Stealing the Secret from the Cover of Heaven

Chapter 630: The First Spiritual Root in the Universe
Years pass and times change.

However, the development of the times does not always represent progress. Instead, it often goes astray and leads to the degradation of civilization.

This is the yin and yang of development.

Under the cover of the black barrier, the once prosperous land of heaven experienced such a downgrade of civilization.

In order to break through to a higher realm, the Immortal Emperor of Heaven, after searching for the plateau in vain, began to test the laws on his own body and tried various ways of breakthrough.

However, if you rashly try new things, the probability of failure is always higher than the probability of success.

Even the Immortal Emperor could not withstand such a huge backlash of cause and effect, and thus the Emperor's collapse occurred.

The Immortal Emperor passed away, thousands of beings wailed, and all the immortals were buried with him. The aura of the end of the law swept across the heavens and myriad worlds.

For a moment, in the entire area covered by the black barrier, there was no immortal creature except for the three old antiques who were hiding in seclusion and practicing on the plateau.

All paths are silent, there is no way to evolve, on the plateau shrouded in chaotic energy and black fog, the ancient beings feel the sorrow of all living things and discuss how to restore the order of practice in the heavens and myriad worlds.

"Fellow Daoist, should we preach the gospel to the heavens?" suggested an old antique who had experienced the last days of the Dharma Era.

In the beginning of ancient times, who preached the Dao? The spirits of heaven and earth cannot be without Dao. Cultivation and evolution are never the work of one person. Just like the heaven, it has never been the heaven of one person. Without the various gods on the list of gods, the heaven is just an empty shell.

Moreover, the more advanced the evolutionary skills are, the more they need the cultivation and evolution system they created to be practiced by all living things in the heavens.

Because the road is not maintained and is overgrown with weeds, only when there are enough people walking on it can the road be ensured to be always unobstructed and even become wider and wider.

Only in this way can preachers enjoy the conveniences brought about by the widened road.

Only then can their practice be taken to a higher level.

“Preaching in the heavens? Are we going to let those creatures who blasphemed the Supreme Evolution disturb our peace again?” In another ancient tomb, an ancient being sitting cross-legged in the fairy pond spoke.

Beside him, there was a sword embryo and a stone tripod, which seemed to carry the ultimate secret of evolution.

The immortal pool where he sat gathered the true blood of all spirits and exuded the fragrance of elixir of life. At the same time, countless runes of the great way flashed in the immortal pool, as if they were refining the ultimate scripture to resonate with the true scripture in the sword embryo stone tripod.

The emperor fell, the immortals died, and all living things were unable to touch the Great Dao, but they fulfilled his wishes in secret.

Obviously, his practice is far more important than whether all living beings in the heavens and worlds can embark on the road of evolution again.

In another large tomb, a creature sitting cross-legged under an ancient bronze lamp opened its eyes at this moment. There was a divine light flashing in its eyes, as if there were visions of a dragon soaring into the sky, a phoenix singing in the sky, a unicorn offering blessings, and a holy ape picking peaches.

But soon, it was replaced by a ray of divine light, and at the same time, it said: "The Tao is omnipresent, why do the spirits of heaven and earth need us to preach it?"

This statement seemed to put an end to the discussion.

But the next second, he said: "However, it is still okay to give Wan Ling a little sweetness. Their evolution speed is too slow. Let me use the Wan Dao Samsara Fruit to help them."

After saying this, a tall fruit tree planted on top of the large tomb surrounded by fairy mist began to sway.

Then, thousands of fruits fell from the branches, some ripe, some green, some just formed, and some just bloomed.

For a while, the sounds of dragons roaring and phoenixes chirping could be heard one after another, and there were also mysterious and ethereal sounds of monkeys crying and gods chanting. Finally, all the fruits turned into streams of light and flew out of the plateau, scattering in various worlds.

Moreover, after the fruit fell into those worlds, it instantly took root in the most sacred soil and then began to grow.

At one time, there were numerous elixirs of immortality in all the heavens and worlds.

The dragon-shaped fruit grew into the True Dragon Elixir of Immortality, the peach grew into the Pan Tao Elixir of Immortality, and even the fruit with flower buds grew into the Immortal Flower.

Even many human-like fruits were born with intelligence, transformed from elixirs, and turned into the peerless geniuses of those worlds. They learned from heaven and earth, created a system of cultivation and evolution, and ultimately guided all living things to embark on the path of cultivation and evolution again.

As time passed, true immortals appeared, and the cultivation and evolution systems of all realms instantly entered the fast lane.

Before long, cultivators at the level of Immortal King were born in various realms.

The birth of the Immortal King was a landmark event, and it also foreshadowed that the various realms scattered in the black barrier had regained contact after being cut off for eternity.

Afterwards, teleportation arrays connecting various worlds were built.

The heavens and myriad worlds were once again prosperous.

On the plateau, the three ancient creatures had different expressions after seeing this scene.

"Daoyou has a really good method. Just by borrowing the fruit of the Ten Thousand Dao Samsara Tree, the evolutionary systems of the heavens and myriad worlds have all fallen into your hands." The mysterious strong man holding the sword embryo seemed to care about this very much and said in a bad tone.

"Fellow Daoist, do you want to spar with me? We haven't fought for several epochs, and I'm just trying to see if your magical powers have improved. Or do you have to rely on the sound of sword and tripod to compete with me?" In another ancient tomb, a strong man who was roasting a carp on a small red clay stove with a fishing rod spoke up.

Seeing how carefully he grilled it, one could tell that the carp was not a real carp, but a newly ripened fruit from the Wandao Samsara Tree. Under the roasting fire, the fruit, which should have emitted a herbal fragrance, instead gave off a meaty aroma.

It was as if the small red clay stove possessed incredible power of creation, able to change the properties of an object at the level of the origin of life.

"It seems that the body that was severed that year has healed. How dare you challenge me like this?" The mysterious man holding the sword embryo walked out of the ancient tomb in an instant and stood at the highest point of the tomb, as if responding to the challenge of the strong man.

"Why are you two Taoist friends so angry? When you and I reach our level, the most important thing is to defeat the emperor and achieve enlightenment as soon as possible. There is no need to engage in emotional disputes." On another large tomb, an old man with an immortal look suddenly appeared and stood beside a big tree with thousands of swaying willow branches.

Then, in front of the Wandao Samsara Tree, the mysterious strong man who was grilling fish appeared with grilled fish in his hand.

She looked so relaxed and carefree, as if she didn't care about the murderous intent of the sword-wielding man.

"The Enlightenment Tea Tree is such a good plant that can help one attain enlightenment, but you have turned it into a murderous tree with evil spirit. It's really disappointing." As the carefree man spoke, the layer of chaotic divine light that had previously enveloped him slowly dissipated, revealing a young man with red lips and white teeth.

"There's no need for a pretty boy like you to question my actions." The murderous aura of the sword-wielding warrior seemed to take shape and turned into a blood-red armor covering his body, leaving only a handsome face full of arrogance.

"My two fellow Taoists, why don't you listen to what I have to say? We have endured until now and have already driven away all our opponents. If we continue to fight, it will seem to damage the harmony. It is better to change the fight into a fight of words. My two fellow Taoists, use the spiritual roots you have cultivated, and see who can cultivate a quasi-immortal emperor first in the heavens and myriad realms. Being alone is not a long-term solution for us, so we should make use of this era to cultivate some capable subordinates." The old man beside the willow tree said.

"Today I will give Elder Liu a favor. I will show you what kind of spiritual root is worthy of the title of the number one spiritual root in the heavens and myriad worlds." said the man with the sword.

"Haha, with your two tricks, you still want to compete for the title of the first spiritual root. I think before the Enlightenment Tea Tree can cultivate a master, the world it descends on will be destroyed by evil spirits." The young man said with a smile, but he had no intention of taking action. Then, the young man looked at the old man in front of the willow tree and said, "Why don't you compete with us? I heard that the willow tree had the opportunity to evolve into a Chaos World Tree, but you forcibly interrupted its evolution and it became what it is now."

"The spiritual roots of both of you are beneficial to your cultivation. I will not participate in this competition. You should leave this old tree here to block the sunlight for an old man like me." The old man quickly refused.

"Sitting on the mountain and watching tigers fight? Aren't you dreaming too much? Since it was you who suggested this game, you can't stay out of it." The man with the sword said rudely.

There is only a slight difference in the abilities between the three of them, and if they really fight to the death, their final outcome is unknown.

It’s just that the old man was an antique who had been lurking in the ancient tomb before the last plateau war, while the two of them were the winners of the last plateau war, or the survivors.

That's why I treat the other person as my senior.

"That's fine. Once your spiritual roots leave the plateau, I don't know when we can tell who is better. Then if I, an old willow tree, continue to be planted here, it will look out of place. I'll take part in this game as well."

After saying this, the old man patted the branches of the old willow tree and said, "You heard it, too. Go, go wherever you want to go, and I will set you free."

It seemed that the old man's action of beating the willow branches was to free it from its restraints.

Then, the thousands of green branches on the old willow tree began to sway, and countless great runes appeared on those branches.

Afterwards, the branches that were engraved with Dao runes began to fall off, and finally those fallen branches were woven into an emerald green cushion in front of the old man, with the aura of ten thousand Daos flowing on it, as if the core of the Dao of all heavens and worlds had been left behind.

The bare willow tree seemed to have completed an important mission, and then its interior began to catch fire.

After a puff of green smoke came out of his body, a small green sapling flew out from the dry and burning old body and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

All that was left was a tree stump that had been burned into charcoal.

Seeing this, the old man with a sage-like demeanor waved his hand, took the tree stump in his hand, and then gently stroked it, and the charred tree stump turned into a charred wooden guqin.

Finally, the old man plucked a handful of white hair from his head, rubbed it into strings, and hung them on the charred wooden zither.

Sitting on a willow branch cushion, the old man placed the guqin on his knees and began to play the instrument.

The ding-dong sound of the piano is like supreme heavenly music that can lead people into a state of bliss.

"Flashy and pretentious." Seeing this, the man with the sword snorted coldly, and then inserted the sword embryo in his hand into the ancient tea tree. Afterwards, the massive amount of avenue runes and murderous aura in the ancient tea tree were absorbed by the sword embryo.

When the last murderous aura was absorbed, the ancient tree instantly emanated a vague Taoist aura, as if it could reflect the origin of all things.

The numerous leaves originally hanging on the tree suddenly fell off at this moment, and then tens of thousands of tender buds appeared on the branches.

After the man with the sword pulled out the sword embryo, he waved his hand and threw it into the heavens and myriad worlds.

Then, he turned his head to look at the young man beside the Wandao Samsara Tree and said, "It's your turn."

The young man shook his head and said, "Since we are competing for the first place, why bother doing this?"

Obviously, he was very disdainful of the attitude of the old man and the sword-wielding man who had processed the spiritual roots before letting them go.

Sure enough, the young man did not do anything to the Tree of Ten Thousand Daos of Samsara and directly threw it to the end of a river in the sky.

When those three spiritual roots that surpassed the medicinal grade of immortality were planted in the universe, wisps of the aura of becoming an emperor began to spread throughout the universe.

The cultivators at the Immortal King level seemed to have seen a higher level of the avenue.

The myriad ways of heaven and earth within the vast universe are no longer the end of the Great Way.

Countless creatures began to fight for it.

For a time, geniuses rose up and the scene of thousands of battles reappeared in the world.

At the same time, the three powerful men standing on the plateau also began to train their men through their own means.

Many geniuses unknowingly fell into the boundaries of the avenue they set, thus becoming their vassals and losing the opportunity to grow independently.

You can only rely on their gifts to improve your life level.

When the heavens had flourished to their peak, creatures at the quasi-immortal emperor level began to be born in large numbers.

The power under the three men's command is also growing rapidly.

However, after the world was divided into three parts, other creatures also lost many opportunities to evolve.

In the land of heaven, a young man rose from the wilderness.

Relying on his talent for cultivation that surpassed that of other ordinary people, he took a different approach and created the Art of Eternal Reincarnation, accumulating the foundation of the supreme Dao through continuous reincarnation in the world.

The young man fought bloody battles in all directions, beheaded one powerful enemy after another, and was even killed again and again by more powerful enemies.

But as long as reincarnation continues, he will not die.

The young man is always able to return to the world's sight with a stronger attitude.

In the end, the young man became the emperor first and became the only Immortal Emperor in the new era.

The speed of this rise and the powerful combat capability shocked the three old antiques on the plateau.

They all began to worry whether the spiritual roots they planted in the outside world would be taken away by the young man.

After all, those spiritual roots hide the ultimate secrets above the Immortal Emperor, which even they have not fully comprehended.

The rise of a young Immortal Emperor who is not under their control is undoubtedly a huge threat to the three of them.

However, they cannot take the initiative to expose Gaoyuan's location, otherwise the young Immortal Emperor will find them by following the path of cause and effect, thus sparking another battle for Gaoyuan.

(End of this chapter)