Born with immortal seed

Chapter 932 The Handiwork of Two Mahayana Practitioners

With a touch of fingertips, a chaotic and disordered outcry surged forth, enough to overwhelm the consciousness of a merged being.

This impact does not contain any profound truths; its ultimate purity and primal nature will overwhelm all existing ways of thinking.

The problem is that even if a secret technique is set up to automatically activate and protect the primordial spirit after being hit by this, there is no way to defend against the next wave.

They could only watch helplessly as they sank deeper and deeper, becoming assimilated by the emotions inscribed on the tombstones.

Fortunately, Bai Zichen was prepared and secretly used the "Finger Snap Time" technique.

No matter what happens, it will automatically activate and turn back time ten breaths.

"What a terrifying tombstone! It's definitely not a cenotaph, but the true burial place of the first Celestial Venerable of Immortality!"

Bai Zichen exclaimed in surprise, the fog in his mind clearing away, confirming the truth without a doubt.

Even after millions of years, the cemetery can still have such a terrifying impact, which has exceeded the limits of merging.

Even though the five sons of the human race have remained incorruptible for millions of years, it is already rare that their spirits have survived.

How could a mere touch of a finger cause a merged consciousness to collapse and be assimilated into a walking corpse?

It's somewhat unbelievable that the first Celestial Venerable of Immortality accomplished all this; there's no record in past texts of him possessing the strength to stand out among the Six Emperors.

His special status stems largely from his identity as a direct descendant of the Heavenly Emperor, leaving much room for imagination regarding his future.

In terms of combat power, he is inferior to the Jade Emperor.

In terms of spiritual attainment, he is no match for the Celestial Venerable Ziwei.

It is speculated that the tomb contained objects related to the Heavenly Emperor, which is why it was imbued with such mystical power, making the combined entity as fragile as a blank sheet of paper.

"No wonder others hesitated to enter the Purple Bamboo Forest, probably because they sensed the great terror hidden within... Only I was so confused by the collision of the Great Road of Time that I couldn't help but step in."

Bai Zichen's gaze was sharp; he wished he could cut open the tomb and see what was inside.

"But the Azure Emperor was not affected; instead, he attained enlightenment here. He's really not even putting on an act anymore!"

Once the context was clear and the background of the Azure Emperor was understood, everything made sense.

The burial site was placed in the Taiwei Blessed Land, perhaps to facilitate the reincarnation. It is very likely that some changes occurred among the six emperors of the Dao Court that day, which were not known to outsiders.

No matter how much you try to prevent it, there's no way it will stop you.

It is truly incredible that the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword, such a supreme divine power, was created from nothing on its own.

If the concept already existed in the mind of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity, and was perfected and completed in the second life, it would be perfectly acceptable.

The Azure Emperor kept a low profile and went into seclusion, probably to avoid the Dao Court and cultivate himself to become powerful enough.

Based on the information available so far and the Taoist court's attitude towards the Hall of Longevity, the Taoist court's higher-ups prefer to elevate the Celestial Venerable of Longevity to the position of a mascot rather than a minor Heavenly Emperor.

After finally taking charge, who would want another ruler to appear above them?

With the position of the Celestial Venerable of Immortality completely vacant and few even being considered for the position, it was precisely the time for the Azure Emperor to shine.

This adds another strong piece of evidence to his conjecture.

"The conflict between the Celestial Venerable of Immortality and the Heavenly Emperor is a clash of ideologies and their paths diverge. There is no possibility of a peaceful reconciliation... Even if the Azure Emperor cannot become an ally, at least he won't turn around and come to block my path with his sword."

Apart from the Heavenly Emperor, the only recognized wielder of the Xuan Tian Sword is the first Eternal Heavenly Venerable.

This is why, when the Daoist court was in trouble, the then-Chang Sheng Tian Zun had to summon the divine sword for any chance of a response.

If the Azure Emperor is indeed the reincarnation of the first Eternal Heavenly Venerable, then with the Xuan Tian Sword in hand and his cultivation level combined, who in the Three Realms could withstand a single strike from him?

He could easily be called the number one person below the True Spirit level.

This configuration is so powerful, even gods and demons would be afraid.

"The Azure Emperor took the legacy left by his previous life and left, but I want to try to find out the true thoughts of the Eternal Heavenly Venerable, who is also Lu Yanping... and, since the Heavenly Emperor was unharmed, he naturally had no flaws, but what about the one who was seriously injured and unconscious?"

Bai Zichen took a deep breath and pressed both hands against the tombstone.

But this time it was different. He placed his primordial spirit in the river of time in advance, and his shouts were just jarring noises, no longer able to make people fall into his trap.

If you calm down now, you can hear the words "extreme point" being shouted.

In other contexts, one might wonder what the meaning of this speculation is.

However, the only connection between the Celestial Venerable of Immortality and the Heavenly Emperor is the most mysterious and least understood point in the universe.

Legend has it that the attainment of enlightenment by Mahayana immortals is related to the extreme points of the universe.

The place where the Heavenly Emperor sleeps is the extreme point of the universe.

Even at the end of an era, when all things come to an end, we cannot escape the extreme point of the universe.

The cosmic poles collapsed first, triggering a chain reaction that brought the entire real world to its complete end.

Similarly, a new era will be born with the eruption of the cosmic pole.

The only thing Lu Yanping keeps repeating, even millions of years from now, is the extreme point of the universe.

Could the cemetery hold secrets about the extreme points of the universe?

Bai Zichen's heart was pounding. This matter was extremely serious, almost a forbidden zone for Mahayana practitioners.

Aside from the two Mahayana True Immortals, only a few exceptionally gifted star beasts can enter and exit the extreme points of the universe, occasionally bringing out things from inside.

However, those Chaos Star Beasts rely on their innate supernatural abilities, which they cannot control themselves and cannot simply go wherever they want.

Beneath the tombstone was a yellowed book, but the body of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity was not visible.

Therefore, the root cause of the changes in the cemetery can only lie in this seemingly ordinary old book.

'Copy of Taiyi Mantra'

"How could it be the True Immortal Taiyi? Why isn't it the Heavenly Emperor?"

The scene witnessed by his primordial spirit made Bai Zichen dizzy and almost fall out of the river of time.

The tomb contains Lu Yanping's body and the personal belongings of the Heavenly Emperor after he attained enlightenment. Even the diary of the Eternal Heavenly Venerable can be traced back to it.

The appearance of handwritten notes related to another Mahayana True Immortal breaks the previous line of thought and is too much of a leap.

There is no intelligence suggesting that the Celestial Venerable of Longevity could be connected to the True Immortal of Taiyi, or even that the entire Daoist Court could.

The two True Immortals were active over a million years apart, and there is no evidence to suggest that there was any connection between their lineages.

After Taiyi transcended and left this universe, he never uttered a single word, and his presence in the Earthly Immortal Realm was far less than that of the Heavenly Emperor.

Aside from one encounter with the Azure Dragon True Spirit, he has never displayed Mahayana combat power.

Unlike the Heavenly Emperor, who conquered the Nine Realms, fighting from the Three Realms to beyond the heavens, and whose number of powerful figures died at his hands.

The lineage he left behind was not directly passed down; it was merely the cultivators who had attended a few of his lectures, the servants who served him, and so on, all using the name of the True Immortal Taiyi.

"If the Heavenly Emperor could lay out so many contingency plans, and Taiyi Zhenxian, who attained enlightenment a million years earlier and chose to transcend on his own, couldn't he have made some arrangements as well?"

This terrifying thought flashed through Bai Zichen's mind: the situation in the Immortal Realm would become even more complicated.

However, this is a good thing for him, as the work of a fellow Mahayana True Immortal will definitely cause interference to the Heavenly Emperor.

If one wants to awaken calmly and regain the majesty of a Mahayana True Immortal, there may be many twists and turns involved.

Just like this 'Taiyi True Words Manuscript', no matter what the purpose was in getting it to the cemetery, the final result will definitely deviate from the original plan.

With a focused effort, the 'Taiyi True Words Copy' transformed into a stream of light, reflecting back into the sea of ​​consciousness.

Strangely, this had no impact on Bai Zichen; it was as if it were just an ordinary document.

"The so-called cosmic extreme point refers to something that existed before the creation of the world, from which heaven and earth were born, and from which all things evolved."

"It can be said that the so-called extreme point is still the division of Yin and Yang, before the creation of the universe, and is naturally close to the Great Dao. Here, the Great Dao that is difficult to comprehend outside is easily obtained, and it is almost tangible. Every moment, the degree of mastery of the Great Dao is increasing rapidly, and you must be willing to withdraw in time."

"Being at the extreme point of the universe, where there is no change of time and no concept of dimension, how can a soul that has survived countless calamities and is now just a wisp of remnant soul be restored? But if one spends too much time in close proximity to the Great Dao, there is a risk of being corrupted by the Dao."

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Bai Zichen remained silent, digesting the contents of the 'Taiyi True Words Manuscript'.

The book is entirely about the extreme points of the universe, how to get in and out, and precautions.

In terms of value, it's only useful to those who are truly enlightened immortals; it's merely a castle in the air, a useless dragon-slaying technique.

If we're talking about ordinary people, aside from two Mahayana immortals, who else could recount this content? It's truly a unique piece.

He had heard Wu Kuangtu mention Dao Hua, which was the only hidden danger for a Mahayana True Immortal.

Because of their high level of attainment and immense strength, Mahayana practitioners risk being assimilated by the Heavenly Dao as long as they remain in the Three Realms.

Even if one's primordial spirit merges with the true self and becomes one with the Dao, it is still inferior to a true spirit, a being destined to be at the eighth level from birth.

This is the universe's self-protective behavior in response to a perceived threat.

As long as you assimilate the strongest person who has exceeded the limits and make them a part of yourself, there is no risk involved.

Mahayana Buddhism seeks to transcend this situation in order to avoid it.

So that even if one has achieved longevity and enduring vision, one's progress will not be hampered by the cosmic environment.

The process of Taoism is estimated to take millions of years, and to date, no Mahayana practitioner has been limited by this time and has not been able to reach an accurate conclusion.

But once a time limit is set, it's like putting a tight rein on Mahayana Buddhism.

The Heavenly Emperor's pace of conquest is so urgent that it is very likely that he drew inspiration from Taiyi's experience, wanting to finish his work as soon as possible before peacefully embarking on the path of transcendence.

"If we could find a way to close the extreme point of the universe, or accelerate the transformation into the Dao, would the Heavenly Emperor, who is situated within it, only have the options of transcendence and becoming a part of the Heavenly Dao?"

From a certain perspective, this can be considered a successful act of resisting the Heavenly Emperor.

This is something that cannot be accomplished by a combined effort, but it at least provides a direction for our efforts.

After reading it, the 'Taiyi True Words Copy' disappeared. Undeterred, Bai Zichen urged the Jade Dial to rewind the river of time, trying to uncover the thick fog.

The purple bamboo forest swayed rapidly, changing from withering to flourishing dozens of times, before finally a person stepped into the forest.

He was extremely tall, with an elegant and refined air, and his pair of blue eyes were particularly striking. His temperament was similar to that of Bai Zichen.

This person knew the way well. He walked to the tombstone, looked around, and as if sensing something, waved his hand and pulled up a long river of time.

The two collide, the true meaning of time clashes, and the picture is empty.

Whether it was due to his cautious nature or his awareness that someone was watching him, it's unclear.

People like them are keenly observed from different points in the river of time, unlike other cultivators.

"Qingdi!"

Only a few groups of people entered the Purple Bamboo Forest. It was easy to guess their identities, but Bai Zichen's question remained unanswered because the view was obscured.

But subconsciously, I felt that the 'Copy of the True Words of Taiyi' should not have been in the tombstone when the Green Emperor came that day.

It exists now, and it wasn't someone who opened the cemetery and put it in later.

Rather, it was because the True Immortal Taiyi felt it should appear at this juncture that it appeared and fulfilled its mission.

The existence of Mahayana Buddhism transcends and violates the rules.

After several dozen bamboo leaves have changed, another person enters the scene, solemnly performing a sacrificial ceremony and praying for blessings.

After fiddling around in front of the tombstone for a long time, they couldn't get within three zhang (approximately 10 meters) and kept going in circles like they were trapped in a maze.

He sought it for a thousand years, and when he left the Purple Bamboo Forest, he was severely injured, with only a faint breath left, and he was completely delirious.

Continuing forward, there was the Celestial Venerable of Longevity whom I had seen in the long river of time under the Five Virtues Peach Tree, now appearing more melancholy and weathered.

Holding a wooden sword, he dug his own grave, stroke by stroke.

‘嘀嗒！’

As the sundial's journey came to an end, it was too exhausted to continue its journey back in time, and it returned to reality in a flash.

"So this tomb was built by the Celestial Venerable of Longevity himself, indicating that he was already prepared to die?"

The more he knew, the more new mysteries would emerge. Bai Zichen wished he could cut through the mess quickly and go directly to the scene where the Heavenly Emperor was sleeping to witness history.

Sitting cross-legged on the pile of bamboo leaves, each time he used the Jade Dial, it felt like his primordial spirit was pierced and his strength was drained. It was a kind of discomfort that even a Nascent Soul cultivator could not endure.

But whenever needed, they will urge them to use their services without hesitation.

This immortal foundation granted him, to some extent, power beyond the fusion stage, allowing him to glimpse a trace of Mahayana authority.

The trip was very fruitful, and it gave him a vague idea of ​​what his next plan would be.

"Once the avatar returns from the lower realm, all the information will be combined to determine the route... The time before the Heavenly Emperor attained enlightenment was taken away out of thin air, but what about the True Immortal Taiyi? No one deliberately concealed it, so there's no chance to deliberately find any clues."

While adjusting his breathing, Bai Zichen was surprised to discover that the claim of the Imprint of the Eternal Heavenly Venerable was not unfounded.

As the five large characters 'Tomb of Lu Yanping' on the tombstone slowly disappeared, his Azure Emperor Longevity Sword was indeed changing.

The Great Dao of Time has reached a bottleneck. To break through it, one must either break through realms one after another or embrace the Great Dao itself. However, this does not mean that there is no room for improvement in this supernatural power.

He learned it through various channels, and didn't fully understand many of the subtleties, so he figured it out on his own.

It was only because of the profoundness of the Great Dao of Time that his supreme supernatural power did not lose its luster.

However, tactics like delaying activation were discovered in actual combat and are now quite outdated.

Upon closer examination, one can appreciate the subtle differences in the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword.

When applied to a person, the sword intent of time is also divided into yin and yang, transforming back and forth, and a single sword strike can cut off a thousand years of lifespan.

It burns one's own lifespan, doubling the effect.

If one's lifespan is less than 10% complete, the five signs of decay will directly descend upon them.

The lifespan of cultivators who die from the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword dissipates, but can be plundered back to replenish their own deficiencies.

When dealing with objects, a single sword strike can cause the world to change drastically over thousands of years, as fleeting as a white horse galloping past a crack in the wall.

This realization captivated him for a hundred days.

However, this also proves the relationship between the first Celestial Venerable of Immortality and the Azure Emperor. The Celestial Venerable's mark can complete the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword, so no one would believe that the two are not the same person.

"Unfortunately, no matter how powerful this supernatural power is, it is useless against the Heavenly Emperor... Using this move against the one who controls the Great Dao of Time would only make us a laughing stock."

Bai Zichen's strength is nine-tenths derived from the Great Dao of Time.

If the most successful plan were to proceed, and the Heavenly Emperor failed to awaken and could not return in perfect condition, he would have no choice but to awaken prematurely to avoid annihilation.

Then we need to consider what methods we can use to defeat a quasi-Mahayana practitioner.

(End of this chapter)