My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 129 The Fake Past: Old Monster Bai Attains Immortality!
The appearance of these memory images surprised Bai Chijing greatly, because he was very familiar with these memory images. Although he had never seen them with his own eyes, he had just heard about them not long ago!
That is the origin of the withered willow's spirit!

Born at the foot of Mount Shu, he nearly died due to an unexpected lightning tribulation, but was able to enter the world of cultivation. Relying on the methods passed down by Mount Shu and some of his own opportunities, he created the Dry Willow Scripture and cultivated it to the point where he was just one step away from achieving the transcendent state of Mi Luo Zhi Zhen.

The immortal path formed by this withered willow spirit is, incredibly, able to correspond to Mount Shu.

This is not because it can see through falsehoods to the truth or mend its own deficiencies, but because it possesses an unknown power that forcibly corrects it whenever it makes a mistake in its practice.

As a result, the number of corrections was so great that this power was exposed and became known to the Five Elders of Shu Mountain.

This was something that the withered willow spirit was unaware of.

However, all of these scenes reveal that this withered willow spirit felt helpless about its death, believing it had suffered an undeserved calamity. In reality, it was simply that its true identity had been discovered by the Five Elders of Mount Shu.

Seeing this, Bai Chijing began to understand why the "Looking to the Future" earlier was so strange. It wasn't that the Celestial Mirror was unreliable, but rather that the combination of the withered willow's soul and Bai Diyuan's body, coupled with the cognitive distortion of the consciousness within the mirror, caused it to make numerous erroneous judgments.

However, one thing is certain: if there is no external interference, both the withered willow spirit and Bai Diyuan have a chance to set foot in a different world, beyond the mortal realm!

"So, the true form of this withered willow's soul, or rather, part of its origin, is inside this Heavenly Immortal Mirror? In that case, the lightning tribulation didn't kill that willow tree, but rather, by a twist of fate, allowed part of the original consciousness within the Heavenly Immortal Mirror to successfully arrive in the Shu Mountain Realm at that time, and acquire a special physical body and identity."

Bai Chijing seemed to be deep in thought. If you think about it this way, then it makes sense that the immortals on Mount Shu would go to such lengths to pass on this special method of the withered willow soul for this cause and effect.

Perhaps because the appearance of this withered willow spirit seemed too abrupt, they adopted the attitude of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free" and schemed against this withered willow spirit.

"So, is this bit of Golden Immortal power now considered returned to its rightful owner?"

Although this amount of Golden Immortal power is most likely a mixture of Bai Diyuan's karma and not entirely belonging to the withered willow's soul, it doesn't matter. In any case, he won't be the one to suffer the consequences of karma in the end, so he can say that as he sees fit.

Feeling that he had done a good deed, Bai Chijing waited patiently for the results of his "search" that day.

Today is definitely something to look forward to.

Without keeping Bai Chijing waiting long, when the time came, as the misty aura rose up, it emitted a pure golden radiance, which then flowed into the bead in his right palm like a hundred birds returning to their nests.

As always, the words began to appear after the eye-like object moved slightly.

Today, you used your self-created, extremely vicious and evil technique to manipulate a celestial mirror that nearly surpassed the Golden Immortal realm. While it's true that the mirror itself suffered a devastating blow from the heavens, preventing it from ever returning to its peak state, it also demonstrates that your technique is truly a supremely vicious and evil art! If your cultivation level weren't insufficient, this technique could be directly classified as a Heavenly Dao Immortal.

[Search and obtain the former Heavenly Dao Immortal Interpretation - Your Own Future Outlook Sutra +1]

After the text appeared, it began to fade away, but the large amount of information that followed left Bai Chijing completely astonished. It took him quite a while to recover.

"Heavenly Dao Immortal Explanation?"

This information does not provide a detailed explanation.

Although there was no detailed explanation, Bai Chijing could deduce something from just the four words "Heavenly Dao Immortal Explanation".

The term "仙解" (Xian Jie) is likely an explanation of the true path to immortality.

If we compare the Dao of Immortality to a classic text for assessing one's character in a secular dynasty, then this kind of explanation of the Dao of Immortality should be equivalent to an official professional commentary.

Moreover, having delved into the Dao of Heaven, such professional interpretations could not possibly contain any embellishment!

Having thought this through, Bai Chijing stopped thinking about it and focused all his attention on the newly acquired Heavenly Dao Immortal Understanding. However, after a moment, he focused his attention on the word "formerly" in the "formerly Heavenly Dao Immortal Understanding".

"When this Celestial Mirror was forged, it must have drawn inspiration from the Scripture of One's Own Future Vision. So, the reason this celestial mirror was slain by the heavens and can never be restored is probably because of what happened in the past..."

As the saying goes, how can a sword bestowed by the previous dynasty be used to behead an official of the present dynasty?
This "Self-Future Vision Sutra" was once a celestial interpretation of the Heavenly Dao, which means that this sutra once dominated the Heavenly Dao and even created a certain school of cultivation!
Ultimately, this cultivation school, along with the "Self-Future Vision Sutra," became a mere celestial explanation of the Heavenly Dao and had to vanish into thin air. Even the most powerful treasures within this school were destroyed by the heavens and could never regain their former glory.

"Analog stream?"

"No, this should be seen as using the false to achieve the true!"

"Based on one's own reality, extend cause and effect, constantly look to the future, intertwine responsibilities and obligations, make various future plans, and then, after reaching a certain point, reap the fruits of the envisioned future to nourish oneself in this life!"

Bai Chijing thought about it and felt that this method was incredibly powerful, truly deserving of the name "Heavenly Dao Immortal Explanation".

But how did such a powerful method become a mere Heavenly Dao Immortal's Path? After all, this method was already so powerful that it was about to transcend the Golden Immortal level.

"Could it be that he failed to transcend to the Golden Immortal realm, thus implicating the entire cultivation school?"

Bai Chijing couldn't help but make this conjecture.

According to the concept of bearing responsibility, this is perfectly reasonable.

Bear the burden!

What is "承" (chéng)? It means to receive all the benefits.

What is a negative? It is the cost that must be borne for the benefit received.

Since one has reaped the benefits of this Heavenly Dao Immortal Interpretation, it is only natural that one should bear the corresponding price when this Heavenly Dao Immortal Interpretation ultimately fails.

"So, do I still need to practice this 'Sutra on the Vision of One's Own Future'?"

Bai Chijing thought about it and decided he could give it a try.

Given the current circumstances in Yaotian, this is undoubtedly the most suitable method for him. After all, he can no longer go to the "Shu Realm".

After he was exposed, who knows what kind of schemes the celestial beings over there are plotting against him!
A wise person does not stand under a dangerous wall.

Being in the "Shu Realm" is far too dangerous. Even though his outer realm can conceal his existence, there are still risks involved.

So in the days that followed, Shirochi Kei focused on comprehending the "Sutra of One's Own Future Vision".

As for the various changes in the world under Emperor Yao, they were all irrelevant to him.

However, the difficulty of comprehending the "Self-Future Vision Sutra" was far beyond Bai Chijing's expectations, because he spent a whole year comprehending it, but this once-divine interpretation of the Heavenly Dao still showed no progress.

Even with the help of the bead in his right palm, Bai Chijing still couldn't get past the initial stage of cultivation.

It seemed like something was constantly blocking him!

However, this was within Bai Chijing's expectations, after all, it was "in the past".

He could patiently wait for months for a celestial mirror just because of a conjecture, and now that a scroll of celestial Dao interpretation is before him, Bai Chijing is naturally even more patient.

So he continued to ponder it. The following year, he still found nothing.

Bai Chijing remained without desires, because he would occasionally practice the "Greed" chapter of the "Puppet Show Sutra." Although this method did not bring any great power, it could force oneself into a state of desirelessness.

Once a person is free from desires and wants, then many of the world's sufferings will be less likely to befall that person.

Without desires, one is free from the suffering caused by physical desires and emotions.

Without the desire to compare oneself to others, one will not suffer the hardships of life.

The desire to follow the crowd has disappeared...

If an ordinary person were to practice this method, they might suffer from aging, illness, and poverty, since ordinary people are easily unable to control their own lives.

But Bai Chijing is not only a cultivator, but also someone who is about to attain immortality!
The suffering of these three things is something that Bai Chijing could not possibly experience.

During this year, although he had not yet mastered the "Self-Future Vision Sutra", Bai Chijing had become increasingly proficient in the "Puppet Show Sutra" chapter on greed. He could even see a strange black line appearing in the sky and then disappearing without a trace at certain special times.

Bai Chijing didn't know where these lines came from, but he could vaguely sense that they were not good things and were most likely related to the "Puppet Show Classic".

Because these strange black lines appear most frequently in the Wanyin Cave of Suiyun Mountain.

What kind of place is this Wanyin Cave in Suiyun Mountain?
That's where he buried Su Chengwu! And the method Su Chengwu practiced back then was a fragmented copy of the "Puppet Show Sutra"! If Bai Chijing isn't mistaken, he might see this old friend again someday.

However, on that day, this old friend might no longer be the same person as before, or perhaps, although still the same, he/she would have become a special kind of puppet.

Bai Chijing didn't meddle in other people's business. Firstly, he couldn't go all out right now, and secondly, his self-created "Ten Greedy Desireless Suffering Immortal Scripture" could become a Heavenly Dao Immortal Explanation. So what about the "Puppet Show Scripture"?

This scroll, which was once ranked first on the list of the most vicious and evil scriptures, is probably already among the scriptures interpreted by the Heavenly Dao Immortals.

And it's not even the past!

Only in this way can we explain why a scroll of demonic arts can be so bizarre and terrifying!

Bai Chijing continued to study the "Self-Future Vision Sutra".

The third year was still fruitless.

However, Bai Chijing showed no sign of stopping. This was not a sunk cost, but rather because he had no other options besides this method and the one with the Celestial Mirror.

However, it has now been confirmed that the Heavenly Immortal Mirror's help to him is far less significant than imagined.

And so, the fourth year, the fifth year... a full sixty years passed in the blink of an eye. Even with the bead in his right palm, Bai Chijing still couldn't succeed in his cultivation.

Decades later, on this day, Bai Chijing unintentionally comprehended a unique scripture—the False Past Method!
The false past method: imagine yourself in the past!

Once this method was completed, Bai Chijing's aura directly filled the entire Yaotian mortal realm. As a near-immortal being, his figure was directly projected and manifested when his aura appeared.

It was as massive as a mountain, and its aura was incomparably majestic. Countless cultivators were filled with fear at just a glance.

Although Bai Chijing has not yet attained immortality, he already possesses all the characteristics of "seeing far from a high place".

"what is this?"

"Is this... someone trying to become an immortal?"

"To become an immortal in this era? Has the shackle been broken?"

"This is... Old Monster Bai! After he modified the Tujian Mountain system, he suddenly disappeared halfway through the modification. I thought he had been suppressed by the immortals in heaven, but it turns out he went into hiding to cultivate!"

"How did he manage to do that? Even the celestial beings in heaven couldn't suppress Old Monster Bai?"

Those who knew Bai Chijing were all horrified when they recognized him.

This is astonishing not only by Bai Chijing's cultivation speed, but also by the fact that Bai Chijing was able to become an immortal despite the existence of shackles!
At this moment, Bai Chijing, who imagined himself to have crossed the threshold of immortality without any obstacles and successfully attained immortality two hundred years ago, had a look of half joy and half indifference in his eyes.

Because of decades of fruitless comprehension, he had long since trained himself to the point of having no thoughts in his mind, and the moment this pseudo-self technique was created, Bai Chijing had already reached the perfect state.

Since it is a perfect Dharma, how could he not know the power of this sutra and to what extent it can reach?

Then, Bai Chijing looked into the depths of the sky.

Because there, he saw an unimaginably magnificent heavenly palace.

That must be the abode of the celestial beings in heaven?
Bai Chijing couldn't help but think this way.

Just as this thought crossed his mind, countless gazes descended from within the celestial palace.

Along with these gazes came a series of voices.

"Fake past life to become an immortal? Fellow Daoist, what skill you possess! I admire you! I admire you! Fellow Daoist, since we get along so well, how about you help me gather some herbs?"

"Fellow Daoist, does the method you cultivate involve the Dao of Time? Then we must be from the same sect! In that case, fellow Daoist, how about you help me refine some medicine?"

“Fellow Daoist, fellow Daoist…”

These sounds are all clear and ethereal, with a touch of mystery. However, when these sounds come together, they inevitably create a sense of noise.

In particular, several of the voices started arguing about it.

Because when they discovered that the herbs they had gathered actually had many conflicts.

This is the most intolerable thing for immortals.

The cultivation of immortals lies in "gathering" and "refining." Even the work of immortals is contained within these two words.

If there is a conflict in the process of gathering and refining, it means that their respective immortal practices have also come into conflict. Sooner or later, these two immortals will have to fight over this.

"You've actually cultivated back to your former self, and even attained immortality?" At this moment, a calm yet domineering voice suddenly rang out.

As soon as this voice appeared, all the previous cacophony of immortal voices vanished without a trace.

(End of this chapter)