My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 96 Heavenly Tribulation! The Sinful Cultivator Bai Chijing! (Two Chapters Combined)

Bai Chijing entered the mortal realm, but he didn't intend to cause any trouble. He only wanted to repair the Immortal Furnace, refine the thorny rod given to him by Ling Jia, and then diligently cultivate the Greed Chapter of the Puppet Show Scripture until, two hundred years later, the shackles that suppressed the terrestrial immortals would dissipate!
Of course, if possible, Bai Chijing would like to take her feelings to the next level.

Because he felt that his current state of mind had not yet reached its limit.

This was a method he created himself. He hadn't reached its limit yet, so how could the power of this method stop there? After all, he had never turned it off!
Hanging things like this is something only the one who's confident in doing.

Bai Chijing is that confident right now!
The Sword-Unraveling Immortal Luo Dan is a pill from the Outer Heaven Realm, specifically used for healing injuries sustained by sword cultivators, or when a sword cultivator's own cultivation goes awry.

Although this elixir, unlike the three minor immortal elixirs of Human Profound, Earth Profound, and Heaven Profound, which rely entirely on luck, is incredibly difficult to refine, reaching an unimaginable level. Even the sacred alchemy ground of Yaotian in the mortal realm—Floating Azure Palace—can only produce one or two pills by chance every thousand years.

This was partly due to luck.

If one doesn't occupy the space, it will be difficult to form even one pill in thousands of years.

However, Bai Chijing simply prefers things that require skill! After all, if it's just about luck, he'll be helpless.

Unless he one day masters the method of collecting luck.

After about half a month, Bai Chijing finally had the confidence to repair the Celestial Furnace in his hands.

An object, as large as a volcano but only the size of a seal, appeared out of thin air, swayed slightly in the void, and then suddenly grew larger.

Eventually, it became exactly like a mountain!
It is tens of feet high.

This is the Celestial Furnace, somewhat similar to the "Danfeng" of Tujian Mountain, both formed by natural processes. However, the Celestial Furnace's current form is not yet its complete shape.

Legend has it that when the Celestial Furnace was intact, it was as large as a mountain, and a mere touch could cause the terrestrial immortals of the Outer Heaven Realm to perish!

This is one of the reasons why this magical artifact has always been considered a celestial treasure.

A hundred years ago, on his way to the City of Three Refuges, Bai Chijing had already refined this Celestial Furnace. Although it had not been used for over a hundred years, this treasure had long been connected with Bai Chijing's mind. So, when it sensed that Bai Chijing was going to help it be restored to its complete state, the spiritual energy within the Celestial Furnace immediately emitted a buzzing sound.

This is a positive response to Shirachi Kei.

Even if it is a magical artifact without consciousness, or in a damaged or broken state, as long as it is truly devoted to a person, its spirituality can spontaneously respond.

Bai Chijing didn't say anything; he simply responded to the Celestial Furnace with his actions.

Eighty-one jade slips flew out from Bai Chijing's sleeve. Each jade slip was engraved with patterns resembling the stars in the sky; this was the Star-Shifting Refining Technique.

It was evolved and refined by Bai Chijing from a supernatural power outside the realm of objects.

The supernatural power outside the gate was something Bai Chijing had seen in the Sword Transmission Hall of Tu Jian Mountain. That unintentional act more than a hundred years ago, many years later, became the spiritual "foundation" for Bai Chijing's creation of his technique.

After all, while his ability to find supernatural objects could continue to expand and obtain things far beyond Bai Chijing's understanding, it also had a limitation.

That is, the thing being sought must have a causal relationship with something that Shirochi Kei knows.

At this moment, as these jade slips flew out, the Immortal Furnace, which resembled a mountain peak, began to slowly rotate. Seven immortal fruits, radiating dazzling brilliance, also flew out, each taking a specific position and manifesting as streaks of ethereal shadows.

There are eight directions in the heavens and earth, and seven spiritual fruits, so naturally one is missing.

However, Bai Chijing had already planned ahead, intending to use this spiritual fruit to repair the Immortal Furnace. His gaze fell, focusing on a single point, and his Inspiration Aura manifested, instantly filling in the last gap.

When all eight directions are complete, a strange phenomenon resembling the Bagua diagram appears.

Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun...

And for each of the eight trigram positions, a corresponding unusual phenomenon appears.

These represent the flow of azure energy, symbolizing Qian; the construction of a high platform from yellow clay, symbolizing Kun; the shifting of mountains and rivers and the movement of the earth's veins, symbolizing Zhen; and the celestial winds cutting down spiritual energy like knives, symbolizing Xun...

The eight trigrams flow and the eight phases evolve.

In an instant, this place seemed to be the creation of a new world, about to evolve into a unique one.

Such phenomena are astonishing, far surpassing even Bai Chijing's dazzling Myriad Swords Form, which can obscure half the sky when unleashed.

This would undoubtedly attract many people, but Bai Chijing didn't care at all.

After all, if the refining of a weapon is about to fail at the final stage, a blood sacrifice could potentially bring success. He wasn't a bloodthirsty person, but if someone came to him with malicious intent, Bai Chijing was naturally willing to make the most of them.

"The Four Symbols! Manifest!"

Bai Chijing began the next step of refining.

As his cultivation spread throughout the world, four illusory figures immediately appeared from the east, south, west, and north. However, the Yao Heaven and the mortal realm do not follow the concept of the Four Symbols such as the Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise, so each of these four illusory figures resembled Bai Chijing.

The figure of Bai Chijing, who came from the east, held something that looked like a fairy vine, and his body was surrounded by pure energy.

As soon as the pure air descended, wind and thunder arose between heaven and earth.

Some lives are born because of this, but others are lost to the underworld because of it. These are some old cultivators who, despite having reached the end of their lifespan, use evil methods to force themselves to remain in the human world.

Bai Chijing, who came from the south, held a ball of flame in his hands, as if he had finally managed to create a small fireball after being single for more than a hundred years.

However, although the fireball was small, its power was terrifying, like the sun in the sky.

The figure of Bai Chijing, arriving from the west, carried a large sword on his shoulder. He was burly and resembled a fierce tiger. As he strode forward, his figure grew larger and larger until it reached the heavens, as if he were carrying the entire sky on his back!
The figure of Bai Chijing, who came from the north, was surrounded by three great mountains.

These three mountains are respectively the Mountain of Life, the Mountain of Wealth and Prosperity, and the Mountain of Planning for Descendants.

The three mountains are clearly just illusions, but anyone who sees them, even just a glimpse from afar, will inexplicably feel fatigue in their shoulders, soreness in their legs, and tightness in their chest, causing their cultivation to completely fail.

Four figures manifested a special power of the four elements, allowing the restoration of the Celestial Furnace to directly complete the final step.

boom!
The heaven and earth shook!

This is not because the Celestial Furnace has been completed and heavenly lightning is about to descend, but because a force descending from the sky is trying to take away the Celestial Furnace!
Bai Chijing was immediately startled, because this was beyond his expectations. Who would have thought that the Immortal Furnace, which had existed in this mortal world for thousands of years, had actually been being watched all along?

However, before Bai Chijing could make a move, the spiked club that Ling Jia had given him flew up on its own.

To this day, Bai Chijing is helpless against this thorny bone club, because there is no way to refine it using the methods for refining magical artifacts.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have scheduled the plan to refine this item after repairing the Immortal Furnace.

At that moment, the spiked club, without anyone urging it, struck that force. Instantly, a scream rang out from within that force.

Then, the thorny bone flew back and landed beside Bai Chijing, conveying two messages at the same time.

Firstly, Bai Chijing obtained one-tenth of the Dao power from this thorny staff.

Second, whose power is this?

"The Great Refining Technique: The Carefree Immortal of Elixir..."

Although Bai Chijing didn't know who this person was, he remembered the immortal's name. This person dared to almost make him a pawn in someone else's scheme. He would definitely settle this score with the person after he ascended to immortality.

Then, looking at the spiky stick that clearly resonated with his own thoughts, Bai Chijing couldn't help but show a hint of joy in his eyes.

After all, the power of this treasure is truly extraordinary!
With a single blow, even the immortals who could make a move at this crucial time could only cry out in pain and retreat.

Without further ado, Bai Chijing landed on the Celestial Furnace. At this moment, the treasure was a genuine celestial artifact; originally only a few dozen feet tall, it was now hundreds of feet high!
What was once as large as a mountain peak has now completely transformed into a mountain.

This is still limited by Bai Chijing's current true form cultivation level.

If he could activate it with his cultivation at the outer realm, this Immortal Heaven Furnace, while not necessarily capable of covering the sky and the sun, would certainly be no less powerful than Wuxin Mountain of the Wuxin Sect.

Such a massive, mountain-shaped celestial treasure, stretching across the heavens and earth, naturally attracted the attention of many. However, these people had already discovered that the one who caused such a commotion was Bai Chijing, so they all chose to pretend they hadn't seen it.

After all, the strange phenomenon alone was frightening enough; who would dare to go up and disturb the Bai family's enjoyment of flying their treasure?

Bai Chijing's purpose in wielding this celestial treasure was naturally to retrieve the Sword Rejuvenation Pill.

The time is not for the Sword Immortal Realm to emerge, and since Bai Chijing does not want to take any risks himself, he can only rely on the power of this immortal treasure.

In the world of Yaotian, the sword path is supreme, and the Sword Immortal Realm possesses power that does not belong to this mortal realm. However, the Immortal Heaven Furnace has already restored the power of the Immortal Treasure, so Bai Chijing easily obtained the Sword Returning Pill he wanted.

He wasn't greedy; he only picked two before leaving the Fallen Immortal Island.

……

On Mount Wuxin, which is like a castle in the air.

Wen already knew about Bai Chijing's situation. He simply pressed down the jade slip containing the information and casually said, "Understood. There's no need to pay any more attention to Bai Chijing's affairs." Although Bai Chijing had lost the twelve Great Ferocious Sword Techniques, he didn't intend to confront Bai Chijing directly.

……

On the mountain path.

The cultivators within this immortal sect naturally had the most thoughts about Bai Chijing, but at this moment, no one dared to express anything. In fact, in the past hundred years, this small sect had only gone down the mountain to accept disciples once.

Furthermore, the number of disciples was small, only thirteen in total.

However, these thirteen people are quite talented. Six of them have the fourth-level cultivation talent "Enlightenment", and the other seven, although only the third-level cultivation talent "Understanding the Way", are all quite talented in other aspects.

For example, in the arts of swordsmanship, alchemy, formations, and talismans.

The lesser Taoist sects have always been meticulous in recruiting disciples, requiring not only exceptional talent but also a respectable background. In contrast, the other five major immortal sects accept all disciples regardless of their social standing, whether poor or rich, as long as they possess the worst "Seeing the Dao" cultivation talent.

……

The Mansion of Humans and Ghosts.

It is divided into the inner court and the outer court.

The Inner Palace is even more mysterious than the Lesser Daoist Sect. Except for special occasions when terrestrial immortals from the Outer Heaven Realm appear, the entire Inner Palace seems to have simply vanished.

The outer court, on the other hand, was in charge of all external affairs of the Human-Ghost Palace, including the regular recruitment of disciples.

Naturally, the cultivators of the Outer Realm of the Ghost Palace are not very powerful; the strongest among them are only at the middle stage of the Outer Realm. This is because to cultivate some of the true teachings of the Ghost Palace, one needs to sacrifice oneself and pay a special price, such as lifespan, so not everyone has that kind of perseverance and determination.

Therefore, most of those at the initial stage of the Human-Ghost Palace's external appearance realm are not limited by their own talent, but rather by their reluctance to practice the true teachings of the Human-Ghost Palace.

The lifespan of that outer minister, Zhongjing, was only one hundred and fifty years.

This is the price of practicing the true teachings of the Human Ghost Palace.

However, this "strongest" in the outer palace of the Ghost Mansion, although his cultivation was only at the middle stage of the Outer Appearance realm, was now filled with great killing intent towards Bai Chijing.

Because he was one of the six people who attacked Huai Qiaoqiao fifty or sixty years ago!

At that time, he was only at the initial stage of the Outer Realm.

It was precisely because of the self-destruction of Huai Qiaoqiao's Qingling sword that he had no choice but to risk cultivating the true teachings of the Ghost Mansion. Although he broke through in cultivation and saved his life, his lifespan not only did not increase, but actually decreased considerably.

At the initial stage of the Outer Realm, one has a lifespan of two hundred years, while he only has one hundred and fifty years.

Furthermore, due to the special nature of the Ghost Palace's methods, those who have cultivated the true teachings, like him, cannot rely on special methods or elixirs to prolong their lives.

"Baichi Jing..."

The outer minister of the Human-Ghost Palace, named Liu Huixue, is nearing the end of his life, which has caused him to appear somewhat insane.

"If this comes to light, I'm afraid my family will be doomed..."

Liu Huixue's eyes flashed with a fierce light.

In truth, he didn't care about these offspring; however, he needed to rely on their bloodline to practice the Buddhist teachings of the Weifo Temple.

Because he will be reincarnated into his descendants.

Therefore, not only does his bloodline need to continue, but the Liu family's power also needs to be as strong as possible. Only in this way can he obtain enough cultivation resources in the early stages, thus awakening his innate wisdom sooner.

The true lineage of the Zen Mind Buddhism is that one can be reincarnated with memories under the protection of the Buddha. Even if there are mysteries in the womb during childhood, one will naturally remember past lives once a certain age is reached.

However, the Dharma that Weifo Temple passed on to Liu Huixue naturally had a secret.

And it certainly couldn't be the true transmission!
"Chief of the Outer Prefecture, our people have sent word that a large number of monks from the four temples of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect have left and are heading towards the desolate land of Ning Dynasty." At this moment, a disciple from the Outer Prefecture of the Ghost Mansion sent word.

"Oh? I see. Don't worry about it for now."

Liu Huixue said this.

However, after the disciple who delivered the message left, he secretly used his supernatural powers to contact a Buddhist practitioner at the Weifu Temple of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect.

……

The management of the Demon Lord's Palace is very lax. After learning about Bai Chijing's actions and the whereabouts of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect, one of the current officials in charge immediately contacted the people of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect, just like Liu Huixue.

The reason why this Minister of the Demon Lord's Palace is like this is because he sent one of the six people who attacked Huai Qiaoqiao back then.

Although the person died afterward, the matter was not over.

In particular, Bai Chijing reappeared for the sake of the "Three External Calamities"!
The one connected to this Demon Lord's Palace Outer Realm official is a Buddhist monk from the Zen Heart Buddhist Sect, one of the four temples, the Former Buddhist Temple.

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Fuqing Palace.

This sacred place of alchemy cultivation, which has been associated with Tujian Mountain for thousands of years, is now naturally devoid of any cultivators at the Heavenly Realm, not even that banished immortal, who can only study the Dharma within its cave at present.

Shi Chengyu, the prodigy of yesteryear, has now cultivated to the Upper Realm of External Appearance.

After all, he had immortal blood flowing through his veins.

This immortal blood has long since been fully revived.

Therefore, even just standing there, Shi Chengyu gives people a sense of ethereal grace.

Upon learning of the activities of the Zen Heart Buddhist Sect, this ethereal and otherworldly blade-wielder decided to contact these Buddhist cultivators. Because one of the six people who attacked Huai Qiaoqiao years ago was someone he had sent!

Of those six people, one came from the Ghost Palace, one from the Floating Green Palace, and one from the Demon Lord's Palace. None of the five great dynasties sent anyone, but one came from a collateral branch of the royal family of the dynasty that was once one of the five great dynasties.

The last two were from Tu Jianshan.

One of them, named Bai Xingchen, was Bai Diyuan's cousin.

Therefore, after even Shi Chengyu made such a choice, what other choice would the others make?

Suddenly, undercurrents were stirring.

Although Bai Chijing entered this mortal world under the name of "Three External Tribulations," he had actually overcome all eight tribulations to achieve perfection. However, at this moment, it seemed as if an invisible hand was constantly pushing and amplifying the situation, attempting to create a life-threatening external tribulation!
This is a celestial calamity!
Originally, this was meant to happen to some sinful immortals who were banished to the mortal realm, but now it has happened to Bai Chijing.

After all, having been struck down by the heavens, in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao above the mortal realm, they are nothing more than sinful mortal cultivators!

One must endure this divine punishment in order to be able to cultivate normally!

As for whether Bai Chijing was truly guilty, the Heavenly Dao, which has long resided above the mortal realm, was completely indifferent. Moreover, it was a judgment made by the Dao Lord when he held the shackles of Heaven, which was entirely equivalent to the will of the Heavenly Dao.

……

At this moment, Bai Chijing had successfully refined the Sword-Unraveling Immortal Luo Dan.

When the Celestial Furnace is in a defective state, it can reduce the refining time by 30% when refining pills for the outer realms, but it will have a high probability of exploding.

Now that the Celestial Furnace has regained its power as a Celestial Treasure, this hidden danger has naturally disappeared. Furthermore, the refining time for outer realm pills has been reduced by more than 90%!
While others would need decades to refine a pill for the outer realm, Bai Chijing only needs a dozen days.

"I think I have quite a talent for alchemy..."

Shirachi Scenic Road.

Because of the Sword Return Pill he picked, there is now only one left.

Then he took out a jade box.

This was a Di Xuan Dan spiritual medicine that he obtained from Su Chengwu more than a hundred years ago when he was only at the middle stage of the Outer Realm.

Bai Chijing no longer needs this Earthly Mystic Pill.

And it won't be used again.

However, Bai Chijing did want that wisp of "earthly energy" that he had speculated about.

(End of this chapter)