My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 206 Taking the Opportunity to Defeat Gong Qinghuang

As Su Jian ascended to his position, the extraordinary phenomenon became apparent, with a vast and boundless aura permeating the heavens and earth. This was because, following the initial ten percent of extraordinary sword power, another ten percent of extraordinary power had been attracted.

However, it's not over yet.

Two more extraordinary powers arrived, one after the other. With each increase of one-tenth in extraordinary power, Su Jian's aura became increasingly unfathomable.

Finally, this extraordinary power, which accounted for 45% of the total, allowed Su Jian to successfully cross that threshold.

He endured countless lifetimes of forbearance, and he did not gain nothing.

As Su Jian advanced to the level of a near-Dao Celestial Venerable, he simply raised his hand and made a move.

No sword was drawn, only the sound of a sword ringing out. As the resounding sound shook heaven and earth, a sense of supreme power was directly suppressed over the entire world.

Although this righteous intention was only suppressed for a moment before disappearing without a trace, it still made the world aware of what that sword was.

One of the Three Emperors, the Supreme Emperor's constant treasure—the Supreme Emperor Sword.

Only this one imperial sword could suppress heaven and earth for a moment. Because in the past, this Supreme Immortal Emperor had done just that.

Although Su Jian had only recently ascended to the throne, he wielded a powerful and constant treasure, and thus the terrifying power of the Heavenly Dao's killing intent was instantly drawn down by him.

Sword energies pierced the heavens and earth, and then a woman's scream rang out.

That was tranquility.

Since ascending to the throne, she hadn't taken any other actions, because at that time, the Primordial Celestial Venerable Bai Chijing was merely trapped in the Time-Breakthrough, not dead. Furthermore, she hadn't yet refined her own Constant Treasure, and her overall strength was among the lowest of the Near-Dao Celestial Venerables.

Therefore, when faced with Su Jian's attack wielding the power of Heaven's Dao, he had no power to fight back and died helplessly with resentment.

Of course, he only died once.

However, Su Jian had already achieved his goal. The tranquil position of the near-Dao Venerable was suddenly occupied by a figure that appeared and disappeared.

Since his position of honor cannot be taken by the other party, he can only take the position of tranquility now.

Then, without hesitation, Su Jian used his near-Dao power to spread his voice throughout the entire Zhixuan Heaven: "The method transmitted by Daoist Hongshi is extremely terrifying, and can directly replace everything of the person who cultivates it."

This is the main reason why the Heavenly Venerable of the Boundless Realm spared no effort to obtain the resources for ascending to the throne, in order to awaken Su Jian.

Originally, after accidentally obtaining Su Jian's soul and figuring out Su Jian's special condition, Wuwangjing Tianzun's initial idea was to use it to curry favor at a suitable time in the future.

Unexpectedly, this has now become his backup plan.

After transmitting his Daoist message, Su Jian, carrying the remaining true spirit of the Boundless Realm Celestial Venerable, hid in his blessed land. Although his blessed land could not hide from other near-Dao Celestial Venerables, it could prevent near-Dao Immortals who were not from this Knowing Profound Heaven from entering.

At this moment, because Su Jian ascended to the throne with 45% of his extraordinary power, he killed Anji Tianzun, the one who ascended to the throne a hundred years ago, and then used his own power close to the Dao to spread the Dao sound. This world was in an uproar.

One by one, the immortals awoke directly from their self-imposed state.

Because they were disturbed, these immortals were somewhat unable to control their auras, resulting in numerous collisions with the strange and unpredictable spiritual energy of the Heavenly Realm.

The mutated spiritual energy could not contain these immortals, but while it could not contain them, it could not harm these former immortals.

These immortals are nothing in the eyes of the Celestial Venerable of the Near Dao, but that doesn't mean they are incompetent.

However, most of the immortals who were disturbed did not react much when they learned of this astonishing event.

Some ancient immortals, especially those who followed the Great Luo Immortal Path system and had heard the teachings of Hongshi Daoren, reacted with extreme intensity at this time.

Because they all practiced the method of severing the three corpses and merging with the Dao.

Besides, many of them relied on this method of severing the three corpses and merging with the Dao to cultivate avatars, which is why they have been able to survive unharmed until now.

However, no matter how intensely these immortals reacted, they could only fluctuate emotionally and could not affect Hongshi Daoren, who now occupied everything of the Wuwang Realm Heavenly Venerable.

Inside the Immortal Cave, although Su Jian's ascension to the throne was unexpected, Daoist Hongshi couldn't help but sigh, "We should try to take fewer of these cautious types in the future."

Especially those who have become close to the immortal path, yet still maintain a cautious heart!
Before taking action, he had already guessed that the Celestial Venerable of the Boundless Realm would leave a contingency plan to expose his usurpation of power. However, he never expected that the Celestial Venerable of the Boundless Realm would be so decisive as to give away even his own resources for ascending the throne.

In this way, even if his disciple were to regain this near-Dao Venerable position in the future, he would still need to painstakingly accumulate the resources for ascending to the position before he could successfully ascend to it.

“No, he’s using the path of immortal cultivation to create his own lineage of destiny, thereby gaining a position closer to the Dao.” Hongshi Daoist’s eyes flickered slightly, and at the same time, he felt a greater sense of recognition for his former disciple, Wuwangjing Tianzun.

A mediocre disciple is unnecessary for someone of his status.

But a disciple who dares to give up everything, start over, and try the path of immortal cultivation is undoubtedly someone he can look at with more respect.

Because he already knew a thing or two about the path of immortal cultivation when he came to Zhixuan Heaven a century ago.

However, even he could only obtain some vague information at that time.

He glimpsed that in the world of Zhixuan Heaven, a third cultivation system would appear at a certain point in the future.

This third cultivation system will affect all near-Dao immortals, and even beings like Banhu!
As for how it would affect him, he couldn't fathom it at all. Therefore, if a disciple were willing to test the waters for him, Master Hongshi would undoubtedly be happy to see it happen.

"Since that's the case, once this matter is settled, I won't mind bestowing some good fortune upon you," Hongshi Daoren said with a smile. At this moment, naturally no one could hear his words, but when the time was right, Wuwang Realm Heavenly Venerable would naturally hear them.

Then, having obtained the "legitimate" existence of the Mysterious Heaven, the Daoist Hongshi took the initiative to go to that layer of heaven deep in the sky.

For those near-immortals, the atmosphere of that place was very strange.

However, it was merely strange.

The aura of decaying corpses attracted by Bai Chijing's sacrificial ritual was ridiculously strong, but it wasn't an indiscriminate massacre; it was only directed at the Heavenly Dao of Zhixuan Heaven.

That is, Emperor Tianzun.

And by borrowing the essence of the Heavenly Emperor, it influences some of the rules of the Mysterious Heaven.

Therefore, a near-immortal can easily dispel the dark aura that permeates the area surrounding this layer of heaven deep within the sky.

When Hongshi Daoren arrived, the pervasive and rolling dark mist made way for this supreme being from the primordial chaos.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, Hongshi Daoist entered this level of heaven.

Compared to when the Old Celestial Venerable came, this layer of heaven has not changed much. To be precise, it is only missing a treasure called the Taihao Immortal Emperor Golden Source.

The dim black mist that appeared outwardly, seemingly endless, was now completely invisible in this layer of heaven.

However, it wasn't that it didn't exist. Rather, the dim black mist here was all entangled around a towering figure.

This imposing figure was none other than Emperor Tianzun.

He sat atop the towering throne of the Immortal Emperor, his imposing presence undiminished. Even a mere wisp of that power was enough to chill the hearts of near-Dao Immortals like An Ji. Yet, at this moment, the eyes of this terrifying body were devoid of any spiritual light; though still alive, he was clearly a dead man.

This is an incredibly incongruous performance.

Logically speaking, this should never have happened, but it happened anyway.

This is because the true spirit within is powerless to resist and has lost its self-awareness. Therefore, even though Emperor Tianzun still has a physical form, fundamentally, it has long since returned to its former appearance as the Heavenly Dao.

Heaven is ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs, yet it is also supremely just.

Therefore, upon realizing the influence of those decaying forces and the dim black mist on Zhixuan Heaven, the heavens of Zhixuan Heaven immediately used this body to suppress them.

The ways of Heaven are unpredictable!

But the Way of Heaven has not died!
The true Heavenly Way cannot die unless it transforms into the Human Way. However, strangely enough, as if in a cycle, all Heavenly Ways are destined to transform into the Human Way.

The Heavenly Dao, which is transformed from the immortals who extend the life of Heaven and Earth, is ultimately the Dao of Man, so it is understandable that it cannot escape falling into oblivion.

But this is the very existence of the Way of Heaven. It will gradually transform into the Way of Humanity, generating all sorts of selfish desires, intending to devour the world and seize supreme hegemony, which seems inconceivable.

Just as excess is as bad as deficiency, this law of nature seems to be a kind of creation principle.

Or perhaps, this itself is a reflection of the fundamental principle of moderation!
"Emperor Heavenly Venerable..."

Looking at the imposing figure before him, Hongshi Daoren couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for his kind. The First Immortal's guess about him was, in fact, correct.

The method of merging with the Dao that he created did initially restrain the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial Chaos.

However, after being restrained, Hongshi Daoren realized that he was a joke. He began to lose himself, and then rebuilt himself.

However, the reshaped Hongshi Daoren is more accurately described as the Primordial Heavenly Dao than as the Hongshi Daoren.

Great Primordial Heavenly Emperor!
The Heavenly Dao of the Primordial Chaos also developed self-awareness long ago. However, the Primordial Chaos was already a fully formed world, so although the Heavenly Dao possessed self-awareness at that time, it did not manifest itself.

Until... Hongshi Daoren intended to merge with the Dao in order to control the entire Primordial World.

Thus, faced with this "delicious food" delivered to its door, the Primordial Heavenly Dao did not hesitate for even half a second before swallowing it whole, turning Hongshi Daoist into a part of itself.

At this moment, within Hongshi Dao's body, the primary emotions belonging to the Primordial Chaos were constantly surging.

After all, Emperor Tianzun and he were of the same kind.

"Why does this Primordial Immortal Bai Chijing behave so differently from the other Primordial Immortals?" Hongshi Daoist couldn't help but say. He had encountered two Primordial Immortals before, one of whom he had refined, while the other was lucky enough to escape. However, even if these two Primordial Immortals were combined, their performance wouldn't even be half as good as Bai Chijing's.

Emperor Tianzun had just made a simple calculation and lightly reprimanded Bai Chijing, but Bai Chijing turned around and somehow attracted such a terrifying thing, which directly affected the entire Zhixuan Heaven.

Furthermore, the Emperor Heavenly Venerable, who had been nurtured for eleven epochs before taking shape, was directly reduced to his original form.

“Fellow Daoist Emperor Tianzun, although our relationship is just so-so, and you have been wary of me in the past, rest assured, I will not only not blame you, but I will also avenge you... because you were right to be wary.” As Hongshi Daoist spoke, he stepped forward.

With each step it took forward, it overlapped slightly with the majestic body of the Heavenly Emperor.

He went to such great lengths to arrive; if the timing wasn't right, he could only come to gather information. But now the timing is perfect. If he didn't take the place of the one who possesses the divine body of Zhi Xuantian, wouldn't that be a waste of his talents?

This is truly a case of Heaven's will not grant one's request, and one will surely suffer the consequences.

However, this fusion and mastery takes a lot of time, not just a few hours or days. In addition, since everything is now foolproof, Daoist Hongshi generously released the near-Dao Venerable position he occupied.

As a teacher, you shouldn't take things from your students.

Moreover, keeping this thing now would only hinder him. A little deception is still necessary.

……

Within the Heaven of Knowledge of Mystery, the sea, which had been calming down after a storm, suddenly became turbulent again.

This time, the ripples still have the potential to escalate into a raging storm.

Because after Hongshi Daoren released that near-Dao Venerable position, Gong Qinghuang, who had previously occupied Anji's near-Dao Venerable position and thus prevented the newly promoted Heavenly Venerable from fully returning to his original position, could no longer continue to occupy it in such an unseemly manner after seeing the appearance of another near-Dao Venerable position.

After all, Anji was already a member of the Worldly Immortals.

It's her sister.

Therefore, she voluntarily relinquished Anji's position as a close disciple, allowing Anji to smoothly return to his rightful place.

However, just as Gong Qinghuang was about to occupy the newly emerged near-Dao Venerable position, a large seal suddenly appeared, then, carrying the killing power of the Heavenly Dao, landed directly on Gong Qinghuang.

"The Primordial Celestial Venerable of the White Pool Scenery!"

Gong Qinghuang fell from the newly emerged near-Dao Venerable position, her figure disheveled, her beautiful eyes filled with anger.

After all, this treasure with constant value is too easy to recognize.

However, Bai Chijing, who made the move, did not respond to her.

With a single sword cry, the Nine Swords Supreme Treasure, which had already formed the Nine Swords Universe Talisman, summoned countless Heavenly Dao killing forces, transforming them into sword energy capable of cleaving heaven and earth, directly engulfing Gong Qinghuang in the killing.

Before Gong Qinghuang could react, ten beads condensed. Driven by the power of enlightenment, although not as powerful as the killing force of the Heavenly Dao, this strike still severely injured Gong Qinghuang.

The struggle among those who are close to the Dao is just this simple and unadorned.

After all, a treasure of constant existence represents the lifelong cultivation of a near-Dao Celestial Venerable.

Bai Chijing acted swiftly, from the moment he struck to the moment he brutally beat Gong Qinghuang, it was only a moment. Then, as his mental image bloomed, it outlined a mental realm, and Gong Qinghuang's figure was directly obliterated.

However, this alone is not enough to kill a near-Dao Celestial Venerable.

But being unable to kill someone doesn't mean they can't be killed.

What Bai Chijing wanted most was forcibly kept by him under the suppression of his fierce gaze.

It was an object shaped like an eye, within which the past and future seemed to flow!
(End of this chapter)