A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 646 Li Xiang: Blessed by the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable!

Seeing the faint Dao aura emanating from beside the Emperor, the many Immortal Kings who had been casting their gazes toward him understood what was happening and began to withdraw their attention from him.

We can't keep paying attention to this. Under normal circumstances, the Emperor, who possesses the power of a Celestial King, would definitely be able to detect the gazes of the other kings.

They would not continue to focus their attention on him, even knowing that it might lead to negative consequences for others.

A Pure Land for Salvation, on the Bodhi Tree.

Zhu Qing also withdrew his gaze and exclaimed in admiration, "As expected of the first emperor to open up this era, a peerless genius who possesses a wisp of supreme fortune, he actually succeeded in rebirth into his tenth life, raising his cultivation to the limit of the True Immortal realm, possessing power comparable to an ordinary Immortal King, much stronger than me."

Zhu Qing was genuinely praising him.

Throughout history, the number of immortals who have lived nine lifetimes in the mortal world is certainly not small. But among these geniuses who have the qualifications to become supreme Dao Ancestors, who can truly open up a new path, create their own unique method, and ascend to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, and be revered as Dao Ancestor by countless beings?
Even if there's not a single one left, that's probably an overestimation.

Among all the heavens and myriad realms, those in the Dharma-ending Age are not only the universe and starry sky of the great universe, but also countless worlds in the vast chaos and the boundless sea of ​​realms.

In this present world where the Spirit Realm covers billions of heavens and earth, the number of beings who know the path to immortality in the mortal world and the secret methods of Nirvana and who walk on this path is immeasurable.

The number of living beings in the realm has increased, and the teachings of immortals have never ceased. In an era where pioneers have opened up a path to immortality in the mortal world, the desire to walk the path to immortality in the mortal world, to live nine lifetimes in reverse, and to attain the fruit of immortality in the mortal world is no longer as arduous as in the past, whether in terms of the threshold or the direction of progress.

A nine-life immortal in the mortal world is no easy feat in this era. After attaining such a Dao fruit, one may gain a glimmer of hope to become the supreme Dao ancestor, but that is all.

There are countless ways to live out one's ninth life in this world of declining Dharma: Immortal Kings "reincarnating and cultivating again," taking shortcuts with Immortal King techniques like the "True Phoenix Treasure Technique," copying here and there, and consuming King-level immortal medicines or elixirs of immortality.

As long as you have a powerful backer and your own cultivation and Taoist practice are high enough, who wouldn't be a mortal immortal who has lived nine lifetimes in the Dharma-ending Age?

The only difference is whether the method for being reborn is a self-realization through learning from heaven and earth, or something "borrowed" or "cheated".

But if a celestial being who has lived nine lifetimes in the mortal world defies the odds and lives to a tenth, then that's different.

According to historical records, the Desolate Emperor lived ten lifetimes and possessed ten reincarnation seals. Then, at an astonishing speed, he broke through the King realm to become an Emperor, ascended to the highest point of the road, and transformed into an Immortal Emperor.

Now that he has lived for ten lifetimes, his cultivation has reached the pinnacle of True Immortal, and he possesses a wisp of the supreme Dao Ancestor's great fortune, in Zhu Qing's view, the Emperor's chances of opening up his own unique sixth secret realm and becoming a supreme Dao Ancestor are extremely high.

"Although I am now a supreme Dao Ancestor, there are still very obvious differences between supreme Dao Ancestors. I, a Dao Ancestor who achieved supreme Dao fruit through 'heretical path', am only slightly better than those Quasi-Immortal Emperors who ascended by taking shortcuts. Compared with the geniuses who truly opened up their own cultivation system, I am still half a step behind."

"If I cannot comprehend my own sixth secret realm before the Emperor breaks through the King and becomes an Emperor, then after he attains the supreme, perhaps a short period of ten thousand years of seclusion will be enough for him to leave me far behind."

"Those old guys who have cultivated the Emperor's Light have not found their own path within tens of millions of years, and I'm afraid they will be surpassed by the Emperor."

With a teasing smile on his face, Zhu Qing glanced at the Emperor Light Immortal Kings outside the Great Universe, who clearly felt a sense of urgency, and then looked at the Silent Future Buddha in front of him.

“I remember that millions of years ago, your original body was deep in the Spirit Realm, fighting against those strange and ominous things, accumulating enough insights into the Dao, and then following certain ‘paths’ to fight your way into the Southern Heaven and ascend to the Lingxiao Palace, didn’t it?”

"Have you, in your true form, paid homage to the Emperor yet?"

Zhu Qinglong's eyes held a hint of curiosity. According to his understanding, the Heavenly Court should be located within the vast universe, and anything appearing elsewhere was merely a reflection of it. However, after he attained the Supreme Dao Ancestor status, he was unable to detect its location no matter what methods he used, as if it did not exist in this world.

He was quite astonished when he learned that after Li Xiang broke through the rules and logic of the [Spirit Realm], he was able to detect the traces of the [Heavenly Court] and then fight his way up the path. If he weren't forced to leave the Great Universe, he would have actually wanted to accompany Li Xiang to ascend to the Heavenly Palace, meet the Emperor, and ask him some questions about the dilemmas he encountered in his cultivation.

The expression on the face of the Buddha of Nirvana paused slightly.

Why bother paying homage to any emperor? If you want to pay homage, just mutter a few words to "Xuanhuang Tianwaitian".

The purpose of storming into the Southern Heaven and storming into the Lingxiao Palace is to express the strong protest from the people to Uncle Xuanhuang.

The traces of their hard work over the years can be found everywhere, from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths to the myriad realms. After cultivating the Emperor's Light, that Xuanhuang Uncle, who is neither human nor holy, has recently hinted at a tendency to send him to a past era, to continue working in a time that has become history!

If we don't protest, once we become the Supreme Dao Ancestor and transform into a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, wouldn't we have to create countless avatars and be sent to different past eras to be relentlessly exploited by Him?!
The Buddha of Nirvana clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and silently chanted "Buddha of Nirvana, Cease," slowly calming the nameless thoughts that kept rising in his mind and suppressing the burning anger deep in his heart.

After a long while, the Buddha of the Future, Nirvana, sat back down under the Bodhi tree and answered Zhu Qing's question, "The rules of the present world are hard to find in the depths of the [Spirit Realm], and its logic is completely different from that of all the heavens and myriad worlds. The true body is still on its way to the Southern Heaven, and has not yet seen the Mythical Heavenly Emperor."

Zhu Qing was startled. A rare look of blankness appeared in his clear dragon eyes, and a few drops of clear spiritual saliva even dripped from his dragon mouth onto the Bodhi tree, causing the entire tree to tremble.

After a long while, he muttered, "No, what the hell are you doing, traversing the depths of the [Spirit Realm] for nearly a million years?"

"You are the Emperor Light Immortal King, a powerful Emperor Light Immortal King who can borrow magic from an Immortal Emperor's weapon at any time! You have roamed the Boundary Sea for millions of years and can even cross to the other side!"

"The Spirit Realm has such a deep place for you to run through?!"

"You must have come to the wrong place!"

Upon hearing this, the Buddha of Nirvana was momentarily stunned.

That makes sense. So why didn't the original body notice anything amiss for millions of years, and continued to use the Immortal King's Technique to cross over towards the Heavenly Court?

Moreover, this feeling of "doubt disappearing" seems strangely familiar?

The Buddha of Nirvana fell silent.

The Buddha of Nirvana suddenly remembered a special lineage of the Dongxuan Sect, and one of the three major lineages of this lineage, a series of Taoist methods called "Error".

The Buddha of Nirvana suddenly realized something.

Fusheng ███ Xuanhuang Tianzun!
They even steal their own nephew's ideas!
Deep within the spirit world.

Li Xiang, who was using the Immortal King's Law to extinguish the shackles binding her and continuously cross the river, stopped in her tracks, her expression turning unusually unpleasant.

He has already received a message from his Buddhist avatar left in the cosmos.

Without saying a word, Li Xiang picked up his Immortal King Artifact, which was filled with feng shui diagrams, and immediately began to deduce the situation, filling in all the places he had overlooked in the past. In the depths of the Spirit Realm, which was filled with endless information, he found a special ray of light that reflected all the worlds.

Li Xiang narrowed his eyes slightly, raised his hand, made a fist, and blasted it towards a special spiritual node in front of him.

In an instant, the "Secret Technique of Lin," infinitely approaching the realm of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, was unleashed. An immortal and indestructible golden nature rose from his inner universe, and the power of the sixth secret realm, "All Paths Return to Extinction," erupted forth, tearing through the mist of fate formed from "error" with dazzling Quasi-Immortal Emperor light. "Whoosh!"

A faint spiritual breeze swept by, extinguishing all spiritual haze. The staircase leading directly to the Heavenly Court appeared beneath their feet. Looking up, the Southern Heavenly Gate was within reach!
"Crack. Crack"

One after another, countless divine chains manifested and stretched out from the void, wrapping around his limbs, carrying the terrifying pressure of history and the cause and effect of the present world, trying to suppress all power.

The recurring shackles and the divine chains that kept binding him caused Li Xiang to frown slightly.

“It’s happening again. Ever since I found the clue to the location of the Heavenly Court and stepped into the depths of the Spirit Realm, these shackles have been relentlessly binding me.” He formed a hand seal, his index finger swirling with immortal golden energy, and pressed it against the shackles, annihilating everything and turning them into illusions. “Even concealing my aura cannot escape them. What exactly are these shackles?”

He gazed wistfully at the "sky" and muttered to himself, "No matter what it is, I can just ask and get a clear answer later."

With a light step, his figure floated up and "climbed" the steps leading to the Southern Heaven Gate at an extremely fast speed, rapidly approaching the portal inscribed with the Daoist script of the Immortal Emperor.

However, after running for a while and getting closer to the gate, Li Xiang's expression suddenly changed, becoming extremely solemn, and he stopped again.

The steps leading to the Heavenly Court in front of him were somewhat damaged.

Not only were the Immortal Emperor's Dao inscriptions on it slightly damaged, but even most of the step stone had disappeared, as if it had been forcibly erased by the aftershocks of an attack from a terrifying being.

After a moment's thought, Li Xiang's feet shimmered with a faint light of quasi-immortal emperor as he forcefully stepped onto the stairs.

"boom!"

A muffled thud resounded, but the remaining half of the step stone in front of him remained unshaken. The Immortal Emperor's Dao runes on it continued to flicker, flowing with strands of supreme and powerful Dao charm, showing the world its seemingly indelible qualities.

"If the power of someone approaching the level of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor cannot shake a broken step stone, then it means that the power of a Supreme Dao Ancestor is most likely unable to completely destroy even a complete step stone."

"This was indeed caused by the aftermath of Lu Jin Immortal Emperor's attack. But here's the problem: what happened to the Immortal Emperor's Dao essence left behind by the aftermath of Lu Jin's attack?"

"Why is there not even a trace of it?"

Li Xiang leaped up the intact stone steps and continued climbing toward the South Heaven Gate, his heart growing heavier with each step.

"Moreover, the Heavenly Court has the Mythical Heavenly Emperor's avatar, Uncle Xuanhuang, in charge, and it also has Immortal Emperor artifacts such as the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. How could any other supreme being possibly break in?"

In just a quarter of an hour, millions of years had passed, and the general appearance of the Heavenly Court reappeared in Li Xiang's eyes, causing his pupils to contract slightly.

The South Heavenly Gate has been breached.

The towering city walls, the soaring pillars of celestial materials, and the celestial emperor's magic so heavy that it could almost bring a celestial king to his knees—all of these were now terrifyingly damaged, leaving only a trace of insignificant power, perhaps only enough to cause a little trouble for a newly ascended emperor.

After a few moments of silence, Li Xiang immediately flew past the magnificent halls that shimmered with the light of immortals, heading towards the Lingxiao Palace.

Half an hour later, the three characters "Lingxiao Palace" and the magnificent immortal palace came into view.

Standing before the palace gate, Li Xiang slowly reached out and formed a sword incantation related to the [Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation]. However, after several breaths, the entire [Heavenly Court] remained as silent as ever, without any reaction, not even the slightest echo of a sword's cry.

The incantation changed, and the incantation to control the [Emperor Cauldron] was driven by the Immortal King's magic power, which carried the light of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor within him. It was unleashed, manifesting a thick cauldron shadow, and rising up a vast and magnificent phenomenon that suppressed all things, melted the infinite, and created immeasurable wonders.

In an instant, the remaining arrays within the Heavenly Court that were still functioning responded proactively and automatically recognized their masters.

A feeling of control over the Heavenly Court quietly flowed through Li Xiang's senses, causing his expression to change repeatedly.

Within the Heavenly Court, apart from himself, there were no other living beings, including the deity of the Heavenly Court itself, the celestial emperor's weapon.

"Uncle-Master Xuanhuang, could you be in danger?"

“But that shouldn’t be the case. According to the Xuanhuang Dao Scripture within the sect, He should be among the strong even at the highest level of the path. And He also has so many Immortal Emperor weapons by his side.”

“The historical traces belonging to ‘Xuanhuang Tianzun’ are still there, and I have never forgotten the appearance of Uncle Xuanhuang. So it is not a state of eternal silence.”

With some confusion, Li Xiang stepped into the Lingxiao Palace.

The throne of the Heavenly Emperor has been shattered, leaving only a few fragments containing traces of the Immortal Emperor's magic. Only a stone wall that has stood in the main hall for who knows how long remains intact.

Li Xiang frowned slightly, extending her spiritual senses to cautiously touch the stone wall and the carvings within it, but she did not detect anything amiss.

He slowly approached the stone wall, looking at the carvings that seemed to depict the deeds of a certain emperor, and vaguely made out a name.

"Supreme Central Primordial Elder, Yellow Emperor?"

"Whose name is this?"

Li Xiang's emotions were slightly fluctuating. He felt that he had been tricked by his martial uncle again, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what went wrong.

"Since we can't see the Emperor, we shouldn't stay here any longer."

Li Xiang glanced at Lingxiao Palace for a moment, then immediately turned and left, returning to the direction of the South Heavenly Gate.

However, the scenery changed instantly the moment they stepped through the South Heavenly Gate. Instead of the broken stone steps they had walked on before, they were faced with a sacred mountain exuding a majestic aura.

A few steps ahead, there is a mountain stele with very familiar inscriptions.
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【Xuanpu】.

With a blank expression, Li Xiang unleashed a burst of magical power at the mountain monument, creating an extremely unfamiliar "Dao" and "Dharma".

Li Xiang nodded; he understood everything.

"Fu Sheng ███ Xuanhuang Tianzun!"

(End of this chapter)