My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 242 They never meet, yet he reveals himself to future generations.

What comes after transcending everything in one step?
The Immortal Lord's answer was the second step to transcendence. However, whether it was truly the second step, or even if there was one at all, was something no one in this void could possibly ascertain.

But those who have transcended the path to immortality all believe in this saying.

Because after the First Immortal Lord's whereabouts disappeared, Bai Chijing's whereabouts also disappeared. To be precise, it was Bai Chijing's disappearance that led the other Immortal Lords to discover that the First Immortal Lord had vanished along with Bai Chijing.

The traces here naturally refer to the cultivation marks left behind by Bai Chijing and the First Lingjia after their transcendence.

This mark will not have any effect on any living beings in the world.

Even the existence of this mark is a very hopeless thing for younger cultivators who want to follow the same path of transcendence.

Just like those true spirits in the outer heavens who cry out that their path of cultivation has been severed.

At this moment, the disappearance of this mark of transcendence undoubtedly means that two more paths to transcendence have been created in this world. Although there are only two spots available, it is still an extremely joyous event for future generations of cultivators.

However, even if these two spots exist, it doesn't necessarily mean that anyone can actually succeed on these two paths to transcendence.

Every path to transcendence is different.

Different paths to transcendence actually present different levels of difficulty.

The five immortal masters, Beitian, Hongshi, Shangcang, and Huangchi, achieved a path of transcendence that was a collection of various laws and paths created by countless beings when the Banhu Heavenly Dao still existed.

These five individuals achieved their status not only because of their own exceptional abilities, but also because they benefited from the collective power of all beings in the past.

The First Ling Jia, who created the Ten Heavenly Ranks system, borrowed the power of Bai Chi Jing. While Bai Chi Jing relied on himself, he also depended on the First Ling Jia.

Without a doubt, Bai Chijing and Ling Jia's path to transcendence is the most difficult.

To successfully navigate these two paths to transcendence, future cultivators need to be like Bai Chijing and Di Yilingjia, helping each other to attain enlightenment.

This means that it is virtually impossible for one person to replicate their path.

Only if both individuals, from their early days of weakness, have gained the potential for transcendence through the other, can they hope to retrace these two paths to transcendence already inscribed in the ten Heavenly Ranks of Laws.

"The First Immortal Lord has always existed..."

"So now, does this mean that the First Immortal Lord and Fellow Daoist Bai Chijing have both taken the second step of transcendence?"

Within the void of the heavens, several immortal lords emerged from their respective timelines, their timelines intersecting and influencing the past, present, and future. These transcendent beings couldn't help but reveal expressions of shock and joy.

What was shocking was that Ling Jia had clearly always existed, yet even they, as near-immortals who had just transcended the Dao, couldn't even sense him. This meant that the strength of this first immortal master was far above theirs!

It can only be said that he was worthy of being the first transcendent being to create the ten paths to heaven.

The reason for the joy is that Bai Chijing and Ling Jia's strange behavior undoubtedly shows that after this step of transcendence, there is indeed a second step of transcendence!
Their path of cultivation was not interrupted because of this!
At this moment, even the Hongshi Immortal Lord, who had always had reservations about the First Ling Jia, bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Bai Chijing, and the First Immortal Lord, for passing on the Dharma and continuing the Dao!"

Anyone who pioneers something unprecedented deserves to be followed and treated with the utmost respect.

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"Why were you able to take this second step?" In a place beyond description, outside the void of the heavens, a petite figure arrived, looked around, and then asked the person beside her with a hint of annoyance.

Beside this petite figure was a young man who looked quite ordinary.

Despite the young man's extraordinary appearance—he could make everything else in the world pale in comparison simply by standing there—his looks were merely ordinary handsome, nothing particularly striking.

Upon hearing this, the young man smiled and replied, "You're wrong."

"What did I say wrong?" The petite figure was naturally puzzled by the other party's words.

“This is actually the third step,” the young man corrected.

"The second comes after the first," the petite figure corrected.

"There can't be a third after the first. Considering our current level, this is indeed the third step. The second step must exist, but we should have already passed through it long ago," the young man said with great emotion.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" After listening to the young man's rambling on and on, the petite figure began to understand what he was trying to say.

This is a veiled reference!

"I mean, since I'm already here, then stop talking nonsense. The last time I heard you say something like that was back then," the young man said again.

Upon hearing this, the petite figure showed no anger, but simply smiled.

As the petite figure laughed, her silhouette began to dim and eventually disappeared completely.

This doesn't mean they've left.

That's what it means to disappear.

However, the petite figure disappeared, but the young man did not. He stood there with his hands behind his back, his eyes flashing with a look that seemed both passionate and profound.

"I don't know when we'll meet again..." After a while, the young man suddenly said this.

Because that little girl didn't disappear.

However, he and she can no longer appear together at the same time.

Their existence has reached an ineffable level; they seem to have ceased to exist, yet they remain forever.

No matter when or where.

Even though he and she had left the Void Realm, they still existed there.

However, no one could see him and her.

This young man was none other than Bai Chijing. And that petite figure was naturally Ling Jia. He and she had both reached the pinnacle of the Ten Heavenly Paths, and in that instant, they both took another step towards transcendence.

Taking this step brought him and her out of nothingness.

Although nothingness has boundaries.

However, even a near-immortal who has transcended the Dao in one step could not truly reach this boundary; they could only sense a rough outline of it.

At this moment, Bai Chijing stepped out of the void and realized what was outside of it.

There is nothing in this void outside.

Because it simply doesn't exist.

Although time is merely a concept and does not actually exist, it can ultimately be considered to exist, and therefore can be touched by those who transcend and approach the Dao in one step.

Beyond this void lies utter non-existence, which naturally cannot be touched by the first step of transcendence.

With this, Bai Chijing's mission can be considered accomplished.

"Looking back on my life, my path of cultivation has been incredibly uneventful..." Bai Chijing felt he should make a concluding statement, after all, he had already cultivated to this level.

When a cultivator breaks through a major realm, they usually hold a celebration banquet to demonstrate their prowess in front of others. However, he couldn't hold such a banquet because there were no guests to attend, thus failing to meet the conditions for demonstrating his prowess in front of others.

However, this concluding statement is still acceptable.

Because it will affect nothingness.

There will always be people in later generations who will see him putting on this act...

(End of this chapter)