Born with immortal seed

Chapter 819 The Heavenly Gate Falls

Seeking longevity in the Hall of Longevity, worshipping the Three Pure Ones in the Temple of the Three Pure Ones.

Mingming saw a large number of cultivators queuing up when he entered the hall, but after looking around, he found himself all alone. He realized that he had simply set up another small world in the cave.

On both sides are towering giant bookshelves, displaying books on bamboo slips, jade slips, stone slabs, animal hides, seashells and so on.

Every imaginable material that could be used as a vessel appeared in the Hall of Longevity.

"I've only heard that the Nine Heavens of the Daoist Court were forged by the Heavenly Emperor from nine stars, forming a unique existence similar to a blessed land... Other forces all seek out innate blessed lands, but they don't have the ability to create one later."

Bai Zichen walked among them, neither touching the sky nor the ground.

After a few steps, they realized something was wrong.

Once inside, cultivators cannot see each other; it's just a very basic restriction.

If needed, he could even set up a grand hall in Shaohua Cave.

The sheer size of the Hall of Longevity, the sheer number of scriptures it contained, and the feeling of entering another world gave him a glimpse of a possibility.

"The place I am in is the Hall of Longevity in Langyuan, the Hall of Longevity in the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, and also the Hall of Longevity of the Dao Court's headquarters in the Central Extreme Immortal Realm!"

There are at least dozens of Longevity Palaces located throughout the Immortal Realm, and the copying and preservation of these massive collections of texts is a major problem.

Moreover, many original ancient scrolls cannot be copied, and parts will be automatically missing when the practitioner retells or transmits them.

If all the Halls of Longevity are projections of the one in the Central Immortal Realm, then this problem is easily solved.

To be precise, it's not exactly a projection; there really is a Palace of Longevity.

It can traverse the celestial realms and appear at the ends of the earth.

This one in Langyuan Immortal City is like an extension of the Hall of Longevity, possessing all the contents of the main body.

However, in special circumstances, they can reclaim the Halls of Longevity in various places and return them all to the Nine Heavens.

"May the blessed land of the day after tomorrow illuminate all the heavens..."

Bai Zichen read each word carefully, gaining a substantial understanding of the power of a Mahayana True Immortal.

His ability to accomplish things effortlessly is an achievement that other cultivators could never reach even after a lifetime of effort.

The Mahayana path is too far removed from him, or rather, in the presence of a Mahayana cultivator, he is not much different from a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Overdraft-type secret techniques are coming..."

Bai Zichen spoke softly, and a buzzing sound came from the bookshelves on the left and right as countless books rushed towards him.

In an instant, thousands upon thousands of cultivation techniques were laid out before him.

These are just the two nearest bookshelves; the bookshelves further away are not responding.

"A retreat that is directly fatal."

The classics disappeared like the tide receding from the sea, many of them gone.

"It cannot bring about the retreat of power beyond one's level."

Another sentence: This time, only a few hundred copies remain.

"This technique requires special spiritual items to be effective in dispelling negative energy."

Now, only three techniques remain.

Bai Zichen was not disappointed at all; on the contrary, he was very satisfied that the Hall of Longevity had achieved this level of success.

It is no wonder that it encompasses all the classics of the Daoist school, and even under such strict requirements, it has secret techniques and supernatural abilities that can be achieved.

The first is called "Burning the Heart and Driving the Mountain".

Burning one's divine consciousness in exchange for the power to strike directly at the heart.

Every bit of damage inflicted will directly affect the primordial spirit, ignoring any defensive measures.

It only lasts for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. If your spiritual level doesn't exceed that of the caster by one major level, don't expect to withstand it easily.

Even just one or two blows can leave your spirit weak and listless, something that ordinary elixirs cannot remedy.

However, the first requirement for cultivation is that one must be born with a strong spiritual sense.

Otherwise, before you can fully unleash your power, you will burn your own sea of ​​consciousness to ashes.

Secondly, the difficulty of learning it is not low.

It is said that one can cultivate it once they reach the Nascent Soul stage, but according to the introduction, even if one meets the entry requirements, only one in a hundred will ultimately succeed.

"Although this technique will not kill the caster, it will shatter their sea of ​​consciousness and burn their primordial spirit. Even if they survive, they will be a cripple... What is the point of living if they have no strength?"

Bai Zichen saw the price to pay for using the Burning Heart Mountain-Driving Technique and flicked his finger to repel the ancient book.

He was looking for a secret technique to overdraft his cultivation for a rainy day, but he never expected that it would destroy his foundation and cut off his path to enlightenment.

Secondly, it is called the Divine Kun Devouring Heaven Great Technique.

It's written on a scallop; when you hold it in your hand, a sea breeze blows and you can hear the sound of crashing waves.

This technique originates from the Heavenly Demon Realm and is a bloodline supernatural power of the Kunpeng clan.

Back then, the Daoist army, with the Heavenly Emperor in command, crossed the Heavenly Abyss and directly invaded the Heavenly Demon Realm.

If it weren't for the appearance of a true spirit that entangled the Heavenly Emperor, and the assistance of several demon gods from the Heavenly Demon Realm who raised troops and even had their true forms cross realms to personally intervene, the standoff between the three races might have truly changed.

This war lasted for a thousand years, destroying countless minor worlds, and even killing two of the six supreme rulers in the Dao Court.

The number of Nascent Soul cultivators who perished below the waist was countless, even counting both their hands and feet.

Of course, the other party suffered greater losses.

One demon god in the Heavenly Demon Realm perished permanently, while another fell into a long slumber.

After this battle, the Heavenly Demon Realm lost nearly 40% of its bloodline, and was utterly wiped out.

The Kunpeng clan was a sacred clan that had produced demon gods. The clan was wiped out by the massacre, and the last few young beasts were captured and taken back to the Immortal Realm to become immortal beasts.

From then on, the Daoist Temple's Hall of Longevity contained the complete collection of the Kunpeng clan's classic texts.

Ultimately, because both the Heavenly Emperor and the True Spirit disappeared, the Daoist Court, which was engaged in cross-realm warfare, could not withstand the logistical pressure and had to withdraw.

This battle is regarded as a landmark event marking the decline of the Daoist court from its peak.

The Heavenly Palace split apart, and some Immortal Realms broke free from its rule. The emergence of the so-called Five Sons of Humanity all occurred after this.

The Kunpeng Clan's classic texts, including the Divine Kun Devouring Heaven Technique, have been revised and updated by generations of powerful figures in the Daoist Court, and finally, some of them are now available for human cultivation.

"Its body resembles a Kunpeng, and even if the opponent is a whole realm higher than you, it can still swallow them whole... Depending on the difference in strength, it can trap the opponent for anywhere from ten breaths to an hour. Even if it is a Nascent Soul stage envoy, it can trap a Void Refinement stage envoy for ten breaths, which is already quite heaven-defying."

The seashell was covered with pictures and text, which came to life as soon as he touched it with his divine sense, playing vividly in his mind.

"It is the exact opposite of the Burning Heart Mountain-Driving Technique. One burns the divine consciousness, and the other overdraws the physical body... No matter what the result is, after using the Divine Kun Devouring Heaven Technique, the physical body will completely collapse and break into clumps of rotten flesh. It will be very difficult to rebuild it afterward."

"And without the peak of the fifth-order body tempering cultivation, don't even think about using the Divine Kun Devouring Heaven Technique."

Bai Zichen has practiced the Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique, a very unique body-forging method that involves cultivating individual immortal bones separately.

Judging from this one aspect alone, it is no less than any fifth-order body-forging technique, and may even be superior.

But a single immortal bone is just that—an immortal bone—and cannot represent the overall strength of one's physical body.

Even if he meets the requirements for learning, he's not very interested.

The Divine Kun Devouring Heaven Technique uses itself to restrict the opponent's actions, making it suitable for the weaker party to use to imprison the stronger party and gain an advantage.

What Bai Zichen needs is a secret technique that can be unleashed instantly to break through the stalemate and kill the enemy.

The environment is clearly different, so even if he meets the requirements for learning, he has no interest.

"Only one gate left, hopefully it will be of some use..."

Bai Zichen grabbed the last mysterious pearl, which was covered with countless tiny characters. The characters were messy and the writing was incoherent, making it impossible to understand the contents.

When he activated his divine sense, the light emitted from the Xuanzhu shone in front of him, and he could then see that it was a complete secret technique that was tens of thousands of words long.

Thirdly, it is called the Heavenly Gate Falls.

It was a divine ability created by a Daoist Master-level cultivator. For ten thousand years after its creation, it was not well-known and few people chose it.

It wasn't until later generations rebelled and gathered a large number of members to establish the Heavenly Palace that these people also possessed nearly 90% of the classic texts of the Hall of Longevity.

Some members of the Heavenly Palace practiced the Heavenly Gate Fall technique and performed brilliantly on the battlefield, which led to more and more people noticing it.

Conversely, it became a well-known supernatural power that harmed both the enemy and oneself on both sides of the Daoist Heavenly Palace.

Above the nine heavens, there are thirty-three celestial palaces and seventy-two precious halls, with four celestial gates made of deep blue-green glass and adorned with bright, precious jade, serving as passageways for entry and exit.

That great being was inspired by this to create the Heavenly Gate.

When someone is fighting an enemy, a heavenly gate will fall and suppress them.

It seemed to be the Heavenly Gate of the Nine Heavens, which was beyond human power to block.

The Nine Heavens were created by the Heavenly Emperor. The Heavenly Gate existed from the beginning and was not built later. It carries a trace of the Great Dao.

A Nascent Soul cultivator can cultivate one Heavenly Gate, a Deity Transformation cultivator two Heavenly Gates, a Void Refinement cultivator three Heavenly Gates, and only when they reach the Body Integration stage can all four Heavenly Gates fall simultaneously.

"The Nascent Soul suppresses the Divine Transformation, and the Divine Transformation suppresses the Void Refinement; these are all real battle examples... Although certain external conditions were added, it is still clear that the Heavenly Gate Fall is definitely a top-level divine ability, but the lifespan required to use it increases exponentially each time."

Bai Zichen glanced at it and realized that one Heavenly Gate would deplete five hundred years of lifespan, while two would deplete one thousand years of lifespan.

I don't know about what goes beyond that; in any case, the Xuanzhu only records the cultivation path up to the second stage.

Relatively speaking, this is already an acceptable cost of overspending.

Even if you lose a thousand years of lifespan, as long as you can break through your cultivation level, you will eventually regain it.

However, it also states that the cultivation is extremely difficult, and ordinary cultivators should choose this path with caution.

Furthermore, during the cultivation process, one's lifespan may be shortened due to the influence of the Heavenly Gate Falling Divine Power.

Perhaps before he can even master the supernatural powers, his lifespan will be shortened by hundreds of years.

"I'm not afraid of it. Even the Longevity Ghost couldn't absorb my lifespan and returned empty-handed. How could someone who controls the river of time have lifespan disappearing for no reason... That must be it!"

Bai Zichen pondered for a moment, then placed his palm on the Xuanzhu.

"But are you sure this is the only supernatural ability you can learn for free during your time as a White Armor Guardian?"

A booming voice echoed from the heights of the Hall of Longevity. As he nodded, it transformed into a streak of black light and entered his body.

The three books in front of him quickly receded, returning to their original state when he entered.

"It's a pity that you can only choose one supernatural power at this level. I was hoping to take a look at those related to external avatars..."

Bai Zichen shook his head regretfully. There must be an external avatar technique that he wanted in the Dao Court.

This colossal power does not rely on master-disciple relationships for its transmission of skills; in fact, it is more lenient and generous than sects in imparting their techniques.

He then summoned the sword techniques collected in the Hall of Longevity, this time ordinary sword techniques that could be practiced freely without restriction.

He selected more than ten sword techniques that had some merit, intending to incorporate them into his own Wuzhen Sword Manual as resources for improving his swordsmanship.

(End of this chapter)