The Lingering Consequences of the Elixir of Immortality

What is that?

Why is the fortuitous opportunity to achieve sainthood on Mount Ling?

Lingbao Tianzun and the Jade Emperor were the second group of great cultivators to arrive at Mount Ling.

The dragon chariot the two were riding in was slower than that of the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable, not to mention the great cultivators who were still traversing the formation.

After leaping off the dragon chariot and forcefully breaking through the Bifeng layer, the two appeared together in the sky above the Lingshan Secret Land and witnessed the changes in Lingshan.

It was an endless whirlwind, and the mountain's irregular, death-like twisting was also a potential source of fortuitous opportunity.

When fortuitous opportunity strikes a person, it brings immeasurable benefits; when fortuitous opportunity strikes a mountain, it makes one's fate uncertain.

Lingbao Tianzun asked the Jade Emperor a question, and the Jade Emperor was momentarily stunned.

Top cultivators in the Three Realms fortuitous opportunity have sought this opportunity their entire lives, but very few have actually witnessed it.

The two leaders of the Western Sect turned a blind eye to the fortuitous opportunity on Mount Ling, and even the Heavenly Venerable Lingbao had never seen such a sight. The Jade Emperor, however, had a general idea.

He felt that this speculation was highly likely.

If he is not mistaken, this is indeed fortuitous opportunity to become a god or saint, or something related to it.

"Becoming a god or a saint? How do I become a god or a saint?" Lingbao Tianzun asked impatiently, "The old man never mentioned this back then!"

"The objects that grant immortality and divine status are not concrete things; what each person sees is different," the Jade Emperor said in a deep voice. "Perhaps it is just a drop of water, a leaf, a piece of jade, a large medicinal herb, a treasure, or even a piece of clothing!"

So you mean anything in the world is possible?

Lingbao Tianzun felt that the Jade Emperor was evasive and that his words were completely nonsense; listening to him would have been worse than not listening at all.

"What about those two old guys?"

Lingbao Tianzun wanted to rush over to check the situation, but he was a little afraid that Zhunti Jiaozhu would hit him with a stick, so he held back.

"There seems to be some Yuanshi energy releasing Technique Method over there; perhaps they're underground!"

The Jade Emperor stared at it for a few seconds, then pointed to an area where the mountain had collapsed.

He could also faintly hear the sound of Yuanshi Tianzun releasing Technique Method.

The Yuanshi Celestial Venerable only possesses the Celestial Celebration Cloud Technique, which can generate sound. This is Technique Method that he might only use when the opponent is facing great danger.

The Jade Emperor made a simple guess, and Lingbao Tianzun's expression changed, his anger rising. He took out a broad sword without a blade from behind him, and then brought it down like a meteor.

"Jieyin?"

The only cultivator who could fight the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable to the point of causing mountains to collapse and still be able to contend with him was the Sect Master Jieyin. The Jade Emperor's expression was solemn. His body was condensed with golden light, and with each step he took, his body was also growing larger.

One zhang, two zhang, three zhang...

As his body, suspended in mid-air, continued to fall, it began to manifest a massive Dharma body.

Its enormous body, over ten zhang in length, made everything around it appear small, and also made it easier for the Jade Emperor to deal with the chaos.

With a single stroke, he cleaved through the ten-foot-deep soil and rocks. After digging repeatedly, the depth exceeded the distance that Lingbao Tianzun had penetrated with his sword.

At the same time, the Jade Emperor felt his hand touch something sharp, accompanied by a tingling, electric-like sensation.

"Yuanshi, we've arrived!"

After being struck repeatedly, large swathes of rocks were pushed aside and collapsed downwards, revealing the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable releasing the Heavenly Cloud Celebration Technique.

"Where is the Jieyin?"

The Jade Emperor looked at the Yuanshi Heavenly Venerable, whose face was flushed and whose mouth was dripping with blood, and he was horrified.

If the Sect Master Jieyin can severely injure the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable, he really will have to prepare to flee, since neither the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable nor the Jade Emperor can withstand it.

For a moment he doubted when the Sect Master Jieyin had become so ridiculously powerful, but he had no choice but to believe that he had seen the Yuanshi Celestial Venerable injured.

"To Jieyin... we must ask Immortal Shuo!"

The Yuanshi Celestial Venerable withdrew the Celestial Celebration Cloud Technique and leaped out of the deep pit.

He pressed his hand tightly to his chest, feeling as if his body was about to collapse and reach its end.

His injuries did not stem from the collapse of the mountain range, but rather from the backlash caused by his continuous use of the Celestial Cloud Celebration Technique.

This defensive technique, the best in the Three Realms, is very powerful, but it requires his body to be light and agile, and his Law Power to circulate continuously in order to operate.

Yuanshi Tianzun felt that there might be something wrong with his body, making it difficult to continue releasing this magic, which caused him to vomit blood.

If the Jade Emperor had arrived any slower, he might not have been able to withstand the impact of the collapse of Mount Ling and might have perished underground.

This was something he hadn't anticipated— Yuanshi Tianzun didn't even care about the landslide, focusing more on searching for changes and incidentally protecting Zhang Xuezhou. He never expected to end up almost dying like this.

"Jieyin, come out here!"

"Zhunti, get out here!"

Lingbao Tianzun shouted several times, and only after Yuanshi Tianzun pointed his finger did Lingbao Tianzun swiftly thrust his sword down.

"Down... down there's no one... only Zhunti's skin!"

Yuanshi Tianzun circulated his energy several times, but felt his body's energy was difficult to regulate, and he was even a little out of breath when he spoke.

"The skin of Zhunti? Where is the person of Zhunti?" Lingbao Tianzun asked in surprise.

"Dead!"

"You killed Zhunti? You've become that capable?"

Lingbao Tianzun asked two questions out of the blue, and the Jade Emperor felt a chill run down his spine as he recalled what Zhang Xuezhou and the others had seen at the Kunlun Secret Realm.

"Is your condition a consequence of the Immortality Elixir? Did Zhunti's body collapse from the strain?"

The Jade Emperor quickly asked a question, and he felt that the answer was soon found.

If Yuanshi Tianzun hadn't fought with the Western Sect and had instead nearly died physically, the reason for this could only be attributed to Yuanshi Tianzun himself.

This even includes the deceased Master Zhunti trigger, the Immortality Elixir, which was meant to prolong life, would become a death-dealing dagger.

After asking a couple of questions, Yuanshi Tianzun's expression suddenly changed, realizing that he might indeed have been affected by the elixir of Immortality Elixir, since he had no other factors that could induce changes in his body recently.

"Our Immortal Court has twelve cultivators who have taken the elixir of Immortality Elixir!"

Yuanshi Tianzun touched his body, and found that the Immortality Elixir allocated to Yuxu Palace was still hidden in his pouch.

He took out an Immortality Elixir that emitted a pale green light. This Immortality Elixir Immortality Elixir different from the ones they had taken in the past. Yuanshi Tianzun originally thought it was because the ingredients had been replaced, but now he thought it was very likely that the elixir was missing something.

"Zhu Jiuyin kept saying that he was old and about to die, and that his body was about to collapse. Did he really use the Immortality Elixir to overcome that collapse?" Lingbao Tianzun asked, his expression changing.

For hundreds of years, Zhu Jiuyin has been muttering that he is about to die and needs to calm down and recuperate.

At first, people took it seriously, but after such things have been talked about for hundreds of years, no one takes them seriously anymore.

But no one expected that Zhu Jiuyin was telling the truth; his true form might not be able to withstand intense combat, thus causing his body to collapse.

They were drawn to the practice of making medicine with Zhu Jiuyin's flesh and blood, which granted them longevity, but also caused them to suffer from the collapse of Zhu Jiuyin's physical body. Any high-intensity attack could trigger adverse effects.

The two Celestial Venerables and the Jade Emperor are not so foolish as to be easily fooled; the answer can be found by careful guessing.

Donghua was genuinely dedicated to refining the Immortality Elixir, and the resulting Immortality Elixir was of very high quality; however, the materials used by the other party were flawed.

This not only harmed everyone else, but Donghua himself, who had also taken the elixir, was not spared either.

The Jade Emperor suddenly understood why Donghua had abandoned the physical body of the Haotian Emperor, and why Zhang Xuezhou had survived in the Jade Pearl Secret Realm while the Haotian Emperor's physical body had failed to withstand it.