Shangyuque

Chapter 375 The Four Extremes Concealment Platform, Locking onto the Jade Pendant!

In a void, twinkling starlight sways, wandering and wandering in the void where there is no concept of up, down, left, or right space.

Amidst the starlight, faint, invisible lines intertwine and entwine.

Before the Four Extremes Concealment Platform, Bo Luo suddenly focused his gaze on one of the points of starlight.

The starlight has just appeared!
The Great Way is fluctuating, changing, and happening.

The most advanced cultivators no longer need any so-called opportunities, wonderful methods, or treasures from others; they only care about change.

The Hidden Immortal Venerable, who was quietly cultivating by the side of the winnowing basket, sensed his master's movements and asked in confusion.

"Master, what has happened?"

Yin Zheng was well aware of his master's power.

Take, for example, the Four Extremes Concealment Platform that Bo Luo possesses.

This is a very special celestial artifact. What makes it so special?

Even if someone obtains the Purple Mansion, they might not know how to use it. Even if an ordinary celestial being obtains it, they might not be able to unleash even one percent of its power.

Most so-called Golden Immortals can only achieve two or three-tenths of the effect at most.

However, if top-tier Golden Core cultivators obtain it and make good use of the Four Extremes Concealment Platform, they can reliably gain a near-absolute relative advantage in information.

A relative advantage in top-tier Golden Core battles and in battles between supreme beings!
It's like the top-tier photoresist produced after industrial civilization reached its peak; it requires a special operating environment, extremely high supporting standards, and its application range is surprisingly narrow, only usable as a production material in certain process steps.
Possessing such a top-tier immortal artifact, the Old Man of the Basket, as the master of the Four Extremes Concealment Platform, is naturally terrifying.

So, what could cause the old man with the winnowing basket to change his complexion?
"Huanpei is back."

The old man carrying the winnowing basket had a very deep voice.

The Four Extremes Concealment Platform has locked onto the Jade Pendant!

The intensity of the confrontation is visibly escalating.
It's not that Boluo is afraid, but that Boluo doesn't want to be hit right now.

For a long time, Boluo had hoped to delay.
The one in a hurry is Bifang, who is facing the pressure from the Wuji Dao Master.

"Has the jade pendant returned to the vast world?"

Yin Zheng was immediately shocked—Wang Yuque had just obtained the Four Spirit Realms.

If we say that at the level of a Golden Immortal, people no longer care so much about ordinary fortune and opportunities, this is determined by their level of attainment.

However, the Four Spirit Realms, as the largest void world outside the Great Heaven and Earth, and the largest 'small world' among all the heavens, have such profound foundations and abundant resources that, in the hands of a capable person, they could completely create a top-level Golden Immortal.

"How is this possible? Does the Lord of Wuji no longer want the Four Spirit Realms?"

In other words, Yin Zheng's realm is high, his knowledge is deep, and he is extremely calm, so he can still keep his expression in check.

It's true. I'm afraid you'll be too disappointing and lose to the Outer Heavens, but I'm also afraid you'll be too successful and win too many games.

"Bifang, the Water Deity, the great battle is imminent, and the final battle could break out at any moment."

The fact that the Wuji Dao Lord sent Huanpei back exposed its lack of preparation.

The Cave Heaven Method can cultivate a large number of loyal subordinates, but there is one problem that cannot be bypassed.

That is, it appeared too late.

It can cultivate many Golden Immortals, but it cannot cultivate truly top-tier Golden Core cultivators.

Therefore, Huanpei needs to be brought back to deal with Bifang's measures.

The old man with the winnowing basket calmly analyzed the situation.

"So, the Dao Lord's bargaining chips are also limited."
But the Four Spirit Realms were just handed over to the Donkey King. The Donkey King's luck is just too good." Yin Zheng was full of envy.

Hindsight is always 20/20. If I had known that the Lord of Wuji was so cowardly, I would have gone to the Four Spirit Realms too.

The Jade Palace Immortal Venerable went into seclusion to improve his cultivation and better defend against Huanpei.

However, the tug-of-war between Bifang and Shuizun within the vast universe has already affected even the Wuji Daozhu.

The Daoist Master's nonsense is a mix of truth and falsehood; he even deceived his own loyal follower, Huanpei.

Regardless of the reason why the Wuji Dao Lord did not kill the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, the actual result was that Huanpei left the Four Spirit Realms.

After a long struggle, the Outer Heaven finally relinquished its dominance over this realm to the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

Perhaps, in some people's eyes, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable won the battle against the Four Spirit Realms by relying on Bifang and Water Venerable in the Great Heaven and Earth, and is just a lazy winner.

But is the tilt of the scales really due to the Immortal Venerable's good luck?

No, it is not.

"You're wrong, Xiao Zheng."

Wang Yuque is one of the most elegant and intelligent figures I have ever met among countless seekers of the Dao throughout history.

His victory wasn't due to luck, but to skill.

The old man with the winnowing basket shook his head; he wouldn't attribute Jade Palace Immortal's victory to luck.

The Immortal Venerable waited for the moment when the scales tipped, rather than stumbled upon the moment when they tipped—being able to wait for it shows strength, while stumbling upon a good outcome depends on luck.

The ability to survive and wait within the game is the means by which the Immortal Venerable achieves victory.

You can't use the argument that "Wang Yuque didn't kill anyone, didn't face any life-or-death crises, and won simply by using Bifang's feather" to prove that Yuque Immortal Venerable is trash.

The idea that one can attain enlightenment by killing enough people, by surviving enough life-or-death crises, or by relying solely on oneself without external assistance—these are almost fantasies, fantasies that only those who cannot see the Great Dao and do not understand cultivation would believe.

In a relatively favorable situation, maintain your own advantages and make good use of the key points in the situation.

The strategy involves proceeding step by step until the opponent has no way to counter it.

Then, the existence that could help him was used to break the deadlock.

Even if the Immortal Venerable's strategy and final victory were unintentional, the core of this series of strategies and the underlying principle of 'pursuing more advantageous strategies and better combat approaches' is indeed a concept that the Immortal Venerable has adhered to in his long-term cultivation.

Killing someone is a gamble; you gamble once for each kill, and killing too many almost guarantees death. The same applies to life-or-death crises. The same applies to those who don't know how to leverage their strengths and fight to the death.

The old man with the winnowing basket certainly possessed a high level of spiritual attainment.

Therefore, even though Jade Palace Immortal Venerable did not kill many people, did not gamble with his life, and did not encounter many life-or-death crises, he was still among the 'most romantic and talented of all time' in Bo Luo's eyes.

"But, Master, what if Bifang and the Wuji Dao Master really had a decisive battle in the Great World?"

So, hasn't this intense expansion beyond the heavens over the past millennium simply been our Great Heaven and Earth Anti-Limit Daoist camp merely depleting our own resources?

The winnowing basket shook its head and said.

"It's hard to say. The Dao Lord of Wuji must have made two preparations: a decisive battle within the Great Heaven and Earth, and a decisive battle outside the Great Heaven and Earth."

In my view, there is no most advantageous battlefield, only relatively advantageous opportunities.

Bi Fang represents actively choosing, and even creating, opportunities.

The Dao Lord of Wuji sent Huanpei back. Ha, that means its strength is even greater than Bifang and I expected.

The thrill of combat is a means to an end, and also an inevitable consequence of the extreme explosion of contradictions.

But the choice of fighter jets and battlefields is too critical, and everyone will be very cautious.

Yin Zheng understood all of this, but he didn't quite understand the last sentence of the winnowing basket.

"Master, Huanpei has returned. As expected, the stakes offered by the Wuji Dao Master are not as high as we anticipated."

Because the Cave Heaven Method has only been publicly revealed for a little over ten thousand years, and when you were the supreme ruler of the Great Heaven and Earth, the Wuji Dao Master was even more obedient and powerful.

There is a time difference of more than 50,000 years in this area.

Even if the Wuji Dao Master started cultivating his direct descendants using the Cave Heaven Method 50,000 years ago, those loyal but incompetent direct descendants would still find it difficult to compete with truly top-tier Golden Core cultivators.

The fact that Huanpei couldn't conquer the Four Spirit Realms proves this point.

Then why do you still believe that the Dao Lord of Wuji is stronger than you and Immortal King Bifang expected?

The words of the Hidden Immortal Venerable actually revealed a piece of information—the winnowing basket is none other than the Unfixed Dharma King.

Of course, this is the only answer.

The Four Extremes Concealment Platform is the cornerstone of ancient methods, corresponding to the Four Symbols.

To remain hidden, as the name suggests.

The Four Extremes Concealment Platform's effects are so powerful that they exceed the limits of ordinary cultivators' understanding of the cultivation system—this thing allows one to observe the rhythm of the Great Dao and the fluctuations of change, its effects being absurdly abstract.

And Boluo, in name, also inherited part of the mantle of the Dharma King Wuding.

If the Dharma King of No Destiny feigns death, one problem must be solved—how to ensure his own resources for spiritual practice.

If one lacks sufficient resources for cultivation and the amount of resources acquired is insufficient, then even if hiding in the shadows as the ultimate mastermind or the ultimate behind-the-scenes tortoise can achieve a relative advantage, one will still appear to have an almost meaningless longevity. After all, Bifang openly and honestly indulges in eating and consuming, acquiring no shortage of resources and transformations.

If one is truly elusive and remains hidden in the shadows, how can one seize resources and change things without alerting others?
"How can you be so sure that the Wuji Dao Master can't conquer the Four Spirit Realms, and that Huanpei can't conquer the Four Spirit Realms?"

The old man with the winnowing basket did not answer Yin Zheng's question, but instead asked a question in return.

Often, truly intelligent people will befriend idiots to manage their enemies' expectations!

The old man with the winnowing basket made his guesses and judgments based on this principle.

Therefore, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is not someone who can win by doing nothing.

The Immortal Venerable had long ago mastered the ingenious use of the strategy of "Look, I, Wang Yuque, am a complete idiot."

This is what we call 'talent'. Of course, it seems absurd, but if you think about it carefully, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable does indeed possess this kind of talent.

It's a little unseemly, but it's definitely a talent, isn't it?
This is a strategy that even the Dharma King Wuding had to carefully grasp, consider, and judge!

"No way, that's the Four Spirit Realms."

Because they are too plump and delicious, they are likely to cause a major conflict.

For years, everyone just looked on and drooled, but no one dared to actually eat it.

"The Lord of Limitless Dao, in order to deceive us beings of this vast world, directly gave it to the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable. This is truly, truly..."

Yin Zheng is really finding it hard to keep up.

Spiritual practice depends on both personal effort and the opportunities presented by the times.

But why did that donkey king have such a good opportunity?

In reality, this is nothing but pure jealousy.

If it had considered how rare its opportunity to become a disciple of the King of No Fixed Dharma was, it wouldn't have been so anxious about the opportunity presented by the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

In reality, which of those who have reached the Golden Immortal level lacked opportunity?

There are quite a lot!

Strength, talent, and wisdom are the foundation, and none can be lacking; opportunity is also quite necessary.

Of course, the opportunities that Jade Palace Immortal Venerable received through his own strength were indeed great.

But as a disciple of the Dharma King of No Fixed Circumstances, did Yin Zheng not have many opportunities?
To put it simply, if there is no fixed Dharma King, then...

It is difficult to assess whether Yin Zheng, as a direct descendant of the Dharma King, could enjoy an endless position of supreme honor for countless generations, second only to the Dharma King.

"Don't rush, don't rush, everything is still uncertain."

Everything is still uncertain.

Uncertain, unfixed.

When I adopted the title "Wu Ding" (无定), I was actually hoping to continuously push the limits of my own strength.

Who could have imagined that the cultivation world would later develop into such a state?

Such a vast world, yet now, is less than one-tenth of its original size.

Bifang had been a Daoist for over 100,000 years, but only later did he begin to indulge in a voracious appetite.

I watched everything it did.

It can be determined that it took away about one-twentieth of the change.

After the Lord of Wuji revealed his strength and dominated the world, the changes he took away on the surface were less than one-thirtieth of the total.

But what about behind the scenes? How much did they eat?

Throughout the countless years of the Great Heaven and Earth, starting with me, there have been three almost supreme beings, and by the time of Bifang, there have been three.

The three of us far surpass those who came after us.

This is the first true struggle for supremacy among all the heavens and the universe.

Therefore, as long as the three of us still have doubts about the information.

This battle won't break out so quickly.

You'll see, the Taihe Water won't really rush in, and the Dao Lord won't easily step down.

Once Bifang gets impatient, everyone will wait for it to get impatient a second time.

We must also wait until the Dao Lord of Wuji is certain that I am truly dead before making our move.

The core of the old man's lament, "The King of No Fixed Dharma," is actually just one thing.

Changes occur, cultivators grasp these changes, and thus achieve great power in their cultivation.

However, the intensity of the confrontation will continue to rise as everyone becomes stronger together. There are no simple solutions to complex confrontations. In extremely complex confrontations, the fact that one dares not act simply because one cannot know all the information is already like a shackle, binding all those involved.

It sounds a bit abstract, but it can be simply understood as – being unable to accept defeat.

"Then Master, why don't we also set up a battlefield? We can start planning it quietly now."

In any case, all the top-tier Golden Core cultivators are in motion, and under pressure, things are actually much more chaotic than before.

There's a perfect opportunity to fish in troubled waters, isn't there?

The Dharma King of No Fixed State shook his head.

"Abandoning the essential for the trivial, the Way of Wuji is active, all for the purpose of fishing for Bifang. What about my movement?"

In fact, he was already preparing to act—to send Qingrui's Nascent Soul Dao Embryo out of the world, to become a key variable when the time was right.

However, sometimes it's not necessary to be so frank with your subordinates.

The Lord of the Limitless Dao is like this, and so is the King of the Unfixed Dharma.

Keep a secret weapon in mind at the right time, just in case it comes in handy.

Just like how the King of No Fixed Dharma might think that the Lord of Limitless Dao has the ability to take over the Four Spirit Realms but chooses not to.

The fact that Dao Lords don't have enough high-level bargaining chips is relative, but as cultivators outside the Great Heaven and Earth, they may still be the founders of the Cave Heaven Method, possessing two Cave Heavens.

The Dharma King was quite certain that the Dao Lord must have a sufficiently powerful backup plan in the heavens beyond the Great Heaven and Earth.

It's simply a matter of when to use it.

The logic remains the same—you can't treat your opponent like an idiot, even if they act like one.

Strategically, we must pay attention to this!

The Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's idea that "not using, not showing up, and not moving means nothing" is correct, but "existence is deterrence" is also correct.

The issue of dimensionality—in internal strife, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable can treat the Limitless Dao Lord like an old man, extorting gold coins from him. However, in hostile confrontations, such logic cannot be applied.

"The objective is to pre-plan the battlefield!"
The battlefields within this vast world are easy for us to handle, after all, given your status, there will naturally be people to help us.

Beyond the Great Heaven and Earth, we must be prepared. The Four Spirit Realms are definitely not an option, but there are other worlds beyond the Four Spirit Realms.

"Xiao Zheng is willing to change his appearance and go out to share his master's burdens!"

To share the burdens of one's master?
wrong!
It was because Wang Yuque was eating so much that his mouth was dripping with oil, and his eyes were almost red!

“Good child, I also want to let you leave so that I can properly collect information about the changes in the heavens.”

However, my judgment may not be correct; it is highly likely that the ultimate battle will not break out in the short term.

But Bifang and Daozhu were never people who liked to play by the rules.

Therefore, I need you to stay by my side even more.

The old man with the winnowing basket smiled gently and declined Yin Zheng's suggestion.

The Jade Palace Immortal Venerable blocked both ends, and finally dealt with the situation by focusing on improving his cultivation and taking a further step towards becoming a Golden Immortal and the Supreme Being.

The King of No Fixed Dharma was caught in a dilemma, and there was no good solution either way.

Ultimately, approaching absolute supremacy is not true absolute supremacy.

"This disciple understands."

Yin Zheng replied with some regret, seemingly relieved.

But the thought of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable feasting in the Four Spirit Realms caused Yin Zheng's heart to ache once again.

(End of this chapter)