On the Avenue.

Chapter 650 The Mystery of the Green Palace
Chen Shi looked puzzled. The Crimson Essence Immortal was a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and his cultivation and strength were unfathomable. The deity who could injure him must be extraordinary. There were probably not many deities with such strength in the Heavenly Court.

"But isn't the Red Essence Immortal a member of the Three Pure Ones lineage?"

He asked in bewilderment, "The current Heavenly Court can be said to have been established with the support of the Three Pure Ones. As a successor of the Three Pure Ones, why would the Great Immortal Chijing fight against the powerful deities in the Heavenly Court?"

Emperor Changchun, unaware of the reason, said, "Throughout the entire Earthly Immortal Realm, there are only forty or fifty deities who have the strength to contend with the Great Immortal Chijing and even injure him. They hold high positions and great power in the Heavenly Court, and their strength is unfathomable, capable of contending with Great Luo Golden Immortals. But such beings are already Dao Gods who control the divine path; how could they possibly contend with the Great Immortal Chijing?"

Chen Shi said, "Such a struggle would surely be earth-shattering and difficult to conceal."

Emperor Changchun shook his head and said, "The Dao Ruins are such a remote place that no news can get here."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Once I return to the Heavenly Court, I will inquire and find out the whole story. Then I will come to Daoxu and tell you, fellow Daoist."

Emperor Changchun revealed a hint of joy: "Then I'll have to trouble you!"

Chen Shi was somewhat surprised, thinking to himself, "I originally thought this emperor was a reclusive person with a Taoist air, but I didn't expect him to also like to listen to gossip."

Looking at the golden hairpin in Emperor Changchun's hair, and recalling the scene of the two boys using the hairpin as a sword to pierce Emperor Changchun's head, he asked, "Brother Changchun, what happened to your Dao injury?"

Emperor Changchun's face darkened: "It's just an old wound. It's nothing to talk about."

Chen Shi smiled slightly: "To be honest, I have also done some research on heretical paths, which may help you suppress your Dao injury. The heretical pollution on Jin'ao Island was removed by me."

Emperor Changchun's heart stirred slightly, and he said, "This injury of mine happened 60,000 years ago. At that time, I had cultivated into a Great Luo Golden Immortal and survived a tribulation. I then discovered an extremely serious problem: I would definitely not be able to survive the next tribulation. So I searched for a way to prolong my life."

His realm was truly too high, his cultivation was boundless and profound, and ordinary spiritual roots could no longer sustain his life through tribulation.

The Three Pure Ones lineage has a unique method for transcending tribulations and prolonging life. However, Emperor Changchun is a young person who rose to prominence later and does not belong to the Three Pure Ones lineage. His Taoist methods are unconventional, and he is unwilling to join the Three Pure Ones lineage or the Western Paradise. Therefore, he can only enter the Dark Sea.

"There are many mysterious places in the Dark Sea. Most of the earthly treasures and spiritual roots are found in the Dark Sea. Perhaps we can find treasures that can help even a Great Luo Golden Immortal safely pass through the tribulation. With this idea in mind, I searched in the darkness for many years. Although I found many earthly treasures and spiritual roots, none of them were enough to help me pass through the tribulation."

As Changchun Emperor recalled the past, his voice gradually lowered, "My strength is indeed extremely powerful, but when facing the Dark Sea, I sometimes still feel that human power is finite and cannot overcome the heavens. One day, I obtained a map of the Dark Sea left by a senior from the Earth Immortal Realm, which marked a very strange place. I followed the markings on the map and came to a dark, isolated island, on which stood a blue palace."

Chen Shi's expression shifted slightly as he suddenly recalled the painting of the place where Confucius attained enlightenment. The painting also depicted a lonely island in darkness, with a green palace on the island!
The Master also visited that Green Palace.

"Brother Changchun said that he obtained a geographical map left by a senior from the Earthly Immortal Realm. It seems that the Master is not the only one who knows about this Dark Sea Azure Palace. Could it be the Azure Palace geographical map left by the Three Pure Ones?" he thought to himself.

"I arrived at that isolated island and headed towards the Green Palace. As I stepped onto the steps of the Green Palace, the Great Dao Laws I had cultivated suddenly roared and erupted uncontrollably from my body."

The Emperor of Changchun spoke slowly and deliberately, his voice hoarse, “They float in the air, swirling and dancing around me, as if they had their own lives. I do my best to control them and continue climbing upwards.”

The Daoist laws within his body became increasingly out of control, and the swirling Daoist laws resembled countless tentacles growing from his body, ferocious and terrifying.

Changchun Emperor ignored this and continued on his way.

He was too powerful and too arrogant, thinking that his Dao realm was enough to suppress everything.

However, when he reached the halfway point, even the twentieth level of the Dao Realm could not suppress his own Dao Laws!
If he continues to climb the steps, he may very well lose control of the Dao and become a cripple.

"But I am not confident that I can survive this calamity. If I cannot, I will die and perish. This Green Palace is so mysterious. I must enter it no matter what and find the treasures to fight against the calamity."

Changchun Emperor said, "I gritted my teeth and continued forward. I took three more steps, and finally, all my magical powers completely lost control. They danced before me, evolving automatically, like independent life forms. They quickly evolved to the point where I couldn't even recognize them. I was so weak, like a mortal, trembling under the pressure of the Azure Palace's aura, staring blankly at this scene. They completed their evolution and began to burrow into my body..."

He shuddered. At that moment, he felt that his Great Dao Law had become something else. This thing entered his body and was going to make him different from before!
He couldn't understand what this thing was at all!
His heart was filled with fear, and he dared not go any further. He screamed and turned to run downhill.

The evolved laws of the Great Dao writhed within his body, making it feel as if something was crawling beneath his skin, and his skull was also pushed up.

It was as if the laws of the Great Dao were drilling and burrowing within him, trying to invade and transform him!

Chen Shi felt a chill run down his spine; the Dao had become life and was beginning to invade the Changchun Emperor!
How could such a terrifying and bizarre thing happen?

Who exactly left behind the Green Palace?
Before Emperor Changchun even reached the foot of the mountain, he realized that he could not resist and would inevitably fall.

"So I summoned my magic weapon, Heavenly Frost. The moment Heavenly Frost pierced through my body, it exploded, severely injuring me."

Emperor Changchun raised his hand to cover the corner of his mouth, coughed softly, and said, "This action severely injured me, and also severely injured the thing inside me. I finally got a chance to catch my breath, and with the remaining power of the Heavenly Frost, I suppressed it and quickly left the Dark Sea to return to the Earthly Immortal Realm."

He pulled open his clothes, revealing his chest. On his chest, near his heart, was a radiating scar, shaped like a wheel but without any outline. It was probably the damage caused by the explosion after Tian Shuang pierced through his body!
The wounds had long since healed, but they were not fully healed; they looked like large red centipedes crawling on his skin, constantly sucking his blood.

Changchun Emperor covered his clothes and said, "On my way back to the Earthly Immortal Realm, I noticed that it was still growing stronger and constantly eroding me. At that time, I thought there was only one place that could save me, and that was the Dao Ruins."

Chen Shi was quite puzzled and asked, "Why could Dao Xu save you?"

Emperor Changchun said, "Back then, the Three Pure Ones were unable to open up the Dao Ruins, so they left behind treasures like the Green Stele to suppress the heretics within the Dao Ruins. Therefore, I can use treasures like the Green Stele to help me suppress the thing inside my body. So, I stayed in the Dao Ruins and barely survived."

Chen Shi said, "Brother Dao, perhaps I can help you refine the heretical path..."

Changchun Emperor shook his head, interrupting him, and said, "I have been able to live until now only because of this heretical path."

Chen Shi was stunned.

The Changchun Emperor said with a strange expression, "After I was corrupted by the heretical sects, I found that when the tribulation broke out, my tribulation did not come as expected. After that, the tribulation broke out many times, and even the Yuanhui Tribulation did not occur. I have lived peacefully until now."

Chen Shi blurted out, "The Dark Sea is without calamity!"

Changchun Emperor said, "Perhaps that's a fair way to put it. To be precise, it should be said that there is no tribulation for the heretics. In fact, such things have happened before. For example, someone discovered the world in the Dark Sea, and the immortals did not initiate the tribulation. So someone sent the world in the Xuanhuang Sea into the Dark Sea. There were also people who deliberately destroyed the sun and assassinated the Great Sun Star Lord in an attempt to attract the Dark Sea. The Great Sun Star Lord's avatars suffered a lot of losses as a result."

Chen Shixin said, "What does this have to do with the Great Sun Star Lord? The world is no longer shrouded in darkness because the gods of China have established their lineages in these worlds, especially the Goddess Houtu, who controls the Xuanhuang Sea and expands outwards as her divine power grows. The Great Sun Star Lord has also suffered an undeserved calamity." Emperor Changchun said, "I am currently being parasitized by heretics, but this has also spared me from the calamity and allowed me to survive. If my master destroys these heretics, I will die soon."

Chen Shi said, "Perhaps I can maintain the balance between the heretical path and the immortal path of the emperor."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Changchun was greatly moved.

He did indeed suffer from the parasitic influence of heretics, especially in recent years, as the heretics within him gradually grew stronger, not only invading his physical body but also interfering with his thoughts and will, thus clouding his Dao heart.

Sometimes he was in a daze, not knowing who he was. He needed to tie himself up with chains in advance to prevent himself from losing himself and doing evil. When he woke up, he couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.

Chen Shi slowly opened his Daoist abode and said, "Brother Daoist, your strength is too great. If you resist me, I will find it difficult to refine the heretical path."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Changchun allowed his Daoist temple to be invaded.

Chen Shi now cultivates the Hunyuan Wuji Xiantian Gong, which is very different from the Hunyuan Yin Yang Dao Jing of yesteryear. However, his method of refining external paths has nothing to do with his cultivation technique. Instead, he makes external paths merge with his own Dao in order to change them.

Emperor Changchun was greatly surprised to find that the heretical forces within his body were refined upon contact with Chen Shi's Daoist temple.

Chen Shi's cultivation level was clearly much lower than his, yet he was able to refine the heretical path that even he couldn't handle, which was truly a strange thing.

The two sat facing each other, and time passed day by day. More than ten days passed in this way. Emperor Changchun felt that the external and immortal paths in his body had returned to balance. He breathed a sigh of relief and circulated his profound power slightly. With two clinking sounds, the two hairpins inserted into his brain fell out.

"Thank you for your help, Master!" Emperor Changchun stood up and bowed to Chen Shi.

He used to always look sickly, but now his complexion has improved a lot, and his gratitude comes from the bottom of his heart.

Chen Shi returned the greeting and said with a smile, "Your Majesty has helped me a great deal, there's no need to be so polite. If any heretics grow again in the future, Your Majesty, please feel free to give the order."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Chen Shi rose to take his leave, and the Emperor of Changchun personally saw him off with great humility.

After the two parted, Chen Shi hesitated for a moment before heading towards the valley where the goddess Yuanjun resided.

Upon arriving in the valley, Ding Sisi came to greet him, smiling and saying, "Your mother has been waiting for you."

Chen Shi followed her to the palace in the mountains. It was a very quiet place with only ancient trees and mansions. Chen Shi met the goddess Yuanjun. This goddess looked to be only about thirty years old. She was like a celestial maiden who had stepped out of a painting. Her clothes were flowing, but she was lying on the couch because of her injury and could not get up to meet him.

"Thank you for your righteous help, Yuanjun."

Chen Shi bowed and thanked the goddess Yuanjun.

The old woman Yuanjun smiled and said, "No need for such formalities, sir. I have been living here for a long time, but I have been unable to pay my respects due to my injuries. Please forgive me."

Chen Shi exchanged a few pleasantries with her, said some polite words, and then got up to take his leave.

The old woman, Yuanjun, said, "I am not able to see you off due to my physical condition."

Chen Shi said, "Wait."

As he was about to leave the palace gate, he heard the soft voice of the Goddess Yuanjun behind him: "Master, you are willing to help Changchun, do you perhaps disdain me because I am a woman and are unwilling to help? Or have you said that I have been negligent?"

Chen Shi stopped and laughed, "Your Majesty misunderstands. I was just unsure if Your Majesty needed any help, which is why I didn't presume to ask."

The old woman, Yuanjun, lazily stretched out a delicate, boneless hand and said, "I am rather thin-skinned than Changchunzi, so I was hesitant to speak. Seeing that you were in a hurry to leave, I took the liberty of asking for your help. I hope you will not take offense."

Chen Shi approached her, looked at her arm, and exclaimed, "Your Majesty's skin is so fair. I am not a doctor, so I do not need to take your pulse. What is wrong with you, Your Majesty?"

The Goddess Yuanjun said, "This is a long story. Seventy thousand years ago, I was trapped in the tribulation of the immortal path, worried about the approaching next tribulation and not knowing how to deal with it. Just when I was at my wit's end, I obtained a map of the Dark Sea. On that map was drawn a lonely island..."

Chen Shi's heart stirred slightly, and he said, "There is a Green Palace on the island, isn't there?"

The old woman, Yuanjun, exclaimed in surprise, "You know about this Azure Palace, Master? You've been there. No, no. Your strength is too weak; you're not strong enough to cross the Dark Sea and find it."

She spoke softly as she recounted her experience on her journey to the Green Palace.

Her experience was almost identical to that of Emperor Changchun. Both were suppressed by the Azure Palace when they stepped onto the steps before the Azure Palace, and the laws of the Great Dao within their bodies began to go out of control.

The Goddess Yuanjun realized that her own Great Dao Laws were evolving and merging with external forces, becoming increasingly terrifying, almost like a living being. She knew then that her fate was sealed. Therefore, she made the same choice as the Changchun Emperor in the first instant!

That means using your own magic weapon to severely injure yourself!

She survived, staggered out of the Dark Sea, returned to the Immortal Realm, and hid in the Dao Ruins to preserve her life.

Chen Shi asked, "The Yuanjun was unable to enter that Green Palace?"

The old woman Yuanjun shook her head: "I am already blessed to have survived. I dare not hope to enter the Green Palace."

Chen Shi pondered for a moment, then said, "Could you tell me where you obtained the map of the Dark Sea?"

The goddess Yuanjun said, "I obtained it by chance; it is said to have been left by the Three Pure Ones."

(End of this chapter)