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Chapter 682 Celestial Realm

Chen Tang and the others sized up the newly ascended demon immortal. They noticed that he resembled a yaksha, with pointed ears that reached his shoulders, wide-open eyes, furrowed brows, and a circular halo behind his head.

He was half-naked, draped in a red and white sash, with a celestial sword at his waist, his hand gripping the hilt tightly, and he was very wary of the crowd.

Zhong Wuwang stepped forward and said, "We have demons in the Western Paradise. I have learned some of their language. Let me ask them first."

He tried to communicate with the demon immortal in Gandharva language, but the demon immortal looked completely bewildered.

Zhong Wuwang then switched to Yaksha language, but still couldn't communicate. He then switched to Garuda language, but that didn't work either.

Zhong Wuwang frowned slightly. At this moment, the demon immortal spoke, "Namo Ratna Trayaya."

Zhong Wuwang's eyes lit up, and he said, "Azoroweisuowa."

His words were halting and hesitant, not as fluent as those of the demon immortal.

The two were able to communicate and talked for a while. Zhong Wuwang then addressed the crowd, saying, "He is from the Dark Sea Shiga clan, from the Guiyuan World, and his name is Luo Yu. The Shiga clan is a branch of the Yaksha, and is considered a large clan among the demons in the Dark Sea. The Guiyuan World where Luo Yu is located is on the edge of the Dark Sea. His world's sky and mountains are covered with flesh and blood, making it difficult to survive."

Upon hearing this, everyone from Xiniu Xinzhou was startled and exchanged glances.

Chen Tang's expression was grave. He said, "Covered in flesh and blood, it somewhat resembles the former Xiniu New Continent. Could it be that this Guiyuan World has also been devoured by the Yuan Worms?"

Zhong Wuwang continued talking to Luo Yu. After a while, Zhong Wuwang said, "He said that their world has not been completely devoured yet. There are many powerful demonic cultivators in the Guiyuan World, who are extremely strong and can resist the erosion of flesh and blood, protecting the region. However, strange things happen frequently in the Guiyuan World. Whenever a member of their clan dies, he will turn into an evil spirit... It's very similar to the Xiniu New Continent before. It seems that the Yuan Worm is indeed causing trouble!"

Chen Tang and the others looked grave.

Back then, they joined forces and fought to the death, finally killing the Celestial Venerable. However, the Yuan Worm did not die; instead, it was forced away by Chen Shi.

This primordial worm still lurks in the Dark Sea, ready to return at any moment and devour the Western Continent!
Li Tianqing speculated, "Our Xiniu New Continent is located in the Xunjiang Star Region, and the Celestial Venerable is the shepherd who guards Xunjiang. The Guiyuan World where Luo Yu is located should also be in the Xunjiang Star Region, and it shouldn't be too far from us."

Everyone nodded.

The Primal Worms covered the starry sky surrounding Xiniu New Continent. At night, although many stars could be seen in the distance, the distant starry sky was completely dark, without a trace of light. That was because the distant stars had all been devoured by the Primal Worms.

This primordial worm was incredibly large, but it must have had its limits, so Li Tianqing guessed that the Guiyuan World was nearby.

Zhong Wuwang said something to Luo Yu, who was deeply moved and bowed to everyone.

Li Tianqing asked, "Zhong Wuwang, what did you say to him?"

Zhong Wuwang laughed and said, "I told him that this place is the new realm of the Immortal Realm. Chen Zhenwang felt that the Immortal Realm was corrupt, with those who ascended first controlling the world and exploiting the common people, while those who ascended later had no place to stand. Therefore, he created a new realm to benefit the world. He is the first demon immortal to ascend in our Heavenly Immortal Realm, and from now on he will be the leader of the heretical immortals. We in our new realm will not sit idly by as his hometown, the Guiyuan World, suffers what it has been."

Li Tianqing said, "It doesn't sound good to always call it New Territories and New Township. Since the name of the Earthly Immortal Realm has the character 'Earth' in it, why not change our Xiniu New Continent to Heavenly Immortal Realm, so that it can be distinguished from the Earthly Immortal Realm?"

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they all praised it, saying, "This is a good name. From now on, Xiniu New Continent will be called the Celestial Realm!"

Master Zhang dismissed these words. Xiniu New Continent was too small; its territory, placed within the Xuanhuang Sea world, was only slightly larger than an ordinary world, and even smaller than the Four Great Continents. It was clear that the name "Celestial Realm" was merely something young people found amusing.

Luo Yu learned the language from Zhong Wuwang, and within ten days he was able to converse with everyone, though he spoke with some stutter.

Li Tianqing asked, "Can Luo Yu sense your Dao Integration Ground? If he can sense the Dao Integration Ground, then the location of the Returning Origin World can be determined."

Luo Yu attempted to sense the Guiyuan World, but could only vaguely perceive it and could not pinpoint its exact location. His sensory abilities were far inferior to those of Li Tianqing, Zhong Wuwang, and others.

Li Tianqing frowned. The Dark Sea was vast and boundless, fraught with danger. If he didn't know the exact location of the Returning Origin World and rashly ventured into the Dark Sea, he feared he would get lost in it.

“King Li, I have seen a similar starry sky in the night sky before,” Luo Yu said.

Li Tianqing's heart stirred slightly. He looked towards the sky and said, "Are the stars in your outer sky in the same positions as the stars in our night sky?"

Luo Yu shook his head and said, "Our night sky is completely dark, and it's hard to see any stars. But more than ten years ago, many stars suddenly appeared in the northwest corner of the night sky. Everywhere else was dark, but that place was bright. The pattern formed by the stars is somewhat similar to the starry sky of the Celestial Realm."

Li Tianqing was invigorated and laughed, "As long as you can determine the exact location of the three identical stars, then we can find the exact location of the Guiyuan World!"

Luo Yu immediately drew a star map according to her memory, and Li Tianqing immediately calculated and used the positions of the stars to determine the exact location of the Guiyuan World.

He calculated and verified repeatedly to confirm that the geographical location was absolutely correct before reporting the matter to the capital.

Chen Tang and Fairy Xiao Duan summoned their ministers and discussed, "The grudge against the Yuan Worms must be avenged. The Yuan Worms destroyed our Great Shang Dynasty and the True King Era, causing countless deaths among the common people. Now, Yuan Worms have also appeared in the Guiyuan World. We must go and exterminate them immediately."

Grand Secretary Hu Feifei said, "This matter is of great importance. We should report it to the True King and ask him to make a decision."

The crowd then offered incense, the smoke rising high into the heavens.

West of Penglai, in the Demon-Suppressing Cave. Chen Shi stepped across the underground lake and out of the Demon-Suppressing Cave. Outside, the sun blazed fiercely, shining brightly in the sky.

Outside the Demon-Suppressing Cave, several immortals guarded the entrance. When they saw him emerge from the cave, they were both surprised and delighted. They quickly stepped forward to pay their respects and then contacted Jin'ao Island to inform Jiao the Cripple Chen Shi of his exit from seclusion.

Chen Shi headed towards Jin'ao Island, but before he was halfway there, he encountered Jiao the Cripple and his men rushing towards him.

"Junior Brother Chen, your cultivation level!"

Senior Sister Jingmei was greatly shocked, realizing that Chen Shi had already cultivated to the sixth level. Such progress was truly frightening. She quickly asked, "What did you experience during the half year you were in the cave?"

Chen Shi dismissed the outer disciples and then described what he had seen in the cave.

Everyone was shocked to discover that there was an underground lake formed from dark seawater, containing heretical teachings, and they were also horrified to find that the prehistoric Heavenly Dao recorded on the walls of the Green Palace actually encompassed both the Immortal Dao and heretical teachings.

Although they were eager to go and see, they also knew that the area was filled with the aura of heretics, and that their cultivation level was insufficient to venture there.

"Could it be that the underground Azure Palace caused the heretical catastrophe that swept through Penglai West?" Jiao the Cripple asked. Chen Shi shook his head and said, "I had the same guess, but after going there, I realized it shouldn't be. The heretical forces contained in the underground Azure Palace are too weak; even I couldn't stop them, so they couldn't cause a catastrophe in the entire Penglai West. The Penglai West catastrophe has another reason."

He looked around. Penglai West, as one of the largest holy lands in the Earthly Immortal Realm, was vast and boundless, and countless immortals once resided there. In a single night, most of these immortals perished, and even several Great Luo Golden Immortals could not escape their fate.

What scale of outflows could cause such a devastating catastrophe?
"I comprehended the Heavenly Dao of the Dark Sea from the walls of the underground Green Palace, which is why I was able to raise my Dao Realm to the sixth level in such a short time."

Chen Shi exuded a strange aura, which was different from the immortal path and the heavenly path, giving people a feeling of being as dark as the deep sea and unfathomable.

"The Heavenly Dao of the Dark Sea includes the Heavenly Dao of the Earthly Immortal Realm, which is extremely complex. I even suspect that the strange phenomena of the Great Dao in our Dao Realm may be related to it."

Chen Shi paused slightly at this point.

Why do corresponding Dao phenomena arise in the Dao Realm when one cultivates to a certain level? After a cultivator merges with the Dao and becomes an immortal, all cultivation revolves around the Dao Realm.

The Celestial Immortal realm is the realm of cultivating the Dao, while the True Immortal realm is the realm of refining the Dao.

Golden Immortals are at the seventh to twelfth level of the Dao Realm; Taiyi Golden Immortals are at the thirteenth to eighteenth level; and Daluo Golden Immortals are at the nineteenth to twenty-fourth level.

It can be said that the Dao Realm is the source of the Immortal Realm, and the Immortal Realm is about cultivating around the Dao Realm.

Almost all immortals have pondered the origin of the Dao realms. Some speculate that they were established by the Three Pure Ones, while others believe they formed naturally. Still others speculate that in a more ancient era, deities left behind these realms.

After Chen Shi cultivated the Dark Sea Heavenly Dao, he felt that many of the Dao phenomena that arose in his Dao realm could be traced back to the Dark Sea Heavenly Dao.

“I even think that these extraordinary phenomena of the Dao realm may originate from the Dark Sea,” Chen Shi said.

These words were extremely treasonous, but Jiao the Cripple and the others did not find anything wrong with them. Jin'ao Island was already a heretical place, actively cultivating unorthodox practices, so even if Chen Shi said such treasonous things, they would only feel gratified, believing that he had confirmed the Master's guess.

Jiang Guo asked, "Junior Brother Chen, can we also cultivate the Dark Sea Heavenly Dao?"

Chen Shi readily agreed, "Why not?"

He immediately imparted all the Dao patterns of the Dark Sea and Sky that he had comprehended to Jiao the Cripple, Qiao Gu and others. After a while, everyone felt dizzy and felt abnormal in their bodies, as if something was stirring inside them and something was crawling under their skin.

Seeing this, Chen Shi knew that they were going in the wrong direction, so he immediately explained in more detail his reasoning process, reversing the Heavenly Dao of the Earthly Immortal Realm to the Heavenly Dao of the Dark Sea.

Everyone was fascinated by what they heard.

In a short time, Jiao the Cripple had grown three heads, each with eyes and hands.

Jingmei's back hissed and sprouted many thick legs, like spider legs.

The others didn't fare any better; some suffered physical mutations, while others experienced mutations in their primordial spirits.

Seeing this, Chen Shi quickly helped them refine the heretical teachings, and everyone finally came to their senses, still shaken.

They were just listening to Chen Shi preach the Dharma, and unconsciously tried to comprehend it, and almost turned into demons!

"Perhaps I didn't explain it in enough detail, let me explain it in more detail... Senior brothers, don't go! Uncle-Master, why are you leaving too?"

Chen Shi hurriedly tried to persuade Jiang Guo, Jing Mei, and the others to stay, but they all disappeared in a flash.

Chen Shi shook his head: "Learning without thinking is futile; thinking without learning is dangerous. If you learn the Master's supernatural abilities but not his thoughts, you will be lost; if you learn the Master's thoughts but not his supernatural abilities, you will be beaten to death. I follow the Master's way, and you should study it diligently!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after escaping Chen Shi's clutches. Bai Jingming said, "I'd rather be a test subject for medicine than cultivate his evil Heavenly Dao!"

Others nodded.

"Strange, why hasn't Junior Brother Chen undergone any transformation while cultivating the Dark Sea Heavenly Dao?" Bian Liuer asked in confusion.

Jiao the Cripple guessed, "He might also be from the Dark Sea. I once sensed the aura of heretics on him. Moreover, he has a peculiar ability to refine heretics. These are probably the two reasons why he is unaffected by them."

Senior Sister Jingmei said, "I think it's because Junior Brother Chen has a sufficient understanding of external paths that he is able to avoid being influenced by them."

Qiao Gu laughed and said, "The unorthodox path is also the great path, and so is the immortal path. Specializing in one path is enough to join the ranks of the top experts in the Earthly Immortal Realm. Being greedy for more will only slow down your cultivation progress and will not outweigh the gains. We should just follow our own path and not envy others."

Chen Shi stood in front of Biyou Palace and looked into the distance. He saw that all parts of Penglai West were bustling with activity, with 200,000 immortals busy with construction. Only eight months had passed, and all the places had already been built in an orderly manner.

He also saw many immortals practicing the techniques of the Master's lineage, but there were far fewer divine avatars, probably because they had taught them and then returned to their original forms.

“Penglai West, we should leave some heretical paths; we don’t need to eliminate them all. With these heretical paths remaining, there will be no calamity.”

Chen Shi's eyes flickered, and he whispered, "Penglai Xi, what caused it to become like this..."

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly smelled the scent of incense. His heart stirred slightly, and the next moment, the smoke entered his nose, and he heard the voices of Hu Feifei and others.

A wisp of Chen Shi's thought descended with the smoke and landed on the burning incense. The rising smoke formed his face, and he said in a deep voice, "Feifei, what happened?"

Hu Feifei recounted how the Jade Balance Sect had guided the immortals from the Dark Sea, the Xuanhuang Sea, and the Earthly Immortal Realm, and then explained the cause and effect of the Demon Immortal Luo Yu's ascension. She then asked, "Now that we have calculated the location of the Guiyuan World, should we send troops to Guiyuan to conquer the Yuan Worms?"

A surge of old and new grudges welled up in Chen Shi's heart, and he said, "The Yuan Worm has poisoned the Dark Sea and destroyed countless worlds. Now that we have found its traces, let us go and seek revenge!"

He reached for the Fuluo Village Elixir, then paused slightly, realizing there was only one Fuluo Village Elixir left.

Chen Shi still swallowed the elixir, and with its power, he sensed the Xiniu New Continent. He then stood up, plunged into the halo behind his head, and arrived at the Xiniu New Continent.

(End of this chapter)