My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 172 Heaven and earth spit out saliva and tears all at once.
With the token in hand, Bai Chijing immediately understood what the blurry figure was saying, and he also learned that a True Immortal with a superior cultivation lineage like himself was merely the threshold for obtaining the qualification to enter the Outer Heaven.

However, upon further reflection, this frighteningly high entry threshold is actually quite reasonable.

After all, there exists another world that can create the world!

That was an ancient creature called "Banhu"!
The token contains little information about this ancient creature, as if it were avoiding something. It only briefly mentions some characteristics of "Banhu" and how "Banhu" cultivates.

Banhu's cultivation was mainly focused on creating the world, and when a Banhu died in the process of creating the world, the Heavenly Dao would inevitably be born.

However, this Heavenly Dao is not a rebirth of Banhu.

It is entirely the will of Heaven and Earth.

Moreover, it is devoid of any emotion or selfishness, which can be understood as utmost impartiality, or as treating all things in heaven and earth as straw dogs.

Of course, this is the most ideal state after Banhu created the world.

For example, the current Immortal Realm, this world in distress, is an undesirable state after the creation of heaven and earth.

However, this is a normal situation.

It would be abnormal if such an undesirable state didn't occur after the creation of the world. Even Banhu himself couldn't be free from selfishness.

Moreover, even an ancient creature like Banhu did not have the resolve to give up everything in order to die for the creation of the world.

Because if one dies while creating the world, rather than being killed by the three thousand demonic tribulations at the time of creation, such a death cannot be reversed.

If you really die, you die.

There was no trace of it after that.

As for the specific characteristics of this ancient creature, Banhu, the information contained in this divine decree is more like a whole set of characteristics than a few.

Because the core meaning is just one thing: an era is one year.

The token details what an era is, and then emphasizes that ancient beings like Banhu are born transcendent, so ordinary years cannot define their existence.

However, knowing this made Bai Chijing understand why the First Ling Jia always looked like a little girl, even though the years she had existed were dozens of times longer than his.

According to Banhu's method of calculating age, this little girl is probably only a few years old...

"Well? Now you know I wasn't lying to you, right?" The blurry figure that existed in Bai Chijing's memory started chattering again.

Bai Chijing felt inexplicably noisy.

Therefore, Bai Chijing did not wait for the blurry figure to continue speaking. He directly communicated with Ling Jia using the "Ten Greedy and Desireless Suffering Immortal Scripture".

Ling Jia responded very quickly.

A soft, clear voice said in a low, melancholic tone, "If you try to crawl out of my body again, I'll suppress you in another realm for five epochs!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Chijing, who was already mentally prepared, wasn't too surprised. After all, the blurry figure had already revealed quite a bit of information.

Although Bai Chijing couldn't know the details, he could vaguely guess some of the reasons based on the sudden chaos in the Immortal Realm.

Just as Bai Chijing was thinking this, he clearly felt that something was suddenly missing from his memory. He felt a sense of relief, and his physical body, which had been transformed into something without definition, was about to recover.

Just then, a force entered his body, stopping his physical form, and this force even attempted to nullify his immortal soul as well.

This was not considered an injury for Bai Chijing, as it was actually promoting his cultivation.

However, just as his immortal soul was about to completely disappear, that power stopped again. Then, the soft and clear little voice that Bai Chijing was familiar with rang out once more: "Fierce and Evil Supreme, you are destined to be with me in my mortal body, and I am about to create the world once again. I will now give you two choices."

"Firstly, after I help you reach the peak of cultivation, which is beyond the mortal realm, I will transform you into a wisp of primordial immortal power and place you into a world created by another being, Banhu. Primordial immortal power is a great tonic for any world, so you don't need to worry about being disliked by it. Furthermore, because you have benefited the world, whether actively or passively, once you enter the mortal realm of that world, you will inevitably receive considerable fortune. Therefore, cultivating to become an immortal again is only a matter of time for you."

"Secondly, after I create the world again, all the great power in this world will no longer belong to individual beings. At that time, the lifespan of any being will be difficult to exceed two hundred years. And those who stand at the pinnacle of power in the world will also be unable to escape birth, aging, sickness and death. However, you will be the only exception. You can exist in this world forever with an immortal body, but your cultivation will be transformed into primordial immortal power and merge into the world."

Upon hearing this, Bai Chijing's expression turned somewhat strange. After thinking for a moment, he chose the first option.

His uneventful path of cultivation cannot end here!

Although his current cultivation level is constantly reaching the peak of the fourth stage of immortality, he has not touched any of the three cultivation directions of this realm.

Clearly, this realm is almost the same as the third stage of the Immortal Path, and Bai Chijing only possesses the characteristics of the realm.

The reason for this was clearly that the little girl was preparing to transform his cultivation into a primordial immortal power to serve as nourishment for the world she had created. Therefore, Bai Chijing completely ignored his steadily improving cultivation and began to carefully sense the three cultivation directions of the fourth stage of the immortal path.

Any one of the first-stage immortal paths, after connecting with any one of the second-stage true immortal abilities, can be transformed into a transcendent great supernatural power by leveraging the characteristics of the third-stage realm.

The same applies to the fourth stage of the immortal path.

During the "Transcendent Thoughts" stage of the Immortal Path, after traversing the three cultivation paths in sequence, one enters the fourth stage. At this stage, one can utilize the unique characteristics of this realm to elevate their Transcendent Thoughts' great supernatural power in one fell swoop. If one has the right opportunity and good fortune, there is a certain chance that, upon the elevation of their Transcendent Thoughts' great supernatural power, they will acquire some of the characteristics of the Approaching Dao.

By then, even if one has not yet cultivated to the level of a near-immortal, one will still be able to unleash a portion of the power of the near-immortal path.

If one uses this to nourish oneself, then the chance of becoming a near-immortal is not guaranteed, but it is at least more than 60-70%.

This is also one of the most terrifying aspects of cultivating immortality.

Because a single thought of transcending the mundane world and attaining great supernatural power means the possibility of gaining the characteristics of approaching the Dao.

However, there are nine attempts to cultivate the immortal meridians!
For true immortals who haven't cultivated the highest immortal lineage, even if they reach the fourth stage of the immortal path, they often only improve their combat power. As for cultivating to become a near-immortal, it's still akin to trying to catch the moon in a well or picking flowers in a mirror.

It can be seen, but it's impossible to achieve.

Because there is only one chance to try, there is absolutely no room for error.

However, those who cultivate the immortal veins have nine chances to try, and even with the worst luck, they are guaranteed to succeed once.

Bai Chijing failed on her first attempt.

The second attempt also failed.

However, on his third attempt, he succeeded immediately.

This success rate isn't great, but it's not terrible either; it's just average. After all, a true immortal who can cultivate to the highest level of spiritual power possesses immense personal fortune; how could they possibly be so unlucky?
Even if it didn't work the first time, it always worked the second time.

As for those who achieve it in three attempts, it's not unheard of, but it's extremely rare. Most true immortals who cultivate the upper cultivation lineage achieve it in three attempts, like Bai Chijing.

With some of the characteristics of a near-immortal appearing within him, Bai Chijing finally saw the root cause of the chaos in the Immortal Realm.

It turns out that there are two factions of immortals who are close to the Dao, and they are fighting each other endlessly.

These two camps are inherently different.

Bai Chijing couldn't sense anything from one of them, but from the other, he could vaguely feel that those dozen or so near-Dao Immortals possessed a similar aura to his own.

It seems that within him exists something that also exists within the bodies of these dozen or so near-immortal cultivators.

Then, Bai Chijing learned that the world he originally belonged to was the Trapped World.

It is a place used by the upper-level immortal clans in the Immortal Realm to secure additional slots for themselves as near-path immortals. In addition, it is also a "hunting" ground for the worldly immortals in the Immortal Realm.

“Even without the world-trapping crisis, this Immortal Realm is about to descend into chaos…” Bai Chijing pondered, because currently, of the twenty-eight near-Dao Immortals in this Immortal Realm, twenty-two are Worldly Beauty Immortals.

There are only six Immortals at the Near-Dao level who are not Worldly Immortals. And these six are currently the main force fighting against the Near-Dao Immortals trapped in the world. The other twenty-two Worldly Immortals have all made their moves, but none of them have gone all out. They have only shown their faces to share some of the pressure from the Near-Dao Immortals on this side.

The six near-Dao Immortals were actually unwilling to continue fighting, but they were all caught up in the power of all living beings, and the suppression of the Immortal Dao Power brought by the twenty-two Worldly Beauty Immortals forced them to continue fighting.

This distorted distribution of power led the six near-Dao Immortals to finally stop being puppets after a period of continuous fighting. One of them directly severed his own body with a single stroke, causing himself to fall to the fourth stage of the Immortal Path, while letting his near-Dao power dissipate and return to the Immortal Path.

In an instant, a mixture of joy and sorrow spread throughout the world.

This is because the fall of a near-immortal being is of immense benefit to the world. However, in addition to this great benefit, the fall of a near-immortal being also causes great damage to this world.

Therefore, the saliva and tears of heaven and earth came out!

The original six near-Dao Immortals were reduced to five, and the pressure on the remaining five near-Dao Immortals was naturally greater. So, not long after, another near-Dao Immortal chose to commit suicide. Then, like the former, he used the power of the near-Dao Immortals of the Trapped World to escape into the Trapped World.

The tears and saliva of heaven and earth appeared once again.

This time, the true form of the immortal path of the immortal realm also appeared. What is puzzling is that this immortal path of the immortal realm has half the appearance of a woman and half the appearance of a gluttonous maw.

Even though Bai Chijing had not yet cultivated to the level of a near-immortal, he could still feel the intense greed in this immortal realm and immortal path!
This greatly shocked Bai Chijing.

After all, he is no longer the same person he used to be, and he understands very well what this situation means.

(End of this chapter)