Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Four Symbols Mountain, Two Elements Immortal Island.

Deep within the white jade palace, the old celestial master, immersed in the Great Dao, suddenly stopped his cultivation, a hint of surprise appearing in his usually calm eyes.

"Interesting, very interesting! What was initially thought to be an insignificant blood sacrifice has actually allowed these members of the demonic sects to communicate with the legendary Nine Nether Abyss..."

"According to the records of heaven and earth, the last time the demon god of the Nine Nether Abyss descended upon the Nine Realms was 80,000 years ago. Under the suppression of the world's will, the five people who inherited the fruit of heaven and earth at that time joined forces to seal it."

"About eight thousand years later, in the long course of time, the demon god that had descended finally lost all life."

The old celestial master's pupils transformed into yin and yang colors, and a cauldron burning with tri-colored flames rose and fell in his hands.

"A one-time, one-way spatial passage, and it dissipated so quickly, I wonder how many demon gods it could have descended upon."

"Judging from the records of the Nine Realms, the terrestrial immortals who participated in suppressing the demon god back then were only at the level of a few of my superior Dao seeds."

"Even with the suppression of the world, being able to be suppressed by five terrestrial deities at the time, this demon god's strength must have been just so-so. How could someone with such strength survive for eight thousand years within the seal?"

After just a moment's thought, the old master realized just how serious the problem was.

He could kill a terrestrial immortal with a single slap. Even with the suppression of heaven and earth, five terrestrial immortals would only take him a little longer to kill.

The old celestial master felt something was very wrong. Even someone as powerful as him could only live for three thousand years. What kind of thing was this demon god? How could he live so much longer than him?

Is it because this so-called demon race is special, or does the demon world possess treasures that extend lifespan? Or perhaps the demon's cultivation methods can prolong life?

The old celestial master has no answer yet, he just wants to capture more demons and gods to study.

"Such valuable research material, if there's only one, it's not enough to share..."

After a moment's thought, the old Celestial Master tossed his whisk into the air, forcibly slowing down the speed at which the Heavenly Dao repaired the world's barrier.

Seeing that the time it took for the spatial passage to disappear had been doubled, the old Celestial Master nodded slightly and took out a crystal-clear compass from his sleeve, imprinted with the patterns of the Great Dao.

The silver pointer spun wildly, accompanied by strange phenomena rising between heaven and earth, and thousands of Great Daos simultaneously stretched across the sky above the Four Symbols Mountain.

In the outside world, a yin-yang symbol spans the sky, taking over the celestial canopy and instantly covering a radius of 100,000 li, turning the world into black and white.

The spreading Daoist aura expanded at an extremely rapid speed, covering the entire Nine Domains.

Thousands of illusory Great Daos appeared beneath the Tai Chi diagram, each representing a Great Dao in the Nine Realms, and each representing the essence of a terrestrial immortal who appeared in the past of the Nine Realms.

A thousand roars echoed, and the heavens and earth trembled.

The Yin-Yang fish swayed in all directions, transforming all places covered by Yin and Yang energies into the Taoist temple of the Old Celestial Master.

In a house halfway up White Tiger Peak, Zhang Ming'an, who was lying on the bed with Ming Jiayu, suddenly sat up straight and stared blankly at the changes in the world.

"Damn! If he's that strong, what's the point of playing?"

Ming Jiayu lightly touched Zhang Ming'an's lips with her finger, her voice as alluring as could be.

"Huh? Senior Sister, I didn't hear you clearly. What did Junior Uncle say he wanted to play? Does he mean to play with you, Senior Sister?"

"This is none of your business, go back to sleep."

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Substituting one's own heart for the will of Heaven is never about taking shortcuts, but about truly possessing the power to directly confront the nascent will of Heaven.

The best description of the Old Celestial Master's realm is that he embodies the essence of heaven and earth and incorporates all the principles of the universe into himself.

A vast and boundless power surged between heaven and earth. Since embarking on the path of cultivation, the old celestial master had never encountered an opponent who required him to go all out.

For over a thousand years, this was the first time the Celestial Master had gone all out, attempting to use the spatial passage above Qingzhou to pinpoint the coordinates of the Nine Netherworld Abyss.

The old Celestial Master has been searching for answers within the heavens and earth for far too long, so long that he can find no other path to ascend to a higher level except to replace the Heavenly Dao.

A new world that could potentially benefit his path was of immeasurable value in the eyes of the Old Celestial Master, second only to replacing the Heavenly Way.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that we absolutely must not miss.

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Lingshan Temple.

The Bodhisattva Xuanling, who was preaching to his disciples, suddenly stopped.

The Bodhisattva on the lotus platform slightly turned his head, his bright golden pupils spanning tens of thousands of miles, fixing on the area above Qingzhou.

Amidst the bewildered gazes of the disciples, a golden phantom of a Buddha appeared in the sky above Lingshan Temple.

"The Nine Netherworld Abyss mentioned in ancient texts... Judging from the aura emanating from it, it is not invincible and is still within a controllable range, which may be a way to break the deadlock."

"An unknown world might offer an opportunity to advance the Great Dao further!"

After murmuring a couple of sentences, a golden lotus with thirty-six petals rose into the sky above Lingshan Temple.

The golden light of Buddha stretched for 90,000 miles, dispelling the yin and yang energies that had covered it, and dyeing the sky between Lingshan Temple and Qingzhou golden.

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Qing'an Prefecture.

The anomalies in the world caused disorder in the Great Dao and interrupted Mu An's progress in comprehending the Dao.

"pity……"

"Just one more step away from completely mastering the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth in the Nine Realms, taking another step forward on the path of creating the Five Elements..."

"So be it, if I gain it, I'm lucky; if I lose it, it's my fate..."

Mu An opened her eyes, exhaled a breath of hot air, and adjusted her state.

"The Five Elements and Yin and Yang are the ultimate principles of heaven and earth, directly connecting to the source. They are the foundation of the Great Dao, and there is no reason to rush them."

"As for this spatial passage, with the blood sacrifice of forty million people, no wonder the yin energy is so heavy, and the karma is so dense that it has materialized. I wonder where it leads? Let's calculate it first..."

Upon waking from seclusion, Mu An immediately reviewed his own Dao.

Even though Mu An, who wields the Book of Creation, is in the Nine Domains, he can continue to comprehend higher levels of the Five Elements Dao.

Unlike the old Celestial Master who couldn't see the way forward and thus embraced all the ways of heaven and earth, Mu An has always focused on the Way of the Five Elements.

The world is created by the Five Elements. In the process of nurturing the world, the creation of the Five Elements is combined with the Yin and Yang, and then all the myriad paths of heaven and earth are incorporated into one's own Great Dao... This is Mu An's path.

The two paths lead to the same destination; they are simply different choices made on the way forward.

This disturbance in the heavens and earth prematurely awakened Mu An from his enlightenment, causing him to miss an opportunity to completely control the five elements of the Nine Realms.

However, Mu An didn't care much and instead turned his attention to Qingzhou.

As Mu An looked towards Qingzhou, he simultaneously communicated with heaven and earth and obtained the information he desired.

"The Nine Netherworld Abyss? The Heaven and Earth Compass, the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, and the Golden Lotus of Merit..."

"They've used the most precious treasures passed down through the Taoist and Buddhist sects, and they're even obstructing the Heavenly Dao from repairing the world's barrier. Could these two be trying to reverse-orient the Nine Netherworld Abyss?"

Gazing at the Yin-Yang fish swimming freely in all directions, and the golden sky road stretching across the heavens, a fleeting madness flashed in Mu An's eyes.

"To possess the complete Yin-Yang Dao, and to have so many minor Daos contained within oneself—one is simply monstrous!"

"I'd believe it if you said he was the reincarnation of the Taoist patriarch..."

Looking at the blood-red spatial passage, Mu An felt a long-lost sense of excitement.

"This is clearly an unknown world, yet these two are acting so ostentatiously. They must be absolutely certain they have the ability to suppress everything..."

"Sure enough, compared to these two lunatics, I, a normal person, always seem out of place!"

Muttering random thoughts, a phantom silver-white ancient book appeared behind Mu An. The phantom of the book rippled in circles, as if it existed in the world, or perhaps in some unknown space.

In an instant, a power powerful enough to reduce the world to nothingness slowly condensed on the pages of the book.

"Just this once, just this once!"

"I have a feeling that if we capture a few more Demon Lords, the Four Symbols World can expand again! If we had more time, we might even be able to create a divine position for Little Ling'er!"

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