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Chapter 439 Heavenly Man
Regarding the "fate to the immortals" that An Rong mentioned, there is indeed relevant information in the memories created by the True Traveler for Wu Chang.

The Great Xuan Dynasty and the Xia Kingdom, where Wu Chang lived, were similar, with many ancient myths circulating. However, as spiritual energy dried up and the extraordinary vanished, even cultivators disappeared into the river of time, and the myths became stories with certain symbolic meanings.

People's belief in gods and immortals stems more from reverence for their own inner selves and social rules, rather than a genuine belief that gods and immortals existed in the world many years ago.

Until one day, a dragon overturned, not only were demons and evil spirits shaken out, but spiritual energy was also revived, and the cave of the immortals from ancient times was also shaken out.

The elixirs, cultivation techniques, and books remaining in the Immortal's Cave record that in ancient times, human cultivators could indeed cultivate to become immortals and ascend to the Immortal Realm.

Besides elixirs and cultivation techniques, there is also a special energy in the immortal abode called Blessing Essence.

Those who absorb the blessings will receive blessings from the immortals, and their cultivation comprehension and speed will increase for a period of time. They may even have the hope of comprehending the true meaning of the blessings, allowing their cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds.

The second main quest in the world instance, which requires obtaining at least one Immortal Abode Blessing, refers to this item.

However, the so-called "blessing essence" is actually just the residual aura after something has dissipated. The thing that can emit the blessing essence is what An Rong calls "divine affinity".

In the memories of the Tang Sect Master, he had never actually seen a Celestial Fate. In the entire Great Xuan Cultivation World, very few people had ever witnessed a Celestial Fate. Most of the information about Celestial Fates came from rumors circulating within the Human Alliance.

Immortal destiny refers to the opportunity to become an immortal.

In the mythology of the Great Mystic, there are often stories of mortals encountering immortals on the road, receiving enlightenment from the immortals, and ascending to heaven in broad daylight.

The divine guidance in the story is called a predestined affinity. Once one obtains this affinity, one can break through the limits of mortal cultivation and ascend to heaven in broad daylight.

The immortal affinity left behind in the immortal abode cannot truly allow one to ascend to the immortal realm, but it can definitely help one break through the limits of mortal cultivation.

From the perspective of a player of the Abyss game, Wu Chang believes that the Immortal Fate should be something similar to a divine seed.

If what An Rong said is true, the existence of a chance encounter with an immortal is enough to make the entire Great Xuan fight tooth and nail for it.

He asked, "Brother An, how can you be so sure that there is a true immortal destiny hidden in that immortal abode?"

An Rong looked somewhat embarrassed and said:

"You have been focused on eliminating demons and have been traveling to the borders of the Great Xuan Kingdom. You have not returned to the Human Alliance in recent years, so you are not familiar with the changes in the Human Alliance."

"In fact, three people in the Human Alliance have already obtained immortal opportunities while exploring immortal abodes in various places. It may sound a bit boastful, but I am one of the three."

"The aura of immortal destiny is so strong that once you've seen it, you'll never mistake it. I'm certain that there is an immortal destiny within that immortal abode."

For immortals, even if a celestial abode doesn't reach the level of a divine kingdom, it can still be considered a small private dimension.

If someone arrives uninvited without the master's invitation, the immortal abode will regard them as a bandit, preventing them from going deeper, and may even attack them.

Exploring the Immortal Abode is fraught with danger; even a Grandmaster-level cultivator could perish there if they are not careful.

Just like An Rong, who was seriously injured while exploring the Immortal Abode, which led to his being ambushed.

An Rong had no lineage from a major sect and lacked foundation, yet he managed to obtain a chance to become a celestial being on his own, and even find another one. It can only be said that he truly deserves to be called the Chosen One of the Planes, and his luck is indeed beyond that of ordinary people.

That makes sense, though. Only by obtaining a destiny of immortality and transcending the cultivation of ordinary cultivators can An Rong become the leader of the cultivators who will fight against Zhu Yin Hai.

Wu Chang asked curiously, "What kind of immortal destiny did Brother An obtain? Could you elaborate?"

The memories he inherited contained too little information about the Immortal Destiny, making him extremely curious about the true form of the highest energy in the world's dungeon plane.

An Rong didn't try to hide anything and said, "Among the higher-ups of the Human Alliance, it's not exactly a secret that the three of us obtained the Immortal Fate."

"The immortal inheritance I received contains the power of thunder and stars, and it is called Tai Sui."

Wu Chang recalled that in recent years, a cultivator had risen rapidly and become the focus of the cultivation world with his outstanding talent.

Few people knew the origins of that cultivator; they only knew that he had a resounding name.

"Are you the mighty Thunder God who terrifies Tai Xuan and slays evil spirits?" Wu Changshun asked.

"These are all rumors circulating in the cultivation world and should not be taken seriously. Compared to Sect Leader Tang, I am still far behind." An Rong blushed. If he and Wu Chang had met at the Human Alliance, he could have frankly admitted his title to Wu Chang.

But now, the occasion for their meeting is that he has been driven to the brink of despair by Zhu Yinhai and is in a very sorry state. At this moment, bringing up his imposing title of Fierce Thunder Tai Sui has become ironic.

In fact, even in the world of cultivation, to become famous, one not only needs to be strong enough, but also needs to be good at self-promotion.

An Rong has risen to prominence in recent years, making a name for himself by exorcising demons several times. Even if you don't know who he is, just hearing the name "Fierce Thunder Grand Duke" tells you that he must be a renowned master.

As for him, the leader of the Tang Clan, although he was diligent in exorcising demons, he was too pragmatic and low-key in his actions, which earned him the title of "Iron Hands and Red Heart." Anyone who didn't know him would think he was just some nobody and wouldn't take him seriously.

When he meets people, he can hardly even pronounce his own name clearly.

An Rong skipped over the topic of titles and said:

"Thanks to Madam Tang's help, she forced the candle worms out of my body, which greatly relieved my injuries. However, I was chased by the Candle Yin Skeleton all the way, and the accumulated injuries in my body need to be treated."

"Please wait for me for a few hours, and we will set off for the Immortal Abode. If all goes well, we should arrive before this evening."

Wu Chang asked curiously, "Where is this immortal abode you speak of?"

An Rong said, "The location of the Immortal Abode happens to be one of the key points of the Ziwei Exorcising Array, Kaiyang Mountain."

Eileen waved to An Rong, releasing healing light magic, and said:

"I have some knowledge of healing techniques, which may help shorten your healing time a bit."

While Wu Chang and Eileen received the warning from the jade pendant and rescued An Rong from Zhu Yinhai, Wu Chang's true self did not stop.

Unlike the original body, the real me did not receive any bonuses from the true traveler and did not appear in the instance plane as a native.

The true self appeared in front of a large city called "Zhenyue". According to the memories obtained by his original body, Zhenyue City is the central hub of Tianlan Province and the base camp for the Human Alliance to form the Demon-Slaying Army.

For ordinary Abyss game players, this is an excellent starting point as it allows them to quickly join the Demon Slayer Army and complete the first main quest.

The Human Alliance is currently gathering manpower to break through the Demon Realm, and all those with ambition throughout the Great Xuan, regardless of their strength, are converging on Zhenyue City.

Besides cultivators, the appearance of the Demon Realm has caused most of the people in Tianlan Province to be displaced. In order to escape the pursuit of demons, the people have fled to large cities guarded by cultivators, and Zhenyue City, where the Human Alliance is located, is the first choice.

Wu Chang stood outside the city, watching the long line of people entering the city stretch to the far distance.

If he queues up at the back of the line to enter the city, even if he uses up all 72 hours he had to enter the instance early, it probably won't be enough.

In dungeons, it's not a matter of first come, first served.

He immediately activated his social anxiety disorder, moving forward with the flow of people, waiting for an opportunity to cut in line.

Zhenyue City is one of the three major cities in Tianlan Province. To be precise, it is now one of the two major cities. Liuyun City, which was originally one of the three major cities, unfortunately fell to the center of the demon realm outbreak.

The city walls of Zhenyue City are over two hundred meters high and are constructed entirely of large, dark blue square stones. The imposing height of the walls alone is enough to keep out most demons.

In addition to its own sturdiness, the city wall is also protected by various array formations and restrictions set up by the Humanitarian Alliance. These formations not only provide additional defense but also enable detection, preventing demons from transforming into humans and infiltrating the city.

Wu Chang's social anxiety disorder was also within the scope of the city gate's testing.

To avoid being discovered and causing misunderstandings, he deliberately overcame his social anxiety before entering the city gate and cut in front of a martial arts practitioner.

The burly man who had been cut off noticed that there was suddenly another person in front of him. He frowned and was about to argue with Wu Chang.

Wu Chang silently straightened his body, revealing a burly figure that was over two and a half meters tall, and raised his hand to shake his huge fist, which was comparable to the head of a strong man.

The burly man swallowed hard, his displeasure vanishing instantly, replaced by a broad smile:
"It will take about an incense stick's time to get into the city. If you're in a hurry, my junior brother is already ahead of you in line and is almost at the city gate." The burly man's estimate was accurate, clearly indicating that this wasn't his first time entering the city. About an incense stick's time later, Wu Chang arrived at the city gate.

Twenty or thirty soldiers from the Great Xuan realm, along with four or five cultivators from the Human Dao Alliance, stood guard outside the city gate, checking each person entering the city.

This method is inefficient and time-consuming, but it is safe.

The monsters are cunning, and some of them are even transformed from humans. At least a quarter of the cities occupied by monsters were breached by monsters who infiltrated the city and attacked from the inside.

Wu Chang sized up the gatekeepers. Through the memories he gained from the True Traveler, he had some understanding of the power levels of cultivators in the instance plane. The gatekeepers in front of him corresponded to these levels.

At this moment, Zhenyue City is filled with almost all the important figures of the Great Xuan, including Emperor Zhaoning of the Great Xuan. Its importance is even greater than that of the Great Xuan Imperial City.

Those who are sent to guard the gate are naturally not ordinary people. Even ordinary soldiers have reached a high level of cultivation and would be considered a backbone force in any organization.

The two officers guarding the gate had an extraordinary bearing and exuded an indomitable spirit.

The deputy general was surrounded by a faint aura of energy, which circulated on its own and did not dissipate. It was already faintly able to resonate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. According to the realm classification of cultivators in the world instance, he had reached the Spirit Control Realm and could be called a second-rate expert.

The commander's aura was more profound and reserved than that of the deputy commander. He seemed to lack sharpness, but in reality, his power was more solid. He was clearly a cut above the deputy commander and could "split mountains and shatter rocks" with his attacks. He was definitely a top-notch expert in the Great Xuan Dynasty.

Of course, the so-called "mountain splitting" does not mean that a mountain can be split in two with a single blow. Let alone splitting a mountain, even splitting a small mountain that is a hundred meters high is an extraordinary power in the Wilderness Realm.

The ability to carve out a path in a world instance plane means that their flesh, blood, spirit, and energy have been refined to a certain degree, and given enough time, they can carve a path out of the mountain with their bare hands.

The soldiers of the Great Xuan Dynasty were only suppressing ordinary cultivators; the real high-end combat power came from the four people sent by the Humanity Alliance.

Among them, the three with weaker auras were probably of similar cultivation level to the city's commander, and were top-tier experts in the cultivation world. In small and medium-sized sects, they would all be elders.

The leader of the cultivators wore a white Taoist robe and looked like a hermit. His strength was superior to that of the other three.

In the cultivation world, it is called the "Severed River Realm," and cultivators who see it will respectfully address it as a Grandmaster.

Grandmaster-level cultivators are incredibly powerful. Even without considering their unpredictable spells, their numerical strength would be enough to easily defeat the descendants of the Mystic Knights in the Steam Phantom dungeon.

The only shortcoming is that they have not yet grasped the power of the source.

If they can master the power of origin and reach the limit of human cultivators, they will become grandmasters like Wu Chang, who was the Tang Sect Master in his true form.

Above the Grandmaster level, cultivators who wish to advance further cannot rely solely on practicing mortal techniques. They must obtain a celestial destiny like An Rong to condense divinity from the techniques and reach the "Immortal Realm," which is above the Grandmaster level.

While Wu Chang was sizing up the goalkeepers, they were also sizing up Wu Chang.

In the world's dungeon world, powerful families and clans have accumulated countless riches over generations, ensuring they can provide adequate nutrition and have no shortage of food, clothing, and daily necessities.

Even so, among martial arts practitioners who specialize in tempering their bodies, few are as tall and strong as Wu Changzhenwo.

The group looked up at Wu Chang. People with unusual appearances must have extraordinary abilities. Just by looking at his large physique, they knew that Wu Chang was no ordinary person.

Moreover, Wu Chang's attire, demeanor, and behavior were all significantly different from the natives of the surrounding planes, making him even more conspicuous in the crowd.

When it was Wu Chang's turn to register and enter the city, after being checked by the city gate's array and confirmed that Wu Chang was not a demon, the grandmaster in the white Taoist robe personally came forward to greet him and said:
"Please follow me, sir."

Wu Chang followed the white-robed grandmaster into the building near the city gate. The grandmaster asked respectfully:
"I am Tao Hexuan, a steward of the Renren Dao Alliance. May I ask how you are addressed?"

"Peace," Wu Chang said, cupping his hands in greeting.

Before entering the city, he had already considered whether to reveal his identity.

The answer is it doesn’t matter.

His performance was too conspicuous; if he tried to gain a significant advantage by entering the instance first, he would definitely be noticed.

If the Humanitarian Alliance and the Light Society are involved, his identity can be discovered simply by comparing his behavior with the Light Society's description; if the Humanitarian Alliance and the Light Society are not involved, then being exposed will have no impact.

Instead of hiding it, it's better to take the initiative to expose it, test the waters, and see how a civilized society does it.

If the Guangming Society were to activate certain arrangements in advance in order to deal with him, causing them to lose their composure, it would actually give him the advantage.

Tao Hexuan paused for a moment, then slowly asked, "I observe that Your Excellency Peace possesses an extraordinary bearing and demeanor, unlike that of an ordinary person. I wonder if Your Excellency is the legendary Celestial Being?"

Wu Chang narrowed his eyes slightly. Celestial being—this was the second time he had heard this title.

The last time was during the ritual infiltrated by him and the hunter into the Society of Light, when they saw someone in the world instance contacting Mercury, saying that everything was ready and they were just waiting for the celestial being to descend.

At the time, he thought that "celestial being" was a code word between the other party and Mercury, and that he wanted to use this term to find Mercury's collaborator after entering the world instance. But now it seems that this term is not a secret at all.

He asked calmly, "What is a celestial being?"

Tao Hexuan explained:

"This is the title our Great Xuan uses for people like you. According to the records in the Immortal Mansion, before the spiritual energy was extinguished, some immortals did not return to the Heavenly Realm, but left the land and went to the overseas immortal mountains that still retained spiritual energy."

“There is spiritual energy in the overseas immortal mountains, and the inheritance will not be interrupted. When they left, they said that when the spiritual energy reappears, they will return to the world.”

"Because the cultivators of the overseas immortal mountains have the bloodline or inheritance of immortals in their bodies, we call them celestial beings. At present, the spiritual energy is recovering, and at the same time, there is chaos caused by demons. We, the Dao Alliance, have deduced the secrets of heaven and calculated that the celestial beings will soon return to the Great Xuan to help mankind overcome this calamity."

After Tao Hexuan finished speaking, he looked at Wu Chang with hopeful eyes, as if waiting for Wu Chang to admit his identity.

Wu Chang frowned slightly upon hearing this, as things seemed to be developing in the direction he least wanted to see.

In the Great Xuan cultivation world, Celestials are a well-known existence, which is very beneficial for Abyss game players to integrate into dungeons, but it also ruins his few clues.

Seeing that the white-robed master's tone was sincere and not at all like a rogue, and that there was no hostility shown towards the celestial beings in his words, he said:
"Although my origins differ slightly from what you say, you can consider me to be the celestial being you speak of."

Now that things have come to this point, and since the Celestials are no longer a clue, he plans to use their banner to complete the first main quest.

"I come from outside the Great Xuan. My original intention was to travel the world. When I passed through the Great Xuan, I happened to see the demonic aura soaring into the sky, indicating that a great calamity was about to befall us, so I rushed over."

"To be honest, I know the ins and outs of the Demon Realm. The reason I came to Zhenyue City this time is to join the Demon-Slaying Army and do my part to save the world."

Upon hearing Wu Chang state his purpose, Tao Hexuan excitedly said:
"Excellent! With your assistance, establishing the Ziwei Exorcising Array will soon bring us to the complete eradication of the demon realm. However..."

Tao Hexuan changed the subject, his tone becoming hesitant.

Wu Chang asked, "But what?"

Tao Hexuan sighed and said, "However, not all cultivators of the Great Profound Realm are friendly towards Celestials. To minimize your troubles in the Demon-Slaying Army, you will need to undergo a trial like other cultivators upon joining. I wonder if you..."

Wu Chang immediately agreed: "No problem, what do you need me to do?"

Seeing that Wu Chang was so easy to talk to, Tao Hexuan breathed a sigh of relief and began to make amends.

"Entering the Demon-Slaying Army's trial is not difficult. Its purpose is twofold: first, to verify the strength of those who join, and second, to allow righteous individuals who are preparing to join the Demon-Slaying Army to experience the situation in the Demon Realm firsthand."

Tao Hexuan brandished the whisk in his hand, the soft whisk standing upright in his hand like a sharp sword.

He pointed to the map of Tianlan Province on the wall and said:

"The trial is simple. Before the Ziwei Exorcising Evil Formation is completed, ordinary human cultivators, except for Grandmaster-level experts, cannot enter the Demon Realm to fight. However, the demons rely on the existence of the Demon Realm to continuously expand its boundaries."

"The task of the trial is to reclaim the part of the demon realm that has just been invaded and to drive away the demonic energy that has spread out."

(End of this chapter)