eyes unfocused and unfocused.

"That person, that person has attained the Dao of Time and Space, my celestial realm is shaking, and I'm about to fall into the mortal world..."

"The Dao of Time and Space? The Dao Child hidden in the Hall of Longevity has managed to keep all of us in the dark!"

The purple-eyed cultivator initially questioned the matter, but immediately thought of the Longevity Palace, the most low-key and mysterious of the six domains of the Dao Court.

The Guangyin body is the most mysterious Dao body in the world, and a considerable number of people in the Daoist court are tirelessly searching for the next one, hoping to welcome a second Heavenly Emperor.

Every discovery of the vaginal body sparks a frenzy and attracts worldwide attention.

However, the result was not as expected, falling far short of those high hopes.

Let alone approaching the Heavenly Emperor, there are not many who even reach the average level of the Heavenly Venerables of the Six Realms.

"A complete Guangyin body, such a thing really exists in the world... Unimaginable, unthinkable, even my Azure Emperor Longevity Sword has lost the courage to draw its sword."

The ancestor of the Wei clan was once the Star Official in charge of the Longevity Palace, assisting the last Longevity Celestial Venerable. For his merits, he was awarded the supreme divine power of the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword.

From then on, the Wei family's inherited supernatural power gained an additional skill. Although there was no room for further study, it was enough to defend against enemies.

Those who are not direct descendants of the family are not allowed to practice this.

The black-robed Taoist regarded it as his greatest trump card, the key to setting him apart from other cultivators at the peak of the Void Refinement stage.

But in front of that person, the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword completely concealed itself, not daring to make a sound.

"Yes, your family has a close relationship with the Hall of Longevity. Everyone envies your Time Divine Power... But I've always wondered why the Hall of Longevity's divine power is named after the Azure Emperor. That great power only travels within the Yin-Yang Immortal Realm and has never left it in his entire life."

The purple-eyed cultivator brought up the topic and asked a question out of curiosity.

"Perhaps we can get guidance from the Azure Emperor..."

The black-robed Taoist lightly brushed past, still skeptical that the Hall of Longevity had produced such a Nascent Soul cultivator; he should have been renowned throughout the Daoist realm long ago at the Nascent Soul stage.

The Wei family has served in the Hall of Longevity for generations and has never lost contact with them. They should be among the first to receive any news.

However, considering the current awkward situation of the Hall of Longevity, my grandfather mentioned that not everyone in the Daoist court's upper echelons was happy to see another Celestial Venerable of Longevity emerge.

In fact, the majority of people hold this view.

Thinking about it this way, it's quite possible that the Hall of Longevity would bring several incomplete and flawed Dao bodies to the forefront while keeping the true Dao children hidden from everyone.

Upon reading this, the black-robed Taoist felt a chill run down his spine and dared not delve deeper, fearing he might be drawn into the power struggles of important figures.

He quickly gave a few perfunctory words, left the Ascension Tower, and went straight to the clan to report the matter to his elders.

"The 'Bright Yin Body'... Our ancestor said there's no such thing as a 'Bright Yin Body' in this world, it's just a show put on under a tiger's skin. My uncle is nearby, if we travel at full speed, we'll definitely arrive in three to five days."

The purple-eyed cultivator drank several cups of wine by himself in front of the empty banquet hall, plucked three strands of his black hair, whispered twice, and blew them into the air.

Her black hair spontaneously combusted without wind, flashing and disappearing, conveying a brief message to her blood relatives in an unknown location.

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Bai Zichen had long admired the Execution Platform.

Because of the Heartless Sword Immortal, I paid attention to it when I was in the mortal realm, and I knew that this was the place where immortals were executed in the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Only after ascending to heaven did I truly understand its astonishing 'achievements'.

After the appearance of the True Immortal Taiyi, the status of the human race has been greatly enhanced, making it a very important force in the Three Realms.

However, this great man had little interest in conquering various tribes. After attaining enlightenment, he only made one move, leaving behind a few legends before transcending and leaving behind a lofty and unapproachable existence.

The one who truly established humanity's position and propelled it to become the master of the Immortal Realm was the next one.

These ancient beasts, whose racial talents far surpass those of humans and whose physical bodies are close to immortal, are the strongest of which can shatter stars and cross the void, treating the attacks of Nascent Soul cultivators as mere scratches.

Born with unique advantages and guided by the Great Dao, the innate deities will be reborn from the Great Dao even after death.

There are also those primordial star beasts that roam the farthest reaches of the heavens, their bodies formless and intangible, as if containing a universe, and with each breath they lose several stars.

If these beings existed today, each one of them would cause a catastrophe, and even the five non-human beings combined could not solve the problem.

Several people arrived at the same time, and even the immortal realm was destroyed, bringing about the end of the world for all living beings.

Yet, despite such a large number of formidable enemies, they were all defeated by the Heavenly Emperor, and because of their immortal nature, they were difficult to kill by combining their powers.

The Heavenly Emperor did not want to spend too much time completely eradicating and killing them, thus slowing down his conquest of the Three Realms, so he created the Execution Platform.

Those qualified to die there were all powerful rulers, figures renowned throughout history.

From afar, one could hear roars, an indomitable resentment that resonated through the ages, occasionally accompanied by the explosion of lightning bolts high in the sky.

"How could a mere wisp of remnant thought know that he would die at the Execution Platform after returning to the Earthly Immortal Realm, and be certain that a cultivator of the Great Dao of Time could retrieve him... Unless he did all of this on his own initiative, calculating every step of the way!"

Bai Zichen stood beneath the Execution Platform, the roar in his ears seemingly transporting him back a million years.

A hundred races clashed, gods fought, blood rained down from the sky, and the Great Dao itself could mourn several times a day.

If the Heartless Sword Immortal came to the Execution Platform seeking death voluntarily, then the amount of information contained within is enormous.

What kind of great crisis could drive someone to such a desperate act as seeking death at the execution platform?

Bai Zichen had a premonition that as long as he could retrieve the Heartless Sword Immortal, he could answer most of the questions in his heart.

"You helped me in the past, and I am grateful for your kindness regardless of my motives. Now it is my turn to help you."

Slowly drawing out the Ziwei Xuanlei Sword, this natal flying sword now weighed heavier than the Five Sacred Mountains, Bai Zichen gripped it tightly with his five fingers, his knuckles clearly defined.

(End of this chapter)