My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 128's timing is too perfect; it must be bait.
"Fellow Daoist, do you want to return to Mount Shu? A wandering demon soul, alone in a foreign land, would be better off returning to its homeland!" Bai Chijing earnestly advised.

"Fellow Daoist Bai, to be honest, my desire to return has never diminished over the years, but alas... I am truly powerless! I can only place my hopes on Bai Diyuan... because I obtained my human form through a trick, so unless I can find a withered willow tree that survives a tribulation of lightning, I cannot even begin to cultivate again after possessing its body."

Now that the spirit of this withered willow has revealed its origins, it is naturally not stingy to share more of its innermost thoughts.

Moreover, at this moment, for some unknown reason, it seemed as if some unseen force was constantly guiding it, urging it to tell the truth, making it impossible for this withered willow spirit to lie.

“What’s so difficult about that? I’ve always been happy to help others achieve their goals. Since you want to go back, then go back!” After Bai Chijing finished speaking, the Heavenly Immortal Mirror appeared in his hand.

Unlike its previous resistant attitude, this celestial mirror now showed no resistance to Bai Chijing.

Because this celestial mirror actually contains a hidden consciousness!
This is something Bai Chijing sensed when he noticed an extra mental image within it, and only then did he realize it.

Once you have a mental image, everything becomes much easier.

This perception of consciousness within the mirror had been silently distorted by Bai Chijing's external mind, causing him to mistake Bai Chijing for "Bai Diyuan".

Thus, although Bai Chijing has not yet truly subdued and refined this Celestial Mirror, it no longer affects his normal use of it.

What surprised Bai Chijing, or rather felt like a trick, was that because Bai Diyuan had encountered him before, the Celestial Mirror, after sensing the crisis that Bai Diyuan was about to face, actually activated a new function on its own—traveling between the two worlds.

To navigate between these two points, we need anchor points. At present, there are only two anchor points.

One place is in Yaotian.

The other location is in what is now known as the "Shu border".

If it could be opened, then Bai Diyuan at that time would certainly have been able to escape to the "Shu border".

They've really stopped acting altogether.

Fortunately, his self-created "Ten Greedy and Desireless Suffering Immortal Scripture" was quite miraculous. With the outer realm and the spiritual platform fully activated, it directly blurred the perception of this celestial mirror, causing him to regard Bai Chijing as the original owner.

At this moment, Bai Chijing had already activated the ability to travel between the two worlds within the Heavenly Immortal Mirror. In just an instant, this withered willow soul, carrying Bai Diyuan's body, disappeared before Bai Chijing's eyes.

This naturally led them to the "Shu border".

Seeing that things were going so smoothly, Bai Chijing thought for a moment and then began to simulate the environment of Mount Shu. He raised his hand and summoned the Immortal Furnace. The furnace fire vibrated, but instead of flames, streams of spiritual energy emerged. These streams of spiritual energy gathered and intertwined on the Immortal Furnace, eventually forming a vein-like structure.

Then, Bai Chijing gently waved his hand, and thanks to his status as the master of the Immortal Furnace, the immortal treasure changed its appearance in accordance with Bai Chijing's wishes.

In an instant, the Celestial Furnace in Bai Chijing's palm transformed into a scene shrouded in thick fog, with peaks appearing and disappearing within it.

Finally, Bai Chijing placed this Heavenly Immortal Mirror into the Shu Mountain environment simulated by the Immortal Furnace.

After doing all this, Bai Chijing began to observe patiently.

He neither appears in the mortal world nor cultivates. Because his current state is not suitable for cultivation. However, the shackles of Yao Tian are still in place, and Bai Chijing is currently unharmed only because he has not revealed his cultivation level as a terrestrial immortal in the outer realm.

His inner world successfully allowed him to evade the shackles of the mortal realm.

However, this kind of "deception" naturally has limitations. That is, one cannot cultivate, nor can one reveal cultivation methods that exceed the external realm.

Originally, Bai Chijing might have had to delay his cultivation for over a hundred years because of this, but the unexpected discovery of the Celestial Mirror on Bai Diyuan gave Bai Chijing a new option.

He might get a new "golden touch" for now!

Bai Chijing was very patient, and sat there for several months. During this time, because he did nothing, the strange objects on his body did not bring him any good results. However, on this day, Bai Chijing finally got his reward through patience.

He had already sensed that the consciousness within this Celestial Mirror had become active again.

This consciousness was somewhat like a living being, but it was also a bit strange, because the mental image that Bai Chijing had unintentionally planted could not be obtained from this consciousness at all.

This was the first unexpected event that Bai Chijing encountered after finally achieving success in his self-created method.

He had never encountered this before.

At this moment, as this consciousness began to become active, although Bai Chijing still couldn't obtain any useful information, this Heavenly Immortal Mirror had a new face.

It seems that the information collected regarding the "environment" in which they are located is almost complete.

The celestial mirror trembled slightly, and the images of the twelve zodiac animals on it changed continuously. Then, streams of power began to condense, and finally, the entire surface of the celestial mirror transformed into a scene resembling ripples on water.

Then, Bai Chijing saw a familiar face again.

Symbols appeared one after another on the mirror-like surface of water.

These symbols were constantly changing, sometimes transforming into the Yao Tian human script he knew, and sometimes into several scripts of the "Shu Realm". Seeing this, Bai Chijing did not hesitate, and he directly transmitted a mental message that could only understand the Yao Tian human script and a part of the "Shu Realm" script.

In just a moment, the symbols on the mirror stopped changing.

Then, lines of text began to appear.

[There is a Celestial Mirror, and the word "heaven" implies looking towards the future. What if there were a heaven...?]

[Looking Ahead—]

[To escape the pursuit of the White Demon, who had mastered the unique techniques of a demon monk, you activated your ability to travel between realms using the Celestial Mirror and successfully arrived in the Shu Mountain Realm.]

[Shushan Realm, one of the ancient great realms. In this realm, the way of the sword is revered. Having mastered the true teachings of the Yaotian Sword Dao Immortal Sect, you are destined to shine brightly here!]

[For some unknown reason, your cultivation has mysteriously vanished, leaving you with nothing. Therefore, you decide to replicate your success in Yao Tian—by joining the supreme immortal sect of this world, Shu Mountain!] [However, in the Shu Mountain realm, Shu Mountain reigns supreme; joining is no easy feat. Fortunately, your swordsmanship talent is exceptional enough, reaching the indigo blue grading system of Shu Mountain. This is a swordsmanship talent that is neither exceptionally high nor low; while not enough to win the favor of the immortals of Shu Mountain, with such talent, becoming a beginner disciple of Shu Mountain should not be difficult.]

[You have entered the sect and begun practicing the Shu Mountain methods. Although you received the true teachings at Tu Jian Mountain, you are still studying very diligently because you have discovered that the Shu Mountain cultivation methods are stronger than the true teachings of Yao Tian Tu Jian Mountain, especially in your understanding of swordsmanship, which has reached its pinnacle.]

[And so, you cultivated in Mount Shu for three years, until this day, Mount Shu held a grand competition for disciples from all peaks.]

[You weren't originally qualified to participate because your cultivation years were too short, but someone's oversight led to your participation in this Grand Competition of Peak Disciples. You were completely unaware of this, and even went to the Sword Testing Ground, outside of your own competition time, to watch other Shu Mountain disciples fight, all in the hopes of knowing your opponents.]

The grand competition among the disciples of Mount Shu is open to spectators, but it's also discouraged as it can easily lead to enmity. Your presence here has undoubtedly offended the two disciples who will be participating in the competition. However, they haven't held a grudge and have begun their duel…

The participants in this competition were Yun Ya, a disciple of Shangyun Peak from the Shu Mountain range, and Li Cengzhou, a disciple of Sanxia Peak. Their duel was unremarkable. One simply drew his personal magic sword in a flash, the sword light flowing like mercury, so fast that it left only a fleeting, cold glint in the eyes of the onlookers; the other deftly deflected the attack with his own magic sword, creating visible ripples around him, before blocking the former's deadly strike…

[This competition, while barely watchable and displaying unparalleled skill, is still beneath your notice. Because of your three years of training, you have already achieved minor mastery of Qi Refining, and with Yao Tian's swordsmanship memories, your abilities far surpass those of these competing disciples.]

However, no one knew that, in fact, because of your presence, Yun Ya, a disciple of Shangyun Peak, and Li Cengzhou, a disciple of Sanxia Peak, decided to cause you trouble. This was undoubtedly a very dramatic situation...

【…】

The words on this side of the celestial mirror were still constantly appearing, but Bai Chijing had no interest in reading them anymore, because this was a completely nonsensical "look to the future"!
What part of it matches Bai Diyuan, or that withered willow spirit?
Just as Bai Chijing was pondering to himself, this "Looking to the Future" session finally came to an end, and then Bai Chijing saw a sentence that surprised him greatly.

[You have finally cultivated yourself into a Golden Immortal in this Shu Mountain Realm, but unfortunately, you can no longer return to Yao Tian, ​​nor can you seek revenge against Old Monster Bai. This is your greatest regret in life. Because you feel that, given Old Monster Bai's penchant for causing trouble and his vicious methods, he must have been killed by some immortal long ago. The inability to avenge him personally has been a thorn in your side, a lingering resentment that has plagued you for millennia.]

[Looking to the future, you have finally cultivated to become a Golden Immortal, an extremely rare achievement on the path of immortality. Therefore, although it has not yet been realized, you are rewarded with a bit of Golden Immortal power.]

[This power of the Golden Immortal was not cultivated in this mortal world; therefore, its use in this life will be subject to many limitations. Please use it with caution.]

As the last paragraph of text appeared and disappeared, Bai Chijing was extremely surprised to find that a grain of light had appeared in his palm at some unknown time.

This is a pure, golden radiance.

Bai Chijing only needed to glance at it to feel his soul undergo a slight transformation in that instant.

Originally, although Bai Chijing had the qualification to transform his primordial spirit and soul into an immortal soul after cultivating to the upper realm of the Outer Heaven Realm, this was only a qualification. Therefore, his transformation was only the beginning.

Moreover, the transformation of the primordial spirit into an immortal soul is actually a very time-consuming process. It's not a step that can be skipped simply by making great progress in cultivation and attaining immortality in a short period of time.

This transformation requires the gradual accumulation of effort, like water dripping on a stone.

Although Shirochi Kei possesses a magical artifact that can shorten this accumulation process, it still takes several years.

After all, he hasn't attained immortality yet.

But at this moment, just looking at the radiance formed by this pure golden essence, Bai Chijing's primordial spirit and soul began to exhibit the characteristics of an immortal soul.

"Is this the power of a Golden Immortal?"

Bai Chijing was somewhat amazed. When he looked at this pure golden light for a long time, he even had the illusion that all things in the world would be freed from impermanence and change, and that all trajectories would be fixed.

"Just a little bit of power related to this realm has such incredible power..." Bai Chijing couldn't help but feel a sense of fantasy for a moment.

Because he remembered that there was a little girl who had reached this cultivation level.

Moreover, he seems to be a strong person in this realm.

Even if she wasn't one of the strongest, she was still someone with above-average cultivation. After all, when this little girl tried to run to the "Shu Realm," she single-handedly fought the Five Elders of Shu Mountain with their "Seven Injury Fist" after alarming them.

The Five Elders of Mount Shu have been unable to move for three hundred years, and this little girl also needs to recuperate for just as long.

This inevitably made Bai Chijing feel a sense of incongruity.

However, Bai Chijing quickly forgot about the incongruity of the scene, and also forgot how absurd the "future prospects" of this fairy mirror were.

Although it's incongruous and ridiculous, the final reward was given to him!

Even if this Golden Immortal power is restricted, it is still a power beyond the mortal realm!

"So, what is the purpose of this kind of forward-looking thinking? Is it to facilitate certain beings in selecting some special individuals?" After a moment of excitement, Bai Chijing couldn't help but start thinking, after all, this was a very strange thing.

Just a casual "look to the future" and such a genuine reward was given!
"Could this be some kind of bait?"

Bai Chijing's heart stirred slightly. He couldn't help but think of that "Kunpeng Immortal's molted feather." That jet-black feather, falling in front of him, was full of drama, but at the same time, it brought him a lot of practical benefits.

And the same applies to this little bit of Golden Immortal power right now!

For a moment, Bai Chijing was somewhat surprised and uncertain.

However, the next second, he mentally circulated the chapter on greed of the "Puppet Show Scripture" many times, putting himself in a state of no desires and no wants. Without hesitation, he stuffed this bit of Golden Immortal power into the Heavenly Immortal Mirror.

Bai Chijing resolutely abandoned this treasure, but the consciousness within this immortal mirror could not be so resolute, nor could it do what Bai Chijing did.

Because as soon as this tiny bit of Golden Immortal power entered, it was swallowed up by this consciousness.

With the help of the mental image you unintentionally planted, Bai Chijing immediately sensed some emotional changes in this consciousness, namely excitement and ecstasy.

Then, some memories began to surface.

(End of this chapter)