Born with immortal seed

Chapter 641 Two Dragons Holding Power
"You should first make sure you live to see that day."

Bai Zichen looked him up and down, then uttered a word that sounded like a curse.

But Shan Zhi showed no anger, only fear and horror on his face. He took three steps back and said, "I have a secret technique of evil destiny to conceal the secrets of heaven and confuse spiritual senses. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot easily see through it. How do you know that my lifespan is waning?"

"Sixty-three years and five days. If you do not overestimate yourself and do not relax for a single day, you will be able to see the splendor of a perfected Nascent Soul before you die."

Before entering the Mysterious Realm of Time and advancing in the Great Dao of Time, Bai Zichen's talent could only accurately determine the time he needed for cultivation.

As for others, one can only vaguely sense whether they are within the killing range of the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword.

Only after several advancements, reaching the realm of transformation between decay and prosperity, and the cycle of birth and death, was the relevant talent further enhanced.

Nowadays, as long as the other party's cultivation level is not higher than his own, Bai Zichen can tell at a glance how long that person's lifespan remains.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Shan Zhi is in his prime, seemingly full of vigor and vitality. To outsiders, he appears like a funnel with a broken bottom.

Although it has been filled in, the lifespan is clearly still significantly missing.

They've already reached the killing range of the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword. When the sword light falls, the Five Signs of Decay of Heaven and Man will arrive; there is no other possibility.

This is clearly the result of repeatedly and excessively activating the secret technique without restraint.

Even if there were longevity-restoring elixirs similar to the Hundred Herbs Rejuvenating Pill, his deficiency is too great, and most of them have already been converted into a permanent reduction in his lifespan limit, so they probably wouldn't be very effective.

"This is not the future of one person or one thing, but involves billions of beings from two races, multiple Nascent Soul cultivators, and even finer threads from even higher realms falling upon me. Following any one of these threads, one can trace back to an unfathomable power. In addition, there are you and the Heavenly Punishment Peak Master, two unpredictable chosen ones. This divination is undoubtedly the most glorious moment of my life."

Yamaji's expression remained passionate even when the matter was brought up.

In the history of the Evil Life Sect, there has never been a Nascent Soul True Monarch who personally experienced such a major event or even participated in it deeply.

Unless there happens to be a Nascent Soul cultivator in the world, getting involved is just asking for trouble.

A single deduction can cause a lifespan of hundreds of years to vanish into thin air.

Even a single glance comes at the cost of a century-long journey.

Moreover, the future is unpredictable, and even if one forcibly peeks into the scene, it will still be blurry.

On that day, multiple factors converged, the inherited tortoise shell was sacrificed, and with the help of Bai Zichen's top-tier destiny, the fog was cleared. Shan Zhi himself also made an extraordinary discovery, thus witnessing the future evolution of the war between humans and demons.

Furthermore, they received an exclusive tip that a single sword could potentially change the course of events.

However, the biggest factor that enabled the calculation to succeed was that the war between the two races had not yet reached its peak at that time.

If the three demon lords reach an agreement, their energy will connect and they will become one.

Even if Shan Zhi poured out all his blood and sweat, he still wouldn't see any valuable information.

Through this experience, he witnessed the changes of the Great Conflict, the ups and downs of the fates of the two races, and the cries of countless lives.

The Omniscient Great Dao has completely opened a new door, which is why it was able to cross the threshold of the Great True Lord so swiftly.

Until the great war between the human and demon races came to an end, the Heavenly Punishment Peak Master took away Ao Laolong, and Bai Zichen killed the Red-Eared Ancestor, it can be said that his predictions were completely verified.

Another wave of omniscient and omnipotent feedback from the Great Dao descended, allowing Shan Zhi to confidently proclaim the bold statement of achieving the perfect Nascent Soul stage after sixty years.

But what follows is an equally severe backlash from prying into the secrets of heaven.

Every step in the war between the two races that matched his calculations brought him both the feedback from the Great Dao and the pain of heartache.

Lifespan decreases segment by segment, and every few days another segment ages.

If it weren't for the secret techniques he used to conceal it, ordinary people could tell from his full head of white hair and the wrinkles around his eyes that he had lost a lot of lifespan, which had affected his appearance.

"The shorter my lifespan, the closer I get to the omniscient Great Dao!"

Although there was a clear fear of the passing of his lifespan, there was no trace of regret in Yamachi's tone.

The omniscient path is an extremely difficult route to advance, existing only within the bounds of time and space.

Knowing the past helps us understand the future.

Nothing in the world is a secret to these cultivators.

The two founders of the Evil Life Sect who walked the path of omniscience and entered the Nascent Soul stage achieved such success only by chance.

One of them was born during the war against demons and became an advisor to the Moral Sect. He would cast a divination before each major battle.

As the Moral Sect either killed or sealed away the vast majority of ancient demons in the cultivation world, the patriarch of the Evil Fate Sect continued to deepen his cultivation. In the end, he obtained a divination using a rare treasure from the Heavenly Demon Realm that he had seized, and foresaw the Heavenly Demon Realm's secret plans, which he successfully thwarted.

Taking this opportunity, he advanced to the level of a deity.

Another person read through thousands of books, comprehended profound truths within them, and attracted the spirits of the books to dance.

He also traveled to various regions, collecting all kinds of ancient books and refining them into book spirits.

It has become a magical book that answers questions and answers, and answers everything it knows.

He then disguised himself as a low-level cultivator, using the identity of an omniscient old man to record the customs, anecdotes, and biographical sketches of various places in the cultivation world, and even established an intelligence organization.

For hundreds of years, without revealing their true cultivation level, they relied entirely on their own methods and intelligence operations to make this intelligence organization the number one in the cultivation world.

At the same time, the name of the Omniscient Elder spread throughout the five regions, becoming a synonym for similar figures.

In no time, titles such as "Omniscient Old Man" and "Know-it-all" sprang up like mushrooms after rain, becoming the top choice for cultivators from all regions.

Only at this moment did the founder of the Evil Fate Sect successfully cross the insurmountable barrier and attain godhood.

That intelligence organization still exists today, and in the black market, it's known as the Heavenly Listening Shop.

Therefore, although Tian Ting Shop has no connection with the sect since its establishment, its relationship with the Evil Life Sect is undeniable.

Compared to the former, the former is more difficult to advance, requiring external opportunities, personal strength, and a special treasure to withstand the backlash.

Otherwise, even if one were to pave the way to godhood through a single, opportune deduction, the moment of success would be met with a backlash from heaven and earth a thousandfold.

He had just experienced the immense joy of reaching the Divine Transformation stage when his lifespan came to an end, and he died.

The latter seems simple, and anyone can imitate it.

But only by actually doing it will you realize that there are unique and irreplaceable difficulties involved.

Otherwise, so many Evil Fate Sect practitioners wouldn't have tried to follow the same path over the next few thousand years.

Success can only happen to one person.

"To walk the path of omniscience, one cannot fear the limited lifespan. If one is afraid of this and that, how can one walk smoothly? I have seen it clearly: my lifespan is exactly sixty years!"

Unless they follow a path ordained by fate, the disciples of the Evil Fate Sect are all exhausted, and premature death is commonplace.

"Once I reach the Nascent Soul stage, I will be able to recover some of my lost lifespan, and then I will have more lifespan to climb to a higher realm!"

"Good idea, I wish you success."

Bai Zichen originally had some interest in the Omniscient Dao and his strength in direct combat was not weak; that was just a misunderstanding among the general public.

A single glance can see right through you, revealing your weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

They might even relentlessly attack your sore spots until you break down mentally.

Moreover, since he is omniscient, his focus is not on assisting in combat.

There are far too many more important occasions where such monks are needed.

However, upon seeing that practicing this method required constant attention to one's lifespan and that there were too many restrictions, I gave up on it.

The Great Dao is inherently about controlling time; there's no reason to abandon our advantages and risk the unknown for the sake of the omniscient Great Dao.

"Would the True Lord grant me permission to have my fate analyzed again... Perhaps it was because my cultivation level was too low back then, but now that my cultivation has improved, I might be able to see a deeper level of the story."

Knowing the true purpose of the visit, the mountain bowed deeply.

"The fortune telling is free of charge, and I will take full responsibility for whatever the result may be. Everything you see will be automatically recorded in this mirage pearl, and even I cannot fake it."

Bai Zichen's destiny is a blank slate, as if it were the beginning of chaos.

But no matter how you calculate it, you have a 100% chance of reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

Shan Zhi had always believed that this was just an illusion caused by insufficient cultivation level, but after witnessing Bai Zichen's reverse kill of the Red-Eared Ancestor, his long-held conventional thinking was shattered.

No matter how many times you test this person, the price will always be the same.

Unfortunately, the pinnacle of the human realm is only the Nascent Soul stage, so Shan Zhi naturally cannot deduce the probability of reaching even higher realms.

"My destiny?"

Bai Zichen chuckled and said:
"But what good does this do me? I don't need a top-tier destiny to prove myself."

"It was my overstepping of bounds. My lifespan is running out, and I wanted to use the True Lord's destiny to make another attempt. Regardless of success or failure, I will unconditionally help the Qingfeng Sect three times... True Lord, you are beyond my ability to help on a personal level, but your sect's heritage is not long-standing. I am willing to be a pillar and help when it is inconvenient for you."

Shan Zhi's sincerity made Bai Zichen nod slightly.

He then took out a tortoise shell, saying it came from his senior brother, the headmaster. He never looked out into the world, spending his days listlessly holed up in his cave, using the secret treasure to travel through the starry sky.

This kind of inheritance, which allows for divination beyond one's level and the ability to resist the backlash of heavenly secrets, would be a waste in his hands.

Before leaving the Evil Life Sect, Yamachi secretly took it.

But deep down, he guessed that the senior disciple could sense the commotion, but deliberately kept quiet and let his junior brother steal the inheritance tortoise shell.

As a cultivator of the omniscient Dao, with such an aggressive cultivation style, without tortoise shells, he will sooner or later die in his constant attempts at divination.

The incense is lit, and the tortoise shell swirls on the table.

Click!Click!
In just the first breath, cracks appeared on the tortoise shell, and it was already in imminent danger.

Shan Zhi's eyes went unfocused as he stared blankly at his hands, muttering to himself.

A black dragon rose from the ground, and a white dragon swooped down from the sky.

The two intertwined and spiraled, emitting a silent dragon roar, biting their bodies into segments, creating a noticeable sense of disorientation in time.

It is because these two giant dragons have torn time apart, causing the river of time to stop flowing.

"Two dragons holding power, cleaving through eternity... Such a destiny indeed!"

Shan Zhi stood there dumbfounded. In his tightly closed eyes, amidst the infinite possibilities he could see, the black and white dragons devoured all projections of the past and future, leaving only the two dragons in the present moment.

The dragon's body swayed, stirring up countless fragments of time.

The ancestral master who used the pseudonym "Omniscient Old Man" once left behind a jade slip, which detailed all the destinies, especially the most exaggerated ones on the last page.

It is said that the contents were recorded on a piece of jade book from the Immortal Realm that he found, but it fell apart a few years after he obtained it, as if it had dissipated all its energy.

Fortunately, he had copied it down in advance, and after a lifetime of understanding and deciphering it, he dared to leave his insights before his death.

Among these top-tier destinies that only appeared in the realm of immortals, the two most unique are: one is the dual dragons holding power, severing all ages.

There is only one original body in the past, present, and future, and there are no projected clones in the lower realm.

Even branching storylines that emerge on different timelines will be severed by the two dragons.

This is unique in all realms.

The second type of destiny is that of the Vermilion Bird riding the wind, projecting its image across countless worlds.

In every realm, in every small world, at every juncture in the river of time, the figure of the Vermilion Bird can be seen.

Even if one is killed, a new Suzaku can be created again through the most recent projection.

Omnipresent, omnipotent, and capable of countless transformations.

These are two completely different destinies, representing that cultivators of each will walk different paths.

Shan Zhi had always regarded the contents of this jade slip as heavenly books, never expecting that it would actually appear in the human world.

According to the jade slip, even in the Earthly Immortal Realm, only two major destinies occur once every ten thousand years.

Given the level of spiritual energy in the mortal realm and the number of vassals in the Earthly Immortal Realm, it would be strange for a cultivator with this kind of destiny to fall into this world.

It can only be said that the past and present of Shanzhi are fundamentally different.

After Shan Zhijiang repeated his so-called theory of destiny, Bai Zichen fell silent.

The concept of destiny is vague and ethereal, yet so many people still pursue it tirelessly.

Bai Zichen always felt that the theory of destiny held secrets of the ancient battlefield.

……

Rotten Axe Mountain.

The demon race suffered a crushing defeat, and less than one-fifth of them chose to return to Rotten Axe Mountain.

Even these powerful demons were panicking and running away without thinking.

There is still a chance to survive if they escape to the open sea, but as the core of the Eastern Region, Rotten Mountain cannot be let go by the human army.

Despite the powerful appearance of the Rotten Axe Mountain Formation, which is a so-called quasi-fifth-order formation, many of its functions require cultivators to activate.

With the loss of top-tier transformed demons, the once impregnable cities were nothing more than a minor burden for the human army.

The rear guard is well-equipped with cultivators, resources are plentiful, and morale is high.

The rewards for conquering Rotten Mountain are generous, with no shortage of spirit stones. High-level talismans and large-scale battlefield mana can be replenished immediately after damage, and the time required is not too long.

As airships appeared one after another in front of Rotten Axe Mountain, they blocked out half of the blazing sun and cast huge black shadows.

As Bai Zichen raised his hand and waved it down, the 188 Divine Thunder Towers roared and resounded deafeningly.

It blasted through the air in an instant, almost turning the entire mountain upside down.

There are also several battle formations composed entirely of Core Formation cultivators, with Nascent Soul cultivators at their core.

They all unleashed their most precious treasures, attacking the mountain-protecting formation with all their might.

Every move they made revealed the power of the formation, which was no less than that of a Grand True Lord.

This is the qualitative change that can be brought about after the formation members' realm is improved.

However, apart from allied forces under special circumstances, no sect could field such a luxurious lineup.

(End of this chapter)