My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 197 The Profound Mysteries of Approaching the Immortal Path

There is a legend about the creation of the Heavenly Realm. However, the legend of the creation of the Heavenly Realm is extremely subtle. Unlike the creation of other worlds where the creators perished and their bodies and souls split to create the first generation of supreme beings, the truth about the creation of the Heavenly Realm is that a head flew in and smashed into this place.

This head smashed through the primordial and turbid energies, and thus the heavens were created here.

In other realms, birth might determine social status, but not in the Heaven of Knowledge and Mystery. This is because, in the beginning, all beings here were identical.

Only in this way can the mysteries of this world be known!

However, there has never been a precise answer to what exactly "Knowing the Profound" means. All that is known is that the will of this world is terrifyingly strong. The Heavenly Dao of other worlds can be refined, but the Heavenly Dao of the Knowing the Profound Heaven is extremely difficult to refine.

At this moment, most of the near-Dao Heavenly Venerables in Zhixuan Heaven were extremely shocked, because Zhixuan Heaven had revealed its true form, something that had only happened in the past when the heavens were angered.

That was the time when the three emperors fought for supremacy.

Unlike that time, this time Heaven was not enraged. As a near-Dao Celestial Venerable, his sensitivity in this regard was beyond question.

The heavens were not enraged, but Zhi Xuantian revealed his true form, which meant that something extraordinary was about to happen.

Could it be because the path of immortal cultivation appeared, and because the Primordial Celestial Venerable Bai Chijing denied the original immortal path of Zhixuan Heaven?

This thought immediately brought a sense of joy to many near-Dao Celestial Venerables.

After all, if that were the case, they could not only avoid a major trouble, but also escape a massacre. With Bai Chijing's successful ascension to the Near-Dao realm, some information that had been previously concealed could no longer be hidden. The Heavenly Scheme was largely discovered by these Near-Dao Celestial Venerables.

It really was just as they had imagined!
Heaven intends to use the White Pool Scenery of the Primordial Celestial Venerable to incite an unimaginable calamity, so as to eliminate a portion of the Celestial Venerables who are close to the Dao in the Heaven of Knowledge and Profound Realm.

But soon, these near-Dao Celestial Venerables realized that they had been overthinking things.

Because Zhi Xuantian, having revealed his true form, only forced out one of his figures before reverting to his previous appearance.

The sky and earth were shrouded in mist, and the skull no longer resembled a skull.

The figure forced out was a female cultivator of unparalleled beauty. Her figure was graceful, and she wore a long, nine-colored gown. The hem of the gown flowed down, as if transforming into a celestial curtain, showing a tendency to become the second Heaven of Zhixuan Heaven.

At this moment, the female cultivator's expression was one of utter astonishment, but her eyes were also filled with disbelief. She clearly sensed that the power that had forced her out of the Heaven of Knowledge was none other than the supreme form of that "eye" she had longed for and feared so deeply!
She had long coveted this supreme form of "eye." If it weren't for the First Ling Jia revealing his true form as Banhu back then, which directly frightened her, she wouldn't have had to flee the Immortal Realm in such a sorry state.

Unexpectedly, this supreme form of "eye" not only came to Zhixuan Heaven, but also attracted the world's origin power of Zhixuan Heaven.

Her concealment skills were originally so good that even the heavens above the Heaven of Mysterious Heaven could easily deceive her.

This female cultivator was none other than Gong Qinghuang, the Phoenix Maiden of the Heavenly Family in the Immortal Realm!

Gong Qinghuang had been in Zhixuan Heaven for some years, even before Bai Chijing arrived. Although the heavens of Zhixuan Heaven seemed to reject her for some reason, the existence of the Immortal Cave in this world made it easy for Gong Qinghuang to cross the sea and enter Zhixuan Heaven by sheer trickery, and she even occupied a spot as a near-immortal.

Therefore, although there are two positions of near-immortal, only one of "Su Bairen" and "Ning Jingxian" can actually succeed in ascending to the position!

This is why Gong Qinghuang instigated "Ning Jing Xian" to take action against the reincarnation of the Primordial Immortal Power.

She wanted to develop the Worldly Beauty Immortal to break the control that Zhi Xuantian had over their group, thereby attracting her sisters to come. She also wanted to use this to cover up the fact that she occupied a spot for a near-Dao Immortal.

At this moment, Gong Qinghuang, who had been expelled from Zhixuan Heaven, followed the supreme form of the "eye" in an attempt to see the true identity of the person who possessed it. However, to her dismay, she was unable to lock onto the other party.

This was not only because her "eyes" were outmatched by the opponent, but also because some unseen force was preventing her from doing so.

It is similar to the obstacle of perception, but not entirely.

Unless someone with sufficient power can help her break through this barrier, it's not impossible for Gong Qinghuang to recognize Bai Chijing, even though the Celestial Venerable of the Near Dao and Gong Qinghuang have mentioned his name before.

This terrifying influence can be described as the ultimate state of the "Ten Greedy Desires Suffering Immortal Scripture"!
That's a level that even Bai Chijing can't reach right now.

So much so that even now, Bai Chijing is still unaware of this matter.

Bai Chijing saw Gong Qinghuang, and his eyes immediately sharpened, as if the fog of confusion had been completely dispelled.

He saw some things about Gong Qinghuang.

There is a past, and there is a future.

The future is vague, and the past, though fragmented, is very clear.

"Immortal's understanding of the Dao?"

Bai Chijing's eyes flickered slightly. He hadn't expected that the Heavenly Dao Immortal Explanation would give rise to something like this term. Each Immortal Explanation Dao Force could bestow supreme power upon a near-Dao Celestial Venerable.

If converted into extraordinary power and energy, then it would be an additional 10%.

However, the initial Immortal Daoist power does not possess any specific properties; it only changes according to the will of the one who extracts it.

A single Heavenly Dao Immortal Explanation can give rise to four Immortal Explanation Dao Forces. However, the price for the birth of these Immortal Explanation Dao Forces is that once these four Immortal Explanation Dao Forces are taken away, the entire Heavenly Dao Immortal Explanation may be permanently trapped in an unrepairable state.

Even if someone later finds a solution, the power of the Heavenly Dao Immortal's Solution will become extremely undeserved due to the constant possibility of falling into an unmanageable state of stagnation.

Even if one manages to achieve some success in cultivation, it is difficult to make further progress.

"The Book of Self-Future Vision"?

Bai Chijing suddenly understood something. He had obtained this Heavenly Dao Immortal Explanation for a long time. At first, he thought it conflicted with his future. Later, he felt that he was missing something. Later, although he had clearly entered the cultivation, the effect was often minimal, so much so that he was too lazy to cultivate this method anymore.

Bai Chijing originally thought it was just a special case of the Heavenly Dao Immortal Explanation, but now he realized that it was clearly because four of the Immortal Explanations of the Heavenly Dao in the "Self-Future Prospect Sutra" had been taken away.

"So the culprit was you..." Bai Chijing then realized that his grudge against Gong Qinghuang had actually started so long ago.

The hatred for those who block the road is irreconcilable!
If he had been able to successfully cultivate the "Scripture of One's Own Future Vision" back then, the time it would have taken him to ascend to the level of a near-Daoist might have been significantly shortened. Of course, the time might also have remained the same, since his talent in his previous life was insufficient to support him in cultivating to the peak below the level of a near-Daoist Celestial Venerable.

However, even so, it could not lessen the enmity between him and Gong Qinghuang.

What's more, old grudges have been compounded by new ones.

Upon entering this realm and seeing through the fog, Bai Chijing naturally learned of the conspiracies and schemes that Gong Qinghuang and "Ningjing Xian" had once plotted together.

Originally, Bai Chijing neither wanted to deliberately befriend the other two cultivators who were about to ascend to the next level of cultivation, nor did he bother to provoke them. After all, these two had no connection to him whatsoever.

But now, Bai Chijing can watch as the soon-to-be-ascended Su Jian smoothly ascends the throne. As for this "Tranquil Immortal" who wants to take the throne, she must settle this past grudge with him first!
If this matter cannot be resolved, then we can only ask this "Tranquil Immortal" to go through the cycle of reincarnation.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Chijing raised his hand and made a gesture.

In an instant, a heavily injured figure was drawn to appear before Bai Chijing. This was a Taoist priest, possessing the most ancient aura of the Taihao Immortal Monkey Clan, none other than "Hidden Spirit Profound Void".

As Bai Chijing ascended to the throne, the backlash of fortune began to settle scores. Although he had made every effort, he still could not offset his merits and demerits, and he was now on the verge of destruction.

This is the terrifying aspect of someone interfering in the ascension to the throne.

However, as Bai Chijing brought him here, the Dao injury on this "Hidden Spirit Profound Void" Daoist was immediately contained, and even began to show signs of improvement.

After all, the original form of this "Hidden Spirit Mysterious Void" was the first spirit monkey during the Three Emperors' era.

Born with the cultivation level of an immortal at the True Realm! If it hadn't been born at the wrong time and later suffered a treacherous plot, this spirit monkey would definitely have been able to seize a chance to survive, and at least wouldn't have been refined by someone like it is now.

"Thank you, Primordial Celestial Venerable! The Celestial Venerable is merciful!"

When the Daoist "Hidden Spirit Mysterious Void" saw Bai Chijing, he realized that his injuries had begun to heal and immediately understood. So he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

He interfered in the struggle for the throne, and his true form became a pawn and a scapegoat. Because he achieved his goal through the method of severing the three corpses and merging with the Dao, he did not perish along with the others. However, even so, he was still in great pain. Because he failed to offset his merits and demerits, the backlash from his destiny meant that he could not even preserve his immortal soul, let alone leave any backup plan for reincarnation.

“Go do one thing for me, and I will spare you the suffering of backlash. Even if this fails, I will guarantee that you will be able to reincarnate successfully and return to the path of immortality,” Bai Chijing said.

He intended to use this "Hidden Spirit Mysterious Void" Taoist as a pawn to help him prevent the "Tranquil Immortal" from ascending to the throne.

Because he had interfered in the ascension to the throne, he directly provided support to the other party.

"Does the Primordial Celestial Venerable want me to obstruct someone from ascending to the throne? I wonder which one the Celestial Venerable wants me to obstruct?" Upon hearing Bai Chijing's words, the Daoist "Hidden Spirit Mysterious Void" understood Bai Chijing's meaning and asked without hesitation.

After all, he had no other choice given his current situation. Moreover, even if he failed to prevent the ascension to the throne, he could still reincarnate and return to the path of immortality.

It seems that with the promise of a near-Dao Celestial Venerable, even if he cannot cultivate back to his current peak cultivation level, he can still become a Dao-proving Immortal King once again.

This is a very good outcome for him.

So there's no need to hesitate.

Perhaps if he dies cleanly this time, he might gain the favor of the Primordial Celestial Venerable and be granted a wisp of the Power of Constant.

In that case, after his reincarnation, his strength could be considered to have returned to its peak.

As for ascending the throne?

This Daoist, known as "Hidden Spirit Mysterious Void," no longer holds such views.

No matter how special the method of severing the three corpses and merging with the Dao is, even if his physical body perishes, his soul can still be safely reincarnated and cultivated. However, after experiencing this struggle for the throne, he has completely extinguished any thoughts of such a thing.

Unless one day he is able to obtain a position close to the Dao.

Without attaining a near-Dao Venerable position, no matter how much one does, it's all just wishful thinking. Just like this time, his original body initially acted with a do-or-die mentality, but who could have imagined that his original body was merely a pawn?

“Anji,” Bai Chijing said.

This is the real name of that "Ningjing Xian".

This "Tranquil Immortal" was born special, able to control the alternation of day and night. The word "tranquility" also contains a power of heaven and earth, capable of reversing day and night and causing the sun and moon to rotate.

Therefore, she used "Ning Jing Xian" instead of her real name.

Upon hearing the name Anji, the Daoist "Cangling Xuankong" was somewhat surprised, because the Celestial Venerable of Crossing Calamity had some inheritances that fell to the mortal realm and were then obtained by the previous incarnation of "Su Bairen".

Therefore, even if Su Bairen did not become a disciple of the Celestial Venerable of Salvation, he still had some direct relationship with this Celestial Venerable of the Near Dao.

After all, one cannot learn the Celestial Venerable's teachings without the Celestial Venerable's permission.

Su Bairen, who learned some of the teachings of the Celestial Venerable of Salvation, can be considered a disciple of the Celestial Venerable of Salvation.

Furthermore, because he had lived a long time and knew about some extraordinary and powerful things in the Dao of Arrays, in the eyes of this Daoist "Hidden Spirit Mysterious Void", it was most reasonable for Bai Chijing to deal with "Su Bairen".

However, despite his surprise, the Daoist "Hidden Spirit Mysterious Void" didn't say a word more. He accepted the order and went straight to the mortal realm.

He knew where the two who had ascended to the throne were now.

He still needed to think carefully about how to prevent "Ning Jing Xian" from ascending to the throne.

Just as the Daoist "Hidden Spirit Mysterious Void" descended from the clouds to find that "Tranquil Immortal," a cold snort came directly from the void.

"Primordial Celestial Venerable, what do you mean by this? Anji has no grudge against you, so why are you targeting her ascension to the throne?" At this moment, the one who spoke was known as the Azure Cloud Sword Celestial Venerable, who ascended to the throne with one-tenth of the extraordinary power of the sword path.

And this near-Dao Celestial Venerable was none other than the master of "Tranquil Immortal" Anji.

Because his own disciple was plotted against after ascending to the throne, he immediately sensed what Bai Chijing had done.

So they came directly to demand an explanation.

This is the most incredible and wondrous aspect of being close to the Dao and becoming an immortal.

The Way can be left unsaid, the name can be left unnamed. All strife is not strife; non-strife is strife itself!

"Fellow Daoist Cangyun, with your cultivation, surely you can see it?" Bai Chijing said calmly. He directly asked the other party, after all, even he, who had just become a near-Dao Immortal, knew about An Ji's conspiracy. How could Cangyun Sword Celestial Venerable, who had ascended to the throne several eras earlier than him and was also An Ji's teacher, not know about this matter?

Not bringing it up now is simply playing dumb.

This immortal from the Heavenly Realm... is as cunning as ever! Bai Chijing couldn't help but think to himself, after all, there was a precedent for this, and the unlucky guy from that precedent had only been gone for a short while.

(End of this chapter)