Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 619 The River Styx Connects Heaven and Earth, One Step Leaving the Forbidden Immortal Realm
The courtyard of the Three Immortals Pavilion in Aishan.

The old beggar stood at the door with his hands behind his back, softly reciting:
"Having come to know the vastness of the universe, I am no longer attached to the green of the grass and trees."

"Li Wushou, very good!"

The old beggar was in a good mood.

This time, he didn't haggle with Li Wushou over the cost of incense offerings, and instead wore a smile.

Li Wushou glanced at the golden incense stick on the incense burner. He was surprised by the amount of incense contained in the stick. It was the first time he had ever seen the stingy old beggar take out such a thing.

But at this moment, Li Wushou had no interest in studying this object.

Because Sanxianguan is wrong!
As the divine aperture of heaven and earth detached from his brow, it floated in the outside world.

The low mountain and the Three Immortals Pavilion, which were originally rooted in the center of the Divine Aperture World, did not leave his brow space along with the separation of the Divine Aperture World.

Gazing at the old beggar, Li Wushou asked softly:
"Isn't the Three Immortals Pavilion of Dwarf Mountain located in the Divine Aperture World?"

Upon hearing this, the old beggar slowly walked out of the Three Immortals Hall and stood in the courtyard, smiling:

"Who said the Three Immortals Pavilion is in the Divine Aperture Heaven and Earth?"

Li Wushou raised an eyebrow. What did he mean by that?
His divine ability was based on the method of sealing spirits, which the old beggar obtained through the power of the collective wishes.

After the divine aperture was opened, Li Wushou moved the Three Immortals Pavilion into the divine aperture and carried it with him.

He built the hill himself, stone by stone!

How could it not be within the realm of divine apertures?
Suddenly, Li Wushou's mind stirred.

The Divine Aperture Heaven and Earth was transformed from the Divine Aperture World, which in turn was his Divine Aperture, born after being nourished by a large amount of Dharma Realm power.

Does this mean that the divine aperture is the divine aperture, and the world of the divine aperture is the world of the divine aperture?

Although Aishan and Sanxianguan seem to always be within the world of divine apertures, they are actually not in the same dimension, and they coexist within their own divine apertures.

With this in mind, Li Wushou's mind began to explore the surroundings of the Three Immortals Pavilion.

Sure enough, soon amidst the ashes of incense, Li Wushou sensed a clear boundary once again.

That was the edge of his divine sense!

It turns out that the Three Immortals Pavilion of Aishan is not actually located in the Divine Aperture World.

After realizing this, Li Wushou showed no joy. Who else could have made him make such a misjudgment all this time, besides the old beggar?

Seeing the smile on the old beggar's face, Li Wushou felt a surge of inexplicable anger.

Just as he was about to lash out, he saw the old beggar's smile vanish, and he said solemnly:
"The Three Immortals Pavilion is a place of vital importance to our lives; we cannot be too serious about it!"

Li Wushou's eyes throbbed with anger. What he said was indeed true, but it only made him angrier, yet he couldn't retaliate.

Seeing this, the old beggar said, seemingly explaining, yet also hinting at something:

"I didn't mean to hide it from you. It's just that your level of understanding wasn't high enough in the past, so you couldn't see clearly. This world is full of truths and falsehoods. Now that you've opened up the inner and outer worlds, if you pay more attention, you'll be able to see things clearly."

After saying that, the old beggar’s shoulders twitched violently, and in the blink of an eye, two heads emerged.

The heads all resembled old beggars, but each had a different expression.

The one on the left is indifferent and dignified, with a pair of golden eyes;
The one on the right is somber and noble, with a pair of black eyes.

The moment the two heads emerged, the old beggar's body tore apart, splitting into three.

The moment the two old beggars, one with black eyes and the other with golden eyes, stood still, they each took a step to the left and right simultaneously.

The next moment, at the center of Li Wushou's inner and outer worlds, two towering mountains, identical to the low mountains in Li Wushou's divine aperture, rose from the ground.

At the mountaintop, light and shadow danced.

The old beggar with black eyes stood atop the low mountain in the inner world.

With a flick of his sleeve, the earth and stones loosened, and a thatched hut grew out of the low hill. The furnishings of this hut were exactly the same as those of the Three Immortals Pavilion, and even the weeds in the courtyard were exactly the same.

At the same time, the old beggar with golden eyes also planted a similar thatched hut on the top of a low mountain in the outer world.

The two old beggars simultaneously took out a wooden board and wrote the three large characters "Sanxianguan" (Three Immortals Pavilion) in a flowing, elegant style. Then they quietly hung it on the wooden door of the thatched hut.

Then the two old beggars went into the hut without looking back.

Only then did Li Wushou realize that the two Three Immortals Pavilions were somewhat different.

The memorial tablets on the altar did not include him or Chen Gou'er; only the old beggar was there!
Before Li Wushou could ask, the old beggar in the courtyard of the Three Immortals Pavilion inside the Divine Aperture offered the explanation:

"A cunning rabbit has three burrows; it's always good to have more insurance!"

Li Wushou's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this.

His initial excitement at breaking through to the Venerable level subsided somewhat.

In order to avoid "His" eyes and ears, Li Wushou had already hidden in the Forbidden Immortal Land, but didn't the old beggar's actions mean that even so, he still couldn't guarantee that he had avoided "His" completely?
He hated this feeling, and his desire to overthrow "He" burned even brighter. Gazing at the old beggar in person, Li Wushou asked:
"Is there anything else I can do to help?"

After doing all this, the old beggar's expression did not seem to ease.

Upon hearing this, he solemnly replied:

"All the benefits from the Blood Buddha go to me and Gou'er; 'He' can't cause any trouble!"

Li Wushou rolled his eyes and began to calm himself down.

With his physical body breaking through to near-immortality, Li Wushou's emotions became increasingly indifferent. This was not because he had lost his emotions and desires, but because his control over them had become unparalleled.

But the old beggar always seemed to have a knack for easily stirring his emotions. He began to suspect that the previous act of feigning mystery was all a setup for this very request!
Seeing this, the old beggar's solemn expression vanished, and he quickly called out:

"Your physical body is almost immortal; consuming the Blood Buddha would be useless now."

"I became an immortal so that I could have enough to eat, warm clothes, and do whatever I wanted."

"Becoming an immortal just for this? What's the difference between that and being a human?"

"What you said isn't so bad about immortals."

After a short while, the heated discussion gradually subsided.

Unlike usual, both of them looked happy, as if they were satisfied with the outcome of their discussion.

Li Wushou calmed his mind, and the aura of his breakthrough in both his inner and outer worlds dissipated with the wind.

The golden lotuses that filled the sky above the Five Elements Sect either dissipated into the void, sank into the bottom of the crater, or merged into the bodies of the unconscious members of the Five Elements Sect.

Li Wushou looked around, ignoring the cries of the Five Elements Ring, a treasure from beneath the crater, and took a step forward, disappearing from the spot.

Having reached his level of cultivation, the so-called supreme treasures no longer held much significance for him.

His physical body is the most powerful treasure!

Moreover, the innate Dao patterns of the Five Elements within his body can manifest at any time.

Why take away a new Five Elements Ring that is even more powerful than the original Five Elements Ring, thus causing the collapse of the Five Elements Sect?
High in the sky, the gale raged.

Even a master like Mu Feng could not withstand the onslaught of this wind.

Li Wushou flashed out of the void and stood quietly in the gale, feeling as if he were bathed in a spring breeze.

The outer world is invisible to the naked eye, yet it follows Li Wushou like a shadow.

After returning to the outside world, Li Wushou will hide it in the depths of the endless void. At that time, if he wishes, he can open up a sacred domain at any time.

Gazing into the void, Li Wushou asked softly:
How do we get out?

Li Wushou did have other methods to escape the forbidden immortal realm.

With his abilities, he could easily launch a direct attack.

But in the end, this place will probably be almost completely destroyed.

Both the inner and outer worlds benefited from this place, and Li Wushou had a natural affinity for the Forbidden Immortal Land, so he naturally did not want to be like this.

The old beggar remained standing in the courtyard of the Three Immortals Pavilion, not responding to the words.

He had previously had a very good talk with Li Wushou, and was particularly satisfied with it. Naturally, he didn't want to create any unnecessary complications, so he replied directly:

"I can handle it!"

After he finished speaking, the other party did not make any move.

As Li Wushou was wondering, he suddenly saw that the entrance to the Three Immortals Pavilion atop the low mountain in the inner world had quietly opened.

The old beggar with dark eyes opened his mouth slightly.

He uttered a single word, saying:
"deep!"

Then, a large amount of Styx water was spewed out of the other party's mouth. The Styx water flooded the low mountain and flowed straight down, sinking into the Netherworld beneath the Inner Heaven and Earth.

In a short time, the evolution of the Netherworld greatly improved.

Even the reflections of the land within the innate tomb left by Li Wushou began to become more detailed.

Youdu City, Naihe Bridge, Lotus Platform
Even many regions that Li Wushou had never seen before began to be fully developed.

What surprised Li Wushou even more was that, beneath the earth in the outer world, although there was no Netherworld, a River Styx had also emerged.

Li Wushou had a premonition.

These two rivers of the underworld were not newly created, but belonged to the same river as the one in the low mountain of his divine aperture.

Because he sensed a familiar ghostly aura within it!
This River Styx connects its own divine aperture with the inner and outer worlds.

The spatial principles involved are still somewhat unclear even to Li Wushou, who is at his current level of understanding.

Li Wushou couldn't help but wonder if the Three Immortals Pavilion, the Low Mountain, and the River Styx, which were located in the divine aperture between his eyebrows, were really located in his divine aperture.
Could this be another trick by the old beggar?
As I was pondering, I suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound.

Intending to calm his mind, he heard the old beggar shout from within his divine aperture:
"Now, let's go!"

Startled, Li Wushou looked up abruptly. In the sky before him, a Styx River had appeared, flowing out of nowhere.

This River Styx comes from nothingness and flows back to nothingness.

Li Wushou was shocked. This River Styx was not the same as the one in the Divine Aperture Low Mountain!
He recognized this aura very clearly. The Styx River beneath Huangyuan Mountain, which the old beggar had sealed into the Gate of Reincarnation, was filled with this ancient and sinister aura.

Subconsciously stepping inside, Li Wushou suddenly felt his body move.

Following the direction of the Styx waves, it disappeared into the sky.

Whether it was his imagination or not, several portals flashed through his mind.

Li Wushou also had another feeling, that his own River Styx was like a stream flowing into the sea, joining this River Styx.

Before he could investigate further, the old beggar reminded him.

"They've already left the forbidden realm, be careful!"

(End of this chapter)