There is a progress bar in my cultivation of immortality

"I admit they say you're a genius, but geniuses shouldn't exist in this world. Who are you, really?" Di Wen stared at Wang Ping with cold eyes, trying to see through everything about him.

“My earliest memory is of a dilapidated farm where I was always hungry, which led me to the path of cultivation.” Wang Ping met Di Wen’s gaze, his expression neither sad nor happy. “If you can deduce my other destinies, I would like to see who I really am.”

He spread his arms slightly, appearing to allow the geography to be observed.

“Based on my past experience, outliers are bound to be outliers. Just like Yao Xi, he was too outlier, which is why he was not tolerated by everyone. Do you want to follow in his footsteps?” Di Wen asked coldly.

"Whether I am an anomaly or not is not for you to define!" Mystic light appeared around Wang Ping, and a 'Heaven-Covering Talisman' appeared on his left hand.

"Then please continue your guidance, Daoist Changqing!"

A dense aura of earth spirit emerged from beneath Diwen's feet, pressing down on Wang Ping with lightning speed. Instead of retreating, Wang Ping advanced, directly meeting the attack with the River of Time, and attempting to peer into the rules of heaven and earth that Diwen True Monarch connected with.

At this moment, the clash between the two figures had transcended the boundaries of time. Just as the Earth Spirit World beneath the feet of Earth Script True Monarch was unfolding and nine illusory mountain ranges were rapidly condensing, Wang Ping's Wood Spirit World had already swept across the entire star field like a monstrous wave.

In the instant of the clash, the mountain range was instantly corrupted by the wood spirit. Di Wen could only use the "opening the meridians" ability of the fourth realm of the "Earth Scripture" to gather the earth spirit of the starry sky to create endless pressure, suppressing the mountain range and the wood spirit world.

They all coincidentally used their respective cultivation secrets!

After a brief exchange, the two separated in an instant. Then, Diwen Zhenjun's dark yellow Daoist robe fluttered without wind, and a seemingly ordinary grain of sand condensed at his fingertips.

As soon as the sandstorm appeared, the surrounding space groaned under its strain. Starlight twisted into eerie vortexes around the sandstorm, and then a sandstorm appeared out of thin air. Each grain of sand seemed to carry the weight of a small world. Billions of sandstorms appeared at once, enough to crush a star field.

Where the sandstorm passed, fine cracks appeared in the void. Turbid earth spirit energy seeped out from those cracks, turning the nearby star debris a dark yellow. At this moment, the figure of Wang Ping was reflected in the eyes of the Earth Script True Monarch. This attack had used ninety percent of his strength, and even Tiangong and Lieyang dared not take it head-on.

However, Wang Ping simply stood still in the void, without even waving his clothes. The Myriad Tokens flowed naturally from his sleeves, weaving in the void into a phantom of a Jianmu tree that connected heaven and earth. The roots of this Jianmu tree penetrated into the endless void, each root shimmering with mysterious runes. At the same time, as the branches and leaves stretched out, the emerald halo rippled out like water.

The moment the sand touched the leaf, it emitted a crisp, jade-like sound. It was then completely refined by the runes flowing on the leaf's surface. Instead of dissipating, the transformed sand turned into pure earth elemental power that flowed backward along the branches of the Jianmu tree. Finally, it condensed into an earth-yellow spirit bead in Wang Ping's palm before disappearing into nothingness.

At this moment, the Wood element is given a concrete form!
Earthly True Lord's expression changed slightly. He clearly felt that the dust light he released was being refined in reverse. The dust that should have destroyed everything had become a plaything in the other party's hands. However, the surprise was only fleeting. Then, he made a hand seal, and the dust that filled the starry sky immediately disappeared into nothingness.

"Fellow Daoist, your cultivation is excellent!"

This was a sincere compliment from Diwen Zhenjun: "Your extraordinary talent surpasses even that of Yaoxi back then."

Wang Ping frowned slightly upon hearing this. He was clearly trying to sow discord between him and the other True Monarchs, but the current situation was no longer the same as the great war between the demon races back then.

After speaking, Diwen Zhenjun quickly formed a profound hand seal, and a black and white intertwined reincarnation millstone slowly appeared in his palm.

With each rotation of the millstone, a layer of color in the starry sky is peeled away. After three rotations, the vast star field has been transformed into a monotonous black and white scroll. This is the power of 'reincarnation' in the fifth realm of the "Earth Classic," which can return all things to their origin.

Wherever the power of reincarnation passed, the remnants of stars turned to dust!

Wang Ping looked up at the starry sky. In the vision of the 'Heavenly Talisman', the network of interwoven cosmic rules was also collapsing. However, this collapse would bring a powerful backlash to Diwen. Although part of this backlash was offset by the power of reincarnation, it could still affect Diwen's primordial spirit and the earth spirit within his body.

At the very moment Wang Ping was observing the vast network of rules, the branches and leaves of the Jianmu phantom he had constructed also began to wither.

At this moment, Diwen Zhenjun's eyes were only on Wang Ping's figure. He wanted to see how Wang Ping would resolve the situation. At the same time, the other Zhenjun were also watching Wang Ping from a distance.

However, Wang Ping remained calm. He secretly formed a Dao seal in his sleeve with his right hand, and the branches and leaves of the Jianmu phantom behind him transformed into countless talismans. These talismans precisely pierced the rule nodes around the Samsara Millstone that Wang Ping had peered at with the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman'.

The next moment, the seemingly unsolvable power of reincarnation suddenly froze.

This is the second stage of the 'Heaven Stealing Talisman' ability, which interrupted the Earthly True Monarch's spellcasting cause and effect. However, its success is also due to the rule characteristic of 'Wood Overcoming Earth'.

Earthly True Lord changed his hand seals, but no matter what he did, he could no longer activate the 'reincarnation' in the void. He could only watch helplessly as he slowly disappeared under the strangulation of the rules of the starry sky.

In just a few breaths, the stripped colors of the starry sky were restored, and the Jianmu phantom not only fully recovered, but also had many strange black and white runes appearing among its branches and leaves. These were the 'reincarnation' power that had been spied on, but they disappeared again in the blink of an eye.

The Xuanhuang Qi flowing around Diwen Zhenjun suddenly stopped, as if frozen by some invisible force. Even the spiritual vein network spread across the starry sky dimmed. He was obviously surprised that Wang Ping was already able to use the second stage of the 'Stealing Heaven Talisman'.

In terms of cultivation level, they wouldn't be too different, but the principle of 'wood overcoming earth' applies...

A moment of hesitation flashed through Diwen Zhenjun's mind. Looking at Wang Ping, who was quietly waiting for him to make a move, the fighting spirit that had not surfaced for a long time instantly invaded his consciousness.

Then, a seven-star array appeared beneath his feet. Under the influence of this array, seven Saturn phantoms appeared out of thin air, each phantom inscribed with sealing runes.

Before the seven stars even arrived, the terrifying pressure had already caused the nearby starry sky to collapse, squeezing out visible folds, and even the flow of time became chaotic. This was the 'Reincarnation Seal' of the fifth realm of the "Earth Scripture".

The surface of the first star was covered with countless crisscrossing rifts, each gushing forth turbid earth spirit energy; the second star suddenly disintegrated into a sky full of stardust, each grain of sand as heavy as a mountain.

The third star emitted a rumbling sound of core collapse, and the extremely compressed earth elemental source generated a terrifying gravitational field; the surface of the fourth star raised seven mountain range phantoms, each mountain range exhibiting characteristics of a different geological era.

The fifth star suddenly unfolded into a miniature continent, with a nine-tiered altar rising in the center. The steps of each altar were made of different types of rock, from sedimentary rock to igneous rock to metamorphic rock, and each tier seemed to have countless believers praying devoutly.

The sixth star transformed into flowing magma, its surface constantly forming and breaking basalt crusts. Each breakage released the most primal suppressive power from the depths of the earth's veins. The seventh star retained its most primitive meteorite form, its surface covered with impact craters, each crater containing the essence of earth spirits from different eras.

The emerald radiance of the Jianmu phantom dimmed continuously under the suppression of pure earth spirit. The wood spirit energy that should have been inexhaustible was now being forcibly solidified by the most primal power of the earth.

"Such cultivation level is probably already above the level of the Blazing Sun!"

Wang Ping sighed inwardly, and then watched as he lightly tapped his sword finger, and seven seemingly delicate emerald green sprouts burst forth from his fingertip. These sprouts grew in the wind and transformed in the blink of an eye into the purest wood spirit energy.

In an instant, the Wood Spirit Qi spread to every corner of the starry sky as if it were a tangible substance. Then, the rule of 'Wood overcomes Earth' was revealed once again. With the help of the 'Heaven Stealing Talisman', the Wood Spirit Qi continuously distorted the spell array formed by the convergence of the seven stars.

In less than three breaths, the seven Saturnian giant stars vanished into nothingness.

Even more terrifying, Wang Ping casually used the 'Heaven-Stealing Talisman' to copy the array diagram that Di Wen had just cast. Unfortunately, Di Wen severed the earth elemental energy in the first place, preventing him from conjuring the celestial phantom. "Daoist Master, what skill!"

After speaking, Diwen Zhenjun formed another hand seal, and the Xuanhuang Qi around him expanded to its fullest extent. Countless earth spirits condensed in the void, each earth spirit sealing a thick earth vein aura.

Wang Ping shook his head and took a step forward.

With just one step, the wood spirit Daoist aura of the entire star field surged as if worshipping an emperor, the Jianmu phantom grew several times larger, and its root system spread out like a net, directly piercing into the core of the Earth Spirit World of the Earth Script True Monarch.

The magic array constructed by the Earth Spirit by the Earth Spirit True Lord had not yet taken shape when it collapsed under the entanglement of the Jianmu tree roots, turning into nutrients to nourish the Wood Spirit World.

At the same time, the Earth Spirit World of the Earthly True Lord is shrinking at a visible rate.

From a distance, the emerald-colored wood spirit in the starry sky suddenly became turbulent, attempting to completely devour the earth spirit.

This confrontation was devoid of earth-shattering explosions or evenly matched stalemates; instead, it was characterized by Wang Ping's complete suppression of Diwen Zhenjun from beginning to end, as if it were a matter of course for a higher-dimensional being to look down upon a lower-dimensional being.

"You really are an oddball!"

Diwen's voice was cold, because the battle had caused him to be constantly devoured by the rules, making his body twist and deform. However, he was able to maintain a basic human form, and he returned to normal as soon as he spoke.

"I've said it before, you're not qualified to define me."

Wang Ping replied coldly, "I wasn't qualified before, and I'm even less qualified now."

"Come again!"

Diwen's tone was full of defiance. Suddenly, the void around him cracked open, and then he raised his hands, and a nine-story altar made entirely of black quickly descended from the void.

From a distance, this altar looks like a tall tower, its surface covered with distorted faces, each one screaming silently. This is the 'Mountain-Suppressing Tower' forged by the Earthly True Lord with the devout faith of millions of disciples of the Earth Cave Sect.

It was recorded in the Dao Palace long ago, and the pagodas and magical artifacts of other cultivators in the Underground Cave Sect were made based on it.

As soon as the 'Mountain-Suppressing Tower' appeared, the starry sky trembled violently. The wood spirit energy that Wang Ping had constructed in the starry sky receded like a tide, and the Jianmu phantom crumbled inch by inch under the pressure of the altar.

At this moment, the rule of 'wood overcoming earth' became invisible under the power of countless underground sect disciples' vows. The heavy earth spirit, carrying the devout faith of all the underground sect disciples, actually suppressed the 'wood spirit world' constructed by Wang Ping.

But Wang Ping did not step back, because behind him was the orbit of Jupiter!
Suddenly, a black light split open between his brows, and an ancient longsword wrapped in chaotic energy appeared out of thin air.

It's the "Demon Sword"!
As Wang Ping gripped the sword hilt, Xinghai's voice rang in his ears: "A long-lost feeling!"

"Demon Sword, you remind me of many things, and you make me even more certain that you are that anomaly!"

The sound of the local script was deep and resonant.

Wang Ping flicked his sword lightly, and a murky mist immediately spread out, dimming the starlight and distorting space wherever it passed.

The Earthly True Lord had a solemn expression. The Xuanhuang Qi condensed beneath his feet, evolving into the image of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. The Mountain-Suppressing Pagoda stood majestically, its body flowing with pure Xuanhuang light.

"town!"

With a flick of his hand, the first level of the Mountain-Suppressing Tower opened, and a vast expanse of earth elemental energy poured out, transforming into nine majestic mountain phantoms that stretched across the starry sky. Each mountain carried the devout Daoist thoughts of the disciples of the Earth Cave Sect; it was profound, pure, and unshakeable.

Wang Ping gently swung the demonic sword, and the sword trembled slightly as the blade sliced ​​through the air, spreading gray mist.

The moment the mountain phantom touched the mist, strange cracks appeared on its surface, as if it were being eroded by some indescribable force. However, the Earthly True Lord remained calm and waved his sleeve, opening the second-level tower gate.

"Congeal!"

Countless strands of earth elemental energy condensed into a crystal-clear, dark yellow wall. On the wall, phantom images of the disciples of the Underground Cave Sect praying devoutly and fervently appeared. Each phantom image exuded pure earth elemental energy. Although the crystal wall was polluted where the gray mist of the demonic sword eroded, it was instantly replenished by new earth elemental energy, thus creating an endless cycle.

Wang Ping's gaze narrowed slightly, and the demonic sword suddenly slashed down. This sword strike was devoid of any fancy moves, only the purest distortion. Wherever the sword's edge passed, the Xuanhuang crystal wall shattered, but the shattered crystal wall did not dissipate. Instead, it transformed into countless streams of light and flowed back into the Zhenshan Tower.

Earthly True Lord made another hand seal, and the third level of the tower gate opened.

"change!"

A beam of mysterious light flew out from the tower, then spread to the endless starry sky, and an unprecedented pressure immediately invaded all parts of the starry sky.

Wang Ping is very familiar with this pressure.

That is the purest pressure of the 'Mountain Suppression Technique'. As long as there is enough energy, it can suppress all things in the world!

Wang Ping continuously formed hand seals with his left hand, and a vibrant green light rippled around him, resisting the earth elemental aura. At the same time, his right hand once again wielded the demonic sword, and the polluted mist swept in like a tidal wave...

At this moment——

"Enough! Do you intend to shatter this entire starry sky?"

A loud cracking sound rang out, and the figure of True Lord Lieyang appeared. With a wave of his hand, the Zhou Tian Star Chart unfolded, separating the two. Then, Tiangong, Xuanqing, and Baiyan appeared one after another, each using their own spells to separate the two.

Wang Ping sensed the combined power of them, which instantly caused the wood spirit aura he had set up to collapse. He then wisely sheathed his demonic sword, and the surging wood spirit aura returned to his body.

Meanwhile, Earthly True Lord swiftly retracted the 'Mountain-Suppressing Tower,' and the towering structure that had stretched across the void instantly shrank to a mere inch, hovering beside him. (End of Chapter)