Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 509 The Secret of the Divine Embryo, the Method to Become a God

In an instant.

Ji Jingqiu heard a great sound of prayer, as if all living beings were bowing down in worship, converting to pilgrimage, and praying to the gods!
With a thunderous roar, a phantom and magnificent river appeared before Ji Jingqiu's eyes, encompassing time and destiny, stretching into the infinite distance, as if leading to the most primordial place of the Boundary Sea.

The pure divinity that had been accumulated countless times and only condensed into a single point was now as vast as the ocean, surging down from the void like a tidal wave, engulfing this place!

These were not physical objects, yet they were truly poured into the body of the true Buddha.

The golden body of the Supreme True Buddha, constructed from incense offerings, faith, and divinity, suddenly burst forth with indescribable radiance.

The vast divine power that Ji Jingqiu had deliberately suppressed and stripped away was now like ice and snow being thrown into boiling oil, instantly boiling, burning, and expanding!

Ji Jingqiu groaned as his True Buddha Body was forcibly pushed to an uncontrollable peak by external force. The immense power, almost explosive, rebounded and frantically washed over his body and Dao Fruit.

"Doumu, what are you doing?!"

Ji Jingqiu said angrily.

Doumu Yuanjun's voice rang out proudly once more:
"The path of the gods is a well-tested road to heaven. Why should the World Honored One Ji give it up? Today, I will personally change your foundation to help you see the way forward and reach the peak."

boom--

The body of the Supreme True Buddha seemed to transform into a sun cast in pure gold, its light piercing through the Buddhist land, illuminating the entire Jambudvipa, and even triggering a resonance of the laws of the entire Huangtian Jiuzhou Remnant Realm!

Countless threads of faith came from the void and surged wildly into the True Buddha's body, pushing his realm to an unprecedented height.

Immediately afterwards, an ancient, majestic seal phantom, bearing endless divine fortune, came into Ji Jingqiu's eyes. It was like a microcosm of the Thirty-Six Heavens, or a condensation of the divine path of the Boundary Sea, a manifestation of the Dao and a manifestation of virtue.

When this ancient seal fell, it was like an invisible absolution, governing the vast and pure divinity, forming an illusory platform for bestowing gods, inviting Ji Jingqiu to the divine throne.

The true Buddha, guided by starlight and touched between the eyebrows by Doumu, shattered instantly, turning into countless golden fragments that flowed like rivers into the sea and merged into Ji Jingqiu's body.

In just a moment, Ji Jingqiu's body was turned upside down!
He was already stuck on the verge of breaking through to the Dao Ancestor level. At this moment, a kind of pressure from the Dao, which seemed to be the will of Heaven, descended. But what he felt was not suppression or obstruction, but rather a strong wind that seemed to rise up, and the wind fueled the fire.

The original momentum of the breakthrough had transformed from a rushing river into a mighty river, eventually flowing into the sea. The momentum of this breakthrough had become so great that he could no longer control it!
Before this torrent, all obstacles and barriers between realms were smashed to pieces!

He instantly stepped into the realm of Dao Ancestor, and then continued to soar upwards!

At this moment, Ji Jingqiu's thoughts were racing at an extreme pace, as if he had truly reached a state of unbridled freedom and unrestrained will.

With a single thought, one can roam freely anywhere in the vast world;
With a single thought, countless thoughts can be generated to perceive the vast universe.

This extreme speed of thought, instead of being an aid, became a hindrance. Because the speed was too fast, he couldn't land accurately in the right position. This sense of imbalance was frustrating, making his thinking increasingly sluggish, like an invisible cage.

As his body surged with Daoist energy and the Great Dao surrounded him, his aura rose at an alarming rate, and his Daoist power increased layer by layer.

However, Ji Jingqiu's face showed no joy, but rather an extremely solemn expression.

Because the fundamental source of this power is pure divinity!
……

heaven.

The star lord who had just led Luo Xuan away suddenly looked back and saw the Investiture of the Gods reappear. The remnants from a hundred years ago, as well as the pure divinity accumulated over the past hundred years, were decreasing at an alarming rate!

The Star Lord's face tightened, and he really wanted to curse him as a madman!
That madwoman Doumu actually tried to use the little remaining divinity of the Heavenly Court to create a Five Emperor!
Unlike them, Ji Jingqiu was similar to them in that they had regained the power of their previous lives. Even if there was some loss in their divine power and divinity, it was at most a ratio of 1:9.

However, this person was not a deity in his previous life. He used his divinity to forcibly change his foundation and reshape his path. The divine power and divinity lost in this process are immeasurable.

The Star Lord suppressed his dissatisfaction, looked at Luo Xuan, and said coldly:
"I've heard that you have an elder brother who is a Great Dao Ancestor, and you yourself are quite talented. Why did you still fail to break through to transcendence in the early years when the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth loosened?"

Luo Xuan calmly replied, "I am no less than my brother."

The Star Lord's eyes flashed with mockery: "The position of the Great Dao Ancestor requires luck, talent, and temperament—none of which can be lacking. It's not something you can claim to be 'unbeatable.' Sometimes, others may only be one step ahead of you, yet they are destined to stand in front of you for eternity."

Luo Xuan smiled and asked, "Is the Star Lord referring to me, or to himself?"

In an instant.

A vast and mighty divine power pressed down, truly a divine might that was like a prison!
The bones of Luo Xuandao emitted a teeth-grinding creaking sound, yet he never bent his knees from beginning to end.

"You've got some backbone," the Star Lord said calmly. "Since that's the case, then come and assist me. When the divine path is restored, I can recommend you to become one of the Five Emperors."

"Are there still vacancies among the Five Emperors?" Luo Xuan countered. "How many ancient gods have yet to be found in the Heavenly Court?"

“There are many, but none like us,” the Star Lord said. “The reason Doumu brought me back is because we were once the strongest allies.”

Star Lord... This title suddenly reminded Luo Xuan that the Heavenly Emperor also controlled the Way of the Stars!

Luo Xuan said meaningfully, "And now?"

The Star Lord turned and left, leaving behind the words: "I think you don't really have any choice."

Luo Xuan smiled and said, "Actually, I have also done considerable research on the way of the gods."

……

……

As Doumu Yuanjun's voice faded away, the divine torrent that poured forth became even more mighty!
Ji Jingqiu's aura grew increasingly intense and vast, seemingly rising without limit.

In his heart, a lamp shone brightly, as radiant as the midday sun.

But this lamp of the heart is not his innate divine power, but the lamp of the heart that he lit when he first entered the martial arts world!
Federal Martial Arts: Light a lamp in your heart, let it burn to its zenith, and at the moment when your spirituality is sublimated to its most brilliant state, pure divinity will be born.

This is what is known as the God of Martial Arts.

Ji Jingqiu once went into seclusion to hone his skills in order to meet the god in his heart and further improve his swordsmanship.

At this moment, the words of his old friend echoed in his mind once again—

When the lamp of the heart shines brightest, the spirit within can be seen.

At this moment, Ji Jingqiu truly understood the meaning of those words.

In the lamp of the heart, it seems as if someone...

No, a god had been sitting cross-legged for many years and finally waited for this day. He looked up at him, and golden light flowed in his eyes.

He has a pair of deep golden eyes, symbolizing the purest divinity in the world, and every inch of his body flows with golden light.

He slowly rose, as if to replace another 'self'.

His posture and demeanor were solemn and sacred, as if a deity had descended to earth, replacing the mortal body, and was about to complete his final ascension.

But the instant He stood up completely—

Click.

The faint cracking sound came from inside the divine body, clear enough to send chills down one's spine.

His body suddenly swayed, as if his foundation had been struck by an invisible giant hammer. His solemn posture of rising collapsed instantly, and he staggered forward in a disheveled manner before kneeling on the ground!

Spiderweb-like cracks suddenly appeared, spreading rapidly upwards from the feet and covering the entire divine body in an instant.

Deep within the crack, there was a void... pitch black.

He finally raised his head, and the golden eyes that once flowed with pure divinity gradually dimmed and then lost their light.

Like an ancient tree whose roots have long been hollowed out, it may appear lush and green on the outside, but in reality, it is a castle in the air that will collapse with just a gust of wind.

Ji Jingqiu witnessed this dramatic change with a solemn expression.

There was no unexpected alternation between gods and humans; divinity was perfected.

There was only one sudden collapse!

The phrase "When the lamp of the heart shines brightest, the god within can be seen" still echoed, but the god within his heart had already perished midway. His entire body, like a shattered glass lamp, crumbled inch by inch in the most intense light of his lamp of the heart, turning into billions of flowing golden fragments.

What's happening here?
Before Ji Jingqiu could figure it out, after the god's death, the divine power that was like a torrent lost its "place" and began to boil and swirl, impacting Ji Jingqiu's mind.

Ji Jingqiu's expression was grim. If he were to be corrupted and swallowed up by this vast divine nature, his martial arts foundation would inevitably be completely altered!
And this is Doumu Yuanjun's fundamental purpose.

In the inner universe.

The heavens and earth were in turmoil, and the strange phenomena caused by the vast divinity were particularly intense in the inner universe. Even though this change was sacred and majestic, the consequences were something Ji Jingqiu was unwilling to accept.

The sword light of the Moon-Slaying Sword hummed rapidly, urging repeatedly:

"You two, quickly absorb this pure divinity for him!"

It refers to Wu Zhou and Hela.

Faced with the vast and pure divinity, only these two people currently possess some means to overcome it.

Both of them have a foundation in the divine way and are involved in it, especially Hela, who is based on the divine way.

But Wu Zhou ignored the sword light and instead gazed intently at Hela's back on the cliff edge of Wuwang Mountain.

As expected, his original self has perished, and what he is now is a remnant, the last "original body".

He could indeed help Ji Jingqiu "digest" some of the divinity to fill his own deficit.

But at this moment, I, Zhou, dare not!
Hela, sitting on the edge of the cliff, slowly raised her head. The wind blew her black hair, revealing a pair of deep eyes that seemed to devour all light.

……

Just as Ji Jingqiu was preparing to make a desperate charge, Hela's calm voice rang out:

"Ji Jingqiu, do you still remember the three secret techniques I passed on to you?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Jingqiu was struck by a sudden inspiration.

He no longer simply resisted this divinity, but sat down in the lotus position again. A divine embryo within his body suddenly opened its eyes, like a monarch expanding his territory. With a wave of its hand, the surging pure divinity finally found a new place to settle.

As the ancient divinity surged in, the divine embryo, which had been dormant for many years, shone brightly with radiant light, rising up in a dazzling halo that was both brilliant and eye-catching!
Within the halo, the divine embryo first landed, then ascended to heaven. Ascending further, a wondrous process unfolded within the divine embryo, as if it were creating the world and giving rise to the gods.
Ji Jingqiu took a deep breath.

Hela had been urging him to refine and purify his divinity with the Supreme True Buddha's avatar, so that the divine embryo could be fully "hatched".

Xiao Wu Zhou, however, countered that the divine nature was ominous. He argued that although things seemed to go smoothly and the path ahead was clear in the early and middle stages, there were always ominous signs in the end.

But today, Hela's wish has finally been granted.

"Why not take this opportunity to connect the three great treasures directly?" Hela asked rhetorically.

Ji Jingqiu had only unlocked the secrets of the physical body in the past, and only a part of the secrets of the mind, not to mention the final third secret.

Even the Third Secret Treasure has never been mentioned by Hela to Ji Jingqiu.

"The third secret treasure, though called a secret treasure, is actually 'divine fire'. The temple is the foundation, the divine embryo enters the body, and the vast divinity is used as fuel to ignite the divine fire, thus one can become a god."

"I haven't told you this before because you weren't prepared to take this path, and naturally you wouldn't have enough divinity to ignite the divine fire, but things are different now."

Hela's calm voice rang out.

“This madwoman is forcibly strengthening your Dao foundation with her vast divinity. I don’t know exactly how much divinity she has to squander like this, but this is your best chance.”

"Let the divine embryo be conceived first. It will be based on the divine path and temporarily bear your path. Although it cannot last long, it will prevent your nature from being corrupted by the divine."

Ji Jingqiu suddenly asked, "What exactly will be born from the divine embryo?"

“What a divine fetus gives birth to is naturally a ‘god’,” Hela said disdainfully. “Is that even a question?”

“You know that’s not what I meant,” Ji Jingqiu said in a deep voice.

“You know you have no other choice now,” Hela said, narrowing her eyes. “Either you are forcibly pushed onto the path of divinity by that crazy woman, with no way back. Although you can rise to the top in one step, being listed on the Investiture of the Gods is not necessarily a good thing.”

"Either you trust me or you don't."

Do you have to choose between Doumu Yuanjun and Hela?
Ji Jingqiu let out a soft breath.

If I could, I really wouldn't want to choose one.

Time waits for no one.

Ji Jingqiu slowly closed his eyes, ultimately choosing to trust Hela, as if he could hear someone's low laughter in his ear.

The three great secrets are now connected!
As he was washed by the vast and pure divine essence, his bones and internal organs were completely transformed into an extremely pure gold color. This gold color extended all the way until it covered every inch of blood vessels and tendons, encompassing his entire body inside and out.

The human body possesses a spirit, which condenses into 840 million acupoints throughout the body, evolving into the myriad universes and forming countless beings.

At the very center of all the acupoints stands a majestic, ancient temple, symbolizing the ultimate mystery of the human body and the universe!
The divine embryo, undergoing unknowable changes, struggled to enter the temple.

In an instant.

Outside the temple, the void trembled, as if the phantoms of billions of mortal beings, gods and demons appeared simultaneously, bowing and worshipping towards the temple and the divine embryo within, chanting scriptures and offering congratulations!
At this moment, Ji Jingqiu's aura began to surge once again!
The two Heavenly Venerables, Jiuqing and his companion, who were outside the secluded retreat, were shocked by the changes inside, but they had no way to approach him and dared not disturb Ji Jingqiu at this moment.

"A true saint? He's still rising!"

Jiuqing and the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Venerable were shocked. What exactly was Ji Jingqiu breaking through to?!

In this world, where is there any Heavenly Venerable who ascends to the heavens and becomes a True Saint in one step?
The difference between these two realms is no less than the difference between a Celestial Venerable and a Celestial Being!

……

When the divine embryo entered the temple, Ji Jingqiu no longer suppressed it, but completely let go, allowing Doumu Yuanjun to pour her seemingly endless pure divinity into his body.

"Ji Shizun, have you finally figured it out?"

Doumu Yuanjun's praise rang out.

"Not only that incense-burning body from before, but even your Dao body seems to have already laid the foundation for the divine path. Not following the divine path would be a complete waste of talent!"

Ji Jingqiu remained expressionless.

And in the temple, this divine embryo was finally born!
But at that very moment, an invisible and intangible, yet vast enough to cover all the heavens and myriad realms, suddenly appeared from the void! Countless complex and cold divine runes flowed across it, emanating an aura of the same origin as the Investiture of the Gods!
It descended with pinpoint accuracy, then tightly wrapped around and bound the newly emerged "god"! Following this, the divine embryo's aura surged—

Dao Ancestor, True Saint, Ancient One...

Until it is perfect and flawless, reaching a terrifying peak!

Ji Jingqiu's gaze sharpened as he watched this scene.

In just a moment, he witnessed and experienced the entire process of "ascending to the sky in one step".

The price to pay is the net that is placed over the divine embryo.

He looked into the void and seemed to see the one who held the source of the net, sitting high in the heavenly court.

If he hadn't used his divine embryo to take the place of the peach and accept this "fortune" and "position" in his place, then it would have been Ji Jingqiu himself who was now completely bound by the net formed by the power of the Investiture of the Gods and became one of the people on the list!

Ji Jingqiu's breakthrough to True Saint was still spreading violently. He had already become a Heavenly Venerable, a fact known throughout the realm, let alone a True Saint.

In the vast sea of ​​stars, meteors fall from the sky, streaking across the heavens and trailing trails of light, like a cluster surrounding him, becoming his backdrop and making him appear like a majestic and distant supreme deity.

When Ji Jingqiu awoke peacefully, his aura had clearly reached a certain level...

A degree of near-perfect transcendence.

(End of this chapter)