Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 391 Oh no, I've turned into a monkey!

The opportunity was fleeting, and Qiu Chuji stepped forward without hesitation, slashing his sword straight at Nezha's brow.

The golden brick projection that Nezha once gave to Qiu Chuji played a misleading role at a crucial moment.

Although the Golden Brick is a magical artifact forged in imitation of the Heaven-Turning Seal and possesses extremely strong control capabilities, it is still far from being the only supreme treasure in all the heavens.

Qiu Chuji's manipulation of a projection can be effective, and it still relies on surprise.

Such a tactic should only be used once, not twice.

Listen to the 'sizzling' sound; Nezha's three heads were cleaved open simultaneously. No matter which head his primordial spirit was hiding in, it could not escape Qiu Chuji's sword net.

A burst of fire leaped from the center of the middle head, and Nezha's primordial spirit was about to escape.

Qiu Chuji immediately swept his sleeves around, intending to capture Nezha's primordial spirit, but something went wrong.

Despite having no primordial spirit residing in his body and having already had three heads split open, Nezha's physical body took action on its own, transforming into a lump of flesh and enveloping Qiu Chuji.

Qiu Chuji felt a fatal attraction and a bone-chilling cold. He paused for a moment, and although he managed to avoid being wrapped in the flesh, he also missed the opportunity to capture Nezha's primordial spirit.

In the blink of an eye, Nezha's primordial spirit had vanished without a trace, but his remaining physical body continued to transform into even uglier forms, lunging at Qiu Chuji and engaging in a futile entanglement.

"A spirit residing in the physical body? It doesn't seem like it!" Qiu Chuji was astonished.

He then launched several attacks, but they were all 'digested' by this physical body.

Whether you chop it up, freeze it, or roast it, this body will soon recover through twisting and deformation, making it practically immortal.

"Hmm! It can't be!" Qiu Chuji flew over the dark, towering mountains and looked at the bronze cauldron pressing down on the earth's fire vein, as well as the crystal-like pills inside.

A ninth-rank mountain god is capable of refining such an elixir that contains immortality.

So how much 'immortality' can the countless gods and Buddhas extract from them?
That Nezha who looks so demonic and strange has probably already absorbed and digested a lot of similar 'elixirs', so although his primordial spirit has not been completely corrupted by immortality, his physical body is already definitely immortal.

It can be said that it is only half a step away from becoming a Golden Immortal. To eliminate it, we must start from the 'root'.

Golden Immortals are immortal and indestructible, and Great Luo Immortals are immortal and indestructible. This is the conclusion, not just a brief label.

The fact that Golden Immortals do not possess immortality does not mean they are easy to kill.

Immortality inherently contains a portion of the characteristic of immortality, but this characteristic has not yet undergone a complete transformation and is flawless.

But even if a loophole exists, it's not something anyone can exploit.

It's like this: the simplest way to earn a million a year is to deposit a hundred million in a bank, but very few people can actually come up with that hundred million.

Killing a Golden Immortal is like the interest of one million a year on a hundred million—visible, but unattainable.

Qiu Chuji casually dodged Nezha's physical body's continued entanglement, but his gaze remained fixed on the bronze cauldron.

His spirit was warning of danger, but his body was yearning for it.

Reason also warned Qiu Chuji that this stuff was poisonous and he couldn't digest it.

But instinct compelled him to move closer to the bronze cauldron, wanting to retrieve that immortal pill.

After hesitating for a while, Qiu Chuji finally came to the cauldron again.

Whether we eat it or not is another matter, but at least we should take a look.

But as I looked at it, I couldn't help but reach out.

"You can take it, but... you'd better not let the gods and Buddhas of this world know that you took it!" Yang Jian's voice suddenly rang out.

Qiu Chuji turned his head and saw Yang Jian, who was wearing silver armor, holding a three-pointed double-edged sword, and had a large fleshy tumor on his forehead.

The moment Qiu Chuji saw Yang Jian, he raised his alert level to the highest level.

Because he exudes an aura that is extremely similar to that of the previous Nezha.

"What exactly is this?" Qiu Chuji asked Yang Jian.

Although Yang Jian was dangerous, since he intended to communicate, Qiu Chuji naturally wanted to find out more information.

Qiu Chuji guessed that Yang Jian, who came to this world with him, merged with the Yang Jian of this world, thus helping him regain some of his rationality and humanity.

Upon hearing Qiu Chuji's question, Yang Jian pondered for a moment and then said, "This is divine matter from beyond the realm!"

"Divinity? Matter?" Qiu Chuji couldn't see any connection between these things and 'gods', except perhaps for evil gods or demons.

However, wouldn't it be more accurate to describe such distortion, evil, and madness as demonic matter?
"It's just that it's not a divine substance of this civilization; what is honey to them is poison to us!" Yang Jian explained.

Qiu Chuji understood immediately.

Different civilizations will have different understandings of the extraordinary, and the resulting high-level aggregates will also differ.

For example, the Golden Core and Primordial Spirit of the Immortal Cultivation Civilization might become highly poisonous in the mythological world of other civilizations, because the messages they carry differ from, or even contradict, the messages originally followed by that civilization.

However, these resources also contain entirely different possibilities—a shortcut that isn't really a shortcut. As long as one withstands the shock of the information within and makes use of it, the road ahead will undoubtedly be much wider. As for why immortality is rampant in this 'divine substance,' it may be related to the mythological characteristics of a certain alien civilization.

"What did you mean by what you said to me at the very beginning?" Qiu Chuji asked Yang Jian again.

Yang Jian groaned, seemingly restraining something. The tumor between his eyebrows twitched, and he reached out and dug out an eyeball from it, then crushed it in his palm.

Yang Jian, who had just popped his eyeballs, seemed to feel a little better before continuing, "In this world, there was someone who had completely and truly digested this 'immortality' from another realm, but in the end, he was devoured by all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens."

"Who is this person?" Qiu Chuji instinctively felt that this person was related to him.

A cold smile appeared on Yang Jian's face: "Victorious Fighting Buddha!"

"It's him!" Qiu Chuji's heart tightened.

Then it occurred to me that he shared a similar trait with the Victorious Fighting Buddha: they had both been nurtured by the Heaven-Mending Stone.

Perhaps the primordial energy contained within the Heaven-Mending Stone can neutralize the pollution in the divine matter from other realms?
You'll have to find the answer yourself.

Perhaps it was because of the Heaven-Mending Stone, or perhaps for some other reason, or simply because the Fighting Saint Buddha possessed extraordinary willpower and overcame the pollution with his own willpower, stripping away the immortality within for his own use.

But regardless of the method, as long as Qiu Chuji exposes his special abilities, he will be coveted and spied upon by countless gods and Buddhas.

“If you don’t tell, and I don’t tell… who will know that I have a connection with the Victorious Fighting Buddha?” Qiu Chuji said to Yang Jian with a slightly stiff smile.

Yang Jian remained silent!

The silence was deafening.

Qiu Chuji knew that Yang Jian reminded him because of their friendship and because he had regained some of his senses.

But Yang Jian clearly lacked the confidence to remain rational throughout.

As for the part that came from another time, they should quickly separate and leave.

Qiu Chuji was also a cultivator, and he knew how tempting the path to becoming a Golden Immortal was.

Yang Jian was also a cultivator, but he was unaware that his true self had already transcended and become a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

In the world of the Lotus Lantern, only the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother possessed the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal.

That's why the divine laws they established seem unbreakable.

Yang Jian needed to plan and calculate step by step if he wanted to change the Heavenly Laws.

However, if he were also a Golden Immortal, then although he couldn't change the Heavenly Laws however he wanted, he would only need to discuss them with the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, and most of the parts that didn't suit his taste could be changed.

"Since he has digested immortality, does that mean he hasn't cultivated into a Golden Immortal?"

"If he was already a Golden Immortal, why was he still being devoured?" Qiu Chuji asked Yang Jian.

The Golden Immortal is both a stage in the cultivation of immortality and a powerful status.

There shouldn't be any Great Luo Golden Immortals in this world, so even Golden Immortals who aren't good at fighting should have enough self-protection abilities.

Besides, the Victorious Fighting Buddha Society is not good at fighting.
Yang Jian explained, "He has accumulated enough immortality, but he still lacks the other step to become a Golden Immortal! So he can only be considered a pseudo-Golden Immortal. No matter how strong he is, if he is an enemy of all the gods and Buddhas in the world, he will only face death."

"What step did he miss?" Qiu Chuji asked.

This did touch upon a blind spot in his understanding.

As expected, although the theories of Golden Immortals and Great Luo Golden Immortals are public knowledge, the specific details, climbing methods, and so on are still kept secret.

"Time!"

"Only time can temper and measure immortality. Any so-called immortality that has not been truly proven over the long course of time is just a false disguise," Yang Jian said.

Qiu Chuji's understanding was that, no matter how true it sounds, if someone has never won a championship trophy or proven themselves in a tough competition, then that honor is meaningless.

Only time can truly verify the truth of immortality and eternal life.

Without verification, even if you are qualified, it's just a qualification.

This is similar to the Buddhist saying that all things possess Buddha-nature, and everyone can become a Buddha.

But this is just a qualification, not the real result.

Only when one can move from qualification to achievement can one be considered to have truly completed their spiritual practice.

Now, Qiu Chuji has another problem to face!
It is known that the Qi of Creation may be able to aid in the digestion and absorption of divine substances from other realms, extracting immortality from them and accelerating the process of entering the Golden Immortal realm.

The problems he faces include: if the Qi of Creation doesn't work, there's a very high probability he'll become a demon and turn into a monster; and when he's collecting immortality in this world, he'll face Yang Jian... and even countless gods and Buddhas as opponents.

If you're not careful, you'll be caught and eaten.

Of course, running away with the Jade Void Bell is one option, but if the pollution cannot be eliminated and is brought into the Jade Void Bell and its surrounding world... it may have even more adverse effects.

(End of this chapter)