On the Avenue.

Chapter 680 The New Immortal Realm

This was a massacre that broke out inside the Azure Palace. The killers were extremely powerful, so much so that these Dark Sea cultivators didn't even have the thought of resisting. They only wanted to escape, but so many people were killed inside the Azure Palace!

With their strength, they couldn't even escape the Green Palace.

The one with the strongest cultivation was probably the man in the stone. He escaped from the Green Palace and fled to the other side of the lake, where he died from petrification.

Chen Shi pondered that the daily routine of these celestial scholars must involve worshipping the gods and deities of the heavens and interpreting the heavenly way.

They can be described as the sages of the Dark Sea.

"Could it be that an exceptionally powerful Celestial Scholar rebelled and killed the other Celestial Scholars? But among the Celestial Scholars, their strength shouldn't differ that much, right? Or perhaps the Celestial God enshrined here suddenly went mad and killed these Celestial Scholars?"

Chen Shi pondered.

The way of Heaven is constant; it does not exist for Yao, nor does it perish for Jie. Heaven has no joy, anger, sorrow, or pleasure; in principle, the gods and men of Heaven would not kill those who worship him.

If Tianji Xiushi were to rebel, what would be the reason?
He thought of the countless skeletons beneath the lake outside, and felt puzzled. Where did these skeletons come from? And how did they die?

Could they have been killed by the Heavenly Dao God or the rebellious Heavenly Mystery Scholar?

"Could he have died at the hands of the Three Pure Ones?"

Chen Shi suddenly thought of a key point: when the Three Pure Ones opened up the Dark Sea and created the Earthly Immortal Realm, if they had encountered the Heavenly Mystery Scholar of the Dark Sea at that time, would they have eradicated these alien lineages?
"During the war against Shang, even our own people were slaughtered in droves, let alone cultivators from other races? Could it be that the Three Pure Ones found this Green Palace and discovered that the Dark Sea cultivators here were worshipping the Heavenly Dao Deity, which they considered a threat to the Earthly Immortal Realm? So they attacked and annihilated the Heavenly Dao Deity. The Dark Sea cultivators, seeing the situation was bad, immediately fled. But how could they escape the grasp of the Three Pure Ones?"

Chen Shi blinked and whispered, "So they died in the Green Palace. The man in the stone had the highest cultivation. He escaped from the Green Palace and was killed by the Three Pure Ones as soon as he crossed the lake. The pair of mandarin ducks both died underground."

However, while this guess is reasonable, the timing doesn't quite match up.

After the Three Pure Ones established the Immortal Realm, their disciples sought out Penglai West, where they cultivated and mined veins. This immortal gold vein had clearly endured countless years and the changes between land and sea to be buried deep underground.

"Many events that occurred in ancient times may never have a definitive answer in a lifetime."

Chen Shi's gaze remained fixed on the external laws on the wall, and he silently thought to himself, "The Heavenly Dao laws of the Dark Sea encompass external paths, are profound and mysterious, and difficult to decipher. But fortunately, these Heavenly Dao laws also include the contents of the Heavenly Secrets Strategy. Deciphering the external laws of the Heavenly Secrets Strategy is equivalent to deciphering the Heavenly Dao laws of the Dark Sea!"

He sat in front of the wall of the front hall, staring at these strange patterns, searching for unorthodox principles that were consistent with the Heavenly Secrets Strategy.

He divided the textual symbols of the heretical doctrines into different numbers, which are equivalent to the radicals in a dictionary.

Simply put, the Dao patterns of immortals, the laws of external paths, and even the Dao patterns of gods are all ideographic characters. Ideographic characters only require deciphering the radicals that make up the characters, and the meaning of the characters can be deciphered through different combinations of radicals.

Of course, the amount of information contained in Dao patterns and Dao principles is staggering, far surpassing that of pictographs. Sometimes, the information contained in a single Dao principle cannot be clearly expressed even by billions of characters.

What Chen Shi needs to do is to use the Heavenly Secrets Strategy to find similar Dao principles, and then use similar Dao principles to decipher other external Dao laws.

He sat down and compared the heretical laws on the wall with the Heavenly Secrets Strategy.

Gradually, he sorted out the external laws corresponding to the Heavenly Secrets Strategy. By looking at the other laws on the wall through these external laws, he was gradually able to comprehend their mysteries.

Chen Shi was completely captivated.

Previously, he would leave the Green Palace every now and then to regulate the external forces within his body, so as to prevent them from invading too much. However, as time went on, he went out less and less frequently.

He seemed to gradually adapt to the unorthodox teachings.

Three or four months passed in the blink of an eye. Chen Shi sat in front of the wall of the Qing Palace, looking emaciated.

He was like a withered tree, his body decayed and devoid of any vitality.

Around him, various external laws continued to evolve, and the aura of the Dark Sea Heavenly Dao on his body became increasingly intense.

Equally rich was the aura of other Heavenly Dao beings from the Earthly Immortal Realm.

In Xiniu New Continent, the rosy glow of the Great Dao reappeared in the sky, illuminating the twilight and lingering for a long time. People looked up at the sky and discovered that new Daoist symbols were forming within the rosy glow.

It was a city as beautiful as a heavenly palace.

In the south of the city, there is a grove of purple bamboo. A gentle breeze blows, and a yellow cloud flies by, floating on a moving carriage like a canopy.

A grand sound echoed from the sky, and a celestial river, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, tore through the void and hung in the air. A three-legged bird god, wielding a steel fork, stood upon the celestial river. Then, a dragon carrying a frost-covered well bottle emerged from the celestial river and arrived at the Palace of Fortune in the Jade Capital.

“You need not worry, Jade Capital City is a phenomenon of the third level of the Dao Realm.”

Master Zhang said to Chen Tang and the others, "True King Chen has already cultivated to the third level of the Dao Realm."

Chen Tang, Wu Qingyu, and the others were finally relieved.

Master Zhang looked up at the Jade Capital City in the sky, but frowned slightly. The third level of the Dao Realm does indeed produce phenomena such as the Jade Capital, the Purple Bamboo Forest, the Milky Way, and the Yellow Cloud Canopy, but Chen Shi's phenomenon is different. It has many Dao phenomena that Master Zhang has never seen before.

For example, he had never seen or heard of any other immortals who had achieved such extraordinary phenomena, such as the three-legged bird god or the dragon carrying the cold well bottle.

"Also, what about the celestial demon that Chen Zhenwang's Daoist form transformed into?"

Master Zhang gazed into the distance, his brows furrowing slightly. There, a celestial demon had been born, attracting many demons from Xiniu New Continent to pay homage.

"Could it be that he cultivated the demonic path, which is why he became a celestial demon?"

Not long after, various strange phenomena of the Great Dao appeared in the sky, such as the Hall of Blessings, the Yellow Flag, and the Palace of Longevity. These were originally phenomena of the fourth level of the Dao Realm, so they were not surprising. However, this time, there were also many phenomena that Zhang Zhenren had never heard of before, and they seemed to have come from illegitimate sources.

Master Zhang was surprised and uncertain. This time, Chen Shi had cultivated to the fourth level of the Dao Realm, and the proportion of the Dao phenomena of the different Dao was greater than before!
He flew to one of the Dao images and carefully sensed the Dao techniques contained within it, and his heart tightened involuntarily.

"It's a heretical sect!"

He was utterly shocked. The Daoist techniques contained within this image were unlike anything he had ever seen or heard of before, and there was an eerie aura within it. It was definitely a heretical path!

"Chen Zhenwang has fallen into depravity in the Earthly Immortal Realm and is now practicing heretical arts!"

At this moment, Chen Tang, Fairy Xiao Duan, and others came to find him again. Fairy Xiao Duan was a little worried and asked, "Master, is my husband's cultivation speed too fast? In just two months, he has advanced from the third level of the Dao Realm to the fourth level, which is not a normal cultivation speed."

Master Zhang composed himself and said, “Your Highness, the Dao Realm is the realm of the Great Dao. The higher one’s understanding of the Great Dao, the higher one’s Dao Realm cultivation. If one has enough immortal spiritual energy and immortal pills, and at the same time greatly improves one’s understanding of the Dao, it is indeed possible to raise one’s cultivation level by several levels in just a few months. It is not surprising to cross one level of the Dao Realm in two months.”

A month or so later, some more things appeared in the celestial phenomena above Xiniu New Island, such as voids, purple wheels, and jade courtyards.

This is an unusual phenomenon of the fourth level of the Dao Realm.

Upon seeing these extraordinary phenomena of the Great Dao, Master Zhang's heart skipped a beat: "The proportion of heretical Dao phenomena is increasing! At this rate, it won't be long before the proportion of heretical Dao phenomena exceeds 50%! Some strange change has occurred in Chen Zhenwang! Could it be that he has fallen into the demonic path?"

More than a month later, the signs of the Sun and Moon Palace, the Seven Luminaries, and the Ten Heavenly Beings appeared again!
Master Zhang examined it carefully and, as he had expected, the external Daoist manifestations had exceeded 50%!

He was filled with doubt and unease when he saw many scholars and officials from Xiniu New Continent going to study the phenomena of heretical sects, which made him uneasy. However, after observing for several days, he found that these scholars and officials had not turned into demons, which reassured him somewhat. Master Zhang himself went to study the phenomena of heretical sects and unknowingly made some progress, which surprised him: "These phenomena of heretical sects seem to have something in common with the immortal path."

He studied it carefully and unknowingly became completely absorbed in it.

After some time, the Great Dao phenomena such as the Heavenly Gate, the Book of Primordial Era, and the Jade Balance Gate were formed, which were the unusual phenomena of the sixth level of the Dao Realm.

Reaching this stage in cultivation means reaching the pinnacle of the True Immortal Realm.

"In just half a year, Chen Zhenwang has leaped from the second level of the Dao Realm to the sixth level. What kind of opportunity did he obtain?"

Master Zhang said to Chen Tang and the others, "Such an opportunity is probably comparable only to the Three Pure Ones or Buddha preaching to him for half a year! No other opportunity can compare."

Chen Tang asked, "Could it be the Three Pure Ones or Buddha preaching?"

Master Zhang shook his head. The Three Pure Ones and Buddha were beings of extremely high realms. Often, a single sentence from them would require others, even Great Luo Golden Immortals, to ponder for a long time. If they were to preach, they would only speak for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea before stopping, allowing their disciples to spend half a year, several years, or even decades to comprehend it.

He arrived at the Yuheng Gate, looked around, and was even more shocked. He murmured, "It's so similar... It's impossible, it's really impossible!"

The Jade Balance Gate is a celestial treasure of the Heavenly Court, and there is one in the Heavenly Court, forged by the Three Pure Ones. This treasure, when combined with the Heavenly Secrets Strategy, can lock onto immortals who have attained the Dao in the myriad realms of the Xuanhuang Sea, and guide them to ascend.

The immortal who ascended to heaven landed in the Jade Balance Gate!

Master Zhang was frequently targeted by the Jade Balance Sect, who attempted to guide him to ascend to the Earthly Immortal Realm. He also took this opportunity to investigate this Heavenly Dao Treasure, as he was quite familiar with it.

"But how could such a heavenly treasure appear within the Dao manifestation of a true immortal?"

He was completely baffled.

At this moment, a name flashed on the Heavenly Secrets Tablet, and then a beam of immortal light suddenly shot out from the Jade Balance Gate, breaking through the sky and disappearing into the heavens.

Master Zhang stared blankly at the scene, muttering, "Could that celestial light just now have been the Jade Balance Sect guiding Dao-merging cultivators to ascend?"

He was somewhat dazed and confused. Ascension? Wasn't it ascension to the Earthly Immortal Realm?

This is clearly Xiniu New Continent, not the Immortal Realm. Could it be that someone will be guided by this immortal light and ascend to Xiniu New Continent?
If someone were to ascend to this place, would Xiniu New Continent still be Xiniu New Continent?
"Wait a minute, if I avoid ascension and stay in the mortal realm, and if Xiniu New Continent becomes the new immortal realm, then am I ascending?" He was somewhat confused.

Huayan Realm.

Li Tianqing sighed and looked into the distance with some disappointment.

The Huayan Realm is a world under the jurisdiction of Vairocana Buddha, where Buddhism and Taoism flourish while other schools of thought decline.

Back then, Li Tianqing and Yang Bi left Xiniu New Continent, crossed the Dark Sea, and drifted for an unknown period of time before finally leaving the Dark Sea and arriving at Huayan Realm.

The two planned to make a name for themselves here and ascend to the Immortal Realm. To this end, they searched far and wide for a place where they could unite with the Dao. Not long ago, Doumu Yuanjun suddenly appeared in the sky and captured Yang Bi without saying a word, saying that she had a predestined relationship with him and would impart to him the Daoist arts and supernatural powers.

"Brother Yang has been gone for some time and has not yet returned."

Li Tianqing sighed again and arrived in a vast desert. This place was sparsely populated, and no one had ever achieved Dao here.

"Although it's not a sacred place, having a place to align with the Dao is better than having none at all."

Only then did he realize how difficult it was to leave the mortal realm and ascend to the immortal realm.

He was a person of exceptional talent, and his cultivation had long since reached the point where he could merge with the Dao. The reason he had not merged with the Dao for so long was that Xiniu New Continent was Chen Shi's place for merging with the Dao. He was worried that merging with the Dao in Chen Shi's Dao realm would affect his own Dao techniques, so he insisted on leaving Xiniu New Continent.

Li Tianqing's ascension to the Dao went exceptionally smoothly this time. This place was a vast desert, with yellow sand everywhere and no sign of life. Naturally, monks from the Huayan Realm wouldn't come here to achieve Dao, which benefited him. However, this place was truly desolate and uninhabited.

Just as Li Tianqing successfully achieved Dao integration, he suddenly realized that he was being locked onto by an inexplicable force. Then, a beam of immortal light descended from the sky and shone on him!
"Ascension in the Radiant Light!"

Li Tianqing was both surprised and delighted, and laughed, "Brother Yang may have other opportunities to become immortals, but I am no less fortunate. Now I can also ascend to the Earthly Immortal Realm and become a carefree immortal!"

He was overjoyed and offered no resistance to the guiding light, letting it carry him through the air!

Li Tianqing was overjoyed: "After I ascend to the Immortal Realm, I will definitely visit famous teachers everywhere and surpass Chen Zhenwang as soon as possible! Although I ascended more than ten years later than him, as long as I cultivate diligently, I may not be inferior to him!"

Then, the rising rosy light carried him into darkness.

"Why does it feel like we've flown back to the Dark Sea?"

Li Tianqing blinked, looking somewhat confused, but then smiled, "Most likely, they passed through the Dark Sea on their way to ascension."

After an unknown amount of time, a familiar light came into his view. Li Tianqing stared wide-eyed at the approaching "immortal realm," his heart filled with fear.

"call out!"

Master Zhang heard a commotion coming from the Jade Balance Gate, and then saw a burst of immortal light, and another person appeared in the gate.

Li Tianqing stood blankly in the Yuheng Gate, somewhat at a loss.

"Where have I ascended to?"

He looked around at the scenery in a daze, muttering, "Is this the immortal realm?"

"This is Xinxiang!" Master Zhang couldn't help but exclaim.

Tears streamed down Li Tianqing's face.

He wanted to escape Xiniu Xinzhou, but unexpectedly, after going around in circles, he still returned to Xiniu Xinzhou!

"This place can also be called the New Immortal Realm," said Master Zhang.

"The New Immortal Realm?" Li Tianqing didn't quite hear clearly.

After a long while, Zhang Zhen finally explained the whole story.

Li Tianqing blinked and said, "Does the True Person mean that these two Heavenly Dao Treasures will draw newly enlightened immortals to Xiniu New Continent?"

Master Zhang said, “That is indeed the case. However, the power of the Jade Balance Sect is not yet great. Each time, it can only guide one person. To guide another, it needs to accumulate strength. I estimate that being able to guide one immortal a day would be quite remarkable. Once Chen Zhenwang’s cultivation improves, he will be able to guide more immortals to ascend to Xiniu New Continent every day.”

Li Tianqing blinked again and said, "When I attained Dao and ascended to heaven, I flew back to Xiniu New Continent. What about Yang Bi? True Man, Brother Yang hasn't attained Dao yet. After he does, will he also fly here?"

"Probably."

Li Tianqing breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled, "Then I can rest assured."

(End of this chapter)