Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 541: Land of Despair
The thunderbolt was vast and earth-shaking.

Ghosts cried and gods howled, the world was raining blood, the scarlet color was blinding, and endless divine thunder seemed like a sharp blade that would tear the person undergoing the tribulation into pieces.

boom!
Thunder rumbled in the sky, deafening. The sky and the earth seemed vast. All kinds of thunder rushed towards Shi Hao like a flood bursting its banks.

Under the burning of heavenly thunder and fire, Shi Hao's momentum continued to rise, his divine fire reached perfection, and he was sublimated to the extreme, ready to step into the realm of true god at any time.

However, on this basis, Shi Hao took another step forward and cultivated the third immortal energy that represented the perfection of the immortal path.

Countless divine thunders transformed into thunder beasts, weapons, and heavenly monuments to prevent him from breaking through, but he broke through the limits and eventually brought the test of the guillotine of the great road.

After enduring the sharpening of the guillotine of the Great Dao, Shi Hao finally succeeded in cultivating the third immortal energy before breaking into the True One realm.

Then he successfully broke through and became a true god.

After entering the realm of true God, the real test of heavenly tribulation finally arrived, and ten levels of heavenly thunder appeared in succession.

Finally, he summoned the thunder pool that gave birth to the golden thunder liquid.

"So strong, is this the person who was born for the Tao?"

Tuoba Yaoyang, who witnessed the whole process of Shi Hao's tribulation, finally understood what the mini dragon said when he taught him.

Before being trapped in the dark cage, Tuoba Yaoyang had already realized Shi Hao's amazing talent for cultivation.

He was able to enter the dark cage by relying on the supreme mark left in his body by Li Zhi, but Shi Hao was captured by the dark cage when he broke through his limit because his own talent was too strong.

And the primordial energy in Shi Hao's soul was even more astonishing.

It actually allowed him to maintain a slight connection with his body in the dark cage.

At that moment Tuoba Yaoyang had to admit that he was not as good as Shi Hao.

Especially after the other party successfully cultivated two immortal energy using Wandao Fen Shen, cultivating the third immortal energy was a natural thing.

Tao produces one, one produces two, two produces three, and three produces all things.

Shi Hao relied on his own strength to cultivate a primordial qi, and then cultivated two immortal qi.

In fact, it has already conformed to the true meaning of the Tao.

This method of cultivating immortal energy is completely different from the method of cultivating the three immortal energies with the help of various immortal powers.

The little fairy king from the ancient times fell on this road.

The immortal energy cultivated in this way has already been tempered thousands of times since its birth, and is most in line with the laws of heaven and earth.

It has a primitive and simple quality that other fairy spirits do not have.

After coming out of the dark cage, the two of them practiced separately.

However, during this period, although Tuoba Yaoyang's strength increased significantly, he did not break through to the realm of true god.

Although the mini dragon told him that the thunder tribulation he had experienced was enough.

But he felt that it was not enough without the test of heavyweight thunder tribulation.

When he saw Shi Hao entering the thunder pool to devour the thunder liquid to practice, Tuoba Yaoyang knew that his chance had come.

There is no heavenly tribulation in this era, and all living beings have a very superficial understanding of heavenly tribulation.

However, Tuoba Yaoyang was taught by Mini Dragon and was not unfamiliar with the characteristics of the heavenly tribulation.

The thunder tribulation brought about by Shi Hao was undoubtedly the highest level of heavenly tribulation.

If he could survive this level of heavenly tribulation, his gains would undoubtedly be astonishing.

"boom!"

When Shi Hao was undergoing the tribulation, naturally there were some reckless people who didn't understand the situation and came forward to interfere, and they all suffered from the tribulation in the end.

But Tuoba Yaoyang is different.

He did not try to snatch the thunder liquid in the thunder pool, but instead released all of his aura to communicate with the breath of the heavenly tribulation.

Then, he enjoyed the same treatment that Shi Hao had just experienced.

Finally, after enduring the chopping of the guillotine of the Great Dao, he seemed to have broken through the innate shackles, and finally his divine fire and origin merged together.

A pure divine aura emanated from him.

At that moment, the heavenly tribulation no longer seemed to be a punishment for him, but one of the forces under his control.

After swallowing gulps of the golden thunder liquid sent by Shi Hao, the seriously injured Tuoba Yaoyang recovered in an instant.

After overcoming the tribulation, a great war was inevitable.

However, Tuoba Yaoyang's god-like fighting power was extremely terrifying.

“Without cultivating immortal energy, is it possible to reach this level?” Many people who follow Shi Hao expressed their doubts after seeing Tuoba Yaoyang’s heroic performance.

They all acknowledged Huang's strength.

After all, cultivating three kinds of immortal energy was a standard feature of unrivaled geniuses in the ancient times.

But how could Tuoba Yaoyang be as powerful as Shi Hao? There wasn't even a trace of immortal energy on him.

Is this the height that can be achieved by the Dharma of this world?

Many people thought they were hallucinating.

After dealing with some scoundrels, Shi Hao asked Tuoba Yaoyang: "The Golden Dao Palace has appeared, and the greatest place of good fortune in the ancient immortal world is about to be opened. Brother Yaoyang, do you want to go there to join the battle?"

"That place is prepared for you cultivators who practice ancient immortal methods. I won't go there." Tuoba Yaoyang shook his head.

The two had communicated in the dark cage before, and Shi Hao knew clearly that Tuoba Yaoyang was practicing pure worldly methods and following the true divine way.

After a brief exchange, the two parted ways.

With the appearance of the Golden Palace, it also means that the time for the end of the Ancient Immortal Trial is approaching.

They must race against time to use the various creations in the Immortal Ancient to strengthen themselves.

Moreover, the immortal scriptures and Taoist seeds left in the Golden Taoist Palace are not the best, and can at most cultivate creatures at the level of true immortals.

The defeat of the ancient immortals has made the immortals despair.

They even don't think anyone in the future will be able to avenge them.

What happened later also confirmed that the despair of the ancient immortals was correct.

The living beings of later generations exhausted all the heritage left by the immortals, but in the end they were still powerless to save the situation.

The growth of Emperor Huang Tian did not consume the fortune left by the ancient immortals. Instead, he found another way and created the secret method of the human body to quell the unrest.

But although Emperor Huang Tian quelled the unrest, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths could never return.

The prosperity of the ancient times can never be reproduced.

The ancient secret realm of immortality is a place of creation, but also a place of despair.

Although the immortals left a glimmer of hope, overall, despair was the main factor.

When the Golden Palace, which was modeled after the ancient Jieying Palace, was opened, all the geniuses who entered the ancient fairyland felt a feeling of despair.

Li Zhi, sitting in the Taoist temple, looked at the final arrangement of the immortals.

Whether it was the Tao seeds or the immortal scriptures, there was no eager gaze.

It has been proven that the ancient immortal practice system has flaws.

It relies too much on Tao seeds and the environment of heaven and earth, so the upper limit can easily be locked.

The upper limit of the Tao seeds, the upper limit of heaven and earth, are often the upper limit of the ancient immortal laws.

Perhaps a cultivator who practices the ancient immortal arts will have the opportunity to defeat the king and become an emperor, or even a quasi-immortal emperor, after reaching the other side of the critical sea.

But on this side of the sea boundary, there is absolutely no chance of defeating the king and becoming an emperor.

Unless there is an amazing talent who can completely reshape the ancient immortal cultivation system.

Otherwise, the upper limit of this system is an Immortal King like the Butcher, who is surrounded by the aura of a quasi-Immortal Emperor.

As they watched the Golden Palace open, the true intentions of the ancient immortals were exposed.

This made Li Zhi fall into deep thought.

Is all that the ancient immortal method leaves behind only regrets?
All the ancient immortals died in battle, and the original ancient world was shattered. Is there really no room for maneuver?

The cruel era of the Dharma Ending Period is about to come. Can we use the natural environment of the Dharma Ending Period to promote the upgrading of the ancient immortal law?
The secret realm of the human body is the method of enlightenment that belongs to Emperor Huang Tian.

More than 90% of the system's luck fell on him. Even though Li Zhi had expanded the longevity realm of the Human Body Secret Realm Method, the luck he obtained was definitely not enough for him to successfully defeat the king and become the emperor.

During the time when the emperor fell, the fairyland cultivation system opened up by the fairyland kings gave birth to many fairy kings, but still no creator of laws could break through the king and become an emperor.

I'm afraid there won't be much luck if you just keep patching things up.

Although the Shinto practice system based on the laws of this world also relies on the environment of heaven and earth, Li Zhi has borrowed a lot of practice concepts from the secret realm of the human body, so that the higher this system goes, the less dependent it is on heaven and earth.

After becoming the ancestor god, one will completely get rid of dependence on heaven and earth, and it will be a simple matter to create one's own world.

Even the Dao God above the Ancestral God, Li Zhi had some ideas and frameworks. However, in the ancient immortal law system, he did not see the vitality of breaking the king and becoming an emperor.

It seemed as if the Immortal King was the end.

In order to expand this system, our predecessors continued to explore and innovate.

Using one's body as a seed and carrying the great way without relying on any external force is a way out explored by the ancient immortal law system.

But is this really the only way out of the ancient fairy method?

It is extremely difficult to use one's body as a seed, and even with the help of the Immortal King it may not be successful.

The mere restriction of the quality of the Tao seeds makes the ancient immortal law system lose the vitality it should have.

No wonder the immortals left only despair to future generations.

As for that tiny bit of hope in despair, it was insignificant to Li Zhi.

Whether that hope is retained or not really doesn’t have much impact.

Even if future generations could inherit their legacy perfectly, they would only be repeating their failures.

The ancient immortal law system is destined not to be a pioneering and enterprising system.

There is more than enough success but not enough progress.

These eight words are enough to summarize all the true meanings of the ancient immortal law.

However, is the Xiandao system really good at maintaining the status quo but lacks advancement?
Whether it is the immortal way of the ancient world or the immortal way of the perfect world today, there seems to be an obvious drawback.

Too dependent on the overall environment of heaven and earth.

Since heaven and earth have their lifespans, birth, aging, sickness and death naturally exist.

Therefore, the immortal cultivation system, which is closely related to the overall environment of heaven and earth, is most susceptible to the influence of the overall environment of heaven and earth and experiences periodic fluctuations.

Even in the Dharma-Ending Age, it is so similar.

The immortal way is free and easy.

However, the immortal cultivation system never seems to reflect the free and easy side of the immortal path.

On the contrary, it was the human body secret realm system created by Emperor Huang Tian that brought the freedom to its fullest. Even after the myriad ways of heaven and earth reached their end, it did not hinder the cultivators' pace of self-exploration.

There is no end to the Tao.

The Great Way is formless and invisible. If it transcends heaven and earth, the cultivator will immediately lose any steps to advance, which is catastrophic for a cultivation and evolution system.

The core of the ancient immortal law undoubtedly possesses this catastrophic attribute.

At this moment, Li Zhi suddenly understood the despair of the ancient immortals.

I also understand why they would rather die in battle than live in disgrace.

There is really no way out, it is better to die than to live.

For monks who truly have aspirations, life and death are never what they really care about.

Tao is what they are willing to pursue at all costs.

Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, they will fight for it regardless of their own safety.

After figuring this out, looking back at the deaths of ancient immortals in battle, Li Zhi gained a new understanding.

Then he focused his attention again on the ancient secret realm of immortals.

At this moment, the ultimate land of ancient immortals has appeared.

At the same time, the leader of the outside world also broke through the ancient fairyland and sent the gods in.

A group of geniuses led by Shi Hao have entered the ultimate place of creation one after another.

I saw the immortal scriptures and Taoist seeds in those sarcophagi.

Emperor Huang Tian's performance was particularly outstanding. He was the first to enter there, but he did not receive recognition from any immortal scripture or any Tao seed.

In response, the young geniuses just laughed at them.

But in Li Zhi's eyes, it was just that the ancient immortals were unable to calculate the existence of Emperor Huang Tian.

There is no immortal who can make Emperor Huang Tian resonate with them in some certain characteristics.

To Li Zhi's surprise, Tuoba Yu'er, who entered the Ultimate Land of Creation, was just like Emperor Huang Tian, ​​and did not receive any recognition from immortal seeds or immortal scriptures.

"No, I don't believe that I can't get them." Shi Hao from the Land of Creation said angrily as he looked at those ancient coffins that did not belong to him.

"Then let's block the door and snatch it from other people. What a crappy look! No wonder you got your head chopped off." Tuoba Yu'er seemed even angrier than Shi Hao, and was even full of contempt for those True Immortals who had their heads chopped off.

Previously, on the blood-stained ancient ship, Tuoba Yuer still felt sorry for the immortals who died in the battle.

But now, after seeing the immortal scriptures and Tao seeds that they left behind, she found that not a single immortal scripture and not a single Tao seed chose her, which made her full of contempt for the immortal who left this treasure.

It's simply impossible to tell the difference between the big and small kings.

Among the creatures that entered the ancient secret realm of immortality this time, there were only a handful of people who had cultivated three kinds of immortal energy.

And Tuoba Yuer is one of these few people.

However, those immortal scriptures and Taoist seeds would rather choose creatures who have not cultivated immortal energy than her and Shi Hao, which made her very angry.

"No wonder they left behind such a strong feeling of despair. The inheritance they left behind was not based on talent, but on the selection of successors based on closeness, nobility and social status. It would be strange if they were not desperate." Tuoba Yu'er seemed not to shut up until she had said what she wanted.

In an instant, the defenses of some creatures that were communicating with the Tao Seed were broken.

"That's right, that's right. You are really unable to recognize real gold. Sister Yu'er, you, a dignified owner of three immortal powers, have not obtained any immortal scriptures or Tao seeds. I think those who have obtained the immortal scriptures should hand them over obediently, otherwise we will stuff them into clay jars and bury them in a manure pit to reflect on themselves." Shi Hao on the side also echoed.

He also didn't expect that the gentle and graceful Tuoba Yu'er had this side of her.

Even in his words and deeds, he showed no respect for the ancient immortals, and was even full of contempt.

It seems that those immortals who died fighting for the primitive ancient world are not worthy of respect.

Especially after their failure, not only did they leave no hope for their descendants, but there was despair everywhere, which was even more disgusting.

Failure is not scary, what is scary is being defeated by failure.

As she learned more and more about the ancient immortals, Tuoba Yuer felt more and more that their defeat was not unfair.

Even they deserve to fail.

A practitioner who does not have a spirit of exploration and a spirit of martyrdom is not worthy of being called a practitioner.

If their failure ignites the spark of innovation for future generations and leaves a path of hope, then they are still worthy of respect.

But after they failed, they told future generations about their despair everywhere, and they were simply complete wastes.

Is despair what future generations want?

What future generations want is hope, the fire of hope that can set the whole prairie on fire.

Even if the flame of hope is only a tiny bit, it is enough to make future generations respect them sincerely.

However, what I saw along the way was despair.

There is nothing but despair.

The dissatisfaction that had been pent up in Tuoba Yuer's heart for a long time finally erupted at this moment.

Either leave nothing behind, or leave behind a spark of hope.

But what about leaving despair to future generations?

It's just causing more trouble.

After listening to Tuoba Yuer's explanation, Shi Hao felt as if something had suddenly dawned on him.

No wonder he always had an awkward feeling towards Xian Gu.

It turns out that the roots are here.

These words further strengthened Shi Hao's determination to walk his own path and completely surpass all the ancient immortals.

After hearing Tuoba Yuer's complaints, even Li Zhi laughed.

It turns out that he was not the only one who felt that the immortals who left behind the ancient immortal heritage were putting shackles on the heads of future generations.

Because the ancient immortal laws they left behind indirectly made the laws of the present world become out of place.

It would be better to start from scratch and not leave any teachings for future generations.

Let the creatures in the nine heavens and ten earths explore a system of cultivation that is truly suitable for the creatures of this era based on their habits.

But it is not like it is now. The modern legal system is imperfect and the ancient immortal legal system cannot be practiced normally, making the later generations feel a little out of place and even having a feeling of being pieced together.

I want to follow the path of a god, but I can't let go of the path of immortality.

It feels like I want both.

(End of this chapter)