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Chapter 537 Slaying Three Thousand Great Luo Immortals to Achieve Dao Integration
"Father!!!"

The moment the Underworld Emperor perished, the Azure History God let out a mournful cry that shook the entire Underworld.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Crimson drops of blood, like blood itself, fell from the sky, enveloping the entire underworld.

The God of the Underworld stood before the palace, dumbfounded.

"The Underworld Emperor! He has actually perished!"

Jade Fairy's cherry lips parted wide, her eyes filled with shock, horror, and disbelief.

"Fellow Daoist Qing Shi, you must calm down!"

Autumn Water Immortal Emperor advised, "The Immortal Emperor Wuxian has obtained the Dao Fruit of the Azure Sky Emperor, and his supernatural powers and magic have become incredibly strong, no weaker than a true Great Luo Immortal. If you rashly seek revenge against him, you will surely perish!"

"If he wants to attain the Great Luo Dao, he must re-refine the elements of earth, wind, water, and fire within his own Dao Fruit, creating a new world. Before the creation of heaven and earth, that will be his weakest moment, and that will be my best opportunity for revenge!"

The Azure History God's eyes were bloodshot, like two infernal hells about to open. After speaking, he suppressed his grief and sat back on the throne.

"I never imagined that the Immortal Emperor would actually give up his chance to attain the Great Luo realm for Fairy Muyun! Truly admirable!"

Standing before the Phoenix Nest, the ancestor of the Silver Phoenix, Phoenix Silver Feather, revealed admiration in his eyes.

"Admirable? I think he's just stupid!"

Huang Chiyu scoffed, "If he hadn't killed the Underworld Emperor, he wouldn't have offended the Azure Emperor. The Azure Emperor, the Tathagata Buddha, and the Primordial Spirit God would certainly have lent him a helping hand. With the incarnation of the Azure Sky Tree, the Bitter Sea Bow, and the Arrow of the Other Shore, he would definitely have been able to attain the Great Luo realm. Now that he has offended the Azure Emperor and the Eternal Emperor, at least four Great Luo realm experts will have to intervene when he undergoes the Great Luo tribulation. Let's see how he overcomes it!"

Huang Yinyu sighed, "Emperor Wuxian truly cannot survive this tribulation."

"Yi Sujin, along with her fellow disciples, respectfully welcomes the Immortal Emperor Wuxian on our master's orders!"

A fairy holding a jade flute, along with Gui Nanlu and others, stood before the Heavenly Pool Immortal Land to welcome Jiang Chuan.

Yi Sujin wore a light blue palace dress, which looked like it was woven from clouds and mist. The light gauze was like water and danced in the wind, exuding a faint fairy-like aura.

Her face was beautiful and refined, her eyes were like spring water, sparkling and seemingly able to see into the depths of people's hearts, yet they also shone with a gentle light, making people unable to help but be captivated by them.

Her long, flowing hair cascaded over her shoulders, with a few strands falling loosely, adding a touch of gentle tenderness.

She was like the purest spirit in the world, holy and otherworldly.

"I would like to trouble you to lead the way, Fellow Daoist Yi."

Although this was Jiang Chuan's first time meeting Yi Sujin, he had already heard of this disciple of the Yuanling Divine Lord.

“Junior Sister Muyun, I think Master isn’t in a hurry. Why don’t you go back to the palace and recuperate with Emperor Wuxian for a few days?” Yi Sujin said with a smile.

"Senior Sister, have you forgotten that you were suppressed in the Heavenly Pool by Master?"

Mu Bingyun broke free from Jiang Chuan's embrace and stood up: "If you keep teasing Jiang Chuan like that, be careful that Jiang Chuan doesn't suppress you in the Heavenly Pool too."

"What if word gets out that the Immortal Emperor suppressed me because he wanted to see the fairy get wet?" Yi Sujin took Mu Bingyun's arm and chuckled.

Jiang Chuan didn't take Yi Sujin's words to heart. It was understandable that his reputation was bad if he didn't have the ability of a Great Luo Immortal. But if his reputation was still bad even with the ability of a Great Luo Immortal, did they really think he was a pushover?
Led by Yi Sujin, Jiang Chuan arrived at a sacred mountain.

The sacred mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist, brimming with spiritual energy, and surrounded by lush flowers and plants that exude a faint fragrance.

A colorful waterfall cascades down like a jade ribbon, landing in a pool at the foot of the mountain, splashing up droplets of water.

The azure palace sits atop the sacred mountain. It is not grand, nor does it possess the sacred majesty of the Great Luo Palace. It is not much different from the magnificent palaces in the mortal world.

Upon entering, Jiang Chuan saw the Yuanling Divine Lord, dressed in a light blue fairy dress, with black hair flowing over his shoulders and a flawless face, sitting cross-legged on a Dao platform.

"Jiang pays his respects to the Divine Lord Yuanling."

“The Heavenly Emperor once said that miracles will always be born under the operation of the Great Dao. When I heard this before, I thought that the Great Luo was already a miracle, but after seeing Fellow Daoist Jiang, I feel that Fellow Daoist Jiang is the one who deserves the word ‘miracle’.”

Yuanling Shenjun raised his hand and pointed, and a black altar and several futons appeared.

"The two platforms are level; this is a true ceremony of the Great Luo. Yuanling Divine Lord is quite polite," Taihuang muttered.

"I am someone who has not yet attained the Great Luo Realm, and I am not worthy of the word 'miracle'."

As Jiang Chuan spoke, he sat cross-legged on the platform opposite Yuanling Shenjun.

Mu Bingyun, Yi Sujin, Gui Nanlu, and other disciples of the Yuanling Divine Lord sat on the prayer mats.

"He killed a Grand Luo Immortal without even attaining the Great Luo Immortal realm. Can't that be called a miracle?"

Yuanling Shenjun paused for a moment, then continued, "Moreover, once Fellow Daoist Jiang has successfully navigated the path of manifesting the Dao through fruition and transforming nothingness into existence, his strength may well rival that of the Dragon Ancestor and the Phoenix Mother."

"What does it mean to use fruit to demonstrate the Dao?" Ancestor Ziyun's big eyes were full of doubt.

"If we compare spiritual practice to a fruit tree cultivated by ordinary people, then the purpose of cultivating the fruit tree is to wait for it to grow fruit and sell it for profit. The Great Luo Dao fruit is the fruit, and the so-called enlightenment is the enlightenment itself."

Yuanling Divine Lord explained, "Fellow Daoist Jiang is using nothingness to create something, preparing to evolve the universe with the Three Thousand Great Daos. Once the universe is formed, the fruit is formed, and once the fruit is formed, the Dao is formed. Ordinary Great Luo cultivators who follow the Dao of Existence certainly cannot evolve such a universe. At least a Great Luo cultivator of the Taiqing Realm is needed to evolve such a universe."

"Taiqing Realm?"

Jiang Chuan asked, "May I ask, Divine Lord, how are the realms of Great Luo Realm beings divided?"

Mu Bingyun, Gui Nanlu, and the others also showed expressions of curiosity.

"The Endless Chaos Sea is truly vast, and the universes are countless, with numerous cultivation systems. According to the Heavenly Emperor of old, the most common method of dividing realms in the Chaos Sea is based on severing the three corpses," Yuanling Divine Lord replied. "The titles of the Three Pure Ones, the supreme beings of all the heavens and myriad realms, are named after these three realms. Those who attain the Great Luo realm are essentially those who have severed one corpse, which is the Jade Purity realm. The Jade Purity realm is essentially equivalent to a primordial universe, transcending the river of time and easily reversing the past and future."

"Severing the two corpses leads to the Taiqing Realm. The Taiqing Realm is essentially equivalent to a multiverse. Among the five emperors of the Heavenly Court, all except the Heavenly Emperor are at this level."

"Severing the three corpses leads to the Shangqing Realm, which can also be said to be the ultimate of the Daluo Realm. When you reach such a realm, the traces of your own Dao are almost everywhere. Like the Heavenly Emperor or the Demon Emperor, even if you perish, as long as a trace of your Dao is not erased, you can reappear. You are truly indestructible."

“Yuqing, Taiqing, and Shangqing are just names for the Daluo realm. There are also terms like early stage, middle stage, late stage, and limit, or Daluo Heavenly Number, Xuan Number, and Jin Number. There are also Quasi-Saint, Sub-Saint, and so on.”

Jiang Chuan clasped his hands and said, "Thank you for your clarification, Divine Lord. I wonder if you reached the Upper Clarity Realm in the past when you attained the Great Dao of the Heart Saint? And which Great Luo Immortals in the myriad realms are currently at the Upper Clarity Realm?"

"This is a minor matter. The Heart Saint is similar to the former Demon Emperor. During the Great Tribulation, he reached the pinnacle of the Taiqing Realm and broke through after a life-or-death struggle. However, the difference is that the Demon Emperor did not perish, while the Heart Saint did. Among the Great Luo Realms of the myriad worlds today, the only ones who can truly reach the Shangqing Realm are probably the Immortal Ancestor, the Demon Ancestor, and perhaps we can add the Taiyi Dao Lord."

Upon hearing Yuanling Shenjun's words, Jiang Chuan's eyes flickered slightly.

"The Heart Saint has also reached the pinnacle of the Great Luo realm."

“Fellow Daoist Jiang, you can follow the path of existence to attain the Great Luo realm, but if you want to reach the pinnacle of the Great Luo realm, you still need to cultivate another path.”

Yuanling Divine Lord suggested, "If you want to continue to drive the evolution of the universe, you need even stronger power of the Three Thousand Great Daos. However, the power of the Three Thousand Great Daos needs to be balanced during evolution. If you want to reach the ultimate Great Luo realm through the Dao of Existence and reach the threshold of Dao Integration, you must obtain three thousand Great Luo Dao Fruits. Putting aside whether you can control so many Great Luo Dao Fruits, how will you obtain three thousand Great Luo Dao Fruits? Do you intend to kill three thousand Great Luo cultivators?"

Slay three thousand Great Luo Immortals!
Mu Bingyun, Yi Sujin, and the others all gasped in shock.

What is Daluo?
Any Great Luo is an unparalleled powerhouse who is eternally free and at ease throughout all time and space!
Killing even one of them would be enough to make one famous throughout history and the future!
Slaying three thousand is beyond mythical; it's a myth within a myth, a legend within a legend!
"Da Luo Jiang has not yet been certified, so it's too early to consider these things."

Jiang Chuan was well aware that this was a road that was close to a dead end, but would changing to another road make it easier to find the right path?

If that's true, why haven't the innate deities like the Eternal Emperor and the Underworld Emperor, who were born at the beginning of the world, achieved Dao yet?
"In theory, there is a treasure that can help Jiang Chuan achieve Dao."

Taihuang said, "However, Jiang Chuan has no chance of getting that item."

"The cause and effect involved in the Myriad Dao Tree is too great. It is originally a primordial being who has attained the Dao, and it also involves the ancestor of the immortal path, Taiyuan Daozun. Getting involved could easily lead to eternal damnation," Yuanling Divine Lord said solemnly.

“I once heard the Azure Emperor say that our universe was formed from the death of the Taiyuan Dao Venerable who had merged with the immortals in the Chaos Sea. But I don’t know why the Taiyuan Dao Venerable died. Now, hearing what the Divine Lord said, could it be that the Taiyuan Dao Venerable died because of the Myriad Dao Tree?” Jiang Chuan’s voice was tinged with curiosity.

"good."

Yuanling Divine Lord nodded slightly: "The Myriad Dao Tree is similar to the Qiong Cang Dao Tree in your hand. The difference is that the Qiong Cang Dao Tree is the original form of the Qiong Cang Emperor of the Great Luo Realm, while the Myriad Dao Tree is the original form of the Myriad Laws Dao Venerable of the Hunyuan Realm. After a great battle, both of them perished. Taiyuan Dao Venerable transformed into our universe, while Myriad Laws Dao Venerable transformed back into his original form, the Myriad Dao Tree."

"A true form of Primordial Chaos, no wonder the Tree of Myriad Paths is the number one treasure in all the heavens and myriad realms!"

Jiang Chuan suddenly realized: "I heard that the Outer Heaven crossed the Chaos Sea and came to this universe for the sake of the Myriad Dao Tree. I wonder what the relationship is between the Great Luo Immortals such as Taiyi Daojun and the Myriad Laws Dao Venerable?"

Yuanling Shenjun's eyes showed a look of recollection: "I once heard the Heavenly Emperor say at the Yaochi Immortal Gathering that Taiyi Daojun, Yuluo Zhenren, and Luoxiao Daojun who perished were all disciples of Wanfa Daozun."

"Woof! The Outer Heavens and the Myriad Dao Trees have this kind of relationship."

Taihuang looked worried: "When that Dao Lord merges with the Dao, the Outer Heavens will definitely make a move!"

"Fellow Daoist Taixu probably doesn't take the Outer Heavens seriously."

Yuanling Shenjun spoke again: "He has indeed reached the point of merging with the Dao. If He chooses to unleash a calamity, the only one in all the heavens and myriad realms who can withstand Him is the Demon Ancestor. If the Thirty-Three Heavens are unified, and with the power of the Thirty-Three Heavens, even the Demon Ancestor cannot stop Him. If all the Great Luo Immortals of the heavens and myriad realms attack together, the outcome will be a fifty-fifty contest."

"The Divine Lord didn't mention the Myriad Dao Tree. Logically speaking, as the Primordial Chaos Body, if the Myriad Dao Tree were activated, no one should be able to stop it," Jiang Chuan asked, voicing his doubts.

There is a world of difference between the two.

Even if there is only a small difference between an Immortal Emperor and an Immortal King, the difference is still enormous.

Let alone Hunyuan and Daluo?

"There's something wrong with the Ten Thousand Trees."

With a flick of his finger, Yuanling Shenjun manifested the magnificent and boundless Wandao Tree in the Taichi Heaven.

"As the primordial entity, the Myriad Dao Tree is theoretically equivalent to an infinite multiverse. Even the strongest Great Luo Immortal is still a multiverse. The difference between an infinite multiverse and a multiverse is immeasurable. If the Heavenly Emperor obtains the complete Myriad Dao Tree, even ten Demon Emperors cannot kill him."

The difference between "infinite multiverse" and "multiverse" may seem to be only two words, but in reality, the gap is much greater than that between a mortal and Jiang Chuan!

The number of universes in the multiverse is still finite, no matter how many there are.

Just like when the God of History said at the Jade Pool Immortal Gathering that his primordial spirit had reflected the future three thousand times and spaces.

But the future is limitless, and it's far more than just three thousand timelines.

"It was precisely because the Tree of Myriad Paths had a problem that the Heavenly Emperor ultimately perished."

Yuanling Shenzun expressed his conjecture: "I suspect that Taiyuan Daozun and Wanfa Daozun suffered heavy losses in a battle. Taiyuan Daozun perished and transformed into an infinite multiverse, while Wanfa Daozun's body was imprinted with countless immortal paths. Under the erosion of countless years, the Wandao Tree should be nearing its end. Otherwise, why didn't the Immortal Ancestor use the Wandao Tree after obtaining it, and why didn't he even refine another innate spiritual treasure?"

"If something goes wrong with the Tree of Ten Thousand Paths, do I really have to give up the Path of Existence and switch to another path?" Jiang Chuan's heart was in turmoil.

Whether it's the Immortal Ancestor merging with the Dao or the Demon Ancestor merging with the Dao, Jiang Chuan is certain that it will unleash endless carnage throughout the universe.

If the Immortal Ancestor perishes, then the Myriad Dao Tree, the number one treasure of all the heavens and myriad realms, will once again become ownerless.

If he can successfully attain the Great Luo Dao, perhaps he can also compete for it.

If he could seize the Tree of Myriad Paths, and with its power, he could evolve the universe to its ultimate limit, take the Way of Existence to its extreme, and then transform Existence into Nothingness, thus traversing the Way of Nothingness.

By merging with the Dao through the Dao of Nothingness, he alone can rival the Three Pure Ones, the supreme beings in the endless Chaos Sea!
If there is a problem with the Tree of Ten Thousand Paths, then even if he truly obtains the Tree of Ten Thousand Paths, he will still be unable to traverse the Path of Nothingness!
"The path to Dao is too distant. This universe was formed from the fall of the Primordial Dao. Over the long years, only the Heavenly Emperor, the Demon Emperor, and the countless Buddha Kings of the world have triggered the tribulation of Dao Integration. What I am thinking about now is how to attain the Great Luo Dao."

Jiang Chuan suppressed his turbulent thoughts and spoke again to Yuanling Shenjun: "This time, when I attempt to attain the Great Luo realm, I will inevitably encounter obstacles from other Great Luo cultivators. I wonder if Shenjun can help me overcome this tribulation?"

(End of this chapter)