Man in the heavens, wins by lying down to prove the truth

Chapter 160: Refining the Great Pill and Traveling Again (Swallowed Star Chapter)
Chi!
Brilliant divine light cut through the sky, and Zhou Cheng landed on the Imperial Pass. There was a hazy golden flame burning on his slender body, and mist was surrounding him.

"Supreme!"

"Supreme and Invincible!"

"..."

Many monks in Diguan were shouting, and the sound like a tsunami echoed, shaking the world.

Sincere and pure prayers and mental power gathered in the dark and flowed into Zhou Cheng's chaotic Dharma body, accumulating strength every moment.

"Fellow Daoist, there is no need for you to use such a forbidden method to kill them. It doesn't matter if you let them go."

Deep in the Imperial Pass, a figure filled with chaotic energy spoke with some regret.

Zhou Cheng paid a huge price. That was the forbidden method of the Cricket Clan. It was very famous in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. How could they not recognize it?

The fall of the supreme king is nothing considering the size of the foreign land.

Even if two supreme beings of the imperial clan were killed, for the foreign land it would only mean the loss of a few talented younger generations.

Unless the immortal is killed, the powerful people from foreign lands will not even feel regret.

But it’s different on Jiutian’s side. Zhou Cheng is already the top combat force, and it’s really not worth it to suffer any damage for him.

"There is no reason. Since we are going to do it, we have to kill him."

As Zhou Cheng spoke, the world became gloomy again, as if it had turned into an endless devil's realm, and all things were affected.

This is the result of Zhou Cheng's thinking about the nature of gods and demons. The gods are neither sad nor happy, and are good at understanding the truth; the demons are fierce and cruel, and are good at killing.

When Zhou Cheng truly attains enlightenment in the future, that will be the time when gods and demons become one and everything returns to its origin.

"Forget it, forget it. With your talent, you will surely be able to survive the catastrophe and make further progress."

Several invincible beings could roughly understand Zhou Cheng's thoughts.

In their eyes, Zhou Chengshen's invincible physique must be broken before it can be built if he wants to make further progress, just like having double pupils.

It is the same with the holy body in later generations. When the holy body is fully developed, it can challenge the great emperor, but it cannot achieve enlightenment. It was not until the Emperor Ye Fan broke this restriction.

call out!
As time passed, Yu Yun landed in front of Zhou Cheng and asked with a little worry: "Is there really no problem?"

The double pupils can see through illusions. Yu Yun saw that Zhou Cheng's origin and Dao fruit were burning, and were being annihilated bit by bit all the time. There was no way to defend against it. The backlash of the forbidden technique was too terrible.

This was still a sign of Zhou Cheng's restraint, as he only cut off the past that happened a moment ago.

Theoretically, this ability can even kill an enemy in infant form, but no one can afford such a price, and one might die before reaching that point in time.

Disrupting time is not something that can be done in the human realm, and even immortals find it difficult to get involved.

The fact that he could perform such a forbidden technique showed that Zhou Cheng's understanding of time had reached a terrifying level.

"No problem. After I achieve Nirvana, I will definitely reach the highest level of humanity."

Zhou Cheng achieved enlightenment in an alternative way. He did not go through the test of heaven and earth and needed a major transformation. This was an opportunity for Zhou Cheng.

If you can't withstand the backlash of eternity, the worst that can happen is you run away.

call out!
A golden light spread out from the Imperial Pass, casting the silhouette of old man Qingmu.

"Fellow Daoist, this is your battle merit card. You have killed four great kings in a row. Your battle merit is the best among all the emperors."

As Elder Qingmu was speaking, a bone fell in front of Zhou Cheng. It was as smooth as jade and engraved with complicated secret patterns.

Faintly, one can see four chaotic lights floating in the dominoes.

"I didn't expect that I could receive military merits. What can I get in return?"

As Zhou Cheng spoke, he took the domino and a thought sank into it.

"It can be exchanged for a lot of things, but not much is useful to us. Apart from some magic skills, the others are not precious."

After Elder Qingmu finished his explanation, he introduced to Zhou Cheng some magical skills that could be exchanged for military merits.

All the major sects in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths took out many precious top-level magic techniques as rewards for military merits.

Of course, there are no supreme heavenly skills like the Ten Evil Techniques, the Chaos-Quelling Art, and the Immortal Sutra. There are only some incomplete moves, and they are incredibly expensive.

With Zhou Cheng's current military achievements, he could exchange all these incomplete moves for some, and even have some left over.

After all, the value of a royal supreme is far higher than that of an ordinary supreme.

"Forget about the incomplete moves of these supreme heavenly arts. Please help me exchange them for some second-level flawless treasures. The more types, the better."

Zhou Cheng has mastered many kinds of magic techniques, especially when he suppressed the Xiling Realm. Those spiritual bodies were no different from their real bodies, with primitive symbols present, and all the magic techniques in them were mastered by Zhou Cheng.

However, compared with the countless tribes above the Nine Heavens, Zhou Cheng still mastered too few primitive magic techniques.

"Hmm? Are you going to cultivate the Hundred Scriptures and Create a New Method? No problem. With your military exploits, that's more than enough."

Elder Qingmu nodded slightly. To exchange for military merits, one needs to go to the ancestral altar and exchange them for various magic techniques and spells in front of a stone pillar.

Once again coming to the ancestral altar, Zhou Cheng did not stop at the periphery but entered the core area.

There are many ruins here, with many stone carvings on them.

After Zhou Cheng stepped on them, these stone carvings began to glow, forming Dharma images that looked like real people, emitting supreme power.

"Fellow Daoist, place your battle medal on this altar and you will be able to receive the inheritance."

The one who spoke was a huge man, holding a wolf-tooth and bone club, looking very ferocious.

This is the stone carving of the Stone Clan’s ancestors, proving that the glory of the clan that was once crowned king has now come to an end.

Now the descendants of those who were crowned as kings are called sinners and live a miserable life.

Zhou Cheng’s military exploits are enough to wash away their sins and punishment, but he won’t do it. This is Shi Hao’s future training.

hum!
The battle plaque was pasted on the altar, and four strands of chaotic energy merged into it. Suddenly, the entire altar was shining brightly, and the chaotic glow turned into endless auspicious clouds, covering the sky.

Information about many skills and magic techniques also flooded into Zhou Cheng's mind.

"Yayu, Jiaotu, Death Dragon-beaked Bird...are there any other exotic magic?"

"That's right. The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths have been fighting with the foreign lands for an entire era, and there have been countless fights between them. Even if the foreign lands have perfect methods, there are still examples of them being cracked, but there are not many..."

Among the exotic magic techniques, there are the Silver Yaksha, the Half-Blood Mantis Centipede, etc. Those that can be included are all magic techniques of powerful life, but there is not even a complete royal magic technique.

However, there is a perfect magic technique of the imperial family that comes from the previous era.

"The Golden Demon Bird was once a foreign imperial clan, mastering the supreme spiritual attack. It caused endless slaughter in the last era, but was struck across the border by the wrath of the Immortal King Wuzhong, almost destroying the clan."

It had to be the Immortal King Wuzhong, who was able to almost annihilate an entire clan and bring back their perfect magic.

After Zhou Cheng made all the choices, his eyes half closed. Endless runes and marks appeared on the altar, densely packed, and then rose into the air and poured into Zhou Cheng's brows.

After exchanging his military merits, Zhou Cheng found Yu Yun again.

"Fellow Daoist, guard the gate for me for a while."

Zhou Cheng doesn't trust much in the supreme beings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, even the old supreme beings who reside here.

In the original novel, when Shi Hao was about to be sent to a foreign land, he could also sacrifice himself for the continuation of the Nine Heavens.

"it is good!"

Yu Yun had long seen that Zhou Cheng was in big trouble and was just holding on.

The ancestral altar, a secret room that had been sealed for who knows how many years was activated as Zhou Cheng's retreat place.

The secret room was small and covered with dust.

Zhou Cheng waved his hand, and the thick dust was directly annihilated. Wisps of secret patterns spread out, turning into barriers and formations to protect this secret room.

After completing all this, Zhou Cheng directly opened up his inner world and entered into seclusion.

Boom! The towering World Tree trembled, and the entire inner world was roaring.

Zhou Cheng sat cross-legged in the inner world and released his suppression.

"puff!"

A mouthful of blood that was so bright red that it seemed to be burning spurted out, and blazing golden flames rose from the blood.

A horrific backlash broke out. In addition to the backlash, countless wounds appeared on Zhou Cheng's body. Those wounds were covered with extreme power and various symbols, which were going to wipe out all of Zhou Cheng's vitality.

In the previous battle, Zhou Cheng seemed unharmed, but in fact he used the profound meaning of Liu Shen Fa to suppress all damage.

Now these injuries, along with the backlash, have erupted together.

Countless fine cracks appeared on the flawless body that seemed to be made of fairy gold, so dense that they were frightening.

The areas where these cracks are located represent the places where Zhou Cheng's Immortal Secret has not yet been perfected.

In addition, Zhou Cheng's three souls also showed injuries. The Three Divine Treasures, the Three Flowers Dao Fruit, and the Ten Directions Cave Heaven all roared, as if they were about to collapse at any time.

The glorious years turn into divine fire, burning everything.

"The soul is cracked, the body is about to collapse, and the divine power is drying up... It's really miserable."

This level of injury coupled with the horrific backlash means near death for other supreme beings.

Fortunately, Zhou Cheng is special. He has tempered himself with the principles and theories of different worlds. His resistance to the backlash of the great way of this world far exceeds that of ordinary supreme beings.

"Lei Chi, come here!"

Boom!

Endless lightning flashed brightly, gushing out from the thunder pool and enveloping Zhou Cheng.

The brilliant fire of the years was burning Zhou Cheng, and the endless light of catastrophe turned into vitality, nourishing Zhou Cheng.

However, the speed of nourishment is far slower than the backlash of the fire of time.

As time passed, Zhou Cheng seemed to be completely disintegrated.

This is the fire of the Great Dao, which is constantly burning. Endless blood and energy are burned out and turned into divine juice; the primordial spirits are melted and become jade liquid.

The three great divine treasures were also melting, all the essence, energy and spirit were being burned, the majestic divine power seemed to have turned into a medicine, attracting the divine juice and jade liquid.

Zhou Cheng was refining the elixir, refining the elixir with his own power.

In this state, Zhou Cheng suffered unspeakable pain. His body was completely burned out, his spirit was exhausted, and only a wisp of soul light was left, trembling uncontrollably.

If this kind of pain were inflicted on an ordinary cultivator in the First Escape Stage, he would be killed immediately, killed at the mental level, and his will would collapse.

As time passed, that ray of soul light dimmed, flickering like a candle in the wind.

During the entire process, Zhou Cheng had no intention of suppressing the backlash. Instead, he was urging it forward, making it more intense.

Pong!
Suddenly, a sound of rising flames echoed, and the golden fire of time became countless times more intense, enveloping the entire thunder pool and trying to melt it together.

Behind Zhou Cheng, the fire of time began to burn on the World Tree that supported the sky.

In just a moment, the inner world was filled with flames.

Boom! boom!

The endless land was collapsing, and the sacred mountains were falling apart. As time passed, even the sky and the earth were disintegrating, and everything was turned into chaotic airflow.

In just a short moment, this vast inner world returned to chaos. The once vast galaxy was no longer visible, turning into endless void.

Under the refinement of the fire of time, billions of substances are burned into the most original substance, pure chaotic energy, or primordial energy, which is the same in short.

To be precise, this kind of qi is neither matter nor energy, but the most basic form of world construction.

Gradually, the endlessly blazing fire of time began to dim.

The entire world began to become quiet, leaving only endless void and the still burning thunder pool suspended in the void.

Zhou Cheng's aura seemed to be completely annihilated.

I don’t know how much time has passed, maybe tens of thousands of years, or just a moment.

Zhou Cheng could not sense the passage of time; he was completely immersed in the fire of time.

This is the backlash of the Great Dao, and it is also the embodiment of the Great Dao. When one comprehends the principles contained therein and immerses oneself in the boundless law of time, one cannot perceive the passage of time in the outside world.

hum!
A special humming sound was heard, silver thunder and golden fire were intertwining, a ray of brilliant light appeared, and the figure of Zhou Cheng was sitting cross-legged.

Bathed in the thunder and fire of Tao, Zhou Cheng's vitality was recovering rapidly.

After experiencing a chance to reborn from death, Zhou Cheng had a preliminary grasp of this secret. Now that he was using it again, he felt much more familiar with it.

However, Zhou Cheng’s condition is still not good, and he needs years of precipitation to recover, just like the Willow God.

Boom!

The boundless chaotic energy is roaring, reshaping the inner world.

This time, it did not open up another world, but spread out into nebulae. Bits of glow gathered in the nebulae, giving birth to the very first stars.

"The great way is backlashing, it can no longer hurt me."

Zhou Cheng raised his right hand, and strands of golden flames gathered in his palm. This was the Fire of Time, and it was controlled by Zhou Cheng.

This level of Time Fire can already be controlled by Zhou Cheng and will no longer cause harm.

It’s just that due to the suppression of heaven and earth, the recovery speed of his own injuries is too slow.

Fortunately, Zhou Cheng has plenty of time and can also avoid the suppression of heaven and earth.

[Reincarnation: Zhou Cheng]

[Skills: Fixed time and space coordinates, travel through unknown worlds]

[Current world: Perfect world]

[The time and space coordinates have been fixed: the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the Alien World, the Heavenly Palace God Realm...]

"I need a world to help me create a law, master the laws of time and space, and achieve an invincible scripture."

As the last thought flashed through Zhou Cheng's mind, his consciousness sank directly into endless darkness.

……

Infinite Chaos Space and Time, this place is too vast, without boundaries and without end.

There are countless source worlds here, and each source world contains a universe.

For example, some source worlds are extremely vast and govern the cosmic ocean of three thousand dimensions.

Those vast universes that are countless trillions of light years across are like paper boats on the sea, completely inconspicuous.

Suddenly, in a piece of the cosmic sea, the years of the entire cosmic sea froze, suppressing countless trillions of light years of time and space, and solidifying the operation of the vast universe and countless small universes.

"Little boy, why don't you come sit with me?"

Zhou Cheng, who had just traveled through time, had not had time to look around when he saw an old man appear in front of him.

The old man was wearing a pair of tattered cloth shoes and a colorful cotton-padded jacket. He grinned at Zhou Cheng, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth.

"A strong man! An absolutely strong man. He was discovered by the other party the moment he crossed over."

Although this person is not arrogant and does not have the slightest aura, he is definitely a strong man who is countless times stronger than Zhou Cheng.

Zhou Cheng took a deep breath and bowed, "How dare I refuse an invitation from you, Senior?"

(End of this chapter)