Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 470 The Golden Age Ends
On the bank of Xianhu Lake, in the Fish-Watching Pavilion, Li Zhi and Emperor Ming Bai Shitong drank and talked together.

Three thousand years have passed, and even though he had made up for the last flaw in the avenue and officially ascended to the pinnacle of the ultimate way, he still could not escape the reckoning of time.

Although he was completely at the top of the world, his life span was extended by another two thousand years.

But one cannot live forever, as his life span will eventually run out.

Over the past three thousand years, his cultivation had made almost no progress. Standing at the pinnacle of the Tao, it was as if he had reached the end of the great road.

Just like when he was still the emperor, the road ahead was uncertain and he could not continue to climb.

Even if I learned from Li Zhi that there is a realm above the extreme path, there is still a way to go.

However, relying on his own strength to cut through the darkness, open up a path forward, and build a stairway to heaven was beyond his ability.

The way of the universe is infinite, but human power is limited.

The qualifications required to open up a path forward in the fog were too high. It was as if Emperor Ming's eyes were covered by a black barrier. He could not see any stairs leading to heaven in the darkness ahead.

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t.

The sadness of having no path to follow often lies here.

The dilemma that Emperor Ming is facing now is also the dilemma faced by all the immortal kings in the heavens and worlds in the ancient times.

Back then, even in the most prosperous fairyland, after a cultivator cultivated to the pinnacle of the Immortal King, he had no way to go.

Because there is no trace of the great laws of the quasi-immortal emperor in the magnificent world of the fairyland, countless powerful people can only turn their attention to the boundary sea, trying to cross the boundary sea to the other side to find a way to defeat the king and become the emperor.

But now, in the mortal world, the great laws of the immortal realm do not exist.

Therefore, a strong person at the level of the Great Emperor is already the pinnacle of the avenue that can theoretically be reached in this world.

Therefore, the hopes of countless ancient emperors for breakthroughs (the hope of becoming immortals) were placed in the fairyland.

Although Li Zhi perfected the method to reach the top of the extreme way, he did not continue to write the great laws above the extreme way between heaven and earth.

Therefore, all cultivators who have reached the pinnacle of the highest realm still have to face the same dilemma as the ancient emperors.

The dilemma is that we can't see where the road is.

Perhaps because Li Zhi expanded his cultivation system and was blessed by the system's good fortune, he did not encounter the dilemma of being unable to improve his cultivation, and his path to the great Dao was relatively smooth.

After Emperor Ming reached the pinnacle of the Tao, he accumulated knowledge for another three thousand years, and even felt that his Taoism was deeper and more complete than the peak Taoism he had reached when he became emperor.

However, I still cannot see or touch what the realm above the emperor is like.

Therefore, Emperor Ming decided to attempt the ultimate transformation while he still had some time left in his life and his energy and blood had not yet declined, and finally achieve the ultimate leap and ascend to the highest level.

"Friend Bai, please think it through carefully." Li Zhi understood the dilemma faced by Emperor Ming very well, but he could not help.

If one could follow the path of their predecessors and step into the realm of immortality, then there would not be so few powerful emperors in ancient times who could surpass the great emperors.

"I have wasted my life, lived in vain for three lives, but still cannot reach the step of immortality. People say that the great emperor is glorious, but how can people understand the great emperor's sadness. I have given up my heart in the world of mortals and have no more concerns about this world. I can only hold the heart of burning my boats and do my best to achieve the ultimate leap."

Emperor Ming Bai Shitong exudes a sense of determination, as if he has already put himself in a desperate situation and will die if he fails.

"Well, since you have made up your mind, I will help you achieve nirvana and make that ultimate leap." Li Zhi said finally.

"Thank you for your help, fellow Taoist." Emperor Ming thanked.

Afterwards, the two came to the edge of the universe, and Emperor Ming set out the Nirvana Pool, an extremely forbidden weapon he had refined for Nirvana.

Li Zhi served as the provider of Taoist fire when Emperor Ming entered Nirvana.

When he reached the level of Emperor Ming, ordinary Dao fire had no effect on his nirvana.

Even the Great Emperor's Dao Fire could not have any tempering effect on him. Only cultivators like Li Zhi, who surpassed the Great Emperor, could provide him with powerful Dao Fire support.

The Nirvana Pool is not only filled with various kinds of original energies, such as the Taiyin Origin, the Sun Origin, the Gengjin Origin, etc., which contain the divine power of the original laws of all things in the universe, but there are also several kinds of blood essences of divine beasts that contain the laws of the imperial way.

"Meow..."

Emperor Ming let out a long roar towards the sky, a roar that sounded like that of a sheep or a dragon, and then he revealed his true form in the Nirvana Pool, a divine beast three meters tall and shaped like Bai Ze.

As Emperor Ming cast the spell, milky white divine light emerged from his body and began to melt and absorb the original power in the Nirvana Pool.

The blood essences of nine kinds of mythical beasts that contained the laws of the emperor, including the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise, Phoenix, and Dapeng, were transformed into divine chains of order under the smelting of the light of his avenue, and began to merge into his body and began to temper his laws of the avenue.

"Fellow Taoist, help me." At this moment, Emperor Ming shouted to Li Zhi.

The forced fusion of the imperial laws representing the nine divine beasts obviously exceeded the limit that the physical body of Emperor Ming could contain. The imperial laws conflicted with each other and almost caused his great Dao to collapse.

Li Zhi immediately released a burst of true fire and began to assist Emperor Ming in smelting the essence and blood of the mythical beasts, the laws of the imperial way, and various original forces of the universe.

Emperor Ming's strategy of breaking through the barrier was clearly modeled after the supreme immortal formation on the ancient Beidou star that was capable of melting all the laws of heaven and earth and the laws of the emperor.

With the help of the Dao fire transformed from Li Zhi's Dao runes, the Dao conflict in Emperor Ming's body became much milder.

Even so, Emperor Ming's transformation was still not easy. His snow-white hair turned red, and dense cracks appeared on his body. His own essence began to leak out.

As for the waste blood and remaining bones discharged from the body, they exuded a strong aura of death.

After an intense transformation, Emperor Ming formed a Taoist cocoon of flesh and blood in the Nirvana Pool, and Li Zhi also withdrew the Taoist fire in due time.

Nine days later, an aura surpassing that of the Great Emperor emanated from the Dao Cocoon.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The heartbeat sound coming from the Taoist cocoon caused all the Taos in the universe to resonate with it.

Seeing this, Li Zhi released his powerful aura, isolating the vibration and preventing it from affecting the normal operation of the outside universe.

As the heartbeat became faster and faster, cracks began to appear on the cocoon.

"boom!"

After a loud explosion, the Dao cocoon exploded, and the rejuvenated Emperor Ming appeared in the broken Nirvana Pool. His silver hair emitting immortal light made him look extraordinary and holy. After being reborn, Emperor Ming became extremely powerful.

Then, Emperor Ming directly summoned his imperial magic weapon, the Book of All Things, and attacked the sky with all his strength.

"Boom!"

With one strike, all things were destroyed and endless divine thunder rolled in. The highest thunder punishment among the emperor's calamities was triggered by him at this moment.

Strands of elixirs transformed from the laws emerged in the sea of ​​thunder. Emperor Ming rushed into the sea of ​​thunder without any hesitation and began to transcend the tribulation.

After a hard battle, Emperor Ming eliminated those punishments, and then he dispersed all the ways of heaven and earth and stepped directly on them to survive the ultimate thunder tribulation.

At this moment, with Li Zhi covering for him, the aura of Emperor Ming was also sensed by countless powerful people.

"Is there someone trying to become an emperor again?" Countless people were puzzled.

Unfortunately, in less than a cup of tea, Emperor Ming fell from the Ten Thousand Daos.

His body was covered with Dao scars that went through his front and back, and all of his own Dao laws were shattered, with the Dao seeds in his body even more damaged.

It was obvious that his accumulation was not enough for him to survive the disaster that surpassed the Great Emperor.

Upon seeing this, Li Zhi immediately took action to suppress the Taoist injuries on Emperor Ming's body and removed all the foreign laws from his body.

Unfortunately, the origin of his great path was shattered, his immortal platform cracked, his wheel of life dimmed, and even a true immortal could not save him.

"I still failed." Emperor Ming said calmly, as if he was relieved.

After Li Zhi's treatment, Emperor Ming temporarily saved his life, but his wounds were difficult to heal. Three years later, Emperor Ming passed away in the Supreme Dao Field.

The passing of Emperor Ming made Li Zhi feel deeply moved.

At the same time, it also made him realize that he had been too optimistic before.

Even if in the future more people will be able to reach the pinnacle of the world without the help of the Heavenly Heart Seal.

However, the hope of breaking through to the extreme level is still very slim.

Just like those creatures who grew up in a complete world, they have the opportunity to break through to the Immortal King level, but it is extremely difficult to break through the king and become an emperor.

Even after wasting countless epochs in the secular world, one still makes no progress.

Over the ages, with the ups and downs of the eras, there are only a handful of people on this side of the sea of ​​boundaries who can defeat kings and become emperors.

However, in today's broken mortal universe, there are still only a handful of people who can reach the highest level.

Although it is much easier to transform from a mortal to an immortal than to become an emperor.

However, without the reference of outsiders, there are still very few people who can successfully transcend.

Although Emperor Ming has transformed into a divine fetus and can easily blast open the myriad ways of heaven and earth, unfortunately this is all based on his understanding of the Heavenly Heart Seal and the myriad ways of heaven and earth, and not on his own absolute strength to trample the myriad ways of heaven and earth and the Heavenly Heart Seal under his feet.

Although he has completed Nirvana and his strength has improved significantly, he still has not completely surpassed Jidao.

At best, he is similar to the Fighting Saint Emperor who transformed into a war immortal in his later years at the end of the ancient times.

Although he possesses strength beyond that of ordinary emperors, he is not as good as the true Heavenly Emperor who can completely trample the Heavenly Heart Seal and all the laws of heaven and earth under his feet.

Li Zhi had expected that Emperor Ming would fail in his attempt to survive the catastrophe.

The intensity of the thunder punishment above the Ten Thousand Daos is comparable to the intensity of the great calamity that the most powerful cultivators in the ancient times had to face when they became immortals.

Once he has passed it, he will be able to officially enter the next stage of practice in the realm of longevity of the Human Body Secret Realm.

If you can't make it through, the only result will be death.

The demise of Emperor Ming had a great impact on Li Zhi and also had a great influence on the universe.

Ye Fan, who was in charge of the Heavenly Palace, watched the people around him grow old and even pass away, and began to seal everyone in the Heavenly Palace.

Li Zhi also called Li Xianer and Jin Ming back.

Today, Li Xian'er and Jin Ming are both over six thousand years old, and both have reached the pinnacle of the ninth level of the Quasi-Emperor realm, with abundant Qi and blood and sufficient lifespan.

However, the difficulty of ascending to the pinnacle of the ultimate way from the peak of the ninth level of the quasi-emperor realm is several times more difficult than becoming a great emperor directly from the ninth level of the quasi-emperor realm.

Li Zhi had no idea whether there was anyone else in the universe who had reached the pinnacle of the highest realm.

But as can be seen from Li Xianer and Jin Ming, the difficulty is not small at all.

But think about it again, the Tianjiao Ant, Red Dragon, Mu Qing and others around Emperor Huangtian in the chaotic ancient times had extremely powerful bloodlines. It took them five or six thousand years to accumulate strength to become the supreme being. Later, it took them even longer to reach the pinnacle of the extreme way.

Even the best descendants of the Immortal Kings in the Immortal Realm often reach the Supreme Realm after one or two thousand years. And from entering the Supreme Realm to cultivating to the pinnacle of the Ultimate Dao, it takes another 10,000 or 20,000 years, or even longer.

If you want to overcome the tribulation and become an immortal, you need to accumulate even more.

Nowadays, in the Golden Age, it often takes only six or seven hundred years for the peerless geniuses to reach the Quasi-Emperor realm. It only takes two or three thousand years to reach the ninth level of Quasi-Emperor or even become an emperor.

From this perspective, the cultivation speed of today's cultivators is simply outrageous.

If one or two people are like this, then it is understandable, but if it is universally true, then it is unacceptable.

In a world that has been passed down from generation to generation, and even after the world was destroyed, the speed of cultivation has not decreased. Although it is due to the change of the cultivation system, it should not be so fast.

Back then, the cultivation systems of the fairyland and foreign lands were different, but the cultivation speed of the descendants of the Immortal King and the descendants of the Immortal King was not so different.

However, if we look at this matter from another perspective, perhaps we can understand it.

With such a rapid cultivation speed, is the foundation of the great Dao accumulated by the geniuses really enough for them to quickly reach the pinnacle of the Dao by relying on their own strength without the help of the Heavenly Heart Seal?
Perhaps, from this perspective, we can understand why most alternative achievers were far weaker than the Great Emperor in the past.

"Dad, why did you suddenly call us back?" Li Xian'er has now established her own Taoist temple on Earth. There is no place more suitable than Earth to practice reincarnation.

"Master, are you going to tell us about Senior Bai's death?" Jin Ming has now left the Supreme Dojo and lives in an ant nest in the middle area of ​​the Beidou East Wilderness. She transformed the small world with the blood of the Sky-horned Ants that her mother discovered into her Dojo.

Today, Jin Ming's Ant Nest is one of the most powerful demon forces in the central area of ​​Beidou East Wilderness, on par with the Heavenly Demon Palace.

"I called you back because I have something important to discuss with you." Li Zhi said directly.

"What's the matter?" Li Xianer asked.

"It's your self-proclaimed thing." Li Zhi said.

"Self-proclaimed? Dad, we don't want to be self-proclaimed. We want to be like you and fight to survive in this world, so as to obtain the fruit of immortality." Li Xian'er shook her head quickly.

"Although your father has revived the Suzaku Immortal Elixir, bringing the number of immortality elixirs in the dojo to four, and having enough immortality elixir fruits to allow you to live another life. But in your father's opinion, relying on the power of the immortality elixir to live another life is a choice that must be made as a last resort." Li Zhi said.

"Then why does Master ask us to seal ourselves?" Jin Ming also asked.

“Because it is difficult to transcend the earthly world, if you cannot reach the top of the extreme way within the next thousand years, I will seal you up with my own hands.” Li Zhi said seriously.

The Golden Age is about to end, and the once active Heaven and Earth are gradually becoming dormant. In the coming years, the difficulty of cultivation will increase day by day. The gains and losses will not be proportional.

If after a thousand years, they still cannot reach the pinnacle of the highest order, it would mean that their talents are simply not up to the level of seeking immortality in this mortal world.

This is a serious issue and it cannot be solved by just having the intention.

……

A thousand years later, Li Zhi personally sealed Li Xian'er and Jin Ming, and at the same time he also sealed Li Jizu, who had just reached the seventh level of Quasi-Emperor.

Afterwards, he came to the ancestral star of all dragons and sealed the dragon girl in the chaotic dragon nest to accompany the dragon egg.

At the same time, he completely sealed off the chaotic little world where the Chaos Dragon's Nest was located to prevent any outsiders from interfering.

After doing all this, Li Zhi came to the ancient star of Beidou again.

Seven thousand years have passed, and Li Zhi wants to see the land of Beidou and see a few old friends.

He first came to Zhongzhou and saw the inheritance of Master Tiansuan, and then went to Nanling to visit the friends he made in the demon tribe.

Finally, he returned to the Eastern Wilderness and first went to the Yao Chi in the Northern Territory.

It was discovered that Yao Chi Saint had sealed herself in the Divine Source two thousand years ago, and she sealed herself with the cultivation of the first level of Quasi-Emperor, as the greatest foundation of Yao Chi. After five thousand years of hard cultivation, Yao Chi Saint finally broke through the bottleneck between Great Sage and Quasi-Emperor, and officially became a Quasi-Emperor.

But her talent seemed to have been exhausted. After becoming a quasi-emperor, it was extremely difficult to increase her cultivation, so she chose to seal herself off and wait for the opportunity to enter the fairyland in the future.

Instead, when Li Zhi arrived at Daoyi Holy Land, he discovered that Yu Chen, who was already at the level of the founder of Daoyi Holy Land, did not seal herself off as a saint, but was still practicing hard in the mortal world.

However, her cultivation had not broken through the limits of her talent and she was still at the Great Sage realm. At this time, her life span was almost over.

However, Li Zhi saw a divine fetus full of Taoism in her body, and she seemed to want to live another life relying on her own strength.

In response, Li Zhi did not say much. He just gave her the Ten Directions Divine Source Liquid and told her the opportunity to enter the fairyland in the future.

Then, Li Zhi went to the Southern Region for another trip and found that almost all the old friends he once knew had died.

After returning to Ziwei's supreme temple from Beidou, Li Zhi began his own journey to transcend the mortal world.

(End of this chapter)