A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

Therefore, the battle that followed was essentially a battle to showcase his strength and talent.

Facing two opponents with little will to fight, Ji Ning easily won and officially became the champion of the Immortal Destiny Tournament.

After all the battles ended, Ji Ning and the other top three went to the Great Xia Dynasty's treasury to collect the supernatural powers and secret techniques as rewards for the top three; at the same time, Xia Mangxun's second primordial spirit handed over the record of the final battle to the Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor.

Just like in the original story, Dao Ancestor Chiming did not favor Ji Ning, but instead chose Master Muzhen as his disciple.

"Master was right after all, Dao Ancestor Chiming looks down on me!" When Ji Ning heard Xia Mangxun announce Dao Ancestor Chiming's choice, he felt no disappointment at all, because he already knew the outcome.

In contrast to Ji Ning's calmness, the other person beside him showed obvious disappointment.

The expressions on everyone's faces were also under the gaze of the true immortals and gods present.

Chapter 1007 On the Path of the Dao

"Ji Ning is quite kind-hearted, not showing the slightest disappointment?" Lu Dongbin thought to himself with some emotion. He looked at Yun Hua beside him and thought to himself, "This Calamity Fire God is quite remarkable, able to find such a genius and teach such a disciple."

"Xia Mang, now that the Immortal Fate Conference has concluded and Dao Ancestor Chi Ming has selected suitable disciples, I will take my disciples and depart first!" Yun Hua stood up first to bid farewell to Xia Mang Xun.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Jiehuo, please make yourself at home!" Xia Mangxun smiled slightly.

Logically speaking, the top few this time should have been accepted into the lineage of the Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor, since they have realized that most of these people have condensed the fortune of the Great Xia World.

However, Yunhua is an exception.

Firstly, he had already taken Ji Ning as his disciple, and in their eyes, Ji Ning was taught by Yun Hua.

Secondly, Yunhua himself is a celestial being, and apart from Dao Ancestor Chiming, no one in the Chiming lineage is qualified to compete with him for a disciple; now that Dao Ancestor Chiming does not want Ji Ning, it is naturally not up to others to interfere.

Thirdly, from the perspective of the Crimson Bright lineage, Yun Hua is considered to be one of their own, an unofficial member of the Crimson Bright lineage. After all, he received the Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor's approval the last time they met.

With these three points in place, naturally no one would be foolish enough to try and steal Ji Ning.

"Boom!"

Not long after Yunhua and Ji Ning left the Great Xia, water and fire suddenly fell from the sky, with the true fire of the sun and the true water of the moon descending simultaneously.

Ji Ning also successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

He had already understood the method of breaking through realms in the "Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram," but he deliberately suppressed his realm because he had to participate in the Immortal Destiny Conference. Now that the Immortal Destiny Conference has ended, he naturally begins to break through realms directly.

"You've broken through your cultivation realm. Now, I'll give you a month to say goodbye to your family and friends. I'll take you away from Great Xia!" Yunhua said. "The path of cultivation cannot be limited to arduous practice; one must also experience the vastness of the world."

"Yes!" Ji Ning nodded.

Over the next month, Ji Ning first went to the Yan Prince's Mansion to say goodbye to his cousin, then returned to the Ji family to say goodbye to his parents, and finally returned to the capital of the Great Xia Kingdom to find Yun Hua again.

"Is everything arranged?" Yunhua asked.

Ji Ning nodded.

"Let's go then!" With a thought, Yun Hua took Ji Ning and soared into the sky. They quickly arrived in the air, and then he casually slashed out with his palm like a knife, instantly tearing a passage through the void.

He took Ji Ning and left Daxia directly.

In the void, Yunhua led Ji Ning forward step by step.

"Ji Ning, do you know the difference between a Heavenly God, a True God, and an Ancestral God?" Yun Hua asked as they walked.

"This disciple does not know," Ji Ning replied.

Yunhua said, "Comprehending a Dao is enough to meet the standard of becoming a Heavenly God. Next, you only need to build your divine body around this Dao to become a Heavenly God; comprehending a Great Dao and building your divine body around this Great Dao will make you a True God; comprehending a Heavenly Dao and building your divine body around this Heavenly Dao will make you an Ancestral God."

"After Pangu separated heaven and earth, there were ten Heavenly Paths in the world, namely the Five Elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth, as well as Yin, Yang, life, death, and the Chaos Heavenly Path."

"So, what happens next will affect your path to enlightenment!" Yunhua looked at Ji Ning.

"The Path of the Dao!?" Ji Ning was slightly taken aback, somewhat confused.

"Tell me, if you become a celestial god and build your divine body around a certain water-based path; then, after becoming a true god, build your divine body around a certain fire-based path; do you think you can still reach the Ancestral God Realm?" Yunhua looked at Ji Ning.

"This!?" Ji Ning was stunned. This was something he had never heard of before.

"Actually, this is just my guess. After I became a god, I also communicated with Xia Mang, Dao Ancestor Chi Ming, and others. There is no such taboo in the Three Realms."

However, there are far too few ancestral gods in the Three Realms, so I wondered if it was because there was a conflict in the way they constructed their divine bodies? Yunhua spoke leisurely.

"The path by which I became the divine body constructed by the gods is the Path of Blazing Fire; the Path of Blazing Fire is a branch under the Path of Explosive Flame. I have already comprehended this Path of Explosive Flame, and I will use this path when I construct my true god body in the future; if I can advance to the level of ancestral god in the future, my divine body will naturally be constructed using the Heavenly Path of Fire."

“However, this is my path of fire element cultivation, not yours.” Yunhua looked at Ji Ning. “I suggest you think carefully about what path you want to take.”

"What path should I take?!" Ji Ning was also somewhat confused; he really couldn't figure it out right now.

“Before becoming a god, you have plenty of time to think about your path,” Yunhua said casually. “But this time, I’m going to take you to see the Twenty-Seven Realms of Fuju.”

"Does Fuju reside in the Twenty-Seven Realms? Is there anything special about that world?!" Ji Ning asked.

"It's not one world. There are twenty-seven worlds in total. These twenty-seven worlds were once the territory of the Dao Ancestor, the number one sword immortal in the Three Realms," Yunhua explained.

In ancient times, many true gods and Dao ancestors perished, and in the Three Realms period, quite a few also perished.

But the most shocking thing is the death of Fuju Daozu. No one knows how he died, only that he died in the chaos, and nothing else.

It should be known that Fuju Daozu was the number one sword immortal in the Three Realms. His death naturally caused a huge shock. The most famous true gods and Dao ancestors in the Three Realms all went to investigate the cause of his death, but found nothing.

Although the Dao Ancestor of Fuju died, the twenty-seven realms of Fuju that he once ruled became famous.

When the Dao Ancestor Fuju was comprehending swordsmanship, he would leave sword marks on the mountains and rivers of the twenty-seven realms whenever he felt inspired. These sword marks contained unparalleled divine power, and many gods and immortals dared not touch them.

When Fuju Daozu was alive, naturally no one dared to go to these places; but since Fuju Daozu died, the sword marks he left behind have become the most famous and greatest opportunities in the Three Realms.

Countless immortals and demons from the Three Realms come here to comprehend the secrets. And because this is a public opportunity, no one dares to disrupt it. Destroying the sword mark is equivalent to destroying the opportunity of countless people in the Three Realms, and the wrath of countless immortals and demons can reduce such a person to ashes.

Of these twenty-seven realms, each possesses a vast number of sword marks, but the realm with the most concentrated and powerful sword marks is the Sword Immortal Realm. There, one can even find the legacy of the Dao Ancestor—the Five Treasures Sword Technique.

Therefore, many gods and immortals, after traveling through the other twenty-six realms, would enter the Sword Immortal Realm to comprehend the mysteries.

"Wu Bao Sword Technique, Fu Ju Dao Ancestor, Sword Immortal Realm..." Upon hearing Yun Hua's description, Ji Ning was also somewhat excited. He was looking forward to it. He himself also cultivated the sword path and had a special feeling for the sword. He hoped that his swordsmanship could be qualitatively improved in the twenty-seven realms of Fu Ju.

"Master, you follow the path of fire, are you also going to study the way of the sword?" Ji Ning asked, somewhat puzzled.

According to Yunhua's previous account, his path was already set. Logically, he should have spent time on the path of fire and become a true god or ancestral god as soon as possible. Why should he be thinking about the path of the sword?

“I cultivate the Way of Fire, but that doesn’t mean I don’t need other paths. Have you ever thought about what would happen if I integrated the Way of the Sword into my Way of Fire?” Yunhua looked at Ji Ning.

Ji Ning shook his head.

Yunhua said, "My fire will possess extraordinary aggressiveness; at that point, water will no longer be its nemesis. Similarly, those who primarily cultivate the sword path can integrate water, fire, and other elements into their own path."

Chapter 1008 The Path to World God

Ji Ning nodded, and at the same time, the thought arose in his mind: "Does every path have such inclusiveness? Swordsmanship, the way of the sword... According to my master, after I become a god, it is best to choose a path that is inherited from the same lineage. The way of the sword is undoubtedly a great path to heaven. Could it be that the path I will eventually walk is the way of the sword?"

But after this thought came to mind, Ji Ning quickly put it aside: "It's too early to talk about the Great Dao now. Constructing a divine body is something to consider when I reach the Heavenly God Realm. At least I'll talk about it when I reach the Returning Void Realm."

Soon, Yunhua brought Ji Ning to the Baiyang Realm, one of the twenty-seven realms of Fuju.

The White Sun Realm was just a small world, only a million miles in circumference. Yun Hua was incredibly fast, and he brought Ji Ning directly to the foot of a cliff.

From afar, one could see more than a dozen sword marks on the cliff, and a terrifying sword intent rushed towards them.

At this moment, the area around this cliff was already crowded with cultivators, most of whom were at the Nascent Soul Realm and the Myriad Manifestations Realm. On the first few prayer mats, there was also a Celestial Immortal carrying a sword.

"Master, the prayer mats near the sword mark are all occupied. What should we do?" Ji Ning asked.

Yun Hua glanced around and said, "Apart from the leading Celestial Immortal, the others won't last long. The sword marks and sword intent left behind by the Dao Ancestor are not something they can fully comprehend. It's normal for them to stop halfway through, but if they try to force their way through, they risk going into qi deviation. They'll retreat soon, and we can just go in."

"Let me remind you, this is the sword mark and sword intent left by the number one sword immortal in the Three Realms. Your performance won't be much better than those Void Returning Realm Earth Immortals. If you can't withstand it, retreat quickly," Yunhua reminded him one last time.

"They're here!" After waiting for a short while, Yun Hua suddenly looked at a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator in front of him with a flushed face. With a thought, he directly switched his position with Ji Ning's.

All the surrounding cultivators were immersed in comprehending the sword marks and sword intent, so they naturally did not notice Yun Hua's trickery, nor did they notice that the cultivators in the front row had been replaced.

Soon after, another person quickly closed their eyes, then swiftly rose and left. Yunhua also flashed forward, sitting directly on his original futon, and began to quietly comprehend the sword marks and sword intent here.

Many restrictions were also set up near the cliff to prevent someone from losing control during the process of comprehending the sword and directly destroying the sword marks.

Of course, these restrictions are not very powerful; they can only hold back people at the Celestial Immortal level, but they are completely ineffective against a Celestial God like Yun Hua.

However, Yunhua had no time to think too much; his mind was completely absorbed in the sword marks before him.

He focused intently on sensing the power of the sword and felt a tremendous sword intent rushing towards him.

"Such powerful sword intent... No wonder it was left behind by the God of the Northern Xiu World." Yun Hua exclaimed inwardly.

Fuju Daozu is known as the number one sword immortal in the Three Realms, but Yunhua knows his true identity: he was actually possessed by the Northern Xiu World God.

The God of the Northern World was injured and his true spirit was slowly dissipating. He was beyond saving, so he possessed the body of the Dao Ancestor Fuju and spent his last days in the Three Realms in the name of the Dao Ancestor Fuju.

The sword intent and sword marks left here are actually at the level of a world god. Therefore, even Yun Hua, seeing this for the first time, would feel amazed. At the same time, he couldn't help but compare this sword intent with what his true self had learned in the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

"It's far inferior to the three great sword techniques, and even to the sword techniques created by the Great Emperor, but judging from these few sword marks, it should be comparable to the sword techniques created by the Saint and the Saint King," Yun Hua thought to himself.

After a brief comparison, Yunhua didn't dwell on it and continued to comprehend it.

The power of these sword marks is secondary; what is most precious is what they represent: they represent the most orthodox sword techniques in this world.

This approach is far superior to the "countryside" approach of the Three Realms; in fact, to some extent, it has a "correcting the wrongs" effect on Yunhua's cultivation.

Yunhua's own sword techniques were all created by the ancestors of the Three Realms, but these ancestors had never seen the outside world, so their methods inevitably went astray.

Just like Yunhua's previous understanding of the art of archery, the Three Realms have clearly been led astray by Hou Yi, placing excessive emphasis on mental strength while neglecting the progress of the art of archery itself.

The same principle applies to the great paths of swordsmanship, sabersmanship, and so on. Things in the Three Realms have some problems to varying degrees.

In fact, this is also why Yunhua chose to settle in the Twenty-Seven Realms as his first stop after leaving the Great Xia Dynasty. He wanted to use what the Dao Ancestor of Fuju and the World God of Beixiu had left behind to further correct his cultivation path, and at the same time use this righteous path to further verify his path of fire.

"Huh!? Something's not right! The sword techniques here seem a bit off." After pondering for a long time, Yunhua suddenly showed a hint of surprise.

"What these sword marks and sword intent reveal is something that transcends the Heavenly Dao, and is completely different from what the true gods and Dao ancestors of the Three Realms created."

The true gods and Dao ancestors of the Three Realms created things by first conforming to the Heavenly Dao, but the sword techniques here transcend the Heavenly Dao. A sense of enlightenment suddenly arose in Yunhua's mind.

The Way of Heaven is the biggest difference between this world and the outside world.

The Heavenly Dao of the Three Realms is the inherent operating principle of the Three Realms themselves. Whether it is the Heavenly Dao of Fire or anything else, it is essentially the operating principle of the Three Realms themselves. If you were to go to another world, where the world operates differently, then the Heavenly Dao you comprehend would be completely different.

The same Fire Element Heavenly Dao works this way in the Three Realms, but it behaves differently in other worlds.

"To become an Ancestral God, one must first master a Heavenly Dao... I have chosen the path of fire, so in theory I should follow the Heavenly Dao of fire in the future. But can the operation of the Heavenly Dao of the Three Realms really be applied to other worlds outside?" Yun Hua had some doubts and hesitations in his heart.

"No, it should be fine. If I remember correctly, Ji Ning in the original story also became an Ancestral God by relying on the Way of Water. When he was in the Heavenly God Realm, the core of his Dao was the Way of Rain; when he was in the True God Realm, it was the Way of the Sword; but when he was in the Ancestral God Realm, it was the Way of Water; and when he was in the World Realm, it was the World of Swords..."

"If he didn't have any problems, then I should have no problem advancing using the Fire Path of Heaven," Yunhua thought to himself.

"The path of cultivation in this world is both idealistic and materialistic... If you can cultivate it successfully, it will be useful; if it is useless, you cannot cultivate it at all."

"However, when I became a world god, I could not follow the usual path."

Whether it is the Water Path or the Fire Path, they are actually part of the Chaos. Therefore, the vast majority of world gods actually progressed from a single Five Elements Yin-Yang Path to Ancestral God, and then gradually comprehended the Chaos Path. Afterwards, they used the Chaos Path to construct their divine bodies and become world gods.

"If there is a world of swords, then does my fire also have a world of fire?" Such a thought arose in Yunhua's mind. Perhaps by referring to the methods of the Northern Xiu World God, he could use this as a springboard to comprehend a world god path that belongs only to the path of fire?

Yunhua stayed in the White Sun Realm for a year.

The sword marks and sword intent in the White Sun Realm, as well as the sword techniques left behind, were not particularly profound. Yun Hua comprehended them in just about three days. However, he needed to use the sword techniques here to verify his own path of cultivation, and he also needed to take care of Ji Ning's sword comprehension, which is why he stayed for a year.

"A year has passed. How's your understanding of those sword techniques?" Yunhua asked Ji Ning.

Chapter 1009 The Realm of Sword Immortals

"As expected of the Dao Ancestor Fuju, the number one sword immortal in the Three Realms, even the sword techniques he casually left behind, I can only comprehend one or two tenths of!" Ji Ning was somewhat ashamed. In a year, he had only comprehended one or two tenths of them.

“It’s already quite good if you can comprehend one or two tenths of the Yuan Shen realm. However, the Dao Ancestor Fuju left behind a total of twenty-seven small worlds. Apart from the core Sword Immortal Realm and the White Sun Realm that we comprehended before, there are still twenty-five worlds left. We will stay in each world for one or two years, and then go to the Sword Immortal Realm!” Yunhua said.

"The more you experience, the longer your swordsmanship will go. If you can comprehend one or two tenths in the first world, then you may be able to comprehend two or three tenths in the next few worlds. When you have traveled through the remaining twenty-five worlds, you should be able to fully comprehend the swordsmanship of a world. Only then will going to the Sword Immortal Realm be effective."

"Let's go!" Yunhua led Ji Ning away from Baiyang Realm and headed to their second stop—Nanli Realm.

Then, the two of them went through each of the little worlds one by one.

Each of the smaller worlds bears the sword marks left behind by the Dao Ancestor Fuju, whether it's a sword cleaving a river, a sword piercing a huge passage, or a casual sketch on a plain...

The two of them comprehended every trace in the twenty-six worlds.

Each world stays for a period of time, ranging from one year to two years.

During this process of enlightenment, Yunhua thoroughly comprehended the way of the sword, and even his own sword power silently reached the third realm.

Moreover, the corresponding way of the sword, the way of the blade, also progressed to a completely new realm—complete enlightenment—while comprehending the way of the sword. Even the power of the blade reached the third level.

Swords and knives have many similarities, but also many conflicting aspects. In the process of comprehending this, Yunhua consciously observed the way of the sword to understand the way of the knife, so his cultivation of the way of the knife also progressed in tandem.