Chapter 232: Metamorphosis

Zhanmo Zhenjun smiled lightly and said: "Actually, as your master, I don't even know how many kinds there are!

But the more common ones are nine kinds, namely: Emperor Purple disposition, Heaven and Sun's exterior, Purple Micro Star fate, Qi swallowing mountains and rivers, Five Virtues True Lord, Master of the State and Altar, Supreme Sage fate, and also the Human Emperor fate that your ancestral master once possessed, and the Nine Dragons fate.

"Human Emperor fate, Nine Dragons fate?"

Zhang Jian clearly noticed that Zhanmo Zhenjun's tone differed when mentioning the last two fates.

Only to hear Zhanmo Zhenjun again say:

"……Among them, there are also distinctions of superiority and inferiority. Most emperors who ascend the throne usually only obtain one Emperor Purple fate, which is the most basic, possessing a portion of Purple Micro Emperor's Qi, sufficient to govern the court and stabilize mountains and rivers. Of course, some emperors are even more ordinary, and may not even be able to condense an emperor's fate, merely obtaining a thread of Purple Micro Emperor's Qi, with which they awe the myriad gods!"

"If one's own fate power is strong enough, then it will attract heaven's favor, or give birth to fates such as Heaven and Sun's exterior, Fate swallowing mountains and rivers, Purple Micro Star fate, etc., these mighty emperor fates. Such mighty emperors' own emperor Qi will be somewhat stronger. As for the Five Virtues True Lord, Master of the State and Altar, Supreme Sage fate, Human Emperor fate, Nine Dragons fate—these are not something ordinary emperors can possess, especially the latter two; any one appearing is sufficient to be called a holy king of an age!"

Zhang Jian suddenly opened his mouth to ask: "Master, is the Holy King the Human Emperor?"

Zhanmo Zhenjun slightly startled, then immediately replied: "Pretty much!"

Zhang Jian clearly felt Zhanmo Zhenjun's gaze fall upon him in the void, carrying a hint of strangeness.

"What do you know?"

"In mythological hearsay, in the ancient ages before, our human race had records of a Human Emperor, just like the ancestral master, who unified mountains and rivers and state altar, grasped heaven and earth, sun and moon, and ruled over an era!"

Zhang Jian's gaze fluctuated.

Zhanmo Zhenjun nodded: "The Human Emperor fate is too unique, also hated by heaven, thus even our ancestral master, after completing his merits, could only choose to abdicate, in order to preserve a portion of his Dao fruit!"

"You need not think about this!"

"Besides these nine fates in the hearsay, there are also many mighty fates, such as the Emperor fate, which is also an emperor fate, though it is a divine-path emperor, a ghostly netherworld emperor, etc., they are quite peculiar!"

"You have now obtained this dragon soul; if integrated into the fate, or there may be an opportunity to cultivate the first emperor fate, Heaven and Sun's exterior."

"Mighty emperor fate?"

Zhang Jian smiled faintly.

How to deal with the dragon soul within his body, he at this moment still hesitated somewhat—whether to integrate it into the fate, letting his foundation undergo metamorphosis, or to refine it into the Dragon Chant Sword, or to refine it into a protective dragon soul?

Obviously, Zhanmo Zhenjun also understood Zhang Jian's hesitation, and gave no advice.

For his disciples' Dao maps, Zhanmo Zhenjun has always let them choose for themselves.

Only when they go astray will he appear to offer a little guidance.

Within the Tongshan Dao lineage, Zhanmo Zhenjun's reputation in accepting and teaching disciples is quite good; several disciples have achieved something.

Zhang Jian, as he stepped away from the Jingyuan, his form was like a wisp of breeze. Merely passing by the neighboring Chengguang Gate, his pupils fluctuated, yet he saw in the distance over a thousand altars ablaze with light, myriad Daoists chanting scriptures day and night, myriad scriptures converging, countless soul banners fluttering with spiritual light, above his head countless scriptures and spiritual light combining, as if yin and yang converging, opening a grand netherworld gate.

Scriptures penetrating deep into the dragon veins, cleansing the obsessions of myriad war souls, washing away their grievances, bestowing blessings, so they may smoothly enter the netherworld underworld.

Moreover, the divine powers of myriad gods were summoned forth.

In Zhang Jian's spiritual eyes, faintly visible were divine powers transformed into illusions, like warships, stationed around.

The Marquis Wei Fang of Haojing City also brought people.

More were still surveilling the myriad Daoists, lest some with ill intentions among them meddle and ruin the great affair of the Dongshen Guan.

And in the center, Zhang Jian saw with his spiritual eyes that his own Hell-bestowed Dao map was also hung by the Jingming Daoist beside the altar, with threads of compassion and luminous artistic conception manifest, suppressing the surging, about-to-erupt grand resentment evil below, aiding the Jingming Daoist in sharing the burden.

The Jingming Daoist wore the Dongshen Seal at his waist, and continuously performed rites, presiding over the altar, suppressing the influence of resentment evil upon myriad Daoists.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian could not help but sigh: the Ten Directions Savior Heavenly Venerable indeed possesses authority in this aspect.

Other cultivators expend great effort to transcend the grieving souls, yet fall into the Redeemer Heavenly Venerable's divine power, and are as easily handled as butchering an ox.

Redeemer divine power is rooted in the Dao heart, unlike other methods, which mostly start from one's own resentment and evil Qi; even if attempting to liberate the Dao heart, it is merely a superficial taste and stop, unlike the Redeemer method, which deeply enters the Dao heart's obsession, first letting the obsession be compensated.

Even if merely in the 'Illusion' depths, self-satisfaction.

The two are clearly different, and the results are also clearly different.

This point, some salvation methods in the Buddhist Dao lineage also do very well.

Of course, this is not because cultivators are unwilling to exert effort from within, but because their foundation is not primarily based on cultivating the mind-heart; many wonderful methods they wish to employ, they simply cannot!

After glancing a few times, Zhang Jian moved his form, first returning to the Zhuangyuan Fu.

……

And on the way, Zhang Jian had also made his decision.

The disposal of the dragon soul, he chose to integrate it into his own fate, to assist the fate's metamorphosis—this is the most urgent.

With further metamorphosis of the fate, the primordial spirit foundation will also become more substantial, which will provide the greatest support for him to condense the State and Altar Primordial Spirit.

Avoiding many tribulations.

As for refining it into a protective dragon soul, or integrating it into the Dragon Chant Sword, those are external forces.

Of course, letting Zhang Jian make such a decision is also because the Zhang family has another dragon vein elsewhere.

Zhang Jian will surely be able to obtain another dragon soul in the future.

This dragon soul, consumed as a one-time divine object, is also not regrettable.

"A wise choice!"

In the dark, Zhanmo Zhenjun watched Zhang Jian's choice, smiling faintly.

One's own Dao path is absolutely not comparable to one or two spiritual treasures, or a single profitable technique.

For existences like Zhang Jian, the problem is not whether one can step into the Primordial Spirit realm.

But rather to actively prepare for cultivation after the Primordial Spirit realm, to expand advantages.

Only Zhang Jian still has one difficulty.

That is, into which fate should the dragon soul be integrated?

He currently possesses two king fates: Asking for the Mountains and Rivers, and the Red Virtue True King.

In fact, it can also be integrated into the Dragon Chapters and Phoenix Appearance fate, this Hidden Dragon fate.

The Dragon Chapters and Phoenix Appearance fate, this Hidden Dragon fate, upon another metamorphosis, will possess the emperor fate Heaven and Sun's exterior.

Zhang Jian at this moment has already made a decision.

After refining the blood bead within his body with the Heavenly Realm Purifying Fire, he saw strands of purple qi transform into dragon shapes and merge into the depths of his brow, the purple light combining with one of the imperial mandates.

That was the Mandate of Mountains and Rivers.

This Mandate of Mountains and Rivers was also the main support of his entire statecraft Dao arts.

Faint purple qi merged into his body, his expression changed, and his form instantly turned into a stream of light flying toward the outside of the Zhuangyuan Manor.

At this moment, however, more and more purple qi circulated around him, faintly a crimson dragon shape condensing and appearing around him, vast cloud energy, principles manifesting, Zhang Jian operated the Golden Lotus Latent Breath Method with the power of the Treasure Canon, striving to conceal this omen, but the surging omen could still not be hidden.

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Dongling

Deep within the Great Qian Dragon Vein, Yuan Geng sat cross-legged in the Prayer to Heaven Bureau, overseeing the situation, still recalling the scene of the dragon soul's collapse, feeling a sense of lament in his heart.

Great Qian indeed suffered a severe decline in fortune.

A masterless dragon soul lay before him, yet it could not be captured, instead bringing about disaster.

Otherwise, devouring this masterless soul would surely extend the lifespan of Great Qian's mandate by a span of years.

At this moment, his expression changed, yet he saw a black dragon burst forth from the depths of the dragon vein in an instant, letting out a violent, angry dragon roar.

The dragon's roar shook the nine heavens.