My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 238 Entering the mortal realm, returning as an immortal (Part 2)
The real Banhu...

These five words were like the true words of the Great Dao, instantly touching upon the most ancient secrets of the immortal path.

Some extraordinary phenomena arise in the most distant phase of time, but quickly vanish in that most distant past, because they are already outdated relics.

However, such a strange phenomenon naturally could not escape the notice of the five near-Dao Immortals who had transcended the Dao in one step. When these five looked at the outer heaven, their eyes all revealed a strange light.

At this moment, Huang Chi Immortal Lord asked Hong Shi Immortal Lord, "Fellow Daoist seems to know quite a lot about the ancient secrets of immortality, yet you were the last among us to achieve transcendence. So, are you perhaps the immortal reincarnation of some ancient predecessor?"

"It's not that ancient. I only know of this true Banhu by chance, because he was a being born half an eon after I attained the Dao. He is also the only one among countless beings who, as a mortal, eventually cultivated into the true Banhu. Fellow Daoists, things were different back then. At that time, becoming a near-Dao Immortal was already the end of the road. If you wanted to go any further, you could only become an appendage of the true Banhu."

The Immortal Lord of the Great World did not intend to hide anything, but when he spoke of this past, there was an indescribable complex emotion in his words.

As a being resurrected from a trace of the combined essence of the Primordial Heavenly Dao and the Supreme Being of the Mysterious Heaven, the Immortal Lord of the Vast World has little connection with either of them in the past.

He can be considered one of the two, but he cannot be considered one of them.

After transcending the barrier, Hong Shi, the Immortal Lord, understood the existence of Banhu and the difference between it and the real Banhu. He also guessed most of the secrets of the past.

He had immense respect for Bai Chijing.

However, he looked down on Ling Jia, who was just an old-fashioned person from the old era who was too lucky and had received the blessings left by Bai Chijing.

If he could receive the blessings and benefits left by Bai Chijing, he would certainly do better than Ling Jia, the first one.

"I imagine that you, like me, could sense that this void has been repaired after transcending. It seems that in that ancient time when the path to immortality was severed, the void contained flaws left over from the beginning of the primordial chaos. To be honest, when I could vaguely touch the second step of transcendence, I could sense for a moment that before us, before the First Immortal Lord, there were still remnants left behind by those who had transcended."

It was then that the Northern Celestial Lord spoke, revealing a secret he had once sensed.

It was precisely because he was so close to taking the second step of transcendence that he was able to choose to enter the Outer Heavens without hesitation in order to pursue his own breakthrough.

"So Fellow Daoist Beitian also sensed it. In that case, the other Daoists must have sensed it as well, right?" At this moment, the Celestial Lord of the Upper Heaven laughed.

In the past, no immortal lord had brought up this matter on his own initiative. But now, because of the real Banhu, the Northern Heaven Immortal Lord spoke first and revealed this ancient secret. The expressions of the other immortal lords all changed slightly.

It is obvious that, apart from the Immortal Lord of the Great World, these four near-Dao Immortals who have transcended in one step have already touched the second step of transcendence a long time ago.

But after that, nothing could be done any further.

"You fellow Daoists are all quite good at hiding your secrets!" Huang Chi Immortal Lord laughed, and the other three Immortal Lords also laughed upon hearing this, only Hong Shi Immortal Lord remained silent.

Because he has vaguely touched upon the realm of transcending the second step, he still has no clue whatsoever.

"Since we all have this insight, and combined with what Fellow Daoist Hongshi said, then these three afterimages of transcendent beings should be the three real Banhus of the past. Two of them should be the culprits in that ancient era who caused all the near-Dao immortals to have nowhere to go."

"The third one, the real Banhu, made the greatest contribution."

"The First Immortal Lord's later achievements were probably inseparable from this third true Banhu. Legend has it that the First Immortal Lord once held a special seal-shaped treasure and suppressed an entire era..."

These four are all near-Cultivation Immortals who have taken a single step towards transcendence, and all are capable of touching the second step of transcendence. Naturally, they wouldn't act irrationally. With the Hongshi Immortal Lord's proactive explanation, they have directly cleared away some of the fog surrounding the past, allowing them to see even more ancient times in the long river of time. Near-Cultivation Immortals who have taken a single step towards transcendence are indeed incredibly powerful; they have no moments of weakness and can freely reverse the flow of the past and future, changing everything in the past and future.

However, there is also an invisible limitation: those who have transcended the Dao in one step will encounter ever-increasing resistance when they try to glimpse the time before they were born.

This resistance is born from its own immense power.

In short, it means the stars and constellations shift.

Give them a taste of their own medicine!

Therefore, no one who transcends the Dao in one step can glimpse too far back in time before their own birth. Even if there are some secret techniques that can produce special effects in this regard, these immortals who transcend the Dao in one step can only stop at the stage of ten thousand years of Dao evolution.

Now, most of the secrets of the immortal path in the past are revealed through the stories of ancient beings who have returned from the dead.

For example, those ten heavens.

An ancient method of cultivating one's destiny.

……

Outside the Heavenly Realm, five near-immortals who had just transcended the Dao each harbored their own thoughts. Four of them wanted to explore ancient mysteries in hopes of finding a way to break through to the second step of transcendence, while the other's thoughts were extremely complex.

Within the Outer Heavens, the First Immortal Lord, who had long since vanished from the realm of the Void for countless years, forcibly stepped into this Outer Heavens in his physical form.

Those five incredible paths to transcendence are still evolving here.

It is precisely because of the existence of these five paths to transcendence that the First Immortal Lord was able to stay for such a long time.

"You're back!"

First, Ling Jia raised her small face, which hadn't changed a bit over the countless years, and looked at the sky beyond the heavens, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

Excitement, thrill, joy, and a touch of madness she herself was unaware of.

So many years have passed!
Millennia have passed, and even today, Ling Jia doesn't know how many ancient times she has waited for, so long that she has almost forgotten everything from the past.

Fortunately, she finally got what she was waiting for today.

The person who used to sometimes call her "Mom," but more often acted like a rebellious son!

"Yes, I'm back."

From the depths of the sky beyond the heavens, a voice also echoed from where Ling Jia, the First One, spoke.

(End of this chapter)