My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 243 This is the final ending, and also the beginning of everything.

Many people only know one side of the story, not the other. And they deeply believe in what they only know and use this as a basis to view everything in the world.

Semei Xian was born under this premise and became an extreme example.

It has an origin.

But there is no source.

Because people tend to believe what they want to see. Generalizing from limited information is a common occurrence.

Just as the phrase "take things out of context" is excerpted from "Don't take things out of context".

Within the vast emptiness of the heavens, eras constantly change, yet no near-immortal who has transcended the initial stage has ever reached the second stage of transcendence. After all, this is inherently a contradictory realm.

And this is actually the third step.

The five immortal lords—Beitian, Shangcang, Hongshi, and others—seemed to have fulfilled the destiny of heaven and earth. Their birth was inevitable, but it was impossible for them to advance any further.

In addition to these five, a new transcendent being has emerged.

However, these later transcendent beings can only continuously break the limit on the number of Immortal Lords. Originally, there were only nine slots for this tenth Heavenly Rank, but gradually, the number of slots has been continuously increasing.

The tenth, the eleventh, the twelfth...

But that second step of transcendence remains forever a mirage, like a flower in a mirror or the moon in a well. You can see it, but you can never truly touch it.

Because this is not a realm that can be reached simply by relying on one's own cultivation.

This is beyond detachment.

Above all others.

One by one, the near-immortals who had transcended the Dao in one step tried to find the First Immortal Lord and Bai Chijing, but all of this was naturally in vain.

Because these transcendent and supreme concepts have always been "generalizing from a single instance".

"Knowing only one thing but not the other, how can one take the second step?" Bai Chijing sighed softly, and his figure reappeared in the void of the heavens.

He had witnessed all the efforts made by these near-immortals who had transcended the Dao in one step.

But from the very beginning, these detached individuals went down the wrong path.

In the beginning of nothingness, two great oaths existed between heaven and earth. Although the nothingness was later filled in, the influence of these two oaths remained. Bai Chijing and Di Yilingjia's breakthrough was due to both their own continuous support and the influence of these two oaths.

Therefore, those who come after must take this step, and learn from Bai Chijing or the first Ling Jia.

You can only learn!
Similarities are not allowed!

Walking the ten Heavenly Steps is similar!

"Is it time?" A soft, sweet voice rang out; it was naturally the voice of a little girl who had been pretending to be young for countless years.

If Bai Chijing can appear in the void, so can she.

The reason why Ling Jia and Bai Chijing appeared together was because the current void had reached its final "years".

Next, the world needs to be reborn.

Bai Chijing and this little girl came precisely for this matter of creation.

“Yes, it’s time…” Bai Chijing nodded, looked at the void of heavens and then said, “In this void, there have been 3,650,000 epochs, and no new transcendent fellow has been born.”

The number of those who transcend in one step is unlimited. No matter how difficult it is to reach this realm, as long as no one blocks the path forward, there will always be no shortage of exceptionally talented individuals.

After all, there are always people better than you, and there's always someone higher up the mountain.

Now, after more than three hundred thousand eons, no new transcendent being has emerged. There's only one possibility—someone is blocking the way. Just like the Heavenly Dao of Banhu back then!

Bai Chijing found the source of all the problems with just one glance.

These are colossal entities formed by twelve individuals who have transcended to the next level. They stand atop this void, and these colossal entities continuously cut off all possibilities of advancement in this world.

Those twelve who transcended to the next level may not have meant it that way, but the fact that they didn't stop it was the greatest support they could give.

In that vast and boundless realm, it seemed as if the order of the Heaven of Knowledge and Profound Understanding was being reenacted, with all the positions of near-Dao Venerables already occupied. Although a few unclaimed positions occasionally appeared, they were deliberately reserved and required the power of edification to successfully ascend to the throne.

To ascend to the throne through education and enlightenment, one can only imagine the strength of such a near-immortal.

No matter how exceptionally talented one may be, they will be limited by the resources available for their ascension to the throne. Although over the long course of time, a few may manage to break free from this predicament and forge their own unique treasures, few will find themselves in a new world of their own in the void.

Because on the ten Heavenly Steps, the twelve of them could easily interfere with the perception and judgment of a near-immortal with just a glance, causing them to take the wrong path and then painfully discover, upon reaching the ninth Heavenly Step, that there was no way forward.

Back then, the Heavenly Dao of Banhu could manipulate all the near-Dao immortals in the Void Heavens, let alone the twelve beings who are now comparable to the Heavenly Dao of Banhu.
If even the most revered immortals are like this, what about the others?

Although the direct descendants of these twelve behemoths look down on those below the level of near-Dao immortals, what about those outside the direct line and those who are subordinates?

The latter's existence nearly plundered all the resources related to the Immortal Path in the entire void.

If the rules of creation weren't still in place, the outcome wouldn't have been merely close; resources would have been completely plundered. It wouldn't be like now, where some truly valuable resources are deliberately left behind, but which require a huge price to obtain.

“Three hundred and sixty-five million years...we gave them enough opportunities…” Ling Jia continued, a hint of sigh appearing on her unchanged face, which looked exactly the same as it had back then.

These twelve near-immortals who had transcended the Dao in one step were, in her eyes, practically her disciples. Back then, she was able to break through to the next level along with Bai Chijing thanks to seven of them, which enabled her to perfect the ten Heavenly Ranks.

It is precisely because of this bond that this stagnant and desolate world has been able to continue for another 360 million epochs!
That's a full three million six hundred and fifty thousand epochs!

Since its birth, the Heavenly Dao of Banhu has brought calamity to all the near-Dao immortals in the Void Heavens, and that is the number.

"After the creation of heaven and earth, what will become of the world?" Bai Chijing asked, smiling at the little girl. This creation of heaven and earth was not the same as the creation of heaven and earth by Banhu in the past; it was a return of everything to the primordial chaos, and then the creation of everything anew.

Therefore, this little girl's opinion is also very important.

"Do as you wish!" Ling Jia said with a smile, but unlike Bai Chijing's faint smile, her eyes were curved.

“Then let us both make a solemn oath. Perhaps after us, there will be two more fellow cultivators of the same realm.” Bai Chijing looked ahead, his eyes flickering slightly, as if he could see a very distant future.

As the two reached an agreement, Ling Jia followed Bai Chijing's wishes in everything, and the entire Void Heaven collapsed in an instant!
The twelve who had achieved transcendence were the first to realize something was wrong, but they were all powerless to resist.

Because they saw the view of White Pond.

Seven of them did not recognize Bai Chijing, but the five immortal masters, including Hongshi, Beitian, and Huang Chi, did, so they naturally understood everything in an instant.

"The trouble originated from themselves..." These twelve near-immortals who had transcended the Dao in one step also realized this at this moment.

So, eleven of them made their move without hesitation, in a final struggle.

In addition, they also wanted to see just how much they were lacking after all these years of cultivation!
Only the Immortal Lord of the Great World surrendered.

A moment later, the Immortal Lord of the Great World witnessed the fall of eleven transcendent beings of the same realm. It was a very clean and swift end, as if the two were in different dimensions. Bai Chijing merely flicked his sleeve, and these eleven beings fell from the Immortal Lord level.

It's like eleven paper cutouts.

After a moment of silence, Immortal Master Hongshi asked First Fellow Daoist Ling Jia, who had appeared out of nowhere, "First Fellow Daoist, is it my turn?"

"You also came from the era of the Heavenly Dao of Banhu, how could you do such a stupid thing?" First Ling Jia did not take action directly, but asked this question.

However, the Immortal Lord of the Great World did not reply upon hearing this.

It's as if this is a question without an answer.

(End of this chapter)