The Divine Void of Heaven's Will! Beyond the Heavens, There Are Always Greater Ones! The Old Codger's Revelation
The Venerable Immortal the clouds open day and night, their pavilions and palaces resembling jade terraces. One might imagine a mysterious maiden flying by, a misty, ethereal breeze entering one's dreams.
Immortal pavilions and buildings appeared in the sky, a magnificent Immortal Sect spanning the four regions and four seas, a grand sight that cultivators in almost every region could see simply by looking up.
However, when they Sky Dome, it was like trying to climb a mountain with your eyes closed; no matter what they did, they could never reach the heights of the Immortal Sect.
The Immortal Sect seems to hang high above the Spirit Thunder Layer, yet it is visible to everyone.
Above the Spirit Thunder Layer lies the outer heavens, a place few even Nascent Soul True Lord can reach.
This magnificent Immortal Sect remained suspended in the high heavens for dozens of days.
This has attracted countless cultivators seeking immortality, like carp leaping over the Dragon Gate, and countless mortals worshipping it day and night, as if on a pilgrimage.
In an instant, the entire Four Seas Four Regions seemed to awaken a distant memory, a memory of Ancient Immortal, and the atmosphere of seeking immortality and proving one's Dao reached its peak.
In the Western Regions, where they were exiled, the Three Saints Dao Lord and other Spirit Transmutation Dao Lord gathered in the vast and deep Heaven and Earth Sword Hall to discuss matters concerning the Immortal Sect.
These Spirit Transmutation Dao Lord were all imposing and radiant, some with solemn and dignified appearances, some with heroic and graceful bearing, and some with a sinister Evil Qi, all possessing extraordinary bearing.
The Heaven and Earth Sword Lord, with his long and deep aura, like an old scholar, said calmly, "This Immortal Sect should be a projection from an extremely distant region, not something that has truly opened. But now that it has appeared as a projection, it is not far from being truly opened."
At that time, we will all enter in accordance with the previous agreement."
The Mochao Kingdom Lord, his body surging with Devil Qi and his face shrouded in Devil Qi, said with apprehension, "The Three Saints and I have already gone to explore beyond the heavens, but we were unable to pinpoint the location of this Immortal Sect in advance."
The Immortal Sect may appear anywhere in the Four Seas Four Regions, or perhaps even hidden in that realm beyond the heavens, controlled by the Heavenly Dao and the Divine Void — the Outer Heaven ..."
"The Heavenly Dao, the Divine Void..."
Mentioning these two names caused the six Spirit Transformation True Lord present to change color slightly, showing extreme apprehension.
The Five Elements Sword Lord, with his broad forehead, handsome eyes, and clear brows, nodded thoughtfully, "Perhaps the Immortal Sect of the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm are truly hidden in the Outer Heaven. Don't forget, after the Divine Heavenly Court was shattered, the South Heaven Gate also disappeared without a trace, possibly also in the Outer Heaven..."
Upon hearing this, all the Your Majesty shook their heads and sighed, at a loss for what to do.
If the Immortal Sect descended slowly from Outer Heaven, then before they appeared, they really wouldn't dare to venture in lightly, lest they disturb the Heavenly Dao or even the seemingly slumbering Divine Void.
Legend has it that when the Five Great True Immortals lineages collapsed, the Immortal Celestial Lineage survived the great calamity and transformed into the Heavenly Dao. From then on, he lost the emotions that humans should have and only retained his pure immortal nature, transforming into the Celestial Heaven.
The immortal from the Divine Heavenly Court also survived the great calamity, but fell into a perpetual slumber, sleeping in the Outer Heaven.
There are no immortals left in the world. If we must say there are, these two can be considered immortals who have not yet perished, but they have both lost their clear minds and are no longer human or immortal, living in a daze.
Whether it is the Heavenly Dao or the Divine Void, although they have not transcended it and even their realm has fallen due to the great calamity, they are still beings who have survived from High Antiquity and surpassed the Dao Integration Realm. The power that they awaken slightly on ordinary days is enough to shake the heavens and the earth.
They called themselves Spirit Transmutation Dao Lord, but in reality, during the time when the Five Immortals ruled the world, they were merely minor Spirit Transformation stage, and dared not venture into the Outer Heaven to seek the true Immortal Sect.
In this situation, cultivators from all over the world have already entered the Immortal Sect, and they are now convinced that the Immortal Sect will open.
Next, they don't really need to search for them; they'll probably find Longevity Dao Lord and the others soon.
To put it nicely, it's an invitation to the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm; to put it bluntly, it's an exile.
"Be prepared. The long-lived old tortoise is treacherous and cunning; he won't let us off so easily. He'll definitely ambush us in the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm, which is his and the Qu Shenzong's territory. The only way for us to escape is to stick together."
"Fortunately, after the Immortal Sect opens, the Demon Lord will also enter the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm from beyond the realm. At that time, our two sides will reunite, and our lives will be safe."
"But our desire to reunite may not be easy to achieve."
As the Your Majesty discussed this, in the outer region of the sky, high above the Spirit Thunder Layer, the clouds were all dyed with bright, ever-changing, and dazzling colors by the distant sun.
A figure with an ordinary aura floated quietly in the light, appearing rather blurry from a distance. Wisps of aurora danced around him, their allure captivating, making him seem extraordinary despite his ordinariness.
He stood on the clouds below, and above him was a Sky Dome as clean as velvet.
Above the Sky Dome, a magnificent Immortal Sect hangs high, seemingly close yet separated by glass, giving one an unreal feeling as if in another dimension.
"Outer Heaven"
The man muttered to himself, his eyes flashing with a strange light, his gaze shifting between longing, fear, and greed.
He held a Buddhist scripture in his hand, but it was upside down. He wore a Daoist robe, but it was also worn inside out. The yin-yang symbol on his back was also indistinguishable in black and white, making him look completely out of place.
His figure was imposing, his head bald and without any ordination scars, reflecting the sunlight. His face was long and thin, with high cheekbones, and his eyes were unusually bright, with a glimmer of light, giving people a sense of daring and audaciousness.
Very few people in this Human World know of his existence.
Anyone who knows him is filled with fear of him.
His cultivation level was unparalleled in the world, with only one person able to rival him and thus restrain him.
At this moment, the Immortal Sect appeared, showing up at the edge of this Outer Heaven to verify the authenticity of the Immortal Sect.
Whoosh--
His figure suddenly rose into the air.
In a single flash, it had already approached the limit of that Outer Heaven.
Instantly, the Sky Dome, which was originally clear and deep like a boundless piece of crystal glass, began to tremble gently, and the air swayed like waves.
An immense, overwhelming divine power, seemingly capable of crushing everything, descended from above.
Under this terrifying divine might, any Nascent Soul True Lord who sensed even a trace of it would have their mind shattered and be directly suppressed. Even a Spirit Transmutation Dao Lord would feel fear and dare not touch the towel.
The man felt a sudden heaviness in his body, but his eyes suddenly flashed with a strange and eerie light, and golden Buddha Light emanated from his solemn face.
Suddenly, the Buddhist scripture he was holding upside down was thrown into the Sky Dome, emitting a brilliant light. Instantly, huge characters flew out from the scripture and hurtled towards the Sky Dome.
However, the large, brightly lit characters were all reversed and upside down, giving people an extremely chaotic and eerie feeling.
The man chanted mysterious and obscure Daoist incantations, and a black and white yin-yang symbol behind him enveloped him, causing him to transform into a wisp of gray energy. In an instant, he broke through the heavenly power and entered the realm of the Outer Heaven.
Reciting Buddhist scriptures backwards and wearing Daoist robes inside out—these are signs of a person who has betrayed the scriptures and strayed from the Tao.
Now that this person has entered the Outer Heaven, he wants to see if that Immortal Sect is real or fake.
Braving immense divine might and risking awakening the Heavenly Dao, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked upwards.
At that glance, he only saw a back view that seemed to be severed from eternity, with the left hand supporting the head, lying horizontally above his head, sleeping at the peak of the sky, blocking his view.
This person, lying alone atop the heavens, is truly lonely at the top; he is a being Outer Heaven, beyond man, half of the Heavenly Dao and half of man.
Who is this person?
"Divine Void!?"
The moment he saw that figure from behind, the man's heart trembled, and his pupils contracted slightly.
Before he could react further, at that moment, a dazzling Golden Light shone from the east. From the sun, countless golden rays spread out, like a radiant holy shrine, shining brightly.
"Buddha Guai! You've gone too far."
A grand and resonant voice, like the sound of a great bell, slowly approached from afar.
Accompanying the sound was a dazzling Golden Light, scattering a layer of shattered gold across the clouds, which rippled with the mist like golden snakes dancing.
In an instant, the entire world within sight seemed to be shrouded in a dazzling golden radiance!
A powerful force immediately pressed into the Outer Heaven, tinging the pristine Outer Heaven with golden light.
Instantly, the terrifying power of heaven suddenly intensified, and the figure that lay across the peak of the sky, seemingly severing all ages, appeared to move slightly.
The man was instantly terrified, and his figure was forcibly forced out of the Outer Heaven by the increasing heavenly power and momentum.
In the end, he couldn't get past that figure and see the true nature of that magnificent Immortal Sect.
He was unaware that the moment his figure fell from the Outer Heaven, that figure that had traversed countless ages vanished and shattered like a dream.
"Living Buddha!"
The man's face was grim, and he looked fiercely into the distance.
But all that could be seen in the distance was the Golden Light of the rising sun, and the magnificent figure of a colossal Buddha sat on the Dongfang horizon.
This Buddha is over ten thousand feet tall, with a majestic and solemn appearance. His right hand rests on his right knee, his fingertips touching the ground, forming the mudra to subdue demons.
At first glance, it seems as if the halo above his head is the sun, and the sun is the halo behind his head, radiating endless Golden Light, making his head glow red and shiny.
"You really know how to ruin things!"
The Buddha Guai's eyes flashed with a cold, eerie light, and the Buddhist scriptures floating upside down in front of him flipped rapidly, revealing large characters.
He looked up at the magnificent Immortal Sect still floating above him, and frowned as he recalled the terrifying figure he had just seen.
Now, with this Living Buddha Venerable obstructing him, and considering the figure that had just appeared, it would be difficult for him to risk entering the Outer Heaven again.
Otherwise, if the Buddha were to act in accordance with the circumstances as he did just now, he could easily encounter a huge crisis.
At the same time, within the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm, in the Heavenly Longevity and Heavenly Fate Palaces, the Longevity Dao Lord Lu Xiucheng and the Heavenly Dao Qu Shenzong both trembled violently, spitting out blood from the corners of their mouths.
The two suddenly opened their eyes from their spellcasting state, the Daoist power surrounding their bodies gradually dissipating, their eyes filled with surprise and trepidation.
"It's him, he really appeared. Fortunately, the Living Buddha Venerable intervened in time, otherwise our illusion would have been easily exposed, making it difficult to plot against the Three Saints Dao Lord and others."
"Who exactly is he? He seems to be connected to the Outer Realm Devil Venerable, but not quite. The Living Buddha Venerable also seems to have some connection with him, yet he has refused to reveal it to me all these years!"
Inside the two halls, Lu Xiucheng and Qu Shenzong quickly exchanged Divine Sense, both of them only now catching their breath, still quite shaken.
"It's better not to mention the Living Buddha Venerable. Now that he's settled things, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief. But just now, it was too dangerous. How could you have come up with such a wicked trick? It almost really alarmed the Divine Void."
At this point, even Longevity Dao Lord Lu Xiucheng, showed surprise and lingering fear on his blue face.
It was indeed dangerous just now. Before that mysterious Buddha Guai entered the Outer Heaven, he had discussed with Qu Shenzong to cleverly borrow the Immortal Celestial Dao Power and the Heavenly Destiny Hall to create a fake figure of the Divine Void that he had inadvertently witnessed when he traveled through the long river of time. This fake figure would span the ages and intimidate the Buddha Guai.
As a result, although the plan Living Buddha Venerable's power invading the Outer Heaven caused a chain reaction, but it also almost disturbed the sleeping Divine Void.
Lu Xiucheng let out a breath, "That was indeed too dangerous. The figure of Divine Void was clearly a fake, yet it actually moved slightly, and a terrifying aura seemed to be traversing countless ages."
"Fortunately, they didn't actually come. We escaped quickly enough." Qu Shenzong shook his head, then looked at the bloodstains on his chest and smiled bitterly.
"But now that we're both injured, we'll need to expend some of our Immortal Spiritual Energy to recover."
Lu Xiucheng, "Fortunately, it's just a minor injury. It will only take about tens of thousands of cubic meters of Immortal Spiritual Energy to recover."
Qu Shenzong felt a pang of regret. "Tens of thousands of cubic meters of Immortal Spiritual Energy —if my disciples absorbed it, it could nurture many talented individuals."
Lu Xiucheng rolled his eyes. What time is it? Old Qu's old habit of being stingy has resurfaced.
These old fogies are indeed major spenders, but if they didn't spend, how could they guarantee that their underlings would have something to eat?
Without hesitation, the two quickly began absorbing Immortal Spiritual Energy to recover, while carefully observing the confrontation between the two powerful beings in the heavens, trying to find some useful information about these great powers.
However, to their disappointment and as expected, the two men did not make a move. After a brief standoff, they went their separate ways.
This kind of situation happened just decades ago.
The Living Buddha Venerable and this mysterious Buddha Guai seemed to be quite wary of each other, completely avoiding direct confrontation and not giving them any opportunity to observe.
Forty years can pass in the blink of an eye in the outside world, which is equivalent to forty days.
Chen Dengming was completely unaware of the appearance of the Immortal Sect's projection and other such events in the outside world.
Only after the auspicious Heavenly Timing around him disappeared did he and his clones slowly awaken from their cultivation state.
After another forty years of cultivation, the <Heavenly Immortal Art> has reached a proficiency level of 27,000. It only needs fifty more years of practice to break through to the Nascent Soul Perfection stage.
However, given the current situation, it's difficult to have another fifty years like that.
The only gain that he could be somewhat grateful for was that the Shore Flower truly possessed the power to reach the other shore and touch people's hearts, allowing him to gain a preliminary understanding of the fifth principle of the Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage — Unity of All Hearts!
The Unity of All Hearts united as one means that by having everyone focus their mental energy on him, his Mental Strength will be inexhaustible and continuous, allowing him to enter a stage where his Mental Strength is limitless.
Human strength has its limits, but Mental Strength is limitless!
Only when the Mental Strength is limitless can the many Divine Ability and strengths of the human mind and its traditions be brought to their fullest potential.
The Human Immortal Physique will continue to grow, grow, and grow again, until it reaches a realm comparable to the ancient human immortals who once held the sun and moon and created the world!
" With Unity of All Hearts! As long as my heart is there, the world is there; my heart is the world!"
Chen Dengming stood up and looked at Su Yan Yan, who was also gracefully rising across from him.
Just then, the Dao Stone above their heads emitted a blue light, and the figure of the First Ancestor Lu Xiucheng appeared. His face was full of fatigue and vicissitudes, but his gaze toward the two of them was filled with relief.
"You have all lived up to my expectations, showing significant improvement. Unfortunately, you don't have much time left; the plan must begin, and we can't delay any longer."
The First Ancestor paused, his figure floating down. His previously peaceful tone was now filled with murderous intent, "First, slaughter all those exiled Evil Cultivators!"