Shangyuque

Chapter 280 Talking about Bi Fang in the Boundless Heaven, Distinguishing the True from the False Winnowing Basket of the Boundless Reality (High Temperature Power Outage, Typed on Mobile Phone Today)

Eating and dashing is generally not a good thing.

However, in the world of cultivation, let alone dining and dashing, if Wang Yulou wasn't ruthless enough, he would be immediately devoured.

Those who made him their price, devoured his existence, would still laugh at Wang Yulou's death and say, "Hey, what Jade Palace Immortal Venerable? He's just a big idiot."

One must not reveal any weakness in the dark forest.

Wang Yulou knew nothing of the Heavenly Realm; he was just a donkey breeder.

Wang Yuque knew nothing about the Outer Heavens; he was merely a minor deputy leader serving the Immortal Alliance.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable didn't understand anything about the Outer Heavens; he only knew that his Golden Core was proven through his own strength.

The idea that you have to keep your promises may apply to the love games of mortals, but it doesn't apply to the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable!

This isn't Wang Yulou being a scoundrel, not at all.

To become a certain kind of person, you must bear the corresponding pressure.

A shallow and short-lived view of practice cannot support the status of Jade Palace Immortal Venerable!
However, the turmoil on the Immortal Platform seemed to have been suppressed by the Immortal Alliance, and the will of the Bamboo Basket Society was blocked by the collective interests of the Immortal Alliance.

However, the turmoil in the world will not easily stop just because the Immortal Alliance wants to.

Once the chaos begins, it's not something that can be stopped simply by a few people wanting to.

'Taihe Water, how did things get to this point? What about your promises?'

Bi Fang has realized the crux of the failure of those who had previously achieved partial mastery.

By uniting with Qingrui and supporting Mangxiang's reforms, and by initiating these reforms within the unique internal environment of the Immortal Alliance, thereby inspiring other forces in the world to follow suit, it is a crucial step towards achieving another form of dominance.

It wants to forge a new path beyond simply overwhelming all others.

If we go along with its will, even changing the rules of the universe won't be very useful.

If the reforms continue step by step, the number of cultivators at the lower levels will decrease, and the possibilities for change will be squeezed even more severely.

By then, it will be even more difficult to handle.

The old man carrying the winnowing basket spoke in a calm tone, without a hint of anxiety.

But Taihe Shuizun understood that the situation was indeed very dangerous.

Bifang, oh Bifang, regardless of whether its strength can keep up with the changes of the times, Taihe Water is certain that it is the strongest.

But it was precisely the strongest Bifang that, in its pursuit of absolute supremacy, seemed to choose a different path.

Over the past few thousand years, Bi Fang has devised various strategies, and finally introduced Qing Rui to support Mang Xiang in his reform efforts.

The other top-tier Golden Core cultivators in the Great Heaven and Earth were naively convinced that this was Qingrui's design to prolong the stable era.

But after Mangxiang entered the Immortal Kingdom, Bifang still supported the reform, and the drop of water detonated the Immortal Realm, many people at the Winnowing Basket Meeting had another kind of worry in their hearts.

In other words, Bi Fang's massive reforms were not necessarily aimed at prolonging the period of stability—Qing Rui's transformation time of the Cave Heaven Technique may have been fake from the beginning, a false excuse.

'Fellow Daoist Boluo, I also have my own helplessness.'

Many members of the Immortal Alliance believe that Bifang's compromise means that it is afraid.

After the rules of the Great Heaven and Earth are changed, the interests of the Golden Immortals can be guaranteed for a long time.

Furthermore, most people on the Immortal Platform were unwilling to let the Immortal Alliance bear the cost of initiating the conflict between Bifang and us.

Therefore, they naturally wouldn't support starting a war now.

Feigning weakness is a strategy; whether Bi Fang's weakness is genuine or not, no one knows for sure.

Wang Yulou once maintained a long-term pattern of cowardice and 'hypocrisy,' a strategy that helped him gradually reach where he is today.

Bi Fang's weakness, in turn, helped it achieve its initial goal—to push the reform forward.

By adjusting their own performance, they could potentially alter key variables in the universe and influence the decision-making of other Golden Core Immortals.

This battle between the Immortal Kings involved managing the expectations of numerous Immortal Venerables across the vast universe, representing the highest level of magical combat.

"We misunderstood back then; we shouldn't have made such a clear distinction between celestial beings and golden immortals."

Nominal things are just for fooling fools. Even those who have reached the Golden Core stage understand the principle of eating only what you can handle. Regardless of whether there is a distinction between Golden Immortals and Celestial Immortals, those who have the strength to eat more will not eat less.

Unfortunately, because we added this condition to the conditions for altering the rules of the universe, it's now proving difficult to continue.

Water Venerable remained silent. The problem facing most of the Immortal Venerables on the Immortal Platform was that the changes to the rules of heaven and earth were detrimental to them, and the Immortal Alliance's immediate entry into the game was equally disadvantageous to them.

In this power struggle, even the top figure in the Immortal Alliance, Water Venerable, was forced to submit.
It can only be said that Bifang is a lowly beast, and Boluo Society is no less so; everyone is dissatisfied with the current situation and wants to make a difference.

Thus, the situation arose where Bifang wanted to reform and eliminate most of the lower-level cultivators, and the Boluo Society changed its rules and restructured the distribution order.

As for the clash between Bi Fang's lover Qing Rui and the leader of the fourth faction, Luo Sha, it was an accidental manifestation of the contradictions between the two major forces regarding the future changes in the rules of the world.

"Don't play dumb, Taihe Shui. Things have come to this point. Are we really going to intervene and change the rules, then tacitly allow Bifang to initiate reforms?"

Even the tallest elderly person carrying the winnowing basket sometimes feels exhausted from carrying it; the pressure from the winnowing basket is immense.

He certainly hoped that Shui Zun could be more effective and achieve the goal of killing Qing Rui first, or even inducing Bi Fang to give up their home advantage.

But the Water God also had its own ulterior motives. It wasn't worried about Bifang, but it was afraid of the Outer Heaven.

"No rush with the rules, no rush, Fellow Daoist Boluo. Have you heard any rumors about the Outer Heavens lately?"

There was no echo from the opposite side of the sacred tree on Boluo Mountain. The old man of Boluo wondered if the Water God was testing him.

If a low-level cultivator were to ask about the Heavenly Realm, it would be irrelevant—they'd never even heard of it, and those who knew about it would probably think it was already destroyed. But the Water Venerable asked…
Here, "testing" corresponds to two possibilities.

Firstly, Shui Zun learned about the affairs of the Outer Heavens, which is why he sought guidance from the Old Man with the Winnowing Basket.

Secondly, Shui Zun himself may be a person from Tianwaitian. His actions in the Immortal Alliance actually helped Tianwaitian—the Old Man of the Basket supported doing it now, but Shui Zun turned the result into the fact that it can't be done now.

According to Wang Yulou's "grape theory", doing it now may be more beneficial to the overall situation than continuing to drag it out - a bunch of grapes, if you want to eat them slowly, there will be room for maneuver.

Once the grapes have almost completely devoured each other, Tianwaitian will come to pick the fruit; losing even one grape would have a huge impact.

Under this possibility, the water vessel's test was to see if the old man with the winnowing basket suspected it.

After thinking it over, the old man with the winnowing basket chose a relatively stable angle and answered.

'That Jinglan, his path to enlightenment is very wrong. Either you fully supported him, or he was supported by the Outer Heavens. I can't see it in the others within the Immortal Alliance.'

Nobody's a fool. Water Lord doesn't have a single disciple; he only gathers allies and forms cliques. But if you think about it, how could Water Lord not cultivate his own power?

It's not out in the open; it's simply being cultivated in the shadows.

Having his scheme exposed by the old man with the winnowing basket, the Water Venerable secretly cursed the old scoundrel for being too cunning, but he also relaxed.

He didn't answer the mystery surrounding Jinglan, but instead spoke.

"Senior Boluo, you have received the legacy of the Dharma King Wuding and have progressed even further. I, Xiaoshui, dare to speak my mind to you."

"The Winnowing Basket Senior"

Little Water

It seems that the Water Venerable, who has cultivated for over 60,000 years, is as obedient as a little kid in front of the Old Man of the Basket, but the Old Man of the Basket is even more wary.

Because the Water God revealed an extremely secret and ancient story from the past of the universe.

Now, Bifang is the strongest in the world, but where have all those who were striving for supremacy gone?

died!

Before Bifang, there was the Lord of Wuji Dao; before the Lord of Wuji Dao, there was the King of Wuding Dharma!
The immortals' cultivation is a gamble on future changes and possibilities.

However, those past threads, those crucial secrets hidden deep within the corners of time, are also the key to increasing the odds of victory for different immortals in the process of strategizing for future changes.

The story of the King of No Fixed Dharma has long since vanished into the mists of history as time goes by.

If you searched the entire world, there might not be more than a thousand people who knew of the existence of the name of the King of No Destiny.
Among them are many Bodhisattvas (purple palaces) of Buddhism, meaning that many Golden Elixir Immortals are unaware of the matter of the Unfixed Dharma King.

And Water Venerable knew perfectly well that the Old Man of the Basket was the one who obtained the legacy of the King of No Fixed Dharma 50,000 years ago!

In other words, the Old Man with the Winnowing Basket and the Boundless Dao Master of the Outer Heavens are not from the same faction!

This is why Xiaoshui dares to confide in you.

Faced with Taihe Water's sincere offer to expose its belly, the Winnowing Basket Elder directly activated the Winnowing Basket Heavenly Divine Wood in front of the Water Venerable.

The divine tree grew rapidly, its thick branches threatening to engulf the Water Deity. After only a moment's hesitation, the Water Deity decided to take a gamble.

In front of the old man with the winnowing basket, Bi Fang was blocking the way. In front of Bi Fang and the old man with the winnowing basket, there might also be the Wuji Dao Master who was pretending to be dead!
It wouldn't dare kill me!
Thus, with the tacit approval of the Water Venerable, many immortals observing this place witnessed the old man with the winnowing basket swallowing the Water Venerable!
The wondrous Dharma is inherently without fixed form; it depends entirely on the mind's intention.

Under the wondrous method of the Old Man of the Basket, the Water Vessel, planted on the sacred tree of Basket Mountain in Wunan Prefecture, was directly brought into the Blessed Land of No Fixed Heaven.

Even the Water Venerable couldn't help but feel a hint of envy as he gazed at the legendary Four Extremes Concealment Platform.

Among immortal artifacts, there are also differences in quality. The Immortal Platform is an immortal artifact with full functionality, but its functionality is not helpful for combat; it only serves the Immortal Alliance.

If the Qunxiantai were actually taken and clashed with Xiaoyu's Drip Water Immortal Shell, the Qunxiantai, a first-grade immortal artifact one level higher than the second-grade immortal artifact Drip Water Immortal Shell, would likely be the one to be destroyed.

The Four Extremes Concealment Platform is different. Although it is similar to the Immortal Platform, both being platforms and fully functional immortal artifacts, it is still a different platform.

However, the Four Extremes Concealment Platform can help its user better grasp the changes in the opponent's supernatural powers, magical artifacts, and secret techniques, thereby seizing the opportunity to win the battle.

Its power corresponds to its ability to perceive the fluctuations of the Great Dao.

Once a cultivator reaches the peak level, namely the Golden Core or top-tier Golden Core stage, in order to unleash their full power in combat, they must employ various supernatural abilities, secret techniques, immortal artifacts, and so on, to launch attacks or defenses at their 'highest level,' or even escape.

What is 'one's highest level'?
That's the level of a Celestial Venerable, the kind who can easily pluck stars from the sky and tear apart the heavens and earth, with a mastery and control over the Great Dao.

All of these are inseparable from the application of the laws of the Great Dao.

In this way, once you influence the changes in the Great Dao and its rhythm, you will be captured by the Four Extremes Concealment Platform, thus bringing out its effect.

It can be said that if a cultivator at the Purple Mansion level were to obtain the Four Extremes Concealment Platform, he would not be able to utilize even one-tenth of its functions.

If it were used by an ordinary celestial being, such as the Eastern Immortal Venerable or the Little Fish Immortal Venerable, they might only be able to unleash three or four tenths of the power of the Four Extremes Concealment Platform.

Only top-tier Golden Core cultivators can effectively utilize and leverage the demanding effective range of the Four Extremes Concealment Platform by drawing upon their profound understanding of the Great Dao and cultivation, as well as their mastery of their enemies' cultivation and inheritance.

However, once these extremely restrictive effective ranges are mastered by top-tier immortals, they gain a new multiplier effect on top of their already terrifying power.
It is somewhat similar to a glass cannon, but not quite. To be more precise, the Four-Pole Concealment Platform is similar to the top-grade photoresist used in industrial production in Wang Yulou's previous life.

Only a complete production system, top-notch design capabilities, top-notch production management capabilities, high-level lithography machines, and the most advanced dust-free, temperature-, pressure-, and humidity-controlled production workshops can bring out the best performance of top-quality photoresist.

Such a unique Four Extremes Concealment Platform might not be easily understood or utilized even by someone from Cangshan.

After all, Cangshan was merely the gatekeeper of the Boluo Society, and his accumulated knowledge was relatively shallow compared to that of a top-tier immortal.

"Stop looking, just tell me."

Noticing the greedy look in Shui Zun's eyes, the old man with the winnowing basket stroked his beard smugly and poured Taihe Shui a cup of spiritual tea.

"I have been following Xiao Hu's matter closely from beginning to end."

It is very likely that it is a pawn in the grand scheme of things, stirring up the world from beyond the heavens.

And that Wuji Dao Master is very likely not dead.

"Senior Bo Luo, Bi Fang's desire for stability isn't necessarily because it lacks confidence in its own abilities."

The old man with the winnowing basket didn't speak, but simply sipped his tea in silence.

Seeing this, the Water Venerable continued speaking.

"But another possibility is that the Wuji Dao Master is already dead, and Bifang is just pretending to be a big shot, using the Wuji Dao Master to scare us."

Its strength continues to grow, and because of the 'existence' of the Wuji Dao Lord, if we give it the opportunity to remain peaceful for thousands or tens of thousands of years, things will get complicated in the future.

The Lord of Wuji is Wuji, and the Wuji Dharma Venerable who patrols the heavens, holds the precepts, and stabilizes the universe is also Wuji. Putting the two Wuji together, one cannot blame the Water Venerable for making wild associations.

"The reforms designed by Bi Fang were intended to squeeze out the space for change brought about by those who came later."

This is true, and that is its real purpose.

Therefore, both of your guesses were anticipated by Bifang.

Before Shui Zun could even guess, Bi Fang had already placed the answer in the direction Shui Zun was guessing.

You guessed both correctly, but if you guessed both correctly, it means neither of them is reliable.

If the Outer Heavens are secretly eyeing us covetously, then the best response would be for Bifang and Boluo to join forces and wait for the Wuji Dao Master to lose his temper—supporting Bifang's reforms.

If the Outer Heaven is just a facade and the Lord of Wuji Dao is already dead, then dealing with Bifang now would be the best option.

Because once the world stabilizes for a long time, Bifang's strength will continue to increase, making him even more difficult to deal with.

Bi Fang's cowardice corresponds to Bi Fang's interests under the second scenario, which is true, and they align.

Of course, in this dimension, if you rush in, you might end up in a huge stomach.

Layer upon layer of nested schemes, utterly absurd, making it all too obvious for you to guess!

Let's gamble. Anyway, Bi Fang is unlikely to make a move on its own.

"What are your reasons for supporting a fight now?" Shui Zun asked thoughtfully.

A scheme within a scheme: Xiao Hu's deliberate act of seeking death, almost like deliberately exposing his innermost thoughts, now appears to be part of a scheme.

At the point in the past when Xiao Hu died at the mouth of Zhi Zhi Long Shen, certain beings were already calculating the changes in the present—that is, the changes in the future that belong to the past.

Change loomed before the Water Venerable and the other immortals of the Basket Gathering, leaving them in a dilemma.

"I don't believe Bifang can withstand the lightning tribulation. It must be seriously injured. The fact that it hasn't appeared in the Great World for a long time is proof of that."

Taihe Water, you have no idea how much the heavens and earth hate us. The lightning tribulation will only get stronger as it progresses.

I've been through it, so I don't believe that Bifang could easily withstand a 100,000-year lightning tribulation.

Similarly, I don't think the Lord of Wuji has anything to be afraid of.

Even if it faked its death back then, even if it had already cultivated the Cave Heaven Technique, we could all see it clearly when the Outer Heaven was destroyed.

Suddenly, the world became much clearer, and the concentration of spiritual energy throughout the world also increased significantly.

The disintegration of the Daoist Master's Daoist aura caused many fellow Daoists to instantly gain a slight increase in strength.

Shui Zun had no way of verifying the truth of this reason.

After much deliberation, it finally decided to put the pressure on the old man with the winnowing basket.

Anyway, the old man with the winnowing basket is tall.
"So now, what do you think our fellow members of the Boluo Association should do to deal with Bifang?"

Continue to modify the rules, while supporting Bifang's reforms?

Or is it...?

In fact, Xiaoyu's guess was correct. The rate at which the strength of the old Immortal Venerables increases will become slower and slower as their lifespan increases.

Of course, their base number is very high, so even a slight improvement could be a huge change.

However, according to the old man with the winnowing basket, Bi Fang was already struggling under the heavenly tribulation, and the Lord of Wuji was truly dead.

Continuing to drag it out, letting Bifang get chopped even harder in the future, doesn't seem like such a bad option.

The key here is whether the power of the lightning tribulation has reached a level that Bi Fang cannot handle.

If not, then Bifang will continue to improve its strength, and everyone will be confused.

If the old man with the winnowing basket is right, then things will get interesting.

Drag Bifang to death!

As long as Bifang cannot hold a banquet and replenish its own resources, it has a chance to drag it down!
"Let's take a look first," the old man with the winnowing basket replied calmly.

How long will you watch?

Shui Zun's eyes gleamed, for the current situation was quite interesting.

If the path to supremacy inevitably faces the obstruction of tribulation lightning, then with the old man's cultivation of over 80,000 years, if he waits too long, he will have to face the problems that Bifang may currently be facing.

If the wait is too short, Bifang may not face another tribulation in a short period of time.

"Three thousand years."

Faced with the scheming Water God, the old man with the winnowing basket chose an inconvenient time.

Three thousand years is a time when the old man with the winnowing basket is confident that he can go even further. He doesn't believe that Bifang can still grow faster than him in strength without feasting!
"Alright, I understand. Then... let the world stabilize for three thousand years first."

The timescale of the great cultivators' battles often spans thousands of years.

The meaning of "stabilizing for another three thousand years" can be roughly understood as: within three thousand years, no one is allowed to easily attain enlightenment!
After Wang Yulou's proposal on the Golden Elixir was approved, the narrow gate leading to the Dao Fruit was once again tightly closed.

(End of this chapter)