A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 684 Using the myriad paths of heaven and earth to temper oneself
Qilin was overjoyed. Today, he successfully attained the Dao Fruit of Quasi-Immortal Emperor, ranking among the supreme beings.

However, Qilin was not so happy, because his cultivation was stuck the moment he transformed into a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

After stepping into that lofty "pure other shore", the Qilin felt that all its cultivation and enlightenment had transformed into the foundation supporting its continued existence and growth, making its state almost eternal.

This means there is no room for further progress.

Moreover, after sensing the Immortal Emperor's Law "Beyond the World" that spontaneously manifested from the secret universe within his body, and after making some calculations about this special state, the Qilin Emperor quietly discovered a "truth" that made him feel extremely distressed.

"The Sixth Secret Realm: Xuanhuang Outer Heaven, which I cultivated before and used to attain the Quasi-Immortal Emperor status, was actually simplified."

"After obtaining the Dao Fruit of the Immortal Emperor with the simplified version and becoming an unparalleled being, the combat power possessed by him is less than one-tenth of that of the original version."

"This is awful!"

The Qilin Emperor was well aware of the drawbacks of using the path to ascend, which was not simply a matter of not being able to reach the end of the path. However, having just attained the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit, all his cultivation was now "permanently solidified," neither increasing nor decreasing. Wasn't this a bit too bizarre?

If he had known this would happen, he would have...
"I have no other choice but to break through the kingship, become an emperor, attain the Dao fruit of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and transform into a supreme being."

As the Qilin Emperor perused the contents of "The Other Shore" regarding the "Sixth Secret Realm," his face alternated between ashen and pale.

It's not that he didn't want to use the complete version of "Xuanhuang Tianwaitian," but rather that he simply couldn't afford it—it was too expensive!
Seriously, really, really too expensive!
This price is so high that even for a being of supreme status like him, seeing this terrifying number would make his scalp tingle and his vision go black.

If he had the foundation and cultivation level before his advancement, he would have needed to devour at least "millions" of the universe's origin to advance using the complete "Xuanhuang Tianwaitian" technique, in order to raise the probability of success to about 60%. To achieve an even higher success rate, he would need to invest even more resources, with the increase exponentially.

If you were to increase the probability to 100%, like when you break through to become an emperor using the simplified version of "Xuanhuang Tianwai Taitian" and walk the Xuanhuang steps with such ease, even if you filled in all of his supreme origin, which has already been proven to be a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and multiplied it several times, it still might not be enough.

"How did the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable successfully ascend to the Supreme Dao Ancestor with the complete version of the 'Sixth Secret Realm: Xuanhuang Outer Heaven'?"

"This terrifying difficulty of advancement might only be possible if most of the myriad worlds were filled in, so that an ordinary supreme giant could barely cross the abyss between the Immortal King and Quasi-Immortal Emperor realms and attain supreme status?"

"That's an exaggeration. If Xuanhuang Tianzun hadn't ascended to the rank of Supreme Being under the watchful eyes of all living beings, I would have thought that some supreme being was reincarnated and re-cultivating, walking the path of cultivation once again."

"Otherwise, it's really hard to imagine whether any living being could meet such difficult promotion requirements."

The Qilin Emperor looked utterly dejected. He sighed softly and began to restrain his rapidly increasing power and aura. He then used the Immortal Emperor Technique to shroud his life essence, blurring certain special auras and allowing some of the qualities he possessed while gazing upon the long river of time to return to the "mortal realm."

"In a sense, this cultivation level that has just barely passed the mark, and this 'permanent' state, is also a special advantage. At least for someone like me who has just advanced, whose cultivation has surged and is slightly out of control, and who needs to adapt, it can play a great role."

After adjusting his state, the Qilin Emperor looked at the starry sky outside the mythical battlefield. A fellow Daoist of the same realm, a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, had arrived.

A faint Buddhist light pierced through the void, revealing a phantom image of a pure land located at the core of Guixu. The Buddha, standing under the Bodhi tree, smiled and nodded, then vanished in the blink of an eye, as if he had only come to say hello.

Then, a huge dragon shadow emerged from the past, transforming into a young man clad in a silver-white battle robe. In an instant, it reconstructed the spacetime structure and arrived at the mythical battlefield, bowing to the Qilin Emperor.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Qilin, on breaking through the King realm and becoming an Emperor, thus attaining the supreme Dao fruit."

Next, two slightly heavy auras appeared beyond the nine heavens and ten earths, carrying the "Alchemy Cauldron" and the "Dark Gold Sword" and a projection. These were Dao Ancestor Yun Ding and Dao Ancestor Jin Feng, who arrived at the same time.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Qilin, on breaking through the King realm and becoming an Emperor, thus attaining the supreme Dao fruit."

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Qilin, on breaking through the King realm and becoming an Emperor, thus attaining the supreme Dao fruit."

The appearance of the four supreme Dao Ancestors and the three congratulatory voices eased the gloom on the Qilin Emperor's face, and he regained his joy.

Regardless, he has successfully broken through from King to Emperor this time. Standing at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, even if his cultivation level is difficult to improve further due to his ascent, looking back from the perspective of the supreme level, the path to breaking through from King to Emperor and perfecting his own "Dao Seed Method" will be dozens or even hundreds of times easier.

When the Supreme Dao Ancestor breaks through to the next realm using the "Dao Seed Method," he will also be one of them.

After a brief chat, a serious look flashed in Jin Feng Dao Zu's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Besides congratulating you on attaining the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit, I also wanted to understand your current state."

"As you should know, so far, there are only so many Immortal Kings who have been able to open their own path and thus become Supreme Dao Ancestors. If we exclude your true form and those of us who have already become Quasi-Immortal Emperors, there are fewer than ten of them."

"Even with all the resources for cultivation, the vast majority of supreme giants in the future will only be able to follow the path that Fellow Daoist Qilin's avatar currently follows, thus stepping into the supreme level."

"We need to make a rough estimate now about how much of a role they can play and how much combat power they can exert in the future, and make sufficient preparations as early as possible."

Currently, those who have attained supreme status in all the heavens and myriad realms are basically Dao Ancestors who opened their own paths. The inferences about the combat power of Quasi-Immortal Emperors who have ascended through various paths are only in the process of deduction, and there is no strong and substantial data.

Now that the Qilin Emperor has ascended the path and attained the Dao Fruit of Quasi-Immortal Emperor, the Golden Peak Dao Ancestor is paying more attention to his combat strength.

Even if the Supreme Dao Ancestor is not good at fighting, his combat power will still be a notch stronger than that of an ordinary Quasi-Immortal Emperor who has climbed the path, provided that their cultivation levels are not too different. This is due to the difference in their fundamental strength, and it is also proof that they have the potential to reach the highest level of the path.

Among thousands of Immortal Kings, only a tiny fraction can attain the status of Supreme Dao Ancestor. The majority of future Immortal Kings will be Quasi-Immortal Emperors who ascend the path. While the combat power of one Supreme Dao Ancestor may be equivalent to two Quasi-Immortal Emperors, it doesn't mean it can be equivalent to three. In the future, they will be the absolute pillars of combat power in this realm.

Hearing the words of Dao Ancestor Jin Feng, and glancing at the expressions of Heavenly Venerable Shen Zhulong and Dao Ancestor Yun Ding, the Qilin Emperor immediately understood. He, the first Quasi-Immortal Emperor to ascend the path and step into the supreme realm with the "Sixth Secret Realm - Xuanhuang Outer Heaven," was to be willingly used as an experimental subject.

For the sake of the greater good, this clone that has just entered the supreme realm is about to suffer.

Of course, more importantly, the time when he himself will become the Supreme Dao Ancestor will most likely be delayed.

The Qilin Emperor's face instantly showed a hint of distress, knowing that this matter could not be avoided, even if he had already become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

He directly drew a stream of information from his inner secret realm and sent it to the three fellow Daoists in front of him, saying with a slight sigh, "I know, but fellow Daoists also need to give me some spiritual resources. I may need them when my true body breaks through to become an Emperor."

"Using the 'Sixth Secret Realm - Xuanhuang Outer Heaven' to break through from King to Emperor was too costly; almost all the wealth I've accumulated over the years has been used up."

As the three Dao Ancestors began to browse the information flowing through their hands, their expressions grew increasingly subtle. They also began to roughly estimate the Qilin Emperor's combat strength, and gradually came to understand just how scarce the Great Universe's origin would be at some point in the future.

Zhu Qing nodded and made a promise, "Don't worry, we won't let you delay your breakthrough for nothing. After this is over, we will provide enough resources to at least half of the spiritual resources needed for your 'Dao Seed Technique' to break through from King to Emperor."

The other two Dao Ancestors also nodded and made corresponding promises.

They were aware that this great Qilin needed this quasi-immortal emperor avatar to collect supreme-level spiritual particles in order to break through the King realm, become an emperor, and prove itself as a Dao Ancestor.

Regardless of the reason, the appropriate compensation will definitely be provided.

Seeing that everything went so smoothly, the Qilin Emperor breathed a slight sigh of relief. Then he looked in the direction of the Pure Land of Salvation and asked with some doubt, "Is the Buddha of Nirvana busy with something? He seemed to be in a hurry just now, only able to cast a projection by relying on the power of the Pure Land."

When the topic turned to Zhu Qing, a hint of sorrow appeared on his face, and he sighed softly, "It's still about that matter of bringing forth a fellow Daoist who can shoulder the responsibility for the future."

“We were working quite well with the will of the universe, creating tens of millions of Holy Spirit Stone Embryos, and then selecting them step by step so that a certain Holy Spirit could embark on the ‘Path of Battle Immortals’, taking the Mythical Heavenly Emperor as a template, and embarking on the path of fighting against heaven and earth.”

"But sometimes man proposes, God disposes. Even though there were already more than a dozen promising talents, they just got stuck in a rut for some reason, and wouldn't turn back even after hitting a wall. They didn't realize their mistake until they reached the Dao, and almost dragged a promising talent who was still young into it. They were extremely stubborn."

"Now, our future Buddha is trying to train that promising young talent."

At this moment, Dao Ancestor Yunding spoke up, “Actually, it can’t be said that they have gone astray. It’s just that if they continue down this path, even if they become Battle Immortals, it will be difficult for them to open up their own path and become Dao Ancestors with unparalleled battle power.”

"Therefore, some corrections are needed."
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Ancient star in the primordial era, Mount Cangwu.

The little divine ape, who was cultivating under the waterfall, had a resolute expression. He kept swinging the long staff in his hand, constantly unleashing dazzling streaks of light. He was squeezing out his potential with all his might, trying to challenge the faintly manifested laws of humanity between heaven and earth, and wanted to hone his "Dao" and "Fa" so that they could unleash even greater combat power.

However, in just a moment of distraction, streaks of blood-red light burst forth from his body, and terrifying Dao wounds rose from his Immortal Platform, rapidly extending to the other secret realms, leaving his Dao body covered in wounds and teetering on the edge of life and death.

"elder brother!"

A little divine ape dressed in blue cloth, who was sitting on the shore watching, was frightened. He immediately took out a demigod medicine that resembled a peach from his bosom, stepped into the waterfall, and used his divine power to inject the vast medicinal power within it into his elder brother's body, which was suffering from severe Dao injuries. He used the powerful essence of the demigod medicine to keep his life hanging and to cleanse the terrifying Dao injuries that had appeared in his brother's body.

"Brother, maybe you should take it slow. Your cultivation is too terrifying. One day in the future, your injuries might not even be cured by a true elixir of immortality."

The little divine ape, who was using the essence of demigod medicine to cleanse the Dao injuries in its body, had an unusually calm expression.

He gripped the long staff in his hand. "It's just a matter of insufficient combat strength. As long as my combat strength is sufficient, what does it matter how many Dao injuries I suffer?"

"I can smash these remnants of Daoist magic with a single blow, and let them become nourishment for my body to become stronger."

The little divine ape, dressed in a blue cloth robe, murmured with some hesitation, "Actually, I think the 'becoming an immortal through combat power' mentioned in this 'Path to Immortality' means defeating all opponents with absolute combat power in the mythical battlefield, then seizing the Heavenly Heart Mark, and naturally becoming an immortal."

"If one were to constantly use one's own 'Dao' and 'Fa' to clash with the laws of humanity between heaven and earth, or even to fight against the subtlest extreme laws, then who in this world could possibly succeed?"

The little divine ape, holding a long staff, said calmly, "I am now at the peak of the Saint realm. With the 'Sacred Path' and 'Sacred Techniques' I have established, I can contend with the human laws flowing between heaven and earth that are only at the initial stage of the Great Saint realm. Under certain special circumstances, I can also continuously delve into the divine restrictions through the 'Heart Secret,' and erase them through repeated enlightenment."

He looked at his younger brother and said seriously, "At my peak, I crossed two major realms and about eleven minor realms. This almost invincible combat power was honed in this way."

The little divine ape, dressed in blue cloth, didn't know how to refute. His brother's combat power was too astonishing. Even a saint who was "reincarnated" from a celestial king in legend would probably be able to fight him to a draw, or even win.

And this is the result of tempering oneself through the myriad ways of heaven and earth.

"Don't worry, this is the right path, otherwise my combat power would not have improved so rapidly. As long as I can fight my way up and shatter the laws of heaven and earth at different levels, when my cultivation reaches the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor, I should be able to try to circulate that Battle Immortal Scripture."

"This 'Path to Immortality' is a path that I reorganized and established based on the insights of my fathers."

"When I shatter all the myriad paths of the universe, that will be the day I attain the status of a War Immortal."

(End of this chapter)