My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 87 The "White Land Immortal" Who Almost Died

Having overcome all five tribulations, he illuminated the world with his inner vision. From then on, his cultivation opened up the world. Using this as a medium, Bai Chijing conceived the first Lingjia Guan and constructed a unique, non-existent world.

Originally, this was just a repository of cultivation points. Whenever Bai Chijing's cultivation level plummeted, he could instantly recover to his peak state using this repository.

However, as Bai Chijing began to undergo his three tribulations, this world of non-existence slowly began to provide Bai Chijing with additional boosts.

Especially now, the final external tribulation has been overcome!
Having survived all three external calamities, they are now living in an era that no longer exists.

boom!
This was a deafening roar that shook heaven and earth, yet it was completely silent, for it was the non-existent world attempting to transform into a celestial realm.

The external appearance is the highest realm, and the eight tribulations are difficult.

This realm is mysterious and difficult to attain, but in essence, it is about accumulating resources to condense the grotto-heaven.

Long ago, on the path of immortality, the Upper Realm of Outer Manifestation required one to condense a grotto-heaven before entering the Initial Realm of Outer Heaven. However, with the emergence of a shortcut to cultivation provided by the patriarch, the practice of first breaking through to the Initial Realm of Outer Heaven and then opening up a grotto-heaven became possible.

Such a practice of getting on the train first and buying the ticket later will naturally be punished on the path of immortality. This is why three thousand external demons attacked, causing many people in the early stages of the outer world to perish with regret when they were opening their cave heavens.

However, upon closer examination, this shortcut approach was actually a last resort, and the original intentions of the founders of each lineage were well-intentioned.

Because the fifth inner tribulation among the eight tribulations is extremely difficult!
In the subsequent world of non-existence, it would be even more difficult to transform it into a celestial realm in one fell swoop.

What is a grotto-heaven?

Beyond this realm lies a realm whose lifespan is equal to that of heaven and earth. As long as heaven and earth endure, this realm will not fall!

After all, the grotto-heaven was already a complete world before it manifested. It just didn't exist in theory or in reality.

Therefore, this grotto-heaven, which was transformed from a non-existent world, is in its best state from the moment it is born!
Only in this way can one connect with heaven and earth.

This is a hidden paradise that has been created, a place that can never be reached.

The creation of a grotto-heaven is an act of forcibly breaking through the void, a creation of heaven and earth. Such a grotto-heaven, even if created, is not eternal.

Although it possesses all the wonders that a grotto-heaven should have, it is ultimately inferior to a grotto-heaven formed from an impermanent world. This is because if the person who created it perishes or is reincarnated and cannot return for too long, then this grotto-heaven will begin to collapse on its own and fall from its grotto-heaven status.

If it is not refined into a secret realm by other outer realms at this point, it will become an extremely dangerous and perilous place.

It is said that the Wanyin Cave in Suiyun Mountain was created by a very ominous place that had fallen from its original rank.

Although the original Suiyun Mountain contained death energy, it could not condense like it does now.

It is because he fell into the trap of a terrestrial immortal that he possesses the various abilities to refine corpses today.

As Bai Chijing overcame the three external tribulations, his breakthrough naturally began. A breakthrough is a natural consequence of perfect cultivation; only those whose cultivation is incomplete require external assistance.

At this moment, his world of non-existence began to transform into a grotto-heaven.

However, as soon as the transformation began, Bai Chijing realized how difficult this hurdle was. Even with his vast cultivation, he was showing signs of exhaustion.

But Bai Chijing eventually passed the eight tribulations. With a casual slash, a huge ravine more than ten feet wide appeared on the ground nearby.

Then, he raised his hand and grabbed at the air.

Instantly, a spiritual vein was drawn from the ravine, and beams of sword light covered it. In an instant, the cultivation that had shown signs of depletion began to recover dramatically.

However, this was a short-sighted approach, so Bai Chijing's cultivation level soon began to lag behind, and he had no choice but to extract another spiritual vein.

Although he has not yet truly entered the Outer Heaven Realm, the laws of the Outer Heaven Realm have already begun to manifest in him.

The reason why those at the Outer Heaven Realm are called the Outer Heaven Realm is that they are in harmony with heaven and earth, and their power is inexhaustible. Some powerful Outer Heaven Realm cultivators can even imbue their every move with a portion of the power of heaven and earth.

Although Bai Chijing cannot yet wield the power of heaven and earth, he has already begun to possess the characteristic of having inexhaustible power.

In this way, Bai Chijing managed to endure for several hours by forcibly refining the spiritual energy by extracting it from the veins.

As dusk approached, golden energy surged around Bai Chijing, and then this golden energy flowed into the bead in his right palm like birds returning to their nests.

The eye-shaped object within it moved slightly.

The text begins to manifest:
Today, you have finally completed your tribulation, and you begin to elevate yourself, transforming the non-existent world into a celestial realm. This celestial realm will endure as long as heaven and earth, unshaken and eternally unyielding. Along with the celestial realm's possessor, you will also ascend to heaven in one step, completing most of the cultivation of the initial stage of the outer world. However, your imagination has exceeded the heavens, contemplating an extraordinary scenario, so much so that what should have been a near-certain victory has turned into a perilous situation with a slim chance of survival.

[Search and obtain the Cave Heaven Token +1]

When the words began to fade away, Bai Chijing's hard days were finally over.

In a mere instant, he successfully took this crucial step, thus entering the ranks of those who attained immortality. His physical body began to undergo a transformation.

boom!
Another loud bang resounded, this time directly in the mortal realm of Yao. Seven-colored auspicious clouds filled the sky.

A purple aura came from the east, and after encountering this colorful auspicious cloud, it lingered around Bai Chijing's appearance like a peacock spreading its tail feathers.

In the end, Bai Chijing's sharp and powerful sword formation was completely dissolved in the purple aura.

This is a gift from heaven and earth.

Because no matter how well one has mastered the methods one has practiced before, they are not the most suitable for oneself. Therefore, after cultivating the initial stage of the Outer World, the world will give the cultivator a chance to switch methods without loss.

That's incredibly humane!
However, there are very few Outer Heaven Realm cultivators who can create their own techniques at this time. After all, apart from Bai Chijing, there have been very few Outer Heaven Realm cultivators throughout history who have entered the ranks of immortals by passing through the eight tribulations.

This is not only because of the shortcuts left by the founders of each lineage; fundamentally, it is because the five internal tribulations, which are often mentioned, are too difficult to overcome.

Because temperament is only the least noticeable element among them.

The five inner tribulations are: not seeing the subtle, not seeing the rare, not seeing the sparse, seeing the complete, and not asking the question.

Bai Chijing was able to pass these five trials entirely thanks to the bead shaped like an eye in the palm of his right hand.

This allowed him to quickly grasp the essence of these five tribulations, which enabled him to successfully overcome them.

After his own magic was completely dissolved, Bai Chijing felt that his immortal cave heaven, which was as long as heaven and earth, was about to manifest in the human world. This was not a special privilege unique to those who transformed cave heavens in the world of non-existence. Other outer realms that took the path of opening cave heavens also had this special privilege.

However, Bai Chijing did not hesitate and allowed the shackles of heaven and earth to strip away his cultivation as a terrestrial immortal.

The cultivation of the terrestrial immortals that were stripped away by heaven and earth did not simply disappear into thin air, but rather poured entirely into Bai Chi Jing, a cave heaven of the same lifespan as heaven and earth.

This was the method by which the Daoist Lord made the outer realm of Yaotian voluntarily enter the grotto heaven, remaining silent and oblivious to the human world for a hundred years.

At this moment, as Bai Chijing's cultivation returned to the Upper Realm of External Appearance, the Unfallen Grotto-Heaven, which was about to manifest in the mortal world, naturally stopped this manifestation segment.

Seeing this, Bai Chijing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Before transforming his non-existent world into a grotto-heaven, he truly did not know that this non-existent world would be the prototype of his future grotto-heaven!
If I had known, I would have known he would have just conjured up a starry sky in the usual way!
Instead of visualizing what a little girl looks like!
Although visualizing this little girl did bring him a huge boost, ... when his celestial abode manifests in the human world, that will be the day Bai Chi Jing She dies.

Therefore, to avoid such an unfortunate event as death, Bai Chijing almost without hesitation allowed the shackles of heaven and earth to lock away his still-unripe cultivation as a terrestrial immortal.

After all, only a portion of his cultivation as a terrestrial immortal was stripped away, not that portion of his cultivation was destroyed. Therefore, he now possesses all the characteristics of the initial stage of the Outer World Realm, except for his cultivation.

For example, their lifespan is ridiculously long.

Five thousand years.

This transformation in lifespan has caused Bai Chijing to reach the peak in all aspects of his life.

……

At this time, although Bai Chijing did not choose to manifest his grotto in the mortal world to announce the birth of a terrestrial immortal from the outer realm, quite a few people in the Yao Tian mortal world still knew about Bai Chijing's breakthrough.

After all, ever since Bai Chijing killed Sui Tianchan, who possessed four lines of poetry by the Heavenly Official, he had become one of the few beings in the mortal realm that no one dared to ignore.

Even some terrestrial immortals from the outer realms are not as worthy of attention as Bai Chijing.

This is true even for Buddhist disciples of the Chanxin Buddhist sect.

Although the disciples of the four branches of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect all knew that the one who died in this Yaotian mortal realm was merely a Bodhisattva in the form of Suitian Chan, it was precisely because they knew this that the disciples of the four branches of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect clearly realized just how ridiculously strong this sword cultivator from Tujian Mountain named Bai Chijing was.

Although Sui Tian Chan has not yet ascended to the position of Bodhisattva, he is not far off.

Otherwise, after Bai Chijing severed Sui Tianchan's Bodhisattva form, the other four branches of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect would not have immediately joined forces to prevent Sui Tianchan from re-entering this place.

"Has the outer realm been reached? This is indeed a great joy for us. At least for a hundred years, the White Pool Scenery will be unable to manifest its divine power in the human world! Namo Amitabha!"

At this time, all four temples of the Chanxin Buddhist sect were happy to see this happen.

"From this day forward, my Chanxin Buddhist sect can finally bring the Buddha's teachings to the ignorant mortals of this world! Namo Amitabha Buddha!"

"Namo Amitabha!"

Upon hearing this, all the monks were overjoyed, and they all put their hands together in prayer and chanted the Buddha's name in unison.

After all, when their merits are recognized and rewards are distributed in the future, they can all be summoned by the Buddha to hear him preach and expound the Dharma, thus proving their own enlightenment as Buddhas.

(End of this chapter)