Chapter 1043: Dao Venerable's Obstruction (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
Chapter 1043: Dao Venerable's Obstruction (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
Above Lingshan, a celestial phenomenon appeared!
A black vortex emerged, revealing a profound aura of reincarnation.
In the Shushan World, the Law of Reincarnation manifested as a Wheel of Reincarnation.
But in the True Immortal World, it was an inexplicable black hole, without beginning or end, mysterious and unfathomable. . .
Every person who gazed upon the reincarnation seemed to see their past life, their life before that. . . and even their past and future, across three lives and three worlds. . .
Above Lingshan, ancient Immortals were awakened one by one. Gazing at this scene, they were all profoundly shaken:
"Ancient legends say that when an Immortal cultivates to become a Dao Monarch, a celestial phenomenon will appear. . . "
An Immortal with three-zhang-long white hair murmured, "The first layer of celestial phenomenon is the 'Great Dao Profound Sound'. Any cultivator who hears this sound can gain immense benefits, even advancing their cultivation technique by another level. . . "
"And the subsequent phenomena are greatly related to the cultivator's foundation, their accumulation, and even their Dao Seed. . . "
...
For some reason, when Fang Xian saw this black hole of reincarnation, his eyes became distant.
Suddenly, he seemed to see his past life – a young man with an auspicious cloud above his head and a cinnabar mole between his brows.
The young man slowly smiled, about to merge with him.
"The me of a past life is no longer me. . . I am Fang Xian, not anyone else! "
Fang Xian murmured, then joined his fingers like a sword and slashed.
A sword light, graceful as a startled swan and fluid as a roaming dragon, cut once, and the phantom of the young man with the cinnabar mole between his brows shattered with a boom.
For some reason, Fang Xian felt a sense of loss, yet at the same time, he exhaled a long breath, feeling his mind clear.
He did not choose to merge memories from previous lives to break through his current bottleneck, as other cultivators might.
Instead, he chose to sever his past life!
Although no immediate benefits descended, severing the karma of his past life would naturally be greatly beneficial to his future cultivation.
Fang Xian felt his thoughts flow unimpeded. He was confident he would overcome the Immortal Thunder Tribulation to become an Immortal, and even after becoming an Immortal, he would pass through numerous subsequent tribulations.
At this moment, the phenomenon in the void changed again. The phantom of a strange giant tree appeared, rapidly growing from a sapling into a towering ancient tree.
Its trunk was black, its leaves like emerald, adorned with gold and silver patterns – precisely the Demonic Tree!
And around the Demonic Tree, a long river of time seemed to flow, countless branches plunging into the river water, drawing power from time itself, growing at an astonishing speed.
The third layer of the Dao Monarch phenomenon – the Great Dao Tree!
After the Great Dao Tree experienced its cycle of withered glory, another brilliant light appeared between heaven and earth.
This light exploded with a bang, turning into primal chaos!
As chaos parted, the concepts of past, present, future, and all directions emerged.
The universe was born, and within the dazzling galaxy, Great Thousand Worlds, larger than stars, appeared one by one, with countless Middle Thousand and Small Thousand Worlds revolving around them. . .
Earth, Fire, Wind, Water. . .
Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth. . .
The Two Poles and Four Symbols, Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, all aspects of the human world, all beings between heaven and earth. . . everything was contained within.
"This is. . . the fourth layer of phenomenon? "
The ancient Immortal with three-zhang white hair exclaimed, "When most Dao Monarchs achieve Dao, there are only three layers of celestial phenomena. This Dao Monarch actually has a fourth layer, indicating an incredibly profound foundation. He must have achieved Dao as a Heavenly Immortal; his future Dao path is immeasurable. . . "
At this thought, the assembled Immortals couldn't help but feel dispirited.
"Such phenomena are greatly beneficial to our cultivation. . . yet we have never heard of them. "
Another Immortal said, "I actually comprehended the vastness of heaven and earth from it. . . Could it be the 'Dao Becoming Heaven and Earth' recorded in ancient texts? ! "
"It's 'Dao Becoming Heaven and Earth'? It is said that those Dao Monarchs who manifest this phenomenon, as long as they don't perish, mostly go on to become Dao Venerables. . . "
All the Immortals expressed their admiration.
"Reincarnation Dao Monarch. . . this Great Dao, which no one has ever walked, is truly enviable. "
"His future advancement will likely be quite smooth; the True Immortal World will soon have another Reincarnation Dao Venerable. "
The three-zhang-haired Immortal sighed.
The Reincarnation Dao Seed had no one to merge with the Dao, and the subsequent choice of Great Dao was also very flexible, which was what these Immortals envied the most.
Then, his expression changed again as he saw yet another, completely new phenomenon emerge after 'Dao Becoming Heaven and Earth'.
"The fifth. . . the fifth layer of celestial phenomenon? ! "
"Unheard of! "
At this moment, above Lingshan, after the phantom of the Myriad Heavens flashed by, an ancient bronze mirror appeared.
The phantom of this mirror stood in the endless void, seemingly piercing through the myriad worlds, past and future. . .
The Immortals who witnessed this scene were all speechless. . .
...
Inside the cave dwelling.
Fang Xi sat cross-legged, his aura ethereal.
"Reincarnation Dao Monarch. . . "
He opened his eyes, feeling a surge of emotion: "After becoming an Immortal, there are no more disasters or tribulations. Therefore, when one cultivates to become a Dao Monarch, there is only the 'inner tribulation' during the Dao merge, and no more external heavenly thunder tribulations. . . "
Mortals usurped the creation of heaven and earth to achieve their own cultivation, which was originally going against the heavens.
But at the Immortal stage, even the heavens could not strike one down.
To say nothing of a Dao Monarch.
Thus, Dao Monarchs are free from tribulations.
"However. . . there may not be heavenly tribulations, but there are human tribulations. "
Fang Xi sighed, gazing at the phantom of the All-Heavens Precious Mirror, a strange throbbing (jitters) rising within him.
Although the All-Heavens Precious Mirror concealed his heavenly secrets, it could not conceal the celestial phenomena of a Dao Monarch's breakthrough.
This would inevitably attract covetous gazes.
What's more, while the Law of Reincarnation had no strong connection to many Dao Venerables, it did have a subtle link to all of them.
Therefore, it would not be long before a Dao Venerable descended.
This was the human tribulation – the Dao Venerable's obstruction!
Fang Xi had never expected that his breakthrough to Dao Monarch would manifest five layers of celestial phenomena!
Especially the final phenomenon – the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror'! It was tantamount to directly exposing his golden finger, catching him somewhat off guard.
"Fortunately, I managed to buy a little time. . . If it were the Void Dao Seed, that individual might have instantly teleported before me by borrowing the resonance of the Great Dao. . . "
With a flash of light, Fang Xi stepped out of his cave dwelling.
After merging with the Dao, it was an entirely new realm compared to before.
"Reincarnation. . . "
Fang Xi murmured, feeling that by wielding the Law of Reincarnation, he could send any Immortal into the cycle of reincarnation.
Not only that, he could also perceive the True Spirits of various Immortals and trace their past lives. . .
"To leverage the Great Thousand World's Laws of Reincarnation with one's own Laws. . . the power is almost inconceivable. "
"This is the might of a Dao Monarch! "
Wherever his gaze fell, he felt that destroying this Lingshan would be as easy as flipping his hand.
However, Fang Xi would naturally not do so.
With a thought of his divine sense, before Little Fang Xian could even react, he vanished in a flash of silver light.
Then, Fang Xi looked in a certain direction, a smile appearing on his face, and his figure disappeared in the blink of an eye. . .
...
Almost at the instant he vanished.
In the void, two eyes suddenly opened.
These two eyes were like the eyes of the heavens, carrying the emotionless quality of the Great Dao, one eye silver-white, the other pure purple, their aura lofty and vast.
At this moment, above Lingshan, all the Immortals, all the cultivators. . . had all turned into statues, as if time and space had been frozen.
Then, time and space even began to flow backward, revealing the layers of celestial phenomena.
The various phenomena halted, finally resting upon that bronze mirror.
"Dao Fruit. . . "
The owner of the silver-purple eyes let out a deep voice, and a giant silver-white claw reached out from the void, seemingly attempting to grasp the newly promoted Dao Monarch from within the cave dwelling, across time and space!
But the next moment, a layer of mist appeared, and the Dao Monarch's face became blurred, impossible to trace back!
Time and space were severed at this point!
"Dao Fruit, Dao Fruit. . . "
The owner of the silver-white claw roared unwillingly, and then. . .
Time and space instantly annihilated, and the entire Lingshan, along with the cultivators on the mountain and the undying Immortals. . . under the wrath of a Dao Venerable, were reduced to dust like mere ants.
The owner of the silver-purple eyes then let out a cold snort and looked in another direction.
Two streams of black and white qi converged, forming an ancient, weathered Taiji diagram.
The Taiji diagram rotated ceaselessly, coalescing into the figure of an old man in a black and white Daoist robe.
He possessed a youthful face and hair white as snow, the bearing of an Immortal, and a hint of the cycle of life and death in his aura.
"So it is the Time and Space Dao Venerable! "
The old man bowed with a smile, "Daoist Friend is indeed the foremost in void arts; you were a step faster than this old man. I presume that junior who just broke through has already fallen into your hands? "
This person was none other than the Yin Yang Dao Venerable of Tongtian Palace, who, through life and death, could barely sense reincarnation, making him the strongest among the Dao Venerables in this regard.
Upon discovering a Reincarnation Dao Monarch had broken through here, he immediately rushed over.
However, he had not expected to be a step too late.
The Time and Space Dao Venerable let out a cold snort, and his silver-purple eyes slowly faded.
The Yin Yang Dao Venerable was unconcerned, instead stroking his beard, a thoughtful expression on his face: "The Time and Space Dao Venerable, truly the foremost among Dao Venerables. . . But judging from his reaction, that Dao Monarch actually escaped? He actually escaped! Hahaha, well escaped. . . Purple Majesty! "
He waved his hand, sending out a purple jade slip. On the jade slip, countless Immortal seal characters appeared, collectively forming the phantom of a mirror.
On the mirror's surface, the figure of Purple Majesty Dao Child appeared, respectfully bowing in salute: "Disciple greets Master. . . May I ask, Master, how may this disciple be of service? "
"Hmph. . . You were previously tasked with apprehending the remnants of the Withered Glory Immortal Palace; why did you run off to the Vast Sea Immortal Domain? "
The Yin Yang Dao Venerable snorted coldly, "Don't bother with those Withered Glory Immortal Palace remnants anymore. Return quickly to the North Star Immortal Domain; this old man has an important task for you. . . If you mess it up again, heheh. . . "
He let out a cold laugh and crushed the jade slip.
Above a vast blue ocean.
Inside the carriage-heaven pulled by countless Immortal birds and rare beasts.
"Scram! All of you, scram! "
Purple Majesty Dao Child suddenly erupted in fury. His mighty aura swept through, leaving the previously peaceful and festive hall in shambles.
'I risked life and limb for Tongtian Palace. . . and Master actually, actually. . . '
Purple Majesty Dao Child thought of his Master's final expression and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat: 'My previous trip to the North Star Immortal Domain already disappointed Master. . . If I mess up this task again, I'm afraid Master will expel me from the sect, and then I'll wish I were dead. . . '
He was merely a Dao Child, not yet a Dao Monarch, and before the might of a Dao Venerable, he had not the slightest power to resist.
No! He didn't even dare to harbor thoughts of resistance!
...
Lingshan fell silent.
After an unknown period of time, a Buddhist chant finally resonated.
Amidst heavenly flowers falling and golden lotuses springing from the earth, a Buddha, with thirty-two spiraling topknots on his head, forty teeth in his mouth, and a circle of enlightened wisdom light behind his head, descended with a crash.
"Lingshan. . . "
Beside the 'World-Free Wisdom King Buddha', two Righteous Enlightenment Immortals saw this scene, their eyes about to split open from anger: "Who dares to oppose our Buddhist sect? And destroy our Buddhist Sons? "
"Divine abilities cannot overcome karma, what can be done? "
"World Honored One? ! "
The two Righteous Enlightenment Immortals wanted to say more, but they were astonished to see the World Honored One, who was usually composed and pampered, directly flee with them, as if a peerless great fiend resided here. . .
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