Chapter 516

Fuxi Sheng Huang glanced at the red clouds beside him, and with a wave of his hand, he saw two figures trying to flee in the depths of the void, bound together.

Only to see the void rupture, the dragon horse and jade turtle figures forced out.

The two beasts wore innocent expressions.

Fuxi Sheng Huang calmly looked at the two beasts and said.

"You two shall both receive punishment!"

The two beasts' faces immediately fell.

In an instant, several figures turned into flowing light and vanished from the spot.

Zhang Jian watched Fuxi Sheng Huang depart, his eyes returning to calm.

This time, before the fourth wall of fire clouds, he had gained quite a harvest.

Besides the four time-limited tokens for five thousand four hundred years, he had also gained an additional five thousand years of stay.

Added together, the time he could remain in the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven reached as high as twenty-four thousand two hundred years.

But he had now nearly consumed two thousand five hundred years, leaving nearly twenty-one thousand seven hundred years remaining.

Zhang Jian took a step, slowly approaching the stone platform on the clouds.

The stone platform sensed his arrival and slowly emitted a faint glow, a spacetime passage forming as a vortex that appeared, and Zhang Jian stepped into it in one stride.

……

When Zhang Jian opened his eyes again, he saw countless grand dao currents flowing around his body, intense beyond comparison, the grand dao here evolving into various-colored dragon-shaped qi energies wandering.

The dragon roamed the endless void.

Even seeing this, Zhang Jian could not help but show a look of shock.

This scene made him feel as if he had arrived at the dragon race's holy land, not the human race's holy land!

Yet Zhang Jian could clearly sense that it was the human race's grand dao.

This place truly deserved the title of human race's holy land.

Such magnificent human dao grand dao truly exceeded imagination.

Zhang Jian glanced briefly; at this moment, under the cleansing of the human dao grand dao, this place was completely different from the exposed heavenly dao laws outside.

Here, the heavenly dao laws were completely concealed.

But in terms of cultivation conditions, it far surpassed.

A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Jian's mouth.

Although he had relinquished the emperor's status, his innate primordial spirit still held the emperor's destiny deep within, and he also possessed the emperor's purple aura.

As the human emperor born in the myriad voids, he naturally had the qualification to draw upon the human race's grand dao, to use this place's human race grand dao, and directly merge into the depths of the heavenly dao laws, thereby cultivating.

This was far smoother than directly observing the exposed heavenly dao laws.

Moreover, the most crucial point was that the spacetime flow ratio in the core region was further amplified.

It reached an astonishing six to one.

This was six times that of the outer region, two times that of the inner region.

Zhang Jian's stay of over twenty-one thousand years, multiplied by six, equaled nearly one hundred twenty thousand years of cultivation time.

Zhang Jian had cultivated to this point and had never before experienced such a long period of secluded cultivation.

If he seized this opportunity, he could surely settle deeply, allowing his cultivation to advance greatly.

Zhang Jian's eyes gazed toward the center where countless dragon-shaped qi energies wandered.

Zhang Jian knew that the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven's core level also had trials.

However, the core trial was no longer set by the three sage emperors, but rather a transformation generated by the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven itself.

Passing the trial, there would be no other rewards.

Because passing the trial, the benefit was inherent in the act itself.

Zhang Jian's eyes looked ahead, seeing only a multi-layered network; at a glance, he could see three layers, presenting threads of purple mist.

Mystical, vast.

As if transformed from the heavenly dao, magnificent, profound.

Whether there were other networks inside, Zhang Jian did not know.

The Tongshan Dao Tradition's hint regarding the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven's core level for him was only four words.

Innate Imprint!

Yet these four words were already worth Zhang Jian's full effort.

This was more precious than any immortal art, secret treasure, or even great fortune.

The Innate Imprint contained the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven's innate evolution since the dawn of creation.

Zhang Jian had previously obtained a portion of the heavenly dao traces.

But those heavenly dao traces were merely the scales and claw traces of heavenly dao treasures hidden deep within, not profound or comprehensive enough.

At this moment, Zhang Jian's eyes fell upon the first layer of countless purple mists condensed into an invisible ring-shaped purple mist thin wall before him.

In his eyes, this layer of purple mist thin wall was formed by the condensation of pure heavenly dao laws, although it contained a portion of heavenly dao might, breaking through was not difficult.

This layer of purple mist thin wall reminded Zhang Jian of part of the heavenly dao mysteries he had seen with the aid of the Immortal Ascension Pool, and how similar this was to that scene.

However, the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven was the core transformation of the Three Emperors' Heavenly Realm, and such similar structures appearing inside were entirely normal.

Zhang Jian had already achieved his dao fruit, yet he looked down upon mere mysteries of heavenly dao laws.

At that moment, a purple-yellow divine light appeared around his body, and his form stepped forward, penetrating this layer of misty purple mist.

Directly arriving before the second layer.

"Indeed, as I expected!"

At this moment, his gaze fell upon the second layer's winding pure purple ring-shaped mist wall, and a smile appeared in Zhang Jian's eyes.

The depths of this layer of purple mist thin wall are dominated by various heavenly and earthly Dao Qi.

In the depths of Zhang Jian's eyes, countless heavenly and earthly Dao Qi resonate with an inexplicable rhythm, flowing and condensing into an extremely solid 'wall'.

In Zhang Jian's innate divine eyes, it is clearly a vast ocean of Dao Qi, impossible to easily cross.

But as long as one calms the mind, great benefits can surely be obtained from within.

Gazing upon these thread upon thread of Dao Qi torrents, seemingly 'substantiated'.

These 'invisible', 'indescribable' Dao Qi forces, which can even be Dao-transformed by a few more glances, possess immeasurable value.

Zhang Jian does not know whether that innate imprint lies beyond the second layer, but his 'Dao Qi Wall' before him, or rather the 'Dao Qi Net' or 'Dao Qi Sea', is already worth his pause.

As Zhang Jian chants, a green lotus blooms beneath his feet.

Zhang Jian prepares to seize the opportunity to organize the many immortal arts he has obtained, directly advancing to the fifth rank of immortal arts.

Advancing from the fourth to the fifth rank of immortal arts mainly involves perfecting the various heavenly and earthly Dao Qi contained within the immortal art.

And these Dao Qi can be directly observed within the 'Dao Qi Net'.

Such an opportunity, Zhang Jian naturally wants to seize.

Gazing at the purple mist thin wall before him, which seems to possess the attributes of 'invisible' and 'indescribable', divine light flows in the depths of Zhang Jian's eyes, and a sigh arises in his heart.

Even in an ordinary realm, or even in the heavenly realm, one would likely need the aid of an ocean-like fortune to briefly glimpse the 'Dao Qi Net' or 'Dao Qi Sea'!

But now he has twelve ten-thousands of time to leisurely appreciate it.

How could one not be overwhelmed with a sense of happiness!

"First easy, then difficult—first perfect the Five Dragons True Classic; the fourth-rank Five Dragons True Classic only needs to perfect the five-phase Dao Qi within it!"

Zhang Jian has a calculation in mind.

He plans to place some of the more complex fourth-rank immortal arts later.

From simple to complex.

For example, when the Pure Soul Mantra of the Green Lotus begins, the Pure Soul Mantra of the Green Lotus contains various heavenly and earthly Dao Qi, including brightness, purification, salvation, soul, etc.; naturally, its power should be correspondingly greater.

Likewise, for instance, the Nine Nether Life-Death Golden Charter, the Eight Trigrams of the Earth Emperor, the Turning of Creation, the King's Cauldron Subduing Demons Record, etc.

Zhang Jian's innate primordial immortal light slowly seeps into the depths of his eyes; in an instant, he fixes his gaze upon the depths of the 'Dao Qi Net', and a vast heavenly Dao pressure flows along his gaze, as if countless profound mysteries of the heavenly Dao invade his innate primordial spirit.

If an ordinary mortal, or even an immortal god, were struck by such a multitude of Dao Qi messages, they would likely have their primordial spirit shattered upon a single encounter, becoming an idiot, or even Dao-transformed into a heavenly and earthly puppet.

Around Zhang Jian's innate primordial spirit, there are additionally Dao Heart Immortal Arts circulating, first reducing the pressure.

His Sheji Emperor's primordial spirit at this moment merges into the Earth Emperor's Dao Fruit, also capable of resisting the onslaught of immeasurable Dao Qi messages.

Zhang Jian also relies on this pressure to continuously merge into the Ziqi of the Human Emperor within the Purple Mansion Palace, striving to perfect the authority of the Sheji Emperor's primordial spirit.

The perfection of the Sheji Emperor's authority is equivalent to the Taiyi Heavenly Immortal realm.

Zhang Jian calms his mind, only to see a five-colored divine light gradually extend from the depths of the 'Dao Qi Net' and connect with him; his entire body involuntarily becomes suffused with a layer of five-colored divine light.

The five-colored divine light forms a wheel, within which five divine dragon silhouettes gradually emerge.

Shortly thereafter, the five dragon silhouettes successively enter the depths of the five-colored divine wheel.

In that instant, Zhang Jian feels himself merging with the five-phase Dao Qi deep within the 'Dao Qi Net', and he can easily mobilize the five-phase Dao Qi to execute the Five Dragons True Classic.

The Five Dragons True Classic in his hand truly gains the ability to move the foundation of matter between heaven and earth.

It is likely that the immortal god who created the Five Dragons True Classic never imagined that this ordinary immortal art would reach such a state.

Zhang Jian opens his eyes, feeling the nourishment from the formed Five Dragons True Classic in the depths of his sea of consciousness upon his primordial immortal light; the corner of his mouth merely twitches into a faint smile.

With each advancement to a fifth-rank immortal art, he gains not only a superior immortal art, but his own magical power, Dao cultivation transformed into his natal immortal light also increases.

Zhang Jian calculates slightly on his fingers.

"Three hundred and twenty years!"

His eyes calm, and he next directs his gaze toward the fourth-rank immortal art of the Innate Yin-Yang Two Instruments Extinction Divine Light.

If this fourth-rank immortal art advances to the fifth rank, the benefits to him need not be elaborated.

At that time, combined with the fifth-rank immortal arts of Taiyin and Taiyang, this composite immortal art's power will surely surge.

At this moment, standing before the 'Dao Qi Net', Zhang Jian seems to have forgotten the passage of time, his entire body and mind immersed in the cultivation of immortal arts within.

He greatly needs a period of time to settle and precipitate.

The opportunity lies right before him.

After the completion of the Innate Yin-Yang Two Instruments Extinction Divine Light, followed immediately by the Nine Nether Corpse-Shedding Orthodox Law, the Nine Heavens Riding Wind and Controlling Thunder Law, the Nine Nether Life-Death Golden Charter, the Minor Thousand Worlds Reincarnation Law, the King's Way Submission, the Great Earth Ordinance, the Yellow Court Blessed Land Great Law, the Nine Turns Like Intention Time Wheel Classic, the Eight Extremes Time-Space, the Nine Dragons True Classic, the All-Heavens Heavenly Canopy, the Wandering Tai Xu Great Law, the Pure Soul Mantra of the Green Lotus, the Soul-Retaining Law, the Eight Trigrams of the Earth Emperor... one immortal law after another is continuously perfected and broken through in the passing years.

Before the 'Dao Qi Net', at intervals, a vast and astonishing omen surges forth between heaven and earth.

Such omens naturally alarm a portion of the human sages cultivating in the depths of the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven.

The human sages have come several times, each staying for a period before departing.

The Three Ancestors of Humanity have also come several times.

Later, the Five Elders in the Three Sovereigns and Five Elders assembly have also come one or two times, among whom King Yu the Great often appears nearby.

Only seeing that Zhang Jian has remained unmoved and unawakened for thirty or forty thousand years, they have not disturbed him.

But after a long period of time, the form of the Red Cloud Daoist also appears in the surroundings; however, after a few times, he seems to have vanished without a trace, temporarily leaving the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven.

And during this period of years, other human emperors have also entered the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven, but none have been able to intrude into the core region.

In fact, although the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven has accepted many human emperors, those who can enter the core region are but a few.

Before the second layer of purple mist thin wall, the Dao rhythm flowing around Zhang Jian's body grows deeper day by day; gradually, he becomes as profound as the heavenly Dao itself, vast and boundless, likewise bearing a layer of 'unable to be directly viewed' and 'unable to be spied upon' profound Dao rhythm, and likewise possessing a vast and holy Dao qi mechanism that governs the eight directions of heaven and earth.

His Dao cultivation has obviously undergone a great increase.

On this day, Zhang Jian's body suddenly erupts with a thunderous boom, as if heaven and earth were just opening; countless heavenly and earthly phenomena emerge from around him, as if returning to the beginning, yin and yang first appearing.

In the midst of the boom, countless heavenly and earthly trigrams manifest around him, forming a three-dimensional Taiji pattern.

Within the three-dimensional Taiji divine diagram, it seems to nurture boundless heavenly Dao mysteries, as if the source of the great Dao, the mother of all things.

"Success!"

At this moment, Zhang Jian sensed the vast cosmic divine energy contained within the Earth Emperor's Eight Trigrams.

These Earth Emperor's Eight Trigrams seemed to possess the divine power of creating heaven and earth, defining the measure of boundless chaos.

This Earth Emperor's Eight Trigrams could be considered the most difficult among the fifth-rank immortal arts he had advanced to.

Of course, its power was second only to the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, his natal immortal art among the fifth-rank immortal arts.

Next came the Fire Emperor's世法, the Nine Abysses Life-Death Golden Seal, which conformed to Yin-Yang immortal arts and combined spacetime immortal arts.

Deep within the Dao Fruit at his brow, Zhang Jian could now perceive over thirty thousand years of cultivation; the Taiyi Qingyun condensed around his Earth Emperor Dao Fruit had already taken form, appearing like a虚化 blossom floating around his Earth Emperor Dao Fruit.

This signified that Zhang Jian could now attempt to break through into the Taiyi Heavenly Immortal realm.

Having cultivated for over thirty thousand years to reach this stage, Zhang Jian felt exceptionally satisfied with his own progress.

Zhang Jian's eyes flickered.

He prepared to strike while the iron was hot, condensing his Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit.

Once the Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit took form, it would mark the completion of his Earth Emperor Dao Fruit and signify his full entry into the Taiyi Heavenly Immortal realm.

As for how to achieve the Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit, Zhang Jian already had a plan.

His Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit required using the State Emperor as yang and the Nine Abysses Emperor as yin, then harmonizing with the myriad Dao qi within the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram to form it.

This was a unique path.

Moreover, as numerous fourth-rank immortal arts advanced to fifth-rank, Zhang Jian's comprehension of various Dao qi grew accordingly, making him feel he already possessed the Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit.

More importantly, after his Nine Abysses Life-Death Golden Seal advanced to fifth-rank, the Nine Abysses Emperor had already condensed forth.

However, to maintain yin-yang balance, since the State Emperor's authority had reached perfect completeness, he also needed to push the Nine Abysses Emperor's accomplished authority to the state of perfect completeness.

There were two ways to advance the authority of the Divine Emperor: through external objects or self-realization.

Zhang Jian possessed both conditions.

Externally, he had the Human Emperor's Purple Qi, which could be integrated into any Divine Emperor's authority to enhance its power.

Additionally, he possessed the Reincarnation Divine Stone, a heaven-and-earth treasure.

The Divine Emperor's authority contained within the Reincarnation Divine Stone was sufficient to push the Nine Abysses Emperor's authority to the state of perfect completeness.