Immortal Demonic Path

Chapter 264 The Scheme of Heaven

Time flies, and two hundred years have passed quietly.

In two hundred years, the Huang family produced five rogue immortals, rising to become a top power in the Eastern Continent.

With the addition of the celestial official Huang Chenghu, they were practically unrivaled in their prominence.

Zhang Yue, Ao Yue, and Yun Luo have also successfully entered the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top stage and are now formal Heavenly Soldiers and prospective Heavenly Generals.

Li Hao also achieved the Yang God status, but he left the Heavenly Court and was sent to the mortal realm by Huang Chenghu to hone his skills.

Yunluo returned to Tianyun Kingdom and used its resources to strengthen herself. Although Li Changsheng did not need the power of incense offerings, she still insisted on making offerings and worshipping him.

Li Hao returned to the lower realm and did not remain idle, but instead searched for news of the Earthly Royal Family.

The Great Ming Kingdom, the Immovable King's Palace!

This was the information he had gathered: his parents were direct descendants of the Fudo Myo-ryu Palace, but they were framed and killed by people in the palace.

They fled to the Ten Thousand Mountains and were fortunate to be rescued by the villagers of Changsheng, which is why they are where they are today.

However, with his own strength alone, he was simply unable to shake the Immovable King's Palace.

Because the Immovable King's Palace has a powerful cultivator at the Ascension Realm!

Fortunately, the Chaos Reincarnation Scripture concealed his bloodline, allowing him to infiltrate the royal palace.

And so, Li Hao stayed at the Fudo Myo-ryu Palace for the time being, investigating the news from that year.

Meanwhile, Yun Luo was also honing his skills and rushing to the battlefield. His Chaos Sword Scripture was invincible and he rarely encountered an opponent.

Ao Yue then entered the demon realm to undergo the trials of the dragon race.

Zhang Yue is peacefully cultivating in the Heavenly Court, practicing the Great Dao of the Sun.

Li Changsheng, on the other hand, was somewhat disappointed.

For two hundred years, he traveled all over the mountains, but found no further clues.

There is no Great Sage's Secret Realm, nor any clues about Liu Wuyou and Bai Xian'er.

They encountered many ancient demon clans, but their inheritance methods were missing, so they secretly gave them the complete inheritance.

The power of this era completely disrupted his previous plans.

Originally, he thought he would come out and become the Dao Ancestor, leading an era to develop and creating his own era.

But now, there are too many immortals, and the Heavenly Court is even stronger.

With his current strength, he has no way of controlling the Heavenly Court.

  

"Wuyou's divine soul has improved, but too slowly."

Li Changsheng sighed softly. Liu Wuyou's soul had only been strengthened slightly, without any major changes.

He left the Ten Thousand Mountains and traveled between heaven and earth, searching for the Great Sage's Secret Realm and clues about Bai Xian'er.

He was secretly moving around, observing everything about this era.

History has long been distorted, and the ancient past has become mythology.

When all cultivators mentioned the ancient times, although they didn't know much about them, they all used one word: powerful!

In ancient times, they became powerful figures, but when asked to name certain things, they couldn't.

Even Daoist cultivators have forgotten about the three Dao Venerables: Tai Xuan, Xuan Tian, ​​and Yu Tian.

Although Buddhists chant Amitabha Buddha's name, they never think of Amitabha Buddha as the World Honored One.

The demonic path has completely merged into one, with no distinction between the Primordial Heavenly Demon and the Free Heavenly Demon.

Li Changsheng sensed that the Dao of the Supreme Being and the Great Dao of Amitabha Buddha in the world had long since weakened to the extreme.

The forgotten Daoists, with no one to transform them and maintain their Great Dao.

Cultivators borrow power from the celestial officials of the Heavenly Court, based on their own inherited power.

"The ancient will eventually pass away," Li Changsheng sighed softly.

In this era, no one remembers much about ancient times, let alone the even more distant Tai Xuan Dao Zun and his ilk.

They didn't even know about the sacred embryo of heaven and earth or rare treasures of heaven and earth.

I've never heard of a peach tree, nor do I know about an immortal tree.

Arriving at the edge of the world, Li Changsheng saw stripes of lines, like chains, surrounding the Xuanhuang Realm.

This is not a protective formation; it's a form of confinement!

This pattern is very similar to the pattern that obstructs his vision in the Heavenly Court. The Heavenly Court seals off the Xuanhuang Realm.

Why?

Wasn't the original Heavenly Court an offshoot of the Xuanhuang Realm?

Li Changsheng didn't understand; there were many mysteries in this era waiting for him to unravel.

Three hundred years have passed, and he has come to know the Xuanhuang Realm and the Seven Kingdoms of Xuanhuang.

A new path has been forged based on the incomplete methods of ancient times.

The traces of the once top-tier powers have been erased.

"Time truly is the panacea for everything."

Li Changsheng sighed softly. The top powers and unparalleled geniuses of the past could all be erased without a trace.

Should we go to the Heavenly Court and take down that Xuanhuang Daojun directly?

While they were pondering, the three thousand Chaos Trees suddenly trembled.

Li Changsheng suddenly turned around, his eyes reflecting the flow of the Great Dao, gazing towards the Eastern Continent, in the direction of the Great Ming Kingdom.

"Justice! It was you all along!"

Li Changsheng was shocked and furious. He realized that he couldn't find any clues because he had been isolated!

And this person was none other than Qing Tian!

They were good friends back then, but I never expected that she would erase everything about him in this new era.

The Ming Dynasty.

Fudo Myo-o's Palace!

The boy of yesteryear has grown into a young man, his cultivation at the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of His Head filling the vast void.

Chaotic energy surged, and a pitch-black vortex floated in the void.

Li Hao held a willow branch in his hand; with a wave of his hand, the void trembled, and dozens of cultivators exploded into a bloody mist.

"Li Hao, you, a mere guest retainer, dared to kill my Prince's young master and steal my Prince's treasure! Today, no one can save you!"

A furious roar resounded, and terrifying power swept out.

An old man stepped into the air, his body covered in Netherworld runes, displaying his Five Elements Convergence cultivation without reservation!

"Is that so? I'd like to see just how strong the people from your Fudo Myo-ō-ō-ū-ū are."

The cold voice echoed, and an extremely sharp sword light pierced through the air.

The old man's expression changed, and he quickly used his magical artifact to protect himself.

However, the magical artifact shattered, and the sword light pierced through his body.

A young woman, her body shrouded in sharp, chaotic sword energy, appeared before Li Hao in the blink of an eye, her expression cold: "Heavenly Court Yun Luo, who dares to stop me?!"

Chaotic sword energy permeated the air, and his aura had reached the mid-stage of the Five Qi Gathering!

"Thank you, Sister Yunluo," Li Hao said, cupping his hands in thanks.

"No need to be polite. With me here, even if you don't ascend to immortality, no one can harm you," Yun Luo said with a smile.

"How dare you! You mere heavenly soldiers dare to cause trouble in my royal palace?"

His angry words resounded, and an overwhelming pressure spread out. Deep within the Prince's mansion, the aged figure revived.

Although aged, it was as imposing as a mountain, and its terrifying aura made the two of them feel as if they were about to fall into the void.

"Sister, you really have a jinx! You said you'd ascend to immortality, and here it is!" Li Hao grinned, showing no concern whatsoever.

Yunlu whispered, "Do you have any ideas? If not, call Lao Huang over."

The "Old Huang" she mentioned is now the celestial official, Huang Chenghu.

Even celestial officials in the Heavenly Court must be treated with respect, even if it were a wandering immortal from the Great Ming Dynasty.

"No need, this is a family matter!"

Li Hao's expression was cold as he looked at the old man and said in a chilling voice, "Old man, take a good look at who I am!"

boom

The next moment, a monstrous aura of the underworld surged forth, and the underworld bloodline was no longer concealed!

"You are... a member of the Earthly Royal Family..."

The aged figure stopped in his tracks, a hint of astonishment appearing on his wrinkled face: "If you are a member of the Earthly Royal Family, why did you cause such a ruckus in the Royal Palace and kill your own people?"

"My clansmen? Then why did you kill my parents?!" Li Hao gritted his teeth and said, "My father, Li Cangxuan, was framed. You have already investigated and found out, so why don't you clear my father's name? Why do you let that villain go free? What's wrong with me killing his descendant to avenge my parents?"

"Li Cangxuan?"

The old man frowned, thought for a moment, and then remembered who it was: "So you are Cang Xuan's child. The strength of a clan is not just about kindness, but also about methods. The Earthly Royal Clan needs strong people, people with methods, to lead the Royal Palace to become stronger."

"Methods? Frame your own brothers, fight to the death, is that what you call methods?"

Li Hao laughed in fury: "So this is the Earthly Royal Clan! So this is the Immovable Underworld King! How can you face your ancestors?!"

"Return the treasure, and I can decide to exonerate your parents, grant you entry into the family genealogy, and allow you to rejoin the royal family."

The old man looked at the willow branch in his hand and said.

This treasure was what he was interested in; as for Li Hao, who possessed the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, he didn't care.

"Do you even deserve to possess the treasures of our ancestors?"

Li Hao sneered, "You've worshipped us for countless years, yet you never knew our ancestral treasure had truly emerged. Today, I beg our ancestors to slay you, you unworthy descendant!"

"Hmm?" The old man's gaze sharpened, a sense of unease creeping into his heart. He struck out with his palm, grabbing at Li Hao.

But then they saw that Li Hao's palm was cracked open, and blood stained the willow branches.

bang

In an instant, an ancient imperial aura revived, and an unparalleled figure materialized.

The void was collapsing, the earth was cracking, the entire Immovable King Talisman was being destroyed, and magnificent palaces were reduced to ruins.

"How is that possible..."

The old man's expression changed, and he stared in shock at the figure of the emperor.

For countless years, willow branches have been offered as offerings, yet no one could have imagined that these willow branches would contain an ancient emperor!

An overwhelming pressure spread, and cultivators plummeted into the void. Even an elder at the Immortal Ascension Realm could not stand firm in the void.

Yun Luo and Li Hao, however, were unaffected, staring in astonishment at the figure of the emperor.

The illusory emperor, whose face was obscured, wore a jade-green imperial robe embroidered with a true dragon pattern, with a willow tree imprinted on it, shining brightly.

The Yin and Yang energies swirled around the emperor, while the power of the netherworld surged beneath his feet.

"I, the Emperor, do not permit this; it shall not exist!"

The emperor's voice resounded, like a decree from the Heavenly Emperor. In an instant, the void collapsed, and the Immovable King's Palace vanished as quickly as it was weathered away.

"No……"

The old man from the Immortal Realm roared fiercely, but his body was weathering away at an extremely fast speed, and his life vanished in an instant.

All people and all things vanished under the Emperor's voice.

Yun Luo watched this scene in horror, then cautiously glanced at the illusory figure of the emperor, which had already transformed into a stream of light and returned to the willow branch.

Is this Li Hao's ancestor?

"Thank you, ancestor, for slaying your unworthy descendant." Li Hao bowed respectfully and carefully put the willow tree away.

But the next moment, he saw the willow tree shining brightly, guiding him.

Li Hao's expression hardened slightly: "Let's go, our ancestor will guide me there."

"Where to?" Yunluo asked.

"One Hundred Thousand Mountains!"

Li Hao rode away on a cloud.

Yunluo took him, transformed into a sword light, disappeared from the Great Ming Kingdom, and headed towards the Ten Thousand Mountains.

The next moment, a mighty immortal arrived on a cloud, and the immortal from the Immovable King's Palace returned!

The two entered the Shiwan Mountains at an extremely fast speed.

The next moment, the void twisted, and the two felt dizzy. In the next moment, they found themselves on a mountaintop.

A familiar figure stood atop the mountain, ignoring them.

"Dao Ancestor." Li Hao and Yun Luo quickly stood up and bowed.

With a wave of his hand, the willow tree in Li Hao's hand flew into his.

"Dao Ancestor, what is this?" Li Hao was taken aback and said, "This was left behind by the ancestors of the Earthly Emperor Clan, guiding us here. Are we here to find the Dao Ancestor?"

"This willow branch is part of the body of the Heavenly Heart Emperor," Li Changsheng said calmly. "Your ancestor only left behind the Netherworld Qi."

"But the Earthly Royal Clan has always worshipped this willow branch, believing it to be a legacy from their ancestors," Li Hao said blankly.

It's actually a part of the body of the Heavenly Emperor. Could it be that their Earthly Royal Clan is also a descendant of the Heavenly Emperor?

"Let me draw out the Heavenly Heart Divine Soul." Li Changsheng activated the Three Thousand Worlds Law.

Liu Wuyou's divine soul flew out, still possessing the figure of an emperor, but without the slightest imposing aura.

The Three Thousand Chaos Trees were taken out, and the illusory divine soul flew out. The two merged and solidified considerably.

"this……"

The two watched this scene in shock, never expecting that the Dao Ancestor had another one in his hand.

"This old body is no longer needed." Li Changsheng returned the willow branch to Li Hao.

Meanwhile, Liu Wuyou's soul also stirred up a wisp of immortal power, forming a picture.

The image shows Liu Wuyou and Jiu Youming, but their faces are still blurry.

"I cannot help you evolve into the Netherworld, but a part of my body can be placed in the Netherworld to protect your Netherworld lineage."

"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor. With your protection, I believe the Netherworld will not perish." Nine Netherworld bowed slightly. "When we return, we will rebuild the complete Netherworld."

"I will definitely come back, Changsheng is still waiting for me!" Liu Wuyou said firmly.

"So that's how it is," Li Hao and Yun Luo said in realization.

"I have traveled throughout the Xuanhuang Realm without sensing anything. This time, I owe it all to you." Li Changsheng looked at Li Hao: "If you hadn't broken the restriction and taken out the branch, I wouldn't have been able to sense it either."

"A restriction?" Li Hao scratched his head. "Dao Ancestor, I didn't sense any restriction. It was just that my bloodline sensed something in the tree branch, so I used my blood to irrigate it and was able to awaken the Heavenly Emperor's old body."

"It was your blood that broke the invisible barrier." Li Changsheng sighed softly, "I never expected that my former friend would scheme against me like this."

"Friends? Scheming?" Li Hao was taken aback: "Dao Ancestor, who could scheme against you?"

"The blue sky that unites with heaven and earth—in this era, many traces of the ancient times have been erased."

Li Changsheng sighed softly, "Only when you broke the seal today did I sense that the power of the Azure Sky was your blood that awakened the remnants of the Nine Netherworld, alarming the Heavenly Heart Emperor, which enabled the seal to be broken."

It was also Liu Wuyou who had begun to reflect, not only his Chaos Tree, but also the rest of his body!

Otherwise, the restriction couldn't be broken, and he wouldn't have been able to detect it.

"This Qingtian is utterly despicable, daring to plot against the Dao Ancestor!" Yun Luo said angrily.

"I helped her attain enlightenment back then, but I never expected that she would plot against me and sever ties with me today."

Li Changsheng pondered and said, "I do need your help to find more of the remnants of the Heavenly Heart Emperor. If I take action, it will surely cause a cataclysmic upheaval, and I will have to uncover the Xuanhuang Realm. The commotion will be too great, and countless people will die."

If he were to turn the Xuanhuang Realm upside down, it would surely attract the attention of the Heavenly Court.

(End of this chapter)