My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 140 The Seemingly Non-Existent True Immortal's "Bestowal of the Dharma" (Part 2)

The sky suddenly opened up, and five crystal-clear white jade fingers pierced through the clouds and slowly descended.

The moment those five slender fingers slowly extended, it was as if the heavens and earth were being pressed down by them. The surrounding clouds and mist vanished instantly, and the veins between the five fingers were clearly visible in the light.

For a moment, time seemed to stand still!
This palm was not very large, and looked almost the same size as an ordinary palm. However, after this palm landed, all the beings who saw this jade-like palm, whether cultivators or demons, felt that their vision was completely blocked by this palm.

However, not many creatures were frightened, because they had already realized that the "cactus hand" was not targeting them.

Beneath that jade-like palm, it seemed as if an invisible and greedy maw of heaven and earth had appeared. With a rumbling thunderclap, numerous veins spread out across the sky.

Above these veins, countless strange patterns are constantly flashing.

Then, sword cries, like the sound of creation, echoed continuously from all over the world of Yao Tian.

Those were strands of sword energy rushing and gathering from all directions!
On the land of Ning Dynasty a hundred years ago, on that desolate wasteland where Bai Chijing was once infamous, there are now countless sharp, blood-red lights, as if struggling to break free from that barren, lifeless land.

In an instant, it was as if thousands of dark red blood lines rose up here!
And the shrill, malevolent roars of what sounded like ferocious spirits echoed continuously within it.

Then, suddenly, these densely packed blood-red light spots spontaneously coalesced into a longsword as thin as a cicada's wing, entirely scarlet, exuding a fierce aura.

This is the mortal sword energy of the immortal sword Qingluo!
However, it could also be the vessel for this Azure Vine Immortal Sword!

When the immortal sword descends into the world, any sword in the world may become its "body" after its descent.

Of course, there is such a saying, but in reality, so far, the Descending Immortal Sword has only been able to wield those famous swords on the Immortal Ranking, and it is impossible for it to actually wield those swords that are not famous or are even just made of ordinary iron.

The fierce sword that appeared on this desolate land of the former Ning Dynasty was the very sword that would emerge as a renowned sword on the Immortal Ranking in the years to come.

Originally, it was supposed to remain dormant in this desolate land for a few more years, but because someone adhered to the principle of equivalent exchange and unleashed the power of a true immortal, this celestial sword had to be born ahead of schedule!

At first, the Immortal Ranking Fierce Sword intended to strike that jade-like hand, but it quickly gave up struggling and fell helplessly into the palm.

Then it simply vanishes into nothingness.

This wasn't because the celestial sword was taken away, but because it was directly shattered and scattered.

After all, what that old monster and true immortal wanted wasn't a famous sword.

These Immortal Ranking Swords are extremely precious treasures to cultivators in the mortal realm of Yao Tian. Even the leader of the Immortal Alliance and the master of the Mortal Palace would treasure them.

But for this old monster True Immortal whose swordsmanship talent was rather ordinary, it was of no value whatsoever.

Mr. Bai didn't even have the mind to comprehend the swordplay within it.

And it wasn't just that the Immortal Ranking's Ferocious Sword was forced to emerge prematurely in that desolate land; similar scenes were unfolding elsewhere. For example, in the far north of Yao Tian, ​​where snow blankets the land year-round, it's a prime location for many cultivators practicing cold-based techniques, as it's not only suitable for their cultivation but also contains a wealth of rare and precious natural resources.

There are large ice walls here, and the terrain is very similar to the Weeping Sword Valley of Tujian Mountain. However, each ice wall is much taller, and even a strange cold ravine has formed below it, where things reach their extremes and then reverse.

At this moment, from deep within these ice walls, subtle yet extremely clear crisp sounds could be heard continuously.

When these crisp sounds came together, this land of perpetual ice and snow suddenly burst forth with a great deal of cold light.

As soon as these cold lights appeared, they flew upwards at high speed, leaving pale blue ice patterns in their wake. The chill within them directly froze the spiritual energy here!
Then, this cold light also transformed into a fierce sword as thin as a cicada's wing, crystal clear, and surging with murderous aura.

Then came a stunning slash—a cold, gleaming sword aura that spanned nearly half the sky, erupting from this ferocious sword and slashing towards the jade-like hand in the heavens!
In that instant, countless beings felt a chill that went straight to their souls.

This is a famous sword that has reached the extreme of coldness between heaven and earth!
Then, this famous sword shattered into pieces and vanished without a trace. It was merely a ranked sword that dared to attack a true immortal; it was utterly futile and overestimating its own strength.

Besides these two locations, a tremendous commotion also occurred in the sea area of ​​Yao Tian's mortal realm. A ten-thousand-year-old stone sword on a solitary island suddenly shed its outer layer of stone, revealing its unparalleled ferocity!

Then, from beneath the sea, two sword shadows, one blue and one purple, intertwined and slashed out, like two real dragons roaring incessantly!
In an instant, countless peerless swords appeared between heaven and earth.

Then, like moths drawn to a flame, these peerless swords vanished into nothingness under that jade-like palm.

What is a true immortal?

This is a true immortal!
All the rare and precious things in this world can be taken away at will.

Whether it's owned or unowned, the same approach applies.

Of course, doing so would make him an easy target for other True Immortals. However, Bai Chijing was not concerned about such targeting. The Outer Mind Realm and the Spirit Platform Heaven's blessing of the True Immortal's ability to "cover the mind's landscape externally" meant that even Heavenly Immortals did not need to be too wary of Bai Chijing.

The cultivation of immortals involves "gathering" and "refining".

The purpose of "gathering" and "refining" is to increase one's own immortal status.

As for this immortal work, in the end, it is for enhancing one's own foundation in the path to immortality and the abilities of a true immortal.

Although Bai Chijing had never practiced cultivation, his immortal cultivation, through perseverance and effort, was already exceptionally profound. Consequently, his foundation in the path of immortality was already incredibly formidable. Furthermore, his abilities as a true immortal, aside from the three thousand tribulations corresponding to the three thousand realms of mortal life, had also been greatly enhanced.

In particular, this "outer cover of the mind's landscape" is simply created for the outer mental realm of Baichijing and the Lingtai Heaven!

At this moment, all living beings in the world were horrified by this scene.

"Could it be that Alliance Leader Yan of the Immortal Heaven Alliance has made a move?"

"It could also be Lord Lu of the Human Realm!"

"Fellow Daoist, what you say is true! It is either Alliance Leader Yan or Palace Master Lu. Under heaven, only these two can possess such astonishing methods!"

These practitioners who are making such a fuss are all those who have achieved success in their practice within the last hundred years.

Those who had achieved mastery of their cultivation a hundred years ago, as well as the demons and monsters of the mortal realm, remained silent at this moment.

After all, a hundred years ago, such a hand swept across the heavens and earth.

……

“That’s strange…” Bai Chijing withdrew his hand and, while casually condensing the sword energy in his palm, couldn’t help but glance at the Human City in surprise, and then looked up at the location of the Immortal Alliance in the distance.

Because of his huge commotion, neither of the two contemporary immortals reacted.

"Could it be that he was also warned by the Dao Lord?"

Bai Chijing couldn't help but think of this, but the next second, he immediately rejected his guess.

Then he looked up into the depths of the sky.

Originally, even if he had no place to stand in the heavens, Bai Chijing would still be able to see that celestial palace, which mortals could never glimpse. But since he left the blessed land, which is not a short time, he has still not been able to see even a corner of that celestial palace.

Bai Chijing had some doubts in his heart before, but he hadn't thought about it too deeply.

Because he possessed the Celestial Mirror, which could open a passage to the Shu Mountain Realm for him at any time.

Having a way out, one naturally wouldn't bother to investigate further. But now, Bai Chijing couldn't help but connect the changes in the sky with "Yan Zhaotian" and "Lu Zheyuan".

It's not that the absence of a celestial palace deep within the heavens is largely related to these two true immortals. Rather, it's that the current bizarre changes in the mortal realm bear a striking resemblance to the mysterious origins of these two true immortals…

Or rather, they are closely connected!
There must be some shocking truth hidden here!
But a moment later, Bai Chijing took the initiative to suppress the thoughts surging in his heart.

"Alright, for now, let's focus on Earth Profound Power, Heaven Profound Qi, and Heaven Profound Power..."

Bai Chijing stopped thinking about that.

He began crafting weapons.

By now, Bai Chijing's weapon-refining skills had already reached a level close to the Dao. Therefore, no matter how troublesome these worldly sword energies originating from the Immortal Sword Qingluo were, and no matter how profound the Immortal Sword's artistic conception was, Bai Chijing wiped them clean in a moment.

Then, using his own creation, the "Ten Greedy and Desireless Suffering Immortal Scripture," he imprinted a mark of the Dharma Domain.

Once the Law Domain Mark is formed, the Law Domain itself arises, and the various inheritances contained in these worldly sword energies are also sorted and organized.

Out of curiosity, Bai Chijing glanced at it.

Then he unexpectedly discovered that most of these inheritances had nothing to do with swordsmanship!
This immediately piqued Bai Chijing's interest, so he began to study the inheritance within that was unrelated to swordsmanship.

However, although Bai Chijing was focused on enlightenment, his instruction of Zhou Shuyue was not delayed in any way.

Even this sword-qi magic weapon, forged by Bai Chijing, is now in Zhou Shuyue's hands.

"This treasure is destined for you. If you have some free time, try to understand it from time to time." Bai Chijing's voice rang in Zhou Shuyue's ears. He did not make any demands on her, but simply said so.

Zhou Shuyue was naturally thrilled and overjoyed to have unexpectedly obtained such a magical treasure.

So he hurriedly went to try to understand it.

Naturally, given Zhou Shuyue's current cultivation level and her originally not particularly outstanding swordsmanship talent, what she gained from it was mediocre, merely some superficial knowledge.

However, even the basics were very beneficial to Zhou Shuyue.

After all, her cultivation level was too low.

Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice; the same principle applies to spiritual cultivation. Many supernatural abilities and techniques, if one's level of attainment isn't high enough, will only lead to wasted effort in merely trying to comprehend them.

Fortunately, this sword-qi magic weapon would silently enhance Zhou Shuyue's sword talent, so the more she comprehended the immortal sword inheritance within it, the faster she could do so!

After all, as long as Zhou Shuyue has this sword energy magic weapon, her sword dao talent will continue to increase. And with a stronger sword dao talent, it will be easier to comprehend the inheritance within. This is an incredible virtuous cycle!
Not to mention, Zhou Shuyue's cultivation level is also rapidly improving.

However, although both her cultivation level and the various supernatural abilities it contained were of great help to Zhou Shuyue, Zhou Shuyue suddenly realized that she seemed to have forgotten something very important.

Or perhaps it refers to people.

However, Zhou Shuyue could never remember exactly what she had forgotten.

So she had no choice but to devote herself to spiritual practice.

Soon, a year passed, and a year later, Zhou Shuyue had already become famous in the human city, because she had cultivated the Immortal Sword Form.

This is an external manifestation technique that she comprehended from that sword energy magic weapon.

This immortal sword form, like the ten thousand sword forms, can be spared the suffering of refining and tempering the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, and there is no need to wait for a breakthrough opportunity.

This was an extremely impossible thing, but Zhou Shuyue did it!

Zhou Shuyue also knew how shocking it was that she had created an external appearance method, which was equivalent to the Myriad Appearance Method of Ten Thousand Swords. Therefore, she claimed to the outside world that what she cultivated was the Myriad Swords Method.

After achieving the initial stage of the Outer Appearance realm, Zhou Shuyue, for some reason, was reluctant to leave the place where Outer Appearance realm disciples lived and cultivated, especially a secluded place with few people. Therefore, every few days, she would go to this secluded place and sit cross-legged for a while.

Every time Zhou Shuyue sat cross-legged here to meditate, the space around her would begin to collapse and expand. However, Zhou Shuyue never noticed this, and she always thought that she hadn't been meditating for very long.

And so another year passed. Zhou Shuyue's cultivation had improved so rapidly that it had shocked the entire human city.

Because she has already reached the cultivation level of the middle stage of the Outer Appearance Realm.

However, despite the shock of the people of the Human City, none of them could affect Zhou Shuyue.

Because anyone harboring any spying intent, or rather, greed, would inexplicably miss out on Zhou Shuyue. Not only these people, but even the people they sent to scout her out were unable to encounter Zhou Shuyue.

While this is undoubtedly a strange thing, no one finds it odd; everyone thinks it's just a coincidence.

And so, another year has passed.

This was Zhou Shuyue's third year in the Human Realm. In this year, Zhou Shuyue cultivated to the Upper Realm of External Appearance. Then, she killed her three elder brothers and sisters, using the blood of her three relatives to open the door to the Lower Realm of External Appearance for herself.

After three years in the mortal realm, Zhou Shuyue cultivated into a terrestrial immortal!

The world was shocked!
This is a cultivation speed that neither Yan Zhaotian nor Lu Zheyuan has ever achieved!

Then, Zhou Shuyue's seemingly carefree cultivation journey came to an end. Within the Human City, various stewards and elders came to find Zhou Shuyue, and even the three great elders sent people to invite her.

This left Zhou Shuyue both distressed and astonished.

She didn't know why things suddenly turned out this way. Her cultivation speed had always been astonishing, so why had no one come looking for her before this?

"How did you suddenly become a beginner in the Outer World Realm?" At this moment, an extremely shocked voice rang out in Zhou Shuyue's mind.

And this voice was emitted by Wen Shuyue's immortal soul.

"Sister Wen Shuyue, you're finally awake!" Zhou Shuyue was overjoyed to hear Wen Shuyue's voice and sense that her "Sister Wen Shuyue" had regained her usual lucid state.

"What? You're awake? I haven't been asleep lately..." Wen Shuyue instinctively retorted, because in her mind, it was still the time when Zhou Shuyue had joined the mortal city. However, Wen Shuyue was a special immortal after all, so before she could finish her sentence, she noticed the anomaly in time.

Without hesitation, Wen Shuyue said, "What happened to you? Tell me in detail what has happened to you during this time!"

As a special immortal, Wen Shuyue naturally understood instantly that something was probably wrong.

"I haven't encountered anything, Sister Wen Shuyue. I've been diligently cultivating all this time..." Zhou Shuyue said, then paused for a moment, because she found something illogical. How could someone "diligently cultivate" and become a terrestrial immortal in three years?
Zhou Shuyue hadn't noticed it before, but now she realized something was very wrong!
“Tell me in more detail, especially your experiences after you joined this Human Palace…” Wen Shuyue began.

“Yes…” Zhou Shuyue did not hesitate and told Wen Shuyue her experience in great detail, from when she entered the Human Palace, to when she was angered by the targeting of her brothers and sisters, to when she finally used their blood to complete her three external tribulations.

The Human Realm Palace possesses True Immortals, and naturally has the power of lineage ancestors similar to those of major immortal sects, enabling them to help those in the Outer Realm of the sect quickly enter the ranks of immortality.

After listening to Zhou Shuyue's account, Wen Shuyue's expression on her immortal soul was extremely solemn.

Because Zhou Shuyue clearly didn't remember, she asked her to point out the way to encounter a true immortal...

(End of this chapter)