On the Avenue.

Chapter 732 Heavenly Gods
"Reporting to Your Excellency, it is rare to find Qingyan in the Tianyuan mining area. Even if you do manage to dig up a piece, it will be immediately taken away by the immortals of the Three Pure Realms."

Yan Zhibei said, "Immortals who find green rock often receive a large reward, including elixirs, cultivation techniques, and magical treasures, enough to elevate them from celestial immortals to true immortals. I've been a mining immortal in Tianyuan for so long, and I've only found a piece of green rock the size of a fist, and I received a reward for it."

He was a refined and cultured man. Among his fellow disciples on Jin'ao Island, he had achieved the highest level of accomplishment and was now at the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

He had been there for so long that he couldn't help but refer to the Sanqing Sect members as immortals.

Before Chen Shi came to Jin'ao Island, he was just a Golden Immortal, living a very impoverished life. He mined in the East Sea Tianyuan while saving money to cultivate, and at the same time, he had to send some Tianyuan Jiaozi back to Jin'ao Island to help his junior brothers and sisters.

At that time, because he had merged with the Dao in Penglai West, he was also corrupted by the heretical path, and was plagued by illness, and was trapped in the Golden Immortal realm for a long time without being able to break through.

When Chen Shi arrived at Jin'ao Island, he refined most of the external paths in Jin'ao's Dao realm, thus curing his ailment. Before long, he made rapid progress, cultivating to become a Taiyi Golden Immortal, and even crossed two more Dao realms in succession, becoming the second most powerful expert on Jin'ao Island after Jiao the Cripple.

Although Yan Zhibei was handsome, he was somewhat neurotic. He always carried an awl in his hand, which he had honed to an extreme sharpness. He would often stab himself in the thigh with the awl, leaving it bloody.

He occasionally has nightmares, waking up screaming in terror, covered in sweat.

Chen Shi inquired about this matter, and he said that he returned to the days of mining in Tianyuan in his dream. He always felt that everything on Jin'ao Island in front of him was his fantasy before his death. In fact, he was lying deep in the mine pit at this moment, with tentacles growing from the immortal mine penetrating his brain and absorbing his vital energy.

He felt that his current life was too happy and fulfilling, and there was a high chance that it was fake, a deathbed fantasy.

He needs to prick himself with an awl and feel the pain to be sure he's not in a hallucination.

However, even when he felt pain, he wasn't sure, so he needed to prick him from time to time.

Chen Shi had discussed with Jing Mei and others how to treat his neurotic ailment, but they were unable to cure it and had to give up.

"Occasionally, you might unearth mysterious minerals that exude an aura of heresy, and touching them will result in death. These minerals are often found alongside prehistoric treasures. Even celestial mines are not safe; they emit strange light and can easily melt away several unfortunate immortals."

Yan Zhibei thought for a moment and said, "When I was a mining immortal over there, a coffin was unearthed in the mine next door. It was made of blue rock, and the coffin lid was made of crystal. You could see a beautiful woman lying inside the coffin, stunningly beautiful and lifelike. Many mining immortals went mad when they saw the beauty and started killing each other. It is said that only one mining immortal survived. That person gouged out his own eyes, punctured his eardrums, and felt his way along the walls to get out alive."

Chen Shi asked, "And then what? What happened to the green coffin and the beauty?"

"Later, the immortals of the Three Pure Realms found a few blind men, who entered the mine and carried out the green coffin and the beauty."

Yan Zhibei said, "I didn't go to see. At that time, many experts came to the Three Pure Realms. The formation was very large, and they set up various immortal formations to guard the area completely. After the green coffin was carried out, it was immediately put into a carriage. It is said that the true dragon pulling the carriage was also blind, and its eardrums were punctured to avoid being disturbed by the beauty in the coffin. After the coffin was taken to the Three Pure Realms, I don't know what happened to it afterward."

Chen Shi asked curiously, "Is the beauty in the green coffin still alive?"

"That's impossible to know. I dare not look, I can only observe from afar, and I don't know what the beauty in the green coffin looks like, or whether she is alive. But since she's in a coffin, she must be dead."

Chen Shi was very disappointed that he did not get the result.

I never expected to find such strange things in the Qingyan mine!

Could this beautiful woman in the blue coffin be a cultivator from the Dark Ages?

Is she alive or dead?
Did she know the truth behind the disintegration of the ancient world?
Can she decipher the dark sea and sky path of the underground Green Palace?
Does her interpretation differ from Chen Shi's own?
“If she were still alive, I’m afraid she would be imprisoned by the immortals of the Three Pure Realms and forced to decipher the contents of the Green Rock that the Three Pure Realms have stored away,” Chen Shixin said.

He really wanted to go to the Qingyan mine to see what treasures he might find, but Yan Zhibei said that it might take ten or twenty years to dig out a single piece, so he gave up the idea.

"With chaos about to erupt across the land, I should focus on my cultivation and improve my strength."

Chen Shi calmed his mind and began to study the Dao in Biyou Palace. Occasionally, he would ask Fairy Xiao Duan for guidance, or go to Dao Ruins to consult with Great Luo Golden Immortals such as Emperor Changchun.

Penglai West itself is the best holy land in the world, Jin'ao Island has the Jade Purity Dao Spring, Dao Ruins has dozens of Great Luo Golden Immortals to consult, and the Demon Blood Treasure Tree in the Well Demon Realm helps him cultivate. Unknowingly, Chen Shi has already cultivated to the third level of the Golden Immortal Dao Realm.

With the opening of this Dao Realm, various Dao phenomena in the Dao Ruins, the Demon Realm in the Well, and the Celestial Realm have also undergone new changes.

The Dao Realm has seen the appearance of many strange phenomena, such as the Kaiyuan Diagram, the Flying Book, the Xiulin Palace, the Fude Lodge, and the Yellow Register Slip. More than ten new Heavenly Dao Treasures have also appeared.

These Heavenly Dao treasures differ from those of the Heavenly Court; some are Heavenly Dao treasures from the Earthly Immortal Realm, while others are Heavenly Dao treasures from the Dark Sea, making them unpredictable and mysterious.

Although Chen Shi had refined the Heavenly Dao magic treasures, he was unsure of their uses.

Every day he would retrieve the magical artifacts, perform rituals, and ponder their usage, resulting in a mountain of written records.

Fortunately, he now has many Dao bodies, and the Dao bodies in the Dao realm are often celestial children and celestial maidens, which are most suitable for recording the usage and purpose of Heavenly Dao treasures.

He also acquired an additional demonic avatar, called the Nine Nether Ancestor, which naturally formed from his achievements in the demonic path. It was extremely powerful, even surpassing his original body.

Chen Shi called him Chen Jiuyou and handed over his nine defiled bodies to Chen Jiuyou so that they could cultivate together in the Demon Realm of the Well.

However, after reaching the third level of the Golden Immortal realm, his cultivation progress gradually slowed down, becoming slower and slower.

Chen Jiuyou dug up the soil under the Demon Blood Tree and saw that the Demon Blood Tree had already digested most of the Great Demon's remains, which explained why his cultivation speed had slowed down.

"I still need to find more Great Demon skeletons!"

Chen Shi was getting restless. Near the Heavenly Court, in the Huanxian Valley, lay the Three Pure Ones' Demon-Refining Well, which suppressed the remains of many great demons. However, he only knew of this one place; there were certainly other places with similar demon-suppressing wells.

"My godmother might know something about it."

Chen Shixin said, "Refining these demon skeletons is a good thing, to prevent them from being used by others."

He burned incense and inquired of the Earth Goddess Houtu. Knowing that he could refine the remains of a great demon, the Earth Goddess Houtu readily told him the locations of several of the Three Pure Ones' Demon-Refining Wells, saying, "The Heavenly Court has issued an edict to conquer Guangchengzi of Nine Immortals Mountain, the Tathagata Dingguang Huanxi of the Western Heaven, and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Gods and immortals are fighting in various places, and chaos is frequent. The Crown Prince needs to be careful when traveling."

Chen Shi thanked him and was preparing to pack his things to search for these Demon Refining Wells when the gourd dog came in from outside, with a rag doll sitting on its back.

"Uncle Xiao Wu?"

Chen Shi was both surprised and delighted. He quickly got up, and the rag doll leaped off the bottle dog's back, landing and transforming into human form. It was none other than Creator Xiao Wu, who laughed and said, "When I entered the mountain gate, I encountered this bottle dog barking wildly, so I subdued it and rode here all the way. Xiao Shi, Dad was planning to come here and asked me to come ahead of time to inform you to prepare a body for him."

Chen Shi was slightly taken aback: "Body?"

Creator Xiao Wu said, "He is a disciple of the Right Celestial Master and is under strict surveillance and not allowed to go out. Therefore, you should prepare a body for him to use. He wants to go to the Underground Green Palace to see the Dark Sea Heaven Dao with his own eyes."

Chen Shi's eyes lit up, and he hesitated before asking, "Grandma Sha's ability to travel to another's abode? Can she travel all the way from the Celestial Court to Penglai West?"

Creation Little Five laughed and said, "When Sha Qiutong arrived in the Heavenly Court, she gathered many celestial beings from the Heaven of Other Transformation and Freedom, and combined the Divine Power of Approaching Abode with the Great Law of Other Transformation and Freedom. Even if they are far apart, they can still approach each other."

Chen Shi's curiosity was immediately piqued.

He also drew upon the Great Law of Transformation to improve the power of rebirth. But Granny Sha was the creator of the power of rebirth. After she came to the Earthly Immortal Realm and greatly broadened her horizons, to what extent would she have improved the power of rebirth?
The distance from the Celestial Court to Penglai West is so vast, yet they were still able to complete the rebirth process. Chen Shi knew that his own rebirth abilities were far from sufficient to achieve this.

Chen Shi said, "This is simple. I'll go find my senior brothers..."

The Creator Little Five said, "The one who is taken in cannot be too strong in cultivation, nor too intelligent. If the cultivation is too strong, he will involuntarily reject Father. If he is too intelligent, his mind will be too active and will fight against Father's thinking."

Chen Shi frowned slightly and instructed the gourd, "Go and fetch Cui Zhenzhen."

Creation Little Five's eyes lit up, and he praised, "This girl is good. She's simple-minded and not very smart."

Chen Shi was busy with the affairs of the temporary residence and could not spare the time to search for the Three Pure Ones Demon-Suppressing Well. He thought to himself, "It would be better to let me go and find the Demon-Suppressing Well. After I find it, I will let Chen Jiuyou put the Great Demon into the Demon Realm of the Well and suppress and refine it."

With a slight thought, the demonic realm within the well appeared above his head, and nine vile beings flew out of the well, some fierce and evil, some treacherous and wicked, some greedy and lustful, none of them resembling good people.

They were all highly skilled cultivators, and immediately flew away after leaving the Demon Realm.

When Creator Five saw the nine defiled bodies, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Little Ten, who are these nine good friends?"

"My filthy body."

Chen Shi explained, “When I cultivated the Immortal Art of Immortality and became a Golden Immortal, I burned mountains and boiled seas to refine out the impurities in my cultivation, including the evil and wicked thoughts within me. I was worried that they would do evil, so I created an external body for them. Now that I am too busy to go out, I send them out to handle matters.”

Creation Five looked around, somewhat excited, and said, "Little Ten, they are much cuter than you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi looked at him suspiciously.

At this moment, Cui Zhenzhen followed the gourd to Biyou Palace. Chen Shi dispelled his doubts and spoke to her, saying, "The Temporary Abode Divine Power will not harm you in the slightest, but it will squeeze your consciousness into a corner of your sea of ​​consciousness, making you unable to control your body. When the Temporary Abode ends, you will still be in control of your physical body and will not feel any discomfort."

Cui Zhenzhen, being a carefree and nonchalant person, laughed and said, "Is it that old man who writes Yuanfu? I'm worried that my brain isn't sharp enough and the old man will dislike me."

Chen Shi said solemnly, "The old man chose to leave you because he valued your clear mind. Don't overthink it."

Cui Zhenzhen agreed, sat down, and quickly entered a state of complete absorption in the world around her.

Creation Master Wu praised, "Although he is a bit slow, his Dao heart is pure, he is truly a rare talent."

He affixed a Yuan talisman to Cui Zhenzhen. Upon closer inspection, Chen Shi realized it was a Soul-Trapping Talisman, but its structure had been altered using a Yuan talisman.

As the soul-guiding talisman was affixed, wisps of incense smoke gradually appeared around Cui Zhenzhen, followed by the rustling sound of drums, as if gods and demons were performing rituals by shaking the Wenwang Drum from an immeasurably distant distance.

Suddenly, a clear spring appeared out of nowhere underground, but it did not wet her clothes. The spring water seemed to be there but not there, visible but untouchable.

Lotus leaves sprouted from the clear spring, covering the water. At this moment, Cui Zhenzhen's body rose slowly, and a lotus flower grew from beneath her, supporting her in the lotus, like a lotus seat.

When the lotus flower was in full bloom, Cui Zhenzhen opened her eyes, got up, and stepped out of the lotus flower, saying, "Xiao Shi, let's go. To the underground Green Palace."

Her voice transformed into Chen Yindu's, aged and deep.

Chen Shi was amazed by the profoundness of Sha Qiutong's supernatural powers. Sha Qiutong's skill made him feel inferior, as his own supernatural power of "Lin She" could only reach within a thousand miles. But Sha Qiutong's supernatural power of "Lin She" was incredibly far-reaching, almost crossing half of the Earthly Immortal Realm.

"Grandpa, Fifth Uncle, come with me!"

He flew out of Jin'ao Island with Chen Yindu and Zaowu Xiaowu, and soon arrived at the mine.

The mine that unearthed the underground Green Palace has been sealed by Chen Shi, and no one is allowed to approach it. The mine still has a strong heretical aura, and even a Taiyi Golden Immortal would not be able to last long if one gets close.

Chen Shi set up the Wuji Daoist Temple and led the two to the deepest part of the mine, in front of the underground black lake.

Chen Yin looked at the lake water and exclaimed in surprise, "Dark seawater."

"Exactly."

Chen Shi said, "I suspect that this place was once the Dark Sea, which later became underground due to the changing times. The Green Palace on the opposite side of the Black Lake was also buried underground as a result."

The three of them passed by the lake and saw countless white bones at the bottom. They were cultivators from the Dark Ages who had perished at the bottom of the lake for unknown reasons.

The external forces within the Black Lake were extremely intense, but Chen Yindu and Creation Little Five had already replaced their own Dao techniques with Yuan Talismans. Their Yuan Talismans encompassed the Dark Sea Heavenly Dao, so they were not afraid of the external forces within the lake at all.

As the Creator Xiao Wu swam into the lake, the white bones at the bottom of the lake moved with him, like a school of snow-white fish.

He was having a great time, completely innocent, without any evil intentions.

Chen Shi glanced at it and sighed, "After losing his memory, Fifth Uncle became innocent, pure, and simple. Thinking back to how wicked he used to be, I was even worried that he would open his mouth and eat me up at the slightest provocation."

Chen Yin transmitted his voice, "Do you really think he has amnesia?"

Chen Shi's heart stirred slightly, and he was about to look at the Creator Xiao Wu at the bottom of the water when Chen Yindu's voice came: "Don't look at him, he is observing our every move with the corner of his eye."

Chen Shi's heart skipped a beat, and he transmitted his voice, "Grandpa, do you mean that Fifth Uncle might not have lost his memory, but is just pretending to?"

"Very likely. It's also possible that he really has amnesia."

Chen Yindu said, "I've been observing him these past few days, and I always felt that he was faking amnesia. But after observing him for so long, I haven't seen any clues. He hasn't given himself away at all."

Chen Shi laughed and said, "Grandpa, aren't you being paranoid and misunderstanding Fifth Uncle?"

Chen Yin snorted: "I know him a hundred times better than I know Chen Tang. The more innocent he is, the more worried I am."

As they spoke, the two arrived at the opposite bank. A strong aura of the Heavenly Dao emanated from the Azure Palace, including the aura of the Heavenly Dao of the Earthly Immortal Realm and the chaotic and wild aura of the Heavenly Dao of the Dark Sea!

Chen Yin called out, and Creation Little Five flew out of the water with a splash. The skeletons that followed him stopped at the surface of the water and did not follow him.

The three of them entered the underground Green Palace. Chen Yin said, "Chen Wu, you must calm my distracting thoughts and help my mind become clear and pure."

The Creator Xiao Wu said that he took in Chen Yindu's distracting thoughts into his own mind. Chen Yindu had lost all humanity and was left with only pure divinity. He looked at the various prehistoric marks on the blue wall and compared them with Chen Shi's perfected Yuanfu.

After a long while, he turned to look at the altar in the rear hall of the Azure Palace and slowly said, "On this altar should be the Heavenly Dao deity worshipped by the prehistoric people. Little Ten, my brain is a bit slow, I need to borrow your brain to use the Dark Sea Heavenly Dao to recreate this Heavenly Dao deity!"

(End of this chapter)