From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 117: Separation of Heaven and Earth
The heaven and earth shook, and Chen Xuan looked at the sky in a daze.

"A battle between two True Lord-level creatures shattered the cave heaven created by the Shangyang Immortal's Divine Hidden Dao..."

A few days after the Mountain Ghost Goddess agreed to the request of Emperor Jiang and the Dragon King of the Rain Country and opened the Shangyang Cave Heaven.

This fierce battle that shook several ancient dynasties in Gwangju has finally come to an end. They stayed in Shangyang Cave for several days to verify certain things, and then the expected decisive battle began.

At this moment, all the cultivators and billions of ordinary people on earth looked up at the sky in horror.

"Will the predictions made by [Tian Yan Dao] eventually come true?"

Chen Xuan muttered to himself. If it were true, as the Yellow Millet Dream and Tian Yan Dao had said, that Emperor Jiang and the Dragon King had fallen, and the Mountain Ghost Goddess had fallen into silence… From the land of Yaoguang Province, the Fifth Realm True Lords would completely vanish.

"The emperor, the ancestor, will not come back." Under the distant city, Jiang Qinghuang whispered to herself, with a layer of sadness on her snow-white face, as if she already knew the fate of Emperor Jiang.

"Long!"

The entrance to Shangyang Cave was rapidly closing and shrinking, but the next moment, it was as if a huge hand covering the sky and the sun suddenly pulled it down, as if tearing open a part of the sky curtain in the mortal world. A huge crack started from the entrance of the cave and spread to the sky tens of thousands of miles away, with no end in sight.

“Long…”

Where the sky was torn, purple lightning surged, the scorching sun swept across the sky, and all kinds of figures as huge as mountains flashed by. There were dragon skeletons with tails swimming like lightning, there were scarlet-gold emperor Dharma images with nine phoenixes swirling around, there were green-gold sleeves sprinkling five-colored fairy rain... Without exception, they were all terrifying and strange sights that could not be seen in the world.

"Is this the battle between the top cultivators? It shakes the heavens and the earth."

Chen Xuan was stunned. The scene was too scary. The entrance to Shangyang Cave was suddenly forcibly torn open, and Shangyang Cave was briefly connected with the real world. Blood and fire were continuous, purple lightning was hanging in the sky, and endless shocking visions appeared for a moment.

The torn crack in the sky covered a very wide area, extending for tens of thousands of miles to the east. It was probably passing through the Southern Wilderness and the Chu Land, and directly penetrated the land of the Rain Country.

"Whoosh!"

The remains of countless corpses of powerful cauldron masters, mixed with fragments of various treasures, fell from the cracks like dust. The blood rain reflected the sky red like fire, and there was a sense of vastness like the sunset.

This is the first time that a war of this magnitude has occurred in this vast and peaceful land since Emperor Jiang established the State of Chu more than 3,000 years ago.

The ultimate battle that hasn't been seen in a thousand years!
"I can't see the real situation at all. Countless great cauldron masters have died. What exactly happened in Shangyang Cave Heaven? Who is stronger, Emperor Jiang or the Dragon King?"

This battle was too advanced. Everyone tried their best to watch, but they couldn't see the fighting scene clearly... They were simply unable to see the true appearance of the True Lord.

"Is Shangyang Cave Heaven going to close? The five True Lords and the four Earthly Cauldron Masters haven't come out yet!"

Someone screamed in fear. This was a cultivator from a thousand-year-old family, and his family had powerful cauldrons and furnaces. If he stayed in Shangyang Cave Heaven, the consequences would be too serious!
"Oh no! The body fragments of my family leader, he, he is dead!" someone shouted, pointing at the remains of a body falling from the sky and identifying its identity.

The scene was too horrifying. No one on earth could see the battle going on in the cave, but countless corpses of powerful cauldron masters kept falling from the cracks in the sky, like a meteor shower, causing heavy casualties.

"Use your mind to take a look."

Chen Xuan can see much more than ordinary cultivators.

Moreover, he was worried about the safety of Lady Mountain Ghost and Senior Turtle, so he activated the power of his heart and stared at the gap in the sky, trying to see the scenery deeper and higher.

Suddenly, more scenes that were difficult for other monks to see appeared in their sight.

"hold head high!"

A huge dragon claw with dark blue scales stretched out from Shangyang Cave, tearing the crack in the sky even wider. Millions of talismans fell like heavy rain, and the angry roar of Yuguo Fulong Zhenjun fell into Chen Xuan's ears like thunder.

"Emperor Jiang, you just saw it with your own eyes! The Shangyang Immortal truly left behind the immortal path he walked... Everyone has the hope of following it. You still have a slight chance of achieving immortality in this lifetime, so why not give it a try?"

Under the dragon's claws, many corpses and debris were pushed together, bleeding, and falling into the cracks along the gaps.

Emperor Jiang was nowhere to be found, but his majestic and mellow voice responded, saying:
"In the past, I fled from the Jiang family in the Central Plains of God and came alone to this demon-ridden Yaoguang Province. I blazed a trail of hardship and established the Chu Dynasty, a dynasty for the human race. I fought against the ghosts and monsters of the Southern Wilderness and the demon kingdoms. I have already exhausted my potential and damaged my foundation. I will leave the path to immortality to others... Whether I become an immortal or not is not important. What matters is that you, Fu Long, who have hated me for thousands of years, must die."

"Emperor Jiang, you were domineering when you were young, and now you have missed the path to immortality. I don't believe you don't regret it!" Yuguo Fulong Zhenjun sneered.

"..."

Chen Xuan was shocked. Emperor Jiang had the chance to become an immortal, but because he fought too much when he was young and damaged his origin, he completely gave up the idea of becoming an immortal.

What a gifted and ambitious human being this was! Countless people have speculated about Emperor Jiang's intentions and aspirations, but in truth, after founding the Chu Kingdom in blood and fire over 3,000 years ago, he had no desire to attain immortality. Before his death, he bravely carried the demonic Dragon King, who hated the human race, to his death. Truly admirable!
"Hey!"

Chen Xuan used his Xinzhai to first see True Lord Fulong of the Rain Country, but this time, the other party did not notice his glance.

"Is it because I entered the Human Emperor Banner's destiny, and my heart's power has become stronger? Or is it because of the isolation of Shangyang Cave Heaven that today, the True Lord-level beings are unable to sense my observation?"

In fact, he didn't care that the other party noticed his gaze, because the last time they met, Yu Country's True Lord Fu Long had already taken him to heart, and whether the other party looked at him or not, he was paying attention to him.

Chen Xuan shifted his gaze and looked elsewhere, continuing to search for the trace of the Mountain Ghost Goddess.

"boom!"

Suddenly, just as his gaze turned to an area shrouded in various colors of immortal energy and divine light.

A brilliant five-colored immortal light, like a giant immortal sword that created the world, passed through his sight and slashed towards the dragon claw of Master Fu Long that stretched out from the sky like lightning.

The attack of the Mountain Ghost Lady.

She is attacking Master Fu Long!

"boom!"

Divine light shone forth, and True Lord Fu Long retracted his claws, which were shattered in scales and dripping with blood, back into Shangyang Cave Heaven. His tone was thick with anger as he spoke:

"Mountain Ghost, you're also blocking my way out, hiding in the tomb for thousands of years. You've secretly completed your Earth Virtue. Aren't you afraid of big trouble in the future? It seems you're determined to make a desperate move this time, and you won't give up until you become an immortal!"

There are no great cultivators of Earth Virtue in the four places, but the Mountain Ghost Goddess secretly cultivates Earth Virtue Yellow Qi and thoroughly practices the path of the Five Elements Immortal Qi to perfection!
"Everyone says I can't achieve what I want, but I still want to try."

The voice of the Mountain Ghost Lady was gentle and lazy, noble and approachable, descending from the sky above.

"Mountain Ghost Lady... your heart for seeking the immortality and the truth is as firm as a rock."

Chen Xuan sighed, finally catching sight of the Mountain Ghost. Five Elements Immortal Light flooded the southern sky like a waterfall. He didn't see her peerless face, only a fragment of her azure sleeve, faintly visible in the divine light. Both the Tianyan Dao and the Yellow Millet Dream predicted that the Mountain Ghost Lady's wishes would be in vain, but now, she remained determined to give it a try.

"Mountain Ghost, you are different from the rest of us. You want to become an immortal by using the Five Elements and take the most dangerous path. Are you so confident? It seems that you have indeed found the volume [Secrets of the Five-Tibet Weaponry Immortal Body] treasured by the Immortal Shangyang this time, but you don't know that it is fake and cannot be taken seriously. Can't it help you?" True Lord Fu Long sneered.

[The secret of the Five Zang Military Immortal Body]!
Chen Xuan was shocked. The mountain ghost mother entered Shangyang Cave Heaven and actually found this secret technique. Didn’t she know that this secret technique would most likely be obtained by him in the future?

The Mountain Ghost Lady had been in contact with Wang Chan in the Yellow Millet Dream, so she must know about this!

"What on earth is the Mountain Ghost Queen planning?" Chen Xuan was filled with confusion.

"Even if it's fake, it might be possible to practice it. Someone has mastered the real thing, so we can use it as a reference." The Mountain Ghost Lady's voice was vague and unclear, as if she was mumbling to herself: "I saw the [Five Treasures of the Immortal Body - Secret], but I didn't touch it. Now it's been taken away by someone else."

Has anyone developed something real?
Chen Xuan's heart skipped a beat when he heard the voice... Could it be that the Mountain Ghost Lady was referring to him?

After all, in the previous life, Chen Xuan had a high probability of obtaining this thing. Later, he stepped into the Tao Hongchen level. Moreover, Wang Chan didn’t know what realm he finally reached. But what if Chen Xuan did not stop at the Shenyou realm, but went one step further?

In addition, the Mountain Ghost Lady said to herself that she had not touched the [Secret of the Five-Tibetan Military Immortal Body]. Was this sentence said specifically for him to hear?
Further away, there were two huge golden and blue figures.

"Mountain Ghost, Emperor Jiang, this time you must keep everyone in Shangyang Cave Heaven."

The huge golden figure of Buddha lies on his side in the northeast direction, one hand flat on the ground, the other hand supporting the ground, questioning indifferently, the Buddhist chanting roaring, and the majestic appearance.

"The journey to immortality is long, and in a short time, everything changes. This is the best! We also have descendants in the secular world. Everyone has their own grudges. Some want to leave Shangyang Cave Heaven, and the others are all uneasy. Come! Among the five of us, the last one to survive will embark on the path to immortality!"

On the other side, the green figure laughed loudly, very freely and unrestrainedly, expressing his agreement with the actions of the Mountain Ghost and Emperor Jiang. This was a huge creature like a Ganoderma lucidum, from the Zhi Kingdom. Its roots were rooted between heaven and earth, emitting a green grass-like divine light, like a vast blue ocean.

Emperor Jiang is getting old, and other great masters want to seek immortality in Shangyang Cave Heaven.

But in the mortal world, there are their descendants, clansmen, and several great True Lords who have grudges against them. Now, the immortal path in Shangyang Cave Heaven seems to be accessible, but it will take too long, ten years, or even hundreds or thousands of years. Naturally, they will not allow others to return to the mortal world.

True Lord Fulong of the Rain Country seemed to want to leave, but was stopped by Lady Mountain Ghost and Emperor Jiang. The True Lord of the Zhi Country also had the same intention.

"Five great True Lords are determined to fight to the death. Only one will survive... The one who survives will be qualified to follow the path to immortality left by the Shangyang Immortal."

Chen Xuan muttered to himself in his heart. As the dragon claws of the Rain Country Dragon King retracted, the crack in the sky that spanned countless miles shrank rapidly and soon healed completely. All the scenes in Shangyang Cave Heaven disappeared.

"Can the Qi practitioners who are still inside come out?"

Chen Xuan stared at the sky and saw the arc-shaped entrance of Shangyang Cave shrinking rapidly. Then, it collapsed into a point of light. The light suddenly brightened and disappeared.

He tried to increase the power of his mind, but he could see nothing and there was nothing in the sky.

"Shangyang Cave Heaven is not located above the Southern Wasteland. It was only because the Mountain Ghost Lady held the relics of the Shangyang Immortal that she led it down. Now that the entrance is completely closed, no one knows where Shangyang Cave Heaven has disappeared to."

Chen Xuan felt inexplicably heavy in his heart.

"The Mountain Ghost Queen has great ambitions and will not leave Shangyang Cave Heaven..."

No wonder, there was no news about these great True Lords in the future. It turned out that they all stayed in Shangyang Cave Heaven, and no one would leave.

Moreover, next, not only Emperor Jiang and True Lord Fu Long will die.

Among the five great True Lords of Yaoguang Prefecture, four will die!

"Senior Turtle, Lord Mountain King, and the Three-Tailed Fox Weapon Refiner, didn't they take the opportunity to return to the real world through the rift?"

Chen Xuan said to himself that some powerful cauldron masters could break a corner of Shangyang Cave Heaven with all their strength. Once, the old turtle broke the cave heaven and passed down the secret of the Zhenwu Seven-Section Sword to the world.

But now, Shangyang Cave has completely disappeared from the world.

Do the Dinglu masters who remain inside still have a chance to come out? I'm afraid it's difficult!

"What bad news..."

At this moment, Chen Xuan encountered the biggest difficulty since he started practicing Taoism.

"I don't know where the senior monks from Xiaowen Mansion have arrived. I am in a very dangerous situation."

If all the familiar big ghosts in the Southern Wilderness were stranded in Shangyang Cave Heaven, then he would have to leave the Southern Wilderness immediately, escape at least ten thousand miles, and live in hiding from then on.

"Hiding in the mountains of the Southern Wilds, without revealing any trace, I'm still safe. But if I were to show up, I'm afraid there would be a fatal danger, and I'd be hunted down immediately."

Chen Xuan pondered, then shifted his gaze to the sky a hundred or two hundred miles away. A meteor-like light, with a dazzling tail flame, fell towards the ground at a high speed.

True Lord Fu Long forcibly tore open a crack in the sky, and many corpses and treasure fragments fell down... Shangyang Cave Heaven has disappeared from the world, and this is the last batch of fallen objects.

"Want to go over and take a look?"

Chen Xuan hesitated, this was the closest fallen object to him.

But when he thought about his own situation, he felt embarrassed. Should he go and try his luck?
Or should he ignore it, hide his tracks, and continue practicing the Human Emperor Sutra? And observe what happens next?

But the next moment.

Chen Xuan's eyes focused, and he saw clearly the remains of corpses hidden in the light and fire that flashed across the sky.

"Huh? What's that? A... white little tiger?"

He stared with his eyes wide open as he saw the bloodstained corpse of a white tiger cub, with a palm-sized head and a scroll-like treasure in its mouth, falling to the ground.

This little tiger is...

Tiger!

A chill ran through Chen Xuan's heart. Although the body of the white tiger cub was very small, about the size of a puppy, and its body was completely covered by flames, Chen Xuan still recognized its identity in the first place.

"Master Shanjun is dead!"

(End of this chapter)