Don't let Yu Ding take on any more disciples.

Chapter 468 Jade Cauldron: The Sky Has Collapsed
So... I'm the first one?

The jade cauldron was dumbfounded, and angrily said, "You used your first time on me?"

He felt like a clown on a stage, entertaining people.

"Fellow Daoist is truly brilliant, I admire you, but there is one thing I must correct."

Yu Ding said solemnly, "This external avatar is one of my most proficient Taoist techniques, but this is the first time I have used it in another world. Otherwise, with this Taoist technique, I wouldn't even need to form hand seals or make incantations. I could complete it in a moment with my eyes closed."

As he said, because it involved crossing two universes, he also took out the Tianyuan Qiankun Cauldron to prevent any accidents.

The messy jade tripod was stunned, then sneered, "Well, you are quite meticulous."

Yu Ding humbly replied, "A little strict, a little strict."

The careless jade cauldron fanned itself and pursed its lips, saying, "You are the first immortal I have ever seen who has cultivated the art of incarnation to such a level. You must be no good to me."

Yu Ding said, "In my world, I am the revered Jade Void Immortal, a friend of the Heavenly Emperor, a respected master with disciples all over the world, and..."

Upon hearing that the person before him had so many identities, Liao Cao Yu Ding was quite surprised. Looking at the man's otherworldly demeanor and spotless appearance, he realized that he was indeed doing quite well.

Looking at himself again, his Taoist robe was filthy and his clothes were sloppy... He couldn't help but fall silent.

These identities sound quite respectable.

But... which serious deity would cultivate the art of incarnation to such a level?
Anyway, he can't! His junior brother Taiyi can't either.

The careless jade cauldron snorted, "What use are many disciples? Disciples are valued for their quality, not their quantity. One is enough."

"well said!"

Yu Ding wholeheartedly agreed, saying, "That's right."

He originally only planned to take on one apprentice.

But later on, he gradually received more and more, causing real trouble, but also becoming truly successful.

"What do you mean?" asked the scribbled jade tripod with a puzzled look.

Yu Ding said, "It doesn't mean anything. I just think what you said is very true and makes a lot of sense."

After the jade cauldron became his incarnation, he was no longer rejected by the world and was able to go from being an unregistered resident to a registered resident.

Then he began to glean the secrets of this world from this avatar.

It must be said that this world of the Lotus Lantern is quite different from the prehistoric world he inhabits.

"There is no grandmaster, no Jade Emperor, no Earth Goddess, no Western saint, but there is Goddess Nuwa, and there is Buddhism..."

Yu Ding's deep eyes swept across the world, a thousand thoughts flashing through his mind.
But here are Yuanshi Tianzun, Yu Ding, and Taiyi, and... Yu Ding's lips curled up slightly.

The relationship between the two has been reversed; here, Yu Ding is the senior brother, and Tai Yi is the junior brother.

At this moment, he could see almost everywhere, from the highest heavens to the deepest hells.

There is only one exception.

Yu Ding raised his eyes and looked in one direction.

Kunlun Mountains!
"This treasure is for you. I'll be going now."

With a wave of his hand, Yu Ding sent a beam of white light into his hand, while he transformed into a golden beam and shot up, covering thousands of miles in an instant before disappearing from sight.

The hastily made jade cauldron caught the white light and saw a small crystal Taoist doll. Upon seeing the jade cauldron's Taoist magic, the doll was shocked and exclaimed, "Golden Light of Leaping Across the Earth? Isn't it only supposed to travel a thousand miles a day? How can it be so fast? Where are you going?"

Although his magic power was low and he could only fly by controlling a brush, he also understood the Golden Light Technique of Leaping Across the Ground. How could the speed be so outrageous?

However, when he spoke, Yu Ding was nowhere to be seen.

The world seemed to stand still, as if nothing had happened, as if the other jade cauldron had never appeared.

However, he could clearly sense that he had developed many more connections with this original entity, as well as the other party's location.

And at that moment, the other party appeared...

"Yuquan Mountain?"

The fan with the carelessly written jade tripod fell to the ground with a thud. He was shocked. The golden light that traveled a thousand miles a day was completely unlike any kind of magic in this guy's hands.
"Even though we're all familiar with each other, isn't it a bit impolite to just barge into my house without saying hello?"

Dissatisfied, Yu Ding pulled the jade pen from his hair, made a hand seal and chanted an incantation. The pen instantly enlarged and carried him into the air, flying towards Yuquan Mountain.

In the blink of an eye, it carried him more than ten miles away.

Scribbled Jade Tripod: emmm...

So he quickly threw the fan into the mouth of the brush and blew on it to speed it up. With this action, the jade brush suddenly accelerated and flew fifty miles in the blink of an eye.

Along the way, he also saw many immortals flying very fast, but compared to the speed at which he could reach Kunlun in an instant, their speed was simply insignificant, a world of difference.

The messy Yu Ding's face darkened, and he slammed his pen in a fit of embarrassment and anger, saying, "Are you kidding me? We're both Yu Ding Zhenren, is the difference really that big? Hey hey hey!"

But his tap immediately caused the pen to change direction and fall downwards.

At this moment, the jade cauldron had appeared in front of the Golden Cloud Cave.

"Is this the Golden Cloud Cave of Yuquan Mountain?"

His smile froze. The mountain was barren and lacked spiritual energy, and the cave was filled with fallen leaves.

Those who didn't know better might think it was a desolate wilderness.

There is a hidden little opening in the mountain, very narrow, only allowing one person to pass through at a time, leading into a vast... wild cave.

Yu Ding: "..."

Yes, it's wild because the cave has completely retained its original style, without any development, except for a row of bookshelves.

He suddenly felt as if he had stepped from a five-star presidential suite into a cheap 30-yuan hotel.

"It's time for you to go back."

Yu Ding looked at the Immortal Slaying Sword in his hand. The sword hummed reluctantly, and Yu Ding stroked the blade with equal reluctance.

Honestly, compared to this obedient and docile Immortal-Slaying Sword, the one in his house was like a shrew, capricious and jealous, not to mention abandoning its master and running away in a huff. It had no awareness of being a magical weapon at all.

With a wave of his sleeve, a surge of magical power enveloped the Immortal-Slaying Sword, sending it flying to a mountain wall in front of the cave.

Just as he was about to leave, his gaze suddenly swept over the bookshelf, his expression shifted, and he stopped in his tracks.

“Reading is a good habit…” Yu Ding began to browse through the books in this world’s Yu Ding collection.

The contents cover a wide range of topics, including astronomy, geography, supernatural powers, and magic.

"Hmm, Seventy-two Transformations? That's far inferior to my collector's edition. Hmm? Heaven-Splitting Palm? That's interesting, but if you can master it to the extreme and split open a small world, that would be pretty good..."

In a small hill, the shattered jade cauldron, its head raised from the pile of leaves, spitting out leaves and dirt.

Suddenly, he exclaimed in alarm, "He went to Kunlun Mountain again? What is he planning to do?"

At the foot of Kunlun Mountain, a pure aura gathered and formed the shape of a jade cauldron.

"A small world means less walking..." Yu Ding had come to understand the meaning of traveling to Beihai in the morning and Cangwu in the evening.

Here, he could travel from Yuquan Mountain to Kunlun in just a few steps, but in the prehistoric world, before entering the Great Luo realm, it would be incredibly difficult.

At the foot of Kunlun Mountain, a young man and a black dog were blocked by a barrier at the entrance to the mountain road.

The young man exclaimed excitedly, "Then I will kneel here and wait for the Celestial Venerable to emerge from seclusion. If he does not accept Yang Jian as his disciple, I will kneel here until I die."

After saying that, he knelt down with a thud.

"Fine, if you want to kneel, then kneel!" a voice said from inside the mountain barrier, then fell silent.

Yang Jian hurriedly said, "Hey, don't go, don't go..."

"Young man, a man's knees are worth gold. Do you want to kneel down here and earn gold?" Suddenly a hand landed on his shoulder.

Upon hearing the sound, Yang Jian turned his head and saw that the owner of the hand was a Taoist priest with an otherworldly air, dressed in a sky-blue robe with cloud patterns.

At that moment, the Taoist priest was sizing him up and said with a smile, "This isn't how you become a disciple."

If you really become that disciple, wouldn't you become fellow disciples with that idiot?
“Immortal Master, I came to seek the guidance of the Primordial Celestial Venerable to become his disciple, but they said that the Celestial Venerable no longer accepts disciples.”

Yang Jian said with a somber expression, "I...I bear a great injustice, a blood feud, and my family has been destroyed. I really have no other choice but to resort to this desperate measure."

"You want to learn magic?"

The Taoist raised an eyebrow: "You should have said so earlier!" Yang Jian's eyes lit up: "Immortal, you also know magic and are willing to teach me?"

The Taoist smiled and said, "I know a little bit about it."

"Master, please accept my bow."

Yang Jian simply changed direction and bowed to the Taoist priest.

It's not that he worships everyone he meets; it's just that he's been forced into a corner by the Heavenly Court, with nowhere to go but to the underworld, and he really needs a master.

The Taoist priest graciously accepted the bow and said with a smile, "Young man, I see that you have a pure and refined physique, making you a good candidate for cultivating immortality. I have a celestial book here that you are destined to receive, so I will give it to you."

As he spoke, he flipped his right hand and produced a jade scroll of heavenly books, which he waved in front of Yang Jian.

Outside the celestial book were four small, gilded characters written in a flamboyant, almost incomprehensible style.

"Give it to me?"

Yang Jian excitedly took the Heavenly Book, opened it, and was immediately dumbfounded: "This... I don't recognize a single word on it."

The Taoist smiled slightly: "The Heavenly Book is no ordinary thing. It doesn't depend on whether you can read or not. You have to read it carefully. Of course, there is another very important trick, which is to see your talent."

He pointed to Yang Jian's heart.

"Dedication? Talent?"

Yang Jian looked at the benevolent immortal before him, lost in thought.

"Yes, it mainly depends on talent."

The Taoist nodded, smiled, and waved: "The future is in your hands. Farewell, young man."

Then he bowed to the Kunlun Mountains in front of him.

He had achieved his purpose in coming to this world, and it was about time for him to return, but unfortunately, his master did not give him a return ticket.

Therefore, he specifically sought to meet the Primordial Celestial Venerable of this world.

Without a return ticket... he would have no choice but to break through the barriers between this world of the Lotus Lantern and other worlds, searching for his way back amidst the diversity of existence.

Soon, the barrier glowed and an opening appeared. Yu Ding stepped into it and vanished into thin air.

Yang Jian stared at the Heavenly Book, then at the vanished Taoist priest, clutching the book tightly, and bowed respectfully with a resolute look in his eyes.

"Immortal Master, if I truly achieve something in the future, I will surely repay you handsomely!"

At this point, he was completely helpless and desperate. The appearance of this immortal was like sending charcoal in snowy weather or water in the desert.

Kunlun Mountain.

Yu Ding continued his ascent up the mountain. Although the Kunlun Mountains here were majestic, they were nothing compared to the primordial Kunlun Mountains.

But it's a small world, so everyone can understand.

Finally, he saw a palace on the mountaintop.

Yu Ding hesitated for a moment, unsure if this person was related to his master, but quickly bowed and said, "Disciple greets Heavenly Venerable!"

The palace glowed, and a familiar voice said, "Ready to go back?"

Yu Ding honestly replied, "Yes, disciple, may I be so bold as to ask..."

hum!
A beam of divine light emanated from the palace, illuminating the jade cauldron and causing it to vanish from its spot.

……

flood.

The scenery around the jade cauldron changed; the once desolate mountain transformed into a familiar grand hall.

On the central high platform, a Taoist priest, surrounded by chaotic energy and radiating holy light, sat on the platform.

Everything returned to normal.

"Disciple pays homage to Master!"

Yuan Shi said calmly, "You're back?"

Yu Ding nodded excitedly: "Yes!"

At this moment, he could sense an avatar in a world beyond the endless expanse of space and time in the universe.

That avatar was like a coordinate, allowing him to find that world.

Yuanshi said, "Then go down and contemplate what you have gained from this journey."

Yu Ding bowed and withdrew outside the Jade Void Palace. He saw that the sun was shining brightly outside, spiritual energy was surging on the ground, and the world was vast and boundless.

Everything felt so familiar and comforting.

"Phew, let me see what happened while I was away... Hmm?"

Yu Ding connected with his clone, but the smile on his face froze the next moment.

His expression then turned visibly panicked.

"Where are they all? Where did they go?"

Yu Ding stood there dumbfounded. He had spent hundreds of years creating clones, but none of them were left.
His disciples caused a huge mess in the Heavenly Palace, but he was able to withstand it.

But now, all the hard work he had put in over the past few centuries was wiped out in an instant, and he really couldn't take it anymore.

It should be noted that he deliberately created different identities for those clones and integrated them into different forces in the prehistoric world.

Who knows how much effort he put into figuring out their identities, how many brain cells he sacrificed, and now he's disappeared for who knows how long. How is he going to explain that?

Are those clones?

No, that was an intelligence network he had built up over hundreds of years.

And then it just vanished like that?

"The sky is falling..."

Yu Ding squatted on the ground, holding his head, and muttered to himself.

"Hey, Uncle Yu Ding, what are you doing squatting there?" Bai He Tong Zi asked in surprise as he walked over.

Yu Ding gave a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Uncle-Master is a little tired and wants some peace and quiet."

The White Crane Boy asked in surprise, "Is Jingjing some kind of fairy?"

"You're making jokes at this time..." Yu Ding stood up menacingly, staring at Bai He Tong Zi.

The White Crane Boy shuddered, backing away, and chuckled dryly, "Um, Uncle-Master, I have a question I'd like to ask you..."

Yu Ding stared at him: "Speak!"

The White Crane Boy stammered, "Now that I have already learned of the minor and unorthodox methods, may I hear about the Great Way?"

Yu Ding raised his hand, grabbed the white crane's ear, and slapped it several times on the buttocks: "You brat, instead of learning from our righteous path of Jade Void, you come here asking if you can attain enlightenment through unorthodox methods?"

The White Crane Boy cried out, "Ahhh, Uncle-Master, I know I was wrong. I will never ask again."

Yu Ding released his grip and watched the White Crane Boy run away crying. He let out a breath and said, "That feels much better. You shouldn't keep your anger inside."

At this moment, he decided it was best to quickly find out the progress of the Investiture of the Gods.

Immediately, Yu Ding stepped out to the foot of Kunlun Mountain. With a thought, like dandelions, many Yu Ding emerged from his body and scattered across the world.

He then sat down cross-legged on the spot.

"It doesn't seem like long has passed... Ji Chang has returned to Xiqi, and both Xiqi and the Shang Dynasty are preparing for war..."

Yu Ding received the information from his clone and pondered it. At this time, the human race was mainly engaged in local wars between the Shang Dynasty and the two southeastern vassal states.

Many people thought that the Shang Dynasty's imperial army would quickly end the battle and subdue the rebellious lords in the southeast.

But no one expected the Shang Dynasty to be so incompetent. The war lasted for seven years, and not only did it fail to resolve the rebellion, but the number of rebellious lords also increased.

"Hey, Yu... Senior Brother Yu Ding, you've returned to Yu Xu Palace?"

Yu Ding looked up and saw Shen Gongbao joyfully riding his leopard down from the sky.