Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 956 Taiyi Immortal Gate

On Mount Tai in the east, Chu Tai returned to this place in his cloud chariot. Before he could settle down, wisps of yin wind and evil energy surged up from the ground. Then, life changed and the sun appeared. It was the six incarnations of the Great Master of Fate, the Lesser Master of Fate, the Lord of the East, the River God, the Mountain Spirit, and the Lady of the Xiang River who descended at the same time.

At the same time, the three supreme treasures—the Celestial Cauldron, the Ritual Soul Banner, and the Eastern King's Primordial Yang Golden Seal—descended, sealing off the void surrounding Chu Tai.

"Brother Dao, you still know to come back? In all these years since you left, we have worked tirelessly day and night to take care of all your worldly affairs. And you, even while cultivating, still remember to send down your demon clan's Dao Fruit from afar to send a message, as if afraid that we might have a moment's peace. Now that you have returned, please take care of all the remaining messes yourself!"

After the Grand Master of Fate finished speaking, he abandoned the numerous pieces of information recorded in the Book of Life and Death and turned back to the Underworld.

Seeing this, Shao Siming silently took out several scrolls of silk that shimmered with celestial treasures from her sleeve, placed them in front of Chu Tai, bowed, and then vanished without a trace.

Dongjun was even more direct. With a flick of his sleeve, hundreds of scrolls of golden books, inscribed with patterns of the sun and moon and interspersed with cloud and mist, fell down: "These are the climate changes in the Eastern Peak Dharma Realm over the years. Please review them, fellow Daoist."

River God, Mountain Spirit, and Xiangjun and Xiangfuren stepped forward and took out a tortoise shell with flowing water, a jade tablet with mountain and forest patterns, and a bamboo slip wrapped with red thread, which flew out from their sleeves one after another.

Looking at the information that had instantly piled up into a rickety little mountain in front of him, Chu Tai knew he was in the wrong. He could feel that his six avatars hadn't had a moment's peace since he left.

He naturally didn't want to say anything more and resigned himself to the vast sea of ​​miscellaneous tasks.

Of course, these miscellaneous tasks are not difficult for a first-grade cultivator to handle. Even if it would take six third-grade cultivators ten days or half a month to complete a task, he can finish it in half a day.

During this time, he also took the time to refine three precious treasures: the Celestial Cauldron, the Ritual Soul Banner, and the Eastern King's Primordial Yang Golden Seal.

He obtained the remaining third of the Holy Kingdom's inheritance from the Celestial Cauldron, so many of the things he dealt with later were attempts to integrate the Holy Kingdom's inheritance into the land covered by the Eastern Peak Dharma Realm.

Under Chu Tai's control, many fragments of Dao Fruits were distributed, many Taiyi Immortal Sects were revived, and demons and monsters were born. In a very short time, the living conditions of ordinary people were greatly improved.

Furthermore, Chu Tai's influence continues to spread.

Southeast Morning Earth Immortal Continent is a place where immortal cultivation flourishes, with many immortal cultivation lineages passed down. When the Taiyi Immortal Sect declined, many Taiyi lineages in this place also fell into silence.

Now that Chu Tai holds the reins of the Taiyi Immortal Vein and his power is expanding to various regions, many cultivators in the Immortal Continent have received the blessing of Dao Fruit fragments.

Deep in a secluded valley and bamboo forest, a pool of water, as smooth as a mirror, reflects the myriad phenomena of the sky.

A young Taoist priest sat cross-legged on a blue stone, circulating the "Taiyi Tongxuan Neizhao Scripture" within his body. Ripples gently spread across the Taiyi Xushen Spirit Pool beside him, reflecting the faint aura of immortality and transformation of the heavens emanating from him.

Just as the spiritual pool was churning and the young Daoist's body was about to collapse, a ray of spiritual light fell from the sky, transforming into a fragment of a Dao fruit, which merged into his spiritual embryo, stabilizing his mind and rebuilding his foundation.

He opened his eyes, looked towards the direction of the Eastern Peak Dharma Realm, and stood up to bow in respect.

A hundred miles away, atop a precipitous cliff, an ancient cauldron, shrouded in purple mist, trembled and emitted rosy light.

At the crucial moment of the conflict between Kan and Li, a glimmer of spiritual light fell into the cauldron, giving birth to a fragment of a Dao Fruit, which flew out of the cauldron and landed on the old Daoist beside it.

The old Taoist's body, which had been mutated by the power of the Immortal Manifestation and Transformation of the Great Heaven, returned to normal. The many crane feathers that had grown back, along with the surge of pure energy, transformed into illusory crane shadows that surrounded the old Taoist, becoming one of his innate supernatural abilities.

After everything had settled, the old Taoist priest rose and bowed respectfully towards the direction of the Eastern Peak Dharma Realm.

Similar situations exist in many places in the Southeast Morning Earth Immortal Continent. The prosperity of the Taiyi Immortal Sect lineages in various places has caused wisps of immortal energy to converge towards the Eastern Peak Dharma Realm.

Standing atop Mount Tai, Chu Tai's immortal aura surged ever stronger, and his mastery of the Taiyi Immortal Vein deepened.

He can see more and more, no longer limited to the current situation of those he is destined to meet, and can even see a little about their past and future.

With a change in his gaze, Chu Tai couldn't help but look towards the northern Xuanzhou, which was also a place where immortal cultivation flourished. However, compared to the immortal continent's outstanding people and resources, many areas of Xuanzhou were covered in ice and snow, which made it more difficult for the Taiyi Immortal Sect to revive there.

The lineages that have survived to this day are mostly those that have good relations with the Taiyi lineage, such as the Great Bright Palace, or those that have some Taiyi heritage, which is why they have been able to continue to this day.

At this moment, inside a snow-covered mountain cave in Xuanzhou, a barely independent Taiyi Immortal Sect is struggling to survive.

The Taiyi Cold Jade Wheel hangs above the snow mountain, rotating quietly, drawing down the Nine Heavens Qi to maintain the physical bodies of the eight cultivators inside the cave, illuminating their inner and outer minds, and preventing them from becoming alienated.

Standing between the eight people was the Taiyi Cold Soul Ice Heart Banner, with steaming white vapor rising from its surface. As the cultivators circulated the "Taiyi Cold Soul Refining Heart Wonderful Method," it continuously extracted the foreign energy from their bodies to replenish their pure vital energy.

As Chu Tai's gaze fell upon them, spiritual light entered the bodies of the eight cultivators, helping them resolve the issue of their physical bodies merging and harmonizing with the icy and snowy earth veins.

The eight cultivators who had regained their freedom let out a long howl, attracting the attention of many cultivators around them.

In particular, the Great Bright Palace and the Guanghan Sect immediately dispatched their disciples to offer their congratulations.

These are just the most basic questions they face. Or rather, these are just some of the simplest things I need to handle…

Chu Tai's senses continued to expand, and he saw many scenes from all over the world.

Among the eight continents, apart from the Immortal Continent and the Mysterious Continent where the Immortal Path flourishes, the Fertile Earth Pillar Continent in the northwest and the Faithful Earth Yang Continent in the east also basically believe in the Immortal Path.

The Northwest Fertile Soil Pillar Continent was originally more inclined towards the Immortal Path, with its overall power distribution being more like a mixed bag, including immortals, demons, and Buddhas, and many third-rank rogue cultivators who established their own sects there.

However, the major sects on this continent were very astute. Upon learning of Chu Tai's attainment of enlightenment, they immediately switched allegiance and completely sided with the Immortal Path.

Therefore, the Taiyi Immortal Sect in these two places is relatively easy to deal with; they simply pass down fragments of Dao Fruit and help repair the earth veins.

In contrast, the Taiyi Immortal Sect in the Deep Earth Welcoming Continent in the South and the Raging Earth Rong Continent in the Southwest, both under the rule of the demonic path, suffered a very tragic fate.

Most of them have been corrupted and used as resources for demonic cultivators, or even directly refined into "Human Essence Pills." The remaining few have basically abandoned the Taiyi Immortal Sect's heritage and joined the demonic path.

For the former, Chu Tai did his best to guide their souls back to the dilapidated ancestral temple of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, to build a small place for them to settle down.

For the latter, Chu Tai's methods were extremely brutal. He directly drew the Taiyi Exorcism and Salvation Talisman in mid-air and pierced it into the brows of those Taiyi cultivators who had turned to the demonic path. He used the Taiyi Divine Light to forcibly awaken their true will and rekindle their original nature.

Most of the Taiyi cultivators who returned to the righteous path fled back to their ancestral home after dealing with the demonic cultivators around them. Relying on the remaining immortal energy restored there, they barely managed to rebuild the Taiyi Immortal Sect's heritage.

Looking at the problems in the Deep Earth Welcoming Continent in the south and the Floating Earth Rong Continent in the southwest, Chu Tai took out two bamboo slips, wrote some content in the air, and then threw them out, which landed in the Taiyi Ancestral Courts in the two places respectively. This helped to stabilize the fate of the world and also served as a demonstration, telling other cultivators of the fourth rank and above that they should not arbitrarily bully the cultivators in the ancestral courts.

"Now that the ancestral temple has been repaired, I can temporarily use the protection of the patriarch as a pretext to prevent powerful figures in the demonic path from attacking the ancestral temple and provide them with some protection. However, this is not a long-term solution; we need to further strengthen our forces..."

Thinking of this, Chu Tai looked towards Yanzhou, which was controlled by Buddhism and Taoism in the due west.

Although the Buddhist sect did not explicitly demand that the Taiyi Immortal Sect be replaced, they helped the Taiyi Immortal Sect to refine its cultivation methods under the pretext of preventing a second outbreak of abnormalities, and incorporated many Buddhist concepts into the Taiyi Immortal Sect's cultivation system.

Although this move preserved the lineage of these Taiyi Immortal Sects, the internal cultivation methods had long been distorted into something else under the influence of external forces.

To put it bluntly, without the guidance of the destiny of the Taiyi Immortal Lineage, it would be difficult for Chu Tai to say whether they belong to the Taiyi lineage or the Buddhist lineage.

"Buddha's bones and Taoist skin? I think Taoist bones and Buddha's skin would be better."

With a thought, Chu Tai caused the Three Worlds Buddha Dao Fruit system to change, and many Buddhist lights intertwined. Some information that was very targeted at the Yanzhou Buddhist lineage and strengthened the Taiyi Immortal Sect lineage merged into the Taiyi Immortal Sect's lineage in this place as the spiritual light fell.

This action directly aroused resonance and fear among the sacred objects in many temples in Yanzhou, making it unclear whether it was a blessing from Buddha or a manifestation of Buddha's enemy.

As for the final Hidden Earth Continent in Northeast China, it is also the most interesting of the eight continents.

This place is truly a melting pot of all sorts of people, where many different cultivation lineages can be found. It's like a giant furnace that gathers all kinds of techniques, slowly forging something. Everyone is extremely busy, which has led to the Taiyi Immortal Sect's inheritance here being mostly pragmatic, emphasizing the principle of using whatever is useful.

In the past, those disciples were not yet free to express themselves due to the constraints of the fundamental tradition.

But with the silence of Taiyi Zhenjun, their thoughts became like wild horses, completely out of control, their inspirations flying everywhere.

From Chu Tai's perspective, the Taiyi Immortal Sect here was going to great lengths to ensure its continued existence.

Some studied Buddhism and Taoism, some adhered to the path of immortality, some were forced to study the path of witchcraft, and others attempted to construct the Taiyi Immortal Sect's path of humanity and the path of gods.

"Although the lineage of this continent, like that of Yanzhou, must be rectified, it is different here. The changes in the lineage here are voluntary, not artificially guided, so I cannot interfere too much with these changes..."

After a brief moment of thought, Chu Tai suddenly remembered that he had another incarnation, Yun Zhongjun, who was a hidden master in the Northern Yantian Sect.

Without hesitation, Chu Tai entrusted the inheritance of Bingtu Yanzhou to the incarnation of Yun Zhongjun. Yun Zhongjun, who was equally diligent but whose workload was significantly lighter than the other six incarnations, was stunned when he received the task. He wanted to refuse, but Chu Tai's communication with him was one-sided, and he was powerless to resist. He was simply sent to Bingtu Yanzhou by a portal.

"Damn it, when you're swindling people, you don't let anyone get away with it!"

After cursing a couple of times, Yun Zhongjun still put away the information Chu Tai had given him and began to deal with the many problems in Tu Yanzhou.

The other six incarnations, upon learning this news, burst into laughter in their respective dojos.

However, their joyful mood did not last long. Information about many people that Chu Tai found by relying on the destiny of the Taiyi Immortal Vein was also sent to them by Chu Tai, asking them to help enlighten and guide these people to rebuild their Dao veins.

At first, the six incarnations were somewhat distressed, but after carefully reviewing the documents, they all chose to accept the job.

Because Chu Tai brought back many reincarnated Taiyi disciples, including the former head of the Jinhua Sect and many elders.

Both Chu Tai and the six incarnations held these predecessors, who had willingly given up their own chance to ascend and abandoned their millennia of arduous cultivation in order to leave behind a legacy for their disciples, in high esteem and were naturally willing to treat them better.

Of course, the gradual rise of the Taiyi Immortal Sect also caught the attention of other cultivators.

Those major powers with second-rank elders in charge were relatively well aware that the resurgence of the Taiyi Immortal Sect was due to the emergence of Chu Tai, a newly promoted first-rank figure.

Moreover, they could all see from the reactions of the True Lords and the Lord of the Demonic Path that the prosperity of the Taiyi Immortal Sect was an inevitable event that everyone tacitly approved.

This also led most forces with second-rank cultivators to choose to back down or even lend a hand during the rise of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

On the contrary, some newly established forces with their own third-rank cultivators couldn't help but develop greed.

A significant portion of these cultivators are those who inherited the destiny and foundation of the former Taiyi Immortal Sect, and their feelings about the resurgence of the Taiyi Immortal Sect are very complex.

Some are suppressing us, some are helping us, and some want to take us over.

As long as these cultivators didn't go too far in bullying the weak, Chu Tai remained silent.

After all, he cannot protect his disciples forever. Excessive protection will only breed a large number of useless people and parasites. Therefore, when it is time to let go, he will inevitably choose to let go.

The consequence of this relinquishment was that during the revival of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, less than 60% of its forces were re-established, less than 30% were completely destroyed, and about 10% were swallowed up, assimilated, and absorbed by other forces during the process of its resurgence.

Overall, the re-establishment of nearly 60% of the immortal sects across the four seas and nine continents has provided Chu Tai with a very generous fortune.

(End of this chapter)