The Eternal God Emperor Begins from the First Realm Breakthrough

Chapter 235 Retracing the Path

The rules became active, the spiritual energy revived, and the mountains and rivers became much wider and higher than before within a few months.

Mortals' chronic illnesses were completely cured, cultivators' realms skyrocketed, plants and trees became spiritual, and wild beasts transformed...

In just three months, the entire Jiannan Realm underwent earth-shaking changes.

Since more than a month ago, thick dark clouds have covered the land for billions of miles. Continuous rain has fallen from the sky, soaking the mountains and rivers, and irrigating the fields.

Zhang Ruochen stood on the top of the Holy City. The formation patterns on the city were always running at full capacity due to the extremely rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth. After a long period of high-load operation, many formation patterns had begun to malfunction.

A formation master is leading a group of spiritual saints to repair and strengthen it.

He stretched out his palm. The rain was falling heavily, and soon his palm was full of rain water.

"The spiritual energy is rich, the holy energy is dense. It's not an exaggeration to call this rain diluted holy liquid." Zhang Ruochen sighed. Holy liquid is the holy energy that has been highly concentrated in the sea of ​​qi of a saint. When he was still weak in the Kunlun Realm, the value of a drop of holy liquid was immeasurable. It was enough to help weak cultivators improve several realms, as well as improve their physical fitness, temper their martial souls, and have various other effects.

Today, the Jiannan Realm is being baptized by an overwhelming force. With such cultivation conditions, it will be difficult for the creatures in the Jiannan Realm not to become powerful in the future.

It can be predicted that when this rain ends, a large amount of sacred soil will be born in Jiannan Realm, growing endless spiritual medicines and holy medicines.

Amidst the roaring sound of rain, Zhang Ruochen slowly closed his eyes, immersed in the vibrant life of all things.

After an unknown amount of time, the world where the divine thoughts reached changed its appearance again.

Circles, connected to each other, extend to the endless horizon.

It seems that everything in the world does not exist, it is just an appearance, and the circle in front of you is the essence of the world.

"Tap...tap..."

A steady sound of footsteps broke into this world. It did not seem abrupt, but rather quite harmonious, as if it was a part of this world.

Zhang Ruochen's mind followed the direction of the sound and for the first time in this state, he saw something that was not a circle.

It was a human-like figure, tall and straight, but its appearance could not be seen clearly.

The figure continued to approach, and his appearance gradually became clearer. It was Emperor Ming... In an instant, he transformed into Xuanji Sword Saint and Wudao Divine Lord...

It was as if the person in front of him changed with the fluctuations in Zhang Ruochen's heart.

In the end, the figure returned to its invisible and formless state and could not be seen clearly.

"you are?"

Zhang Ruochen was puzzled and looked at the figure in front of him warily.

"Since you are a disciple of the Way of Immortality, you should address me as Dao Zun."

The formless figure slowly spoke, his voice like the sound of the avenue, extremely sacred.

Zhang Ruochen was startled when he heard this, and immediately felt extremely shocked.

The Taoist master of the way of immortality.

"Disciple Zhang Ruochen pays homage to the Daoist Master." Zhang Ruochen reacted very quickly and bowed hurriedly. The Daoist Master of the Longevity Dao was the supreme leader of the Longevity Dao and a legendary strong man.

Even someone as powerful as the Sword Master was only the leader of a branch sect, and there was still a gap between him and the Taoist Master of Longevity. According to the information Zhang Ruochen knew, the Taoist Master of Longevity had only had one Taoist Master since its inception, who had practiced for countless years and was a true immortal.

“No need to be polite. I noticed someone in Jiannan Realm was spying on the essence of heaven and earth in the Origin Temple, so I came to see them. I didn’t expect that it was a small True God like you who caused it.

Your Holy Will is very special, similar to Tai Chi, yet higher than Tai Chi, and has the potential to encompass all the laws of the universe. A first-grade Holy Will is indeed very special."

Zhang Ruochen was even more respectful, not daring to show any disrespect. Speaking of the Wuji Sacred Will, he realized this was a perfect opportunity to seek advice, and immediately said, "Since becoming a god, I have always wanted to transform the Wuji Sacred Will into the Wuji Divine Way, but I have never been able to succeed. I wonder why, Dao Zun, please enlighten me."

The formless figure slowly raised his hand, and a swirling mass of chaotic energy appeared in his palm, seemingly containing endless mysteries. He spoke, "The so-called Wuji is the ultimate truth of the heavens that transcends the mundane and penetrates the heavens and the earth."

As He spoke, He gently tossed the air currents, which merged with the circles and spread out, transforming into a scene of the beginning of the universe.

"The universe originated from the beginning and was originally a chaos. Wuji is the root of this chaos. It is invisible and formless, but it contains all possibilities." The formless figure tapped his finger lightly, and the four elements of earth, fire, water and wind rolled in the picture, and the power of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth surged. The world was created and all things began to evolve.

"The rules and power of this universe are all derived from Wuji. Just like these worlds and countless creatures, they seem to be independent of each other, but in fact they all follow the rules derived from Wuji." Zhang Ruochen's eyes followed the picture closely, his eyes full of thought.

The formless figure continued, "You were able to cultivate the first-grade Wuji Sacred Will because you must have seen the true origin of Taichu and understood the true Wuji. As for your inability to transform the Wuji Sacred Will into the Wuji Divine Way and further tap into the power of the universe, it's because Wuji is the Dao, and you are human. The Dao has no emotions, no good or evil, it is supreme and impartial, and the operation of all things is handled simply according to established rules. Humans, however, cannot do that. Humans have their own souls, their own sense of right and wrong, good and evil. From the moment you gained consciousness and set foot on the path of cultivation, everything you have experienced has become an obstacle and shackle on your path to cultivating the Wuji Divine Way."

Zhang Ruochen seemed to have a sudden realization. He had already sensed it when he first saw the Wuji Circle. It seemed his own cultivation was the obstacle preventing him from achieving the Wuji Divine Way. But how could he resolve this? He couldn't just undo a thousand years of cultivation in one go and start all over again.

The price is too high and too dangerous.

"What Dao Zun means is that the Way of the Infinite must break all boundaries and transcend the constraints of my own cultivation. Only by breaking free from the shackles I have put on myself can I truly cultivate the Way of the Infinite God?"

The formless figure nodded slightly, and the Taoist rules around him flickered and fluctuated, like a real universe in reincarnation and change.

"Please hold out your hand."

Zhang Ruochen extended his right hand as instructed. The formless figure waved his finger, and a faint thread of energy wrapped around his fingertips.

"Feel this thread. Although it is as light as nothing and its energy is weak, it can resonate with the divine power in your body and the laws of heaven and earth."

The sacred voice echoed in Zhang Ruochen's ears. He closed his eyes and concentrated, and indeed found that the thread seemed to have opened a new door of perception.

In his perception, the endless Wuji circle in the outside world was now differentiated, divided into black and white, with completely different Taoist flavors. One was responsible for life, and the other was responsible for death. The sources of black and white intersected with each other, and life and death blended together.

Life and death, this is also the essence of heaven and earth, different from Wuji, but also originated from Wuji.

His own divine body was covered with strange-shaped shackles.

There are chains transformed from dragons and elephants, long ropes transformed from the Milky Way, sword energy drawing a line on the ground to form a prison, and time and space are trapped in a small space...

This was the road he came from, but now it has become an obstacle preventing him from understanding the Wuji.

"To cultivate the Wuji Divine Dao, do I have to give up all my previous cultivation? Dao Zun has profound cultivation and broad knowledge. Is there any other way?" Zhang Ruochen was reluctant to give up his cultivation after all.

"The Way of Wuji is actually a kind of balanced wisdom." The formless figure continued, "Just like this thread, seemingly weak, yet it can invisibly move the universe. Everything in the universe is in balance: yin and yang, reality and illusion, life and death, time and space... Once the balance is lost, the universe will fall into chaos, until it reaches its ultimate destruction, returning to eternal silence, and the era will restart, which means a great catastrophe."

The formless figure looked up at the sky. The sky was empty, with only chaotic and disorderly green light, as if the sky had no master.

"And Wuji is the origin and destination of all this balance. It allows you to find your own balance point in cultivation, maintaining a balance between the Way of Heaven and the Way of Man, so that you won't lose your humanity due to excessive pursuit of power and ultimately become part of the Way of Heaven."

"If you abandon your cultivation and become the Wuji Self, you'll abandon humanity and become the Heavenly Dao. Once you've done this the first time, in pursuit of greater power, you'll make the same decision a second time, a third time... countless times, gradually extinguishing your humanity and becoming the supreme and impartial Heavenly Dao. At that point, you'll no longer be Zhang Ruochen, but Zhang Tiandao."

Zhang Ruochen's face was thoughtful, as if he had finally grasped something. "What Senior Daozun meant is that while my cultivation is a shackle on achieving the Wuji Divine Way, it is also the key to maintaining my humanity and not losing myself in the power of the Wuji Divine Way. It is their existence that proves Zhang Ruochen's existence."

The formless figure revealed a relieved emotion, "That's right, giving up the way of man to become the way of heaven is the simplest path, but also the most difficult path. From the first step, you have already lost to yourself.

Zhang Ruochen, look back, revisit the path you came from, the secret to achieving the Wuji Divine Way lies behind you.

He stretched out his hand and flicked it, and the infinite circle between heaven and earth flew towards Zhang Ruochen's back.

Zhang Ruochen looked back, and what he saw were his own figures. The infinite circles formed a road, a road leading to the past, a past that belonged only to him.

He walked up, and along the way, he witnessed the scene of himself breaking through the realm and becoming a god outside the Temple of Destiny; he witnessed the battle of the Ten Realms, where he fought alone against many enemies and defeated the world's genius; he witnessed the past events in the Temple of Truth when he first entered the Heavenly Court; he witnessed the glorious past of the Kunlun Realm's Battle of Merit...

He walked all the way to the snowy night in Yunwu Royal City and woke up from the frail Ninth Prince.

Going further back is the previous life.

After walking through the bizarre Wuji Circle, Zhang Ruochen appeared in a magnificent palace with red walls and red tiles, glazed lampstands, bronze lions and iron horses, jade butterflies and silver flowers.

A very familiar decoration, it is the imperial palace hall of the Shengming Central Empire.

"Saint Monk, is there no other way?" A familiar voice was heard, full of bitterness. Zhang Ruochen looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man with a tall stature and elegant face. It was the Green Emperor, Chi Yao's father.

In addition to the Green Emperor, there are also the Ming Emperor, Chi Yao who looks like a girl, himself, and a sacred figure emitting Buddha's light in the center of the hall, who is the Xumi Holy Monk.

"Is this my past, something that happened in the past?" Zhang Ruochen was surprised. This memory obviously existed deep in his mind, but he himself was unaware of it.

He had a premonition that the cause of his death in his previous life might be revealed today.

(End of this chapter)