My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 171 Perhaps I may call myself the true successor of Banhu.

Whether one is close to the Heavenly Dao or the Immortal Dao, the number of near-Dao Immortals is limited. This is because even the most powerful heaven and earth cannot support too many near-Dao Immortals.

In the True Dragon Realm of Mount Shu, the five "old men" who block the way can give the True Immortals of the first and second stages of the Immortal Path the general title of "vast virtue and virtuous conduct," and the True Immortals of the third and fourth stages of the Immortal Path the general title of "extreme truth and perfect virtue." However, they can only refer to the Immortals who are close to the Dao as "Golden Immortals." This is the reason why.

This gold does not mean that it is indestructible, but rather that it is extremely precious to an ordinary person.

Because the amount of gold that ordinary people can obtain is extremely limited.

The same principle applies.

The fact that the Five Elders of Mount Shu could use "Golden Immortal" as an alternative name for immortals who are close to the Dao shows that although these five elders embarked on the path of greedily consuming the common people, their hearts in seeking the Dao were still sincere.

The upper limit of the number of near-immortals that can exist within a given world is related to the number of celestial officials.

The Celestial Bureau is like the stars, yet it is not a star.

It resembles a living being, yet it is not a living being.

Each celestial office can accommodate three near-Dao immortals.

Therefore, based on the number of Heavenly Officials trapped in the world, there are thirty-six slots for near-Dao Immortals in the Land of Trapped World.

The Immortal Realm created twelve "prison guards" back then, taking up one-third of the slots for near-Dao Immortals. To be precise, this was quite a grand move.

The reason why the Immortal Realm did this was to seize the existence quota of near-Dao Immortals from the Trapped World, thereby continuously increasing the strength of the Immortal Realm.

However, even so, and with the Immortal Realm having already drained two worlds similar to the Trapped World, but somewhat inferior to it, the number of near-Dao Immortals within the Immortal Realm has not exceeded fifty to this day.

The reason why Kunshi could be so successful was not because Kunshi himself was extraordinary, but because he was the first Lingjia of "Jingbanhu" who descended upon this world.

That's it.

Therefore, when a dozen or so near-immortals who were trapped in the world arrived in the Immortal Realm, the Immortal Realm was thrown into chaos.

After all, these dozen or so immortals who were born into the world of the Imprisoned Realm, being close to the Dao, all possessed rudimentary forms of immortality within them. This posed a severe weakening effect on the immortality path of the Immortal Realm.

Therefore, for the immortal path in the immortal realm, this can be completely understood as the sudden appearance of a dozen or so old men.

……

The Immortal Realm is in chaos.

Although it is not completely chaotic yet, signs of great disorder are already evident.

Even Bai Chijing, who hadn't spent much time in the Immortal Realm, knew about the chaos that was currently taking place there. This was because many of the original immortals of the Immortal Realm had fled to the mortal realm beneath his blessed land.

The leaders among these immortals were naturally the third-tier immortals who were the first to discover this mortal realm.

Bai Chijing did not hurt them or have any conflict with them at the time. After all, they hadn't even met. He simply flicked his sleeve and sent them away.

Bai Chijing was completely oblivious to this, but his supernatural power was a completely different story for the immortals in this immortal realm.

Absolutely astonishing!
It was only with the arrival of these immortals that Bai Chijing realized that the third-stage immortals in this immortal realm were actually unable to even unleash a single transcendent divine power!

The so-called transcendent thought and great supernatural power is to connect the foundation of the first stage of the immortal path with the power of the true immortal in the second stage, and then manifest it in the world with the universal knowledge and profound nature of transcendent thought.

The Eye of Rules that Bai Chijing used to manage the human realm, and the century-old body-switching supernatural power, are standard transcendent great supernatural powers!
This discovery made Bai Chijing realize how naive and foolish his idea of ​​breaking through through "celestial officials" had been. Fortunately, he had unexpectedly strayed onto the path he was meant to take.

He's getting a promotion.

He advanced from the third stage of the Immortal Path to the fourth stage.

Although Bai Chijing was still stuck in the immortal path stage of transcending the mortal realm and had not made any breakthroughs in the three cultivation directions of "Heavenly Proof of Truth", "Creating Destiny Realm" and "Thoughts Spreading Myriad Existences", his understanding of the realm of another world that was not human was becoming stronger and stronger.

If other immortals trapped in the world knew this, they would surely be unable to resist saying, "Immortals can cultivate like this?"
Skip to stage three!

Anyone who hears this will be wide-eyed and bewildered, because it's too outrageous and absurd. It's like someone who has just reached the peak of the External Realm and then suddenly becomes an immortal.

Who could accept that immediately?
Because Bai Chijing's breakthrough method was somewhat unconventional, his breakthrough process was very slow.

If someone like Zhang San could break through to the fourth stage of the Immortal Path, it would only take a few hours. But Bai Chijing would need several years.

After all, these are the three cultivation paths of the third stage of immortality, and he didn't touch any of them.

Therefore, Bai Chijing began to cultivate those immortals at the third stage of the Immortal Path. He did not expect these dozen or so "Miro True Ones" to be particularly powerful, but only that they could all master their transcendent thoughts and great supernatural powers.

In this way, these third-stage immortals in the Immortal Realm can be considered to have the power that an immortal of this level should possess.

While such combat power would be easily annihilated by a True Immortal of the Upper Cultivation Lineage like Bai Chijing, True Immortals of the Upper Cultivation Lineage are ultimately few and far between. They could still put up a fight against ordinary True Immortals of the Third Stage of the Immortal Path. In this way, these Third Stage Immortals from the Immortal Realm could step in and offer some assistance when trouble arises in this mortal realm.

After all, those true immortals who ascended from the mortal realm of Yaotian to the blessed land of Baichi, although each of them possessed considerable combat power, ultimately had too low a cultivation level.

So far, they are all only at the first stage of the Immortal Path.

Bai Chijing's plan wasn't perfect, but it was a well-considered one for this human world.

In this way, no accidents should happen.

But an unexpected event still occurred.

However, this accident did not happen in that mortal realm, nor was it affected by the chaos in the immortal realm; rather, it originated from Bai Chijing himself.

During his transformation, Bai Chijing inexplicably became somewhat absent-minded. At first, he was just feeling drowsy every day, but after a few days, his cognition became blurred.

Therefore, Bai Chijing had no choice but to make his physical body "non-existent" in order to free his immortal soul.

"How is this going……"

Unconsciously, Bai Chijing wanted to find Ling Jia, the First Lady. However, as soon as this thought arose, a voice suddenly appeared in Bai Chijing's mind: "If you go to her now, you will only regret it." And with the appearance of this voice, a blurry figure began to appear in Bai Chijing's memory.

It resembles the lingering shadow of the celestial yurt from that day, but it is also completely different.

Although the figure was blurry, it was very complete, and the blurriness of the figure was simply because Bai Chijing could not truly touch it.

Without hesitation, Bai Chijing immediately wanted to ask the little girl for help, just as he had done with Ling Jia before.

Seeing Bai Chijing's reaction, the blurry figure dared not maintain his riddle-solving demeanor any longer and said directly, "The true form of the First Lingjia is Jingbanhu, an existence capable of creating heaven and earth. The reason why the Immortal Realm can grow every moment is because it has been tainted with most of the essence of the First Lingjia's true form."

Upon hearing this, Bai Chijing immediately stopped moving.

However, while he remained still, he simply didn't want to speak. After all, how could his friendship with this young girl, built over so many years, be shaken by just a few words?

Moreover, according to the other party's statement, the powerful figure he is now clinging to will be immensely powerful!

Referring to the true lineage of Pangu, it would be perfectly acceptable for him to call himself "the true lineage of Jingbanhu" at this moment. Even if he couldn't obtain any inheritance from this little girl, just obtaining a wisp of her essence would be enough for him to benefit immensely.

After all, just the majority of the true essence is enough to make this immortal realm infinitely powerful!

If he could obtain even a single strand, he would undoubtedly become a powerful figure among those nearing the Dao Immortal realm.

However, at this moment, the blurry figure, as if having already guessed Bai Chijing's thoughts, continued to speak: "If the First Ling Jia is creating the world for the first time, then your idea is undoubtedly the most correct. Even if the First Ling Jia were to perish completely after creating the world, then you could even merge with the Dao Immortal Realm and control everything. But this time... it is very likely that the First Ling Jia is creating the world for the third time."

"Therefore, if she wants to create a new world this time, then you will have to be her enemy!" After the blurry figure finished speaking, its form began to dim.

As his figure faded away, a complete version of "The Puppet Show" was also imprinted in Bai Chijing's mind.

Then it manifests continuously within his mind.

Bai Chijing's past cultivation talent was so great that even the incomplete "Puppet Show Scripture" didn't appeal to him. And now, even the complete "Puppet Show Scripture" doesn't seem to appreciate Bai Chijing's cultivation talent.

However, this was given by a near-immortal who had once mastered the "Puppet Show Scripture," so even though Bai Chijing's cultivation talent was only at the fourth level, he still managed to barely begin to cultivate this scripture.

Because this is a book about the Dao of Heaven and the Immortals.

Unlike the "Self-Future Vision Sutra," which was plotted against and is now a thing of the past, and unlike the "Ten Greedy Desires Suffering Immortal Sutra," which is still in a state that has not yet reached its peak.

As a celestial interpretation of the Heavenly Dao, the "Puppet Show Classic" is currently at its most powerful!
Even immortals who are close to the Dao can be turned into puppets!
"Who is this near-immortal? Why would they scheme against me like this?" Bai Chijing was puzzled. As he successfully cultivated the scripture, Bai Chijing realized that his previous state was due to the blurry figure trying to turn him into a puppet.

Originally, with his cultivation level nearing the Dao Immortal realm, he was doomed. However, over the past few hundred years, Bai Chijing has cultivated the Greed chapter of the "Puppet Show Scripture" to an extremely profound level.

Although this method cannot cultivate combat power, it can provide absolute protection for Bai Chijing at certain times.

It was precisely because of this protection that he had the time to make his physical body "non-existent".

Otherwise, Bai Chijing would have been turned into a puppet the moment the opponent made their move. The greatest strength of the "Puppet Show Sutra" lies in the power of all living beings. Therefore, the power that transcends all living beings yet remains within their scope is extremely effective against it.

At this moment, Bai Chijing pondered for a moment, and then stopped thinking about it.

He continued his previous breakthroughs.

This time, his advancement was completed smoothly. Just as he expected, he skipped the "Transcendent Thoughts" stage of the Immortal Path and directly entered the fourth stage of the Immortal Path.

This is a world apart from the human realm!
Before entering this realm, Bai Chijing was unaware of its special nature. Now that he had entered it, he could not hide his surprise.

Because he actually saw a small dot appear in the sky.

It was very narrow, seemingly only the size of a finger.

However, through this small dot, Shiraike still saw something resembling the sky, appearing outside the dot. Faintly, something seemed to flash by, like watching a swallow fly through a well.

Is he "looking at the sky from the bottom of a well"?

Bai Chijing couldn't help but think of this, but he quickly dismissed the idea. If that were the case, it would have been discovered long ago.

After all, there are quite a few True Immortals in the fourth stage of the Immortal Path.

However, at that moment, that blurry figure reappeared.

Just like last time.

Upon its appearance this time, the blurry figure spoke first: "After your breakthrough, you were indeed able to see the 'Otherworld,' which was merely a concept, just like I did back then. That place is where the First Ling Jia True Body came from."

"May I ask what your background is, senior? Why did you remain in my past memories?" Bai Chijing asked, seemingly uninterested in what he was saying.

"Just like you, I once saw the Otherworld after my breakthrough. When I saw the Otherworld, it also noticed me, and so... when the First Lingjia's true body created the world, I couldn't help but go to stop him. I never expected to perish like that. Fortunately, I had a scripture that could be called the precursor to the 'Puppet Show Scripture' with me, and with the help of the power of all living beings, I was able to recover my cultivation to the point of near-Dao."

"As for why it remains in your past memories? This is a curse I placed on you before I died. If you can't even withstand the first layer of the curse, then I will turn you into a puppet to prepare for the upcoming third creation of heaven and earth. But if you survive it and even see the otherworld, then I will help you survive the third creation of heaven and earth and give you all my experiences in the otherworld."

The figure spoke these words, and what he said was undoubtedly shocking.

Another world?
A place where pioneers could create something extraordinary!

Upon hearing this, Bai Chijing neither refuted nor agreed, but simply asked, "Is this creation of heaven and earth you mentioned about to happen soon?"

Upon hearing this, the blurry figure gave Bai Chijing a confident reply: "You will soon receive the decree from the Otherworld! At that time, you will be able to see whether what I said is true or false. Furthermore, you don't need to think that it's too absurd for an immortal from a realm beyond the mortal world to try to stop someone who created the world. Once you go to the Otherworld, you will know what it means to be beyond the mortal world."

At that moment, as the figure finished speaking, Bai Chijing noticed a flash of golden light appear in the small dot he had been looking at.

Then, he discovered that a token resembling a talisman had appeared in his palm without him noticing.

The token is engraved with three ancient symbols—"Beyond Heaven"!

(End of this chapter)