Chapter 461

Zhang Jian nodded.

Before the Three Saints Kingdom's demonic horde, taking advantage of his departure to Ancient Wing Prefecture, they attempted a sneak attack on Haojing City from behind; had he not spent a great cost in advance to invite the Purple Lightning Elder Ancestor to preside, they might have succeeded.

Zhang Jian would naturally settle accounts with them.

Afterwards, the Qingyuan Elder Ancestor said again.

"A Yu, with your Innate Emperor lineage, your future prospects are boundless; yet if you could accomplish the Sage King Dao achievement, with your Innate Emperor body, plus the Sage King Dao fruit, in the future, surviving the Apocalyptic Great Tribulation, proving the Dao Lord, your odds might even surpass your Tianhe Uncle!"

Zhang Jian's eyes brightened, yet hearing the Qingyuan Elder Ancestor speak in a deep voice.

"Next, the Tongshan Dao Tong will readjust its plan, fully assisting you in unifying the Divine Continent, completing the Sage King Dao achievement sooner!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian rose, his eyes sincere as he said.

"The three Patriarchs have greatly aided this disciple; the sect has even spared no effort in running about and mediating for this disciple's benefit, this disciple has gained greatly, truly feeling ashamed in heart..."

Seeing this, the Chu Fa Elder Ancestor waved his hand and said.

"A Yu, no need for this; not speaking of you, even if it were other true传承 disciples of my Tongshan Dao Tong, we treat all equally, absolutely will not allow other immortals to oppress you arbitrarily; this is also the core competitiveness of my Tongshan Dao Tong!"

"Furthermore, assisting you in accomplishing the Sage King Dao achievement is also the obsession awaited for countless ages by all of my Tongshan Dao Tong!"

"Since your Patriarch attained the Dao, though my Tongshan Dao Tong has seen Sage King Great Dao cultivators emerge in succession, yet no Sage King has been born again; this is indeed the regret of our second-generation disciples; if you could attain the Sage King Dao fruit, we too would consider our obsession fulfilled, perhaps even greatly advance our Dao, and follow you to ascend to the Heavenly Gate!"

The Purple Lightning Elder Ancestor also laughed heartily and said.

"A Yu, since ancient times, the Dragon's Merit has brought great fortune and great blessings; thus, even ordinary cultivators delight in supporting the founding monarch to establish hegemony, harmonizing heaven and earth's yin and yang; and if we could support you in achieving the Sage King Dao achievement, the feedback would likely be enough for us to leap one or two great realms above—you say we elders could not spare no effort!"

Upon hearing this, the Qingyuan Elder Ancestor and the Chu Fa Elder Ancestor both looked somewhat speechless.

Zhang Jian's mouth corner revealed a hint of a smile.

This Purple Lightning Uncle-Grandmaster of his is indeed straightforward.

After thinking, Zhang Jian said.

"Thus, this disciple first offers thanks to the three Patriarchs!"

The Purple Lightning Elder Ancestor raised the wine cup in his hand and laughed, saying.

"No need to thank; when the great undertaking is accomplished, we shall then repay merit without delay!"

Zhang Jian also smiled faintly, raising the wine cup in his hand.

……

After the banquet, the Qingyuan Elder Ancestor and the Purple Lightning Elder Ancestor hastily returned to the Tongshan Dao Tong, preparing to readjust the Tongshan Dao Tong's expansion plan.

The Chu Fa Elder Ancestor remained behind.

This Patriarch, under the pretense of helping Zhang Jian expound the Dao and consolidate the Dao foundation, was actually still curious about Zhang Jian's innate divine powers.

Zhang Jian naturally welcomed this.

Having a second-generation Elder Ancestor whose Dao cultivation surpasses the Heavenly Immortal level to assist in expounding the Dao, verifying one's own cultivation, is naturally far superior to solitary groping.

Immortal Terrace Palace.

At this time, Zhang Jian also took the opportunity to ask the Chu Fa Elder Ancestor for the method to prove and attain Heavenly Immortal.

Beneath the Immortal Terrace, at this time, besides Zhang Jian, only the Slaying Demon True Lord who had rushed over was present.

"To prove and attain Heavenly Immortal, using the terminology of ancient Qi practitioners, it is returning to the void and uniting with the Dao, one's spirit merging with the great Dao, Dao heart like heaven's heart, my intention like heaven's intention, the Dao of Immortals thus formed!"

Upon the Immortal Terrace, the Chu Fa Elder Ancestor sat cross-legged, his beard and hair all white, his eyes bearing moisture, immortal light flowing around his body, directly manifesting the great Dao divine power of Heavenly Immortal level.

The Slaying Demon True Lord and Zhang Jian have both dealt with Heavenly Immortal-level powerhouses.

Even Zhang Jian has suppressed a Heavenly Immortal-level異 strong one.

At this time, he could even more keenly perceive the uniqueness of this power.

The so-called Dao heart like heaven's heart, my intention like heaven's intention, is precisely the formation within the body of one's own Immortal Dao law.

Inner and outer united, harmonious and as desired.

A realm where one can easily interfere with the great Dao laws of heaven and earth, yet can mobilize those laws while maintaining independence, not being stained by the great Dao laws of heaven and earth.

This is two different paths from the Primordial God Dao.

Upon the meditation mat, Zhang Jian's expression was contemplative; after shedding his innate divine body, within him also arose a source existence similar to the Immortal Dao law.

This is the same thing as the divine office held by the Incense God Dao.

However, the divine office condensed from God Dao authority is easily seized.

Innate deities, however, will form innate Dao patterns gathering within the body; according to the transmission of Innate God Dao, these innate Dao patterns later transform into Dao seals, even to fully mastering a Dao qi, achieving Dao fruit.

Whereas Immortal Dao returning to the void and uniting with the Dao requires one to personally comprehend the great Dao laws of heaven and earth, check for gaps and fill them, ultimately achieving harmonious unity, transcending the束缚 of heaven and earth's great Dao.

After his Immortal Dao law becomes round and complete, he must seek within it the Dao root source, thereby bearing Dao fruit, obtaining boundless Dao cultivation.

Zhang Jian's eyes fluctuated; he had originally already探索到 this step, and now, with the Chu Fa Elder Ancestor's guidance, his entire body suddenly manifested a faint, agile qi mechanism; his bodily qi mechanism continuously transformed, the magnificent and vast divine light gradually收斂, and after a moment, he actually resembled an ordinary Daoist, merely when his eyes opened, as if a layer of immortal light, undying and eternal, would burst forth, enduring through the ages.

In the depths of his primordial spirit's sea of consciousness, that purple-yellow Immortal Dao law source transformed into a blazing sun, seemingly also constantly rotating, ready to collapse at any moment, condensing into a point of source immortal light merging into his primordial spirit's sea of consciousness.

Yet within his source immortal light, a complete Immortal Dao law has not yet formed a perfect circle, still needing a bit of grinding work.

But this speed is also astonishing.

If it were an ordinary True Immortal, without tens of thousands of years of bitter cultivation, it would also be difficult to condense a point of source immortal light, let alone let the Immortal Dao law source form a circle.

Sensing the substantial, intense immortal light bursting forth from Zhang Jian's body, the Slaying Demon True Lord and the Chu Fa Elder Ancestor both glanced sideways.

"The Innate Deity indeed comprehends astonishingly!"

The Slaying Demon True Lord gazed at this scene, astonishment in the depths of his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian opened his eyes and laughed, saying.

"Master, being an Innate Deity is merely having a better origin; what achievements one can have in the future still depends on the deity's own cultivation and opportunity!"

The Slaying Demon True Lord pursed his lips; hearing this, she felt her teeth ache somewhat.

Seeing this, the Chu Fa Elder Ancestor smiled faintly.

Although said thus, the qualities of deity and mortal—how could they be the same.

The Dharma Ancestor continued to explain the method of returning to the void and uniting with the Dao, including how to repeatedly examine and verify the origin of one's own immortal Dao laws, how to compile the laws into a ring, how to resist the extraterritorial heart demon tribulation during this process, and even how to use the Grand Void as a cauldron to refine the origin of the immortal Dao laws.

There are many details, too numerous to list.

The Slaying Demon True Lord and Zhang Jian both follow the direct path to proving the Heavenly Immortal, unwilling to first prove the Dao as a Heavenly Immortal, then repeatedly undergo immortal tribulations, and only then become Heavenly Immortals.

Only cultivators of exceptional talent dare to walk this path.

Otherwise, it is highly likely that one's physical body will exhaust its lifespan during this process.

Although the Primordial Spirit True Lord has attained the Primordial Spirit, and the Primordial Spirit possesses the essence of an immortal god, enabling longevity through the Dao, the physical body cannot achieve longevity.

If one proves the Dao before the physical body's lifespan ends, one will inevitably have to abandon the physical body in the end.

Abandoning the physical body makes the difficulty of becoming an immortal even greater.

Moreover, when the Primordial Spirit's golden body undergoes tribulation, it is as if one has lost a layer of protection, making the difficulty even greater.

When the duration of stay reaches a certain level, one will, like the deities of the world, be subjected to the heavenly and earthly divine tribulation.

After repeated divine tribulations, one will only grow weaker and weaker, ultimately falling into the netherworld's cycle of rebirth.

The Slaying Demon True Lord dares to walk this path because he has something to rely on.

On the Immortal Platform, the Dharma Ancestor gazed upon the two master and disciple in meditation below, his expression also showing a hint of joy.

Whether it is the Slaying Demon True Lord or Zhang Jian, both have the hope of becoming legends and myths in the future.

The Heavenly Immortal is a myth, a legend of a realm.

And Zhang Jian is already destined to become the myth of this realm, and will even sow the seeds of myth throughout the myriad heavens.

……

Not long after, the Ji family's ancestral elder, Ji Ning, arrived again, this time coming to redeem the captives.

Ji Ning paid three billion top-grade spirit crystals in one go, and Zhang Jian kept his promise, handing over the Four Symbols True Immortals from the Xuanbing, as well as Ji Ke, to Ji Ning.

In the treasury of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Gazing upon the piles of top-grade spirit stones stacked into mountains of spirit crystal mountains within the treasury, a hint of a smile appeared in his eyes.

This sight is truly pleasing to the eye.

This harvest is even sufficient to rival the Evening Moon Treasury he obtained in the Evening Moon Cave Heaven.

He could not help but sigh in his heart, these holy king clans are truly wealthy and extravagant.

Of course, such financial power—among the Seven Holy King Clans, probably only the Ji family can afford to pay this amount in one lump sum.

Zhang Jian had previously wiped out the entire You clan, but the total family wealth of the You clan, upper and lower, amounted to only three to four billion top-grade spirit crystals.

This is still the total wealth of the Holy King Clan, not "liquid funds"!

In fact, the Great Yin Dynasty can be said to have an empty national treasury, standing on the brink of bankruptcy.

Three to four billion top-grade spirit crystals are far from enough to maintain the normal operation of a Holy King Clan.

Even though the Great Xia Dynasty sits on approximately seven billion top-grade spirit crystals, Zhang Jian still feels it is insufficient.

Now the Great Xia Dynasty is rapidly expanding, precisely when it needs to spend spirit crystals.

Moreover, besides this, the Ji family's legitimate daughter is already on her way, to be personally sent into the Great Xia Dynasty by the Ji family patriarch.

……

Tiantian Sect

Beneath the Seventh Spirit Mountain, at the center of the Spirit River.

A colossal Spirit Immortal Stele stands upright in the river's center, the water surface thin with mist, both banks lush with green mountains.

Upon the vast river, there are no shortage of immortal sect disciples boating and touring the sect's magnificent scenery.

Such scenery is completely different from that of small immortal sects.

Within small immortal sects, many disciples are constantly busy, needing to secure their own cultivation resources, or to compete with fellow disciples for opportunities to enter various secret realms, vying for power and profit, undermining each other in cutthroat competition.

At this moment, before the Manifest Spirit Stele on the river surface, another set of heavenly pillars rises as if from the riverbed, each pillar having a cultivator seated upon it.

Other cultivators dare not approach, for the surroundings are filled with terrifying prohibitions, not something ordinary people can easily breach.

On the distant pleasure barge, Ji Ziyao wore a red dress, her figure graceful and alluring, like a flame drawing people in, yet a hint of worry appeared in her eyes.

She had received the news sent back by the Ji family.

She never expected that in the end, it would still be the Ji family yielding, not only spending a huge sum to redeem the five True Immortals, but also ordering her aunt to enter the Great Xia Dynasty as a consort.

That aunt of hers is the master of one of the Nine Spirit Mountains of the Tiantian Sect, her Daoist attainment formidable, having already achieved the True Immortal form in advance, truly the core of the Tiantian Sect.

The Ji family actually wants to sacrifice such an immortal seed by marrying her off.

Ji Ziyao truly does not understand.

What kind of pressure could possibly force the Ji family to make such a decision!

Deep in her heart, Ji Ziyao also feels a hint of relief, for she too is a true seed of the Ji family.

If the Ji family had a command, she would likely find it hard to resist the family's order.

Just then, countless radiant lights burst forth from the depths of the void, and before the Spirit Immortal Stele, a magnificent divine might erupted from within.

Within the magnificent divine might, a dense black light appeared, within which seemed to burst forth a magnificent radiance of rebirth, the rebirth black light faintly manifesting as a colossal millstone, possessing the power to obliterate the vitality of heaven and earth, to traverse yin and yang.

"The Seventh Divine Might Great Reincarnation True Scripture!"

Seeing this, Ji Ziyao's eyes instantly fell upon the Spirit Immortal Stele before her.

Beneath this great millstone was a lovely female cultivator whose bones were river water and whose spirit was beautiful jade, her body surrounded by countless heavenly and earthly runes flowing and turning, constructing a magnificent black millstone.

Ji Ziyao gazed upon this scene, also feeling somewhat shaken.

Few are able to reach the seventh layer of the Seventh Divine Might before the age of five hundred, for this is a primordial spirit-level secret art.

With the cultivation of a Yin God Venerable, the talent of You Jiang is evident in a glimpse.

Moreover, from Ji Ziyao's gaze, the rebirth millstone dharma form condensed by You Jiang appears even more orthodox, compared to the rebirth dharma forms condensed by other Tiantian Sect Primordial Spirit True Persons—such as the great cauldron, the solitary jade, the jade lute, the treasure pagoda, etc. —it seems closer to the Great Reincarnation Dao's laws.

"Alas……"

Ji Ziyao thought to herself.

After a moment, the endless deep black light faded away, as if the deathly shadow looming over many disciples' hearts had dissipated at this instant, a streak of azure spiritual light shot out in a flash and landed on the tower ship.

Ji Ziyao's face broke into a smile as she looked at You Jiang, smiling sweetly.

"You Shimei, congratulations on completing the Seventh Great Divine Power Great Wheel Reincarnation True Scripture, and attaining a primordial spirit immortal method ahead of time!"

You Jiang's beautiful and delicate face also showed a hint of joy.

Attaining a primordial spirit immortal method ahead of time is equivalent to touching a trace of the true essence of the Great Dao's laws in advance, making longevity possible.

After the You family's joy, they immediately looked at Ji Ziyao and said: "Eldest Senior Sister, are you specifically waiting for us here?"

Ji Ziyao nodded slightly and spoke softly.

"Not bad, You Shimei, the master has sent you on a trip to Lingyun Palace!"

You Jiang's eyes flickered, and a hint of joy appeared on her face.

"But have the negotiations with the East Continent Emperor already made progress?"

Ji Ziyao glanced at You Jiang, wanting to speak but hesitating.

There has been progress!

However, it also brought trouble.

Besides involving you, the Ji family must also take on a true seed.

Seeing Ji Ziyao's hesitant gaze, You Jiang furrowed her brows, also sensing that something was off in the atmosphere.

At this moment, Ji Ziyao shook her head and said.

"Little Shimei, you will know after seeing the master!"

Seventh Spirit Mountain, Lingyun Peak Divine Might Palace.

A figure in black and white Daoist robes sat cross-legged, glancing toward the direction of the Spirit River, with a hint of regret in his eyes.

Jiang Chen Guang heard this and sighed slightly; You Jiang could comprehend part of the runes on the seventh layer of the Spirit Stele in such a short time, forming her own primordial spirit-level immortal method—truly astonishing talent.

"What a pity!"

Jiang Chen Guang's eyes held a hint of silent regret.

But circumstances are stronger than individuals; the Heaven Intent Sect fundamentally cannot defy the command of that ancestor of the Heaven Intent Sect, and he dare not be negligent.

He also felt somewhat strange, not knowing what had happened recently that caused the Ji family and the Heaven Intent Sect to completely change their attitudes.

The Heaven Intent Sect internally seems to intend to support the Great Xia Dynasty, backing its expansion!