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

Chapter 302 The End of the Heart-Gathering Master

The Imperial Daughter is the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor.

In the era of the Mountains and Seas, besides a few supreme deities such as Taiyi, Nuwa, and the Heavenly Emperor, the most famous were the Empress and others.

But now, the Empress is going to give her scripture to Chen Xuan. The golden bamboo slips are radiating a soft glow, this is definitely a good thing, a rare divine scripture in the world.

Moreover, this is the Imperial Daughter's Manual!
"Here you go!" Seeing Chen Xuan lost in thought, the princess grabbed his hand and placed the golden bamboo slip in his palm: "This cannot be preserved for too long. Remember as much as you can."

After the Dao Palace trial is over, everything will disappear and return to peace.

This is a born deity, cold-hearted yet simple and pure. He wanted to give it to Chen Xuanjing, and he did so immediately.

Chen Xuan came to his senses and said, "Ah, that's not good. The Empress didn't mean for me to learn her magic."

“I have already given her everything, so she doesn’t need to give me anything more.” The Empress smiled and said, “Besides, there are some laws that she may not give you… I must have gone down the wrong path. Laws that are destined to be wrong will not be followed again in the next life, nor will they be passed on to anyone.”

Clearly, she knew exactly what she would become in the future.

"Alright, actually I had something to show you too." Chen Xuan accepted the golden bamboo slip, and then presented a page from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

This is a fragment of the Classic of Mountains and Seas left to him by the Mountain Spirit Goddess. It is of extremely high status, but it is decayed. However, after his repeated enhancements, Guyao Mountain has now recovered a lot of power and can even directly suppress the top-level blessed land, Xiaoyao Mountain.

The author of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, "Guyao," cheered with joy upon seeing the emperor's daughter.

"Guyao Mountain? You are a very kind person, but apart from the inheritance of memories, I can't give you anything else, and I can't preserve anything else." The Empress was quite surprised, as she could actually see her future divine mountain across countless ages.

She possessed some treasures, but they were all illusions.

"Ah!" The fragment of the Classic of Mountains and Seas excitedly transformed into two adorable little hands, gently stroking the princess's face, like a pitiful puppy hugging its owner.

"Stop fooling around." The Empress scolded, taking the torn pages of the Classic of Mountains and Seas and holding them in her arms. At the same time, she said to Chen Xuan, "Hurry up and read my book. You don't have much time."

She knew that the oil in the bronze lamp would burn out in a short time.

This golden bamboo slip is not her entire inheritance, but it records the part she is proud of. For a junior cultivator, being able to remember even a small part is a great fortune and will be of endless benefit.

"it is good."

Chen Xuan nodded, then held the bronze lamp to examine the golden bamboo slips. He was very fast; as soon as his eyes swept over them, the profound scriptures were completely absorbed into his mind.

The "Mountain Spirit Method" is wondrous beyond words, containing infinite profound truths.

The more he looked, the more alarmed he became, realizing that this method far surpassed ordinary immortal techniques. After all, most immortal techniques were very simple and could only reflect a part of the inheritance of immortal beings.

Upon reading to the end, Chen Xuan even felt that the "Mountain Spirit Technique" was in no way inferior to the ultimate inheritance of the Shangyang Immortal, the "Five Treasures Military Immortal Body".

"The Empress is pleading with the Supreme Heaven, but she has failed many times..." he muttered to himself.

One can imagine that in each of her reincarnations, the Mountain Spirit Goddess tried different paths. Some went further and became immortals, while others could only stop at the True Lord level, fading away in obscurity, unable to ascend to a higher level.

Shortly after, Chen Xuan finished reading the golden bamboo slip, closed it, and put it away.
"Can't understand?" The Empress looked at Chen Xuan, then paused slightly, realizing that he had memorized all the scriptures.

"Actually, I think some aspects of it are... amazing. Senior Empress's magic is incredible." Chen Xuan actually felt that there were some aspects of the Mountain Spirit Technique that seemed to have room for improvement and unlimited potential, but he changed his words before he could say them.

The empress before us is destined to vanish, and some words spoken are meaningless.

"You are very smart." The princess gazed at Chen Xuan, then said softly, "You're not as dull as I thought."

"Huh?" Chen Xuan was taken aback. Her innate divine sense was indeed sharp; she had noticed it all.

"Ancient gods and mythical beasts from mountains and seas are born with their own laws. My laws only lead to the ranks of immortals. If I want to continue to ascend, I must forge new paths, but I have tried many times and failed each time. The era of celestial gods and earthly deities has passed, and no supreme deity will emerge again..."

Chen Xuan was deeply surprised and chatted with her briefly, hoping to learn some things about the Empress through the Princess.

The Empress, daughter of the Heavenly Emperor.

In many unofficial histories, the Empress is believed to be the daughter of the Red Emperor of the ancient Jiang tribe, but in some places, she is considered to be the daughter of the Yellow Emperor of the ancient Ji tribe... In many legends, several human emperors possessed divine blood.

But in fact, the first Heavenly Emperor originated from a naturally born deity.

Therefore, many people believe that the Empress was the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor of the Gods... After the Heavenly Emperor of the Ancient Heavenly Court fell, the Empress's Guyao Mountain was destroyed by the combined efforts of human and demon cultivators.

The bronze lamp swayed slightly, its golden light fading, the pure energy gained from defeating Qingnang Daozi was almost exhausted.

Chen Xuan turned his head, his gaze passing through the clear stream in the mountains and the vast world, as if he could see the scenery outside the Immortal Pavilion.

"Senior Empress, I need to go out for a while," Chen Xuan said, sensing that the Dao Palace's trials were about to begin.

Outside, a former champion of the Mountain and Sea Banquet, or an ancient seeker of immortality influenced by the power of the Dao Palace, will be chasing after his bronze lamp.

“Alright, I’ll go with you. We can visit some people nearby. Although I don’t meet with outsiders, I know where the nearby pavilions are.” The Empress said.

She planned to lead Chen Xuan to visit the nearby pavilions, some of which had interesting paths to take, so Chen Xuan could take a look.

In fact, the third layer of the Dao Palace, "Heaven", refers to the immortal pavilions and jade palaces woven together by the Tongtian Corridor, where a new world exists.

Chen Xuan nodded. With the princess by his side, he was basically safe.

After all, many ancient sages and immortals once sought immortality and enlightenment here. Even though the Dao Palace is merely a trace of the Dao they left behind, it is still terrifying and must be guarded against.

The two stepped out of the celestial pavilion and then seemed to ride the wind away. The starry sky was dazzling, and thousands of heavenly corridors intertwined below them, brightly lit, like a celestial road paved with fireflies. This scene was like a magnificent and romantic painting, exuding the atmosphere of time flowing quietly by.

Chen Xuan frowned and flew away from the Tongtian Corridor. The immense pressure suddenly increased many times over. The Empress then grasped Chen Xuan's hand, and all the pressure disappeared.

In the boundless deep sky, two figures flew away like immortals, their hair falling with starlight as pure as frost and snow, leaving behind dazzling trails of light, as if heading towards the end of time.

"Your Majesty, you came to the Dao Palace to comprehend the Dao, hoping to use this Ascension Platform to become an immortal?" Chen Xuan asked, looking down at the earth below.

"Enlightenment? I've come here to pay respects to my deceased friend," the Empress replied. She had visited the Great Wilderness many times, leaving behind numerous traces of the Dao.

"What friend are you offering sacrifices to?" Chen Xuan was surprised.

"The master of the Dao Palace Ascension Platform who died in battle in the Great Wilderness in ancient times," the Empress said calmly.

"Your Majesty the Empress, are you an immortal?" Chen Xuan turned his head, his expression somewhat blank. This was the Empress from ancient times!

“I didn’t say I wasn’t.”

The princess spoke, and in later generations, some mountain spirits and goddesses of Wushan came to this place to visit old friends.

But it will only be the strongest that can be evolved, and all will eventually return to one.

……

"Hiss, as expected of Ah Xuan, he actually travels with an ancient immortal."

On a corridor leading to the heavens, the immortal Nanmian Yu was strolling at night with a lantern, climbing towards the third heaven. When he looked up, he saw two streaks of light, like shooting stars, streaking across the sky.

He saw Chen Xuan at a glance and was immediately full of admiration. Everyone was undergoing the Dao Palace's test and was in a dangerous situation. Had Chen Xuan already done this much?
Chen Xuan and the imperial princess traversed the void of the Dao Palace, soaring through the starry sky like two birds flying side by side, leaving behind a trail of brilliant light.

At this moment, the geniuses who had successfully broken through to the second level of heaven on the nearby corridors all looked up in astonishment and saw a figure streaking across the sky like a shooting star, and they were all incredulous.

"Xin Zhai?" They rubbed their eyes hard, unable to believe what they were seeing.

"Tsk..." On a sky-reaching corridor, Yan Yushu was undergoing the test of ascending to heaven. In the midst of a difficult battle with the previous generation's prodigy, he caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye.

Not only the banquet attendees, but also some of the beings in the Dao Palace couldn't help but turn their gazes toward it.

"Huh?" One by one, the murals depicting the grand feast of mountains and seas, which were in a state of activation, peeked out from the Tongtian Corridor and looked up at the sky, all of them dumbfounded.

Among them, Qingnang Daozi and Gu Xuannv, along with some others who were paying attention to Chen Xuan of Xinzhai, were dumbfounded. What was going on? He was traveling the world with a beauty while undergoing the extremely dangerous trials of the Dao Palace? Had people of later generations become this powerful?

"How... how do we catch up?" At the same time, the former champions who had been revived nearby were trying to find Chen Xuan in advance, just as the golden light of the bronze lamp was about to dissipate, but at this moment, they were all dumbfounded.

Even for them, soaring through the air at great heights involves immense pressure that is difficult to bear.

What else can we do but slowly chase after them along the crisscrossing Sky Corridor? They'll eventually stop and land!

"A lot of people are catching up." Chen Xuan looked down and felt like he had become an eye-catching kite.

Originally, only the closest people would chase after Chen Xuan in the third heaven, and the test would end soon. However, because they couldn't catch up, the test couldn't proceed. Therefore, all the revived creatures in the places Chen Xuan passed through were attracted and chased after him.

It can be predicted that when the golden light in the bronze lamp is completely exhausted, it will face multiple chief-level beings at once.

"Too low." The Empress spoke, and they landed in front of the nearest celestial pavilion where purple clouds rose. "It's you! The one who has remained secluded at the Mountain and Sea Banquets several times!" The gate of the celestial pavilion opened in an instant, and a purple-haired dragon rushed out, its demonic aura soaring into the sky, transforming into a sky full of purple lightning that tore open the heavens.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan thought to himself that the imperial princess was also a "homebody," just like the Ghost Queen of the Southern Wilderness Mountain.

At the same time, he examined the dragons that had rushed out of the Purple Cloud Thunder Pavilion. Could they be ancient demons from the Little Dragon Palace?
The Empress seemed to sense Chen Xuan's impolite thoughts, glanced at him, and then said to the purple-haired dragon subordinate, "Those dragon descendants under the Yinglong God? You are an ancient True Lord from the Great Era of Immortals and Ghosts, aren't you?"

Her tone was calm. When the Great Wilderness was lost, it was the early ancient era of the Immortal and Ghost Age, when sages were still born.

Later, the supreme deities disappeared one after another, which is known as the medieval period.

After that came the ancient era, a million years ago, when immortals disappeared and celestial palaces hung in the sky.

"I am a True Lord of the Middle Ages, the eldest son of the Golden Core Immortal of the Little Dragon Palace. Your visit is not without reason, is it to seek the Dao?" the Dragon Demon Lord said coldly. His visitor was not friendly. He had visited the Empress at the previous Mountain and Sea Banquets, but was turned away.

He is a near-immortal Great True Lord, capable of resisting some of the influence of the Dao Palace's power, and some of his memories have been preserved.

"I will seek the Dao and develop your highest scriptures." The Empress said bluntly. Chen Xuan could not stay for too long; she needed to get things done quickly.

"Fellow Daoist's domineering approach is misdirected." The Dragon-type Demon Lord attacked directly, unleashing the Purple Heaven Thunder Swamp, where endless black water engulfed the starry sky.

The demonic aura transformed into purple clouds, obscuring even the starry sky above. This was a near-immortal Great True Lord, whose power, even in its mere trace, was unfathomable, capable of turning the world upside down with a flick of the finger.

Without a doubt, those who have sought enlightenment and immortality at the Flying Immortal Platform of the Dao Palace are all exceptional beings with the potential to become immortals.

However, the dragon-type demon lord encountered the imperial princess.

She was an ancient immortal god. What she left behind in the Dao Palace was not an ordinary Dao mark, but a wisp of immortal mark. With a gentle flick of her finger, thousands of strands of azure light emanated, and the majesty of an ancient god was radiated. All things collapsed. In an instant, the dragon-type demon lord fell, covered in blood, and the Dao mark was almost destroyed, as if it was about to be permanently erased.

“The sutra! Your Majesty, his sutra!” Chen Xuan said.

Beneath the Purple Thunder Immortal Pavilion, the Dragon-type Demon Lord was terrified and fled into the pavilion, but was forcibly pulled out by the Empress's jade finger.

"No!" The dragon-type demon lord attempted to disintegrate on his own, but in an instant, a golden light flew out of his mind, transforming into a purple-gold bamboo slip, which landed in Chen Xuan's hand.

The complete Yinglong True Scripture!
Chen Xuan immediately took up the lamp and began to read the scriptures, but soon his brows furrowed: "It's different from mine."

He possessed the first half of the Yinglong True Scripture, but compared to the true scripture he held in his hand at the moment, there were many differences. However, these were only minor, insignificant differences, which he found rather strange.

However, because the second half of the "Yinglong True Scripture" is missing, we cannot see much more.

The Empress searched through the memories of the Dragon Demon Lord and said, "Your level is too low. The trace of Dao you left behind is insufficient to bear the supreme inheritance of the Yinglong God."

Before the Immortal Pavilion, the Dragon-Subordinate Demon Lord felt a chill run down his spine.

At the same time, he felt lucky that he was only a Great True Lord who had not yet become an immortal, otherwise the supreme inheritance of the Little Dragon Palace would have been leaked!
"I need to find time to go into seclusion and cultivate the Ninth Qi," Chen Xuan muttered to himself. He had obtained the complete Yinglong True Scripture, a scripture of unparalleled mystery.

It is said that this scripture is firmly among the top three in the Lei Qi lineage. In fact, during the years when the Little Dragon Palace dominated the world, the Yinglong True Scripture has been recognized as the number one true scripture of Lei Qi.

Moreover, the Heavenly Mandate of Ten Thousand Generations Venerable, who cultivates Thunder Qi in eight or nine out of ten cases, is also at the Mountain and Sea Banquet.

The Empress spoke up from the side: "Have you finished memorizing? I can sense immortal marks nearby. We need to move on to the next place."

Although the battle here ended in an instant, the fluctuations of divine power traveled far and wide, and ancient figures emerged from some nearby pavilions to investigate.

"Hmm." Chen Xuan nodded. It was just a memory, nothing difficult. It didn't even take the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to memorize it all.

Upon hearing this, the dragon-affiliated demon lord trembled. They were actually planning to snatch the memory inheritance of a celestial being?

The two transformed into light and disappeared into the distance.

"Your Majesty, why don't we go directly to the pavilion of the Immortal-level beings? The True Monarch's inheritance is not very interesting." Chen Xuan was very bold. With the Empress here, he could do whatever he wanted.

Among the immortal traces left by celestial beings, there might be a supreme inheritance. Little Chen doesn't have a true supreme inheritance yet!
"Yes! I think so too." The princess nodded, because she noticed that the figures in some of the nearby pavilions were very cautious, and realizing that the situation was not good, they immediately abandoned the pavilions and fled.

Soldiers are very fast!
After about half an hour, the Empress and Chen Xuan were completely away from that ungrateful place and entered a quiet area. Then, they landed in front of an ancient and natural fairy pavilion with a strong aura of azure sky.

"Seeking the Dao!" the Empress said, sensing that traces of immortality remained in this immortal pavilion.

"Seeking the Dao!" Chen Xuan knocked on the door and then called out.

But there was no response.

"Not going to speak? Why is this person just as dull as you?" The Empress spoke, then, leading Chen Xuan, she broke down the door and stormed in.

The world within this pavilion is incredibly wondrous.

A towering tree rises from the ground, with azure clouds from the nine heavens surrounding its gnarled branches. A green dragon coils around the pillar, and thunder rumbles in the shadows. All trees pay homage, and immortals spread throughout heaven and earth, embodying the ultimate imagery of the virtues of wood reaching the azure sky!

Beneath the Jianmu tree stood an elderly man with slightly graying temples, his eyes holding the vastness of the universe, exuding an imperial aura. His dark blue dragon robe draped nine layers high, yet at this moment, a helpless, bitter smile appeared on his aged face.
"Mountain Spirit Goddess, can we not seek the Dao?" the old emperor in his dragon robe asked.

Clearly, he was of a very high level and recognized the princess's noble status at a glance.

"No, that won't do." The Empress shook her head.

"I'll offer it voluntarily," the old emperor Liexian said sensibly, taking out a cyan-gold bamboo slip from under his sleeve.

Chen Xuan was greatly surprised. This immortal being was very cooperative. He immediately took the cyan-gold bamboo slip and carefully examined it, absorbing the wonders of the immortal emperor's legacy.

No wonder he was once an emperor; he's decisive and efficient.

The old emperor's identity is actually quite obvious. There are only a handful of ancient dynasties in the Central Plains with immortal-level beings, and the emperor immortal in front of us clearly cultivates the Wood element.

The most famous dynasty of the human race, the Mude Dynasty, was the Daxiao Dynasty, one of the four ancient sage dynasties.

"Which era's immortal are you from?" the Empress asked the old emperor, who was also an immortal.

"I am [Immortal Emperor Taiyu], born a little later than you, Lady Mountain Spirit, in the medieval era," the old emperor of the Immortals said, explaining why the princess did not recognize him.

Chen Xuan was engrossed in reading the scriptures, but his brows gradually furrowed. At this moment, he suddenly looked up at the old emperor, Liexian, who exuded an air of nobility, with a puzzled expression.

"Your Majesty, aren't you an ancient emperor of the Mude Great Xiao Dynasty?" he asked.

"I come from the Great Yu," the old emperor said.

"..." Chen Xuan blinked and looked at the Empress.

……

at the same time.

Beneath the distant starry sky, a black celestial pavilion drifted rapidly, heading in a certain direction.

"Although it is difficult to observe the location of the Heart Fasting Hall, the Ancestor can sense the position of the bronze lamp." In front of the Immortal Pavilion, the Peng bird figure turned around and spoke to the Crimson Sparrow figure.

There are only a handful of geniuses who can reach the third heaven, and it's easy to find Xinzhai.

"It's all thanks to your ancestor, Fellow Daoist." The Crimson Sparrow's figure cupped his hands and said. The ancient Kunpeng in the Black Immortal Pavilion later ascended to become an immortal. Therefore, the Dao trace left in the Dao Palace has also undergone a great transformation and its status is very high.

It can be said that even if a complete True Monarch had arrived, everyone would need to be on high alert in the face of this wisp of Dao trace incarnation.

"Destroying Xinzhai must be done with utmost care; it must be treated as a truly momentous event." The roc figure stopped its attack, and a bright light ignited in its eyes.

Even a true lord or a great being, or even an immortal, would probably feel excited when deciding to destroy Xinzhai.

"We will leave our names in the annals of history, becoming legends and myths. A million years from now, we will still be frequently mentioned because of the end of Xinzhai." Red Sparrow's figure was also filled with boundless pride.

The True Lord lived only a few thousand years, and the traces he left in the world will eventually fade away with the passage of time.

Even some ancient immortals have been gradually forgotten by the world due to the extinction of their lineage.

But some things will never be forgotten, their imprint will last forever, and they will soon become such things.

"Buzz!"

The black immortals marched forward, their emotions surging. The entire Five Directions Land, the Chaotic Void, and the outer realms would soon be shaken by what they had done.

Furthermore, millions of years from now, when people mention the ninth generation, or perhaps the last generation of Shinzai, they will all mention their existence—the ones who ended Shinzai.

The starlight is falling.

Soon, this black pavilion will be laid down before that person, stirring up the most intense waves.

(End of this chapter)