On the Avenue.

Chapter 725 Reestablishing the Immortal Way
In the Celestial Court, the Hidden Dragon Ancestor lay on his sickbed in the Abyss Palace, his breath weak and his face pale.

Dozens of celestial physicians surrounded his sickbed, examining his injuries and attempting to treat him. However, his injuries stemmed from all aspects of his physical body, primordial spirit, and even the Dao of Immortality, making them extremely difficult for even these physicians to cure.

Chen Shi paid homage to Qianlong six times. The first two times, Qianlong caught him off guard and injured him.

The third time, he channeled all his cultivation to block the attack, which instead killed Chen Shi.

Curses and supernatural powers are unlike anything else; they come and go without a trace, making them impossible to defend against. Because they are impossible to defend against, even those with higher cultivation levels than the caster can be killed by the curse. However, if the caster manages to defend against it, they will suffer a backlash and will undoubtedly die.

For this reason, the Hidden Dragon Ancestor thought the spellcaster was dead and was unprepared for the subsequent attacks, which resulted in him failing to defend against the fourth and fifth bows.

He should have defended against the sixth bow, but by then he had already suffered a severe blow and was unable to retaliate.

If Chen Shi hadn't been killed by his shock after the sixth bow, a few more bows would have likely killed this great master of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, the wise and powerful Right Celestial Master of the Celestial Court, at the hands of Chen Shi, this Golden Immortal.

More importantly, the question remains unanswered: who exactly used incantations and supernatural powers to kill him?

Moreover, just thinking about it now gives him a splitting headache, making him suffer terribly.

"Celestial Master, even though His Majesty personally calculated who attacked you, he still couldn't figure out who it was."

Standing to the side was Zuo Gongming, one of his sixteen disciples. He had joined his sect relatively early and had a deep understanding of Yuanfu, having already replaced his own Dao patterns with Yuanfu. However, he had only developed 20% of his Yuanfu, and still had 80% of his cultivation yet to be converted.

Zuo Gongming said, "His Majesty said that someone has obscured the secrets of Heaven, shifted the cause and effect, and forcibly calculated the truth, which can only be determined to be the work of the immortals."

Ancestor Qianlong's heart stirred slightly, and he blurted out, "The Heavenly Secrets Strategy! The Heavenly Secrets Strategy has not been destroyed, it is still here! That person used the Heavenly Secrets Strategy to deceive the heavens."

After reaching the True Immortal realm, extraordinary phenomena of the Great Dao arise in the Dao realm, many of which are phenomena of the Heavenly Dao.

There are also quite a few unusual phenomena that involve celestial secrets.

Therefore, true immortals are skilled in divination, especially in predicting their own existence, where their accuracy is even higher.

The higher one's cultivation level, the stronger one's ability to deduce the secrets of heaven. Beings like the Immortal Emperor can even calculate the secrets of their ancestors up to eighteen generations back.

Only by using the Heavenly Secrets Strategy to obscure the Heavenly Secrets can they be unable to calculate the reason.

Zuo Gongming said, "Master doesn't know the secrets of heaven, so can you guess who plotted against you?"

Ancestor Qianlong's heart stirred slightly, and he inexplicably thought of Chen Shi. Chen Shi had been studying Yuanfu under Chen Yindu, and the moment he saw this man, he realized that this man was unruly, harbored hostility towards the Celestial Court, and that this hostility was irreversible.

This man is Chen Yindu's grandson, and must be extremely intelligent.

Therefore, he arranged two backup plans to use someone else to do the dirty work.

Logically speaking, Chen Shi was already dead the moment he saw Fan Xiao.

"Zuo Gongming, immediately investigate when Chen Shi ascended to the Heavenly Court. Also, investigate what happened in the Heavenly Court during that period!"

Zuo Gongming accepted the order and left in haste.

Half a day later, Zuo Gongming returned and bowed, saying, "Master, Chen Shi's ascension to the Heavenly Court was twenty-eight years ago."

The Hidden Dragon Ancestor then asked, "Shortly after his ascension, did Xi Muran order the release of the Great Demon to destroy the Heavenly Secrets Strategy?"

Zuo Gongming agreed, saying, "It is said that on that day, he clashed with Yin Fenglou, the commander of the Fire Battalion of the Heavenly Army, and accidentally killed Yin Fenglou, and was thrown into the Heavenly Prison. That night, Wu Guanyun and other people from the Celestial Court stationed in the Heavenly Army released the Great Demon and destroyed the Heavenly Secret Strategy. Afterwards, the Eastern King Duke ordered people to go to the Heavenly Prison, bring Chen Shi out, and let him return to the Heavenly Army. Therefore, everyone says that the Eastern King Duke is Chen Shi's backer."

The Hidden Dragon Ancestor sneered, "The Eastern King Duke is his backer? The Eastern King Duke is just a shield pushed out by someone else! The Eastern King Duke's status is not enough to appoint Chen Shi as the Grand Marshal of the Armed Forces! And then what?"

Zuo Gongming said, "Because before Chen Shi fought Yin Fenglou, he merged with the Dao in Xitiandang, which made Xitiandang lose a piece. So Li Tianwang used the land of Daoxu to exchange for his place in Xitiandang where he merged with the Dao. When Chen Shi was in Daoxu, he caused quite a commotion and attracted a lot of people to watch."

The Hidden Dragon Ancestor asked, "What trouble has he caused?"

"I don't know."

Zuo Gongming said, "All we know is that those who went to watch were all important figures in the Heavenly Court, whose status was much higher than that of Li Tianwang. No news has been released."

The Hidden Dragon Ancestor pondered, "To exchange the Dao-Merging Ground of Xitiandang for the Dao Ruins? Xitiandang is merely a training ground, its value far inferior to the Dao Ruins. Moreover, King Li is not qualified to give him the Dao Ruins. In that case, even if I leave my voice and image, it may not be enough to make the Great Heavenly Venerable kill him. Because he is the Great Heavenly Venerable's man."

His heart sank slightly.

Recording the sound and the image was his second backup plan. If Fan Xiao failed to kill Chen Shi, the Jade Emperor would be furious and order Chen Shi's life to be taken.

But now it seems that the second move should be ineffective.

Because the Heavenly Secrets they destroyed were only ordered to be destroyed by the Jade Emperor, who had already hidden the contents of the Heavenly Secrets in Chen Shi's possession.

"If the Heavenly Secrets Strategy is with Chen Shi, then what about the other Heavenly Dao treasures?"

The old ancestor of the Hidden Dragon's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly said, "Quickly go and invite the Supreme One!"

Not long after, the Celestial Emperor arrived and said, "The Celestial Master is injured and should not be busy. It is important for him to recuperate."

The Hidden Dragon Ancestor disregarded everything else and quickly recounted his speculation that the Heavenly Secret Strategy was in Chen Shi's hands, saying, "Your Majesty, we want to eliminate the Heavenly Dao Treasure in the hands of the Heavenly Court, but the Heavenly Court also wants to break free from the shackles of the Heavenly Dao Treasure?"

The Immortal Emperor was slightly shaken, understanding his meaning, and slowly said, "What a great Heavenly Venerable, not so easy to deal with."

The Hidden Dragon Ancestor said, "The Heavenly Court not only needs to break free from the shackles of the Heavenly Dao Treasures, but also from the shackles of the Three Pure Ones, and truly master the Heavenly Dao Treasures! Therefore, eliminating Houtu Huangdizhi cannot be rushed. Huangdizhi must be eliminated, and using the power of the Celestial Court may very well cause serious damage to the Celestial Court as well."

The Celestial Emperor Supreme said, "The divine path of the Earth Goddess Houtu can govern the Six Paths of Reincarnation and control the Underworld. She must be eliminated!"

The Hidden Dragon Ancestor laughed and said, "Our Celestial Court has already shown its utmost sincerity by eliminating the Northern Yin Emperor. Now, it's time for us allies to show our sincerity as well. Eliminate the Earth Goddess Houtu and exchange her for the Primordial Talisman. Then we'll be in the same boat, and there's no room for wavering!"

The Immortal Emperor smiled and walked outside: "Using Yuan Talismans to exchange is indeed a good idea. Fellow Daoist, you should rest well. I'll go contact those old foxes and make sure they take action!"

Ancestor Qianlong breathed a sigh of relief, just about to focus on healing his injuries, when he remembered something and his expression changed slightly. He hurriedly summoned Zuo Gongming: "Go and keep an eye on Chen Yindu. Don't let him leave the Celestial Court! Also, keep a close eye on Du Yiran, Sha Qiutong, and the others. Don't let them escape!"

Zuo Gongming hurriedly went to find Chen Yindu and ordered people to keep an eye on Du Yiran, Sha Qiutong and Hu Xiaoliang.

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On the star raft, Chen Shi carefully sorted out the Yuan Talismans. After several days, he categorized the Yuan Talismans and then began to rebuild the Immortal Path.

Although he helped his grandfather Chen Yindu increase the completion rate of the Yuanfu to 50%, he had not yet had time to re-establish the Immortal Path and transform his own Dao patterns into Yuanfu. Only after severely injuring Qianlong did he feel at ease and focus on improving himself. Yuanfu, because it lacks many steps, allows for extremely fast activation of supernatural powers.

Chen Shi's cultivation level was much higher than Chen Yin's, but because Chen Yin had already completed the replacement of Dao patterns with Yuan Fu, his supernatural abilities could be activated much faster than Chen Shi's.

If the two are not far apart, Chen Yin can disrupt Chen Shi's supernatural powers and defeat him before Chen Shi completes them!

This was despite the Yuanfu's completion rate being only 20%; if Chen Yindu's Yuanfu had been 50% complete, the activation speed of his divine power would have been even faster, and Chen Shi would have suffered an even more crushing defeat!
"If I complete the replacement of Dao patterns with Yuan Talismans, with my speed, I'm afraid I'll have no rivals in the Golden Immortal realm!"

Chen Shi calmed himself down and immediately began to make the substitution.

His cultivation and attainment in the immortal path are concentrated in the immortal path runes. The immortal path runes not only exist in his Daoist temple and his Daoist techniques, but also in his physical body and primordial spirit, his magical abilities, and the three Dao realms.

Replacing the Dao patterns in these places with Yuan symbols is no easy task.

If you change your magic too hastily, your magical power will collapse, and your cultivation will have nothing to rely on, causing your power to dissipate.

With his Golden Immortal cultivation level, the moment he disperses his power is extremely terrifying, and his death is extremely ugly. It is likely that the nearby star systems will be blown apart!
Chen Shi proceeded cautiously, first replacing the Dao patterns in the Undying Immortal Technique with Yuan Talismans, and then activating the Undying Immortal Technique to replace the Dao patterns in his physical body and primordial spirit one by one.

It wasn't until he returned to Penglai West that Chen Shi replaced 50% of the Dao patterns in his physical body and primordial spirit.

He returned to Biyou Palace and had just finished arranging Cui Zhenzhen's entry into the sect when he discovered that his own Yuanfu was in conflict with the Dao patterns in the Dao temple. The conflict was escalating and had reached the point of armed conflict and a showdown between the two powers!

Chen Shi hurriedly called Jiang Guo over and said, "Senior brother, this is Cui Zhenzhen, a newly initiated junior sister. She doesn't know anything and makes a living by selling blood in Beihai. You teach her, I'm going into seclusion first!"

Jiang Guo said to Cui Zhenzhen, "Junior Sister Cui, my name is Jiang Guo. The Sect Master said you also make a living by selling blood?"

Cui Zhenzhen said, "I cultivate the Pure Yang Five Thunder Heart Sutra, which is the method of the Pure Yang True Immortal. The blood used in this cultivation method is pure Yang, making it excellent material for refining treasures and drawing Dao patterns. Senior Brother Jiang, you also sell your blood?"

"I sold them when I traveled before."

Jiang Guodao said, "Back then, when our sect didn't have money for travel expenses, we had to find our own ways. The cultivation method I practiced was better. Although I was a Celestial Immortal, my blood was pure Yang, so when we were short of money, we would sell some. Your Pure Yang Five Thunder Heart Sutra is too poor. I will teach you a Pure Yang Dao Ancestor Cliff Inscription Sutra. You can practice that first."

Cui Zhenzhen immediately felt closer to him. Although Chen Shi was good, he was, after all, a religious leader and a Heavenly King, which put a lot of pressure on her. But Jiang Guo, who had also sold his blood, seemed approachable.

Jiang Guo said, “However, my Golden Turtle Island is based on the Hunyuan Dao Scripture, and you cannot neglect the Hunyuan Sword Scripture either; you must also cultivate it. Come with me, and I will take you to the herb garden to gather some immortal herbs to cleanse your marrow and replenish your deficiencies.”

He was knowledgeable and could see that although Cui Zhenzhen was a true immortal, she had suffered too many injuries and sold a lot of blood, leaving her body depleted. She appeared to be a true immortal, but in reality, she was just a human lantern. Without replenishing her deficiencies, her cultivation would hardly improve.

Inside Biyou Palace, Chen Shi replaced the Dao patterns in the Daoist temple, suppressing the turmoil within.

Unexpectedly, just as he replaced a portion of the Daoist temple, a conflict arose between the Daoist temple and the Daoist realm, causing various Daoist phenomena to become chaotic and threatening to collapse!
The Dao Realm is originally in harmony with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. When one is in harmony with the Dao, one uses the Dao Field to unite with Heaven and Earth. Now the Dao Field has changed, but the Dao Realm has not changed, so there is a risk of one's cultivation level dropping!

Chen Shi's primordial spirit detached from his body and flew out, entering the Dao Ruins Dao Realm.

Within the Dao Ruins and Dao Realm, various extraordinary phenomena of the Great Dao burst forth with Dao light and released Dao power, causing the heavens and earth to collapse and crack.

Chen Shi's primordial spirit descended from the sky, and with a wave of his hand, he raised the green stele of Fuluo Village to suppress the Dao Ruins Dao Realm and suppress all the strange phenomena of the Great Dao.

He breathed a sigh of relief and immediately changed the Dao patterns in the Dao Realm, replacing them with Yuan Runes.

However, just as he finished dealing with the Dao Ruins, the Demon Realm in the Well erupted again, so he had to rush to the Demon Realm in the Well without stopping. Before even entering the well, he activated the Demon Blood Tree to suppress the Demon Realm in the Well.

Before the Demon Realm in the Well could be dealt with, several more of the strange phenomena of the Great Dao in the Celestial Realm collapsed!

Chen Shi flew to Fuluo Village, grabbed the elixir from Tang Feng's alchemy furnace without saying a word, put one in his mouth, sensed the Celestial Realm, and entered the Celestial Realm.

Before he could finish replacing the Dao patterns in the Celestial Realm, the Demon Blood Tree in the Demon Realm of the Well also clashed with him due to the difference in Dao techniques. Chen Shi gritted his teeth and mobilized his nine filthy bodies to suppress it.

He was busy for more than a month and finally managed to change his Dao patterns into Yuan Talismans.

The current Yuanfu is not perfect, but it is not incapable of completely replacing Dao patterns; it's just that its level of completion is not as perfect as that of the Immortal Dao patterns.

Moreover, the Yuanfu has integrated external paths, and its scope far exceeds that of the immortal path. Even if the completion rate is only 50%, the power of its Daoist techniques far surpasses that of the immortal path.

"Replacing my Dao patterns was so troublesome and fraught with danger. What about my godmother?"

Chen Shi felt a slight unease.

The cultivation of Houtu Huangdiqi is more than ten thousand times greater than his.
His divine cultivation is unfathomable, second only to the Jade Emperor.

Replacing her divine Dao patterns with Yuan talismans would likely be even more dangerous, more difficult, and take longer to complete.

“Severely damaging Qianlong may only solve my godmother’s immediate crisis.”

Chen Shi composed himself. Houtu Huangdizhi was going to see the Great Heavenly Venerable. There was no danger in the Heavenly Court, but once she left, she would likely face many dangers!
Besides the Celestial Emperor and the Right Celestial Master Qianlong, there must be other experts in the Celestial Court. In addition to these experts, there are also disciples of the Three Pure Ones and experts from the Western Paradise!

These powerful immortals will most likely also take action to seize the underworld and control reincarnation!
In the Heavenly Court, the Three Officials, Four Emperors, Five Elders, Nine Emperors, and other Heavenly Court giants, including the Eastern King Duke and the Western Queen Mother, gathered to discuss how to deal with the death of the Northern Emperor. After the meeting, all the other Heavenly Court giants had left, leaving only the Earth Goddess Houtu staying in the Heavenly Court for a few days to chat with the Queen Mother about everyday matters.

She stayed for half a month before getting up, riding the Nine Phoenix Chariot, leaving the Heavenly Court, and heading towards the Daoist temple in the Xuanhuang Sea.

Upon arriving at the sacred land of Xuanhuang Sea, the Nine Phoenix Chariot entered the Great Heavenly Palace of Virtue and Radiance, heading towards the Jade Palace of Nine Flowers.

Just then, a familiar voice came from outside: "Disciple Feng Huixue greets Your Majesty."

Houtu Huangdiqi ordered the car to stop. Looking out the window, they saw Feng Huixue standing outside the Ciyi Palace, bowing in their direction.

"You traitorous little thing."

Houtu Huangdiqi's gaze swept across the land as she chuckled, "I have treated you well, yet you betray me. What kind of shady characters have you brought in this time?"

"Goddess Dimu, those words are too hurtful."

A loud laugh rang out, and several monks and Taoists emerged from the Female Palace.

The two leaders bowed in unison and said with a smile, "Guang Chengzi of Jiuxian Mountain greets Your Majesty."

"Buddha Dingguang of the Western Paradise pays respects to Dimu Yuanjun."

(End of this chapter)