Chapter 546: Great Perfection of the Dao Fruit (4K)

The void of myriad heavens trembled, the great Dao laws of heaven and earth shaking, especially the earth-attribute Dao qi network, which violently surged at this moment, as if a vast and majestic presence had leapt upon the Dao qi network, rising slowly, and in an instant piercing through the chaotic primordial sea of the unseen depths, instantly merging into the unknown depths of the void.

Numerous accomplished Dao Lords, Dao Venerables, and even inconceivable beings turned their gaze toward the depths of the chaotic primordial sea.

"I am the Earth Emperor!"

At this moment, a majestic divine sound burst forth from the depths of the chaotic primordial sea, and behold—purple-yellow primordial qi took the form of a dragon, wandering between heaven and earth, instantly manifesting a majestic and sacred figure, standing proudly above the chaotic primordial sea.

"Earth Emperor!"

At this moment, deep in the void, many Dao Lords, Dao Venerables, and even demon lords glanced sideways.

This is clearly the omen of the birth of an innate divine being.

Though the void of myriad heavens is vast and the worlds many, powerful innate deities are often born into the world.

Yet divine beings remain exceedingly rare.

This innate divine being bears the name Earth Emperor, and has always been connected to the origin of the earth.

Though many Dao Lords and Dao Venerables were curious in their hearts, they took no further action.

They could see that this divine being bore the aura of heavenly fortune behind him—this is a heavenly divine being.

"Earth Emperor, what a grand title!"

Many demon lords, however, gave rise to boundless evil thoughts; with a thought, immeasurable malice formed curses from the void, sweeping toward the River of Fate—but in an instant, they were blocked layer upon layer by majestic light and shadow, countless evil thoughts unable to fall.

Many demon lords looked closely, only to see that it was the radiance of the Three Sovereigns' Heaven, that majestic human Dao fortune and heavenly Dao fortune coalescing around this newly born innate divine being.

This sight immediately caused many demon lords, and even Dao Lords, to restrain their expressions.

The Three Sovereigns' Heaven is not to be provoked lightly.

Only see: in the illusory form of the Three Sovereigns' Heaven, three great sage emperors gradually manifested, along with numerous imperial lords; the holy sages' divine appearances supported the great fortune behind Zhang Jian, forming the pantheon of human deities and heavenly deities bestowing blessings—a scene of divine favor.

This is a tremendous intimidation.

It is plain as day: this divine being before you is a deity of the Three Sovereigns' Heaven; other deities had best behave themselves, lest they act rashly.

At this moment, Zhang Jian could also sense wave after wave of majestic, vast divine awareness sweeping through the depths of the void—these divine awarenesses belonged to existences of extreme terror.

But Zhang Jian felt no fear; having dared to act so openly, he naturally feared nothing.

He is now an official member of the Three Sovereigns and Five Elders Council.

As long as he does not court death himself, with three sage emperors and numerous imperial lords backing him, he basically will not die.

At this moment, Zhang Jian could clearly sense the change in his foundation—the moment the Earth Emperor primordial qi was initially completed, it immediately began to infect his original immortal Dao body.

Every inch of his flesh and blood, deep within, the power of Earth Emperor Dao qi was overwritten by the power of Earth Emperor primordial qi.

Even the portion of primordial qi contained within his original immortal Dao body was thoroughly refined, fused, and transformed by Earth Emperor primordial qi into the Earth Emperor immortal true body.

His majestic true body now seemed to resonate with the vast earth, and even with the boundless earth-origin in the depths of the void, infinite power resonating and responding with his Earth Emperor divine form.

At this moment, his Earth Emperor primordial spirit surged with divine authority, especially the power related to earth-attribute divine authority, which also carried a kind of sovereign divine power, giving him overwhelming superiority over other earth-attribute immortals and gods.

But Zhang Jian directly ignored this.

In the Taiyi realm, this might perhaps form absolute suppression.

But once he successfully breaks through to Dao Lord, this advantage will gradually be leveled.

However, in his primordial spirit, there is one benefit that is extremely direct.

The limit of his Earth Emperor primordial spirit was raised; the moment the purple-yellow dragon-shaped Dao primordial qi merged, his Earth Emperor primordial spirit continuously expanded and manifested a divine form.

Combined with the fortune of the sacred dynasty and the status of the Crimson Pulse Fire Dragon, he naturally manifested a dragon tail, dragon scales, dragon horns, a full forehead, and a towering heavenly court bearing—resembling an ancient god born of innate nurturing.

But Zhang Jian did not particularly like this form; although it brought him closest to the heavenly Dao, allowing him to draw more power from the heavenly Dao origin, he still directly manifested a human-divine form.

Only, a set of resplendent purple-and-yellow imperial robes appeared on his surface, resembling an ancient hegemon who commands the boundless earth.

Besides this, Zhang Jian noticed that his state and societal foundations, the two major authorities of the Nine Abyss, and other branch authorities had all increased to some extent.

This power stacked together far surpassed the Taiyi Great Perfection realm.

But it certainly could not compare to a Dao Lord.

Zhang Jian knew this.

Dao Lord powerhouses' comprehension of the great Dao laws is far beyond what mere foundation enhancement can match.

If one thinks that enhancing one's foundation allows them to challenge a Dao Lord, that is nothing but seeking death.

Besides this, the external added benefits are even greater.

At this moment, Zhang Jian could clearly sense that his external added fortune and fortune were showing signs of significant increase.

"Heavenly Dao fortune has increased!"

Zhang Jian slightly sensed it, and was not surprised in the least.

Innate primordial qi naturally carries the support of the great heavenly Dao fortune.

If innate divine beings are the pride of heaven, then a divine being born from a single strand of primordial qi is an extremely important component of the myriad heavens' void.

To go from being a genius to becoming a holder of real power, even to being protected by the heavenly Dao as a "stirrer," this is a qualitative transformation.

The Earth Emperor primordial qi has now merged with the chaotic primordial sea deep within the myriad heavens' void.

The wondrous interplay of primordial qi will reflect in the material changes of the myriad heavens' void, and earthly divine power will increase accordingly.

And as long as the Earth Emperor primordial qi remains undying, Zhang Jian will not fall in the future.

Unless one day someone finds a way to completely sever the power within him that is fused into the Earth Emperor primordial qi, or perhaps uses a higher-dimensional power to slay him, otherwise he is deathless and indestructible.

In the Lofty Victory Kunlun Dao Realm, boundless purple qi spread, and the primordial qi sun beneath the xuanhuang-colored great egg slowly cracked open.

But the transformation had not ended.

Deep in the void, strands of primordial qi essence and Dao qi essence transformed into long rivers, flowing into Zhang Jian's physical form, continuously transforming his divine body.

Deep between Zhang Jian's brows, the Earth Emperor Dao fruit continued to round and fuse.

The wheel of primordial qi behind his head seemed to have become substantial.

And not long after his divine form emerged, the three Taiyi Qingyun behind Zhang Jian's head continuously expanded, gradually merging into one, and a illusory Dao fruit auspicious cloud appeared behind him.

As the boundless celestial and terrestrial spiritual essence merged into Zhang Jian's sacred flesh and blood, his vital energy continuously expanded throughout his body.

Deep within the azure heavens, a faint omen of the great tribulation of the vast celestial and terrestrial Dao lingered, even extending to the birth of the demonic tribulation, but in an instant it was scattered by the soaring divine light of the heavenly Dao.

Majestic immortal light flowed around his body, faintly exerting an awe-inspiring pressure upon the boundless void and heavenly Dao.

His Taiyi Dao Fruit had already begun to reach perfection at this moment.

"Truly astonishing!"

Seeing this scene, the various Dao Lords also had their expressions change repeatedly.

Back then, in the realm of Taiyi Celestial Immortals, they did not know how many ages they had accumulated before finally achieving perfection of the Taiyi Dao Fruit.

This Lingyuan Emperor has cultivated for only tens of thousands of years, and such a cultivation speed is truly astonishing.

"Comparing people makes one angry to death!"

Changmei Dao Lord, with white hair and beautiful beard, likewise wore a white robe, his visage gaunt; at this moment, there was also a hint of sigh in his eyes.

In order to perfect his Taiyi Celestial Immortal cultivation back then, he deliberately went into the mundane world and slaughtered extensively, beheading countless demonic fiends to accumulate various external skills, before being able to enter the Qingheaven for secluded cultivation, thus perfecting his Taiyi Dao Fruit; heaven knows how many tribulations he endured, how arduous it was.

The Ningyang Dao Lord and the Yangyang Dao Lord beside him also nodded slightly.

They, in order to accumulate their foundation, had run their legs ragged, and for this purpose even underwent multiple reincarnations to seek the eradication of demonic external skills, ultimately borrowing great fortune to perfect their Dao Fruits.

Even among the four Dao Lords, the one titled as having the strongest talent, the Chunyang Dao Lord, relied on the accumulation during the time of the Donghua Emperor to achieve the Great Perfection of Taiyi.

"Innate deities are naturally different from mortals, let alone possessing a sacred body!"

The Chunyang Dao Lord smiled faintly.

His previous life was no exception to being a sacred body, so he naturally understood the profound mysteries within.

Ordinary immortals and gods must rely on postnatal effort to continuously accumulate great fortune, thereby snowballing their own foundation; cultivation naturally proceeds with considerable difficulty.

Innate sacred beings, however, are different.

Born with great fortune, possessing a deep foundation, and also having closeness to the primordial source of the myriad heavens' void.

Many conditions for breaking through realms are innately possessed, so many realms have few barriers.

Even the tribulation numbers for passing tribulations are much lighter.

Innate sacred beings naturally possess great fortune.

Similar to the Lingyuan Emperor before us, the heavenly and earthly backlash from breaking through the Great Perfection of Taiyi and being born, even extending to the moment the demonic tribulation descends, is directly scattered by the heavenly Dao.

However, the fortune of sacred beings, like that of immortals, is not eternal and unchanging.

Just like his previous life.

Stained with tribulation, it will repeatedly consume one's great fortune; ultimately, the tribulation evil will obscure the heart, and one will still be demoted to the mortal realm.

The Chunyang Dao Lord felt a slight sigh in his heart.

However, if innate sacred beings do not go astray, their upper limit remains extremely high.

Back then, many ancient sacred beings of the same era as him are now honored as ancestors, and even possess absolute achievements.

Gazing upon the scene in the Dao realm, the Chunyang Dao Lord smiled and spoke to Yu Wang.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty Yu Wang, another deity has been added to the Tongshan Dao lineage; there are successors!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

The other three Dao Lords also wore smiles of envy they could not conceal.

At this moment, Yu Wang absorbed the changes in the Dao realm into his gaze, and the corners of his mouth also involuntarily twitched upward; seeing the immortals offering congratulations, he immediately laughed and said.

"It is still the Chunyang Dao friend who has fulfilled his promise to A Yu; when A Yu comes out, I will surely properly thank the Chunyang Dao friend!"

Upon hearing this, the Chunyang Dao Lord also could not help but add a hint of a smile to his face.

Yu Wang is clearly one who remembers the well-digger when drinking water, returning kindness for kindness.

For a time, the atmosphere in the Chunyang Immortal Palace became even more lively.

And as the three-hundred-year period of contemplation arrived, Zhang Jian also timely ceased his cultivation, at this moment stepping forward into the ninth gate.

With his feet transformed into the sacred, his cultivation formally breaking through the Great Perfection of Taiyi, the authority of the Earth Emperor advancing further, and various changes occurring, Zhang Jian had great confidence in passing this final gate's trial.

Meanwhile, on the other side, a hundred years later, in the Dao realm of Zhonghua Shenxiu.

The Great Emperor of Water Officials and the Water Virtue Star Lord, two great deities, had nonetheless successively completed their trials.

The results of the two were vastly different.

The Water Official Emperor failed his trial.

The Water Virtue Star Lord passed the ninth gate smoothly.

Clearly, the superiority of their cultivation levels is self-evident.

The Water Virtue Star Lord, this ancient immortal, has a higher cultivation level.

Within the Chunyang Great Hall, the immortals immediately turned their gazes toward the Luan Sheng Kun Yue Dao realm.

All the immortals were waiting for the final result.

However, regarding the final result, the immortals secretly had some anticipation.

This ninth gate fears it cannot stop this Lingyuan Emperor whose fortune is like a rainbow.

In the ninth gate

Zhang Jian at this moment stepped forward into it, yet it was as if the stars shifted and the constellations moved, and he suddenly stepped into a vast expanse of the profound source of the great earth.

Zhang Jian gazed into the depths of the void with his eyes, yet he saw countless mud and stone torrents rolling and surging beneath his feet, that being the manifestation of countless earthly source powers transformed, with countless earth-attribute Dao qi surging around, evolving in the surroundings into the appearance of a vast heaven and earth embryonic membrane.

Gazing upon this scene, Zhang Jian secretly marveled.

That intense earth-attribute ancestral qi, wondrous and astonishing.

However, as a sacred being transformed from earth-attribute ancestral qi, Zhang Jian naturally felt a closeness to such a place.

At this moment, however, he saw rows of Xuanhuang-colored divine light drifting from the depths of the void, gradually condensing into rows of characters.

Zhang Jian's gaze passed over them, and he immediately understood.

The ninth gate is the Primordial Chaos Embryonic Membrane Grand Formation before us.

As long as one can withstand the five waves of attack from the Primordial Chaos Embryonic Membrane Grand Formation before us, one is considered to have passed the ninth gate.

That message contained no information about the Primordial Chaos Embryonic Membrane Grand Formation, but Zhang Jian knew its power was probably not simple.

It likely contained power surpassing the Taiyi Great Perfection level.

But Zhang Jian had absolute confidence; he instantly transformed into a streak of light and plunged into the formation.

Only to see the Primordial Chaos Embryonic Membrane Grand Formation instantly evolve, countless torrents surging and rolling, as if evolving into an ancient primordial swamp, the primordial yellow power from all directions sweeping toward him, forming a vast murky scroll seeking to utterly devour him.

Especially the earth-attribute ancestral qi contained within, which exerted immense suppressive power upon celestial deities who mastered earth-attribute authority.

Yet at this moment, Zhang Jian instead revealed a faint, calm smile.

"Suppress, solidify!"

He uttered two words from his mouth, as if carrying some special power, like a matrix-style immortal law erupting simultaneously.

A purple-yellow divine light flowed from his entire body, instantly causing the surging primordial yellow power below to gradually stagnate and solidify.

That purple-yellow divine light was Zhang Jian's Earth Sovereign authority.

Two immense ancestral qi forces clashed in the void, as if vast expanses of primordial yellow were constantly being twisted.

Purple-yellow and primordial yellow intertwined, countless destructive law-storm forces surging forth, tearing apart vast expanses of the primordial yellow ocean.

Yet even as they clashed, Zhang Jian slightly furrowed his brow.

After his tendons transformed into the divine, his mastery over earthly laws had reached an unknown extent, yet he could only match this wave of primordial yellow ocean, revealing the terror of this grand formation.

However, this was his Earth Sovereign authority.

The mere Earth Sovereign authority could not exert much effect.

At this moment, Zhang Jian summoned the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, nine-colored divine light flowing from his body, directly evolving into the Mountains and Rivers State, the scene of Heaven and Earth, Universe suppressing Heaven and Earth, the primordial yellow flood beneath the nine-colored divine light gradually being pacified.

Yet the surrounding primordial yellow flood continued to evolve, as if multiple landmasses fell from the heavens above, the four extremes of Heaven and Earth converging, primordial yellow power pressing down upon all.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged, the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram evolving slowly and steadily, as if transforming into the Heavenly Circuit Divine Mountain, moreover a grand, surging power erupting from his body, seismic force shattering billions of heavens, endless primordial yellow.

He seemed to have become a great earth god supporting Heaven and Earth, that surging, coordinating, resonating power like a calamity that destroys Heaven and Earth.

At this moment, Zhang Jian finally felt the terror of his divine body.

But in an instant, Zhang Jian's expression changed slightly, yet he saw the same coordinating, surging, resonating power manifest in the void.

That was the third wave of tribulation!

Zhang Jian gazed at this scene with the corner of his mouth, his eyes holding some strangeness.

The same tactic had no effect on it whatsoever!

It seems this Primordial Chaos Embryonic Membrane Grand Formation is not so bad after all!