A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 656 The Transcendent Dao Collapses

In the Northwest Boundary Sea, within the four great formations of the Heavenly Court, there are countless Earth Immortals who come and go most frequently.

Although there are quite a few celestial immortals, they are still thousands of times fewer than earth immortals.

This is because in all the myriad realms, in any world where the Daoist teachings have been passed down for tens of thousands or hundreds of millions of years, there are countless methods to become an Earth Immortal. There are orthodox paths, crooked paths, shortcuts, and even Earth Immortals who are directly empowered by initiation.

As for the Celestial Immortal level, one must at least comprehend one of the Four Imperishables, and crossing that threshold is no easy feat.

Celestial beings can travel faster than light, browse other branches of time, interfere with other universes, and survive in the Great Void Sea based on their own cultivation level.

Therefore, the formation trajectories driven by these celestial immortals can often serve as the main axis of the trajectories of many terrestrial immortals, and the celestial immortals' movements appear more slow and deliberate.

Nirvana Corpse Immortal is one of the Celestial Immortals under the four departments of the Heavenly Court. He is covered with withered strips of cloth and wears a white robe with gold patterns. He has a handsome face and sits alone on a small boat, drifting on the surface of the Boundary Sea.

"I silently watch the white clouds, all unmoved; unaware that the clouds and I are both moving eastward!"

His palm rested on the edge of the wooden boat, his fingers gently touching the chaotic seawater, as he stared intently at the angles formed by the array patterns on the surface of the sea.

From all the array angles in this area of ​​the sea, besides the auras of various Earth Immortals, the main axis is the aura of this Celestial Immortal.

Within each exquisite bend formed by chaos and nothingness, the source of time and light has given rise to an infinite universe. All the changes in celestial phenomena, matter, primordial energy, and spacetime within it extend in accordance with the Daoist methods of the Nirvana Corpse Immortal.

In his early years, this Corpse Immortal combined Taoism and Buddhism, but could only cultivate to the Earth Immortal realm, with a limited lifespan. Later, in order to prolong his life, he sought the methods of incense offerings to confer divine status and the methods of evil corpse demons.

By using the way of incense, one can refine a deity and preserve the primordial spirit from death; by using the way of evil, one can refine the physical body into a corpse demon and preserve the physical body from decay.

He also discovered the secret techniques of Buddhism to subdue demons, transforming his own corpse demon body. When necessary, he could inhabit the corpse demon body with incense and gold, which had neither the disadvantage of the unstable physical body of incense deities nor the disadvantage of corpse demons being easily restrained by yang-style Taoist magic.

This cultivation method allowed his cultivation to rise steadily, making him one of the few Celestial Immortal level deities in that world.

In the process of vying for supremacy with other gods, he went deeper and deeper down this path, and even comprehended a mystery that made humans inferior to corpses.

People's thoughts are chaotic and disordered, and the incense they offer is often also chaotic, requiring more purification. If one forcibly brainwashes them, it will also consume one's own magical power, which is not worth the loss.

Corpse demons are different. They are simple-minded and single-minded. Although they are cruel and bloodthirsty and difficult to tame, if methods are used to transform them into corpse demons before they are born, so that they will naturally be close to a certain god, the problem of their bloodthirstiness and cruelty can be solved.

After having this idea, the Nirvana Corpse Immortal, through long-term research, condensed his divine power into a kind of Nirvana Golden Blood.

First, he planted this golden blood catalyst in all his believers. After the believers turned into corpse demons, they would produce a corpse aura with every breath, causing the people and animals in the vicinity to be assimilated and gradually transform into corpse demons as well.

When the other celestial deities of that world discovered the clues, it was too late. They were forced to ascend prematurely and abandon the foundations they had painstakingly built.

The Nirvana Corpse Immortal dominated that realm, transforming all living beings into corpse demons, which then multiplied among billions of stars, spreading throughout the entire universe, and then expanding to other time branches.

If things continue like that, perhaps one day, before he even becomes an emperor, he will have already transformed that entire multiverse into a universe of corpse demons.

If he reaches that stage, this Nirvana Corpse Immortal's strength will be enough to fight against an ordinary Annihilation Heavenly Ghost for a period of time.

However, it's hard to say whether he was exceptionally lucky or exceptionally unlucky.

When his rivals ascended to heaven, it happened to coincide with the Great Calamity of Taiqing Chiming, and they were conveniently taken in by a Holy Lord belonging to the Fire Department of the Heavenly Court.

After hearing about the deeds of the Nirvana Corpse Immortal, the Holy Lord greatly admired him. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no longer any divine protection for the lower realm, he used his magic to trace the cause and effect starting with those few Heavenly Immortal Gods, locked onto the realm where the Nirvana Corpse Immortal was located, and then directly captured the Nirvana Corpse Immortal.

When the Nirvana Corpse Immortal saw his mortal enemies standing beside that Holy Lord, he thought he was about to die. He was surprised to find that he had encountered a powerful figure who had broken through the restrictions of the Heavenly Rules and was also the backer of his mortal enemies.

But after the Holy Lord explained the situation to him and assigned him a task, he felt that this might be a great opportunity!

As the light sources of time are born from these chaotic corners, and the infinite universe continues to evolve, all the new changes symbolizing the Daoist principles seem to be a path of advancement tailor-made for this Nirvana Corpse Immortal.

It's as if you have countless mentors who know you best, working together to help you reach a higher level and pointing you in the right direction.

"I see. When I am below the level of a Celestial Immortal, I should strive for purity, but once I have become a Celestial Immortal, I cannot be too one-dimensional."

The Nirvana Corpse Immortal pondered, "All the corpse demons serve me as their master, but I shouldn't interfere too much when they interact with each other."

"Even if they are already corpse demons, they should still have different groups, squeezing the lower levels and supporting the upper levels. When the lower levels can no longer bear it, they will brew the sparks of change and impact the upper levels. This cycle of change continues endlessly, pushing forward and maintaining the driving force for expansion. Only I will remain at the highest level and enjoy all the benefits of change and constancy."

"This is the true path of my Corpse Demon God Path."

The small boat drifted forward, approaching a time source that a Nirvana Corpse Immortal had never seen before.

As the number of Earth Immortals joining the grand formation continues to increase, causing new changes to the four grand formations of the Heavenly Court, new folds and new sources of time will constantly appear in the chaotic void.

The Nirvana Corpse Immortal cast a portion of his mind into this new source of time and space, continuing to enjoy the benefits brought by the formation.

unexpectedly!

He had only been inside this source of time for a short time when he heard a deafening, tearing roar.

When he looked up, he saw a huge, winding crack, like glass shattered, stretching out from who knows where, located at the highest point of all the cosmic galaxies, tearing apart one universe after another, and extending infinitely into the distance.

This newly emerging source of time has given birth to fewer than a billion universes, far from meeting the requirements of that great rift.

Therefore, as that crack extended further into the distance, the entire source of time was forced to evolve at an accelerated pace.

Faster and faster, faster and faster.

As is widely known, the star-structured universe is the most universal and fluid method of cosmic evolution.

However, driven by this great rift, even the speed at which the universe, with its star-like structure, evolved seemed too slow and not smooth enough, and more bizarre and indescribable cosmic forms were shaped.

The Nirvana Corpse Immortal, with his focused attention, strained his eyes to see the whole picture.

With the blessing of the Heavenly Court's Four Great Formations, his eyesight was barely able to see the very tip of the great crack.

Where the sharpest crack passed, the newly generated cosmic forms were so unfamiliar and so terrifying to the Nirvana Corpse Immortal.

However, he could clearly see that those cosmic forms were all derived from the Taoist methods he was most proficient in.

Compared to normal chaotic angles and time-source points, he still needs to wander and comprehend them on his own.

These unprecedented new forms of the universe were practically chasing after him, trying to infuse all the changes in the Dao that were arising within them into his mind and spirit.

The Nirvana Corpse Immortal quickly discerned that the Daoist meanings represented by these newly formed cosmic forms had significant flaws.

If it simply exists as a form of universe, then it doesn't matter; it's no different from a normal universe.

However, if intelligent beings were to cultivate this kind of Dao, it would be easy for them to cut off their path of progress, causing mental confusion and physical harm. When facing cultivators of the same realm as Taiqing Chiming, those who cultivate the new Dao would probably appear as unstable energy balls that would explode at the slightest touch.

"What happened? What on earth happened? Has the formation malfunctioned?!"

The Nirvana Corpse Immortal only sent down a fragment of his mind. This extremely Yin mind, created by the Corpse Technique, now profoundly experienced a feeling of icy coldness in its hands and feet.

Like a tiny, dark gray snowflake of yin energy, it was thrown onto the former sun of the thirty-third heaven.

A sense of foreboding caused his mind to continuously crumble outwards. This crumbling mind immediately transformed into a frenzied state of fear, which then rebounded and devoured him.

The number of universes generated by this source of time is increasing at an extremely abnormal rate: hundreds of billions, trillions, Ganges sands, thousands of Ganges sands, asamkhya, nayutas, an inconceivable and immeasurable number!

The flaws in the universe are becoming increasingly apparent, yet it continues to advance relentlessly, and indeed, it far exceeds the limits of the Dao that a normal light source could deduce.

That great rift continued to rise, ignoring any flaws, until this source of time and the merciless universe could no longer bear the things it had created.

The heretical path is already fractured, humanity is already crippled, and the Way of Heaven... how can it not face destruction?!

That incredible, immeasurable, and incalculable universe was instantly destroyed, scattered, and reduced to chaotic dust.

Beyond that chaotic fold, on the surface of the Boundary Sea, a sudden turbulence erupted. The Nirvana Corpse Immortal sitting in the small boat opened his eyes in fear and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

The moment the celestial being's lifeblood fell into chaos, he realized that it wasn't just the closest source of time and space that had been destroyed.

In the surrounding area, all the time-source points that had his presence were instantly destroyed out of control.

When he looked up, what he saw made his celestial body and mind freeze for a moment, almost making him doubt that he was still in those destroyed universes, sinking into the dust of the past.

Because he saw that above the Chaos Sea, in a place incredibly close to the Heavenly Realm, there was also a large crack that was spreading towards the depths of the Heavenly Court's four great formations.

Nirvana Corpse Immortal was merely one of the celestial beings caught in the aftermath.

Looking at the entire Taiqing Realm Sea...

At this very moment, within the great array of the Northwest Boundary Sea, where the great rift passed, a quarter of the Time Sources had gone out of control, broken free from the angle of chaos and nothingness, and leaped upwards, ignoring all possible consequences, and ascending.

Some of those sources were already in the airspace above the border sea, while others were on the surface of the border sea, so it was all fine.

However, most of the time-source points that were originally beneath the boundary sea were destroyed when they jumped out of the sea, bringing with them layers of chaotic waves.

The extremely violent chaotic currents, with their unpredictable and repeated impacts, swallowed up countless cultivators who participated in setting up the formation.

It is unknown how many magical artifacts personally crafted by those holy lords were destroyed, and how many talismans taken from the Heavenly Court's treasury were annihilated.

Above this vast, boundless, and uncontrollable chaotic sea, there are trillions of dazzling and endlessly evolving points of time.

Divine light shone brightly, creating a chaotic and turbulent atmosphere that shattered the chaos and caused a violent ascent.

Guan Luoyang and his group were currently in the transition zone between the Central Boundary Sea and the Northwest Boundary Sea.

To them, all they had just seen was Mu Feng Tianzun thrusting his spear forward, the tip spinning and the shaft moving like a dragon.

The power emanating from the three Great Dao singularities flew out from the body of Mu Feng Tianzun at that moment, intersecting and merging, and was entrusted to the divine spear.

Thus, wherever the divine spear went, all three paths were destroyed, the boundless cosmic light was severed inch by inch, the chaotic primordial energy was cut off one by one, it was common for it to be destroyed without a trace, let alone sink into the sea of ​​boundaries.

Deep within the formation, in the Heavenly Palace, the true form of the Ancient Tooth Celestial Venerable was revealed. He stood atop several Heavenly Palaces, overlooking numerous sacred lands, commanding the power of the Heavenly Court's grand formation, his six arms making a series of grabbing maneuvers.

The Northwest Boundary Sea surged violently. In a short time, the true form of the Ancient Tooth Celestial Venerable retreated, and with the help of two Celestial Venerables behind him, they managed to stop the great crack from continuing to spread forward.

If no true Celestial Venerable were to preside over this formation, and unleash the nascent Dao Fruit to intercept it...

With just this one shot, the entire Heavenly Court's four great formations could be utterly destroyed, along with all the multiverses that were brewing from the chaos and nothingness within the formations.

"The path not yet walked has no right or wrong to speak of; the path already walked, how can it be judged as right or wrong?"

The voice of the Celestial Venerable Mu Feng was gentle and slowly drifted over.

"When my shot reached its most intense point, the resulting magic was completely wrong."

"The gun symbolizes the evolutionary inertia bestowed upon all the universes within the light of time. Eventually, even the divine gun itself could no longer stop it. Isn't this somewhat similar to your Crimson Light Holy Calamity, when it was on the verge of spiraling out of control?"

"But the intent of my spear is enough to traverse the boundary sea, disturbing external things but not my will, without beginning or end, and consistent from ancient times to the future. Therefore, my spear can break this formation."

These words lingered around Guan Luoyang, revealing all the Taoist insights that Mu Feng Tianzun had gained since his cultivation, as well as all the scenes and classics he had witnessed, all to the best of his ability.

As the words slowly unfolded, the true form of Mu Feng Tianzun, spear in hand, stepped away into the formation, his spear pointing towards the center of the Northwest Boundary Sea.

His true actions, combined with all the insights projected onto him, gave rise to new changes.

The human holy lords around them had heard Mu Feng Tianzun preach so selflessly before, and they all regained their senses in an instant.

Even the Divine Armor Dao Lord did not linger in it for too long.

Only Guan Luoyang, who had never experienced the normal state of Taiqing Chiming at the Heavenly Venerable realm, suddenly had all the insights he had gained from the Eternal Calamity Divine Fire fly out of his mind after obtaining all of this, intertwining with the Dao sounds swirling around him.

As his eyes slowly opened and closed, a profound and serene aura, as if he had seen through the vicissitudes of life, appeared, before it vanished completely.

"Brother, why choose a time like this to preach? Aren't you afraid I'll get hacked to pieces while I'm trying to achieve enlightenment?"

Guan Luoyang chuckled softly, "It's alright, I never let my friends down."

Deep within the four great formations of the Heavenly Court, the auras of Immortal Venerable Puli and Immortal Venerable Yongzhou gradually appeared, shifting from above the Boundary Sea and heading towards the location where the great formation had collapsed.

(End of this chapter)