Different Paths

"Beneath the Earth of Fate, there is a Misty Land, seemingly close to the true source. The physical body cannot enter, but the spirit can establish itself there and cultivate?"

Zhang Daoling was astonished. Was there really a path to take in the world beneath the Fate Earth?

As the founder of a sect, he was extremely learned and had heard rumors about some the Vanished Super Civilization. There were legends about them, but he had never actually set foot there.

A young man, born into the mortal world, who has not ascended to immortality nor resided in the immortal realm, has managed to reach this point on his own.

"Beneath the Fate Soil lies another world. You are planting celestial herbs and digging Meteorite Road there. You may very well be walking a real path?" Xu Fu was also lost in thought, and then exclaimed in amazement.

He couldn't help but show a surprised expression. No wonder this kid was so strange. Ever since he met him, he had watched him improve all the way up, with his strength constantly soaring.

He still clearly remembered the events of their meeting in the secret place. As the Ferryman, he was stunned at the time. How could an ordinary person do that, having run into the dead land multiple times in just a few days to receive radiation?

"By traversing the Meteorite Road and passing through the sea of Red Mist, it's possible to truly enter a vast and Supernatural World, a real place where myths never run dry?" The Nether Blood Sect Ancestor was excited.

A newly discovered secret path, which may be feasible, could, if successfully traversed, Extend Life of mythology and reshape the Supernatural World!

At the same time, the Nether Blood Sect Ancestor said with some envy, "Planting a few celestial herbs and having them all survive, that must be your backyard, where you can enjoy a cup of immortal tea in your leisure time. Hmm, wait a minute... no, that's not right."

He came to his senses. What kind of immortal tea was that? Wang Xuan had only mentioned it briefly without going into details, but Mingxue was very perceptive and immediately thought of Heng Jun's tea tree.

"Kid, wasn't it you who impersonated my Nether Blood Sect Ancestor, smashed Zheng Yuantian to death, and dug up the Heng Jun Immortal Tea Tree?" He stared wide-eyed.

Everyone looked over and thought it was pretty much a done deal.

"That was an accidental experiment. I didn't expect that I could use the mist rising from the life soil to enter the immortal realm and find a safe passage," Wang Xuan explained modestly.

Everyone was stunned. Beneath the Life Soil was what seemed to be connected to the real source, from which mist rose. Following the direction of the mist above the Life Soil, one could enter the Great Barrier.

How can one not overthink this?

"Could we be wrong? We should be exploring beneath the Fate Soil, instead of cultivating upon it. This is too revolutionary!" Even the Demon Lord was stunned.

Yan Mingcheng shook his head, comforting his precious son, and said, "The land beneath destiny has existed since ancient times, and Super Civilization have explored it before. However, how many people can penetrate it without getting lost? Even in a Super Civilization era, there are only two or three people who can do it, so it cannot be popularized."

Bai Jingshu said, "Judging from the fragments left in the ancient books, it is mentioned very vaguely that the civilization where the Dao Control Banner is located and the civilization where the Sky-Veiling Mirror is located both explored, but both failed. As a result, both civilizations suffered heavy losses and ended up in a bloody manner."

"Judging from what you've said, only the primordial spirit can enter the realm of destiny. If one chooses this path to immortality and approaches the True Source, it seems one would need to abandon the physical body," Fang Yuzhu said.

Is the so-called ascension to immortality ultimately the same as entering the grand curtain, where one is bombarded by Supreme Lightning, the physical body collapses, and the primordial spirit enters the immortal realm?

"That's a problem." Wang Xuan nodded. He always valued his physical body and was absolutely unwilling to give it up.

Fang Yuzhu continued, "Perhaps, beneath the Destiny Land lies not the true Supernatural Realm, and the so-called true source could very well be your physical body. The Divine Source originates from the Destiny Land, but it is illusory and cannot be found in the body. The so-called truth beneath the Destiny Land, if we explore it along the way, could it be your flesh and organs, inside your body?"

Everyone else was taken aback upon hearing this. This line of thinking was not impossible; otherwise, why had the so-called True Source never shown any trace in the present world?

Wang Xuan nodded; he had thought about this before.

"All this talk is no substitute for seeing it for yourself," Old Zhang said, eager to explore Wang Xuan's Destiny Land.

Wang Xuan nodded and said, "That's fine, but it can't be too long, otherwise assimilation and fusion may easily occur."

A group of people were intrigued. After the demise of the extraordinary, any new path was worth looking forward to, and they wanted to see what it was all about.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

One after another, beams of primordial spirit light flew out, but everyone felt a sense of stagnation and difficulty. In this era, it was becoming more and more difficult for the primordial spirit to leave the body.

"We need to hurry. In a few more days, will we be unable to separate our minds from our bodies?" The Nether Blood Sect Ancestor looked grim. He had exerted a great deal of effort to break free of his body.

"It's very serious!" Demon Lord Yanyan nodded.

Therefore, it is evident that in the future, apart from Earth Immortals, others who wish to travel far and wide with their primordial spirit may not be able to do so, as they will be suppressed by the Great Universe!

"Let's go." Wang Xuan led the way, without using the Nurturing Life Furnace, as Bai Jingshu's Immortal Umbrella and Fang Yuzhu's Sky-Veiling Bracelet were enough.

"Hmm, it's hardened, it's become hazy, there's a problem." As Wang Xuan led the group through the Fate Soil, he keenly sensed that it was more difficult to traverse than last time.

It took Wang Xuan longer than usual to master the two treasures. He led his men to the vicinity of the Immortal Pool, where there were several small hills of life-giving soil, thriving celestial herbs, and Immortal Tea Tree. All of these were in the deep Cosmic Void, which greatly surprised everyone present.

"Have some tea." Wang Xuan invited everyone to pick tea fruits. This time, there were no containers. He asked them to use their primordial spirit to collect the dew from the tea trees, drawing out red Mist Silk to burn, using the void as cups.

"Hmm, that's really nice. If you think about it carefully, imagine this place as the vast Cosmic Void, with a few floating hills and a celestial Immortal Pool. Imagine becoming an immortal here, living in seclusion, drinking tea, and studying scriptures. That would be quite wonderful." Zhang Daoling nodded.

"Is the immortal liquid in the pool drinkable?" asked the Nether Blood Sect Ancestor, too lazy to collect the dew.

"Uh, I'm using it for bathing," Wang Xuan reminded him.

The crowd glared at him; they had all wanted to try it.

While sitting there for a while, Wang Xuan went out and mentioned the Land of Nothingness, as well as the several creatures he saw after the collapse of the Inner Scenery Realm, and how he accompanied the white-haired woman to the end of the Radiation Road.

"The Super Peerless from the Old Shi merged with the grand curtain and attained enlightenment. It's a pity that despite her unwavering faith and strong will, she died at the end of the final path."

Everyone felt a pang of sympathy. Such people were admirable, yet also heartbreaking. It was as if they saw their own future reflected in them. If they couldn't find their way, they might also take risks and suffer a similar fate.

Not long after, they went to the meteorite passage. Old Zhang, not believing in evil spirits, went up alone and did indeed rush a long way, but in the end he was burned and chanted a Daoist prayer as he fled back.

"Why does this place seem so familiar, like I've seen it before?" Fang Yuzhu frowned, vaguely remembering this place. It had to be said, her strength was ridiculously powerful. In the past, their spiritual light had shone into this place, and only she remembered it.

Wang Xuan did not hide anything and recounted his past.

"The part of the Demon Lord's dress that ended up in your hands, that happened right here?" Old Zhang asked, knowing about this incident. Because Qing Mu had taken photos for Wang Xuan, it inadvertently became evidence.

The Demon Lord Yanyan immediately revealed a murderous look in her eyes.

"Yan Qingyan, what happened? Tell me!" Bai Jingshu, the Demon Lord's mother, spoke up. She was quite strict with her family and was concerned about her daughter's rather outrageous behavior.

Even though the Demon Lord was nearly three thousand years old, in Bai Jingshu's eyes he was still a girl who hadn't grown up, and she sternly called the Demon Lord by his full name.

"Another Qing." Wang Xuan muttered. The women he knew were now "Three Pure Ones."

The result of bringing up the past was that Yan Mingcheng patted Wang Xuan's shoulder vigorously, chuckling as he expressed the protective feelings of an old, immortal father towards his daughter.

If it weren't for Wang Xuan's current ability to withstand a Celestial Immortal, Old Zhang and the Nether Blood Sect Ancestor would have been slapped to the ground.

"This path is too difficult. It runs through the meteorite passage, and above it is the sea of Red Mist. There Are Supreme Treasures, it is not safe. Even a terrestrial immortal could be burned to death. It is foreseeable that the higher you go, the more dangerous it will become."

Fang Yuzhu sighed softly. This path was not easy, and besides, this was only the land beneath Wang Xuan's destiny; others could not stay there for long.

"Is everyone's destiny like this?" Old Zhang asked, then shook his head.

They wanted to explore, but at their level of cultivation, their life essence was too "profound." Moreover, they needed the assistance of Spiritual Heavenly Eye to avoid getting lost.

"Go back, arm yourselves with the most precious treasures, and in this special era, go all out to explore the land beneath our own destiny," Yan Mingcheng said.

They returned to the Real World, with the Demon Lord volunteering. Then, accompanied by Wang Xuan and with Bai Jingshu holding up the Immortal Umbrella to clear the way, they ventured deeper inside.

"This earth is very hard, making it somewhat difficult to traverse," Wang Xuan said. At first, things went smoothly, but later, the Demon Lord Yan Qingyan called for a halt, saying that they couldn't hold on any longer.

She felt that after going very deep, using the Immortal Umbrella to clear a path and descending further, her own life force was about to be torn apart, and she could no longer continue.

Then Zhang Daoling, Xu Fu, Bai Jingshu, and Fang Yuzhu also conducted their own experiments. The stronger the person, the less likely they were to penetrate the barrier. If they forced their way through, the land showed signs of being destroyed.

"This is what they call 'deep-rooted,' solidified. They didn't take this path in the early years, and now it's 'too difficult to change'. This path is not easy to walk," Yan Mingcheng sighed.

Fang Yuzhu said, "Unless one can undergo a complete rebirth of the primordial spirit, physical body, and inner realm like Wang Xuan, then the life essence will also be reborn. At that time, it may be possible to start the process of rebirth from scratch."

Wang Xuan's heart stirred. His life force was acting strangely. Could it be the so-called Nirvana? If so, he was truly being reborn from head to toe, from reality to illusion, and from illusion to reality.

"Where are your three points of light? Can you still sense them?" Xu Fu asked.

Wang Xuan shook his head. Since leaving the Cliff of Lost Dao, he had lost contact with the three points of light and could not find out where they had sunk.

"Let's try finding new people, those who are currently barely in the Supernatural Domain, with very low cultivation levels and whose life essence has not yet been solidified. Let's explore below them and see if we can make any new discoveries."

"It's probably fruitless. Beneath the newcomer's life-soil lies a desolate void. Ancient sages have explored this before. Perhaps only the life-soil of powerful beings and special individuals would be mutated, revealing mysterious things."

"Let's try again. Let's ride the treasure into the Land of Nothingness and go far enough to discover something."

Soon, they took action, summoning some of Old Zhang and the descendants of the Nether Blood Sect Ancestor.

Four young people were successively explored in their destiny land. Wang Xuan personally followed up on them because his Spiritual Heavenly Eye could discern directions and prevent them from getting lost.

He rode the Sky-Veiling Bracelet at breakneck speed, and beneath the Life Soil, he discovered a desolate, gray area, unlike his own. He wandered the endless distance in his mind, finding no trace of life, no Immortal Pool, and no meteorite passage.

This is a dead zone!

The four young people all had the same fate, with nothing supernatural about them, making it impossible to plant celestial medicine or dig out a path close to the True Source.

"The three people in the Treasure Life Pool are said to have ancestors from another Outer Universe. They want to find clues to return to their ancestral universe, where cultivation is said to be possible, and where mythology and technology coexist!"

Yan Mingcheng sighed, "The owners of these treasures all want to go their own way, and they are all different."

"That Outer Universe is very mysterious. After the ancestors of those people came to our place, some of them turned to the dark side and became Fallen Dreadful Spirits, which are difficult for them to return to."

"It is understood that a group of beings entered our universe one after another, but they appeared in different eras, with a very large span, some thousands of years apart and some tens of thousands of years apart. If they were not reminded, even they themselves would not know it!"

"Moreover, some ghosts have mentioned that they went to this universe for an experience."

But now even the spirits themselves can't go back. Whether they are normal spirits or brutal and depraved spirits, most of them can't find their way home.

The Buddhist and Taoist families people who possess the supreme treasure, the Divine Palace, have different views. The Daoist school are ambitious and want to contend with the heavens, recreate a miniature Immortal Realm, and establish a Heavenly Court!

Buddhist, on the other hand, choose to lie low, attain Nirvana, and slumber in the Divine Palace, awaiting the birth of the next extraordinary era. That would most likely be countless years later, after countless cycles of normal civilization have passed.

"Shang Yi will inevitably take the path of breaking through to the Highest Mental World."

Wang Xuan looked at Fang Yuzhu, Yan Mingcheng, Bai Jingshu, wondering which path they were going to take.

"Fang Yuzhu wants to forge Life and Death Road; she's very radical. It's either success or transforming into a butterfly in the flames, a final dance. My husband and I, on the other hand, want to play it safe..." Yan Mingcheng began, recounting Fang Yuzhu's and their couple's path and plans.