Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 465 The Path to Refining and Returning to Truth

Ji Jingqiu overturned all illusions and returned to the original appearance of the inner world.

The theory has initially confirmed its feasibility, but adjustments are needed for practical implementation.

Sitting here in seclusion was not suitable for him; he set his sights on the entire Taixu Realm.

Moving the whole thing is unrealistic...

Then we'll move it little by little?
"If we're going to move anything, we should move the sun, moon, and stars of the main universe of the Taixu Realm. The subordinate secondary planes are far inferior in terms of both Daoist essence and foundation."

"I wonder if moving too much will cause divine retribution. This is a ancestral land of the Great Dao, a divine retribution at the level of the main universe... Never mind, let's move it first."

Ji Jingqiu had made up his mind.

When it comes to matters of principle, doing things right the first time is the easiest way; one should not pursue "saving money."

"First, refine the core, then complete the pattern of the sun and moon in the sky and the stars gathering..."

Ji Jingqiu did not rush to set off. Instead, he opened his palm and used his mind to refine the jade bead formed from the Path to Return to Truth.

After leaving the ancient road, he began to study the jade bead.

The legendary fragment of the Land of Return to Truth obtained by the Lord of the Netherworld.

Using his mind as a guide, Ji Jingqiu slowly enveloped the jade bead and began the initial refining of it, extracting the "true" Dao essence within.

Before him, this "jade bead" had already been refined by the Lord of the Netherworld.

The Path to Return to Truth was created by this person, and Ji Jingqiu suspects that his purpose in bringing it back was to warn the ancestors...

Ji Jingqiu's mind invaded the jade bead, which was currently like a world ruin with a broken heavenly core. As long as he marked it, he could refine it a second time.

Soon, billowing mist flowed out of the jade bead like water, and the surrounding void trembled.

Ji Jingqiu naturally didn't take this bit of mist seriously.

However, he still dared not be careless. His encounter at the end of the road to truth made him very wary of this thing.

After suppressing the Netherworld Mist, Ji Jingqiu quickly located the "control hub" left behind by the Lord of the Netherworld and immediately imprinted his own mental imprint into it.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, once this step is completed, the Path to Return to Truth will be considered refined by him.

So, unsurprisingly, an unexpected incident occurred.

Just as Ji Jingqiu was about to completely take over the core of the jade bead, a sudden change occurred.

A chaotic yet powerful wave erupted from the jade bead. It was neither an energy surge nor an outflow of mental power; rather, it resembled a disorder and distortion of the fundamental principles of the universe!

An invisible stance emerged from the jade bead, negating this world.

The space of this cave dwelling is cracked like a mirror, not just in space, but in... spacetime!
Ji Jingqiu did not stop his actions; instead, his mind went even further, directly occupying the last link of the central nervous system!
Just as he completely refined the jade bead.

Beyond the cold, distant reaches of spacetime, infinitely far and deep, beyond countless dimensional barriers...

Someone looked up.

It was as if it had slightly lifted its eyelids from eternal silence and slumber.

This gaze disregarded the endless space and time along its path, devoid of any emotion, containing only absolute indifference that looked down upon the dust and understood the trajectory of all things, like the ultimate form of divinity.

Ji Jingqiu had a feeling of déjà vu.

Having traversed a vast distance, the power contained within that gaze had been greatly diminished, yet the power that finally arrived remained terrifying, carrying the scrutiny and crushing force of a superior.

Under that indifferent gaze, Ji Jingqiu's expression changed slightly. Contrary to his original expectations, the other party did not directly erase him from the level of power or crush him from the level of mind. Instead, he started from the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth and tried to erase him from the past!
However, this place was not Ji Jingqiu's birthplace, so the other party could not pinpoint his location in the long river of time and could only search deeper.

Ji Jingqiu sensed a stalemate. If it continued, he would turn into a tiny insect in amber, trapped in a strange, frozen state, and then be completely annihilated by the other party.

As expected, things won't go too smoothly...

But the power and status displayed by the other party far exceeded his expectations!

As the feeling of stagnation intensified, Ji Jingqiu regained his composure.

He visualized a certain figure in his mind, and suddenly shouted:
"Taixu!"

"Taixu!"

"Hey, you surnamed Tai! Come out and help!"

Ji Jingqiu could not say that he had foreseen this scene, but he had been preparing for any possible accidents from the very beginning!
He had hesitated before about whether to return to the Yuan Chu Palace to refine the essence again, but after learning about the taboo surrounding the term "Tai Xu" from Shou Ji, he had no more concerns.

Amid Ji Jingqiu's series of affectionate calls.

Another grand and terrifying will has entered the battlefield.

He cast two glances at me.

A being from the same infinitely distant space-time, seemingly existing in the same world as the one attempting to erase Ji Jingqiu's existence.

The second one came from all directions, as if the entire world was watching him.

At this moment, everything froze in absolute stillness.

This cave dwelling extends outwards from the entire Qingping Mountain...

The battlefield that Ji Jingqiu passed through.

Qingyu is trying to contact the outside world.

Fushan, who was in contact with the informant...

Everything was like an insect caught in a spider's web, unable to move.

If one were in the Boundary Sea, one would find that it was as if a vast curtain covered the Void Realm, obscuring everything from the past to the future, freezing it in place.

In the vast ocean.

A figure appeared, standing in the water, raising his hand to lift up the Void Realm as if it were a... jade bead?
Within the Boundary Sea, a large area around this figure was frozen in place.

The cold gaze that tried to obliterate Ji Jingqiu was caught in his hand.

Ha ha.

In the darkness, it seemed as if someone was chuckling softly, as if saying, "Brother, you still revealed a flaw."

The power in that gaze suddenly surged, like a mutual destruction, both being projections separated by endless time and space, so who would lose?
But the next moment, this gaze was "suppressed" by the projection of the Void Realm in the hand.

He gently crushed the gaze in his hand, leaving only the most essential part, turning it into a mark to lock onto someone's true identity.

Everyone is indeed a projection.

But this is my training ground.

After doing all this, his figure became increasingly blurry. The arrangements he had made years ago were completely wiped out at this moment, and the loss of power was more terrifying than he had expected.

He looked down and saw Ji Jingqiu below, but did nothing and vanished into the Boundary Sea.

This area has returned to normal; the passage of time has swept everything back onto track.

Inside the Void Realm, everyone continued with their work, unaware of the slightest abnormality.

Even the two sides in the battle, facing life and death at that moment, were completely unaware of each other's presence; the outcome of their lives unfolded exactly as predetermined...

Ji Jingqiu opened his eyes, and the jade bead spun around in front of him, completely under his control.

He looked up and wondered if this was a case of driving away the wolf to devour the tiger, or driving the tiger to devour the wolf.

Everything that just happened seemed to have been fully perceived by someone under their "deliberate" control.

"It still exceeded expectations in the end," Ji Jingqiu murmured.

He recalled everything that had happened before and found the source of that sense of familiarity.

The feeling he got from that gaze was like that of the God of All Things watching him from across the vast universe years ago.

At that time, the Lord of All Things was on the verge of chaos, his main consciousness was dormant, and only his divine instincts remained.

A sword light appeared before him, flashing violently, and he urgently transmitted his voice:
"You just addressed 'Tai Xu' by his name?!"

"Is this the Realm of Emptiness? Why hasn't He brought disaster upon you?!"

"No, what I want to ask is, where did you steal that 'True Nature Revealed Amidst Turbulent Times' technique from?!"

Brother Jianguang looked at the familiar Ji Jingqiu in front of him, yet felt a sense of unfamiliarity.

How long did it sleep?! Ji Jingqiu remained silent, seemingly still lost in thought.

The sword light circled around Ji Jingqiu again and again, its halo flickering uncertainly. He suspected that the kid was deliberately putting on airs, but he had no evidence.

Finally, Ji Jingqiu came to his senses, but remained silent. He simply used his fingers as a sword to perform a sword-like movement. Although the sword intent was faint, the most fundamental essence was "just right".

As long as you continue to cultivate, you will eventually attain the true form. Even if you don't have the corresponding secret techniques and the correct sword intent to match it in the end, you will at least be able to obtain 30 to 50% of its power!
Apart from the first and second sword strikes.

Ji Jingqiu even unleashed his third sword strike, "Flowers Bloom on the Other Shore, Eternity is Seen," right in front of it...

The sword light suddenly intensified, and the power of a True Saint level suddenly erupted!
However, it was soon suppressed by the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth outside the cave.

This place was extremely close to the Dharma Realm and the Sea of ​​Dao, so the sword light had no choice but to give up, as it did not want to collide with the remaining Daoist charm of the Great Void.

The commotion inside the cave also attracted the attention of Shouji and the others.

Shouji further warned via telepathy: "Junior Brother Ji, the Taixu Realm cannot accommodate the power of a True Saint level for the time being, and there is a possibility of attracting heavenly calamity. Please be careful."

After dealing with the situation, Ji Jingqiu seemed to be deep in thought.

Did Shouji and the others feel nothing about the potential danger of the jade bead or the appearance of Taixu?

The power at this level... is truly unimaginable.

"You brat! Stop pretending! Tell me, where did you learn this from? Could it be that while I was asleep, you used my name to infiltrate the 'Human World Pavilion'?"

The sword light hovered in front of Ji Jingqiu, and a single strike roused his feigned ignorance.

Ji Jingqiu curled his lip: "Human World Pavilion? It was swallowed up by the Pantheon a long time ago and became a 'branch'."

The sword light flashed, as if dimming for a moment, before quickly recovering. "It doesn't matter. As long as I am here, I will return sooner or later to correct history!"

"Are you the anchor of the Sword Master's existence?"

"Sword Master?"

The sword light seemed slightly puzzled. Ji Jingqiu had clearly come into contact with the lineage established by its original self during its slumber, yet there seemed to be some differences.

"My true name is Cangjian."

Ji Jingqiu immediately guessed that Jian Guang lacked memories of the Path to Return to Truth, but still asked:
Do you know the Road to Return to Truth?

"The fragment brought back by the Lord of the Netherworld? Of course I know about it."

"Do you have memories of the original body entering that place?"

"No," the sword light suddenly said. "You entered the Land of Return to Truth and saw my true form inside?!"

"To be precise, it's a clone," Ji Jingqiu corrected.

Jian Guang was in high spirits and said, "So that's how it is! You stole my sword intent and sword style when you fought with my true self? Tsk tsk, kid Ji, you didn't learn it well enough. I'll teach you myself another day."

Ji Jingqiu was too embarrassed to reveal the specifics of the situation.

The main concern is that it might be impatient.

For example, "Brother World Honored One" or something like that.

They'll deny it then.

"Are you using the Yuanchu Palace's connections?"

As the sword light gradually revealed the truth, the feeling of being out of control vanished instantly, and he regained a sense of control over the situation.

Ji Jingqiu steered the conversation toward his own path to becoming a Celestial Venerable, and shared his thoughts with him.

Upon hearing Ji Jingqiu's idea, Jian Guang instinctively opposed it.

It's not uncommon to gather real things to fill the void within one's inner world.

But if it were anywhere else, it wouldn't matter, but this is one of the ancestral lands of the Great Dao, the Daoist temple of [Tai Xu]!

Such behavior is bound to bring about karmic consequences. Aren't you afraid of being held accountable when that person returns?

Sword Light suddenly became alert and asked, "You met 'Tai Xu' on the road to returning to the true self?"

Ji Jingqiu nodded.

"You haven't had much contact with him, have you?" Jian Guang said seriously. "This person is very strange. Even I, in my true form, would not want to have much contact with him. It's hard to distinguish friend from foe, so being vigilant and cautious is never too much!"

Ji Jingqiu shook his head: "I did keep my distance, mainly because I found the attitudes of the other Transcendent Ancestors towards him to be very strange."

"The right decision. If you knew that he had 'returned to the true nature' of three transcendent beings, you wouldn't be surprised!" Jian Guang said frankly.

"Return to Truth?" Ji Jingqiu exclaimed in surprise, "You don't mean Return to Truth, do you? The Void has devoured three Return to Truth cultivators?!"

Jian Guang did not deny it, responding to Ji Jingqiu with silence.

Ji Jingqiu then understood why so many transcendent masters on the path to returning to truth all had the same attitude towards the Great Void.

I originally thought that Taixu was just unpopular because of his bad temper, but now it seems that it's not just that he's unpopular, but that if he were any weaker, he would have been surrounded and killed long ago.

"However, judging from what just happened, it seems that Taixu has retained his memories of you and has treated you favorably. You called him by his name directly, and he didn't even attack you..."

Sword Light whispered.

Just now, it lost its composure and caused its aura to leak out, which attracted the lock of heaven and earth. This is not a warning, nor is it a joke. If it had been any slower, it would have been locked and suppressed!

That guy was unpredictable; no one could fathom his temperament. Even his disciples who had returned to the true path could be killed without warning, and in ways that meant certain death...

After a brief silence.

Ji Jingqiu steered the conversation back to his path to becoming a Celestial Venerable.

"If you're confident you can prevent Taixu from causing you trouble, then go for it!"

The sword light decisively blocked the way.
"This is the ancestral land of the Great Dao, one of the most profound realms in the Boundary Sea. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the most."

"In history, Taixu has taken action many times to gather up a large number of remnants of the Boundary Sea and use them as 'fertilizer' for this world."

“The forces and realms of those three that he transformed into their true forms, from top to bottom, have all become nourishment for this realm.”

"With such dedicated cultivation, the profound foundation of the Taixu Realm is self-evident."

"Following your idea of ​​creating a unique real world and then projecting it onto all the myriad worlds... I'm afraid only a few ancestral lands of the Great Dao can satisfy your needs."

Jian Guang said with a sigh, "With the Path of Returning to Truth as the core, your idea may really be realized. This path is almost completely the opposite of others. If you use it to enter the eighth realm, your subsequent advancement speed may be very fast."

"Of course, the difficulty of making this path a success is self-evident, you..."

Brother Jianguang paused, as if to say that you should be prepared to empty the entire Void Realm.

Ji Jingqiu understood and got up to leave the cave to travel to the Void Realm.

Others gather the essence of the Dao from the void, but his goal is the sun, moon, and stars.

After this battle, he completely refined the jade bead that had been transformed from the Path of Return to Truth, took control of its central core, and returned it to his inner world.

After the sword light awoke, Ji Jingqiu threw the jade bead into the True Spirit Pool.

Even at the eighth realm, the True Spirit Pool remains a rare and precious treasure, sufficient to serve as one of the foundations of the inner universe.

Next, Ji Jingqiu plans to connect this True Spirit Pool with the Eight Treasures Merit Pool in the Inner World.

When one reaches the level of Celestial Venerable, the Inner Heaven and the Inner Realm can be integrated and merged with each other.

At that time, the two places will be integrated.

The two guys in the interior space also need to prepare for a move.

Thinking of this, Ji Jingqiu informed the two idle fellows.

Hela snorted: "Anyway, this pool is mine."

Ji Jingqiu looked at the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, wondering if it had been soaking for so long and had absorbed the flavor, and whether it could be considered snake soup.
Under Ji Jingqiu's unfriendly gaze, Hela sneered:
"Ji Jingqiu, don't say I didn't warn you later. You'd better treat me better now."

Ji Jingqiu couldn't help but show surprise.

Where does this guy get his confidence from lately?

He looked at Wu Zhou.

Wu Zhou suddenly said, "Ji Jingqiu, if you can truly create the inner universe you envision, after you break through to the Heavenly Venerable realm, I will use the [Vacuum Heavenly Demon Path] to help you perfect the projection of myriad worlds."

(End of this chapter)