On the Avenue.

Chapter 704 The Great Luo's Interception
Chen Shi led 20,000 soldiers toward the nearest star gate. When they were still more than a hundred miles away from the star gate, a continent suddenly appeared above the army. The mountains were lush and green, the long river was hanging upside down, and the immortal mountains floated down so low that they seemed to be within reach.

This continent is permeated with various strange Dao auras, and various grand Dao phenomena float between heaven and earth. It should be a Dao realm, but its territory is extremely vast.

The aura of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth that it exudes is unsettling, as if it contains not only the Dao of Immortality but also various other paths.

Many soldiers looked up, scrutinizing the Dao Realm with surprise and uncertainty.

Some of them were at the Dao Realm, but the Dao Image they manifested seemed quite different from the Dao Image of this Dao Realm.

"Aren't all the same phenomena?" someone asked doubtfully.

At this moment, Chen Shi's voice came: "Fellow disciples, there are likely many dangers ahead. You should enter my Dao Realm to take refuge."

The soldiers from each unit and camp lined up neatly and flew towards Daoxu.

As the last group of immortals entered the Dao Ruins, Chen Shi stirred his mind, and the space slowly closed, causing the Dao Ruins to disappear.

Xiao Duan asked, "Does my husband think we might be ambushed on the road?"

Chen Shi said, "In order to destroy the ancestral court, the Supreme One began to plan eight hundred years ago. Now that Immortal Wencheng is dead and Kundulun has been captured alive by me, ruining his grand plan, such a great hatred cannot go unavenged. My journey to the Heavenly Court will surely be fraught with danger."

Xiao Duan asked in bewilderment, "You are a meritorious subject of the Jade Emperor, would the Jade Emperor sit idly by and watch you die at the hands of the Supreme Being? If you are killed by the Supreme Being, how can he accept the people's demands?"

Chen Shi laughed and said, "Of course the Great Celestial Venerable will not tolerate me dying at the hands of the other party, and will definitely send experts to rescue me. But the problem is that the Great Celestial Venerable also wants me to die so that I can become his Heavenly Dao God."

He smiled slightly: "The person who comes will probably intervene when my life is hanging by a thread, save me, and then announce that I am beyond saving. Forced to die, I will have no choice but to become the Heavenly Dao God-Man of the Great Celestial Venerable. This will both save the Great Celestial Venerable's face and successfully make me the Heavenly Dao God-Man, which is a win-win situation for the Great Celestial Venerable."

Xiao Duan said angrily, "You are a meritorious official, how could the Great Celestial Venerable do this to you?"

Chen Shi laughed and said, "I had no other choice but to become a Heavenly Dao God. As for feeling disheartened? Which of those disciples of the Jie Sect in the Heavenly Court didn't feel disheartened? Aren't they all still being driven by the Heavenly Court?"

Xiao Duan's eyes darted around, and she laughed, "Husband, how about we rebel against the Great Celestial Venerable and establish our own Heavenly Court?"

Chen Shi laughed and did not answer, saying, "The Heavenly River Ferry is within the Great Celestial Venerable's sphere of influence."

Xiao Duan stopped talking.

The two entered the ferry and boarded a starship.

This place is located on the edge of the Immortal Realm and is close to Hangu Pass, so it is sparsely populated. There were only the two of them and the boatman on the star raft.

The star raft propelled forward by the power of the stars, heading towards the realm of immortals.

The journey would take more than ten days. Chen Shi and Xiao Duan were on the ship. Looking down, they saw the Starry Raft traveling above the Milky Way, with countless points of light below like flowing water, representing countless stars.

The power of the stars is concentrated on the star raft, making the ship incredibly fast.

Chen Shi withdrew his gaze and continued cultivating the Immortal Technique.

He had never seen the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts before, and this time, with the guidance of Erlang Shen, he still based his practice on the Immortal Art of Immortality. After these days of cultivation, he had already elevated this technique to the True Immortal realm.

The Immortal Technique was created by Wu Qi. Wu Qi had very little exposure to immortal techniques, so he was less influenced by them. As a result, the technique he created has a unique and extraordinary aspect.

The most unique aspect of the Immortal Immortal Technique is its internal cultivation, which imprints all of the user's information onto every bone and every piece of flesh.

Therefore, even if only a bone or a piece of flesh remains, Wuqi can be resurrected, although the resurrection process is extremely slow.

However, the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts have a fast recovery speed, and combining the two can make up for their respective shortcomings.

Another drawback of the Immortal Immortal Technique is its body refinement; the speed of body refinement is also not as fast as the Eight-Nine Arcane Technique.

The third shortcoming is its ability to change. The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts excels in the art of transformation, capable of altering physical structure, appearance, physique, race, and even objects.

The Immortal Technique, improved by Chen Shi, focuses primarily on body refinement, followed by recovery speed. As for transformation techniques, he discarded them, striving to simplify the technique as much as possible.

Because of his slow cultivation speed, Wu Qi was extremely stingy when refining his body. He used the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and his own vital energy to the extreme. However, Chen Shi carried the Purple Heaven Vine, which was equivalent to carrying a small Taiqing Holy Land.

In addition, Jin'ao Island also has the world's top-grade Jade Purity Dao Spring. His improved Immortal Technique emphasizes courage and speed when refining the body.

This is the difference between immortal magic and witchcraft. Witchcraft is imprinted on oneself, while immortal magic borrows the way of heaven and earth. The two are very different in concept.

However, both immortal techniques and witchcraft have their shortcomings. Even the immortal techniques that absorb the strengths of both have inherent flaws.

If an opponent finds the Dao Realm, one can target the Dao Image layout within the Dao Realm to understand the opponent's weaknesses, thereby killing the opponent and preventing the Immortal Technique from being revived.

While cultivating, Chen Shi suddenly had a brilliant idea: "If I were to integrate Zhong Erniu's inner world into the Immortal Technique, wouldn't that perfectly solve the shortcomings of both Immortal Technique and Witchcraft?"

His heart was pounding.

If you can achieve this, you will have a near-perfect immortality!
"Zhong Erniu is a real gem," he thought to himself.

Zhong Wuwang's inner world also has many shortcomings. The biggest shortcoming is that the territory of his inner world is not as vast as that of the Dao-Merging World, and the power of the Dao is not as great as that of the real world.

Zhong Wuwang himself realized this, which is why he merged with the Dao again at Mount Ling.

However, as long as the inner world is combined with the Immortal Technique, it can shine brightly and make the Immortal Technique perfect!
"Erniu is still in the Celestial Realm; we can't let him get away. I'll go back to the Celestial Realm to find him after I finish my mission!"

Just as Chen Shi was thinking this, he suddenly saw the Milky Way curving ahead, with star streams converging to form a river bend around an incomparably vast primordial spirit.

The primordial spirit was a female immortal, so vast as to be unbelievable. She sat in the posture of the Queen Mother of the West, with her left calf resting on the right thigh, her calf straight, her waist upright, her hands on her knees, and a smile on her face, watching their star raft sail from the Milky Way in front of them.

The stars are tiny, like dust.

The Starship is even more insignificant.

The primordial spirit of a Great Luo Golden Immortal!
Chen Shi and Xiao Duan were filled with dread, while the boatman stared in horror at the incomprehensible scene before him.

Fairy Xiao Duan rose, went to the bow of the ship, looked at the vast primordial spirit with a solemn expression, and asked, "Who are you? Why are you blocking our way?"

Chen Shi approached her and said loudly, "I am Chen Shi, the Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Army. I have returned from suppressing the bandits and am here to report back to the Heavenly Court. Who are you?"

Xiao Duan whispered, "Husband, your cultivation is too shallow to send your voice into her ears."

Chen Shi blushed slightly and said, "Madam, please repeat it for me."

Little Dumpling Fairy then repeated it.

The female immortal spirit heard her words and said, "I am Lady Yuanling. Why are you stopping me? Doesn't the Heavenly King know? Your master is very angry about what you did in the ancestral court and sent me here to clean up your mess."

She chuckled softly, her delicate hand reaching into the Milky Way, gently stirring up water and splashing it towards the star raft.

This seemingly playful act, splashing out a handful of river water, actually stirred up countless stars, with planets spinning and crashing towards the star raft!
Fairy Xiao Duan looked at the approaching stars and said, "Husband, you go first."

She flicked her sleeves behind her back, and the Star Raft suddenly flew backward, entering a tributary of the Milky Way and speeding along the starry river at a speed that surpassed even the speed at which the Star Raft rode the starlight!
The starlight gathered beneath the star raft transformed into flames, as if a phoenix were carrying the raft, soaring above the Milky Way—a truly magnificent sight. Lady Yuanling, her jade-like fingers plucked a flower, flicked it, and laughed, "Can you escape?"

The ribbons fluttering behind her whistled out, passing through the Milky Way, with countless stars floating on the ribbons as they rushed towards the star raft.

At the same time, Xiao Duan roared, and boundless flames rose up behind him, rushing towards the overwhelming waves. In the flames, countless black birds spun and flapped their wings, growing larger and larger, their feathers covering the sky and the sun. They stretched out their sharp claws and grabbed countless rapidly crashing stars!

The flock of black birds rushed towards Lady Yuanling, the flames intensified, carrying with them a galaxy of stars, and were about to engulf the female immortal's primordial spirit!
"What an amazing wife of King Chen!" Lady Yuanling exclaimed, her eyes lighting up.

She exhaled a breath of immortal energy, and countless black birds were extinguished. Even the stars spontaneously combusted within moments, turning into dead stars.

"The gap is huge!"

Xiao Duan's heart skipped a beat, knowing he was no match for them, and his primordial spirit appeared behind him.

Her primordial spirit robes were long and covered in feathers, giving her a unique divine form from ancient times.

Although her primordial spirit was also extremely vast, it was still much smaller than that of Lady Yuanling. Her magnificent wings spread out, and she took flight, rushing towards Lady Yuanling's ribbons!

At the same time, Xiao Duan took flight, speeding away under the cover of the primordial spirit.

Chen Shi was standing on the Star Chariot at this moment, but he saw that the Star Chariot was getting faster and faster, and it was also becoming violently bumpy and shaking, as if it might fall apart at any moment.

"Boatman, steady the starship!" he shouted.

The boatman had never encountered such a situation before, and hurriedly activated the Dao patterns on the star raft, trying to control its course.

With a violent jolt, the Star Chariot cracked in two with a loud snap. The boatman stood on one half of the chariot, while Chen Shi stood on the other half, both somewhat bewildered.

"Chen Tianwang, can you steer the star raft?" the boatman shouted.

"will not!"

Be careful!

The boatman left those words behind, steered half of the star raft, turned around, and plunged into the Milky Way, quickly disappearing without a trace.

Chen Shi was somewhat at a loss as he faced the half-ship of the starship beneath his feet.

He tried to activate the Dao patterns on the star raft like the boatman had, but the star raft tumbled and rolled all the way, crashing around in the starry sky, almost throwing him off.

Chen Shi tried his best to stabilize the star raft, daring not to try again, and let the half of the star raft speed away along this tributary into the distance.

Now that the stellar energy is in chaos, he has no idea where the star raft is headed.

He looked back and saw the Milky Way trembling violently, as it was being swept up by Lady Yuanling's ribbons, with countless stars swirling around and striking Xiao Duan.

Xiao Duan's supernatural powers were fierce and domineering, with astonishing attack power, but Chen Shi knew at a glance that Xiao Duan was no match for him.

Although Fairy Xiao Duan awakened the bloodline of the Shang Dynasty royal family and received the inheritance of the nine emperors of the Shang Dynasty, the divine powers and methods of the Shang Dynasty were already outdated. Xiao Duan's cultivation improved too quickly. She had only come into contact with the divine powers of True Immortals before, but now she had to face the primordial spirit of a Great Luo Golden Immortal!

She used the Great Wilderness Dao Collection passed down by Chen Shi, but she could only use techniques like the Lesser Heavenly Tribulation Array. Techniques like the Heaven and Earth Returning to the Heart required extremely high comprehension and the accumulation of knowledge like Chen Shi's to comprehend their mysteries, so she could not use them.

Even using the Hunyuan Sword Scripture, it is still impossible to unleash the great supernatural power of separating the primordial chaos and the yellow and black.

She could only use the supernatural powers passed down by the nine emperors of the Shang Dynasty. While powerful, they lacked finesse. She could still fight against Taiyi Golden Immortals, but against Daluo Golden Immortals, her abilities would be easily broken, putting her at a disadvantage.

After a brief exchange between the two women, Xiao Duan found herself at a disadvantage.

She used her immortal magic to fight in close combat. Despite her powerful physical body, she was repeatedly injured due to her lack of supernatural abilities.

Fortunately, Chen Shi's improved Immortal Technique was truly amazing, and even injuries could be healed quickly.

In the short moment that Chen Shi looked back, Fairy Xiao Duan encountered danger one after another.

"Although Madam Chen's cultivation is not bad, her knowledge is a bit shallow, and she has not yet achieved the unity of the Dao and the body."

Lady Yuanling's movements were perfectly natural. In just a few moves, she drew upon a galaxy to imprison Xiao Duan. Her five fingers, as slender as scallions, reached for Xiao Duan's throat, and she laughed, "What a pity for Lady Chen."

Just as she was about to remove Xiao Duan's head, a violent aura surged from Xiao Duan's body, shattering the Star River that had imprisoned her. A majestic voice came from Xiao Duan's mouth.

"The so-called immortal path created by the traitors of the Great Shang Dynasty, does it even deserve to be compared with the shamanistic ritual patterns of my Great Shang Dynasty? Primordial spirit and body!"

With a roar, Fairy Xiao Duan merged her primordial spirit into her body, causing her physical form to swell rapidly. In an instant, she transformed into a colossal spirit god who trod upon the Milky Way, and bowed deeply to Lady Yuanling.

Although Lady Yuanling had already cultivated to the point where the Dao was one with her body, and her primordial spirit was composed of the laws of the Great Dao, she was nearly shattered by Xiao Duan's Great Shang Mantra!
As Xiao Duan bowed down, flames shot up behind him, impacting Lady Yuanling.

Lady Yuanling tried her best to stabilize her primordial spirit and avoid the oncoming Xuan Bird Holy Fire. She was then approached by Xiao Duan, whose palm struck her heart. At the same time, the Xuan Bird's divine power entered her body, and the Xuan Bird's sharp claws gripped her heart.

This close-combat technique is called Heavenly Phoenix Heart Scorching.

Lady Yuanling suppressed her heart to prevent it from being crushed. Xiao Duan's left index and middle fingers were already pointing at her brow, and the Xuan Bird Divine Power also entered her mind.

This supernatural power is also a close-combat technique, called "Burning Mountains and Boiling Seas".

Lady Yuanling was both shocked and furious. She felt that although Xiao Duan's supernatural powers were crude, his fighting style was extremely troublesome, unlike anything she had ever seen before. In a short time, he had injured her repeatedly.

"She used witchcraft!"

Even as Lady Yuanling suppressed the Burning Mountains and Boiling Seas divine power in her mind, she found it even more difficult to resist and was repeatedly struck.

This unexpected turn of events not only stunned Lady Yuanling, but also surprised Chen Shi.

Just as Xiao Duan was about to deliver the fatal blow, the starry sky suddenly cracked open, and Lady Yuanling arrived in her true form, withdrawing her primordial spirit to block her attack.

"I was originally overconfident and only sent my primordial spirit. I didn't expect that King Chen's abilities were mediocre, but Madam Chen was a heroine!"

Lady Yuanling's true form was unable to withstand Xiao Duan's attack, and she was secretly shocked. With a slight thought, she saw a world of heavens appear above the starry river, which was like a world composed of the Great Dao, with extremely pure Dao power.

Lady Yuanling summoned a Dao Realm expert, who immediately suppressed Xiao Duan. She secretly felt ashamed: "The Supreme One asked me to take action, but I almost capsized. How can this Lady Chen's methods be so strange?"

Just as she thought of this, another authoritative voice came from Xiao Duan: "Zu Jia, you are too tyrannical and have lost the way of a king. Let me take over!"

Lady Yuanling suddenly felt that Xiao Duan's moves had changed drastically. Previously, it was close combat magic, but now his body was covered with witch ritual patterns, which were wide open and indestructible!
"It seems like this Mrs. Chen is hiding someone else inside her!" she exclaimed in surprise.

Outside the Dao Ruins of Chenshi, Xi Muran arrived by carriage. He played the zither in the carriage, and the music was melodious and graceful. He plucked the strings from time to time, scaring away the demons that were trying to attack the Qilin Carriage.

Upon arriving above Chen Shi's Dao Realm, Xi Muran looked down for a moment, then took out a golden talisman, bowed deeply, and the golden talisman floated down into Chen Shi's Dao Realm.

“Any immortal who reveals their Dao realm is doomed to death. Junior Brother Chen, you are still too green.”

(End of this chapter)