Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 448: The Mystery of the Red Dust

Time flies like water, and in the blink of an eye, a hundred years have passed since Li Zhi visited the Immortal Mountain.

Although no major events that attracted the attention of the entire universe occurred during this period, the magnificent chapter of the golden age gradually unfolded.

The geniuses of each domain and the strongest quasi-emperor have successively entered the late stage of quasi-emperor. From time to time, terrifying thunder tribulations appear in various domains of the universe. The scene is so grand that countless people are looking forward to the birth of the next strongest quasi-emperor who can challenge the supreme of the forbidden area.

But at this moment, on Feixian Star, the central fiefdom suddenly broke into pieces, all kinds of fairy lights flew, auspicious clouds illuminated the world, and the grand atmosphere of the fairyland could be vaguely seen.

This incident attracted the attention of powerful tribes in various regions, and the major forbidden areas were no longer peaceful.

As the saying goes: "The devil's land appears on Feixian Star, and the immortal road is open again. Who will rise and fall in the world? It depends on the will of heaven."

All races in the universe are in turmoil, and the forbidden areas also respond.

But it never affected Li Zhi's practice.

Under the land of East Wilderness, inside the Wilderness Tower, after a hundred years of enlightenment, Li Zhi is about to complete his practice.

At this time, inside the Desolate Tower, Li Zhi's Soul Tower was having a routine exchange and discussion with the Green Emperor's Chaos Green Lotus Soul Dharma Image, starting with explaining the mysteries of their respective great ways.

Li Zhiyan said: "The heaven and earth have Tao, and all things have seeds. Return to the origin and restore to their original state. The seeds of Tao begin to grow. When they are nurtured to perfection, they are completed. Step on the Tao and reach the peak. Nirvana is transcendence..."

In a trance, such a picture appeared, as if a seed was born in Li Zhi's flesh and blood, then took root and sprouted, and finally thrived into one of the most powerful avenues in the world.

The Green Emperor said: "The Dao of Chaos embraces all things, creates the earth and the sky, and is the source of all Daos. There are things that are mixed and formed before the heaven and the earth. Where the Dao points, there is life. However..."

A chaotic green lotus, seemingly enveloping a world emitting the aura of immortality, floats in the immortal space of the desolate tower. It is the supreme spiritual form of the Green Emperor, and also the supreme divine realm evolved by the Green Emperor.

Countless great laws of the universe dropped down from the Chaos Green Lotus, and after evolving in the heaven and earth of the Divine Realm, they returned to the body of the Chaos Green Lotus.

Over and over again, the cycle allows the laws of heaven and earth in the divine realm to evolve towards the realm of the law of immortality.

Li Zhi expounded his own Tao, and Qingdi also expounded his Tao. Although they could not directly learn from each other, one evolved Tao seeds in the body and cultivated immortality, while the other evolved an immortal world outside the body. They still had many similarities.

Over the past century, the two have reaped a lot of rewards.

Moreover, Li Zhi could sense that the aura of the laws flowing on the Chaos Green Lotus was far more powerful than the imperial laws of the supreme beings in other forbidden areas, but it was not the true immortal laws.

Obviously, Qingdi has already forged his own path above the Great Emperor realm, and his goal is not simply to bring immortality back to the world.

At the same time, the immortal laws within the Desolate Tower were also suppressed by the Green Emperor within the spirit of the weapon and did not affect his path in the slightest.

Strictly speaking, Li Zhi has gained more than Qingdi in the past hundred years.

Because his Tao realm is lower than that of Qingdi.

After observing the Chaos Green Lotus Avenue evolved by the Green Emperor himself, Li Zhi discovered that the Green Emperor's Dao had surpassed the pinnacle of humanity and was much more profound than the Dao recorded in the "Green Lotus Emperor Scripture" that he left in the world.

Even the Avenue of Chaos can only be a younger brother in front of the Chaos Green Lotus Avenue of Creation of the Green Emperor. Not only has it evolved the Avenue of Chaos that embraces all things, it also contains a truth from chaos to creation.

It seems that the Green Emperor is seeking to go from existence to non-existence, and then from non-existence to existence, and in the meantime, he is looking for the true one.

After the two finished their discussion, the Qing Emperor's incarnation came to the thatched cottage where Li Zhi's real body lived and asked casually, "There is something wrong with the seal of Feixian Star, don't you want to go and take a look?"

With an incarnation of his soul traveling around the mortal world, the Green Emperor can always pay attention to the development and changes of the outside world. There is almost nothing he doesn't know. Naturally, the unusual movements at the seal of the magic land in the center of Feixian Star cannot escape his eyes.

Li Zhi shook his head and said, "The immortal path on Feixian Star can indeed lead to the immortal realm, but that is not the path I want to pursue. If I practice immortality, I will go to Feixian Star and fight for the opportunity to become an immortal. Unfortunately, I practice the path of the human body."

The Green Emperor sighed, "The Immortal Realm is incomplete, the immortals no longer exist, and I don't know if the path we take to become immortals in the mortal world can be considered the orthodox immortal path."

Li Zhi said: "There is no right or wrong way to practice. If you can follow it, it is the right way. If you can't follow it, it is the wrong way."

The Green Emperor looked at Li Zhi's confident expression and smiled, "It seems that I am still old and don't have the vigor and vitality of you young people."

"You are joking, senior. There is no distinction between young and old on the path of cultivation." Li Zhi also laughed.

After discussing Taoism with Qing Emperor for a hundred years, Li Zhi had long understood the power of this first person to become emperor in the post-ancient times.

Whether it is the talent for cultivation or the talent for practicing Taoism, they are both rare throughout the ages and far exceed those of ordinary emperors.

The elixir of life made the Green Emperor's potential almost endless. Becoming the Great Emperor was only the starting point, not the end.

This is also the reason why he dares to evolve the fairyland in the mortal world.

Then, Li Zhi sighed again, "The chance to become an immortal is not in the mortal world, but the secret of the Great Dao is in this mortal world. For cultivators like us, immortality has never been our goal, but seeking the Dao is our goal. If the Dao exists, immortality exists. If the Great Dao does not exist, immortality is useless.

If we cultivators want to surpass our predecessors and blaze a new trail, we must steal the true secrets of the Great Dao from this world, within the blurred boundary between life and death, so that we can embark on our own path of cultivation.”

Upon hearing this, the Green Emperor nodded and said, "My friend, what you said makes sense. I took it for granted before. I wanted to evolve a true fairyland in the mortal world in one step, but without the accumulation of reincarnation between life and death, I am afraid the probability of success is less than 30%."

After discussing the Dao for a hundred years, the Green Emperor also realized that it might not be possible to give birth to the perfect fairyland in the mortal world in one step. It would take several nirvanas of the great Dao for the fairyland of immortality he evolved to achieve the desired effect.

However, the Nirvana of the Great Way, which is equivalent to the reopening of heaven and earth, cannot be carried out in this world, otherwise the Nirvana will surely fail.

The best thing to do is to leave this world and complete the process of nirvana of heaven and earth and regeneration of the Great Dao in the boundless chaotic sea outside of heaven and earth.

By then, the Green Emperor will be able to truly control a world that belongs to him, and it will be possible to evolve this path of cultivation and evolution to the extreme.

This is what Qingdi and Li Zhi gained from their discussion.

When the Green Lotus Divine Realm evolves to its extreme in this world, it is time for the Green Emperor to leave this world and achieve Nirvana.

After discussing Taoism for a hundred years, Qing Emperor realized his own path of evolution, and the same was true for Li Zhi.

Li Zhi now understands why the path to immortality in the mortal world can only be successful in a world with a harsh environment.

In mortal martial arts, there is a method of practicing while standing on the edge of a cliff, using the great terror between life and death to steal the secrets of heaven and increase one's cultivation.

While practicing in the world of mortals, monks have to constantly experience the test of life and death during the process of cultivation. They need to constantly break through the boundaries of life and death in order to continuously improve their cultivation.

As long as your spiritual practice stagnates, death will follow you like a shadow.

This desire and pursuit derived from the instinct of life can enable cultivators to steal the mysteries of the great Dao to the greatest extent during the process of practice.

This is the simplest process of "stealing secrets from heaven".

At the same time, Li Zhi also discovered that if he wanted to truly transcend the five secret realms of the human body in the mortal world, he must experience the nirvana transformation of life and death, and grasp the mystery of the great way in the gray area between life and death.

Otherwise, simple transformation will not be successful, and the secret realm of the human body will not be sublimated.

Although the evolutionary path he planned did not require waiting for the end of his lifespan to undergo transformation, there was actually not much difference between each nirvana and living another life.

After chatting with Qingdi, Li Zhi planned to leave.

"Senior, the road to immortality on Feixian Star is about to open. Although it is useless to me, I still have some worldly karma to resolve. It's time to say goodbye to you." Li Zhi said finally.

"I have gained a lot in the past hundred years, so I owe you a favor," said the Green Emperor.

After saying goodbye, Li Zhi’s soul tower flew out of the deserted tower and returned to his immortal platform.

The Tower of the Soul, although the aura has not become stronger than it was a hundred years ago, the charm is completely different.

It seems to have truly evolved into a carrier of the Tao that can carry the ever-growing Great Dao like the primordial spirit, referred to as the "Tao body".

After leaving Beidou, Li Zhi returned directly to the ancient star Ziwei.

After returning to the Supreme Dojo he had been away from for a long time, Li Zhi discovered that neither Li Xian'er nor Jin Ming had gone out to gain experience.

Moreover, Li Xianer also successfully stepped into the Quasi-Emperor level. Although he was only a cultivator of the first level of Quasi-Emperor, he could be regarded as having stepped into the realm of the strongest.

"Dad, you're back." Seeing Li Zhi returning, Li Xian'er and Jin Ming immediately came to his side.

"Master, there are unusual movements in the central seal on Feixian Star. Is the path to immortality that leads to the fairyland about to be opened?" Jin Ming had just returned from his travels, and before coming back, he had been to Feixian Star to observe the seal problem there.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "I came back this time to ask for your opinion. When the immortal road is opened, are you willing to enter the immortal realm to practice?" "Master, I don't want to go to the immortal realm." Jin Ming shook his head and refused.

"Dad, I don't want to go to the fairyland either." Li Xianer also said.

"Why don't you want to go to the fairyland to practice? The practice environment in the fairyland is much better than that in the human world. Don't you want to live forever?" Li Zhi asked in confusion. They had talked about it before, and once the road to becoming an immortal was opened again, he would send them to the fairyland if he had the chance.

"Dad, didn't you tell us that if we want to reach the end of the Great Dao, we can't have even a trace of opportunistic thoughts on the path of cultivation? I want to accumulate ten reincarnation seals in this world and forge the foundation of the supreme Great Dao." A determined light flashed in Li Xian'er's eyes.

After a moment of silence, Li Zhi looked at Li Xian'er with satisfaction, then nodded and said, "You have ambition. Dad respects your choice."

Then, Li Zhi looked at Jin Ming and asked, "Ming'er, why don't you want to go to the fairyland either?"

Jin Ming said: "Although the Immortal Realm is nice, it is not Ming'er's home. Besides, I feel that I can grasp the true nature of the Great Dao earlier by following Master than by practicing in the Immortal Realm."

Li Zhi asked curiously, "As the saying goes, a master leads you to the door, but it's up to you to practice. Why do you think it's easier to follow a master than to practice on your own?"

Jin Ming explained, "It's intuition. I feel that the five secret realms of the human body are not really suitable for me to achieve enlightenment. Back then, my master asked me to focus on tempering my bloodline, so I was wondering if I could put all my energy from practicing the secret realms of the human body into the evolution of my own bloodline from the beginning, so as to embark on a special path of evolution."

Strictly speaking, the Five Secret Realms of the Human Body are more suitable for practice by creatures born in human form.

Although Jin Ming has transformed into a human form and can practice the secret realm of the human body, she is essentially an egg-laying divine insect, and there are still subtle innate differences between her and humans' natural Taoist body.

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Under normal circumstances, humans will not have deficiencies in the five secret realms of the human body due to the level of their cultivation.

However, some creatures are born without limbs. Although they can open up the secret realm of the human body in the process of cultivation, no one can say for sure whether this secret realm has congenital defects.

Moreover, during the practice of cultivation, most demon tribes will experience the phenomenon of reversion of their ancestral bloodlines.

Therefore, Jin Ming wanted to use this as a foundation to explore a path to heaven that was more suitable for the cultivation of the demon clan's bloodline.

Although the five secret realms system of the human body is good, it does not belong to the demon clan.

Li Zhi could understand Jin Ming's idea of ​​creating his own way.

After all, this is what Li Zhi taught her. Cultivation does not have to be bound by form. Only by exploring the evolutionary path that suits your own practice can you go further on the road of the great way.

However, Li Zhi was not worried that Jin Ming would die of old age in the mortal world. Even if she had not figured out the way to practice the method of bloodline evolution, the experience of exploring new paths would be very helpful for her future practice.

Li Zhi was confident that even if Jin Ming failed in the future, he would be more than capable of keeping her alive.

At worst, I can seal her in the end, and when I am strong enough, I can send her to the fairyland.

Afterwards, Li Zhi saw that Jin Ming and Li Xian'er seemed to have something else to say, but they hesitated.

He asked, "Anything else?"

"Dad, what is your relationship with the dragon girl of the Wanlong clan?" Li Xianer asked.

"Dragon Girl? Has she been to the Taoist temple?" Li Zhi said with some surprise.

"She hasn't been here, but she sent someone to deliver a letter to the temple." Li Xian'er took out an unopened letter, which was sealed with the power of Wanlongling.

Li Zhi took the letter, directly erased the seal on it, and then began to read.

After reading it, Li Zhi said to Li Xian'er and Jin Ming: "I need to go out for a while."

Seeing Li Zhi leave, Jin Ming curiously asked Li Xian'er, "Sister Xian'er, is it possible that Master is having an affair with that Dragon Girl?"

Li Xian'er frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Maybe it has something to do with the golden dragon."

Li Xian'er had seen the golden dragon that was buried in Kunlun by Li Zhi.

Li Zhi had told her back then that the golden dragon was another body of Li Zhi, and it died for him.

Half a day later, on the ancestral star of the Wanlong clan, Li Zhi came directly to the dragon girl's Wanlong Palace.

"You're here." The Dragon Girl was not surprised to see Li Zhi coming. Instead, she spoke very calmly.

"The road to immortality on Feixian Star is about to begin. Are you ready?" Li Zhi asked directly.

"If, I say if, if my child and I don't go to the fairyland, can you guarantee that he will grow up in the mortal world?" the dragon girl suddenly asked.

"Isn't it your dream to become an immortal?" Li Zhi felt a little doubtful.

"Becoming an immortal is my dream, but I think that becoming an immortal has nothing to do with going to the fairyland or not." The dragon girl suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Li Zhi asked.

"After going to the fairyland, he was just a dragon with impure blood, but in the human world, I saw him finally transform into a real dragon." The dragon girl suddenly stared into Li Zhi's eyes and said.

"So you want him to stay in the human world?" Li Zhi was a little confused about the Dragon Girl's thoughts.

The dragon girl nodded and said, "I see in you the possibility of having a child that surpasses my father. If you promise to train it into a real dragon, I will stay in the human world with the child."

Although Li Zhi didn't know what the dragon girl was thinking, after thinking about it, he agreed with her choice.

Jin Ming intends to explore a new path for bloodline evolution, perhaps this path is more suitable for the unborn dragon son.

Possessing the special bloodline of the Purple-Gold Divine Dragon, if he were to follow the cultivation system of the five secret realms of the human body, it might be a waste of his innate racial talent.

If he takes the path of bloodline evolution, perhaps he will have a greater chance of becoming a true dragon, or even surpassing a true dragon and embarking on the path of becoming an ancestor dragon.

In front of the Ancestral Dragon, the real dragon is nothing.

Only by transforming into the Ancestral Dragon can one have the opportunity to become a supreme being at the level of the Dao Ancestor that surpasses the Immortal King.

And this world of mortals is the best testing ground for forging your path.

People who were able to leave this realm include Emperor Huang Tian, ​​Emperor Ye Tian, ​​Emperor Chu Tian, ​​who were above the Way of Sacrifice, Emperor Henren who had set foot in the Way of Sacrifice, and Emperor Wu Shi who had set foot in the realm of Immortal Emperor. This shows how extraordinary this world is in nurturing different cultivation and evolution systems.

After Li Zhi left the ancient star of the Wanlong clan.

The Dragon Girl came to a small chaotic world alone.

There is a dragon's nest there, drawing in boundless chaotic energy to nourish a dragon egg.

The dragon girl stroked the dragon egg and said, "Child, I hope you don't blame me. I have unconsciously seen a destiny in the long river of time in a trance these years. There was no your father, nor you, and I died early in the hands of the Holy Body. It was your father's appearance that gave me you and helped me escape the predetermined fate. I believe that with him, your future will be better."

The purple-gold dragon egg in the dragon's nest seemed to sense the dragon girl's thoughts, and a purple-gold light suddenly flashed on the eggshell.

"Child, although your biological father is gone now, mother can sense that one day he will return against the will of heaven. At that time, our family of three will be reunited." Then, the dragon girl said to the purple-gold dragon egg.

Obviously, in her heart she did not admit that Li Zhi and the Golden Dragon were the same person.

But for the sake of her children, she had to temporarily compromise with Li Zhi.

There was a time when her spiritual perception suddenly became extremely sharp, and she was able to see all kinds of incredible future scenes.

She saw the vast heaven rising in the mortal world.

She saw a true Heavenly Emperor leading his army to conquer the heavens and all worlds, with blood and bones everywhere.

She also saw an ancestral dragon flying among countless worlds, with the heaven and earth around it like marbles.

She also saw a group of strange and powerful people performing a solemn sacrifice in front of a grand altar, and Li Zhi was the object of the sacrifice.

Although those scenes were fleeting, they left an indelible mark in the Dragon Girl's heart.

It made her realize that Li Zhi might be more mysterious than she had imagined.

Until a hundred years ago, she heard that Li Zhi had come to the Immortal Mountain with great force. After a hundred years of thinking, the Dragon Girl finally made her current decision.

(End of this chapter)