Chapter 612: Dao Lord's Status (4K)

On the eighth level of the upper realms of heaven, in the Azure Cloud Immortal Realm.

The immortal realm is ethereal, auspicious clouds and blessed qi filling the air, white clouds drifting slowly, one after another jade pavilions and crystal halls peeking mischievously from within the clouds, celestial music pure and tranquil, yet not losing its solemnity.

In the immortal palace, the 'Azure Cloud Dao Lord' at this moment gazes upon the purple lotus in the Primordial River Luo Chart.

That purple lotus, after being seized by her, gradually withers.

Petals fall one by one; only the central lotus throne remains, its purple light dim, a picture of vital energy severely wounded.

In her perception, the purple lotus has already fallen from the Dao Lord realm.

The Dao Lord's Dao fruit is utterly shattered!

The Purple Lotus Demon Lord's resolve is indeed not small.

It's just a pity that she chose the wrong target, kicking against an iron plate.

Possessing two innate spiritual treasures for protection, Zhang Jian is not easy to kill.

"Truly a bit regrettable! "

The 'Azure Cloud Dao Lord' has a faint sigh in her eyes.

This counts as mistaking the secondary for the primary.

The big fish she and Zhang Jian intended to catch is certainly not the Purple Still Demon Lord.

Originally, she and Zhang Jian had prepared to lure and capture the Taiyin Immortal Lord, or perhaps the powerful being behind the Taiyin Immortal Lord.

Now that the Purple Still Demon Lord has caused such a commotion, the Taiyin Immortal Lord and others certainly will not dare to act rashly again.

Afterwards, they will likely hide even deeper.

To draw them out will become even more difficult.

"It seems the Taiyin qi fortune is not exhausted!"

The 'Azure Cloud Dao Lord' secretly muses in her heart.

The 'Azure Cloud Dao Lord''s expression grows slightly solemn; she knows many things can be one or two, but cannot be repeated again and again in violating taboos.

Now she has suffered consecutive failures twice; if she continues to act, she fears drawing the displeasure of the Great Heavenly Venerable and the Jade Pool Holy Mother.

However, having reached this level of cultivation, her expression remains unconcerned.

These months of hers can be described as her Dao advancing by leaps and bounds.

When the Taiyin Immortal Lord returns, he too will be unable to shake her.

Nevertheless, though words are thus, she still needs to know exactly which powerful beings stand behind him.

If these powerful beings are not dug out, then it will be like a thorn in the back.

And not long after, upon receiving news, the Hundred Flowers Immortal Maiden and the Seven Immortal Maidens hurriedly entered the Azure Cloud Immortal Realm.

The 'Azure Cloud Dao Lord' gazes at the several maidens, then immediately shakes her head slightly.

"I just knew, you few, upon receiving news, would be unable to restrain yourselves!"

The green-clad female immortal laughed and said.

"We few are fine, but Hundred Flowers Elder Sister, upon hearing the news, became so anxious she could not bear it, and forcibly dragged us few here to disturb Elder Sister!"

The Hundred Flowers Immortal Maiden, upon hearing this, lightly snorted and said.

"Zhang Daoist is also our mutual good friend; now that Zhang Daoist has been assassinated, how could we possibly ignore it!"

The green-clad immortal maiden laughed hehe and said.

"Yes, we certainly cannot ignore it!"

Seeing this, the Azure Cloud Dao Lord smiled faintly and said.

"You need not worry; your Nine Nether Indicting Spirit Emperor Lord is doing very well now; even a demon lord's strike could not harm him in the slightest!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the several female immortals all relaxed.

Speaking truthfully, having heard the news of Zhang Jian being assassinated by a demon lord of the Black Abyss Demon Realm, they too were worried for Zhang Jian.

This is an assassination by a demon lord!

For those below the Dao Lord level, even if their foundation and heritage are strong, they are at most slightly larger ants, utterly without any chance of resistance.

Zhang Jian being able to survive an unexpected assassination by a demon lord is already astonishing.

According to the Azure Cloud Dao Lord's meaning, he even retreated completely unharmed, not losing a single bit!

At this moment, the several maidens are both curious and somewhat shaken.

"Azure Cloud Elder Sister, hurry and tell us, does Zhang Daoist perhaps have some special quality on him, that he could actually withstand a demon lord's sneak attack?"

The green-clad immortal maiden, being the most lively, immediately began to directly urge the Azure Cloud Dao Lord.

The 'Azure Cloud Dao Lord' seeing this, smiled faintly; she indeed has sufficient patience.

……

Above the Central Heaven, many news-sensitive immortals and deities also received the news transmitted from the underworld.

Withstanding a sneak attack by a Black Abyss Demon Realm demon lord with the body of Taiyi Great Perfection, this is nearly a living legend for many immortals and deities.

As immortals and deities of the Heavenly Court, they understand the might of the Dao Lord better than anyone.

The seventh level of heaven, the Prison King Dao Lord's mansion.

Although the Prison King oversees the heavenly prisons, his own Dao field is arranged tranquil and harmonious, with intense immortal light.

In the Prison King's main hall.

The Prison King Dao Lord holds a message-transmitting jade slip, his expression somewhat changed.

"Innate spiritual treasure! I never expected his fortune to have reached this point, actually able to gain the recognition of an innate spiritual treasure!"

The Prison King Dao Lord's eyes also hold no lack of sighing.

Such innate spiritual treasures, these supreme treasures, even deep within the Heavenly Court, exist like mythical legends.

The Heavenly Court has many ancient immortals and ancient deities, yet few are able to possess such supreme treasures by their side.

Such fortune is truly enviable to others.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhang Jian has backing; otherwise, he might not be able to retain the exposed innate spiritual treasure.

The Prison King Daoist's eyes flickered slightly.

The probability of this state of the Nine Netherworlds Punishing Spirit Emperor breaking through the Great Calamity of Destruction is likely not small.

Possessing an innate spiritual treasure to suppress one's fortune, Dao-heart, and even the status and will of a Daoist, the influence of the Great Calamity of Destruction on transcendent immortals and gods has already become very small.

It can be said that possessing an innate spiritual treasure increases the chance of breaking through the Great Calamity of Destruction by at least forty percent or more.

The rest depends on luck.

It remains to be seen whether one's path as a Daoist has already been occupied by powerful divine beings, or whether one's foundation is complete and flawless.

The Prison King Daoist pondered slightly; many plans brewing in his mind were prepared to be temporarily suppressed.

Since the other party possesses an innate spiritual treasure, many of his plans have lost their effectiveness.

At this time, he places more hope on the other party having an unstable foundation and flaws in their Dao path, ultimately falling in the Great Calamity of Destruction.

This is the ideal scenario.

Of course, he abandoned these thoughts of revenge also because he still has more important matters to attend to.

He must strive to secure a Daoist position in the Central Heavenly Realm for the Pure Gang Emperor Lord.

……

Zhang Jian was assassinated in the Netherworld Underworld, causing a considerable stir throughout the myriad realms.

Being able to escape with his life from the assassination attempt by a Demon Lord, while instead causing that Demon Lord to become mired in difficulty, such a rare occurrence is truly uncommon across the myriad realms.

Consequently, many immortals and gods have grown more curious about this Nine Netherworlds Punishing Spirit Emperor.

Furthermore, on the Myriad Realms Dao Seed Ranking, Zhang Jian has successively risen several ranks after this incident, directly entering the top ten.

……

Central Heavenly Realm, Nine Netherworlds Emperor Lord's Manor

Ages have passed slowly; the bowl-thick lotus at the center of the Emperor Lord's manor has bloomed and withered many times.

This azure precious lotus is nurtured from an innate lotus seed.

It took tens of thousands of years to gestate into form, and each blooming and withering cycle exceeds eight thousand years.

However, each time it blooms, the azure lotus seeds produced are delectable.

At this time, even the Zhang clan members adventuring in distant heavenly realms dimensions will rush back, enter the Nine Netherworlds Emperor Lord's manor, reunite with other Zhang immortals, and meet several second-generation ancestral elders of the Zhang clan and the two Empresses.

Gradually, the Zhang clan's Azure Lotus Banquet has also gained some fame in the Central Heavenly Court.

By the side of the Nine Turns Chaos Creation Divine Spring pavilion, Qi Shi wears heavenly brocade immortal robes; her countenance is absolutely beautiful, and her entire being radiates the aura of maternal virtue for all under heaven, supreme and exalted.

During this period in the Central Heavenly Realm, Qi Shi has relocated her dwelling, nurtured her qi, and received reverence and support from Zhang immortals of all heavenly realms; her aura has become increasingly splendid and noble.

Beside her are several other beautiful and lovely female immortals in attendance.

These are the younger generations sent down by the direct lineages of the Zhang clan from all heavenly realms.

Most of these female immortals possess various special innate Dao bodies.

As the great clans develop, sending back a portion of talented and specially statused female immortals to be nurtured on Qi Shi's lap has seemingly become an unwritten rule.

However, for these female immortals of special identity and aptitude, this practice brings benefit without harm.

The Nine Netherworlds Emperor Lord's manor is not only rich in innate essence and qi; moreover, the Zhang clan's famous library is located here, and it goes without saying that heavenly realm immortals and gods often come to visit.

Following this ancestral elder, one can gain some favor in the presence of other heavenly immortals and great powers, which is greatly beneficial for future solitary cultivation.

At this moment, seeing Qi Shi gazing at the innate azure lotus at the spring's center with a wistful expression, the ladies also ceased their frolicking.

"The innate azure lotus seeds are about to bloom again; another eight thousand years have passed; the Emperor Lord has already been in the Netherworld Underworld for thirty-two thousand years!"

Beside her, a female immortal, seeing this, spoke softly.

"Ancestral Lord, the Emperor Lord's Dao cultivation participates in creation; surely he has entered a very critical stage, otherwise he would not have remained absent from the heavenly realm for so long!"

This is said of the female immortal whose countenance is clear and beautiful, yet her temperament is exceptionally tranquil.

She is a younger generation sent over from the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Realm by Zhang Zhao.

She is also a direct descendant of Zhang Zhao and the Yi clan.

At this moment, beside her, another tall, wild-looking maiden heard the words and spoke.

"Ancestral Lord, the Emperor Lord ranks within the top ten on the Myriad Realms Dao Seed Ranking, and is only a step away from becoming a Daoist; if he passes smoothly, would he not soon attain Daoist status?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Shi was momentarily speechless; she shook her head and said.

"Where is it so easy? The rankings on the Myriad Realms Dao Seed Ranking are not necessarily accurate; you all need only listen to such talk, for the Emperor Lord said the number of hidden talents in the myriad realms is truly vast, many cultivating in heavenly realm secret realms, never fully revealing their Dao cultivation!"

"However, the Emperor Lord is indeed not far from Daoist status; may he successfully complete his cultivation!"

A smile appeared on her face; there are several happy nuts before her, and she always quickly forgets sorrow.

"Since the innate azure lotus is about to bloom and bear fruit, the Azure Lotus Banquet must also be prepared in advance!"

At this moment, Qi Shi's gaze fell upon the two beautiful twin dragon maidens.

"This time, the White family younger sister will also return from the Earth Immortal Realm; she has already sent word ahead, wishing to bring several dragon maidens into the Water Mother Palace for cultivation; you must make proper preparations, and not disappoint your grandmother's painstaking efforts!"

The White family younger sister she refers to is naturally Bai Laiying.

After Bai Laiying entered the Water Mother Palace, she has indeed made a great name for herself.

She is a direct disciple of the Water Mother Palace's Water Mother Lady.

Within forty thousand years, she has successively broken through realms, attaining the body of a Taiyi Heavenly Immortal.

Such talent is rare even in the myriad realms.

The two dragon maidens' faces are filled with joy.

Being able to cultivate in the Earth Immortal Realm's Water Mother Palace is likely the dream of most dragon maidens in the myriad realms.

They too are like those who dwell near the water tower and first get the moon!

At this time, among the twin dragon maidens, one of the dragon maidens spoke.

"I just don't know whether the Emperor will be able to return before this Azure Lotus Banquet."

Upon hearing this, the Qi clan's twin eyes gave a deep sigh.

On the other side, several other female immortals also ceased their frolicking, each falling silent.

Most of them were born in the last ten thousand years and had never seen this ancestral Emperor, and they too felt a similar curiosity in their eyes.

……

The Hall of Peace, outside the side hall.

At this moment, a statue of gods and demons carved like gold and stone stood upon the steps.

Shi You's figure stood like a carved sculpture before the steps, his eyes calm.

Eternal, tranquil.

He has guarded this place for over twenty thousand years.

Over twenty thousand years of time have made him seem like a lifeless stone statue, yet a faint aura of power flows from his entire body, making it impossible for anyone to approach.

And during this time, Zhang Jian likewise never left the side hall.

Since the last assassination attempt, for over thirty thousand years, Zhang Jian has remained in this side hall, contemplating the profound mysteries of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

At this moment, Shi You's sculpted form suddenly changed, a flash of liveliness appearing in his eyes, and his entire being seemed to fully revive in an instant.

Yet in the moment of change, his eyes involuntarily turned toward the sky above the Hall of Peace.

But he saw the magnificent dark moon hovering above the Hall of Peace suddenly burst forth with radiant light.

Boom—!

A tremendous, earth-shaking roar echoed through heaven and earth.

The next moment, a tremendous omen appeared in the sky above the Hall of Peace, a vast torrent of heavenly dao laws surging from the void, then evolving into the illusory form of the primordial chaos sea.

It was a vast ocean of primordial heavenly dao aura filled with immeasurable divine power, boundless and endless, vast and limitless.

Beneath the dark moon's light, endless chaos radiance poured down like a waterfall, filling the sky above the Hall of Peace.

And the primordial heavenly dao laws merely manifested as power on the periphery!

That surging omen was astonishing to the extreme.

"Projection of the Primordial Chaos Sea!"

Shi You turned his head to gaze upon this scene, a ripple appearing in the depths of his eyes.

He naturally understood what this magnificent omen signified.

Someone inside had successfully evolved the primordial aura imprint from the depths of the Primordial Chaos Sea into the stature of a Dao Lord, thereby completing the sixth step of the Taiyi Perfection path cultivation, producing this projection of the Primordial Chaos Sea as an omen!

Shi You's heart also felt a strange sensation.

Over these tens of thousands of years guarding the side hall, he naturally could sense the other's rate of progress.

Truly astonishing.

The complete integration of one's entire heavenly dao authority, embracing all rivers to achieve the stature of a Dao Lord, was utterly smooth.

Even if mistakes were made along the way, they could be quickly corrected.

Discard the dross, retain the essence; discard the false, retain the true!

Such terrifying foundation, such comprehension, leaves one in awe.

But thinking that the other party is of divine stature, the ripple in Shi You's heart quickly subsided.

The vast heavenly dao power also surged upward from within the side hall, the netherworld's heavenly dao origin likewise rippling, as if a supreme divine being bearing the netherworld's heavenly dao origin had been born from the depths of the Primordial Chaos Sea.

This tremendous fluctuation immediately drew the attention of many powerful beings of the netherworld, but upon noticing that the rushing divine light shot out toward the Hall of Peace, they naturally withdrew their gaze.

That place is not where they can freely spy.

Within the side hall, Zhang Jian's back flowed with purple-yellow immortal light, at this moment perfectly merging with a special dragon-shaped diagram at the center.

Within the Purple-Yellow Taiji Hunyuan Dao Diagram, a purple-yellow dragon shadow continuously wandered, possessing the profound mysteries of the boundless heavenly dao laws.

The great dao diagram flowed, its power magnificent.

Zhang Jian could now clearly sense that his primordial spirit's outer layer of divine awareness, through the baptism of the Dao Lord stature from the depths of the Primordial Chaos Sea, was constantly collapsing, condensing, transforming into a layer of magnificent, vast, eternal willpower.

After the baptism and transformation, the eternal will gradually gained a power transcending time and space, fate, eternal and immortal, never to retreat.

That layer of eternal will then fed back to the primordial spirit, letting the primordial spirit take on a trace of intense eternal aura.

Yet Zhang Jian could still clearly sense that, resonating with his earthly emperor stature, it was not only the various nine nether primordial aura forces surging within, but also various earth primordial aura forces.

All kinds of nine nether, earth primordial aura, and even other primordial aura were drawn forth, gathering around the earthly emperor stature.

Yet all this, no other powerful being could sense.

Within that illusory purple-yellow stature, Zhang Jian sensed a kind of divine power that truly transcended everything.