Seeing Through Delusion, Attaining True Immortality

Boom!

In the endless void, Buddha Tathagata's divine abilities, the endless stars controlled by Ziwei Great Emperor, and the sword lights unleashed by True Martial Emperor and Taiyi the Rescuer Heavenly Venerate bore down upon the true form of the demon ape like a torrential downpour.

Though these divine abilities had targeted the true form of the demon ape, Xuan Yin used Zhen Yuanzi's Book of Earth and the Three Origins, Ten Directions, All-Returning Formation he had arranged beforehand to redirect them into the earth veins of the four continents.

For a time, the entire world began to collapse, and the sights of the Primordial True Realm and Mount Kunlun beyond this realm began to reveal themselves before all living beings.

But this was not the end!

As he watched Wu Zhiqi, Sun Wukong, and Yuan Hong's figures beside him gradually fade away, Xuan Yin decisively invoked the lightning tribulation of the True Immortal Realm.

A tribulation for breaking through a realm was nurtured by the Heavenly Dao. In essence, it was even a level above a Sage, so shattering this realm's delusion would naturally be effortless.

However, invoking the Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation to shatter this realm's delusion was not Xuan Yin's goal.

His goal was to break through to the True Immortal Realm and use the power of the True Immortal Dao Fruit to refine falsehood into truth, transforming Wu Zhiqi and the others from illusory existences into real ones.

Boom!

To break through from the Heavenly Immortal Realm into the True Immortal Realm, one had to undergo the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and use its power to complete the final transformation of the Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruit.

With a thought from Xuan Yin, Supreme Pure Immortal Light surged from the celebration cloud above his head, rapidly spreading out to form the first barrier against the Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation.

At that moment, as the Journey to the West World began to collapse, all things between heaven and earth transformed into pure Dao laws. Boundless spiritual energy became a surging tide, instantly washing over Xuan Yin's primordial spirit and body.

Beyond that, immeasurable power of laws gathered in his eyes, then condensed from illusion into substance, as though a pair of Golden Eyes of Piercing Delusion were truly about to take shape!

"Is this the opportunity Senior Uncle-Master spoke of?"

He had now glimpsed his true nature and could no longer maintain the appearance of the Six-Eared Macaque. Yet the inheritance of the Chaos Demon Ape had begun a new evolution.

Eye of Shattering Delusion

The inheritance of the Chaos Demon Ape merged with the Great Dao of Heavenly Immortals, becoming a pair of Eyes of Shattering Delusion that helped Xuan Yin break through the boundary between reality and illusion.

Boom!

Lightning poured down like a waterfall, illuminating the endless void. Electric light shone upon the world, piercing through heaven and earth.

However, Xuan Yin's foundation was extremely solid. The first several lightning tribulations posed no threat to him at all and were instead completely absorbed by the celebration cloud above his head.

"Second Brother!"

Wu Zhiqi's figure was beginning to fade, but as he looked at Xuan Yin facing the Heavenly Tribulation, he realized that his single thread of survival lay with Xuan Yin.

His ability to avoid death and extend life was no empty boast. Wu Zhiqi gritted his teeth and immediately drew upon the remaining Water Origin Great Dao of the Journey to the West World, bestowing it upon Xuan Yin in hopes of helping him overcome this tribulation.

Afterward, Zhen Yuanzi also acted, temporarily bestowing the authority of the Great Dao of Earth Immortals upon Xuan Yin and using it to evolve an embryonic membrane of earth.

Outside forces could not interfere with another's authority, but they were merely illusory beings, and the so-called Water Origin Great Dao was likewise an illusory authority.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen lightning tribulations had passed. Around Xuan Yin, a power capable of refining falsehood into truth and reshaping concepts gradually took form.

This power enveloped Wu Zhiqi, Sun Wukong, and the others, as well as Ziwei Great Emperor, Taiyi the Rescuer Heavenly Venerate, and True Martial Emperor, who had acted earlier. It redefined them, turning them into genuine, real existences.

Naturally, Xuan Yin's realm was too low to maintain their current cultivation. He could only allow them to become tainted with the origin aura of the Primordial True Realm.

"Interesting!"

Far away at Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi was the first to sense it. He looked toward Mount Kunlun. "He actually drew upon Dao resonance from a Sage's Great Luo Heavens, refined falsehood into truth, and created another me?"

With a thought, an indestructible spiritual light crossed the endless void and arrived before Xuan Yin, then merged into the body of the other Zhen Yuanzi.

"From this day forth, you shall be my Other-Self Incarnation!"

With Zhen Yuanzi's abilities, enlightening an other-self was naturally effortless.

"Thank you, Daoist friend!"

Zhen Yuanzi's Other-Self Incarnation nodded at Xuan Yin, then transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the real Zhen Yuanzi at Wuzhuang Temple.

At the same time, Taiyi and Duobao, who were cultivating on Mount Kunlun, also sensed something. They then took the initiative to enlighten an Other-Self Incarnation each.

As for Wu Zhiqi, Yuan Hong, and Sun Wukong, after their existences were redefined by Xuan Yin, they too took the initiative to flee toward different times and spaces.

"Daoist friend, until we meet again!"

Wu Zhiqi had the highest realm. Now that he had been redefined, he used the karmic connection in the unseen to contact Wu Zhiqi of the Primordial True Realm, and through a fortunate coincidence, he comprehended all the karmic ties.

Sun Wukong, Yuan Hong, Ziwei Great Emperor, and True Martial Emperor also seemed deep in thought. Barring any surprises, they would merge with their true selves in some time and space.

Meanwhile, the spiritual treasures Xuan Yin had taken from Tushita Palace also returned to Grand Pure Sage. Grand Pure Sage did not pay attention to Xuan Yin's tribulation. Instead, he took out the Purple-Gold Red Gourd and used the power of refining falsehood into truth to enlighten the sealed Guanyin Bodhisattva into an Other-Self Incarnation of Cihang.

On Jade Pure Peak, Cihang sensed it and immediately bowed respectfully. "Thank you, Senior Uncle-Master!"

This Other-Self Incarnation enlightened by a Sage could not raise his cultivation to a higher level, but it could make his current Dao Fruit more complete.

Moreover, it would allow him to glimpse a trace of the future.

It was a Sage's deduction!

Xuan Yin also noticed Grand Pure Sage's actions, but he was busy dealing with the Heavenly Tribulation and had no time to bow to the Sage for now.

Nothing was more important than staying alive!

In an instant, half the lightning tribulation had already passed, but the barrier formed from Supreme Pure Immortal Light was now on the verge of shattering!

"This is..."

Just as he was about to use a divine ability to block it, he discovered that he still had a High-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure on him.

"As-You-Will Golden-Rod Staff!"

The Journey to the West World had collapsed, and most things had turned into nothingness. But the Magic Treasure bestowed by Patriarch Bodhi... no, by the Sage incarnation, truly existed. It had been personally refined by Grand Pure Sage.

Fighting Character Secret

Xuan Yin was overjoyed. He operated the Fighting Character Secret and Tai Xiao Divine Thunder with all his strength, empowering the As-You-Will Golden-Rod Staff as he charged directly toward the Heavenly Tribulation above.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The staff's shadows danced through the air, shattering the void as they collided with the lightning tribulation filling the sky. Sparks flew in every direction, and the ultimate power of destruction surged outward.

Empowered by the Fighting Character Secret, Xuan Yin grew stronger with every battle. After the essence formed from the Heavenly Tribulation was shattered by him, his primordial spirit absorbed it in an instant.

Before long, only the final lightning tribulation remained, descending in the form of a purple lightning dragon.

"Break!"

Though this lightning tribulation was far more powerful than the previous ones, it was still insufficient to stop Xuan Yin. In an instant, the As-You-Will Golden-Rod Staff smashed it to pieces.

Boom!

The Heavenly Tribulation dissipated, and the sound of the Great Dao echoed through the void. The essence formed from the tribulation was absorbed by Xuan Yin, helping him complete his final transformation.

"My True Immortal Dao Fruit is complete!"

Looking at the Dao Fruit within the celebration cloud above his head, suspended between reality and illusion, Xuan Yin laughed aloud. "Life drifts like a dream, boundless in illusion; only by seeing through delusion can one behold truth. Beneath the Spiritual Treasure's gate, I gained immortal arts; in Yu Yu Heaven, I shed mortal dust. My heart follows the qilin to guard the ancestral veins; my body becomes a divine ape, imprinting Dao Marks. The Nine Heavens open the path to True Immortality; beneath the Sage's seat stands one more!"

From this day onward, in the eyes of outsiders, he could also be considered a True Immortal who had attained the Dao!

Thinking of this, Xuan Yin immediately bowed toward Upper Clarity Peak. "This disciple, Xuan Yin, has fortunately achieved a breakthrough. I hereby thank Teacher for the grace of transmitting the Dao and imparting instruction!"

He then bowed toward Taiqing Peak. "Thank you, Senior Uncle-Master, for your guidance!"

"Mm."

Grand Pure Sage's voice came from Great Scarlet Heaven. "Since you have broken through, leave now. The karma between you and me may also be considered settled!"

"Stay farther away from Xuandu in the future!"

Xuan Yin was stunned upon hearing this. What did Grand Pure Sage mean by that?

Had he been disliked?