My Mythical Path to Immortality in Another World

Earth became the center of the material world, and all the stars revolved around it.

In those days, the human race was small in number, occupying only a small part of Earth.

In giving stars their true names, we also assign them responsibilities and limitations.

To put it simply, it's about personification or objectification.

The stars became rather special beings.

In ancient times, Earth was a primitive continent, not a fragmented planet, but rather spread throughout the entire planet.

This divided Earth into a front and a back.

The front side is the original continental region, plus parts of the ocean to the east and west.

The other side is completely covered by seawater, a place where humans can hardly survive.

The human race gave the stars their true names, making them resemble special beings.

The sun rises in the east of the sea, and is regarded as a golden crow flying overhead; its setting is called the golden crow returning to its nest.

This led to a special rule that the sun's rays could only illuminate the front of Earth.

When Earth moves to its opposite side, it is the time when the sun rests, so the opposite side of Earth is rarely illuminated by the light of the stars and remains completely dark.

This conflicts with, yet also harmonizes with, the rules of the material world, causing many stars, including the sun, to revolve around Earth.

However, once it circles to the far side of Earth, its light will be obscured.

This was a disaster caused by the ignorance of the human race back then, and the blame can only be borne by their descendants.

After the original continent shattered, it spread across the oceans of Earth.

However, the areas scattered on the far side of Earth are no longer suitable for human habitation.

This led to the Qin Emperor's monumental feat of moving fragments of Earth from the far side of the planet back to reunite the original continent.

This has also led to the current situation on Earth.

The far side of Earth is an endless sea of ​​darkness, devoid of light and continents.

Small, isolated islands formed from scattered fragments of the original continent.

If the seas were not interconnected, and life-giving substances from the East Sea could spread to the Dark Sea, then the Dark Sea would be a dead zone.

This also makes it the most suitable place to hibernate and hide.

Since ancient times, the Spirit Race, Demon Race, Winged Race, Water Race, Insect Race, Divine Beast, and Spirit Beast, once they cultivate to a certain level, will be driven off Earth by the Human Race.

Those who refused to leave, aside from those who were forcibly expelled and killed, mostly fled to the Dark Sea.

When Qin Shi Huang moved the fragments of the primordial continent back to their original state, he carried out a great purge of the Dark Sea.

Millions of years have passed since Qin Shi Huang ascended to the stars, and subsequent emperors have only held the human throne, lacking the power to govern. This has led to the gathering of many creatures that refused to submit to human rule once again in the Dark Sea.

In the Dark Sea, life-sustaining materials are scarce, and spiritual energy is even rarer, making the competition for survival even more intense.

Those below the Divine Realm, whose supernatural powers are not strong, are simply not qualified to survive in the Dark Sea.

If in the starry sky, in order to fight for survival, the human race has to cultivate warriors with luck, making the warriors' foundation unstable and making it difficult for geniuses to emerge.

Earth used the Seed of Supernatural Powers and the Method of Karmic Stars to cultivate warriors suitable for battle for the Heavenly Court.

Meanwhile, the beast tide war was also selecting warriors for the demon race, and the Dark Sea was cultivating elite warriors for the demon race.

Therefore, the various celestial courts in the starry sky have long harbored a deep hatred for the Dark Sea.

However, apart from the Qin Emperor's cleanup, the other Heavenly Courts did not have the ability to leave Earth.

As for why they didn't return to Earth to clean up when they had the capability...

The Heavenly Court's departure from Earth was an ascension, ascending from the void influenced by Earth to the Star Void beyond the seven layers of space.

Because of the existence of the laws of matter, ascending is easy, but descending is extremely difficult.

Moreover, the stronger the individual, the more difficult it is for them to descend.

Those who come down are too weak, and it's pointless.

Therefore, the Heavenly Court could only try to leave stronger cultivation techniques within the human civilization.

This is why only a handful of mountain ranges and rivers, such as Shouyang Mountain, Ling Mountain, the Yangtze River, and the Yellow River, have real names. In fact, it is by using the real names of these mountain ranges and rivers to gather the fortune of the human race and protect the Three Classics, Five Scriptures, Seven Secrets, as well as the Daoist and Buddhist lineages, so that they will not be lost.

Of course, the fact that the stars do not shine on the dark sea is also part of the Heavenly Dao's calculations.

After all, as humanity's understanding improves, existing knowledge should be overwritten or modified.

However, Heaven could not allow the human race to become too powerful, so it imposed many restrictions.

The Dark Sea and the cycle of civilizations are both guided by the laws of Heaven.

However, from the late ancient times onward, the Great Xia Dynasty inherited power from the ancient era, which was the period when its power was at its peak. The Dark Sea did not pose much of a threat.

During the Great Shang Dynasty, two emperors ascended to the throne, and another emperor emerged. Although he was not as ruthless as the Qin Emperor, the Dark Sea was still cleansed.

During the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Dark Sea had not yet recovered.

Then came the Qin Dynasty, where the Qin Emperor launched a massive purge of the Dark Sea, preventing it from recovering for hundreds of thousands of years.

After that, Qin Shi Huang moved back to the old land and set up the Seven Stars Divination Array, which expanded the living area of ​​the human race and protected the human race from the invasion of the Dark Sea.

It was precisely this approach of Qin Shi Huang, which aimed to achieve victory in one decisive battle, that led later human civilizations to gradually forget the threat of the Dark Sea.

When civilizations returned and a new dynasty was established, although a war was waged against the Dark Sea, the intensity of the war was not great. After all, the Dark Sea was isolated by the Seven Stars Severing Fortune Array and posed no threat to the human territory.

This gave the alien races of the Dark Sea time to recover, and it has been millions of years now.

It can be said that the Dark Sea is fraught with danger. Gods are merely food, while Saints and Emperors are also targets for hunting. Only Emperors can become the ruler of a power.

Moreover, the Dark Sea can be said to be filled with endless opportunities.

Countless powerful beings from ancient times and the prehistoric eras slumber here. Once their lifespan ends in this slumber, their grotto-heavens will open, becoming an opportunity for future generations.

For human cultivators, in order to maintain their cultivation speed, they must remain in their youth, which is within their lifespan. Their cultivation speed will decrease in their youth, but their understanding of protective techniques such as spells and supernatural powers will deepen.

By middle age, one's cultivation level and protective techniques will reach a balance, and this is when combat power is most stable.

However, once one enters old age, spiritual cultivation and enlightenment tend to stagnate, and may even regress.

Therefore, human cultivators avoid entering old age.

The theoretical lifespan of the perfected state of the Three Jewels is around 50,000 years, with old age accounting for two-fifths of that time.

In reality, the cultivation of humankind prioritizes immortality over aging, and together they are known as the path to eternal life.

To achieve immortality, one must cultivate methods to avoid disasters, namely the seventy-two Earthly Fiend Divine Powers and the thirty-six Heavenly Divine Powers.

Each of these 108 supernatural powers, once mastered, grants a portion of the power to achieve immortality. When all 108 supernatural powers are perfected, one will never age again.

At the same time, lifespan will increase to an incredible level.

The so-called perfection of supernatural powers means elevating it to the level of immeasurable supernatural powers.

Only by suppressing the physical body with 108 kinds of immeasurable supernatural powers can one condense the Dao Fruit of Creation and obtain the authority of immortality.

However, the path to enlightenment is not even considered by practitioners; the throne of the human emperor is the path to enlightenment for human emperors.

This realm is called the Great Luo in the cultivation of immortality, which is actually due to the existence of the Dao Fruit.

From ancient times to the present, fewer than four people in the human race have achieved the Dao Fruit of the Human Emperor, which shows how difficult it is to condense the Dao Fruit.

Moreover, it is almost impossible to condense a Dao Fruit that is not consistent with one's own path of cultivation.

The throne of the Human Emperor is a Dao Fruit, but the Dao Fruit cannot be formed by the throne of the Human Emperor.

The causal relationship between the Human Emperor's Throne and the Human Emperor Realm is that reaching the Human Emperor Realm naturally allows one to bear the name of the Human Emperor and condense the Human Emperor's Dao Fruit.

The Human Emperor's Throne is for those who have not reached the Human Emperor realm but are recognized by humanity, and who can use the power of the Human Emperor realm.

The Human Emperor's throne and the Human Emperor's Dao Fruit are for humanity, not for oneself.

Therefore, among the human race, only four people—the Burial Heaven Emperor, the Yellow Spring Emperor, the Shang Emperor, and the Qin Emperor—have condensed the Dao Fruit of the Human Emperor.

As for the Dao Lord and the Buddha Lord, although they also condensed Dao Fruits, they did not condense the Dao Fruit of the Human Emperor.

Of course, after condensing the Dao Fruit, one is basically free from death.

The Dao Fruit is actually the result of the cultivation of various paths.

Where there is fruit, there must be seeds.

Although the Dao Fruit of the Human Emperor's throne is of the human path, the seed within the Dao Fruit is one's own.

After condensing the Dao Fruit, even if the main body dies in a calamity, the seed in the Dao Fruit can absorb the energy of the Dao Fruit and be reborn.

The advantage of Dao Fruit is that while the Dao Seed contains its own informational evil, it can also directly provide nutrients for the growth of the Dao Seed.

The reason why human cultivators need to condense the Dao Fruit is partly due to the human's acquired bloodline body.

The potential of an acquired bloodline body is ultimately limited. The purpose of condensing a Dao Fruit is to enable oneself to condense a better Dao body from the Dao Seed and break free from the limitations of the acquired bloodline body.

Legend has it that the reason why the Qin Emperor was so powerful, even surpassing the Shang Emperor, was because he obtained an opportunity from the Dark Sea.

After all, the Shang Emperor monopolized the trade routes and laid out plans for tens of thousands of years. It was only after his descendants unified the human race and absorbed the fortune of ten thousand years that they achieved the Human Emperor realm.

After he achieved the Human Emperor realm, the Great Shang Dynasty had already left Earth and established a Heavenly Court in the starry sky.

Qin Shi Huang, however, achieved the Human Emperor realm before even leaving Earth, and then unified the human race.

That's how we were able to cleanse the Dark Sea, relocate the fragments of the original continent, and set up the Seven Stars Severing Fortune Array.

Despite the rise and fall of civilizations over millions of years, Earth's layout remains unchanged.

This was because the Qin Emperor obtained the Dao seed from the legendary ancestor Jie.

According to legend, in ancient times, the six human emperors severed their own paths for the sake of humanity, causing themselves to weaken and requiring them to retreat into seclusion to recuperate.

At a time of crisis for humanity, the ancestor Wenjie attained enlightenment. He was entrusted with the mission of becoming the Human Emperor, and then died in battle.

With the level of the Ancestor of Literature, having ascended to the throne of the Human Emperor and entrusted his Dao Seed to the Dao Fruit of the Human Emperor, he could be revived even if he perished.

However, Emperor Wenzu had to burn even his Human Emperor Dao Fruit to resist the attack of the alien race. By the time the Six Emperors were revived, Emperor Wenzu was already exhausted and powerless to save the day.

In the end, only one seed of Dao remained, which flew into the dark sea and disappeared.

Before Qin Shi Huang (Qin Ying) attained enlightenment, his aptitude for cultivation was not high, and he repeatedly ventured into the Dark Sea to seize opportunities.

He somehow obtained the Dao Seed of Wen Zujie and was recognized by it, which allowed him to make rapid progress in his cultivation and eventually become a Human Emperor, first proving the Human Emperor Realm.

Why is it that, apart from the hundred human emperors, only Qin Shi Huang was able to subdue the various schools of thought with his own holy way?

If it's easy to subdue the various schools of thought, it doesn't mean that the other human emperors were all useless.

In reality, it is because the sacred way originated from the literary way, and it was through the literary way that it was able to spread.

Qin Shi Huang gained the recognition of the ancestral lineage of literature and Taoism, which is equivalent to the source of literature and Taoism, thus enabling him to subdue the various schools of thought.

However, a million years have passed, and people no longer know the truth. After all, those who knew have left Earth, and even those on Earth have forgotten who Qin Ying is.

Because the Seven Stars Severing Fortune Formation isolated the Dark Sea from human territory, most humans have now forgotten the true nature of the Dark Sea and it has been misrepresented as the location of the Netherworld.

This is obviously fake, but compared to the Netherworld, the Dark Sea is no less dangerous. It is called the place of hell, so it is not disgraceful to hell.

As for the legend of the Dark Sea, it's obvious that it was spread by a foreign race.

This was to guide the human race to give it a true name.

After all, having a true name allows one to gather fortune, and with fortune comes spiritual energy, which can then supply the cultivation of the alien races who have fled to the Dark Sea.

However, when it comes to the speed at which they can accumulate fortune, all the alien races combined cannot compare to the human race.

Therefore, although the Dark Sea has spiritual energy, it is not very concentrated.

The others didn't know the truth, but Zhao Xuan did.

Whether it's the omniscient and omnipotent deductions of the divine path or obtaining information from the original true spirit, most of the secrets of the world cannot be hidden from Zhao Xuan.

The spiritual energy may not be abundant, but Heaven is giving them special treatment.

Earth is the core of the material world. According to Zhao Xuan's understanding, this is the core of gravity. All matter in the material world converges towards Earth without the influence of any external force.

Humans and alien races fought in the starry sky, and countless stars were destroyed.

These star fragments will all head towards Earth after the images of the alien force are lost.

However, under the influence of the Heavenly Dao, less than one ten-thousandth of these star fragments fell into human territory, while the rest fell into the Dark Sea.

These star fragments can all be considered spiritual objects, as they not only contain spiritual energy but also the inherent principles and laws of the stars themselves.

Zhao Xuan entered the Dark Sea from the Seven Stars Divine Intervention Array across the East Sea.

For an ordinary person, the four desolate borders are the four extreme points of the Earth, making it difficult to take another step forward.

However, when Zhao Xuan arrived at the edge of the East Sea, the Spirit of the East Sea directly opened a gap in the barrier of the Seven Stars Severing Fortune Array.

Then it materialized and kicked Zhao Xuan, sending him flying into the darkness, and the opening immediately closed.

Zhao Xuan cursed him, calling him petty and inhuman.

Of course, it was just for fun.

Currently, besides Zhao Mingcheng, the only other beings on Earth who can be on equal footing with Zhao Xuan are the Five Great Earth Spirits.

The five great spirits of the earth have existed in the world to this day. Not to mention being able to communicate with spirits, they could even take on physical form.

However, the five great earth spirits face the same problem as Zhao Xuan: at their level, there are no other beings of equal rank with whom they can communicate on an equal footing.

As for the five of them, millions of years have passed, and they've said everything they could. They're usually in an endless slumber.