Chapter 571: Xuanming Divine God (4K)

Zhang Jian opened his palm, and a layer of rich purple-yellow divine light burst forth from his innate immortal technique, the Mountains, Rivers, and State Diagram.

The color of this innate immortal technique was changing.

It shifted from nine colors to purple-yellow immortal light.

This meant that this innate immortal technique was no longer one he had created from myth as its source, but truly belonged to him, formed with himself as the foundation of the Dao, truly his own innate immortal technique.

Only the purple-yellow immortal light flowed, and wherever it passed, it seemed as if infinite cosmic power suppressed heaven and earth and all things.

The power of the Earth Emperor Ancestral Qi dominated the entire fifth-rank immortal technique, granting it a transcendence beyond the ordinary Dao, even to the point of severing the immense force of fate.

In fact, Zhang Jian had long been able to operate the fifth-rank immortal technique using the Earth Emperor Ancestral Qi.

Because he had early on transformed into a divine body.

Yet he could not perform such an action with ease.

Operating the Ancestral Qi immortal technique requires extremely profound cultivation as support.

It was not that Zhang Jian's cultivation was insufficient before; as a divine body, he treads the earth and possesses boundless cultivation, merely his mastery over the Ancestral Qi is not enough.

Cultivation, Dao-heart, and Dao-fruit cannot be coordinated, which will affect the efficiency of spellcasting.

But after crossing the first step, the second step, re-evolving the Ancestral Qi foundation, will allow the five-in-one to be perfectly coordinated again.

"The second step, after evolving the three thousand Dao Qi, comes the third step: Dao-heart integration!"

Various thoughts flashed through Zhang Jian's innermost mind.

His Dao-heart at this moment could actually be considered Taiyi Great Perfection.

Here, perfection refers to sublimation.

Adjusting his own state, letting himself observe the changes in the heavenly Dao laws from the perspective of a Dao Lord.

Zhang Jian faintly sensed this.

During his time at Yaochi, he personally witnessed hundreds of Dao Lords practicing immortal techniques with Dao-fruit auspicious clouds, and this special state had always been etched in his heart.

Moreover, he possesses the innate spiritual treasure, the third-grade Creation Green Lotus.

The innate spiritual treasure carries a transcendent perspective, thereby enabling clearer observation of the essence of heavenly Dao changes.

"The transformation of the five-in-one begins with cultivation, then Dao-fruit, Dao-heart, primordial spirit, immortal body, finally transcending fate to attain the Dao Lord's body!"

Zhang Jian secretly mused in his heart.

At this moment, Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon the three treasures of the Eternal Divine Realm once more.

Dao-heart transformation still requires the aid of these three divine Dao treasures.

He possesses several Dao-heart-type immortal techniques that can bolster the Dao-heart.

For example, the Supreme Forgetfulness Immortal Technique and the Vastly Righteous Fire can both make his Dao-heart more focused.

But the ice-snow authority contained in the three divine Dao treasures can stimulate Dao-heart transformation and further temper the Dao-heart.

That eternal ice-snow will can cause the immortal god's Dao-heart to wither, yet also allow the immortal god to maintain utter calm in the extremity of Dao-heart exhaustion, thereby seeking the key to transformation.

……

A hundred years passed silently.

The scenery of the Eternal Ice Fortress gradually came under Zhang Jian's complete control, including the garrisoned heavenly soldiers of the thirty thousand Eternal Ice Fortresses.

Under absolute power, many things instead became simple.

Moreover, Zhang Jian also possessed the orthodox title of Heavenly Lord.

Of course, Zhang Jian's final 'entanglement' also won the hearts of all the immortals above and below the Eternal Ice Fortress.

On the right side of the Eternal Ice Fortress, the Divine Might General's Manor.

At this moment, within the immortal manor, Wuchun was receiving a guest.

The visitor's body flowed with starlight, behind him appeared a silver-white Zhou Tian Star Treasure Wheel, divine power vast and magnificent.

This is a powerful star god.

The two sat opposite each other, sipping lightly, when a breeze blew from outside the immortal manor, and the wind chime at the eaves of the jade tower swayed gently.

"The wind blows, the chime moves!"

Seeing this, Wuchun Immortal Lord felt something in his heart.

Seeing this, the star lord clad in silver-white robes pointed at the wind chime and laughed.

"In my view, it is your heart that is moving, Deputy Fortress Lord!"

"What the Star Lord says is extremely reasonable!"

Wuchun Immortal Lord smiled faintly.

"My heart is uneasy!"

"Please, Star Lord, set my heart at ease!"

The star-robed star lord is the Tianliang Star Lord among the ancient stars, and also an extremely ancient primordial star lord.

His cultivation spans many years, even surpassing many Dao Lords.

This Tianliang Star Lord smiled faintly.

"Daoist Wuchun, your urgent Dao-heart, this god naturally understands!"

"Rest assured, only await the arrival of the opportunity, and you may then sleep soundly without worry!"

Wuchun Immortal Lord nodded slightly.

At this moment, the Tianliang Star Lord gazed outside the jade tower at the misty white snow spreading through the mountains and peaks, and suddenly laughed.

"The eternal ice and snow here are truly peculiar; being here, it seems there is only suffering, no so-called purification!"

Wuchun Immortal Lord smiled faintly and said.

"The ice and snow here are formed from the collapse of Zhou Mountain, a magnificent eternal ice and snow Ancestral Qi, naturally chilling to the spirit!"

The Tianliang Star Lord at this moment slightly sipped the fragrant tea in his cup, and laughed.

"I actually heard another different rumor!"

"Oh?"

Wu Chun Xianjun raised his eyebrows, showing a hint of curiosity.

Tian Liang Xingzhu said.

"It is rumored that when Zhou Mountain collapsed, it was during the ancient gods and demons war, when several powerful ancient gods and demons fought the Heavenly Emperor at the peak of Zhou Mountain at that time, exhausted and died, among whom there was one who governed eternity, ice and snow, a powerful ancient god and demon!"

"This is also an innate divine sage, named Xuanming!"

Wu Chun Xianjun's raised teacup paused slightly, but his expression remained unchanged.

"I have also heard of the ancient demon god Xuanming; this is an Immortal Venerable-level powerful divine sage, born from obtaining heavy water attribute innate primordial qi, truly blessed by heaven."

Tian Liang Xingzhu glanced at Wu Chun Xianjun and continued.

"Such an existence, clearly already carefree and dwelling in the world, yet chose to participate in the Heavenly Emperor's war, ultimately defeated and perished!"

After a slight pause, Tian Liang Xingzhu continued.

"It is rumored that the formation of the Eternal Forbidden Zone is also related to the Great God Xuanming; after her fall, a portion of her essence and primordial qi fragments fell into this place, along with part of her possessions, the Xuanming secret treasury is all here!"

Ripples surged in the depths of Wu Chun Xianjun's eyes, yet his face showed astonishment.

"Is that so? Though I, this immortal, have guarded this place for tens of thousands of years, why do I not know of such secret news!"

He slightly shook his head and said.

"There are too many rumors in the Heavenly Realm; we need not pay attention, for most so-called secret news are false!"

Tian Liang Xingzhu smiled faintly, hehe said.

"True or false, who knows!"

After a slight pause, he continued.

"However, I have a Dao friend who was also a participant in the ancient war; he once said he personally witnessed the fall of the Great God Xuanming, and that the divine throne treasure fell into this region, spoken with certainty!"

Wu Chun Xianjun raised his head to glance at Tian Liang Xingzhu; at this moment he fell into contemplation, and after a moment said.

"The three supreme treasures of the Eternal Ice Fortress—the Heavenly Xuanming Divine Banner, the Xuanming Divine Seal, and the Xuanming Divine Staff—are indeed related to the Great God Xuanming, but it is said they were forged by the ancient Heavenly Emperor from Xuanming's remains after her fall; as for whether there is a Xuanming divine throne in this place, this god does not know!"

He spoke calmly at this time.

"This god hopes there is a divine throne treasury left behind by the Great God Xuanming!"

His path is to take the eternity and ice snow of this place as the main, to reshape an acquired Xuanbing primordial qi, and transform into a primordial qi Dao fruit.

If he could obtain the Xuanming divine throne, naturally his foundation would greatly increase.

He might even inherit the divine throne legacy and divine name of the Great God Xuanming.

Similar to those inconceivable divine path powerhouses, obtaining their divine throne, the divine cultivation itself would surge to an unimaginable extent.

In fact, this is also the deepest secret in his heart.

But today it was exposed by a single word from Tian Liang Xingzhu.

It seems many immortals and gods are paying attention to the Eternal Ice Fortress!

Wu Chun Xianjun's heart secretly felt some unease.

Seeing Wu Chun Xianjun still hesitating, Tian Liang Xingzhu knew the timing was not right, and thus did not continue to press the other party to state his position.

He only said: "That person who recently spread his primordial qi throughout the heavens, we have been fully deducing during this period, and should soon be able to deduce his path, and with the primordial qi breakthrough, we can then respond specifically,"

Wu Chun Xianjun's eyes brightened.

"It seems I also do not need to wait too long!"

Tian Liang Xingzhu spoke calmly.

"We do not have much patience!"

After the light drinking ended, he immediately transformed into a starlight and returned to the Nine Heavens above.

In place, the depths of Wu Chun Xianjun's eyes were somewhat gloomy.

Unable to control the Eternal Ice Fortress, for him, it is still too passive.

But after this period of contact, he knows the new incumbent Yonghen Ice Fortress Tianjun is not easy to deal with.

But he must find a way to make the other party leave this place.

Otherwise, he will never be able to contact that divine throne treasury, and even if he does, he fears he cannot obtain it.

……

In the Eternal Ice Crystal Divine Hall, purple-yellow divine light enveloped this great divine hall transformed into the mountains and rivers community boundary, merging with countless ice-blue light into the formless.

At this moment, the three Eternal Divine Path supreme treasures flew out from the wooden box on the stand.

One is a great black banner inlaid with gray-white patterns.

One is a Xuan gold treasure seal, its surroundings covered with countless Dao patterns related to eternity and rain and snow.

The other is a great Xuanming white bone divine staff, white bone as the body, the top of the bone staff has a great gem named Xuanming's Heart, like a large black eyeball, constantly rotating, carrying a soul-stirring, ice-sealing eternity power.

The three Divine Path supreme treasures resonated in the void, Zhang Jian sat cross-legged below.

Eternal Xuanming divine light fell from above his head; at this moment his Dao heart seemed to fall into an ancient, eternal, ice-sealed extinction state, here there is no flow of time and space, everything falls into extinction.

Boundless darkness, eternity, loneliness began to erode his heart.

Various杂念 in darkness, eternity, loneliness's nourishment began to surge wildly.

The mind monkey and will horse frenziedly appeared.

But Zhang Jian had long forged a heart as hard as steel and iron, his form emerged with a layer of seven-colored flames.

That is the Haoran Fire.

This fire can burn away all杂念.

At this moment, Zhang Jian seemed to have only one sentence in his mind.

"Earth, water, wind, fire are all empty; what is seen by the eyes, heard by the ears, smelled by the nose, tasted by the tongue, felt by the body is also not truly existent; to me, there is not a single law in heaven and earth."

"Only I am the law!"

The vast earthly sovereign's primordial qi surged forth from within, manifesting as three thousand strands of qi, each forming a distinct path of law-light.

These three thousand strands of qi are not literal, and as the earthly sovereign's primordial qi evolves through the myriad heavens, they become increasingly multidimensional and diverse.

Yet to guide the Dao-heart toward sublimation amidst these changes, to comprehend the great Dao of heaven and earth from a near-Dao perspective, he still needed to form a complete worldview as a Dao Lord.

Fortunately, he was not beginning from nothing in his contemplation.

Possessing an innate spiritual treasure and a sacred perspective, elevating his Dao-heart was merely a matter of time.

……

Deep within the Eternal Ice Prison, the seventh layer of the Eternal Ice Prison.

The tremendous commotion stirred the ice prison, causing the earth to tremble and mountains to shake, while inhuman roars echoed from within.

In the distance, numerous prison guards gathered far before this vast cell, their eyes filled with shock.

"Not good—how could this immortal sovereign suddenly erupt with demonic poison?"

"If he has fallen as an immortal, we'll have trouble dealing with him!"

……

At this moment inside the prison cell, a thick demonic aura flickered in and out of emission. Seeing this change, the many prison guards on watch dared not delay, immediately choosing to report upward through the ranks.

At this time, the Eternal Ice Prison's guardian deity had already been taken by the Heavenly Court to the Execution Platform for Immortals and beheaded; the new guardian deity had not yet arrived to assume duty, so the news naturally reached Zhang Jian'an.

That day, Zhang Jian was awakened by the commotion from the outskirts.

Within the Hall of Eternal Ice Crystals, Zhang Jian opened his eyes; at this moment, his state resembled the great Dao between the dim heavens and earth, possessing an unparalleled loftiness and grandeur.

Like the heavenly Dao in the obscurity, yet slightly less divine in nature and more human.

Zhang Jian knew this state was actually approaching the perspective of a Dao Lord.

However, his Dao-heart had not yet succeeded in sublimation, so he could not freely withdraw from it, nor maintain it at will.

The divine radiance around Zhang Jian gradually faded, and a faint smile appeared at the corners of his eyes.

To achieve this step in less than a thousand years—the innate inheritance granted by the Primordial Creation Green Lotus—was of immense merit.

Emulating the unique perspective of the Thirty-Six Grades of Chaos Green Lotus, there would surely be no mistake.

However, to transform this unique perspective into one aligned with his own Dao-heart, spirit, and immortal body still required time for harmonization.

At this moment, he also connected with his Primordial Void Spirit-body, left behind in the Heavenly Lord's mansion within the Eternal Ice Fortress to handle trivial affairs, and immediately learned the full details.

Deep within the Eternal Ice Prison, an immortal deity has fallen into demonhood.

According to standard procedure, he should execute this fallen immortal and then report to the Heavenly Court.

However, this fallen immortal's background is exceptionally special and cannot be easily executed, so Zhang Jian must personally emerge from seclusion.

Eternal emerged from the Eternal Ice Crystal Divine Hall, his form transforming into a streak of flowing light as he fled into the void.

From afar, before the ice prison, he saw several celestial officials waiting.

The Numinous Martial Celestial Official Yuan Jiang, and another gaunt figure in purple robes, wearing a serpent-patterned robe and jade belt.

Gu Ning Daoist.

These are the celestial officials dispatched by the Heavenly Court for inspection.

This celestial official had previously been in seclusion, but now he too has emerged.

After Zhang Jian arrived, the various deities hurriedly bowed; Zhang Jian waved his hand and strode straight into the Eternal Ice Prison, heading toward its seventh layer.

At this moment, deep within the seventh layer, countless terrifying demonic qi surged forth, accompanied by dreadful dragon chants.

This is a mighty dragon deity!

Zhang Jian glanced at it and immediately sensed trouble.

This dragon deity of the seventh layer of the Eternal Ice Prison—he knows the other's identity; he hails from the Four Seas Dragon Clan of the heavenly realm dimension, and his status is far from ordinary.

His connections are extensive.

If not necessary, Zhang Jian truly would not want to slay him.

Moreover, given the other's cultivation level, he should not have fallen into demonhood so quickly, right?