The Dao Scripture That's Hard to Grasp! Eighteen Years Pass in a Glance! Injury to the Son (54k)

The Dao Intent is divided into several levels, and there are also differences in their strength and weakness, which varies entirely from person to person.

At this moment, the Dao Intent in the fifth pattern appearing above Chen Dengming's head was obscure and difficult to understand.

This was the first time Chen Dengming had witnessed such an unusual occurrence at the Human Heart Hall.

Perhaps it was because his Spiritual Realm had reached a certain standard that it touched the Human Heart Hall and elicited such a reaction.

But what intrigued him even more was the new Daoist script and Dao Intent he had never seen before.

The first level of the Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage, the Dao Intent the Unity of Heaven and Man, was something he had already comprehended long before he had even come into contact with the Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage.

The second level of Dao Intent is towering and upright. Although it was comprehended later during the process of absorbing the Human Immortal Way, this Dao Intent was not used much.

He has also comprehended and used the third and fourth levels of Dao Intent quite frequently.

This fifth level of Dao Intent, however, remains mysterious and unpredictable.

At this moment, as Chen Dengming made a thought, the fifth pattern above his head slowly floated down, like auspicious clouds covering his head, gradually settling into the depths of his mind, giving rise to various Dao Intent.

A magnificent scene immediately flashed through Chen Dengming's mind.

It was as if I had been transported back to the ancient Cultivation World in an instant. The land was vast and the beautiful, undulating mountains stretched out like a giant dragon.

Suddenly, a giant foot stomped down, traversing the mountains as if trampling mud, causing the ground to shake and dust to rise.

But then they saw a giant walking on the earth with his two large feet outstretched, his body passing through the clouds, the white clouds obscuring his upper body.

Call--

His eyes, as bright as stars, looked down at the peaks below, each summit peeking out from the clouds like a lotus flower emerging from the water.

Suddenly, the giant's bright eyes seemed to discover something, and it let out a roar that shattered the clouds. Its Qi and Blood and qi surged, and its terrifying aura intimidated the High Antiquity demons in the vast wilderness.

At this moment, tiny specks of strange power gathered towards the giant, seeping into its pores and penetrating its Flesh and Blood.

The giant's size suddenly increased again, its strength multiplied, its aura astonishing, and its roar stirred up a whirlwind that swept in all directions, causing demons to retreat and making it impervious to evil.

But those strange, scattered points of power actually originated from the small tribes of people who had set up camp in the surrounding barren mountains and treacherous waters.

Countless tiny figures dressed in animal skins and straw clothes, and some who had built earthen walls and cities dressed in hemp clothes, were all bowing and worshipping the towering giant, conveying a strange power.

However, it was observed that outside many tribes and city-states, some ferocious High Antiquity demons that had intended to devour humans were all frightened back by the giant's awe-inspiring roar.

"Is that... the power of Incense and Faith?"

Chen Dengming immediately provided an explanation for the strange, scattered power.

But he quickly rejected it.

"No, it doesn't seem like it. There's no strong causal connection like that of incense offerings; it's more like a one-way transfer of power. It's not that simple."

Thanks to his Incense Clone's research into the power of Incense and Faith, he also has a very good understanding of the power of Incense and Faith.

At this moment, he sensed something was amiss and something unusual, and for a moment he became so engrossed in understanding it that he was completely absorbed, as if he were in a trance.

Time for cultivation passes in the blink of an eye.

In the long span of two thousand years of the Nascent Soul Nascent Soul Realm, a period of cultivation is truly just a blink of an eye.

Over the past decade or so, the four regions have been completely restored to stability.

The numerous Outer Domain Evil Cultivators, led by the Three Saints Palace, the Heavenly Devil Sect, the Mochao Kingdom, and the Heaven and Earth Sword Hall, which were defeated in the past, were all expelled and forced to retreat to the bitterly cold lands of the far north and the desolate regions of the far west, in accordance with the ceasefire agreement, and were not allowed to cross the line even a step.

In a short time, the four regions resumed rapid development.

However, the many Immortal Sect Dao Gate that divide resources and territories are no longer the familiar Immortal Sect of the past; most of them are Immortal Sect that have migrated from all over the world.

Due to their outstanding performance during the war, the Longevity Sect and the Tiandao Sect still firmly hold their positions as the top sects in the four regions, with the Longevity Sect even slightly surpassing them.

The Shu Sword Pavilion, which was once on par with the two sects, is now much less prestigious, but with a Spirit Transformation cultivator like Divine Sword Dao Lord presiding over it, it can still be considered one of the top sects.

Over the past decade or so, the Longevity Sect has also selected new Longevity Seed and is thriving.

He Yingyu was selected as the new Longevity Seed by a very narrow margin.

During a break in his seclusion, Chen Dengming emerged to vote for Tan Siyan.

His vote was also an unexpected one for most people.

Ultimately, this led to Tan Siyan narrowly defeating He Yingyu in the voting round.

However, in the subsequent contest of magical prowess, He Yingyu, with her Golden Core Late Stage cultivation and numerous powerful Law Treasure, unsurprisingly emerged victorious.

In the final round of competition based on potential, He Yingyu, despite having sacrificed twenty years of her lifespan to cultivate the <Life-Damaging Seedling Pulling Technique>, still managed to win.

However, her overall lifespan potential is still stronger than Tan Siyan's.

In Tan Siyan Spirit Root potential, he is slightly inferior to Tan Siyan. Overall, the two are evenly matched in this aspect.

In terms of overall strength and performance in the voting process, He Yingyu possesses overwhelming strength, Tan Siyan only has a slight advantage in the voting process.

Therefore, after deliberation by the elders of the Longevity Sect, He Yingyu was chosen as the new Longevity Seed.

Tan Siyan was more nonchalant about the result than before. After decades of traveling overseas, he had become more composed and capable. Since he was not selected as a Daoist Dao Child, he took the initiative to apply to leave the sect and establish a branch sect to protect the sect and help each other.

Such requests were not uncommon in the history of the Longevity Sect. Generally, only exceptionally outstanding and confident Golden Core Great Cultivator would choose to establish their own sect.

But this is also the best development opportunity for talented individuals.

If one can develop their own sect well, they will be free to do as they please, controlling the discourse and resources of their sect.

Except for a few periods when the sect summons them and they need to obey the summons, they can develop on their own most of the time.

As the sect leader, Chen Dengming did not refuse Tan Siyan's request to stay.

After deliberation by the sect's elders, the sect leader waved his hand and approved Tan Siyan to lead a group of loyal followers to establish a branch sect outside the main sect, where they would support each other.

To express his gratitude for their past friendship, Chen Dengming also privately donated four Third-tier Spirit Boat from the Northern Spirit Sect's estate as assets to initiate the branch sect's establishment.

The process of approving the establishment of a sub-parcel was naturally not so simple.

The ideological vetting of any disciple accompanying the sect must go through a series of procedures to prevent the disciple from having ulterior motives. If a disciple gains the sect's support but then disobeys orders, that would be another problem altogether. The specifics will not be discussed here.

Meanwhile, Chen Dengming's strength has also improved considerably after eighteen years of cultivation.

The most important reason for this was that more than ten years ago, when I received the inheritance of the Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage, I used the Immortal Qi emanating from the Human Heart Hall to cultivate the <Celestial Immortal Technique> to a proficiency of more than 4,500.

This improvement almost saved him ten years of hard work.

With the addition of eighteen years of cultivation and accumulation, his proficiency in the Heavenly Immortal Art had increased by more than 11,100 points.

At this moment, Human Heart Hall.

Chen Dengming observed the status of his own control panel in his mind.

"Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator [Chen Dengming]"

Lifespan: 252/874/4905

Spirit Root: Water, Wood (Superior Grade 100/100)

Martial Arts: <Chen Family Martial Arts General Outline> (Immortal Martial Arts 47/100)

Daoist practices: Longevity Merit (Completed), Heavenly Immortal Art (Mid-stage 17019/36000).

Daoist lineage: Immortal Celestial Lineage (blessings, longevity, destiny): others omitted.

He is now over 250 years old.

Since turning two hundred, Chen Dengming has rarely celebrated his birthday each year.

Sometimes, after a period of seclusion for spiritual cultivation, one wakes up only to find that their birthday has already passed.

He also has a lifespan of over four thousand years, and is not a frail old man counting down the days until he reaches the end of his life. He doesn't take the joy of his birthday too seriously either.

With the current progress of the Heavenly Immortal Art, Chen Dengming only needs to cultivate day and night for another fifty-two years to break through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.

Including the past twenty-one years, he could barely complete the breakthrough within about seventy-three years.

If you're lucky, you might just happen to be there when the Shattered Heavenly Heart Realm opens.

The only thing he regretted was that he was limited by his Spiritual Realm, his Strength Realm, or his comprehension.

He has never been able to comprehend the fifth pattern representing the Dao Intent as presented in the Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage.

However, after years of dedicated research, I have not come away empty-handed.

Chen Dengming had a vague feeling that this Dao Intent was not something he could grasp on his own; it might involve many other people as well.

"That's more like leveraging power, whether it's the power of will or some other force. At least it won't be my power alone."

It is the gathering of the power of many into my body, somewhat similar to the power of Incense and Faith, yet completely different."

Chen Dengming opened his closed eyes.

When his mind was in turmoil, he looked at the rows of Heart Fire Lamp on both sides of him and pondered, "It might also be the Mental Strength."

I strengthen my own Mental Strength by drawing upon the Mental Strength of many others; human strength has its limits, but the Mental Strength is limitless.

But everyone's mood is different, their thoughts are different, and people's hearts are unpredictable. Unless we work together, there is no chance that they will focus their Mental Strength on me.

"Perhaps we'll have to rely on the power of the Human Heart Hall if we do it ourselves."

Chen Dengming shook his head inwardly as he thought of the unbearable events of the past few years.

He had already made various well-thought-out guesses, among which the one in which Mental Strength the most reliable was the most plausible.

Over the years, he has also tried to guide his sister's Mental Strength to him, to strengthen his own Mental Strength.

However, some embarrassing things happened as a result.

After several more attempts, the same thing happened.

Chen Dengming had no choice but to give up trying; he couldn't handle too much, and his Mental Strength wouldn't increase but rather decrease.

This also shows that it is difficult for others to devote their Mental Strength to oneself.

Even though He Yingyu was his closest person, he still acted this way.

For most others, it would be even more difficult to achieve; only through the help of the Human Heart Hall could there be a sliver of possibility.

Just then, a beacon of inspiration flickered ahead.

Emerging from the flames Fierce Ghost Zhu Xun, a look of joy on his face.

"Hmm? Could it be news about the Seven Souls of the Little Array Spirit?"

Chen Dengming's heart stirred, and he immediately transmitted his thoughts to establish a connection with Old Zhu's mind.

He entered the Human Heart Hall because he estimated that it was time to contact Zhu Xun every six months, as agreed, and thus he came in to wait.

For the past eighteen years, he and Zhu Xun have maintained this frequency of contact, not only to ensure Zhu Xun's safety and development Below the Yin Spring, but also primarily to search for the whereabouts of the Seven Souls soul of the Little Array Spirit.

However, the world Below the Yin Spring is indeed quite large.

The River Styx, in particular, has numerous branches that connect in all directions, creating a complex water system.

Finding the Seven Souls of Little Array Spirit is difficult if it has a great reputation, but if it is unknown, it is like finding a needle in a haystack.

The instant Chen Dengming's mind connected with the past, a joyful sound echoed in Zhu Xun's heart.

"Brother Chen, we've finally found a reliable lead this time."

I wanted to contact you three months ago, but I couldn't bring myself to do so.

In fact, this clue was identified three months ago, and now the investigation is almost complete.

Chen Dengming, "What do you mean? Where is the Seven Souls of the Little Array Spirit now?"

Zhu Xun, "Three months ago, my ghost messengers detected unusual activity from the soul artifacts in the Marketplace the Ghost City of the Yin Nether Ghost King."

The soul artifact only reacts when it detects the soul of the senior spirit.

I immediately sent the second branch to urge an investigation, and they finally determined that the Soul Artifact only reacted more strongly when it was close to the inner palace of the Ghost City of the Yin Nether Ghost King.

Therefore, it can be basically confirmed that Senior Array Spirit's Seven Souls should be in the Netherworld Ghost Palace.

Chen Dengming frowned, "The Netherworld Ghost Palace?"

Zhu Xun said solemnly, "The Yin Nether Ghost King is no simple man. Although he does not have a Yin Spring, he has been able to build his own Ghost City and has gathered many powerful ghost generals and ghost cultivators under his command. He is considered the strongest overlord in that river region and possesses the strength of the Nascent Soul Late Stage."

The Netherworld is also heavily guarded, with powerful ghost formations set up, making it very difficult to infiltrate. The people I sent to probe have all disappeared without a trace, and I'm afraid they've only alerted the enemy.

Now, to further confirm whether the spirit's soul is within the Ghost Palace, perhaps the only option is to forcefully break in! But...

"Nascent Soul Late Stage."

Chen Dengming pondered for a moment.

A ghost king of this Strength Realm is indeed difficult to deal with.

Even if he helps Old Zhu, there is still a great risk involved, given Old Zhu's current Strength Realm.

Moreover, the "but" that Old Zhu mentioned was another kind of concern.

"Are you worried about accidentally harming the Seven Souls of the Little Array Spirit?"

"That's right. After all, when Nascent Soul Ghost King fight, it's easy for other ghosts to be affected."

Moreover, the Yin Nether Ghost King is indeed very powerful; the Nascent Soul Late Stage was just a rumor from many years ago, and it is unknown whether it has already broken through to that stage.

Zhu Xun's mind was heavy. "Therefore, I have a plan. I want to ask the Starfall Yin Spring Ghost Lord to act together. I promise that if we succeed, I will give him half of the Yin Nether Ghost King's power and territory. In this way, our risks will be minimized."

Otherwise, even if I could force the Yin Nether Ghost King out of the Ghost City, my eldest and second wives might not be able to break into the Ghost Palace and snatch people right under the noses of the Four Netherworld Ghost Generals."

Chen Dengming immediately understood Old Zhu's thoughts.

He was currently inside the Human Heart Hall, communicating with the other person's mind through his spiritual connection, and was therefore fully aware of the fluctuations in their thoughts.

I understand that Old Zhu actually had some selfish motives in this matter.

They wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate the Yin Nether Ghost King and expand their own power and territory.

However, this does not conflict with the search for the Seven Souls of the Little Array Spirit.

He didn't mind this selfish thought that any normal person would have.

After all, the situation inside the Ghost Mansion is unknown. Whether the Seven Souls of the Little Array Spirit has been imprisoned and hidden away, or has already become a member of the Ghost Mansion, no one knows.

The Yin Nether Ghost King wasn't a fool; he couldn't be easily lured out of his ghost palace.

This led to the appearance of the Ghost Mansion. If it were Nascent Soul Perfection the peak of his cultivation, Zhu Xun would have no choice but to flee in panic.

Unless the Starfall Yin Spring Ghost Lord personally leads the expedition, sending ghost soldiers and cultivators to attack, it might alert the Ghost King to come out of the city to fight.

At that time, Old Zhu or the two Ghost Bride will have the opportunity to enter the Underworld to find the Seven Souls of the Little Array Spirit.

The only reason that could lure the Starfall Yin Spring Ghost Lord into battle was to offer him great rewards, kill the Yin Nether Ghost King, and seize his territory, resources, and power.

Chen Dengming only pondered for a moment before decisively transmitting his thoughts.

"You should first try to persuade the Starfall Yin Spring Ghost Lord and see if he's willing to agree. If it's difficult, then I'll step in and talk to him."

Over the years, he has made two more deals with the Starfall Yin Spring Ghost Lord.

The resources provided to the Counterattack Cultivator Alliance increasingly displeased Starfall Yin Spring Ghost Lord.

Meanwhile, the information Chen Dengming gathered from the Yin Spring regarding the Ghost Emperor Yuan gradually displeased the Counterattack Cultivator Alliance, making the supplies they provided increasingly less valuable.

This Silk Road, connecting the Human World with the underworld, is now in grave danger.

Chen Dengming doesn't have a good solution for the time being.

However, after these years of cooperation, the relationship between Starfall Yin Spring Ghost Lord has indeed become quite good.

This joint campaign against the Yin Nether Ghost King may be a collaboration to further solidify their relationship.

After Zhu Xun his instructions, Chen Dengming withdrew his mind from the Human Heart Hall and returned to his cave abode.

His nose quickly caught the aroma of medicine emanating from the medicine room, and his eyes dimmed slightly as he sighed inwardly.

This medicinal fragrance is a life-extending elixir, which he obtained by exchanging his battle merits for the life-extending elixir from the Counterattack Cultivator Alliance.

This is because the elixir of life extension is not a life-extending agent for mortals, but rather a death-delaying drug.

Therefore, He Yingyu would always boil the precious life-extending elixir into a juice, dilute it, and then feed it to Chen Jing.

Indeed, this life-saving medicine was brewed for Chen Dengming's son, Chen Jing.

Ten years ago, Chen Jing and Chen Yiran were sent back to the Longevity Sect in the Eastern Region by Jiang Qiang, Black Wind, and Black Cloud Leopard, to live with them.

However, five years ago, Chen Jing's complexion began to deteriorate, and he aged rapidly.

Chen Dengming could tell at a glance that Chen Jing's lifespan was nearing its end.

This should not have happened. Although Chen Jing Jingzong was not a cultivator, he was still Innate Martial Artist. With the resources provided by Chen Dengming, it would have been easy for him to live to be 130 or 140 years old. How could he be nearing the end of his life in his eighties?

But that's exactly what happened.

From that time on, Chen Dengming began to think of ways to extend his son's life by a few more years.

Unfortunately, after being boiled and diluted, the Medicinal Power life-extending elixir is greatly reduced, almost to the point of being negligible, and the more it is taken, the less effective it becomes.

Therefore, even if Chen Jing were to use this medicine to prolong his life, he would probably only live for another four or five years.

"Jing'er was deeply hurt by Li Xue back then. This is a chronic illness caused by his heart, leading to a decline in his lifespan that is difficult to cure with medicine."

Chen Dengming stood up and walked towards the pill room.

Even though he was a spiritual master and understood the root of Chen Jing's mental illness, he could not completely cure it.

Unless Technique Method is used to trap Chen Jing in a long and illusory mental world, where he can grow old with Li Xue, perhaps his lifespan can be extended by several decades.

Or perhaps it would bring Li Xue back to life.

These are clearly all stopgap measures that do not address the root cause and are unnecessary.

Chen Dengming was unwilling to do that, and Chen Jing would not want to live in a fantasy world on his deathbed.

Therefore, after taking the medicinal soup, Chen Dengming planned to take his son Chen Jing out for a walk, to go back to Nanxun, and to return to the mortal world.

Seeing his former hometown might make Chen Jing feel much better, and he might live a year or two longer, passing away peacefully with a smile on his face.

This was the last meaningful thing Chen Dengming, as an elderly father, could do.

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