Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 437 The value of existence

The mysterious energy of enlightenment is spreading unrestrainedly throughout the universe.

Immortals dancing, auspicious dragons and phoenixes, auspicious beasts offering gifts and other visions of enlightenment continue to appear in various regions of the universe.

All things in heaven and earth seemed to be celebrating the emergence of a great being, as if telling all living beings that the opportunity for everyone to become like a dragon had come.

It also seemed to be saying that from now on, attaining enlightenment and becoming an emperor would no longer be the end of cultivation.

The great universe will therefore complete the transition, and the laws of heaven and earth above the Great Emperor will reappear on earth, allowing the origin of the great universe to once again produce long-lived matter.

In a place where the aura of enlightenment permeates, a kind of joy that comes from the heart emerges in the hearts of all living beings.

It seems that in this dark world, there is still a bright future.

However, the aura of enlightenment was like a flash in the pan, and soon disappeared without a trace, and all the visions disappeared along with them.

This change makes people feel confused.

There was such a strong aura of enlightenment, and auspicious signs were everywhere between heaven and earth. It seemed that someone was about to achieve enlightenment and become an emperor. But in reality, no strong person in the universe could sense the calamity of becoming an emperor.

The Great Emperor's Tribulation is a natural calamity that cannot be concealed. Once it appears, it will inevitably shake the entire universe.

"Could it be that the chaotic body is about to achieve enlightenment? All the laws of heaven and earth seem to have become active, as if they are celebrating something." Someone said in confusion.

"With such a strong aura of enlightenment, why hasn't the great calamity of the emperor arrived? Could it be that the one who is about to achieve enlightenment has encountered an accident?" Some people were afraid, worrying that the one who was about to achieve enlightenment had been ambushed by the Supreme of the Forbidden Zone.

Such examples of the supreme being of the forbidden zone plotting against those who are about to attain enlightenment have occurred many times since ancient times.

Even many great emperors have experienced that kind of disaster.

Now, the aura of enlightenment comes and goes quickly, and even the thunder tribulation of the emperor has not appeared.

This kind of change cast a shadow on the hearts of many strong people.

It is the consensus of everyone that it will be extremely difficult to achieve enlightenment in this life.

After all, the road to becoming an immortal has been opened, and the supreme being in the forbidden area has revived. If he achieves enlightenment at this time, it will easily alarm them.

If you are not careful, you will become food for the Forbidden Zone Supreme.

It is completely different from the period when the Supreme in the Forbidden Zone was in deep sleep.

If the supreme beings in the forbidden area are all asleep, it will take at least the ninth level of the quasi-emperor, or even the great calamity of becoming an emperor, to wake them up.

But now, the catastrophe of the seventh or eighth level of the Quasi-Emperor can alarm them.

The energy for achieving enlightenment suddenly appears and then disappears, which undoubtedly increases the pressure on those who want to achieve enlightenment in this life.

Some people even speculated that there was a problem with Ye Fan's enlightenment and he simply passed away.

After all, the hundred-year period of Heaven has arrived, and the various groups of Heaven have suffered severe impacts from the restricted area. Even the saints who followed Ye Fan in the early days were killed in the battle, and Ye Fan never showed up.

Just as everyone was daydreaming, Li Zhi in the Supreme Taoist Temple also finished explaining to all the disciples the practice of the mortal chapter of the "Great Dao and Longevity Sutra" about the five secret realms.

Originally, Li Zhi was going to continue telling his disciples about the subsequent practice of the secret realm of the human body that he had deduced.

But his heart was pounding, as if the next words would touch upon a real taboo.

At the same time, he also sensed the light of enlightenment appearing in the outside world. This was a strange phenomenon that occurred after he divided the method of cultivating the secret realm of the human body into four stages in his mind and named them.

Originally, he was going to tell his disciples that after practicing the Human Body Secret Realm Method to an alternative level of enlightenment, the road to the Great Dao was not cut off, but there were still three major stages of practice that needed to be climbed.

But now his soul warned him, so he held back what he was about to say.

It was precisely because of his stopping that the light of enlightenment that permeated the heaven and earth disappeared.

It seems that he is still unable to withstand the heavenly punishment brought about by the development of the cultivation system.

After Emperor Huang Tian passed down the five secret realms, he directly underwent the test of a hundred years of creation calamity.

But Li Zhi is now much weaker than the Emperor Huang Tian back then.

Although he is not a creator of the Dao, it can be expected that as long as he leaks the "truth" of the secret realm method, the test of heaven and earth he will have to go through will definitely be strong.

Although he didn't say it out loud, Li Zhi's soul and soul tower were silently chanting, and in his heart he elaborated on the framework and goals of the subsequent stages of practice after completing the mortal stage of practice.

During the mortal stage of practice, attaining enlightenment and becoming an emperor can be regarded as an act of establishing the Tao.

Next, the second stage of practice is to achieve the three immortalities, namely the immortality of the body, the immortality of the soul, and the immortality of the great way. Li Zhi summarized this stage as the stage of seeking longevity.

After cultivating the immortality fruit, one can start the third stage of cultivation, which is to breed an immortal fruit from the Tao seed on the basis of immortality. That is to breed the sixth secret realm that belongs to the cultivator himself. Li Zhi called this stage the cultivation stage.

After producing the immortal fruit of the Tao, it is the fourth stage of practice, which is to allow the Tao to grow into a transcendent stage that can transcend all the shackles of the world.

As the saying goes: Ordinary people establish the Tao, immortality breeds the Tao, the Tao bears fruit, and the Tao achieves transcendence.

As Li Zhi finished dividing the method of cultivating the secret realm of the human body into four major stages, it seemed that a pair of eyes crossed the eternal time and space, transcended the heavens and all realms, and looked at him from a mysterious place outside the long river of time.

However, Li Zhi was unaware of anything. Instead, he felt as if a torrent of special good fortune had come upon him, as if he had been recognized by the path of spiritual practice and evolution of the Secret Realm of the Human Body.

That feeling was very similar to the feeling when he made a deal between heaven and earth and got great fortune, but it was much more comfortable than that feeling.

It was as if at this moment, the depth of his understanding of the secrets of the human body suddenly increased tenfold.

At the same time, the primordial spirit and the tower of the primordial spirit were also covered by a nine-colored halo formed by the light of enlightenment.

Li Zhi's mind's eye faintly saw a path to heaven in that halo that represented a system of spiritual practice.

It seems that as long as you follow the steps along that avenue, you can reach the end of the avenue.

It seems that every cultivation system has such an invisible road to heaven.

Moreover, it is a highway to heaven built jointly by the founders of the system and those who followed later.

It is even possible to distinguish the strengths of different cultivation systems by comparing the length and width of this avenue to heaven.

The founder of a cultivation system can often reach the end of this great road, but it does not mean that the person who founded a system will open up this great road to the point where everyone can walk on it.

It is very likely that only a line of faint footprints leading to the end were left in the void.

It is almost impossible for those who come after to follow the footprints to the end. They need to fill in the cliffs and gullies that appear halfway along the road, and even draw up the blank spaces, so as to pave and widen the road representing the cultivation system into a road to heaven that everyone can walk on.

Li Zhi could vaguely see that the road behind him was wide and flat, but further ahead, the flat road turned into steps.

Further along the avenue, a cliff suddenly appeared on the wide road, followed by fog that blocked the view, and one lonely road island after another hidden in the clouds. Even at the end of this avenue to the sky, there was only a line of flickering footprints imprinted in the nothingness.

It just tells the world that this road can lead to the end, but no one can see where the road leads to.

Even if you are not careful, you will get lost in the endless nothingness.

Moreover, not far in front of Li Zhi, piles of bones were spread on the road, and even formed a bridge, hanging in the air, which directly became a broken bridge of the unfinished project.

After seeing this scene, Li Zhi couldn't help but feel a sense of enlightenment.

"It turns out that the path that represents the secret cultivation system of the human body is so rough. Only the path of the mortal stage is relatively broad."

As his thoughts fluctuated, the illusion created by the system's evolutionary path also disappeared from Li Zhi's mind.

"The road ahead is blocked, the world is vast, isn't this the perfect opportunity for us to realize our ambitions?"

Suddenly, a spark of fighting spirit ignited in Li Zhi's heart.

Isn't it more exciting to explore and perfect a path of spiritual practice and evolution than to pursue enlightenment, becoming an emperor, or even an immortal?
Walking on roads that no one has walked before, building bridges that no one has built before, and witnessing with one's own eyes the transformation of natural barriers into thoroughfares, this sense of accomplishment cannot be compared to becoming an immortal.

Li Zhi couldn't help but feel his blood boiling at the thought that he was about to devote himself to the noble cause of building and expanding a path of spiritual practice and evolution with unlimited potential.

Since coming to the world of Zhutian, Li Zhi has never had such a clear sense of mission in his heart.

Before this, he didn't know why he was born, why he lived, and why he existed.

Is it just for the purpose of practicing hard to become an emperor and then cover the world with one hand?

Or is it to protect the people and pacify the forbidden zone of life?
However, Ye Fan has already completed all these things, and he has done them very well.

If he also did those things, wouldn't he be repeating what Ye Fan had done?

For an outsider who does not belong to this ancient history, is there any value in repeating what Ye Fan did for the evolution and development of the entire ancient history?

Strictly speaking, no.

Being born as a human being, you must have a mission. Whether it is good or evil, you must do something in the end.

As a lucky outsider, you must have a special mission.

However, although Li Zhi had made himself extremely powerful before, he had never figured out why he was born, where he came from, and what the value of his existence was.

If you come to this world, it is simply for the sake of immortality and becoming an immortal.

So what is the value of his existence?

During the evolution of this period of ancient history, countless creatures eventually became immortals.

Does it really make sense for this ancient history to have one more immortal in the world?

Over the years, although Li Zhi's cultivation has increased extremely rapidly, the great laws he has comprehended are not weak, and his combat power is even comparable to that of a chaotic body of the same level.

However, the necessity of his existence as a time traveler is not reflected. Whether he is there or not, it seems that it does not affect the evolution and development of this ancient history.

Over the years, in addition to concentrating on his practice, Li Zhi has also been thinking about this problem.

That is, what he should do after traveling through time to demonstrate the value of traveling through time.

Don't underestimate this problem.

If this fundamental problem is not solved, the necessity of Li Zhi's existence will be questioned.

A great man once said: "If the line is wrong, the more knowledge you have, the more reactionary you become."

The same principle applies on the path of spiritual practice.

The necessity of being a time traveler is even more important than the fact of being a time traveler itself.

If an outsider is thrown into a complete period of ancient history, then one question that should be considered is the necessity of the outsider's existence.

If there is no need for it to exist, or if it is simply replacing someone and repeating the path taken by others, then why should this outsider be thrown into this ancient history.

This is a question worth serious consideration.

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Before this, Li Zhi seemed to be in this ancient history, but his fate was outside of this ancient history and was not integrated with the fate of this ancient history.

In other words, he was an outsider from the beginning to the end and did not belong to this ancient history at all.

But as Li Zhi solved this problem, his destiny began to truly integrate into this ancient history.

Li Zhi, who originally had no past, no future, and no present in Tianji, finally had traces of his existence.

Although, his cultivation has now reached the peak of the seventh level of Quasi-Emperor, he has finally solved the problem that has troubled him for hundreds of years.

But at the moment when fate merged into this world, Li Zhi's originally erratic spirit seemed to have found its true sustenance, and turned from illusion into reality.

At the same time, the soul seems to be wearing a layer of warm clothes.

A sense of comfort from the depths of his soul arose spontaneously, and an ultimate state of mind burst out from the depths of his soul, soon filling every inch of his flesh and blood.

The Dao realm, which was originally at the peak of the seventh level of the Quasi-Emperor, began to soar rapidly.

Quasi-Emperor Eighth Heaven, Early Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, Perfection, Quasi-Emperor Nineth Heaven, Early Stage, Middle Stage...

The realm of Tao has soared to the perfect level of the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor, and there is no sign of stopping.

At the same time, Li Zhi, who was sitting on the platform, suddenly stopped preaching and seemed to have entered a magical state of Taoism, which directly affected the practice of everyone in the audience and made everyone enter a state of enlightenment.

However, as the aura of an ancient emperor suddenly emerged from Li Zhi, the disciples below the stage were immediately affected and they all withdrew from enlightenment. Some were even attacked by the avenue and were seriously injured on the spot.

"Master, please restrain your breath, our disciples can't bear it anymore."

At this moment, Jin Ming, who had just awakened, struggled to hold up the quasi-emperor aura barrier to protect the disciples behind him, and shouted.

Hearing Jin Ming's call, Li Zhi, who was immersed in the ocean of rapidly rising Taoism, suddenly came to his senses and came out of that state.

Then he restrained the aura of the ancient emperor that he had unintentionally emitted.

Jin Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, and even sweat appeared on his forehead. He asked with lingering fear: "Master, what happened to you just now?"

When Li Zhi saw the condition of his disciples and the injuries of Jin Ming and Li Xian'er, he felt a little guilty.

He was so focused on his own practice that he forgot that he had these disciples around him.

Preaching and gaining enlightenment at the same time, and entering into an extremely special state, can be considered a magical experience.

Then Li Zhi used a spell to heal the injuries on the disciples, and said to them, "Go away, and go back to reflect on your thoughts."

After saying this, Li Zhi took Jin Ming and Li Xianer back to the Changshou Palace.

"Dad, did you just have another breakthrough in your cultivation?" Li Xian'er asked when she saw that Li Zhi's aura seemed to become more plain and simple.

"My cultivation has improved." Li Zhi smiled. At this time, Li Zhi's realm of Taoism had reached the perfect level of the quasi-emperor ninth heaven, but his true realm had not been broken through, lacking the essence and power of the law of the quasi-emperor ninth heaven.

Just like the three golden immortals in the Conferred God World. Although their Dao realm is profound and unfathomable, their real combat ability is extremely weak. If they do not practice the means of protecting the Dao, they may even be killed by people whose realm is much lower than theirs.

Li Zhi's current Dao realm and cultivation realm are not matched. Dao realm is the level of a cultivator's understanding of the Dao, while cultivation realm is the strength of the Dao laws in a cultivator's body. That is, the Dao evolves into laws, and the laws fuse with various essences and transform into mana, and mana is transformed into combat power through the Dao-protecting method.

Now, Li Zhi has elevated his Dao realm to the perfect level of the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor.

However, the power of laws in his body is still at the peak level of the seventh level of quasi-emperor, which means that he has not yet transformed the realm of Tao into combat power of the same level.

That is what people often say, the realm has been improved, but the combat effectiveness has not been improved.

This is somewhat similar to Ye Fan's situation, but Ye Fan is the opposite. His combat power often arrives first, and then his realm follows.

When he was at the peak of his Saint King status, he could fight against the Great Sage. After he achieved another kind of enlightenment, he could directly fight against the Great Emperor of the world.

It was also because the Dao laws within his body did not transform and sublimate as his Dao realm improved. When Li Zhi's Dao realm soared to the perfection of the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor, his cultivation did not directly break through to the eighth level of Quasi-Emperor, thus bringing about a thunder tribulation.

This situation is somewhat similar to the one on the other side of the gods on the ancient mythological road, where the cultivator who was known as the second best under the starry sky was. That person was already a great sage in terms of Tao realm, but due to various reasons, the level of laws in his body was in the realm of Saint King.

After Li Zhi explained his condition, Li Xian'er and Jin Ming were completely relieved.

They also cooked personally to celebrate Li Zhi's improvement in cultivation.

Just as Li Zhi was enjoying the peaceful life in the dojo, the strong men from various domains who were fooled by the aura of enlightenment began to talk.

Many powerful people even stepped into the starry sky to search for the source.

Even in the major forbidden areas of Beidou, supreme decrees were issued, ordering disciples in the forbidden areas who were active outside to find the source of the energy that could lead to enlightenment.

Because within the major life forbidden zones, there were many ancient emperors who were in a spiritual state in their late years. After being awakened by that special aura of enlightenment, they vaguely saw a road to heaven that had nothing to do with becoming an immortal.

It seems that as long as they take that path, they can also obtain the fruit of immortality in the mortal world.

However, the avenue to heaven existed for a very short time. Before they could see the true appearance of the road, it disappeared without a trace.

Even when several ancient emperors worked together to deduce the secrets of heaven, they could not figure it out and only saw a confusing chaos.

This result is similar to their experience when they became emperors and tried to reach a higher level but could not see any way to become stronger.

However, some supreme beings firmly believed that this was the true energy for becoming an immortal, so they issued a decree asking people to find the source.

At this moment, Ye Fan also returned to the universe from the edge of the universe.

He first destroyed a blood-dominant army led by a quasi-emperor, and then killed two forbidden area disciples outside the Heavenly Palace.

As the news came out, it instantly ignited the entire universe, and most people attributed the source of the aura of enlightenment to Ye Fan.

"The Holy Body is not dead, and is even more powerful than a hundred years ago. He may really be able to break the limit of the Holy Body and achieve enlightenment in this life."

Just as many forces were discussing how to deal with the scheduled return of the Holy Body, Ye Fan officially began to overcome the tribulation.

Two major disasters came at the same time, and even brought about the nine-fold immortal disaster.

Moreover, in the interval between the tribulations, he tore apart a great tyrant with his bare hands, shocking the world.

After enduring several terrifying heavenly tribulations, Ye Fan finally achieved a perfect holy body, and his cultivation even reached the level of half a step to alternative enlightenment.

The rise of a great holy body undoubtedly brings unparalleled hope to the world.

After Ye Fan passed the weak period and recovered, he first entered the underworld, and then went to the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star, and killed all the surviving Tyrant Body of the Cang Tian Tyrant Bloodline.

This kind of victory made the Heavenly Palace boil with excitement. The drums of war rumbled, the flags fluttered, and it was extremely lively.

From then on, Heaven truly became one of the most powerful forces in the universe.

A grand banquet was held in the Heavenly Palace, with drums and music playing, and all major forces came to pay homage. No matter if it was the Taoist Palace, the God Organization, or the major powerful tribes in the universe, they all sent their leading figures to offer congratulations.

At the Supreme Dojo, Li Xian'er and Jin Ming went to ask Li Zhi whether they could go together to congratulate Ye Fan on his completion of the Holy Body.

However, this proposal was rejected by Li Zhi.

He just asked her and Jin Ming to go and congratulate Ye Fan on his behalf, and told them that they didn't need to return to the dojo for the time being.

Ye Fan's holy body has been perfected, but Li Zhi does not feel that he has become safer. Instead, he has a hunch that as long as he walks out of the dojo now, he will encounter huge troubles.

The celebration in Heaven had just ended, and Ye Fan did not practice in seclusion as everyone expected. Instead, he went to Beidou without stopping, descended in his true form, and walked through the restricted area.

Finally, he destroyed the life forbidden zone of the Sea of ​​Samsara and killed Xiaoyao Tianzun, one of the nine mythical celestial masters.

However, the disappearance of a huge life forbidden zone did not make Li Zhi feel that the threat had disappeared.

Instead, the feeling of impending disaster became stronger and stronger.

A hundred years passed like this, and the feeling of impending disaster made him tremble with fear.

It seemed that he would not be able to continue to practice with peace of mind unless he resolved this hidden danger.

Afterwards, Li Zhi left Ziwei Ancient Star alone.

At the same time, in each of the four major life forbidden zones, namely Beidou Donghuang, Taichu Ancient Mine, Xianling, Shenxu, and Shangcan, an incarnation of the Supreme Being quietly walked out.

And chased towards the mythical ancient battlefield where Li Zhi was heading.

(End of this chapter)