Chapter 441: Dao Cultivation Perfected (4K)

Si Zhengqing understood.

This marriage alliance is more about the Second Ancestor's approval.

Since the Second Ancestor has approved it, the Si family naturally must give it their full support.

The Second Ancestor is the Si family's backing that runs rampant in the Outer Realm Celestial Realm.

Even if it's just an ordinary person, the Si family must still send out an immortal seed.

Si Zhengqing felt helpless inside; he could only apologize to Si Lier.

He had already tried his best; if it were the Jade Emperor's decision, he could still strive a little.

But if it is the Second Ancestor's decision, he naturally cannot oppose it.

Five years passed like flowing water.

In the Tongshan Dao Tong, within the Supreme Virtue Dao Palace.

The Floating Daoist's gaze swept over the many high-level cultivators present, and he spoke with a smile.

"Junior brothers and sisters, elders, the Tongshan Dao Tong being able to regain control of the three hundred Dao prefectures surrounding Tongshan within a decade or so is entirely due to the united efforts of all junior brothers, senior brothers, and sisters; only thus can we accomplish the great undertaking in the shortest time."

"But this is merely a beginning; with the rise of calamitous qi between heaven and earth, the sooner we unify Dongxuan Shenzhou, the sooner we can prepare."

At this moment, the Floating Daoist finally fully disclosed his plan.

The resurgence of the Tongshan Dao Tong, merely sweeping the surrounding three hundred great continents is just the beginning; what he aims to do is unify Dongxuan Shenzhou, reopen the Nine Cauldrons Grand Formation deep within Shenzhou, thereby first securing the Tongshan Dao Tong an invincible position.

Inside the great hall at this moment, many high-level cultivators who had hurried back showed changes in their expressions.

"Sect Master, since the ancient great war, Dongxuan Shenzhou's major powers have waned, but after tens of thousands of years of rest and recuperation, they have all fully recovered; to subdue them and make them once again revere the Tongshan Dao Tong will not be easy!"

The speaker was a Daoist clad in a purple robe, with a solemn countenance.

On his purple robe was embroidered a green vine, as if connecting heaven and earth, his aura rich and substantial.

He is Zijing Zhenjun.

Having just emerged from seclusion, his cultivation has surged greatly, nearly reaching the level of a true immortal.

The Floating Daoist nodded.

"That is natural, so I have contacted many allies of the Tongshan Dao Tong, and now the plan is ready; we only need to exert ourselves, jointly sweep the mountains and rivers, and accomplish the great undertaking!"

"Allies?"

The expressions of many high-level cultivators changed.

The Floating Daoist spoke in a deep voice.

"With these allies assisting us, we can not only disperse most of our own pressure, but also complete the grand sweep of Shenzhou in the shortest time!"

His eyes flashed with a sharp light.

In the field, many sect elders exchanged glances, their expressions varied.

They largely knew the hidden strength of the Tongshan Dao Tong.

After thousands of years of rest and recuperation, their power had long reached a peak.

Emerging into the world, contending for resources again—this is inevitable.

Only, no one expected the Floating Daoist to have such resolve, actually wanting to unify Shenzhou at this time.

For many Dao Tong elders, they naturally support it wholeheartedly.

More territory naturally means more resources and qi distribution; aided by this spring breeze, many sect elders may hope to cultivate the Dao and become immortals, or perhaps enable the third-generation elders of true immortal level to achieve celestial immortal status, thus ascending to the heavenly gates.

This is a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.

Only a portion of high-level cultivators whose cultivation had not yet advanced felt some worry.

After all, sweeping Shenzhou will inevitably provoke the full opposition of other immortal sects and Dao Tongs, even desperate counterattacks.

The Floating Daoist seized the opportunity, immediately forming a consensus with many sect elders, and taking advantage of the gathering to categorize the immortal sects and Dao Tongs that could be won over across the Shenzhou land, as well as true immortal clans, and even those possibly neutral or opposed.

He also assigned tasks to the eight main lineages and various branch lineages, striving to win over as many immortal sects and Dao Tongs as possible.

…

In the Slay Demon Peak, after returning to the Slay Demon Great Hall, the Slay Demon True Lord's expression was solemn.

She did not immediately inform the Iron Heart Daoist of the matters discussed in the secret meeting at the Supreme Virtue Palace,

because the Iron Heart Daoist's cultivation still lagged somewhat, merely having just achieved the nascent spirit, temporarily lacking the qualifications to participate in the core secret meetings of the Nascent Spirit True Lords and above.

As one of the eight main lineages, the Floating True Lord also demarcated the sphere of influence for the Slay Demon Peak; besides the Eastern Continent, outside the two-worlds region surrounding two hundred great continents, the Slay Demon True Lord also needs to suppress the demon sects within these two hundred great continents.

Those demon sects are actually quite easy to handle.

Although Dongxuan Shenzhou has some demon sects, even heretical paths,

they are not strong; most merely survive in the cracks.

This is also why the Tongshan Dao Tong, such a sect, has always lain low and avoided prominence.

Now that the Tongshan Dao Tong has absolutely merged with heaven and earth, naturally they must first completely eradicate them, then free their hands to deal with the immortal sects and Dao Tongs within these two hundred great continents.

Among these two hundred great continents, the demon forces are mainly the Blood Shadow Demon Sect, the Evil Demon Sect, the Lunar Yin Demon Palace, and the Asura Demon Sect; other heretical paths are not within the Slay Demon Peak's concern.

As for the immortal sects and Dao Tongs, they are mainly the Five Elements Immortal Sect, the Supreme Clarity Sword School, and the Profound Extreme Immortal Sect.

The Slay Demon True Lord pondered for a moment, decided to first deal with these major demon sects herself, while the immortal sects and Dao Tongs would be entirely entrusted to Zhang Jian to handle.

With Zhang Jian's identity as the God Dao Emperor, suppressing these immortal sects and Dao Tongs poses no problem.

If truly unable, he could still summon the second-generation ancestral masters to descend and assist.

The Slay Demon True Lord's eyes revealed a faint smile.

Thanks to Zhang Jian's blessings, in fact, many of the demon sects are quite easy to deal with.

The Blood Shadow Demon Sect has already been crippled by the ancestor of the Cavern God Teachings.

The Evil Demon Sect, due to the fall of Bei Chu, suffered a backlash of national fortune, and its strength has sharply declined.

What remains are only the still-intact Lunar Yin Demon Palace and the Asura Demon Sect.

As she pondered where to strike first against the demonic sects, her expression suddenly shifted, and her gaze turned toward the depths of the heavens.

She stepped out of the Hall of Slaying Demons.

Yet she saw that in the depths of the heavens, a vast star had suddenly appeared, radiating an indescribable, intense brilliance.

It was an Emperor Star.

The Emperor Star's radiance seemed to pierce the midheaven, exerting pressure upon the heavens.

Beneath its radiance, in the profound void, countless heavenly and earthly Dao laws underwent strange transformations.

Majestic purple qi emerged between heaven and earth.

"Such an omen is..."

The Slaying Demons True Lord watched this scene, a hint of astonishment in her eyes; though she often wandered beyond the realms, she still felt unfamiliar with this peculiar heavenly omen.

Not only the Slaying Demons True Lord, but at this moment many high-ranking cultivators, and even in some famous mountains and rivers, immortals gazed upon this scene, each expression filled with surprise.

The sight before them was truly rare, unseen for millions of years.

……

The State and Ancestors' Dao, where the divine officials reside.

The Ancient Immortal of the State and Ancestors sat upon the Emperor's throne, his expression languid at this moment; he too had seen the vast Emperor Star rising in the heavens, and the supreme purple qi brought forth by the Emperor Star's manifestation.

Vast purple qi filled heaven and earth, the supreme heavenly might revealed, shaking heaven and earth.

Unlike other immortals, he could also sense that around the fertile lands of the Eastern Continent, a vast current of the State and Ancestors' Dao laws flowed, enveloping vast expanses of land, the divine Dao's majesty governing the earth.

This sight was not unfamiliar to him.

He knew that the newly born Daoist Emperor of the State and Ancestors had, in a short time, further advanced his authority over the State and Ancestors, likely surpassing initial completion and reaching minor completion.

In his view, this was truly an astonishing progression.

Such advancement, among the myriad realms, could probably only be achieved by the offspring of supreme wills.

At this moment, the Ancient Immortal of the State and Ancestors also felt something strange; he sensed that the Daoist Lord seemed overly favorable toward this Great Xia Emperor.

Earthly treasures capable of directly enabling the Daoist Emperor's authority to leap from initial completion to minor completion are few in number.

At this time, he also felt increasingly fortunate about his earlier decision.

Since the superior values him, he merely needs to lend his support.

Perhaps in the future he may indeed gain some blessing from this.

……

Eastern Continent, Haojing City

At this moment, the skies over the entire Eastern Continent were also suffused with a layer of supreme and noble purple qi, flowing through heaven and earth like a vast river.

Under a terrifying divine Dao might, countless divine Dao deities bowed their heads to the ground, seemingly unable to withstand that fearsome divine Dao pressure.

Within the Purple Micro Hall

Zhang Jian's body was surrounded by a layer of nine-colored radiance, his head bearing the emergence of the State and Ancestors' Emperor's primordial spirit, clad in a nine-colored imperial robe, as if, with a thought, a layer of magnificent divine Dao law power condensed deep between his brows.

That radiance gradually surpassed heaven and earth, as if reflecting time and space, the five elements, yin and yang, purity and turbidity, reincarnation, life and death; the light pierced the river of fate.

Naturally, around his body, a nine-colored cosmos emerged, the cosmos transforming as if forming its own dimensional void, enveloping the heavens, possessing the power to refine heaven and earth and devour all living beings.

It emitted an intense, magnificent divine light.

Within that layer of magnificent divine light, he seemed to wield the creative power over dimensional beings, ruling over all gods.

In essence, after devouring the Heart of Dimensions, Zhang Jian brought this third-rank immortal method to the level of third-rank immortal method in a short time.

This was not Zhang Jian actively deducing it, but rather it arose spontaneously through self-evolution.

Over these five years, Zhang Jian merely relied on the myriad mysterious heavenly and earthly law imprints of the "Heart of Dimensions" to gradually optimize the damaged immortal method structures within the Map of Rivers, Mountains, and State and Ancestors, refining the main immortal methods—such as the Golden Crow Splitting Great Law, the Yellow Court Great Law, the King Cauldron Subduing Demons Secret Record, the Five Dragons True Classic, the Disordered Star Sword Art, the Wandering Through the Grand Void Sutra, the Nine Revolutions Like Intention Time Wheel Sutra, the Central Back Earth Great Primordial Qi, the Two Instruments Creation True Explanation, and the Nine Underworld Corpse Shedding Right Law—pushing them to the level of second-rank immortal method, or first-rank immortal method, while simultaneously supplementing numerous branch methods concerning the five elements, yin and yang, time and space, purity and turbidity, thus solidifying the foundation of the Map of Rivers, Mountains, and State and Ancestors.

As Zhang Jian focused his thoughts, the nine-colored radiance gradually condensed in his hand into a Dao chart.

At this moment, within the Map of Rivers, Mountains, and State and Ancestors, a dimension gradually formed of its own accord.

Compared to the growth of the State and Ancestors' Emperor's authority, Zhang Jian now placed greater importance on the transformation of this natal immortal method.

Having devoured the Heart of Dimensions, the temporal and spatial changes within the Map of Rivers, Mountains, and State and Ancestors gradually became perfected.

This is where it has undergone the greatest change.

If high-ranking cultivators were to enter the Map of Rivers, Mountains, and State and Ancestors again, even if they were extraterritorial demon gods, they would likely be unable to see through it, only able to continually fall into its myriad transformations.

Of course, these myriad transformations still have a core, namely the State and Ancestors' Great Dao occupying the governing position.

Zhang Jian, as the Lord of the State and Ancestors governing heaven and earth, harmonizes yin and yang, the five elements.

Zhang Jian raised his hand, gazing upon this scroll as it unfurled freely within, the cosmos within inverted and transformed in the Dao chart.

The effects of the Heart of Dimensions are not limited to this.

After five years of refinement, the Map of Rivers, Mountains, and State and Ancestors has not yet been able to fully refine this object.

Now, it is feared that not even one-tenth of its profundity has been unleashed; if fully refined,

the Map of Rivers, Mountains, and State and Ancestors might not only be capable of advancing to third-rank, but even to fourth-rank, or even higher levels.

Furthermore, let alone speaking of this treasure.

Even the innate Yin law pattern Dao seed at this moment has not yet been completely absorbed by the Yin Refining Form Great Law.

Otherwise, relying on the power of this innate Dao seed, it would certainly not merely be pushing the Yin Refining Form Great Law to the level of second-rank immortal method.

……

Upon the throne, Zhang Jian's eyes slightly curled with a smile; he then gathered the Map of Rivers, Mountains, and State and Ancestors Dao chart into the depths of his palm, at this moment also gently suppressing and refining his own true lord power toward completeness.

Having devoured the Heart of Dimensions, the benefits it brings him extend far beyond this.

After refining the Heart of Dimensions, deep within his primordial spirit's sea of consciousness, that point of immortal Dao law continues to constantly expand.

If previously it was merely the flicker of Mars' light.

Now, the condensed State and Ancestors' immortal Dao law resembles a rising sun.

The power of the immortal Dao laws has already approached that of the true immortals who have undergone arduous cultivation for thousands of years.

His cultivation and magical power are even approaching the limit of the Yuanshen True Lord.

This at least saves him a thousand years of arduous cultivation.

Based on his cultivation, he originally had a state of intake and output equivalent to other high-level cultivators for three to two months in one day, and a thousand years is an astonishing quantity.

His inner magical power surges and rolls, though most of it is hidden deep within the innate Dao fetus body, in the immortal fetus, and with a thought, it seems capable of breaking open the heavens.

Zhang Jian knows that he has directly broken through the realm and stepped into the true immortal realm.

However, Zhang Jian has temporarily chosen not to do so.

His reason is no different from that of the previous generation's Tongshan Sect Master.

That is, he is preparing to undergo the tribulation and, in one fell swoop, step into the celestial immortal realm, using the power of a celestial immortal or higher to lift his residence and ascend.

But if he steps into the true immortal realm, then he will face tribulations.

Not only this tribulation, but even after stepping into the true immortal realm in the heavenly realms beyond the world, he must face all kinds of tribulations sent down by heaven and earth.

Although the true immortal masters the immortal Dao laws and seizes the creation of heaven and earth, he is also envied and hated by heaven and earth.

Every time he breaks through a realm and passes a checkpoint, he must face the trial of the immortal tribulation.

Above the white jade capital in heaven, there are five cities and twelve towers.

There, immortals must face twelve levels of tribulation trials, and only then can they transcend heaven and earth.

And if he temporarily does not break through the checkpoint, it would actually be better, so he does not have to undergo the threefold immortal tribulation that true immortals must endure.

He can directly impact the celestial immortal realm in one step.

For Zhang Jian, whether he breaks through or not at this time makes no difference.

True immortals possess the body of immortals, and he has already obtained it in advance.

……

After slightly familiarizing himself with his magical power, Zhang Jian slowly walked out of the Ziwei Palace.

If it were not for the numerous trivial matters piled up in the current Great Xia Dynasty, Zhang Jian would actually be willing to continue his closed-door cultivation.

But many matters outside can only be handled by him personally.

For example, the marriage alliance between the Zhang family and the Yi family.

Not long ago, the Qingyun True Lord sent a message that the lord of the Yi family, Yu Huang, had already left seclusion and agreed to the marriage alliance with the Zhang family of Dongzhou, so he can now prepare the betrothal gifts.

Besides this, Zhang Jian also received a secret letter transmitted from the Slaying Demon Peak.

During this time, he has maintained contact with the Tongshan Dao lineage and has not completely severed his retreat.

Dongzhou taking control of the two realms' bordering regions around the two hundred prefectures is naturally what the Slaying Demon True Lord negotiated on his behalf with the Wandering Daoist.

The Slaying Demon True Lord personally deals with the major demon sects, and as his disciple, Zhang Jian naturally ought to lend aid.

This is also a good opportunity to establish the reputation of the Zhang family of Dongzhou.