Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 452 Innate Divine Power, Land of Return to Truth

"Judging from this Junior Brother Ji's punch just now, it already reached the peak of the first level of Dao power. He has such Dao power just after entering the Heavenly Monarch realm. Is this kid 'born with divine strength'?"

Chi Xiao said jokingly.

Qingxia, who was behind her, suddenly realized what was happening and perked up her ears.

No wonder she couldn't dodge that punch!
This person has just been promoted to Heavenly Lord, and with just one punch, he has already reached the peak of the first level of Dao power. If he stabilizes his realm and unleashes his Heavenly Divine Power, even the second level might not be able to defeat him!

For a moment, Qingxia's expression shifted uncertainly.

A top-tier Heavenly Sovereign like her, who has unlocked the Primordial Chaos Divine Power, can also reach the second level of Dao power when wielding the Heaven-Opening Divine Power. However, under normal circumstances, it is impossible to break through this barrier, which is a limitation of Dao cultivation and realm.
Wu Tian also noticed this.

Let's set aside for now how Junior Brother Ji managed to withstand Qingxia's sword energy river.

Judging from the last punch alone, it was indeed close to the second tier.

This is far more unbelievable than any profound understanding of the Great Dao or the forging of divine weapons!
Because the power of the Tao is the direct manifestation of one's Taoist practice.

What level of cultivation is required to approach the second-tier Dao power at the Heavenly Lord level?
Even ordinary Celestial Venerables need a long period of refinement before they can advance to the second tier of Dao Power.

Wu Tian laughed a few times and said, "Junior Brother Ji has indeed been extraordinary since childhood, and has been valued by the ancestral master since he was young."

He casually rambled on for a few moments, following the other person's train of thought, to conceal Ji Jingqiu's identity and avoid being exposed.

"Oh? Then why wasn't Junior Brother Ji chosen by the Ancestor of Yuanchu Palace?" Chi Xiao asked in surprise. "Is your Ancestor so picky?"

"Old fox..." Wu Tian cursed inwardly, his expression unchanged, and shook his head, saying:

“The selection of a place to reside in the world is not necessarily related to talent. Sometimes, those with exceptional talent are not chosen, in order to prevent any unforeseen circumstances. The founder also cherishes talent.”

Chi Xiao smiled and said, "Brother Dao is right. I wonder when we will be able to meet your esteemed Uncle Qin?"

"Almost there, this way please." Wu Tian continued to lead the way.

Along the way, the two exchanged words, and Chi Xiao suddenly sighed: "Congratulations on your palace having chosen the anchor for your pilgrimage. Soon you will be able to guide the return of the patriarch. Unlike our Pantheon, we have been unable to choose one for a long time."

Wu Tian's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Given the Pantheon's sphere of influence, it was only a matter of time."

Chi Xiao shook his head:

"The standards set by the founder are simply too high. Even if we desperately expand our territory and recruit more disciples, we still cannot see any hope."

"Fortunately, not long ago, the Great Dao imprint left by the Ancestral Master outside was triggered, prompting the Ancestral Master to send a special message, instructing us to spare no expense to bring this person back."

Strictly speaking, the Pantheon's founder's order was to find this person, bring him back to the Pantheon, and let the founder decide what to do with him upon his return.

Chi Xiao was initially filled with doubt.

This is quite different from finding an anchor in the usual way.

It's just that the patriarch hasn't sent a message back for too long, and this person has triggered the Great Dao Imprint, attracting the patriarch's special attention. It seems unreasonable not to be the person he has locked onto and anchored.

The saints of the Pantheon eventually concluded that either there were some oversights in the transmission process, or the person responsible for receiving the patriarch's message made a mistake, leading to "errors" in the final translation.

Anyway, as long as we take this person back and place them in the Ancestral Master's Temple, we can see at a glance whether they will become the anchor of the world.

Wu Tian snorted inwardly.

How could he not guess what this guy was up to?

Daydreaming!

They dared to host the Pantheon, so they must have been prepared in advance.

During this time, Chi Xiao casually said, "Brother Wu Tian, ​​have you heard that the Heavenly Prison Palace has recently shown signs of emerging? In addition, even the remnants of the Netherworld from the past have begun to resurface in this century."

Wu Tian frowned. Come to think of it, Junior Brother Ji initially impersonated a disciple of the Heavenly Prison Palace. Could it be that Junior Brother Ji also has a connection with the Heavenly Prison Palace?
As for the remnants of the Youfu faction...

"To be honest, Brother Chixiao, when you came here earlier, you just happened to pass by the remnants of the Netherworld."

"Oh?"

Chi Xiao then remembered the man who had been directly reprimanded by Qing Xia earlier, and couldn't help but smile.

"It seems my nephew Qingxia has done something truly right. Brother Wutian, what is your opinion on the remnants of the Netherworld?"

Wu Tian did not answer directly, but instead relayed Zhang Tiancheng's words.

"Two potential transcendent patriarchs?" Chi Xiao narrowed his eyes.

……

……

Ji Jingqiu walked into a quiet courtyard.

Beneath several exotic trees laden with fruit, a bamboo chair was placed, upon which a young boy lay half-reclined.

This courtyard was originally the residence of Master Ning after he attained enlightenment, but now he and Uncle Qin have "usurped" it.

There is also an ancient well in the center of the courtyard. Ji Jingqiu had already explored it and found that the bottom of the well was just an ordinary spiritual spring, which he found very unusual.

The place where a person who has returned to the true self finds refuge, the so-called spiritual spring, is nothing more than an ordinary thing.

In fact, the entire courtyard seemed quite ordinary, except for the handwritten notes left by the Ferocious Ancestor, which did not quite fit Ji Jingqiu's fantasy of the transcendent realm.

Of course, it's more likely that his level of understanding is too low to be able to see it yet.

Ji Jingqiu walked into the courtyard, carrying the insights gained from his breakthrough, and headed towards the study to verify some of his conjectures.

"You've broken through to the Heavenly Monarch realm?" Qin Qingchuan closed the book and asked.

"Ah."

"So fast?" Qin Qingchuan tilted his head. "According to the records from Yuanchu Palace, it takes anywhere from a few months to several years."

Ji Jingqiu thought for a moment and said, "It's probably because I've entered this field before, and this time I'm just going through the motions."

How he entered the Heavenly Lord realm was somewhat inexplicable to him; the process was too smooth to explain.

"Does the palace have any information about the Heavenly Lord of Wonderful Law from the previous era?" Ji Jingqiu asked curiously.

He wanted to learn more about this pioneer who opened the path to the Heavenly Emperor, hoping to find out the reason.

"Even if Yuan Chu Palace doesn't have it, other allied forces will," Qin Qingchuan said calmly. "I will have people collect it for you, which will also pave the way for my future."

Ji Jingqiu knew that Qin Shuai was still in the preparation stage of rebuilding.

After the Heavenly Blade awakened his past life, Qin Shuai combined his past life's path with the Taoist scriptures left by the Ferocious Master, attempting to find a path to transcendence.

"Did Master He and Master Mu ever step into the Heavenly Monarch's Domain back then?" Ji Jingqiu asked curiously.

Qin Qingchuan shook his head: "Back then, we had never heard of the Heavenly Monarch stage. After reaching the Heavenly King stage, everyone went their own way, at most verifying and learning from each other."

Ji Jingqiu seemed to be deep in thought. A decade ago, there was no such thing as a Heavenly Monarch, but in that era, there were still people who could break through the limitations of heaven and earth, break through the barriers of the Eight Realms, and even break through the Transcendent Realm in the future, all by themselves.

It is clear that the so-called Heavenly Ruler is not necessarily the ultimate realm of the Heavenly King, but merely a benchmark set up by predecessors.

Ji Jingqiu looked down at his palm. He had not tested it yet, but he could clearly sense that his Dao power had increased dramatically once again.

Moreover, this surge in Dao power occurred when he first opened up his Heavenly Divine Power.

So to say……

Ji Jingqiu seemed to be deep in thought.

Could it be that his sudden surge in Dao power allowed him to break through some kind of restriction and thus smoothly enter the realm of the Heavenly Monarch?

This could also be seen as a leap into extreme conditions.

"By the way, you had a fight with someone earlier?" Qin Qingchuan suddenly asked.

Ji Jingqiu was still pondering the speculation that had just been formed when he casually nodded and said:

"A woman from another faction casually exchanged a couple of blows."

He has now entered the Heavenly Lord realm. Although his Heavenly Creation Divine Power has not yet been fully developed, his Dao power has once again achieved a leap forward.

It was already equivalent to the self in the Dawn Realm who had forged two proofs of the Killing Tribulation. Even with the combined efforts of a group of Heavenly Lords, they still managed to put up a futile resistance.

Under such circumstances, a female celestial ruler was naturally not something he would take seriously.

"Uncle-Master, allow me to peruse the scriptures left by Ancestor Ning to verify some things."

After saying that, Ji Jingqiu strode into the study.

What he wanted to access was not how to break through to the Heavenly Venerable realm, but the [Realm of Truth].

After personally experiencing the derivation of the [Real World], he felt that it was somewhat similar to something he had previously read.

The fact that Master Ningzu left behind a handwritten letter speaks volumes about its importance.

"To guard it carefully and not lose it is to return to its true nature..."

"Only by cutting away all illusions can one see one's true self; the arising and ceasing of a single thought is eternity..."

"All phenomena are empty; a single thought is truth..."

"To comprehend the Way of Heaven, one can be freed from all burdens..."

"Wakefulness is like a dream, and dreams are a search for truth..."

As Ji Jingqiu perused the books written by Master Ning, he gained a comprehensive understanding of the word "returning to truth," or rather, of Master Ning's view of "returning to truth."

What does it mean to return to one's true nature?

Not only does everything return to oneness and the world return to its true nature, but everything also converges towards the transcendent beings, ultimately being assimilated and becoming a part of them.

It strips away all artifice, returning to simplicity and revealing the true nature of things.

No.

It should be said that we should seek the truth! After returning to simplicity, we seek the truth without self-interest.

The idea of ​​selflessness in it surprisingly overlaps to some extent with the Federation's true meaning of "sitting in oblivion."

The pursuit of truth in this context aligns with the Heavenly Ruler's concept of the "Realm of Truth."

Indeed, the great paths lead to the same destination.

Seeking truth and enlightenment, all things return to oneness.

This is the true meaning of returning to one's true nature in the eyes of the Ferocious Ancestor, pointing directly to the fundamental principle of the Great Dao.

Ji Jingqiu devoured the various handwritten letters, not caring whether he could fully understand them at once, but just swallowing them whole.

"The Land of Return to Truth, the Realm of Reality?"

Ji Jingqiu suddenly found such a word in one of the handwritten notes, and his expression became solemn.

Master Ningzu did not say much about this part, leaving only a few words.

However, Ji Jingqiu could still see that this place of returning to truth seemed to be what all the transcendent beings sought.

"It's also called the Realm of Truth. Could it be related to the Heavenly Lord's Realm of Truth?"

Ji Jingqiu muttered to himself as he continued flipping through the pages.

Gradually, a slightly clearer network of clues appeared in his mind, as if half of the fog had been blown away, leaving half of it, a mixture of clarity and haziness.

"Master Ningzu once created a special world in the Heavenly King Domain, which was later confirmed to be a partial projection of the Land of Return to Truth?"

Ji Jingqiu's expression was serious. Perhaps the Ancestor Ning had once entered the Heavenly Monarch Realm and opened up the Realm of Truth.

"After advancing to the True Saint realm, Ancestor Ning once followed this special world in search of the Land of Return to Truth. Although he did not find it, he still benefited greatly..."

"Did the Heavenly Lord of Wonderful Dharma name this place 'Human World' and 'Real World' back then? Did he foresee something long ago?"

"The Land of Return to Truth..."

"Um?!"

Ji Jingqiu's pupils suddenly contracted as he discovered the most crucial piece of information, and he abruptly looked at the ancient well in the courtyard.

According to the records of Master Ningzu, someone once returned with a fragment of the Land of Return to Truth, confirming the existence of the Land of Return to Truth.

"The Lord of the Netherworld... who is this important figure?"

Ji Jingqiu muttered to himself that, according to the records left by the Ferocious Ancestor, the transcendent sects led by the Heavenly Prison Palace joined forces to hunt down the Netherworld, which is why the fragments of this place of returning to truth were scattered outside.

After a long period of evolution, it became a world suspended outside the boundary sea.

He remembered the Heavenly Prison Palace; it was the one that Brother Jian Guang had casually made up to fool that Senior Brother Tianlang.

After Ji Jingqiu's condition stabilized, the Zhan Yue Sword Light returned to its slumber.

"They actually marked three very dangerous tags in a row..."

Ji Jingqiu stared at the red words in the book, then looked up at the ancient well in the courtyard.

After attaining enlightenment, the Ferocious Ancestor spent a considerable amount of time searching for fragments of this place of returning to truth. He finally found its coordinates and opened up a route for smuggling across.

Unfortunately, by then he had already reached the true realm of returning to the origin, and his true body could not squeeze in. He could only divide his body into clones and lower his realm all the way to the Heavenly King level before he was able to enter and explore.

However, several attempts to explore the area ended in unexpected failure due to carelessness.

Just as he was about to try again, he found himself anchored by the fragments of this place of return to truth and unable to enter.

Left with no other choice, Master Ning began to train his disciples, hoping they could enter the realm in his place.

However, this period of time did not last long. Under the leadership of a certain leader, the Ferocious Ancestor went to search for the true place of returning to one's true nature.

Considering the dangers of this place of returning to the truth, Master Ning did not disclose it to his disciples, not wanting them to lose their lives in vain.

It was only mentioned in the handwritten letter, which can be regarded as pointing out a path for outstanding individuals who may emerge in the future.

This is a path that allows one to explore the Land of Return to Truth in advance, which may improve one's Dao foundation, allow one to be imbued with the true aura of Return to Truth, and increase the possibility of breaking through to higher realms in the future.

Ji Jingqiu didn't rush to explore the ancient well; it was right there, and he couldn't escape it.

He continued to carefully peruse the handwritten notes left by the venerable master.

What appears to be just a bookstore with a row of bookshelves is actually a world within a world, containing more than ten million books of various kinds, including handwritten ones.

a few days later.

Ji Jingqiu had just come out of the study when, in front of Uncle Qin, he came to the ancient well and began to examine it.

He had figured out the way, but he was still hesitant about whether to go.

After all, this is a dangerous place that even the Ferocious Ancestor marked as extremely dangerous.

Although this person recorded in his handwritten note that it was due to carelessness that all of his previous incarnations failed.

But everyone who understands understands.

But then again.

The patriarch cannot be visited, but others can.

After all, even the founder couldn't defeat him at the same level...

Ji Jingqiu weighed the gains and losses in his mind.

A world that even the most venerable masters who once entered the realm of returning to truth tried various methods to explore its mysteries has its own irreplaceable value.

Recalling the handwritten notes left by the Ferocious Ancestor, which recorded the crisis, Ji Jingqiu muttered to himself:
"It's dangerous, but not a death trap. Even Heavenly Lords who have opened up the Realm of Truth have a chance to try. Should we call Brother Qi Tian along?"

During this time, Qi Tian also stayed in the Yuan Chu Palace. Because of him, and because Qi Tian was also a Heavenly Lord, the Yuan Chu Palace treated its guests very well.

Ji Jingqiu pondered for a moment and then gave up for the time being. The main reason was that the other side was fraught with danger, and he was only exploring for the first time. He would wait until it was safer before calling this guy up.

Subsequently, Ji Jingqiu told Uncle Qin and Senior Brother Luo, who was always "guarding the gate," about everything.

The latter was surprised that the ancient well in the courtyard indeed held a hidden secret, and he was still somewhat hesitant to support Ji Jingqiu's trip.

"I remember now, our patriarch did indeed train several outstanding disciples, but they all eventually disappeared without a trace, which caused quite a stir in the sect at the time..."

A solemn expression appeared on Luo Shi's old face. Among those disciples, there were many who were even more outstanding than he was back then, but their whereabouts were unknown in the end.

It now seems that they all perished in the world linked by this ancient well.

Qin Qingchuan rose from the bamboo chair, circled the ancient well twice, and said calmly:

"If you are confident, then go. This is your path of cultivation."

Luo Shi hesitated, wanting to dissuade Ji Jingqiu from taking the risk, but unexpectedly...

"Don't worry, Uncle-Master," Ji Jingqiu said earnestly. "The Ancestral Master's incarnation actually had a chance to return back then, so I'm being cautious. There shouldn't be any problem with my safe return."

Luo Shi's old face twitched.

That brat, he even dared to insult the patriarch!
"Regarding the negotiations between Yuanchu Palace and the other transcendent sects, do I still need to intervene?"

Ji Jingqiu inquired.

As far as he knows, three families have already arrived at the Transcendental Temple.

Qin Qingchuan said, "We will handle the matter of Yuanchu Palace ourselves, so you don't need to worry."

Luo Shi nodded. Compared to the Heavenly Kings who were "receiving" the other families, the secret hidden in this ancient well was naturally more important.

After reaching a consensus, Ji Jingqiu recited an incantation in front of the two of them. From the depths of the ancient well, a vine slowly stretched out, as black as if cast from black iron, yet carrying a faint fragrance.

Luo Shi witnessed the appearance of this vine and his expression became solemn. He had never found any trace of this thing before, and he thought it must be the work of the ancestor.

He suddenly said, "Should we take a piece of calligraphy or painting with us for protection?"

Ji Jingqiu shook his head: "Power exceeding the standard will be rejected. That's how the patriarch died the first time he entered."

Luo Shi: "..."

As the vines slowly extended out of the ancient well, they seemed to be trying to identify something.

Ji Jingqiu released the [Real World], and the vines instantly locked onto the target, slowly wrapping around Ji Jingqiu's waist.

"I'm going now, wait for my return."

Ji Jingqiu deliberately jumped into the ancient well, and, guided by the vines, plummeted endlessly.

Hearing his confident voice, Luo Shi sighed, hoping he could really come back safely, but he felt he shouldn't have agreed.

Qin Qingchuan stared at the ancient well for a moment before saying, "Have Wu Tian go to the Pantheon to inquire whether the Pantheon also has a similar passage."

"Go here."

……

……

As Ji Jingqiu plummeted downwards, the surrounding world became increasingly vast, and the vine grew thicker and thicker, as if it could support a universe, with each leaf capable of holding up a large planet.

He could sense that a much larger world was right before his eyes.

en route.

Ji Jingqiu saw an inverted mountain range, somewhat familiar yet vaguely recognizable, and murmured:

"Mount Wuwang?"

"Could this be the origin of 'Mount Wuwang'?"

(End of this chapter)