My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 239 It Wasn't in Vain That Mom Waited So Long for You

I am unaware of the passage of time, and time is unaware of me.

As if waking from a dream, Bai Chijing couldn't help but feel a deep sense of emotion. To be precise, his cultivation time was really not long at all, only a few hundred years in total.

But when he awoke again after completing the void years ago, he found that the length of his existence had become immeasurable even after ten thousand years.

"Ten Heavenly Ranks, one step to transcendence, the technique you created is very powerful." Bai Chijing turned around, no longer looking at the River of Time manifested in the Outer Heaven. He turned to the little girl behind him and said this, because the River of Time truly did not recognize him.

After he completed the void, Banhu Tiandao and Xiongyan Banhu, like the Jiejiao immortals, followed one after the other, completing the void after him, thus fulfilling the fundamental two great oaths.

From then on, nothingness was lacking, time changed, and the long river of years was interrupted.

In other words, the current river of time is a newly born river of time, and it is a different existence from the river of time in the past.

The long river of time has been used primarily to bury the last traces of Banhu's Heavenly Dao and the fierce-eyed Banhu.

These two individuals voluntarily made oaths with the two great oaths, yet they also voluntarily broke them. Although they ultimately fulfilled the oaths, all their actions were recorded by the two great oaths.

Therefore, Bai Chijing was given a sliver of hope, while the other two were completely suppressed.

However, it was precisely because Bai Chijing had the opportunity to reappear, and because his consciousness had been regrouping in silence, that the hatred from Banhu Heavenly Dao and the fierce-eyed Banhu transcended countless years.

"Congratulations, you have reached the true end of the path to immortality," Bai Chijing said again, his words filled with joy. He was genuinely happy for Ling Jia's achievement.

This was Ling Jia's long-cherished dream back then, and Bai Chijing was overjoyed that it had come true.

“This is not the true end of the path to immortality, because there is indeed a second step of transcendence.” Upon hearing this, Ling Jia shook her head slightly.

"But you haven't even stepped into the second step yet, have you?" Bai Chijing said with some surprise. He was naturally able to clearly sense Ling Jia's current level.

Its position is comparable to the real Banhu, and it will also transcend the real Banhu.

The true transcendence of the Buddha, in a single step, is the breaking free from the shackles of time, allowing the past, future, and present to become one. From then on, one is perfect and flawless, without any defects. Even if a powerful enemy flows against the tide of time, and one finds their own weakness, what they will see is their most peak self.

The second step to transcendence is to go beyond this nothingness.

The void has boundaries, something Bai Chijing knew long ago, but what lies outside the void is something he didn't know.

Even if he filled in the void, he still wouldn't be able to see it.

That void outside is like a place where nothing has yet been born, or where everything has already returned to silence; these two contradictory states are constantly cycling back and forth.

At this moment, when Ling Jia heard Bai Chijing say this, she immediately rolled her eyes at him.

"You mean to say that this second step doesn't actually exist? Everything is without support, but it is precisely because everything is without support that I see the possibility of transcending the second step. And to take this step, I need the ten Heavenly Ranks of Transcendence that I created to be completely perfected."

First, Ling Jia naturally understood Bai Chijing's thoughts, so she explained them to him carefully.

"Nine is the ultimate number, so to achieve perfect transcendence in one step, three near-immortals who can also achieve perfect transcendence in one step are needed?" Bai Chijing said thoughtfully.

He already knew what this little girl had done over the years, inscribing the Dao in the void of the heavens, so that since the beginning of the Dao-creating era after the river of time was blocked, all the immortals who were close to the Dao had revered her as their master.

Although the "respect for master" was just lip service and the ceremony was mainly for show, this little girl had unknowingly gathered an incredibly terrifying amount of heavenly fortune! Clearly, Ling Jia was preparing to use this heavenly fortune to take the second step towards transcendence.

However, at this point, this divine fortune had not yet reached its full potential.

In short, the merits of education and moral guidance are insufficient.

Currently, there are five immortals in this world who have just transcended the Dao and are close to attaining enlightenment. If you include this little girl, there are six in total. This number is clearly insufficient to satisfy the little girl's claim of complete perfection.

"Yes, so would you like to become the seventh person to transcend in one step?" Ling Jia, the first one, smiled and nodded her head honestly.

She does indeed have this plan.

Don't be fooled by the fact that there are already five immortals who have transcended the Dao in one step; how many years of accumulation have led to this?
The fact that these five individuals were able to successfully transcend can be said to have exhausted all the accumulated resources left behind before the river of time was blocked.

Although among these five, only Hongshi is an old man from that era who died and was resurrected, in fact, all five are.

The only difference between Hongshi and the other four is that they are beings born after the Dao Evolution Era, and are the culmination of integrating the past Daos.

Therefore, of the last three remaining, Ling Jia was really at a loss.

So now that she could meet one, this little girl naturally wanted to see him. She looked at Bai Chijing with anticipation, wanting him to give up his true form as a gourd.

"Fine, I'll help you this time!"

Shiraichi nodded and said this.

In truth, even without this little girl speaking up, he would still have taken one step of the ten Heavenly Ranks to transcend. This is because his true Banhu realm currently only exists in this Outer Heaven.

That was the projection of the two great oaths onto him after he completed the void.

Although it wasn't the true combination of the two oaths, it was a projection of the two oaths combined, thus ensuring that Shirochi Kei's power surpassed everything in a specific location.

This is why he was able to easily drive away the true spirits of the five Transcendent Ones.

Besides the fact that the Outer Heavens are his territory, it is also related to the two great oath projections currently on his body.

The power of this projection is equivalent to the combined peak state of Banhu Heavenly Dao and Fierce Eye Banhu, after which it has been cleaved in two-thirds.

Don't underestimate this one-third; the ultimate fusion of the Heavenly Dao of the Gourd and the Fierce-Eyed Gourd is not a simple addition of power, but a multiplication.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that this kind of power is even closer to the second step of transcendence than the first Ling Jia.

"It wasn't for nothing that Mom waited so long for you!"

Upon hearing Bai Chijing agree, the little girl seemed to see herself getting closer to the second step of transcendence. She happily raised her little hand and patted Bai Chijing's shoulder forcefully in an old-fashioned manner.

Bai Chijing glanced at her but didn't say a word. He went off to find some stones and plants to refine his physical body.

(End of this chapter)