Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 864 The Seven Great Sages

After saying goodbye to Niu Dali.

Chen Yun stood in the outer courtyard, looking up at the sky, remaining silent for a long time.

He and Niu Dali have known each other for decades; it would be a lie to say there were no feelings between them.

It can be said that the relationship between Chen Yun and Niu Dali was quite deep.

The thought that the other person might die in the future filled him with inexplicable melancholy.

Even though Chen Yun was already a half-step Great Luo Immortal, and his mental state should have reached a level where he wouldn't be moved even if the heavens collapsed, his mind was still in turmoil.

"Ugh."

Chen Yun couldn't help but sigh, "As expected, even a half-step Great Luo cultivator cannot easily become ruthless."

He is not trying to cultivate the "path of ruthlessness" to attain enlightenment; this is just a process.

Logically speaking, he knew that once he attained the Great Immortal Realm, everything would change completely, but he just couldn't achieve a state of perfect tranquility.

This is not a matter of Chen Yun's state of mind, but rather a matter of human nature.

"Great love is not love, great affection is not affection, everything is preordained."

Chen Yun comforted himself and stopped dwelling on the matter, instead thinking about how many powerful demons from the demon realm Niu Pingtian could summon.

Although he was a Taoist emperor, he was only the acting emperor of Fengdu. He seemed to have a large number of people under his command, but in reality, these people could not be used temporarily, otherwise his whereabouts would be exposed.

Therefore, he needs a group of "unofficial staff" to help him.

Or rather, to help Zhao Kuangyin.

Niu Pingtian possesses cultivation at the peak of the Immortal Realm, and is only a tiny bit away from breaking through to the Celestial Immortal Realm.

Therefore, the demon king or demon lord he summoned must be quite powerful as well.

This level of demon king or monster king is more than enough for the current battlefield.

Chen Yun was well aware that the truly difficult battles would take some time to come, and he might need to personally take to the front lines to have any chance of winning.

For example, the war to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty.

"There are very few people who can help me right now."

Chen Yun's thoughts kept changing, and he looked around in the directions of Erlang Temple and Jinquan Mountain.

If they were to ask, Erlang Shen and Xie Ziran would most likely not refuse to help, but now is not the time for the two of them to step in.

After pondering for a while about helping Zhao Kuangyin establish his dynasty, Chen Yun began to consider other matters.

This matter was very important to him: "What kind of new path should I take to escape this world and truly attain the Great Immortal Realm?"

Chen Yun considered countless possibilities, but each one was within the Three Thousand Great Daos.

It seems like this is an unsolvable problem.

At least in his mind, not even the slightest possibility had been considered.

Thinking it over, Chen Yun casually found a rock, adjusted his Daoist robe, and slowly sat down, watching the disciples with lower cultivation levels practice their fist techniques.

Suddenly, Chen Lizhi hooked his tail around a tree branch, swung down backwards, and held a peach in his hand, saying, "Master, would you like a peach?"

Chen Yun looked up and said expressionlessly, "You rascal, instead of practicing your skills properly, you're always running around like that. What are you trying to do?"

Chen Lizhi was scolded and quickly climbed down from the tree, standing there looking aggrieved. "I found a spirit tree in the mountains and I wanted to pick a peach for you to eat."

Wild sacred tree?
There are many deities in Qingcheng Mountain, and many disciples of each deity. The spiritual trees in this area are usually moved to the medicine garden, so it is generally impossible for them to grow wild.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yun sensed where there were wild spirit trees.

A moment later, he sensed that a peach tree was indeed growing horizontally on the cliff face.

Because this peach tree grows on a cliff, it is not within the boundaries of any of the sacred sites.

Furthermore, its spiritual energy is not very abundant, and given its location, it might be difficult to spot without careful observation.

Chen Yun sensed the location of the spirit tree, and his tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

His eyes brightened.

It seemed that in that instant, many of the doubts deep in his heart were resolved.

"The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine, and the one that has vanished..."

Chen Yun seemed to have realized something, and suddenly sat down and burst into laughter, "Haha, hahaha!"

His loud, clear laughter echoed across the entire mountain, causing the whole world to stir and the wind to surge.

Chen Lizhi and his large group of disciples looked at each other in bewilderment, truly unaware of what was going on.

Chen Yun didn't explain to anyone, but stood up, laughing loudly, and slowly walked towards the inner courtyard.

……

Back in the quiet room.

Chen Yunduan sat on the futon and closed his eyes.

He kept mobilizing his true qi, seemingly constructing something.

At first, the true Qi surged like angry waves of the sea, one after another.

Unfortunately, before long, these True Qi scattered everywhere and could not be reconstructed into the "form" he wanted.

Chen Yun, unhurried and deliberate, began to adjust the "heat" of the process.

He divided the True Qi into more segments and began to continue building according to his own ideas.

Although the amount of True Qi is still the same, it is much more difficult to mobilize it because it is divided into more shares.

The True Qi is not ordinary True Qi or Dan Qi, but the true power of the Great Dao's origin. Even a single wisp of it can unleash boundless power.

To mobilize multiple different streams of true qi, one needs to have a very strong ability to control them.

Fortunately, Chen Yun is still able to handle things at this stage, and no mistakes have occurred.

The only regrettable thing is that although the construction of the True Qi took longer this time, the concept was not completed before it receded like the tide.

"call."

Chen Yun let out a long breath. "It's a bit difficult. No rush, take your time."

He has spent decades cultivating himself, and has even undergone many kalpas with the help of the supreme Dharma taught by Shakyamuni Buddha. All of that time combined is extremely long.

Therefore, one or two failures are nothing to him.

Moreover, Chen Yun was not yet sure whether his idea was correct or not, so success would be the best outcome, while failure would be to be expected.

Many things can only be verified by gradually deducing them through repeated attempts and failures.

Take his previous life's modern physics, for example. Was it a system built overnight?
No.

It was the result of thousands of years of human development, the gradual summarization of countless brilliant minds, and finally, the mastery of a super genius, which led to the flourishing of modern physics and the development of various technological products.

The same principle applies to spiritual practice.

Every single profound skill is the crystallization of the wisdom of countless predecessors.

Some predecessors even sacrificed their lives to create a suitable cultivation method.

Chen Yun is now embarking on a path unprecedented in history, a path infinitely more difficult than creating a new martial art. Therefore, he knows that failure is normal; instant success would be abnormal.

As for how many failures he needs to get the "correct answer," he doesn't know yet.

Chen Yun calmed down and began his third attempt.

This time, he divided his true Qi into more streams, wanting to adjust the "heat" more appropriately.

This makes it even more difficult; even with Chen Yun's current cultivation level, it's still quite strenuous for him to mobilize it.

He tried his best to stay calm and move forward in the direction he had envisioned.

The True Qi slowly circulated, gradually forming a vortex shape similar to a nebula.

Chen Yun was surprised to see that the first step of the idea had been successfully conceived. "Huh, the first step of the idea actually worked?"

He was surprised, but not too excited, and his emotions didn't fluctuate much.

Although everything is difficult at the beginning and succeeding in the first step is very helpful for the rest, his plan had too many steps, so succeeding in the first step was nothing.

He began his second attempt, trying to extract strands of True Qi from the nebula-like vortex of True Qi and create a unique way of operating it.

This is much more difficult now, so much so that Chen Yun simply cannot control it.

"No, it's too difficult to control."

Fearing that the nebula vortex he had painstakingly built would collapse, Chen Yun decided to slow down the process.

Instead of mobilizing a large amount of True Qi, he extracted a wisp of it, intending to defeat them one by one.

Controlling a nebula vortex and extracting a wisp of true qi from it naturally reduces the difficulty significantly.

Chen Yun took control very easily.

He stretched this wisp of true Qi into a thin thread and continuously coiled it around the nebula vortex, seemingly trying to form a cocoon.

Well, there's only one strand right now, so it's impossible for it to form a cocoon.

Chen Yun knew this would take a lot of time, so he wasn't in a hurry.

He gradually wrapped it around, allowing the stretched True Qi to form an "encirclement" without being affected by the nebula vortex.

By the time this step was completed, a day had already passed.

Chen Yun still did not get up, and began to peel back the layers, extracting the second strand of True Qi from the Nebula Vortex and repeating the process.

This time, he not only had to consider the second strand of True Qi, but also the nebula vortex and the first strand of True Qi that had already been intertwined.

The difficulty increased slightly here, but not by much, and he still seemed to handle it with ease.

An hour...

Three hours...

Eight hours...

Soon, another twelve hours had passed.

Chen Yun finally completed the task of entwining the second strand of True Qi.

He checked for any errors, confirmed there were none, and then began the third round of unraveling and new entanglement.

Days passed by.

one day……

Three days...

Five days…

After about nine days, Chen Yun finally completed the binding of the nine strands of True Qi.

At this point, the "model" he had constructed was beginning to take shape, resembling a large disc wrapped with eight or nine thin threads.

Chen Yun sensed that the amount of his True Qi had not increased, but its form had changed, seemingly allowing him to unleash even greater power.

Most people might not be able to tell if this feeling is an illusion.

He's different; as a half-step Grand Luo level cultivator, he naturally couldn't possibly misjudge the situation.

"From what we've seen so far, my idea is correct; the specifics will depend on the subsequent steps."

Just as Chen Yun was about to continue his previous work, he suddenly sensed something was amiss.

He stopped what he was doing and glanced at the distant horizon.

"Niu Pingtian spent a lot of time inviting the great demons and old demons from the demon realm this time."

Chen Yun pondered to himself, "Now that the person has been invited, I should go out and meet him. But before that, I need to stabilize the form of my True Qi."

Thinking about it, he closed his eyes again.

This time, instead of meticulously unraveling the mystery or stretching the True Qi to entwine the nebula vortex, he used even more True Qi to stabilize the form, preventing it from collapsing due to his use of power.

Because the True Qi that has changed form is incredibly powerful, he needs more True Qi to suppress it, so it will take some time.

Chen Yun was not anxious because Niu Pingtian had invited the great demons and old demons of the demon realm to wait, and continued to slowly circulate his profound energy.

Given the sacredness of his status, it would be perfectly normal for anyone, not just powerful demons and old demons from the demon realm, but even other half-step Grand Luo cultivators, to wait outside.

For Chen Yun, the only people he could immediately get up to greet were the Three Pure Ones, the Three Realms, the Three Treasures Heavenly Venerable, the Jade Emperor, the Ziwei Emperor, Shakyamuni Buddha, the Eastern King Duke, the Western Queen Mother, and his mentor Zhongli Quan.

As for the others, he could completely disregard them.

Yes, Chen Yun's current status allows him to do just that.

Although many half-step Grand Luo have higher status than him, he doesn't need their help, so why should he get up to greet them immediately?

Whether someone is polite or not is truly unimportant to Chen Yun, who has seen through the essence of this world.

If it weren't for some other reason, he wouldn't have needed to get up and greet the saints on the aforementioned list immediately.

It took Chen Yun about two hours to stabilize the nebula vortex.

After he finished doing all this, he regulated his internal energy and then slowly opened his eyes.

Chen Yun exhaled another breath of stale air, then stood up and patted his Taoist robe. "Now we can go out and meet those great demons and old demons from the demon realm that Niu Pingtian invited."

He walked to the door like an ordinary person, reached out and opened it, without using any magic.

After crossing the threshold, Chen Yun walked step by step toward the outer courtyard.

This time, the powerful demon and the old devil that Niu Pingtian invited held very high positions in the demon realm.

This status and position are certainly not solely due to cultivation level; they are more likely earned through fierce battles.

As mentioned before, the demon realm is a place where the strong prey on the weak.

There, people won't be afraid of you just because you have a high cultivation level; instead, they'll fight to the death for survival.

It is precisely because of this survival of the fittest that those great demons and old devils have become extremely fierce in combat, and some are even able to challenge opponents of higher levels.

The powerful demons and old devils that Niu Pingtian invited were all among the best.

Chen Yun had every reason to believe that the fighting power of these great demons and old demons was probably only a hair's breadth away from that of Erlang Shen, who was at the same level back then.

That's right, the great demon and the old devil that Niu Pingtian invited were both experts at the peak of the Immortal Realm!
Most importantly, including Sun Wukong, whom Niu Pingtian knew from Chen Yun, there were exactly seven old demons and demon kings, which made him think of the "Seven Great Sages".

(End of this chapter)