Chapter 2059: The Dao of the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Worthy Awakens

"Sigh…"

The last-generation Sovereign of the Spiritual Treasure Realm let out a lament.

He closed his eyes, seemingly sensing something. The surrounding spiritual Qi of heaven and earth stirred, rules faintly stirring, somewhat resembling the process of a Heavenly-human ascending to Sovereign.

"The Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm still has not birthed a Sovereign."

"I am still the last-generation Sovereign."

The grief on the last-generation Sovereign of the Spiritual Treasure Realm's face grew thicker, his whole person dimming.

"Ah, this…"

Jiang Ding felt a little embarrassed.

Back then, during the Celestial Craft Star Chain world cluster, hadn't he seemed to promise the other party to look after one or two of the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm's inheriting disciples?

Later… later, of course, he had not forgotten.

At that time he had already given the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Dao Child some opportunities. In the end, the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Dao Child's opportunities and fortune were insufficient, and he died within the heavenly tribulation of ascending to Sovereign. There was nothing to be done about it.

"Senior, please do not worry."

"The river of time flows on and on. Since your sect's inheritance is so wondrous, as time passes, an absolute genius will eventually be born, and once more ascend to Sovereign."

Jiang Ding deliberated for a moment, then said.

He could not make the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Sect's Dao Child ascend to Sovereign, just as he could not make rotten wood become fine jade. Even if there were a way, he was unwilling to pay such a price; their bond had not reached that point.

However, if the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Sect were to birth a prodigy worthy of cultivation in the time to come, lending a hand would be no problem.

"How could it be that simple."

"The river of time does flow on, and miracles will indeed be born, but the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure lineage must also continue to exist. Who knows, a single wave might come crashing in, and the sect's lineage might be wiped out for all we know."

The last-generation Sovereign of the Spiritual Treasure Realm sighed.

He pondered for a moment.

"Dao Friend Great Sun,"

"Do you know what this sect's name is?"

The last-generation Sovereign of the Spiritual Treasure Realm asked.

"The Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm."

Jiang Ding answered without hesitation, without any pause. This question was very simple.

"Oh?"

"Really? Care to think again?"

The last-generation Sovereign of the Spiritual Treasure Realm smiled faintly.

"Not the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm?"

Jiang Ding's heart suddenly lurched, a sliver of unease rising within him.

His expression grew somewhat solemn. He closed his eyes and pondered, but found no answer.

The unease in his heart grew even stronger.

Jiang Ding immediately unfurled the Six Paths Dream, completely shrouding this stretch of heaven and earth. The authority of the Law-Destroying Great Dao's rule-branch appeared between heaven and earth, and behind him an incomparably terrifying phantom of the Law-Destroying Great Dao manifested, drawing even the gaze of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth itself.

The phantom of the Law-Destroying Great Dao had appeared here!

"You!"

"You're not… not a Sovereign…"

"

The last-generation Sovereign of the Spiritual Treasure Realm's eyes bulged, his voice stammering, as if he had seen a ghost.

What was this?

Were his eyes playing tricks?

This was the authority of the Law-Destroying Great Dao's rule-branch, the true phantom of the Law-Destroying Great Dao!

This is, this is his mother's a true immortal!

This godforsaken backwater place, this remote to the extreme Fallen Immortal Realm, how could it possibly birth a true immortal!

The last-generation Sovereign of the Spiritual Treasure Realm was as if struck by five thunderbolts, his whole person drifting and wavering, his footsteps unsteady, as if in a dream. Even a Sovereign's memories could not keep him composed.

Jiang Ding paid no heed to these trivialities.

His whole being immersed itself within the Law-Destroying Great Dao of heaven and earth, letting his true-immortal essence align perfectly with the Law-Destroying Great Dao, ceaselessly comprehending, ceaselessly scanning everything about himself, especially his soul and memories.

"What is the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm called?"

"It's called the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm!"

Jiang Ding examined bit by bit, seeing his first arrival in the Fallen Immortal Realm, his first contact with information about the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm. At that time, the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm was already called the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm.

Then came his continuous travels, the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm of the Celestial Craft Star Chain world cluster, all the way until now — it had always been the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm.

No anomaly.

Everything was normal.

"Normal…"

Jiang Ding's gaze was like still water. The Great Sun Immortal-Mortal Sword Soul left his body, completely merging with the Law-Destroying Great Dao of heaven and earth, thoroughly integrating into it as he silently comprehended.

"Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm?"

"No!"

"This is the Spiritual Treasure Realm!"

"It has always been called the Spiritual Treasure Realm!"

Jiang Ding growled low, his gaze somewhat horrified.

This time, he looked once more into his own soul and memories. The Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm within his memories once again became the true Spiritual Treasure Realm, but the moment his attention lapsed, it would become the Shangqing Spiritual Treasure Realm again — like a bone-deep ulcer — unable to be exempted even by a true immortal's transcendent essence. Terrifying beyond words.

Jiang Ding took a deep breath, his heart surging uneasily.

He knew he had touched upon something extremely terrifying, something at the level of the universe's essence.

A long, long time passed.

Once his heart calmed, Jiang Ding rose, bowed deeply to the last Supreme of the Lingbao Realm, and respectfully said, "Please, Senior, enlighten this junior!"

"I dare not!"

"I dare not, I dare not!"

"To enlighten Your Highness is my honor."

The last Supreme of the Lingbao Realm hurriedly returned the bow.

A True Immortal of the Human Race!

This was a terrifying being who might one day become the Human Emperor, the object all Supremes of the Human Race should rightfully serve; even an Eight Calamity Supreme would bow and submit here, and the mythical True Dragon and True Phoenix would have to lower their proud heads.

Such an existence truly made it impossible to harbor any thought of resistance.

"Your Highness,"

"All of this stems from the source of the Lingbao Realm's inheritance."

"The source of the Lingbao Realm's inheritance is named the Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao!"

The last Supreme of the Lingbao Realm said slowly.

"The Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao?"

Jiang Ding chewed on this name in his heart; the True Immortal's essence instinctively sensed something ominous, as if approaching a disaster.

"The Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao,"

"This is something that existed in an extremely ancient era, so ancient that words, inheritances, memories, and the Heavenly Dao could not record it. In that time, the Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao was one of the strongest Great Daos in the entire endless universe and starry sky, the strongest... Immortal? Heavenly Venerable? I do not know how to address it."

"I only know that the Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao was incredibly powerful in the past."

The last Supreme of the Lingbao Realm racked his brains to recall, paused for a long time, then said, "But, at a certain period, an indescribably terrifying powerhouse appeared. He slaughtered a group of supreme beings including the Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao, annihilated the Shangqing Lingbao lineage, and made heaven and earth forget the Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao."

"This was not done intentionally by that indescribably terrifying powerhouse; no one would be so solemn toward a defeated foe."

"It was merely his existence; the aftermath of his attack completely annihilated the Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao, so that in this heaven and earth, even the name Shangqing Lingbao no longer existed."

"Time passed."

"That indescribably terrifying powerhouse must have gone far away by now, right?"

"Otherwise, it simply makes no sense."

"Anyway, after an unknown duration, through an unknown number of universal cycles, the Dao of Shangqing Lingbao began to revive again, because Immortals do not die. The Lingbao Realm is how our sect's ancestors, receiving inspiration from the Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao, ascended to become Supreme."

The last Supreme of the Lingbao Realm laid out everything he knew.

"Senior is saying that after that terrifying existence disappeared for a long time, the Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao began to revive and will flourish in the future, correct?"

Jiang Ding thought for a moment and said.

"I do not know, Your Highness."

"Such an existence has already exceeded the limits of our observation."

The last Supreme of the Lingbao Realm shook his head and said, "This might be a single wave from the impending total collapse of the Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao, or perhaps the process of collapse itself; mortals simply cannot see such things clearly... Anyway, in our view, the Shangqing Lingbao Great Dao should experience a certain degree of prosperity in this era."

"Because this single wave of time is our entire lives."