I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 788 The Incomplete Divinity

After a long while, Gu Yuanqing finally calmed down and faced the outcome of the battle.

This couldn't even be considered a battle, because he was instantly killed the moment he made a move.

And that is the difference between him and a god-level expert!

He didn't know how far apart a divine path expert who only existed in the state of divine soul was from this, but even if he was down half a level, this was still terrifying enough.

With his strength, he didn't even have a chance to resist!
No matter how abundant Gu Yuanqing's vital energy is, it's useless against this gap between levels.

It's like a Yin-Yang cultivator facing a Hun Tian Undying Great Cultivator; no matter what, they would find it difficult to match him.

Although the battle was short, it yielded many gains.

At least it made Gu Yuanqing realize the gap between himself and the powerful cultivators of the Divine Path.

This means that, having left Beiquan Cave Heaven, he would be almost powerless against it, and it also extinguished his idea of ​​going to the Primordial Realm.

Even if a clone were to go, with the Heavenly Fishing Technique as a backup, it would probably be difficult to save it; it might even kill the clone in an instant.

He frowned slightly. The power of the Divine Path experts was much stronger than he had originally estimated, which made him need to adjust his strategy towards the Ancient Divine Sect and increase the urgency of becoming a Void Immortal.

Perhaps only after achieving the status of a Void Immortal can one find a glimmer of hope for victory in this battle.

He opened his palm, and the image of the suppressed Heavenly Law Bell appeared. On his palm, a chaotic gray-white flame blazed up, enveloping the entire Heavenly Law Bell in an attempt to refine it.

However, over a long period of time, the runes that make up this bell have not changed in the slightest.

It seems that the level of the Chaotic Primordial Flame is too far apart from its own, making it difficult to shake its origin and thus difficult to use it.

Then, a miniature celestial constellation pattern appeared in his palm, and the Myriad Manifestations Sword Formation of Calamity Control instantly took shape. Strands of dark golden sword nets intertwined, interspersed with the ultimate principles of the Dao of Space and a trace of the power of the return of all Daos to nothingness.

This is the Great Extinction Sword.

But even under the sword net, the small and exquisite Heavenly Law Bell remained completely still.

Gu Yuanqing remained silent. It seemed that the power of the divine path was almost equivalent to that of immortals, and that he could hardly shake it with his current strength.

However, he could still discern that Zhuo Ming's true divine power was of a much lower level than the black aura he had obtained from the clone of the Heavenly Demon Sword Master.

Even when that aura was unclaimed, apart from the power related to incense offerings, its true nature was so profound that even divine sense could hardly detect its existence.

While the power of this divine being remains unshakable, he can be suppressed by manipulating objects and touched by divine sense.

He tried some other methods, but none of them had much effect on it, so he suppressed it again. This Heavenly Law Bell was formed from the soul and cultivation of a powerful cultivator, and it would be of great use in the future.

……

Meanwhile, some unrest was taking place throughout the entire Qian Yuan Realm.

When Zhuo Ming appeared earlier, he did not conceal his aura too much. The aura of a powerful cultivator was enough to make half of the cultivators in the Qian Yuan Realm feel suffocated, even without deliberately displaying it.

Even though this aura only appeared for a moment before disappearing without a trace, it still shook the entire Great Qian Dynasty.

Subsequently, Zhuo Ming's aura reappeared before the North Spring Cave Heaven, and the calamity energy that followed caused the heavens and earth to change color, making many people's hearts tighten, and some even saw him enter the North Spring Mountain.

Li Chengyi, Li Shi'an, and others who were cultivating in Beiquan Cave Heaven were isolated by the power of the cave heaven and did not feel anything. However, not long after, someone from the Daqian Dynasty specially came to report the previous events to the mountain.

Li Chengyi then hurriedly went up the mountain.

"Greetings, Father." Li Chengyi bowed respectfully.

Seeing his slightly serious expression, Gu Yuanqing chuckled and said, "You came in such a hurry because of the sudden appearance of an expert's aura in the Qian Yuan Realm, right?"

Li Chengyi said, "Outside Beiquan Mountain, there was also a fleeting aura of a powerful expert far exceeding the Heavenly Transformation level. Guan Rong sent someone to deliver a message, inquiring whether the previous events were related to the mountain."

“Sit down and let’s talk.” Gu Yuanqing pointed to the futon next to the main hall and said, “It is indeed not your father, but a cultivator from the Ancient Divine Sect.”

"The Primordial Divine Sect?" Li Chengyi was taken aback.

The Ancient Divine Sect knew his father's power, so the person who came must be extraordinary; otherwise, wouldn't he be courting death?

Gu Yuanqing nodded slightly: "They have already been suppressed by me, so there is no need to worry too much. However, it is best not to go to other Linglong Realms in the next few years. If an accident really occurs, even I may not be able to save you."

Li Chengyi was initially relieved, but upon hearing the following words, he sensed something was amiss and asked, "Father, which member of the Ancient Divine Sect has come this time?"

Gu Yuanqing calmly said, "Although a powerful cultivator in the Divine Path is only a spiritual being, if it weren't for the advantage of the terrain, I would be far from being their match."

"A powerful being of the Divine Path?" Li Chengyi's expression changed. He then secretly sensed his father's aura, which seemed to be no different from usual. He breathed a slight sigh of relief, but still carefully observed his father's expression without showing any emotion. He said, "No wonder I heard outside that there was an aura of Heavenly Punishment gathering. I also felt something was amiss from the Qian Yuan Token. Is the person who came today a split spirit or the true body?"

"It should be the real Guru. He came here to seize my body and use it as a divine embryo to continue his path. Naturally, he will do his best. With his strength, he will not care about a Chaotic cultivator like me." Gu Yuanqing chuckled and reached out to summon the Heavenly Law Bell, which was woven from runes, once again.

"This is... the Heavenly Law Bell, a divine artifact of rules?" Li Chengyi exclaimed in surprise, but he felt a little more relaxed because of the illusory image of Beiquan Mountain surrounding the Heavenly Law Bell.

Gu Yuanqing said, "In the cultivation world, the Undying Chaos breaks through to become a Void Immortal by condensing the True Seed of Dao Source and then obtaining the power of creation to transform from mortal to immortal. In the world of the Exquisite Realm, one ignites their own divine fire with the power of the rule artifact to become a demigod, and finally condenses a divine spark to achieve the position of a true god with the divine fire as the foundation. This is the true god spark woven with the power of the Heavenly Law Bell."

Now, this divine cultivator has poured all his divine soul power into his divine core, transforming it into the form of the Heavenly Law Bell in an attempt to protect himself. Even I, as his father, can only suppress him, not destroy him.

Li Chengyi observed for a while, but with his current strength, he couldn't discern anything. Finally, he withdrew his gaze, his expression becoming grave: "Father said that there are seven powerful cultivators in the Ancestral Hall of the Ancient Divine Sect. Excluding this one, there are six others. Now that this one has fallen into Father's hands, I fear the others…"

Gu Yuanqing nodded slightly: "At the moment, we can only deal with whatever comes our way. The only good thing is that, judging from this situation, the powerful cultivators of the Divine Path may not dare to go out recklessly. The few from the Primordial Divine Sect should be using the power of the Ancestral Hall to conceal the secrets of heaven and avoid calamity. Just like the person who came today, his body was shrouded in calamity aura, and as soon as he appeared, the world changed, as if the power of heavenly punishment was gathering."

Previously, I sensed that something had changed in the direction of the Primordial Divine Sect. Perhaps due to unavoidable circumstances, this person left the Ancestral Hall, incurring divine punishment, which is why he hurriedly came to the mountains to try and seize my body.

"If it is as Father speculates, then that's fine," Li Chengyi said.

After their conversation, Li Chengyi left. Once he reached the foot of the mountain, he looked back again, thinking to himself, "This...it really must be my father. My intuition shouldn't be wrong."

Standing atop the mountain, Gu Yuanqing couldn't help but chuckle softly. In these mountains, Li Chengyi's thoughts were naturally hard to hide from him.

……

In the Primordial Realm.

The cultivators of the Ancient Divine Sect were in complete chaos. What happened today was something they had never expected.

It's utterly absurd that their own sect leader banished the Ancestral Hall, and that the already deceased Elder Li Lingyun was resurrected, with the two of them escaping together to the Divine Ruins.

Then it seemed that the auras of the Nine Heavens lineage leader Lei Fuyue and the Celestial Surveillance Elder, all the great immortal cultivators, disappeared completely, and there was actually a true soul of the ancestor in the Ancestral Hall.

All these factors left the entire Ancient Divine Sect somewhat bewildered, and they were unable to calm down even after a long time.

The elders then hurriedly gathered in the council hall, where a group of chaotic cultivators argued endlessly.

Inside the Ancestral Hall, in that space where divine power intertwined, six remaining ten-thousand-foot-tall divine souls stood.

They were all asleep with their eyes closed, but the moment Zhuo Ming stepped into Beiquan Cave, several figures suddenly opened their eyes.

Their divine thoughts intertwined in the void, exchanging information with each other.

"Zhuo Ming's aura has disappeared, presumably because he has occupied the furnace and cut off the secrets of heaven."

"He had better succeed, otherwise it would be a waste of an opportunity!"

"That was his own doing. He couldn't even keep an eye on some junior disciples from the sects, and almost banished the entire hall to the void, causing a great disaster. It's a joke that a divine cultivator was outmaneuvered by the Undying Chaos."

"Alright, whatever the outcome, he has only himself to blame. Now we only need to discuss two things: First, most of the Source Crystals have been stolen, which may affect our cultivation of our divine souls. How should we deal with this? Second, who should be in charge of this Yuanhui?"

……

In the days that followed, Gu Yuanqing remained vigilant and prepared for a major battle, pondering how to minimize the losses to the Qian Yuan Realm should a major conflict occur.

He didn't believe that the Ancient Divine Sect would remain silent after he suppressed Zhuo Ming.

But that's just how things are. More than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the whole world is calm and peaceful, as if the events of that day had never happened.

"Could it be that the other powerful figures in the Ancestral Hall have simply turned a blind eye to Zhuo Ming's disappearance?"

"Or... do they really think Zhuo Ming has successfully possessed someone else's body?"

Gu Yuanqing was slightly taken aback.

But as time went by, Gu Yuanqing felt that his guess had come true!
The Ancient Divine Sect has always kept the matter of powerful cultivators possessing bodies in the Ancestral Hall a secret, and only cultivators at the level of Undying Chaos and above might know a little about it.

Those who knew about it dared not spread the word, for if a powerful figure from the divine path found out, they might only face certain death.

These powerful figures in the divine path probably never imagined that Zhuo Ming would be caught off guard by a Shattered Heaven Mirror cultivator whom they considered no different from an ant. They simply assumed that after possessing Zhuo Ming's body, he went into seclusion to cultivate and nurture his divine embryo.

"If that's the case, then it's not bad. It's a pity that with my cultivation level, I'm not capable of searching for experts at the Soul Searching Divine Path level. Otherwise, it might have been possible to completely deceive them."

"Even now, it should be possible to keep it a secret for quite some time. After all, a cultivator who has seized the furnace needs to become familiar with and compatible with the physical body, and nurture the body to perfection in order to truly transform into a divine embryo and finally overcome the tribulation of the Chaotic Undying. This should also take some time, right?"

Gu Yuanqing breathed a slight sigh of relief. For him, this time was an opportunity to improve his strength.

"Waiting in vain is not a solution. The key is to improve our own strength while remaining on guard!"

With this in mind, Gu Yuanqing simply shifted his focus back to cultivation. In any case, given his control over the Qian Yuan Realm as the Lord of the Cave Heaven, he should be able to sense the arrival of even powerful beings from the Divine Path in advance.

A year passed in the blink of an eye, and still no experts from the Ancient Divine Sect came looking for him, which made Gu Yuanqing even more certain of his judgment.

One day, Gu Yuanqing suddenly awoke from his meditation and used the Heavenly Fishing Technique to pull Li Miaoxuan's figure into the main hall of cultivation.

After many years, she had already made considerable progress in the early stages of Shattered Heaven, and her cultivation progress was truly astonishing, not much slower than Gu Yuanqing's back then.

"Are you cultivating? I crushed the jade talisman, I didn't disturb you, did I?" Li Miaoxuan asked.

Gu Yuanqing shook his head: "It was just ordinary meditation to comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. Why are you thinking of going back to the Qian Yuan Realm today?"

“That’s good. In the recent battlefields outside the realm, I have hardly seen any Heavenly Demons at the Chaos Realm level. Since I have been away for many years, I took advantage of the free time to come back and take a look. Moreover, I estimate that there are not many years left before the end of the self-imposed hundred-year seal of the Ancient God Sect. I came back to see if I can be of any help.” Li Miaoxuan sat down cross-legged on the futon next to her.

Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "It's enough that you have this intention; there's no need to worry about anything else."

Li Miaoxuan raised an eyebrow and said, "What? Do you think my cultivation level is too low to be of any help?"

Gu Yuanqing shook his head: "That's not it. Even compared to the divine cultivators of the Ancient Divine Sect, my cultivation level is still too low."

Li Miaoxuan's smile vanished abruptly, her expression hardening: "They've already made their move?"

Gu Yuanqing nodded slightly and raised his hand to summon the Heavenly Law Bell that he had suppressed.

"A true god!" A hint of surprise flashed in Li Miaoxuan's eyes.

Gu Yuanqing chuckled: "Fairy Miaoxuan has excellent eyesight. She suppressed one, whose soul and Dao power intertwined to form this Heavenly Law Bell. Its power is extremely stable, and it would be difficult to completely obliterate or refine it."

“No, he can’t be considered a true god. He has only barely reached the level of a true god and is still incomplete,” Li Miaoxuan said, shaking her head.

"How did you figure that out?" Gu Yuanqing was surprised this time.

The cultivation in the Linglong Realm and the cultivation world are completely different paths. Li Miaoxuan has been away from the Qianyuan Realm for many years, and everything about the Linglong Realm comes from her own words, but she seems to know more about the power of the Linglong Realm than Li Miaoxuan herself.

(End of this chapter)