Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 471 Transformation and Regeneration

With the ebb and flow of the tide and the passing of time, the golden age finally came to an end.

It seemed like in the blink of an eye, eight thousand years had passed in the world, and Li Zhi was already fifteen thousand years old.

People of his generation have either become self-contained or have grown old, and only three or two are still tenaciously living in this world.

However, Li Zhi has almost disappeared from the world in the past eight thousand years.

A thousand years ago, the Golden Crow Emperor passed away, and Li Zhi never appeared in front of the world.

The Supreme Dojo seems to be a life restricted zone, independent of the mortal world.

Although the disciples in the Taoist temple have not lost contact with the outside world, they are still living and training normally on the Ziwei Ancient Star.

However, the disciples in the dojo have become extremely unfamiliar with any news about Li Zhi.

Almost all of the disciples who had met Li Zhi in person at that time have passed away.

The new generation of disciples who grew up had never met Li Zhi, nor had they ever been summoned by Li Zhi.

Some changes have also occurred in the Supreme Dojo, which covers an area of ​​100,000 miles.

The area where Li Zhi lived was separated from other areas of the Taoist temple by Li Zhi's great magical powers five thousand years ago.

It almost turned the place where Li Zhi lived into a world within a world.

From then on, except for a fairy gate connecting the two worlds, no disciple could see any trace of the Longevity Fairy Mountain and the Seven Star Divine Peak.

Moreover, Li Zhi had also ordered that no one should disturb him unless it was a matter of life and death.

Now, thousands of years have passed, and outsiders have no way of knowing whether Li Zhi is alive or dead, or whether he is still in the Taoist temple.

Even when the head disciple in charge of the Taoist temple went to report the death of Emperor Jinwu a thousand years ago, Li Zhi did not give a response.

But on this day, a distinguished guest suddenly arrived outside the Supreme Dojo.

The current head disciple came to the immortal gate leading to Li Zhi's residence again. The person who is now in charge of the Supreme Dojo is called Huo Yu'er, a great sage with extremely profound Taoism. He is also the descendant of Huo Yan, Li Zhi's registered disciple.

"Disciple Huo Yu'er pays homage to the master." Although Huo Yu'er is over three thousand years old, he has never met Li Zhi. He only knew about Li Zhi's temperament from books. After saying this, he stood in front of the Immortal Gate waiting with great trepidation.

"What's the matter?" After a long time, Li Zhi's voice was heard from the immortal gate that had been sealed for thousands of years.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuer's face was immediately filled with excitement, and he was secretly surprised in his heart that his ancestor was indeed long-lived. The Golden Crow Emperor had been in meditation for a thousand years, but his ancestor was still alive in the world.

"Master, an old Taoist priest who calls himself Duan De came to the temple. He said he came to visit you and asked his disciples to inform you. My cultivation is shallow and I cannot tell his background, so I came to report to you." Huo Yuer said respectfully.

The next second, Li Zhi walked out of the Immortal Gate.

Looking at Li Zhi, who still looked like he was in his early twenties with long black hair, Huo Yuer was simply stunned. She had thought that her master had already entered old age with gray hair, but she did not expect that he was still so young.

Li Zhi didn't say much to Huo Yuer. He walked out of the Taoist temple and came to the fairy island in the North Sea which was used to enter and exit the Taoist temple.

Seeing Duan De on the Yingke Peak, with his still black hair, his complexion was still ruddy, and his figure was as plump as before, but the air of old age emanating from him made people realize that he didn't have much time left.

Li Zhi hurried over and said, "Uncle Duan, how come you have time to come to my place?"

"Good boy, you really didn't let me down, and you also embarked on the path to immortality in the mortal world." Duan De said in surprise, not seeing any sign of aging on Li Zhi.

"Uncle Duan, I see that your spirit is exhausted. It seems that you are about to pass away?" Li Zhi asked curiously while looking at Duan De's condition.

"I just wanted to see you one last time before I passed away. Now that I see that you are the same as before, I can bury myself with peace of mind." Duan De said.

The reason why Duan De came to visit Li Zhi before his death was because he was worried that Li Zhi might be infected by dark matter. Now that he saw that Li Zhi was consistent inside and out, he was completely relieved.

"I have disposed of that body. Perhaps there is still dark matter hidden in some corner of this universe, but it is completely gone in the open. Don't worry, Uncle Duan, I will not let darkness descend upon this world." Li Zhi said.

"With your words, I can go with peace of mind." Duan De was very satisfied with Li Zhi's answer.

"Uncle Duan, don't you want to come over to my place and sit for a while?" Li Zhi invited Duan De when he saw that he didn't seem to have any intention of coming in to sit for a while.

"No, I'm not going. I came here just to see you. Now that people have seen you, I should leave." At this moment, Duan De was like an ordinary old man who cared about the younger generation. After seeing Li Zhi, he finally got rid of the last bit of worldly concern.

Afterwards, Li Zhi watched Duan De go to the ancient star Gou Chen and buried himself in an ancient ridge.

Watching Duan De lie in a coffin and then completely disappear into the depths of the earth, Li Zhi withdrew his gaze and said to himself: "It's time for me to transform as well."

Afterwards, Li Zhi disappeared from the Supreme Immortal Island.

When Huo Yuer brought the disciples out of the Taoist temple to listen to Li Zhi's instructions, Li Zhi had disappeared without a trace.

"Where is the master?" Many disciples turned their heads around, hoping to see Li Zhi.

"Has the master already gone back?" a disciple also asked.

"Impossible, I just came from the Immortal Gate and didn't see the figure of the founder returning." Another disciple said.

“Junior Brother Jin, with your level of Taoism, even if the Grand Master walked past you, you wouldn’t be able to see His figure.” The disciple next to him teased.

Huo Yuer asked the disciples guarding the fairy island about Li Zhi's whereabouts.

The disciples replied, "To answer the master's question, we don't know where the master has gone. In the blink of an eye, the master disappeared from the Yingke Peak."

"Alas, it seems that the master does not want to see us, his unworthy disciples." A disciple who was ranked as an elder in the crowd sighed.

“Yes, our Supreme Dojo was so glorious in the past, and all seven lineages were inherited by Saint Kings. But now, except for the head teacher who has broken through to the Great Saint realm, we are still wasting time in the Saint realm, and it is unclear whether we can become Saint Kings in the future.” A disciple sighed.

"My fellow disciples, please go back. I'm afraid the master won't summon us in the short term." Huo Yuer said finally.

At this time, Li Zhi had come to an immortal road left behind by an ancient supreme being.

There he would undergo his first nirvana transformation, which was also the most important transformation of the soul.

After practicing for fifteen thousand years, Li Zhi finally cultivated his primordial spirit and primordial spirit tower to the highest peak.

If the nirvana transformation is not carried out, the power of the soul will not be able to increase further.

When he was transcending the tribulation above the myriad ways of heaven and earth, he only allowed his physical body to break the limits of humanity, achieving a physical body above the extreme way and allowing the origin of life to be sublimated, but the origin of his soul did not truly transcend the extreme way.

Now that his two souls have been cultivated to the highest level, it is time for them to achieve nirvana and transcendence.

However, before his soul transcends, Li Zhi must strengthen his body again. Otherwise, with his current physical strength, it may not be able to support his soul after transcendence.

It is very likely that the problems faced by the Green Emperor back then will arise.

After Qingdi abdicated the throne of the Great Emperor, his soul completed nirvana and transcendence, which led to a qualitative change in the laws of the Dao. His Dao truly surpassed the peak of the extreme Dao and entered the realm of immortality.

However, his body, which had been tempered in every way, could not accommodate the continued growth of his soul which had surpassed the limit. The Green Emperor had no choice but to dismember his body, free his soul from the constraints of the body, and escape into the Desolate Tower to evolve into the realm of immortality.

Although Li Zhi's body is strong, carrying two souls now is already its limit.

In order to carry the soul after nirvana's transformation, and at the same time not hinder the soul's continued growth and expansion, the current physical strength may not be enough.

However, Li Zhi already had a plan for this matter.

He wants to achieve the unity of man and weapon, thereby greatly enhancing the strength of his physical body.

The reason why they chose to undergo Nirvana transformation on the ancient path to becoming an immortal was to avoid being affected by the outside universe and to avoid destroying their own Taoist temple.

Then, Li Zhi began to refine weapons on the road to becoming an immortal.

First, he took out the mysterious black stone that he had obtained from Beidou that year, which seemed to be able to accommodate any law.

Then, Li Zhi injected four kinds of fist-sized immortal golds, namely, Feathered Immortal Gold, Phoenix Blood Red Gold, Divine Mark Purple Gold and Eternal Blue Gold, into the stone.

Then, Li Zhi began to integrate his five great instruments of Taoism into the mysterious stone one by one.

The first thing to be melted in was the Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram of the Wheel Sea, which was made from the Nine Heavens Xirang. Then, the Immortal Phoenix Seal, which was made from the Five Elements Divine Gold, was melted in. Then, the four golden sticks of the Four Poles, which were made from the Yellow Dao Divine Gold, were melted in. Then, the Nine-Curved Dragon Staff, which was made from the dragon-patterned black gold, was melted in. Finally, the Immortal Platform, the Taoist Stele, which was made from the Void Immortal Gold, was melted in.

After all the immortal gold and magic tools were integrated into the stone, Li Zhi began to use the true fire of the Great Dao for the final refining, which was also the longest step.

After 7749 years of refining, the immortal gold and the instruments of the Dao completely merged with the stone, and finally turned into a mysterious liquid that exuded the aura of Li Zhi's Dao. Finally, after Li Zhi's shaping and solidification, the liquid turned into a human-shaped statue that exuded an ancient aura. The statue was grayish-white jade in color, neither gold, jade, nor wood, and faintly emitted nine-color light, as if it was the source of all things.

After being refined by the heavenly tribulation, the weapon was completely formed.

However, after the humanoid weapon was born, Li Zhi did not stop there, but fused it with his own flesh and blood.

After years of contemplation, Li Zhi had already thoroughly researched the method of longevity on how to fuse flesh and blood with weapons. Now he could fuse the weapons he had refined himself with his own flesh and blood without any obstacles in between.

When the humanoid weapon was completely integrated into Li Zhi's flesh and blood, he felt that his body had some characteristics of a fairy weapon, and the strength of his body was incomparable.

This kind of fusion is not like the Blood Phoenix Mountain Supreme who completely transformed himself into a weapon, but rather transformed his physical body into a form like an immortal weapon that can carry the Tao and achieve immortality.

After completing the growth of his physical body, Li Zhi officially began the transformation of his soul.

The two souls merge and finally achieve nirvana and rebirth. This process is extraordinary and may even be accompanied by the birth of strange matter.

For example, after the Hades Emperor achieved nirvana of his primordial spirit, he left behind a rare object - the Samsara Lake. And after the Immortal Emperor completed the transformation of his soul, he left behind the magical Soul Pond.

Now Li Zhi has also undergone the nirvana of his soul, and his nirvana of his soul took place deep in the path to immortality.

As expected, a mysterious substance was born.

Some substances that escaped from his soul when his soul attained nirvana, after fusing with the immortal energy on the road to becoming an immortal, turned into a pool of mysterious liquid emitting nine-colored immortal light.

Those liquids can absorb immortal energy and grow on their own. After all the immortal energy left over from the road to becoming an immortal is used up, the pool of substance similar to the soul liquid becomes a kind of immortal liquid. Every drop of the immortal liquid seems to possess a power that can make people immortal.

But if anyone dares to swallow them, they will be instantly melted by the immortal liquid and become part of it.

The pool is not big, but it is full of mystery.

However, after Li Zhi completed the nirvana of his soul, the terrifying power of his soul leaked out, instantly shattering that section of the ancient immortal road and destroying the pool containing the mysterious immortal liquid.

It seemed as if there was some mysterious force that completely separated Li Zhi from the matter left after Nirvana.

After returning to the universe, Li Zhi did not look for where the pool had flown to, but went straight back to the Taoist temple to consolidate his cultivation.

After completing the nirvana of his soul, Li Zhi felt that his lifespan had increased significantly again. At the same time, the speed at which his lifespan passed had also become much slower than before. It seemed that this was not only related to the fact that the origin of his soul had officially surpassed the peak of the extreme, but also related to the state of his physical body at this time.

At this time, Li Zhi's physical state can be described as half human, half machine.

However, Li Zhi had anticipated this and did not think it was a problem.

After the two spirits merged into one and completed nirvana, Li Zhi not only improved his Taoism, but even his comprehension seemed to be sublimated, and his ability to comprehend the great Dao was greatly enhanced.

In this way, another ten thousand years passed, and Li Zhi's soul and the avenue once again reached the limit that his physical body could bear.

Logically speaking, his life span in his first life had exceeded 25,000 years, and even his soul, which had gone through Nirvana, should have shown some signs of aging.

However, Li Zhi was surprised to find that even though he was 25,000 years old, his soul did not seem to have any signs of decay, as if he was still in his prime. According to the rate at which his soul was aging, he could probably live another 20,000 years.

It was as if he had completed the nirvana of his soul that year, which was equivalent to living another life.

But Li Zhi knew that the nirvana of the soul did not mean living another life.

Now it seems that his life span in the first life just didn't come to an end.

After his physical body could no longer bear any more spiritual power, Li Zhi began to work on his next transformation.

After his soul transformed, Xiantai also expanded.

For the next transformation, Li Zhi will focus on the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

At the same time, it was also a transformation for him to break his old body and reshape his true immortal body.

For this transformation, Li Zhi plans to cultivate thirty-six incarnations whose cultivation has reached the pinnacle to help him complete this super transformation.

In the following tens of thousands of years, Li Zhi quietly cultivated thirty-six supreme incarnations whose cultivation reached the pinnacle of the Dao.

Moreover, according to the different physical constitutions of those incarnations, Li Zhi asked them to practice different ancient imperial scriptures that he had revised to practice the Dao Seed Secret Realm Method.

For example, the incarnation with the origin of the solar body practices the "Ancient Sun Scripture", the incarnation with the origin of the lunar body practices the "Taiyin True Scripture", and the incarnation with the origin of the innate Tao fetus practices the "Western Emperor Scripture".

In addition, there are the incarnation of the human king body, the incarnation of the god king body, the incarnation of the original demon body, the incarnation of the Brahma war body, the incarnation of the Supreme Immortal body, the incarnation of the celestial demon body, the incarnation of the star body, the incarnation of the blue sky king body, the incarnation of the virtual sky body, the incarnation of the feathered immortal body and other incarnations with special origins.

In order to cultivate these thirty-six incarnations that have reached the ultimate level, Li Zhi had to take a fruit of the elixir of immortality after his life span in the first life was exhausted, in order to extend his life span for another life.

Only then did Li Zhi realize how exaggerated his lifespan was, after the transformation of his physical body and the nirvana of his soul. It directly exceeded the 50,000-year mark.

It was precisely because of such a long lifespan that Li Zhi had enough time to cultivate thirty-six incarnations whose cultivation reached the pinnacle level.

When Li Zhi has fully cultivated them, his second life will be coming to an end.

Afterwards, Li Zhi began to arrange the Nirvana Pool, taking the Nirvana method left by the Immortal Emperor as the core, integrating it with the Divine Fetus method created by Li Zhi himself, and finally bathing it in the flesh and blood and laws of the thirty-six supreme beings.

Li Zhi completed a super nirvana transformation.

He formed a divine fetus in his body that had stepped into the realm of immortality in all aspects.

When the divine fetus emerged from the half-human, half-weapon body, Li Zhi officially began his third life.

The old body that had lost the essence of the Great Dao was refined by the regenerated Li Zhi into a real humanoid weapon.

He had just lived his third life, but a hundred thousand years had already passed in this world.

Due to the lack of a control group, Li Zhi didn’t know how powerful he was now.

The vast universe outside also seemed to begin to change. The essence of heaven and earth was increasing, the Great Dao was no longer suppressing it, and all parts of the universe once again became suitable for cultivation.

This change excited everyone.

Since the end of the Golden Age, only a single-digit number of quasi-emperors have been born in the entire universe, and the world of heavens and earth has been desolate to the point of frustration.

If it weren't for the fact that Ye Fan, the Emperor of Heaven, was still alive, people in the universe would probably have forgotten the majesty of the Emperor.

As for the thirty-six ultimate incarnations that Li Zhi cultivated over the years, their states were extremely special. They looked like flesh and blood weapons rather than normal quasi-emperors.

In order to elevate them to the highest level, Li Zhi not only modified those ancient imperial scriptures, but also personally used those bodies to practice the modified ancient imperial scriptures.

This is almost equivalent to him retracing the path to enlightenment of the thirty-six supreme emperors.

This experience even exceeded Li Zhi's own imagination.

It is almost the same effect as the supreme method of the eternal dream.

However, the Eternal Dream is to experience hundreds and tens of thousands of lifetimes in a dream, to refine the mind and the Tao in the long river of time, to transcend the mundane world, and finally to return from the virtual to the real and go against the will of heaven.

But Li Zhi had been constantly struggling in the mortal world for the previous 70,000 to 80,000 years, practicing every minute, and eventually he cultivated the thirty-six ancient imperial scriptures to the level of great perfection, which was almost equivalent to attaining enlightenment thirty-six times in the mortal world.

It takes an average of two thousand years to cultivate an ancient imperial scripture to the level of great perfection, and to condense the imperial laws of great perfection.

This kind of practice that races against time makes Li Zhi devote himself wholeheartedly and he dares not delay for a moment.

Although his own realm of Taoism is extremely profound, he has not reached the level of a quasi-immortal king looking down on the Supreme Being of Humanity.

These thirty-six experiences of attaining enlightenment were extremely valuable to him, and they solidified the foundation of his great path to an incredible degree.

As a result, Li Zhi, who had lived for the third time, had no idea how long he could live in this life.

It could be 70,000 years, 80,000 years, or even directly over 100,000 years.

Sitting in the nameless Taoist temple on the Changshou Immortal Mountain, Li Zhi saw that the cultivation of the disciples in the Supreme Taoist temple had generally improved a lot, so he decided to go out and take a look.

Although the disciples living in the Supreme Dojo are not suppressed by the outside world.

However, the world within the dojo is limited after all. After one's cultivation reaches a certain level, one still needs to enter the outside universe for tempering.

Now, one hundred thousand years have passed, all paths have revived, the essence of heaven and earth has returned, all areas of the universe have once again become suitable for cultivation, and the number of disciples in the Taoist temple has also risen accordingly.

(End of this chapter)