My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 183 The Possibility of Achieving Banhu Through a Closer Approach

"In the end, they are barbarians from beyond the heavens. Although they were born with the name of a Primordial Immortal, they could not escape the nature of a monster in a stone. Using the merit of education as the material for their own advancement is truly laughable."

"Back then, I had no choice but to engage in the teachings due to various circumstances, and I suffered as a result! Fortunately, I had the help of several fellow Daoists, which enabled me to eradicate the remaining poison of the teachings, understand the destiny of Xuan Tian's array, and achieve enlightenment!"

"What Fellow Daoist Du'e said is correct. The barbarians from beyond the heavens are, after all, barbarians from beyond the heavens. Although they are better than those born from moisture and eggs, they are still the lowest of the innate, insignificant things."

High in the heavens, within the Immortal Cave, in the Supreme Heaven, several figures, their forms hazy yet exuding an aura of celestial grandeur, gathered on one spot. There was nothing before them, yet they seemed to see something, and each offered their own interpretation.

Originally, at their level, all things and changes in the world could hardly stir their hearts, after all, they had been near-Dao Celestial Venerables for many years.

However, what they were talking about at this moment involved their fundamental interests!
How dare this Primordial Immortal possess a mere 50% knowledge of the mysteries of the Heavenly Array Dao?

Considering those individuals, each of them only possessed a fraction of the array's power, yet look at this Primordial Immortal... Does this Primordial Immortal even deserve it?
This guy was born to occupy 50% of the array's destiny!

It should be noted that 50% of the array's destiny in Zhixuan Heaven already belongs to someone else.

If the Primordial Immortal Bai Chijing successfully ascends to the throne and takes up the remaining 50% of the array's destiny, then from this point on, the array path of Zhi Xuan Tian will never again produce a near-Dao Immortal!
Although there are many extraordinary powers, and any of the myriad arts of cultivation could serve as a foundation for ascension, the number of near-Dao Celestial Venerables in the Heaven of Knowledge has reached over a hundred throughout the ages. How much of this extraordinary power is truly left for future generations?
Furthermore, the strength of the near-Dao Celestial Venerables who possess different extraordinary powers and destinies is also different.

Although there is a saying in this world that sword cultivators are unparalleled in killing, once they reach the level of a near-Dao Celestial Venerable, their killing power will be greatly reduced.

If facing the Dao of Formation, the killing power of the sword must yield.

After all, the array formations of Zhixuan Heaven have already reached an unimaginable level. There are several terrifying near-Dao array formations that can directly kill near-Dao Heavenly Venerables, causing a supreme near-Dao Immortal to fall into the sea of ​​suffering in the mortal world!
These terrifying near-Dao formations, these near-Dao Celestial Venerables who have mastered one-tenth of the formation's Dao Qi, are undoubtedly unable to bring them into existence.

However, if a near-Dao Celestial Venerable who has mastered 50% of the array's Qi is born, then it becomes very difficult to say.

At that time, countless near-Dao Celestial Venerables will be uneasy about it.

This is why Bai Chijing, once reincarnated into the Zhixuan Heaven, faced so many schemes and received no help from even a near-Dao Heavenly Venerable.

It's just that Bai Chijing's innate luck is too terrifying; otherwise, if it were Su Jian or Su Bairen, they would have perished long ago.

"Fellow Daoist Amitabha, your timing in revealing this opportunity to approach the Dao is just right. I just wonder when this Primordial Immortal will be able to learn about my opportunities in alchemy and talisman cultivation?" This is what the Celestial Venerable of Salvation spoke.

This person is skilled in alchemy, formations, and talismans, and knows a tenth of the extraordinary power of Xuan Tian's formation, alchemy, and talisman arts.

Of course, the "opportunities in alchemy and talisman" mentioned by this Celestial Venerable of Salvation are not true opportunities.

Rather, like that Western Palace, it harbors "residual poison" that can fundamentally harm people!
There are three immortals who are close to the Dao gathered here. In addition to this Heavenly Venerable of Salvation from Calamity and the Heavenly Venerable of Amitabha of the Western Palace, there is also the incomparably mysterious Heavenly Venerable of Supreme Simplicity.

How mysterious is this Venerable Tai Su Tian Zun?
In this Heaven of Knowledge, no one knows when this person ascended to the throne!

All that is known is that at a special point in time, when two people who were qualified to ascend to the throne were fighting endlessly, causing a great deal of calamity to befall the world, this Venerable Tai Su Heavenly Venerable suddenly occupied the position of the near-Dao Venerable at that time!
Furthermore, upon successfully ascending to the throne, he displayed the ferocious power of the array, causing other near-Dao immortals, even the Heavenly Venerables standing behind the two ascendants, to acknowledge him.

It was precisely because of the successful usurpation of the throne by this Venerable Tai Su Tian Zun that in the years that followed, there were always those who attempted to seize the throne.

For example, the reason why the Yuntang Pass Prefect whom Bai Chijing encountered this time had the courage to transform into a near-Dao Heavenly Venerable and an external demon is also inseparable from this Venerable Tai Su Heavenly Venerable.

Everything can only be done zero times or countless times. If you succeed in seizing power once, you can do it countless times!
At this moment, as the Celestial Venerable of Salvation spoke, the Venerable Tai Su, who had not uttered a single word until now, finally spoke: "The opportunities of the two paths of alchemy and talisman should not be revealed, otherwise they will become true opportunities."

"Fellow Daoist Taisu, what are your thoughts?" Upon hearing this, Celestial Venerable Du'e couldn't help but ask, because Celestial Venerable Taisu's words were a direct questioning of his abilities!

In other words, they are all in the same camp, sharing common interests, and this time they need to work together without any disloyalty. Otherwise, he would have already turned against them.

Despite his mysterious nature, none of the immortals who were close to the Dao were afraid of him.

After all, if someone who has become a near-immortal still hides his head and tail like this, doesn't that mean he lacks confidence and doesn't dare to confront other near-immortals?

"The Primordial Immortal Bai Chijing is the reincarnation of the Primordial Immortal Power. Although the essence of the Primordial Immortal Power has been absorbed by the Heavens and incorporated into the entire Zhixuan Heaven, the Primordial is still the Primordial. In addition, under the arrangement of the Heavens, it has absorbed the spiritual energy of mountains and rivers for a hundred years. Although it was interrupted and could not possess some of the characteristics of the Dao in advance, under the nourishment of the spiritual energy of mountains and rivers, the remaining Primordial characteristics of it will eventually be able to awaken," said Venerable Tai Su Tianzun.

He spoke slowly and in great detail.

Upon hearing these words from Venerable Tai Su, both Venerable Du E Xian and Venerable Xi Gong Amitabha became intrigued.

Although they knew about the Primordial Immortal Power, they didn't really understand its characteristics.

Judging from what this mysterious Venerable Tai Su Tianzun is saying, it is clear that this Venerable Tai Su Tianzun understands the characteristics of the primordial beginning.

"It's not a problem if the Primordial Characteristics are only awakened. However, once it receives opportunities such as pills or talismans at the level of approaching the Dao, even something like the merit of enlightenment, its Primordial Characteristics will be strengthened. At that time, whatever it desires, the heavens will surely respond, even if it wants to merge with the Dao of the heavens! Because this can attract a second Primordial Immortal Power!"

When Venerable Tai Su Tianzun finished speaking, his tone became extremely solemn.

No realm created by Banhu could resist a wisp of primordial immortal power. This was especially true for realms like Zhixuan Heaven, which were not only extremely developed but also nearly perfected.

There are different levels of creation, like the stages of being trapped in the world or the Immortal Realm, which are merely the initial entry points and don't even qualify as minor accomplishment. However, after a certain young girl once again created a new world and channeled all her extraordinary power into the will of Heaven, that world could very well skip the minor accomplishment stage and reach a level equivalent to the Mysterious Heaven.

Because this little girl's ideas are already quite mature.

Of these three near-Dao Celestial Venerables, apart from Venerable Tai Su Celestial Venerable, the other two were unaware of the wonders of the creation of heaven and earth. However, these two near-Dao Celestial Venerables were also very clear about the value of the Primordial Celestial Power.

Therefore, the Celestial Venerable of Salvation accepted the suggestion of the Celestial Venerable of Supreme Su without hesitation.

"Fellow Daoist Taisu, could you perhaps elaborate on some of the taboos in this regard?" Venerable Amitabha of the Western Palace asked. "To be honest, I don't know much more either. However, I can assure you that the plans of the Primordial Immortal Baichi Jing are far from trivial..." Venerable Taisu said.

In fact, it is very easy for a near-immortal to become Banhu, but this simple threshold has limited countless near-immortals!
That is, without any subjective awareness of this, there is very little killing or violence.

For example, a cultivator who follows the Dao-Merging Immortal Path system may find that when they reach the Upper Realm of External Manifestation, they cannot gather the three external tribulations in a short period of time, thus delaying their breakthrough.

And this is precisely the real reason why this Venerable Tai Su Tianzun couldn't help but take action against Bai Chijing!

He only possessed 50% of the array's power, and he didn't want to confront the heavens because of it.

He spared no effort to sever all ties with his past, secretly arriving in Zhixuan Heaven to reclaim his throne, but unexpectedly, things took an unexpected turn.

However, a hundred years ago, when Bai Chijing was reincarnated into Zhixuan Heaven, this Venerable Tai Su Heavenly Venerable had an unprecedented whim and felt waves of palpitations.

This made him realize that this newcomer, the Primordial Immortal Bai Chijing, was very likely after what he wanted to obtain.

And his impulsive decision did indeed not result in any mistakes.

The scene unfolding in Qinglongzhou right now is undoubtedly proof of this.

This Primordial Immortal White Pool scenery truly has the potential to become Banhu!
……

Outside Yuntang Pass, Bai Chijing was busy preaching.

However, he didn't preach continuously; he spoke intermittently, and each time he preached, he repeated only a portion of the teachings. This meant that most of those who listened to his sermons, especially those with some level of spiritual cultivation, directly benefited.

Those who entered the army without any cultivation but relied on their innate superhuman strength have now come to understand the methods of cultivation on their own, thus entering the initial stage of external cultivation.

Of course, Bai Chijing also gained something; he received the educational benefits he had been hoping for.

He preaches so diligently precisely to accumulate sufficient merit in educating others!
At this point, Bai Chijing finished another sermon.

Not far from him, a spiritual herb that had pulled itself out of its roots and run to Bai Chijing’s side was shaking its head and swaying its body, as if it had benefited greatly from Bai Chijing’s sermon.

However, in reality, this spiritual herb didn't understand anything at all. It just happened to successfully visualize Bai Chijing's figure and obtain an invisible blessing, which is why it became more and more miraculous every day.

The cultivation level of this spiritual herb has now reached the intermediate stage of external objects.

This is the terrifying power of creation.

But ultimately, it was the return of a certain malevolent supreme being that revealed his terrifying side once again. While the power of the Spirit Platform Heaven, capable of drawing upon the strength of all cultivators in the world, couldn't be fully displayed this time, simply extracting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was already an easy task for him.

Others cultivate by refining their spiritual energy and honing their cultivation, while this person directly extracts spiritual energy and transforms it into cultivation. How can the two be compared?
After all, the main focus of unorthodox cultivation is speed.

At that very moment, quite suddenly, an extraordinary external phenomenon manifested itself. It was a majestic and dignified statue, but the face of this statue was not that of any known immortal in the world, and it was exactly the same as the face of the person who had just achieved this external phenomenon.

He was described as an ordinary-looking young man.

At this moment, because the young man suddenly broke through to the initial stage of the Outer Appearance realm, greatly increasing his own educational merit, Bai Chijing's gaze was involuntarily drawn to him.

Bai Chijing glanced at the young man and felt that he looked somewhat familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered that this man had come to see him with that Manager Chen before.

Bai Chijing didn't pay much attention to the fact that this person was there, because when he was halfway through his sermon, the Xuanxian Dynasty had just sent a lot of Xuanxiu from the Xuanxiu Division to help him, and this young man was one of them.

Upon seeing Bai Chijing looking at him, the young man was startled and quickly clasped his hands in a salute, saying, "Ye Feifan, thank you, Lord Bai Xuanxiu!"

This young man was Ye Feifan, who had come in pursuit of Bai Chijing's "predestined destiny".

Ye Feifan was also extremely surprised by the benefits he gained from listening to the teachings. He had tried to listen to lectures by high-level cultivators before, but even the lectures by high-level cultivators in the outer realms did not bring him as much benefit as the lectures he received this time.

"You're quite good." Bai Chijing accepted the bow and, out of politeness, offered a compliment. Then, glancing at the other's appearance, he added, "This technique is quite powerful, but it's easy to offend some arrogant immortals. I'll allow you to mention my name once in the future."

Because Ye Feifan is the only one whom Bai Chijing has taught so many times to break through from the Upper Realm of External Things to the Initial Realm of External Appearance!

This is a qualitative breakthrough.

It's also a great promotional material!

Therefore, Bai Chijing needed to appear generous. He considered bestowing rare and precious treasures as a reward rather stingy, and as for supernatural powers and secret techniques, he figured they could be understood through listening to his explanations, which would also seem stingy. So, he simply decided to spare the other party's life for whatever reason!
Bai Chijing had already achieved a spiritual connection, so listening to his teachings was not without its costs.

First of all, this idea has already been planted in my mind.

However, it doesn't matter. As long as Bai Chijing doesn't activate it, these people will be no different from usual. And now that Ye Feifan has received this promise, when he encounters danger in the future, the mental image hidden in Ye Feifan's body can directly borrow Bai Chijing's power to manifest a portion of the ferocious power of the Fiend Supreme.

Upon hearing Bai Chijing's words, Ye Feifan was naturally astonished, not expecting to receive such a "reward".

This made him feel somewhat disdainful.

(End of this chapter)