Drinking and Talking Freely

Cultivators below the Immortal King realm, even True Immortals, needed to be at the right time and place, with the half of the Immortal Ascension Road extending from the Realm Barrier of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands aligned with the half passage extending from the Immortal Domain's Realm Barrier. Only by borrowing the power of both Realm Barriers could they safely cross the dangers of the Boundary Sea.

From the intelligence Taiyin had obtained from the Law Phantom of the Immortal Ascension Road, he learned that in the unimaginably distant past, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands had been no different from the Immortal Domain. Both had been supreme great realms within the Boundary Sea.

Later, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands suffered an unknown crisis and weakened, gradually becoming unequal in status to the Immortal Domain.

After an even longer passage of time, the inter-realm road that had once been equal and mutually accessible became the so-called Immortal Ascension Road, a road the Immortal Domain used to harvest rare treasures and prodigies from the lower realm.

Taiyin learned from the remnants of time that if one could enter the Immortal Domain, its complete laws and abundant longevity substances would grant eternal life. Even a mere Sage could live for hundreds of thousands of years.

But the slots were limited. He could not get in!

After long-term study of the Law Mighty Pass, he learned that neither the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands nor the Immortal Domain remained as they had once been.

The World Tree of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands had once been felled. Its once vaster world had been battered into ruin by war after war, and the world itself had entered the Age of Dharma's End in order to heal itself.

The Immortal Domain had likewise been shattered. Although it had not entered the Age of Dharma's End, the Realm Barriers of its many Immortal Realm Fragments had sealed themselves away.

Thus, even when the Immortal Ascension Road left behind from ancient times aligned at the right time and place, it still required a "key"—the Heavenly Heart Imprint.

Without the key, even a shattered Immortal Realm Fragment's Realm Barrier, while self-sealed, required the mighty power of an Immortal King to forcefully break through.

Yet even with the Heavenly Heart Imprint, there were only three or four slots at most. Exceeding that number would trigger the self-defensive lockdown of the Immortal Realm Fragment's barrier.

Taiyin sighed bitterly. "After all these thousands of years, my beloved women, my closest friends, everything I once protected with my life—they are all gone. Now, I no longer have the Heavenly Heart Imprint either. Even if I could force my way in, what use would immortality be if I were alone?"

Besides, Taiyin clenched his fist and sensed the Primordial Spirit and flesh within him undergoing fresh transformations every moment. Feeling the vigorous vitality of his blood and qi, a strange light flashed in his eyes.

"To return from death—this is a heaven-sent opportunity."

The aura of the Wheel of Life in his Sea of Wheels told him how much longer he could live. "Though I relied on external power, I have indeed lived into my fourth life. In this life, my lifespan may reach eighty thousand years at most!"

"Perhaps I can attain immortality even in the mortal world, living life after life. I need not enter the Immortal Domain. I can grow stronger and continue living!"

"Until one day, when I reach the Immortal King realm, I can attempt to cross the Boundary Sea on my own!"

After reflecting for a while, Taiyin prepared to continue breaking through this void and carve out a passage back to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

But before that, he needed to properly thank his Block Person friend and invite him to visit his homeland.

Within this void, Fang Zheng the Block Person only came to his senses now.

He had noticed that his vision had suddenly brightened for one frame, only for the next to turn completely black.

He drank a Night Vision Potion and looked around, but there was nothing but darkness. It made him panic a little. "Why did this giant city in the Xianxia World suddenly disappear? Did that old man die? Everything is gone. What should I do?"

He stared at the silent void around him, his heart tightening with fear.

Even though Creative Mode made him immune to all attacks, Creative Mode had its limits.

Although he could still throw items outward, without any matter to rely on, he could not place blocks out of thin air.

And if he could not place blocks out of thin air, then even if Fang Zheng wanted to try building a Hell Gate or Nether Portal to return to the Minecraft world, then strike the portal frame with lightning to try opening a portal to another world, he was stuck at the very first step.

He could only stare conflictedly at the command bar above his view. Can I only try teleporting with coordinates?

But if I use coordinate teleportation, where exactly will I end up?

Just as Fang Zheng hesitated, a jade-colored platform condensed from the power of Taiyin moonlight rapidly spread through the void, reaching beneath Fang Zheng's feet in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the entire platform transformed from illusory to solid, its pure Taiyin moonlight condensed into Jade Condensation of the Azure Taiyin.

This was an exceedingly rare special divine material, valuable even in the eyes of Quasi-Emperor-level cultivators.

Whether for refining pills, arranging formations, or forging divine weapons, it had endless uses.

Amid hearty laughter and steady footsteps, a tall man with black hair cascading over his shoulders strode over from the end of the path.

By then, a magnificent palace had already been constructed atop the platform from Jade Condensation of the Azure Taiyin.

Taiyin laughed heartily and extended his hand, inviting the expressionless-looking Block Person before him. "Fellow Daoist, would you honor me with a conversation?"

"Huh? Are you inviting me?" Fang Zheng was somewhat stunned, though he still could not understand the other's words.

After a moment of daze, he immediately became excited. "Finally, there's a living person I can talk to!"

With that, he marched happily toward the palace without hesitation, his legs stiff and unbending.

After entering the palace, Taiyin first sat in a chair. Seeing Fang Zheng remain standing, his blocky body stiff as though unable to sit, Taiyin simply rose to his feet.

He condensed a wine from Lesser Yin Moonlight in his hand, then warmly approached and invited Fang Zheng to taste it. "Come, come, Fellow Daoist. Though I have no true aged vintage at present, this moonlight wine has a unique flavor of its own. Would you honor me with a taste?"

Fang Zheng hesitantly looked at the wine cup before him and tried to pick it up with his blocky hand, but naturally failed.

Other than dropped items from the Minecraft world, blocky hands simply could not perform the action of picking things up.

He pondered. If I can use an Iron Bucket to collect liquids from this world, then theoretically, I should be able to use other tools to mine and gather things from this world too.

However, in Creative Mode, blocks could not be mined and collected with tools.

Although the Inventory in Creative Mode contained unlimited supplies, and any block could be instantly destroyed whether by hand or with a tool, blocks still could not be collected using tools such as iron pickaxes or axes.

To collect blocks, he could only switch to Survival Mode.

But once he switched, if he accidentally died and did not respawn in this world, instead respawning directly back in the Minecraft world, would that not be a tragedy?

Who knew how long it would take before he encountered that white Hell Gate again, assuming it could even be reproduced? If he had to wait in agony once more, Fang Zheng would surely go completely mad.

Therefore, until he was completely certain it was safe, Fang Zheng would never switch to Survival Mode.

After all, in this Cultivation World, whether compared to the Vermilion Bird and White Tiger from a few days ago or the Golden Armored Golems that had emerged from the city walls, Survival Mode's health was far too fragile.

Those monsters were so enormous that their size had to be measured in solar diameters. If one of them casually exhaled, forget Fang Zheng's mere few hearts of health—even a million trillion, or a hundred million trillion trillion Ender Dragons and Withers would have their health bars emptied countless times over.

Still, after thinking for a moment, Fang Zheng took out a water bottle from his Inventory.

Just as he could use a Crafting Table to make tools in Creative Mode and use a furnace to cook meat, an Iron Bucket, as an item, could also be used to collect lava or water.

And since bottles similar to Iron Buckets could hold water and Milk, as well as be used in brewing stands to make potions, could they also be used to fill up with liquids?