I am devoted to the Tao

Chapter 370: The Innate and Acquired Path

Facing the attack from Taoist Frost Feather, Jiang Chuan swung his right arm.

In an instant, the entire void vibrated, like a flower bud that was about to close, slowly closing.

At the same time, the terrifying chill was blocked by the void and could not spread to Jiangchuan.

Taoist Frost Feather looked horrified.

He felt like an ant in a hot pot.

"With such a vain way, are you a true immortal?!"

Before he finished speaking, Taoist Frost Feather took off into the air, trying to break out of the closed bud, but he was still a step too late.

In half a moment, the bud was completely closed.

The entire void turned into a transparent sphere the size of a human head, floating in the air.

"Subdued a virtual immortal so easily?!" Elder Jingzhen and Elder Kongbei were both shocked.

Although they had personally witnessed Jiang Chuan using the Great Annihilation Meteor Shower to kill Emperor Gua, the Great Annihilation Meteor Shower was assisted by the Great Sun Divine Bell.

Now Jiang Chuan easily subdued a virtual immortal.

"The difference between a higher level and a lower level is like heaven and earth. Subduing an ordinary immortal is nothing." Jiang Chuan stood with his hands behind his back.

After refining the fragments of the Emperor Gua Dao Fruit World, his Dao Fruit World has reached three small thousand worlds.

You have to know that even a being like Ye Ren who has just entered the eleventh realm only has one small thousand world.

Taoist Frost Feather is just an average virtual immortal, only at the sixth level of the Ten Realms, far inferior to the top virtual immortals like Old Demon Qingyou and Old Demon Le Tu.

For someone like Jiang Chuan who can even kill true immortals, it is easy for him to subdue Taoist Frost Feather.

"Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist. I am Ye Qingyan, the deputy palace master of Meiling Immortal Palace."

Ye Qingyan landed in front of Jiang Chuan and bowed to him.

"If it weren't for the help of fellow Daoist, this villain would have very likely escaped with the treasure of my Divine Palace today."

"The Palace of Immortals? I seem to have heard someone mention it when I was traveling in the Falling Moon Land. It seems to be related to the founder of the Seven Killing Demon Sect, the Seven Killing Demon Lord." Elder Jingzhen's eyes showed a look of reminiscence.

Patriarch Ziyun shook his tail and said, "The last time I came to Xuanming Land, I also heard people talking about the Immortal Palace. It seems that the Seven Killing Demon Lord came to attack the palace and forced the founder to marry a palace master named Shangguan Mengli."

The smile on Ye Qingyan's face froze.

Jiang Chuan glanced at the Yiqi Gourd on his waist and said, "Come to think of it, I do have something that I need your help with."

"If you need help from the Immortal Palace, I will not refuse."

Ye Qingyan made a gesture of invitation: "I would like to ask the three fellow Taoists to return to the Immortal Palace with me to discuss in detail."

"it is good."

Jiang Chuan grabbed the sphere that trapped Taoist Frost Feather and flew towards the Palace of Immortals with Ye Qingyan.

Two hours later, Jiang Chuan and others arrived at Meiling Fairy Palace.

Shenxian Palace is located on the top of Meiling Mountain, surrounded by peach blossoms.

The palace is simple and elegant, and every brick and tile reveals a strong fairy atmosphere, as if it is condensed from the endless fairy energy between heaven and earth, exuding a sacred and solemn atmosphere, which makes people dare not have the slightest blasphemous heart.

Walking into the palace, it feels like arriving in the heaven in mythology, with auspicious clouds supporting a palace floating above the sky.

"The ancestor, Meixian, was a plum tree in the Heavenly Palace. After the fall of the Heavenly Palace, he founded our Immortal Palace here."

Ye Qingyan introduced: "The scene inside the palace was built by the founder in imitation of the Heavenly Palace."

"Imitations of Heaven? Compared to the Baoguang Palace and other palaces I've seen, these palaces are far inferior." Elder Jingzhen commented.

"Jiangchuan."

"What's wrong, Rabbit?"

"Why hasn't this guy Jingzhen been beaten to death yet?"

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Under the leadership of Ye Qingyan, everyone came to the Wood God Palace at the top.

After sitting down, Ye Qingyan asked his disciples to serve tea, then waved his hand and summoned the sphere that trapped Taoist Frost Feather.

"Fellow Daoist Shuangyu, do you have anything else to say?"

Taoist Frost Feather sat cross-legged in the sphere, his expression calm as he spoke each word with clarity: "I will never regret pursuing the Dao, even if I die a hundred times."

"What a man who will never regret his pursuit of truth, even if it means death."

Jiang Chuan's eyes flashed with admiration: "I don't think you are a servile person, so why would you do something like stealing treasures from the Immortal Palace?"

"At the end of the ancient times, the Heavenly Palace collapsed, and twenty-four of the thirty-three heavens fell. Some of these twenty-four heavens turned into vast worlds like the Chiming Realm and the Qingyuan Realm, while others fell into special places like the Burial Heaven Tomb."

Taoist Shuangyu replied, "Meixian was able to achieve immortality because of the guidance of Emperor Rongxian. Emperor Rongxian is a celestial prodigy on par with Qingshi Divine Lord. He is considered by the Five Emperors to have the potential to reach the Fourteenth Realm of Enlightenment."

"After the collapse of Heaven, the Haoting Xiaodutian where Emperor Rong resided, Wusijiang Youtian, Shangshao Ruan Letian, Wuji Tanshitian and many other heavenly realms all collapsed and fell into the myriad realms, destroying the starry sky and turning it into a desolate place, which was called the Ruins of the Realm by the cultivators of the myriad realms."

"Mei Xian was humiliated by the Seven Killing Demon Lord and had to offer Shangguan Mengli to him. This made her feel very aggrieved and she decided to explore the ruins of the world to find the treasure left by Emperor Rong Xian."

"Two centuries later, the severely injured Meixian returned to the Palace of Immortals, leaving behind two scrolls before becoming a Taoist."

"One scroll records the map of the ancient Heavenly Palace, and the other contains what Meixian saw and heard while exploring the ruins of the world."

"I have been a Void Immortal for six thousand years, but it is difficult to make further progress. Therefore, I want to obtain the map of the Ruins of the Realm and enter the Ruins of the Realm to give it a try."

After saying this, Taoist Frost Feather took out two yellowed ancient paintings.

"Map of the Ruins of the Realm!"

Ancestor Ziyun's eyes lit up, and he raised his claws and directly grabbed the two yellowed ancient pictures.

Elder Jingzhen also leaned over and watched with Patriarch Ziyun.

Jiang Chuan's eyes twitched slightly: "Old Ancestor, don't mess around. This is the most precious treasure of the Immortal Palace. Return it to Fellow Daoist Ye quickly."

"Okay, okay, I'll give it back to her right away."

Patriarch Ziyun took another look, wrote down all the contents, and then controlled the two ancient maps to fly towards Ye Qingyan.

Ye Qingyan glared at the Ziyun Patriarch fiercely. If looks could kill a cat, Jiang Chuan felt that the Patriarch would definitely be cut into pieces.

After putting away the two ancient maps, Ye Qingyan looked at Taoist Shuangyu again.

"Fellow Daoist Shuangyu, we are fellow Daoists. I will not take your life, but I will suppress you for a thousand years. After a thousand years, I will let you go."

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ye."

Taoist Shuangyu stood up, bowed to Ye Qingyan, and then looked at Jiang Chuan.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, after a thousand years, I will come out of seclusion and my life span will be less than a thousand years. I will probably go directly to Jiexu. This journey is full of dangers, and I don't think it will be easy to come out."

"My cave was obtained when I entered the ruins of the Heavenly Palace. It is a sacred mountain in the Heavenly Palace. I will give it to you as a gift. It can be regarded as my apology for the attack I took on you."

Taoist Frost Feather took out a golden token and handed it to Jiang Chuan.

"The sacred mountain of heaven, fellow Daoist, you are truly blessed."

Jiang Chuan waved his sleeves and put away the golden token.

After dealing with the matter of Taoist Frost Feather, Ye Qingyan asked, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, what do you want to ask of the Immortal Palace?"

Jiangchuan took out a Qi gourd from his waist.

"I stumbled upon a fragment of the Heavenly Treasure Jade Book. I want to redraw the formation and refine the gifted treasure. I would like to ask for your help, fellow Daoist."

"A fragment of the Heavenly Treasure Jade Book? Daoist friend, you are truly blessed!"

Envy flashed in Ye Qingyan's beautiful eyes. "I agree to this, but my senior sister hasn't returned from the Burial Sky Valley yet. Only Elder Sun and I are Tenth Realm Immortals who can help Fellow Daoist Jiang."

"Two Void Immortals are enough. In that case, let's set off."

Jiang Chuan stood up and prepared to leave the Fairy Palace.

"I wonder where Brother Jiang is going to refine this treasure?"

"Red Rock Mountain."

Ye Qingyan suppressed Taoist Frost Feather into the Palace of Immortals, and then gave instructions to the elders in the palace. Then, he and Elder Sun boarded the Cloud-piercing Divine Boat and headed for Hongyan Mountain.

A gentle breeze blew by, bringing with it a few green leaves that fell in front of the small temple with black walls and gray tiles.

The small temple seems to have gone through a long time, and it is full of traces of time.

The Sun-Slaying Demon King, wearing a gray monk's robe and with a childish face, looked like a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old. He sat cross-legged in front of the small temple like a stone Buddha.

Suddenly, his long, snow-white eyebrows that fell to his chest trembled slightly.

He suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of deep blue eyes.

A door of light appeared out of thin air not far in front of him, and five men and women walked out of it.

The leader was a man dressed in black, with two swords hanging from his waist. An intimidating aura emanated from him.

With his handsome face, he looked like a true god descending here.

The only flaw is that the man has a cat and a rabbit on his shoulders, which destroys his majesty.

"Huh? The descendant of the Future Buddha. Not only is he the descendant of the Future Buddha, but he also has the energy of Taoist Zhuzhao and Demon Lord Anyu. Fellow Taoist, you are truly blessed!"

The Sun-Slaying Demon King clasped his hands together and said, "Daoyou have come today to seek the fortune left by the Evil-Slaying Golden Buddha. Logically, I should give it to you, but during the years I was suppressed here by the Evil-Slaying Golden Buddha, I read many Buddhist scriptures that I had robbed in the past and gained great enlightenment."

"I know I have committed grave sins and death is not a pity, but my Dao Fruit World and the treasures I left behind are enough to cultivate a powerful cultivator. If I give them to any cultivator casually, it will inevitably bring disaster to all living beings in the future."

"If you want to obtain the treasures I left behind, you must discuss the Dao with me and convince me."

"Discussing Taoism?" Jiang Chuan raised his eyebrows.

clang!
Accompanied by a loud bell ringing.

The golden Sun God Bell emerged above Jiangchuan's head.

The dazzling golden divine bell seemed to be condensed from billions of divine clouds, and was extremely dazzling.

It was like a sun descending from the sky, and a majestic and mighty aura spread out, making people tremble with fear!
"Great Sun Bell!"

The Sun-Slaying Demon King was utterly shocked: "No doubt about it, this is the legendary Great Sun Divine Bell forged by the Future Star King Buddha using the Mother Gold of All Things!"

Ye Qingyan and Elder Sun were also shocked.

They also didn't expect that Jiangchuan actually possessed the legendary Great Sun Bell cast by the future Star King Buddha.

"I am not familiar with Buddhism, so I will not discuss the Dao with fellow Daoist Slaughterer today."

The Sun-Slaying Demon King pointed at the Great Sun Divine Bell and said, "Daoyou, you are joking. To be recognized by the Great Sun Divine Bell, your understanding of Buddhism must be far superior to that of all the Buddhas in the Buddhist world." "I dare not show off my humble skills in front of you. Please take the treasure here."

Jiang Chuan's eyes twitched slightly.

He was ready to give the Demon King Slaughtering Sun a good beating, but he didn't expect that the Demon King Slaughtering Sun would just kneel down like that!

No, you are the Eleventh Realm Demon King!
Where is your majesty as the Demon King?

"Since you yourself say that your death is not worth a pity, you should do more work."

Ancestor Ziyun shook his tail and said, "My true body needs to be refined again. I'm sorry to bother you."

"can."

The Sun-Slaying Demon King asked, "I wonder how this fellow cat would like to refine his true form?"

Patriarch Ziyun replied, "Jiang Chuan and I have read the fragments of the Heavenly Treasure Jade Book before. I think it should be possible to refine my body according to the Hun Tian Gourd of the Hun Tian Immortal King."

"The Huntian Gourd? Fellow Daoist Mao has really good taste."

The Sun-Slaying Demon King laughed and said, "Back then, the Immortal King Hun Tian borrowed the Immortal Refining Pot and refined the Hun Tian Gourd. Even among the Immortal King's soldiers, it is considered top-notch."

"The Immortal Refining Pot actually exists?!" Elder Kong Bei looked surprised.

"As the most precious treasure of the immortal path, the Immortal Refining Pot naturally exists."

Hearing the words of the Sun-Slaying Demon King, Jiang Chuan was slightly stunned: "Immortal treasure?"

The Sun-Slaying Demon King did not answer Jiang Chuan's question, but asked another question instead.

"Fellow Daoist, do you know the origins of the Demon Ancestor, the Azure Emperor, the Sky Emperor, and others?"

"The Demon Ancestor, the Green Emperor, and the others are all innate gods transformed from the origin of heaven and earth through the interaction of the Great Dao."

"The names of the innate gods have spread throughout the heavens and myriad realms, but few people know that, in fact, when the Great Dao gave birth to many innate gods, it also gave birth to treasures called innate spiritual treasures."

When the Sun-Slaying Demon King spoke of the innate spiritual treasure, his eyes were full of longing.

"The essence of an innate spiritual treasure is equivalent to that of a supreme being in the Fourteenth Realm. The Demon Ancestor's divine weapon, the Myriad Tribulations Spear, and the Buddha's divine weapon, the Extinction Banner, are both innate spiritual treasures."

"Is the Immortal Refining Pot also an innate spiritual treasure?" Ancestor Ziyun looked curious.

The Sun-Slaying Demon King shook his head, then nodded: "Theoretically speaking, the Immortal Refining Pot is not an innate spiritual treasure, but its power is not inferior to that of an innate spiritual treasure, so it can be regarded as an innate spiritual treasure."

Ye Qingyan was completely bewildered by the Sun-Slaying Demon King: "Does it count or not?"

"Do you know that there are innate and acquired Dao?"

Rabbit's face flickered with reminiscence. "Rumor has it that the Heavenly Emperor once said there are three thousand innate great ways, and infinite acquired great ways. The three thousand magical powers in the Langhuan Library were created based on the three thousand innate great ways."

"Friend Rabbit is right."

The Sun-Slaying Demon King stretched out his hand, and his magic power rose up, evolving into a phantom of the world.

"The so-called innate great way is actually the great way that constructs the heaven and earth, namely time, space, yin and yang, the five elements, and creation."

"These great ways existed when the world was first created. No, to be more precise, they existed before the world was created."

Zheng! Zheng! Zheng!
Then, the sound of clanging swords rang out from the shadow of the world.

An illusory long sword rose into the air from it.

The Sun-Slaying Demon King continued, "The Way of the Sword, the Way of the Blade, the Way of War, and the Way of Law all evolved after the creation of heaven and earth."

"So, they are all considered acquired ways. The Demon Ancestor created the Heavenly Demon, and the Demonic Path flourished. Then, the Demonic Path gathered its principles and luck, and with the body of the first white tiger in the world, he forged the Taishi Heavenly Demon Seal, which is comparable to the Myriad Tribulations Spear."

"When the Immortal Ancestor and the Infinite Venerable King Buddhas in the world saw the Demon Ancestor gather the principles of the Demonic Path and the luck to refine the Taishitian Demon Seal, they also gathered the principles of the Immortal Path and the Buddhist Path and each refined a treasure."

"And the Immortal Refining Pot was refined by the Immortal Ancestor. Although its power is not inferior to that of the innate spiritual treasure, it is, after all, refined by the acquired great way."

"Therefore, many Immortal Emperors and Gods believe that it cannot be called an innate spiritual treasure, and should be called an acquired spiritual treasure. However, it is said that the spirit of the Immortal Refining Pot thinks acquired spiritual treasure is not a good name, and insists on calling itself an innate spiritual treasure."

"The innate avenue, the acquired avenue, so that's how it is."

Jiang Chuan finally understood why the Sun-Slaying Demon King said that the Immortal Refining Pot was an innate spiritual treasure but it was not an innate spiritual treasure.

"I didn't expect that the avenues actually had a priority."

Elder Jingzhen asked curiously, "Senior Lu Ri, who is stronger, the innate avenue or the acquired avenue?"

"There is no high or low in the Way, but there are high and low in people."

The Sun-Slaying Demon King said in a deep voice, "The three saints of the human race all practiced the acquired way, but even innate gods like Dragon Ancestor and Phoenix Mother who practiced the innate way were defeated by the three saints in the great war at the end of the Middle Ages."

Jiang Chuan has a deep understanding of this.

His knowledge of time and space helped him defeat many powerful enemies.

But in the face of the Seven Killing Demon Lord's Killing Heaven Sword, the Sun-Slaying Demon King's Destruction Dao Fruit lost its effect.

There is no invincible way, only invincible people!
Jiang Chuan then used his magic power to evolve various immortal formations in the Hun Tian Gourd, allowing the Demon King Lu Ritian and others to comprehend them.

The Sun-Slaying Demon King took the formation diagram and looked at the Qi Gourd on Jiang Chuan's waist.

"This gourd has been integrated with a lot of divine materials, but it should not be able to bear the entire immortal formation of the Immortal King's soldiers."

"No problem, I'll take care of this."

As Jiang Chuan spoke, the Qi Gourd emitted a bright light and swallowed Jiang Chuan into it.

Strands of world power rose from the vast continent, enveloping a blue-gray altar.

The blue-gray altar seemed to be carved out of a large blue-gray stone, and it was covered with patterns of gods bowing, immortals welcoming, and fairy phoenixes spreading their wings.

"This broken stone is smelly and hard, and it is impossible to refine it." Old Ancestor Ziyun complained.

"Actually, it's not that this stone is difficult to refine."

The Sky-high Dao Tree flew out from Jiang Chuan's Dao Fruit. The Sky-high Dao Tree, as tall as a person, flew straight towards the blue-gray altar like a shark that smelled blood.

"There is a trace of Qi left by the Great Emperor Qiong Cang in this altar. It is also thanks to this trace of Qi that this altar can withstand the Taihong Immortal Furnace."

Jiang Chuan had fought with Di Gua, and combined with the unusual movements of the Qiong Cang Dao Tree, he had already seen through the true face of this altar.

It is precisely because the altar contains the Qi of the Great Emperor of the Sky that only people of the innate divine race can use it.

That's why he appointed Ancestor Ziyun to occupy the altar.

hum!hum!hum!
Under Jiang Chuan's gaze, the Sky Dao Tree flew to the blue-gray altar wrapped in the power of the world. Strands of azure divine light rose from the altar and poured into the Sky Dao Tree.

Seven feet three inches!

Seven feet four inches!

Seven feet five inches!

The Sky Dao Tree continues to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a few breaths, the Sky Dao Tree had grown to nine feet and was still growing.

When the last ray of azure divine light was swallowed by the Sky Tree, the Sky Tree had grown to ten feet tall.

The ten-foot-tall Sky Dao Tree stands between heaven and earth like a majestic god.

As the branches and leaves swayed, the power of many great ways, such as the Way of Void, the Way of Water, and the Way of the Sun, fell from the void.

It was like a colorful divine waterfall, flooding the void.

"It's so easy to mobilize the power of the Great Dao! It's worthy of being the spiritual root nurtured by the interaction of the Great Dao and the origin of heaven and earth!" Jiang Chuan was extremely surprised.

You must know that the only things that can mobilize the power of the Great Dao are the cultivator's Dao Fruit and the magic weapon that imprints the cultivator's Dao Fruit.

But whether Jiang Chuan activates the Dao Fruit or the magic weapon that is branded with the Dao Fruit, it requires the consumption of a huge amount of world power.

But the Qiongcang Dao Tree is different, it doesn’t need Jiang Chuan to urge it at all.

To draw upon the power of the Tao is just like eating and drinking water, easy and natural!

Jiang Chuan had obtained the Qiongcang Dao Tree before, but he rarely used it.

In addition to being able to absorb the vital energy of heaven and earth, the Qiong Cang Dao Tree can only display the skills and magical powers evolved from the Dao fruits it devoured.

As for the power of the skills and magical powers, it all depends on how much magic power Jiang Chuan injects.

Jiang Chuan himself has a lot of scriptures and magical powers in his hands, but he has no time to comprehend them, so it is naturally impossible for him to comprehend the skills and magical powers of the Qiong Cang Dao Tree.

They would not use unfamiliar skills or supernatural powers to fight the enemy.

Now, after absorbing the energy left by Emperor Qiongcang, the Qiongcang Dao Tree showed its horror for the first time!
"The power of the Great Dao absorbed by the Sky Dao Tree is no less than that of an existence like the Night Blade Demon Lord who has just entered the Eleventh Realm."

Jiang Chuan muttered to himself, "With the help of the Qiong Cang Dao Tree, I already possess two Dao Fruits that can absorb the power of the Dao! And as the Qiong Cang Dao Tree grows, the power of the Dao that can be absorbed will inevitably increase!"

“If one day I can restore the Sky Dao Tree to its peak, a single thought would be enough to make the power of the three thousand innate great ways and many acquired great ways descend.”

"I wonder how powerful that would be?"

Then a question appeared in Jiang Chuan's mind.

Where can I find Taoist fruits to feed the Qiong Cang Taoist Tree?
With this doubt, Jiang Chuan put the Qiong Cang Dao Tree into the Dao Fruit, and left the Yi Qi Gourd with the Purple Cloud Ancestor and the blue-gray altar.

After the Sun-Slaying Demon King, Ye Qingyan and the others had finished comprehending the various immortal formations in the Huntian Gourd, Jiang Chuan, together with the three of them, Rabbit, and Old Ancestor Ziyun, activated their magic power to refine the blue-gray altar.

Without the Qi of the Sky Emperor, the four people and two spirit weapons took forty-nine days to melt the blue-gray altar into a pool of blue-gray liquid.

"This altar seems to contain a lot of Tianque Stone. If these divine materials are integrated into this gourd, it will have the potential to become an Immortal King weapon."

As the Sun-Slaying Demon King spoke, he formed a seal with his hands, and a blue-gray liquid flew towards the Yi Qi Gourd.

According to legend, Tianque Stone is an immortal material condensed from the essence of the thirty-three heavens when the heaven collapsed. It is comparable to the world stone and dark immortal gold.

The blue-gray liquid wrapped around the Yiqi Gourd and merged with it.

The body of the Yiqi Gourd is crystal clear, as if it were carved out of purple divine jade.

As the blue-gray liquid merged into the body of the Yi Qi Gourd, the body gradually turned purple-blue.

When the Yiqi Gourd completely turned purple-green, Jiangchuan hooked his five fingers, and the power of the world gushed out, evolving into an array constructed by tens of thousands of immortal symbols and array patterns.

At the same time, Jiang Chuan was multitasking, staring at the Sun-Slaying Demon King, Ye Qingyan and others.

"Rabbit, there are three mistakes in your formation."

"Master Rabbit, I haven't drawn a formation in a long time, so it's normal to have some mistakes."

"Old Ancestor, please pay attention. This is your true form. There are six mistakes in the formation you drew!"

"Taesan is still the best. He never lets me draw formations."

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(End of this chapter)