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

Chapter 237 Catching Chen Xuan
"Hmm?" Chen Xuan turned and left, walking through the hazy, blood-red fog. After a moment, a similar cluster of buildings appeared.

Are you being entangled?

Chen Xuan was startled; the situation was dire.

In the field of vision, all the points of light, including the Six Desires Heavenly Jade Book, the Lords of the Two Realms, Emperor Yan Ming, and others, shifted to the infinitely distant edge of the field of vision in an instant.

At this moment, he entered a strange space, isolated from the outside world.

Chen Xuan arranged to meet Yan Yushu, and as they ventured beyond the southern wilderness, an unexpected event occurred.

Chen Xuan remained silent for a moment, then looked up at the plaque hanging above: Xinzhai Tian.

He stepped forward, approached the building, and with a creak, pushed open the courtyard gate and went inside.

Meanwhile, in the Crimson Raven City region outside the Southern Wilderness.

Yan Yushu stopped in her tracks. The high-level talisman in her sleeve had lost its connection. She asked in surprise, "What happened?"

Behind her, an old woman with white hair, at the level of a cauldron furnace, stepped out. Her eyes radiated countless golden lights, reflecting a chaotic and indescribable scene of primordial chaos.

A divine will descended.

"The True Lords have messed things up! It's all the fault of the Lesser Underworld!"

The white-haired old woman's voice, carrying a decaying, aged air, continued: "Master Lu Zhuan's divination revealed that the Mountain Ghost and Emperor Jiang were merely a facade. The true mastermind behind Tai Xuan is the Heavenly Mandate True Lord of the Lesser Underworld!"

Southern Wilderness, at the summit of Tiger Mountain.

The celestial dome trembled, and the aura of the Great Ruins permeated the air.

The little mountain dog suddenly looked up, its expression solemn.

"Om..."

A massive palace building was outlined, and the heavy bronze gate slowly opened a crack, revealing pairs of golden eyes, like will-o'-the-wisps, peering through the gap at the sky of the southern wilderness with a puzzled look.

The Mountain Spirit Goddess remains in the mortal realm, in her sacred temple and palace.

"Wang..."

The mountain lord exclaimed in astonishment, "What did Chen Xuan do while he was away? Is the Southern Wilderness going to be destroyed?"

Back then, when the Heavenly Evolution Sect of the Heaven-Mending Dojo came to the Southern Wilderness to capture Chen Xuan, the Mountain Ghost Palace never appeared in the world.

At the foot of the mountain, the golden roc and the luan bird both looked up, their eyes filled with fear.

Legend has it that the Mountain Spirit Palace is otherworldly, and the ghosts and demons living inside rarely enter the Southern Wilderness, appearing only a few times in an entire era.

Outside, the sky was bright and the clouds were rolling. Many people were shocked, unaware of what terrifying thing had happened.

Among these sprawling buildings, Xinzaitian, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, exudes a faint crimson hue, eerily cold and desolate, as if transcending the mundane world.

There is a real sun.

Chen Xuan walked into the courtyard. Under the setting sun, the blood-red glow dyed the roof ridges and tiles red, and the paving stones in the courtyard were covered with moss and weeds, giving it a beautiful and mysterious feel.

Behind the buildings of Xinzaitian, there is a real sun.

This is an extremely terrifying thing. In both the Peach Blossom Spring Secret Realm and the Guyao Mountain Secret Realm, only the solar immortal energy shines with heavenly light, bringing illumination. But in this not-so-vast Xinzhai Heaven, there is a great sun in motion, which is extremely miraculous.

Chen Xuan couldn't help but sigh, this mysterious place truly lived up to its name as the "Immortal Palace," where countless immortals had once resided, making it unfathomable.

The methods of "Ancient Heart Fasting" are beyond comprehension... The three True Lords who disappeared in the present world were probably trapped or even died here.

"Its level of sophistication is probably no less than that of Shangyang Cave Heaven," Chen Xuan murmured.

Once "immortals" are involved, it's not surprising what might happen.

Chen Xuan walked into the courtyard, which was a huge courtyard with more than a dozen tall mountain and sea maze trees, which looked like celestial grains, but they were all decayed and covered with needle-like fallen leaves, creating a desolate scene.

"Huh? Two roads?"

Chen Xuan saw two doorways ahead. Behind the doorways, the land was covered with withered grass, which looked like it was bleeding under the glow of the sunset.

Two roads, one to the left and one to the right, meandered into the blood-red fog, obscuring the view at their ends; only the outlines of palaces and courtyards were vaguely visible.

"I wonder which path the True Lords have taken."

Chen Xuan muttered to himself as he turned left, walked past the decaying Migu tree, and soon entered the second palace.

"Ok?"

Chen Xuan froze, and saw a living being.

"Is it the True Lord?"

Chen Xuan's heart tightened. If there were any living beings in this ancient Xinzhai Heaven, they must be those True Monarchs. He could already sense their rich spiritual aura.

The aura of the divine soul is extremely rich; it is either a divine journey or the presence of a True Lord.

Among the three lost True Lords.

The White Grass True Lord of Qingqiu wouldn't act rashly against him. As for Ao Longjun of the Little Dragon Palace, it's hard to say, given the intense conflict between Chen Xuan and Ao Guang Dragon God. But the conflict between these "minor cultivators" shouldn't be of any concern to a True Lord.

The True Lord of Little Blue Sky is in the most danger, as Chen Xuan has half-destroyed his two Realm Master Immortal Pills.

Chen Xuan's mind raced, but with no way to retreat, he could only grit his teeth and move forward.

He began by saying, "Senior."

Ahead, a creature in blue robes stood with its back to Chen Xuan, beneath a mountain and sea maze tree on the left, bathed in the afterglow of blood, as if treading on the mortal world, exuding an ethereal quality.

The creature in blue turned around, its eyes vacant, and it indifferently scrutinized Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan was taken aback; this creature was not human.

He had a baby face, still childish, with eyes the size of soybeans and fine fish scales at the corners of his eyes. His appearance wasn't ugly, but it was strange.

It's like a giant salamander turning into a monster.

"Senior?" The young man in blue looked at Chen Xuan, frowned, and scolded, "Who are you? Are we that familiar?"

Chen Xuan's expression stiffened slightly. The salamander was incredibly rude. They were complete strangers; addressing him as "senior" was a sign of respect, wasn't it? So utterly insensitive!

Even a high-level being like Tao Hongchen shouldn't act like this!

"Hmm?" As Chen Xuan spoke, he was also secretly examining the boy in blue, and discovered that the boy in blue was not a real physical body... It was a soul body?

"Huh? You can actually enter the Heart of Heaven with your physical body!" The creature in blue robes changed his expression drastically, and two blazing beams of light shot out from his pale golden pupils, pointing directly at Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan was certain that the giant salamander was truly rude!
Is it possible for a normal person to use their divine power to scrutinize a stranger's background?

Even those lawless monsters in the Southern Wilderness wouldn't do that. The salamander is too condescending!

Chen Xuan refused to be offended and immediately unleashed his divine soul light, a white divine radiance enveloping the giant salamander and directly discerning its strength and realm.

"It's truly a physical body! To be able to enter the Heaven of Mindful Fasting with a physical body, could it be a True Lord or some great being?"

The young man in blue looked surprised. Upon confirming that Chen Xuanzhen was indeed there in person, his expression changed drastically: "Senior, spare my life!"

He was horrified and immediately knelt down, feeling as if he were about to die.

"You were arrogant at first, but now you're obsequious!" Chen Xuan scolded. "Now that you know the True Lord is here, why don't you kowtow and admit your mistake!"

At this moment, Chen Xuan roughly ascertained the strength of the giant salamander.

It has no physical body.

However, the giant salamander's spirit and body were not as powerful as imagined; this was not a mysterious old monster pretending to be young.

When Chen Xuan's soul body entered Guyao Mountain, it was able to exchange two blows with the exceptionally talented Chilong God. After several enhancements, it was no weak!

Chen Xuan even had a vague feeling that his soul body had long been on the verge of some kind of limit... If it weren't for the lack of some unknown substance that prevented it from undergoing a qualitative change, in terms of soul power alone, it would probably be no less than the second level of the Divine Travel Realm!

"Bang! Bang!"

"Your Excellency obeys!" The young man in blue immediately kowtowed, but after only two kowtows, he abruptly stopped, quickly stood up again, his face flushed red.
"Your physical body is a furnace!"

He was shocked to realize that he had been deceived. Although Chen Xuan's physical body was strong, how could it compare to that of a True Lord? Moreover, could someone he could so easily see through be a True Lord?

"You are a human who has mistakenly entered the realm of the mind!"

The young man in blue was furious, with two large bumps on his forehead. He looked Chen Xuan up and down with curiosity, and clicked his tongue, saying, "Where has Xinzhaitian appeared in the mortal world? Only innate gods can find the passage. You, a mere human ant with low strength, are lucky to have stumbled into it."

"Are you sure you've had enough?" Chen Xuan frowned. One second the salamander was kneeling in worship, but the next second, realizing that he was in charge again, it immediately started to look down on him and show off its superiority.

"Tsk, you treacherous brat, where did you come from?" the young man in blue asked, inquiring about the current location of Xinzhaitian.

His mind raced. Xinzhaitian was hidden, and those who could enter were either forces related to Xinzhaitian or Xinzhaitian itself appearing in the world. Some lucky ones stumbled into it.

Chen Xuan was also interested in the giant salamander and wanted to know its origin, so he made up a story: "I came from the Heaven-Mending Dojo. What about you?"

"The Heavenly Evolution Dao has calculated the location of the Heart Fasting Heaven?" The young man in blue was startled upon hearing this, but he quickly became angry and gritted his teeth, saying, "Full of lies! The Heavenly Evolution Dao at the Cauldron level is not qualified enough to deduce the Heart Fasting Heaven!"

As the young man in blue was speaking, his expression suddenly changed, and he said, "Could it be that the Heaven-Mending Dojo also contains the remains of a Xinzhai..."

He was somewhat convinced that Chen Xuan hadn't stumbled upon it by mistake, but had entered Xinzhaitian through legitimate channels.

"You guessed that? Impressive!" Chen Xuan gave the young man in blue a thumbs up, then asked, "Which generation of the Xinzhai sect is your family?"

He knew that the corpse of the previous generation's Xinzhai was now in the Taiyi Forbidden Land in Yunmeng Prefecture.

The young man in blue frowned slightly and said, "This is a big secret. I heard that the Ninth Incarnation of Xinzhai has appeared. Perhaps our two families will cooperate in the future... Which way to go? To the left, let's talk as we go. Xinzhai Heaven has only recently appeared in the world, so let's not miss out on Xinzhai's treasures. I'm already a little late."

He then walked past the maze tree and followed the path on the left towards the third palace courtyard.

Chen Xuan's heart stirred. It seemed that the ancient Xinzhai sect was not easy to navigate. Like the Chosen Ones, it was coveted by many forces.

However, those destined by Heaven can refine elixirs of immortality.

What use is fasting of the mind?
Chen Xuan and the young man in blue went to the left and in the third courtyard, they saw another decaying Mountain and Sea Mystic Tree, which would take more than a dozen people to encircle.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, the withered mountain and sea maze tree emitted a five-colored divine light, and two needle-like tender leaves sprouted from its branches. The leaves fell and transformed into two exquisite octagonal lanterns that descended to the ground.

The lantern emitted a colorful glow, and inside, the leaves were spinning around, their tips pointing in a certain direction, as if guiding the way.

"The leaves of the labyrinth tree have come back to life!"

The young man in blue was overjoyed and said, "The Migu Tree can guide you on the 'correct' path... It is said that the first generation of Xinzhai in ancient times 'enlightened' and became an immortal under the Migu Tree!" He was overjoyed. Although the Migu Tree in this courtyard was not the one from the Mountain and Sea Era, its shape was very similar, and its bloodline was probably within ten generations.

"Fellow Daoists of the Heaven-Mending Dojo, let's discuss this. I am about to enter the mortal realm and urgently need this kind of enlightenment material. Please give me your Bewitching Leaf." The young man in blue said urgently.

"And the price?" Chen Xuan asked.

Two leaves from the maze, clearly belonging to the one who came.

"Price? What price?" The young man in blue blinked and asked, "There's a Heavenly Dao for mending the heavens. If you encounter difficulties in comprehending the Dao, just have her push you a few times, wouldn't that solve the problem?"

"..."

Chen Xuan was stunned. The salamander was being far too self-righteous and shameless! Who taught him to behave like this? Was he even that close to him?

"Give me the first half of your family's true scriptures, plus one secret manual," Chen Xuan said.

This is a reasonable request. The secrets of the immortals should not be passed on to outsiders. Except for secrets like the Shangyang Secrets which have no source, the secrets passed down by other Taoist temples and major forces must be obtained through "legitimate" channels.

For example, if Chen Xuan were to learn the Xing Tian Secret Manual that he obtained from Wu Taotie and it were discovered, he would likely face immense danger...

The young man in blue robes' face darkened, and he said coldly, "I'll address you as a fellow Daoist out of respect for Butian. If I don't respect Butian, what are you? I'm listed in the Immortal Register, and I have a Heavenly God behind me. Even if your Heavenly Evolution Dao Saintess came, she would have to bow her head today."

Chen Xuan said, "Oh? Your giant salamander has been on a recipe? Are you going to just take it by force?"

His name was listed in the pantheon of immortals? That's fascinating; we can find the source of the salamander's identity and background.

"You're the salamander!" The young man in blue robes was enraged, then sneered, "A divine gift from heaven, it's a mistake not to fight for it. Cultivation is about fighting against heaven, against people, against gods. If you can win, you can take it all; if you can't, you can take it all. What's wrong with that?"

He was very confident because he had mastered the Divine Travel Scripture, his physical body in this world was perfect, and his divine soul body was also perfected. He was only half a step away from divine travel... This was the true meaning of half a step into the mortal world.

Chen Xuan's face darkened. This was the Heart-Cleansing Heaven where the True Lord had disappeared, a place shrouded in mystery. He didn't want to stir up trouble, fearing it would cause unforeseen changes. However, the other party had repeatedly gone too far in bullying him, which was infuriating.

There's not much to say, let's just start fighting.

Buzz.

A dazzling white light erupted from Chen Xuan's body, and a lifelike divine soul body left his body, its immortal energy shining brightly and illuminating the young man in blue.
"What... a spirit body? You have one too?"

In an instant, the young man in blue was astonished. He couldn't understand how Chen Xuan, who was clearly a low-level cultivation vessel, could cultivate a divine soul body. It was too illogical!
It should be noted that the pinnacle furnaces and half-step mortals on the list of immortals are either missing something here or something there, and the vast majority of them do not possess a divine soul body!

But now, an unknown nobody who mended the heavens has cultivated a divine soul body? At only twenty-something years old, his achievements on the path of the divine soul are in no way inferior to his!

Could it be that he is the true successor secretly cultivated by the Heaven-Mending Dojo?
"Boom!" Although the boy in blue was surprised, he reacted quickly. He opened his mouth and spat out a transparent bubble. The water surged and attacked Chen Xuan. Then, he immediately rushed towards the lantern on the leaf of the Migu tree.

In an instant, Chen Xuan felt as if a vast, boundless lake was pressing down on him, with its waters cascading down as if to swallow him whole.

Chen Xuan stood like a mountain peak, his immortal energy surging within him. With a wave of his sleeve, stelae of dark golden runes descended, stabilizing the large lake in the sky, causing it to calm down and disappear.

The young man in blue changed color; his secret technique had been broken in an instant? The opponent's spiritual body was at an extremely high level, and the speed at which he could draw upon immortal energy was even faster than his own!

"Buzz!" He immediately abandoned his attempt to snatch the leaves from the Mystic Tree, as if facing a formidable enemy. In an instant, he used his supreme technique, leaping into the air and transforming into a giant black Kun fish, with water vapor billowing into the sky.

Boom!

The young man in green transformed into a black Kun fish, stirring up waterfalls of water like a raging sea, carrying immense and violent power as it hurtled towards Chen Xuan.

鲲？
Chen Xuan was amazed. As expected of someone listed in the Immortal Register, his strength was extraordinary. His achievements in the Divine Soul lineage alone were not far from those of the real Tao Hongchen.

His entire body radiated divine light. With a wave of his sleeve, endless golden brilliance shone, and hundreds of golden chains bloomed like lotus flowers, striking the sky. The Eight Gates Soul Locking Technique was especially adept at attacking the soul and was more effective than other secret techniques.

boom!
The black Kun fish was bound by thick golden chains. It roared in anger and transformed into a golden-winged roc, its entire body radiating golden light, as it withstood the golden chains.

A fierce battle erupted under the sky, with divine light scattering everywhere, causing the space to tremble and covering dozens of miles.

Chen Xuan just wanted to end the battle quickly; the commotion was too great, so he immediately unleashed his full power.

It was a fierce battle. Soon, the young man in blue was bleeding, and the wings of a golden roc broke off. The blood-stained feathers fell and turned into pure fragments of divine soul.

He plummeted from the sky, reverting to his original form. His divine body was riddled with cracks, and he lost an arm. Surging divine soul power gushed out from the wounds like a fountain.

The young man in blue regretted his decision. He wanted to keep the treasure for himself and hoped to speed up his progress in the mortal realm, but now, his painstakingly condensed divine soul body had been severely damaged and almost destroyed, which made him even further away from the mortal realm.

It would take at least several years to heal, or even use priceless treasures from the mountains and seas, to make up for it.

"You wait! I'm going to call for reinforcements! I'll wipe out your Heaven-Mending Clan!" The young man in blue threatened, then turned and ran.

We can't fight anymore. If our souls and bodies are destroyed, our very existence and life will be reduced to ashes!
"Just come and find Patching the Sky!" Chen Xuan pursued rapidly. Now that he had already made his move, there was no need to hold back!
The air whistled, and his entire body shone with divine light, like a great sun condensed from eight kinds of divine light. He swept across the courtyard, caught up with the boy in blue, and punched him.

With a thud, the young man in blue was smashed to pieces, but even so, he managed to grasp a sliver of hope at the last moment.

"Wow!"

The young man in blue burst forth like fireworks, splitting into countless streaks that scattered in all directions.

This is a secret technique related to the divine soul, which costs the divine soul body to shatter, allowing only a wisp of remnant soul to escape. Chen Xuan immediately summoned the Human Emperor Banner, which unleashed a divine soul light that swept across the heavens.

However, this young man in blue robes with a powerful background was truly extraordinary. He was indeed one of the top young demons in the Southern Region. More than a dozen of his remnant souls managed to evade the Human Emperor Banner's attack and escape into the blood-red fog.

Chen Xuan chased into the crimson fog and killed nearly ten remnant souls in succession. He could not continue the pursuit because the crimson fog was very strange and seemed to be able to cut off the power of the Heart Cleansing. He was worried that if he chased too far, he would lose his way and not be able to find his way back.

He hurried back to the courtyard, picked up the two lanterns under the maze tree, and then entered the left path, intending to quickly reach the fourth palace.

But after a moment, he stopped.

"The Heavenly Evolution Path has entered!" Chen Xuan's heart sank. In his vision, the black light representing the Heavenly Evolution Path suddenly appeared in the Heart Fasting Heaven!
what's the situation?
……

"Her Highness the Holy Maiden has reappeared in the world and immediately ascended to the list of immortals. Her brilliance is truly dazzling!" A group of people emerged from the blood-red fog before the gate of Xinzhaitian.

Tianyan Dao, dressed in white, with an ethereal and jade-like appearance, resembled the purest fairy. Her eyes were as pale and cold as she looked at the plaque inscribed with "Xin Zhai Tian" and smiled to herself, "I encountered that person once and simulated a trace of Xin Zhai divine power. Finding the way here is not difficult... Besides, Master Mending Tian helped me."

Even though fasting of the mind is terrifying, it can still control the will of heaven through various means.

But this does not mean that other destinies are lambs to the slaughter... When it comes to miraculous methods, few people are afraid of Xinzhai.

“Your Highness, I’ve heard that Xinzhai is hiding in the southern wilderness of Yaoguang Prefecture… Shall we go along the way?” an old man suggested with an unfriendly look.

"Shut up! We can't provoke him!" Fan Xianzhi's expression changed, and her heartstrings trembled. Then, she said in a calm tone, "We shouldn't cause trouble. After we finish what Master Butian asked us to do, we should leave Yaoguang Prefecture immediately."

The group exchanged bewildered glances, thinking to themselves, "Has the Holy Maiden of Heavenly Evolution fallen to the point of fearing Chen Xuan as if he were a tiger? We must not lose our saintly demeanor!"
The group pushed open the gate of Kai Zhai Tian and entered the first courtyard. Someone asked, "There are two paths, which one should we choose?"

"Thump!" Just then, a blood-red fog surged from the right-hand road, and a baby-faced little man in blue clothes rushed out at lightning speed.

"I'll make him pay! I'll make him pay!" the young man in blue roared. His soul body, which was originally the size of a normal human, was severely damaged and was now only a little over a palm's height. He couldn't even maintain his form and was on the verge of collapse.

"Huh?" All the people from the Heaven-Mending Dojo turned their gazes in that direction.

"you……"

The young man in blue was stunned. His gaze swept over the people, and in an instant, a ferocious look appeared on his face. He burst into loud laughter: "Mending the sky! Mending the sky!"

Fan Xianzhi and everyone from the Heaven-Mending Dojo were stunned. What was going on?
“There’s a problem…” A luminous light flashed in the eyes of the Brahma Immortal, and immediately nineteen lines of latitude and longitude were drawn to form a chessboard. Countless chess pieces were placed one by one to deduce the cause.

The simulation failed.

The real reason hasn't been found... It's unbelievable.

"Let's go!" Fan Xianzhi made a decisive move, leading the group to avoid the unexpected incident.
"The same physical body enters, the same method, the same way of mending the sky, hahaha!" The young man in blue laughed wildly, pointing at Tianyandao and the others, and said coldly, "Master, help Xiaoyu destroy them."

In the crimson fog.

A pair of indifferent, golden eyes lit up, surveying all living beings under heaven without a trace of emotion.

Born a god.

An earth-shattering battle erupted instantly, shaking the world, with blood splattering everywhere.

……

"Has a battle broken out?"

Chen Xuan looked behind him and was certain that violent energy fluctuations were erupting within the continuous crimson fog.

However, these energy fluctuations do not travel very far in the Heart-Cleansing Heaven and have little impact. Just like his brief battle with the boy in green, which would have been enough to collapse a towering mountain in the mortal world, it did not even break a single tile here.

"It's most likely related to that slut. Why did she cause trouble the moment she arrived?"

Chen Xuan muttered angrily to himself, "Stirring up trouble all day long, once I become Tao Hongchen, I'll come to the Heaven-Mending Dojo and give you a piece of my mind!"

The Way of Heaven.

The True Lord Who Patches Up the Sky.

These Qi practitioners who claim to know divination are all scheming and treacherous; none of them are good people, they're the worst!

Chen Xuan continued forward. The road was very long, and it took him a full quarter of an hour to finally enter the fourth courtyard.

"what?"

The moment Chen Xuan stepped into the courtyard, his expression changed. The Mountain and Sea Mystic Tree in the courtyard had been uprooted and lay in the courtyard with soil on its back.

Furthermore, some courtyard walls had collapsed, and broken tiles were scattered everywhere, all stained with blood.

“A terrifying battle took place; it was a great battle between True Lords!” Chen Xuan speculated.

It can cause damage to the Xinzhai Heaven, which is related to the immortals. Even the most advanced divine traveler cannot do this; at the very least, it requires a True Lord.

Chen Xuan observed the two roads for a moment and found faint, dark bloodstains on both roads, as if injured people had walked on both sides.

He pondered for a moment, then stepped over the tree trunks of the mountain and sea maze on the ground and continued walking to the left.

This road is extremely long.

It felt as if they had traveled hundreds of miles, or as if they had been standing still the whole time, but finally, an incredibly huge palace appeared at the end.

"what?"

Chen Xuan stopped abruptly, his heart pounding. His gaze was solemn as he saw a figure resembling a True Monarch sitting in the center of the entrance, looking deathly pale and covered in blood.

next moment.

Chen Xuan was terrified, and cold sweat poured down his back.

A pale hand patted his shoulder, and then a human face with a sinister smile emerged from his shoulder.

"Hehe..." A pale, pale face uttered a sharp, childish voice, grinning maliciously, "Got you? Hehe, little thing, finally caught you!"

(End of this chapter)