Chapter 632: Three Corpses (4K)

This one adopted sister alone has made the Ji family's investment overflow with profit!

As for the future prospects of the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden, Zhang Jian isn't particularly optimistic deep down.

But since the other party has acknowledged the Ji family as her sworn elder sister, Zhang Jian naturally will also lend her a hand, doing his utmost to guide her onto the proper path.

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After the Purple Radiance Immortal Sovereign successfully transformed three world-stabilizing divine artifacts, Zhang Jian brought the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden back to the Nine Abysses Emperor's residence.

However, after the Subduing Demon Valley incident, the two still need to cooperate with the Heavenly Court's investigation.

The Thousand-Faced Demon Lord's escape is also no small incident for the Heavenly Court.

But Zhang Jian, being a Dao Sovereign in person, holds an extraordinary status; with Zhang Jian's protection, the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden has encountered no trouble.

Otherwise, as an immortal possessed by the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord, she would certainly not escape the disaster of imprisonment.

This point, Zhang Jian and the two Dao Sovereigns of the Jade Pool Holy Land have exerted considerable effort from within.

After completely clearing suspicion, Zhang Jian brought the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden into the Three Sovereigns Heavenly Realm's Qingqiu region to pay audience to the Qingqiu Empress, Lady Tushan.

During this time, taking advantage of the opportunity, he also studied the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden's undead talent.

The Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden's undead talent is quite peculiar,

This talent seems to be naturally nurtured from the imprint of the primordial spirit.

Aside from this, her foundation and aptitude can only be described as mediocre, not particularly special.

In other words, aside from being difficult to utterly perish, she has no other special cultivation talents.

Following the idea that fertile water should not flow to outsiders' fields, Zhang Jian introduced her to the Qingqiu Empress, Lady Tushan.

Lady Tushan is likewise a Dao Sovereign, quite renowned among immortals, demons, and gods; if she is willing to take on disciples, for the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden, it would indeed be a fortunate circumstance.

Qingqiu Mountain, Lady Tushan having heard of the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden's anomalous condition, indeed has developed considerable interest.

"This undead talent is indeed similar to our Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox clan, but besides that, our Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox clan is born with extraordinarily powerful soul strength!"

Upon the great divine throne, the Qingqiu Empress is full of keen interest, her entire body flowing with an extraordinarily magnificent aura.

Her accumulation above the Dao Sovereign realm is extraordinarily profound.

However, being an elder, Zhang Jian cannot observe too closely, unable to discern whether this Empress is a first-transformation Dao Sovereign or a second-transformation Dao Sovereign.

But Zhang Jian feels it should be impossible for her to be a third-transformation Dao Sovereign.

He has already come into contact with third-transformation Dao Sovereigns and personally exchanged blows with Dao Venerable-level experts, so he has some understanding of this.

Third-transformation Dao Sovereigns, the Great Luo Dao perfected and flawless, emit a Dao Sovereign aura quite unlike any other, nearly like the descent of the supreme heavenly Dao.

Of course, he has never seen the Qingqiu Empress personally take action, yet he also cannot confirm it.

Zhang Jian followed Lady Tushan's words and said.

"Grandmother-Master, Nine Spirits' soul strength can only be considered ordinary, her cultivation aptitude also merely ordinary; only this undead trait is remarkably peculiar, eh!"

Lady Tushan of Qingqiu smiled and said.

"This single talent alone is already heaven-defying; if soul strength and aptitude were also top-tier, perhaps only the innate divine clan would possess such talent!"

Zhang Jian gave a slight smile and said.

"Actually, cultivation aptitude is not without ways to change; I, as a disciple, also rose from a mere mortal to defy innate endowment and achieve a divine holy body!"

Lady Tushan gave a slight nod.

Since ancient times, only life and death have been the great enemy of mortals, immortals, and gods.

Similar to the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden possessing this undead talent, giving her a bit more time will surely allow her to grow.

The only somewhat troublesome matter is that the other party also bears a heavenly mandate.

If this matter is mishandled, it might implicate the entire Qingqiu lineage.

But after weighing the moment, Lady Tushan ultimately could not bear to part with such excellent talent and beautiful jade, so she decided to first keep the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden in the Qingqiu Palace; if her disposition passes her test, she will then take her as a disciple.

The Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden is also extraordinarily delighted at being able to enter the Qingqiu Palace to cultivate under Lady Tushan, this Dao Sovereign.

The Qingqiu Empress, Lady Tushan, is certainly no ordinary figure in the Central Heavenly Realm.

Moreover, behind Qingqiu Mountain stands the Tongshan Dao lineage, as well as the entire Three Sovereigns Heavenly Realm.

This is a colossal entity.

Zhang Jian also expressed his congratulations to the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden; additionally, as a gift for taking her as a disciple, Zhang Jian also gave her the Qing Lotus Purifying Soul Incantation and a fifth-rank immortal treasure that he personally refined.

And one jin of fire dates capable of transforming the soul's foundation.

This also counts as a heavy gift.

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Nine Heavens Mountain, Xiao Ling Realm.

In the coming ten thousand years, Zhang Jian will spend his time in this place.

After the Subduing Demon Valley battle, he gradually exerted the great effect of the system's eternal Dao law.

Multiple joint spellcasting allowed him to gradually step out of the stage of a newly promoted Dao Sovereign.

Zhang Jian prepared to settle down for a period of years, to refine and complete his Dao law.

He currently has not a few first-rank eternal Dao laws on his person.

These include, turning the mechanisms of creation, the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Fetal Membrane Grand Formation, the Earth Emperor's Eight Trigrams,

The Ten Thousand Heavens Spacetime King's Diagram, the Infinite River Diagram, the Flame Emperor's Blazing World Method, the Vastly Burning Fire, the Wandering Through the Grand Void Great Method, the Nine Dragons True Scripture, the Qing Lotus Purifying Soul Incantation, the Nine Abysses Life and Death Golden Chapter, the Minor Ten Thousand Heavens Reincarnation Method, the Yin Refinement of Form Great Method, the Eastern Emperor's Nine Yang Splitting Immortal Method, the Chaotic Stars Sword Decree, the Virtue and Purification Sword Decree, etc.

Among them are also the innate divine ability Nine Transformations Chaos Qing Lotus Transformation and Birth Great Method, the Golden Lotus Hidden Breath Method!

Besides these, there is also his natal immortal method, the Mountains and Rivers Altar of State Diagram.

Part of these mighty divine abilities, he has hope of advancing to second-rank eternal Dao law.

For example, the Nine Transformations Chaos Qing Lotus Transformation and Birth Great Method.

Possessing the innate creation Qing Lotus, if he can comprehend its profundities, he will certainly be able to elevate this innate divine ability to second-rank eternal Dao law.

Next is the Infinite River Chart.

The Infinite River Chart is a supreme secret art above the Dao of Fate.

He also possesses another heavenly and earthly treasure within his body, the Star of Fate; if he refines it diligently, he may hope to ascend to the realm of second-rank eternal Dao law.

As a Dao Lord, Zhang Jian can more keenly perceive the advantage that the transformation of Dao law brings to his own combat power.

Similar to the Thousand-Faced Dao Lord, even if he is a bare-bones commander, relying on his mastery of fourth- and fifth-rank eternal Dao laws, he is still fully capable of suppressing him and the other two Dao Lords.

If not for the innate spiritual treasure on his person, it would still be uncertain who would win the deer.

Next, there are the Eight Trigrams of the Earth Emperor, the Great Yin Refinement Form Method, the Nine Nether Life and Death Golden Seal, and so on.

Holding numerous resources in his hand, he fully hopes to advance them prematurely to second-rank eternal Dao law.

What is lacking is merely time.

Zhang Jian knows that although he has ascended to Dao Lord, his external enemies are already numerous.

Not to mention other matters, nearby at Chi Chi, there is also the Yin Yang Dao Lord.

The return of this Dao Lord will not be long in coming.

Furthermore, the powerful beings behind the Yin Yang Dao Lord have never revealed themselves; this is the hidden danger.

Therefore, he greatly cherishes this opportunity to rapidly enhance his Dao cultivation.

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Moreover, when he has leisure time, Zhang Jian also goes to the Three Emperors' Heavenly Realm, the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, to listen to the Dao; occasionally he also meets with some emperors and Dao Lords of the Three Emperors' Heavenly Realm to jointly discuss the Dao.

Or he may actively participate in such gatherings.

One person's plan is short, two people's plan is long.

A group of Dao Lords discussing the Dao, their cultivation progresses far better than if one were to practice alone.

No Dao Lord is capable of independent growth.

In fact, there may not be none, for example, a portion of ancient divinities.

Such as the divine Pangu, Pangu, and the leaders of the ancient three clans, the three great innate divinities, and so on.

But these are all special individual cases.

They are outstanding talents who emerged from the entire innate era.

Such supreme existences are not something just anyone can be compared with.

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Through this period of inquiry and exchange, Zhang Jian has also gained a clear grasp of the direction for Dao Lord cultivation.

The current mainstream of Dao Lord cultivation has two major directions.

One is the inheritance from the Dao Sect of the Secret Method of Severing the Three Corpses.

Dao Lords, taking this as their direction, after perfecting their own Dao fruit, ultimately entrust their obsession to a personal object, then sever the three corpses, thereby further advancing their Dao fruit.

The steps of severing the three corpses are very simple: one must first completely sever the Three Corpses Gods deep within the primordial spirit, then, after the primordial spirit becomes pure, recondense pure obsession, thereby entrusting it to the newly cultivated corpse gods, ultimately achieving harmony of the Dao fruit and stepping into the Dao Venerable realm.

Moreover, to walk this path, one must also carefully consider one's own road.

For example, Zhang Jian takes the state, the Nine Nether, and the earth as his foundation; these three form the Earth Emperor's path, and in the future, he can completely use this as a foundation to sever three corpse god incarnations, ultimately returning to the Earth Emperor's Great Dao, allowing the Earth Emperor's Great Dao to transform, and finally, by this means, achieve a great merit, the Great Dao's practice.

Another way is to walk the pure path of truth.

To attain the perfection of the Dao fruit, to return to the root and bottom, is a path of perfection of the supreme Great Dao.

If one can make all the laws and formulas of this path completely perfect.

As long as one's Dao fruit can be piled up to this extent by knowledge, naturally one can also break through.

This path is also called the Primordial Beginning Path.

It is said to be a path stepped out from the thorns by many sages of the myriad worlds.

As for taking the name Primordial Beginning, it is to pay homage to the Primordial Beginning Heavenly King who opened the Great Dao from chaos.

To achieve Primordial Beginning, one must first cross the other shore, then attain the supreme Dao.

Only then is one to accomplish the Primordial Beginning Path.

As for the Primordial Beginning Path, not mentioning it, if one wishes to walk the Other Shore Path, the myriad worlds have indeed derived many methods.

More precisely, these are the family secrets not to be transmitted.

For example, the Heavenly Court's method of attaining Dao through incense, the method of attaining Dao through laws, the method of attaining Dao through rank, and so on.

That is, first to cultivate the Dao Venerable body through various methods, then to walk the Primordial Beginning Path.

Actually, from Zhang Jian's perspective, this is a very special path of attaining Dao.

It has distinctive features.

It is not confined to a single framework; each realm is closely related to the Dao Lord's own cultivation.

If the Dao Lord is willing, his own Dao path can even be divided into countless realms.

This actually fits the Dao Lord's cultivation method even better.

After all, each Dao Lord's cultivation direction is different.

It is impossible to cultivate in the same way and ultimately achieve supreme Dao fruit through the same road.

However, although realms differ, the intuitive manifestation of cultivation and combat power still generally follows the many broad realms divided by the heavenly void.

Walking the first path, for Zhang Jian, may be even more convenient, and even the conditions can be considered exceptionally favorable.

Zhang Jian's inner self leans toward the second path.

Only by walking out one's own unique path can one enter the gate of truth and achieve supreme Dao fruit.

Although the method of severing the three corpses is vast and profound, he believes it is more helpful for his own Dao cultivation and combat power; in fact, the advancement of Dao business still depends on the second path.

However, sometimes when Zhang Jian carefully thinks, perhaps the information he has received from many Dao Lords is not necessarily entirely correct.

The transmitted method of severing the three corpses may not be so superficial.

Perhaps this is not the method of proving the Dao at all, but rather a supreme art for strengthening one's own origin, or perhaps it is the ultimate method for enhancing combat power, with the method of proving the Dao as its core, which has not been transmitted and still remains within the Three Teachings.

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After considering many factors, Zhang Jian ultimately decided to take the second path.

However, there is no need to abandon the method of severing the three corpses.

The three corpses severed by this method can strengthen his origin and foundation, and can also cultivate a supreme wondrous method of the myriad heavens and worlds, transforming one qi into the Three Purities. Such a supreme method—who could possibly abandon it?

Treat it as a cultivation method similar to the Nine Revolutions Chaos Azure Lotus Transformation Supreme Method.

Of course, for him, all of this is still premature to speak of.

Only the perfection of the Great Luo can one cultivate the secret method of severing the three corpses.

But Zhang Jian can seek out corresponding innate divine objects in advance, or perhaps innate spiritual treasures, preparing ahead of time for severing the three corpses.

In the Minor Spirit Realm, before the Emerald Jade Bamboo Grove, Zhang Jian slowly walked out from the bamboo hut, his gaze falling upon many Emerald Jade Bamboos, their surfaces shimmering with a layer of emerald-hued Dao qi.

This is a portion of the innate Dao qi origin.

At this moment, in the Emerald Jade Bamboo Grove, the You clan and the Meng clan are leading a portion of the Zhang clan female immortals in carefully harvesting, collecting, and drawing them in with immortal gourds.

This substance also emits a thread every ten years at dawn; when accumulated in quantity, it can enhance one's origin, or aid the soul, be refined into immortal artifacts and treasures, and also greatly increase one's Dao cultivation.

Gazing upon this tranquil scene, Zhang Jian's lips curled slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.

Zhang Jian knows that, given his fortune, he must also seek an innate spiritual treasure that matches his own attributes, though the opportunity is likely slim.

"Relying on oneself probably offers little hope; in the end, one must still look to one's ancestors..."

Thinking of the 'Wealthy Lady' ancestor in the Central Heavenly Realm, Zhang Jian feels that filial piety must not be neglected.

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As the ten-thousand-year era draws to a close, the fifth-rank immortal treasure, the State Altar King Ding, finally undergoes its breakthrough.

Mount Jiu Xiao, Valley of Furious Thunder.

This is a tribulation-transcending valley specially crafted by Zhang Jian for the Zhang clan immortals to undergo their tribulations.

Among the many immortal sects and Dao lineages, such a place is considered a necessary configuration.

On the valley's walls, ground, and even the growing trees, numerous innate divine inscriptions have been carved—innate secret methods capable of absorbing tribulation qi and suppressing tribulation lightning.

Such a powerful secret method is also one of their foundations.

Only a Daoist sovereign skilled in rune禁法 can arrange it.

Zhang Jian happens to be such a Daoist sovereign.

Arranging some secret methods is effortless for him.

Above his head, bolts of tribulation lightning stretch across the sky, layer upon layer of destructive divine lightning condensing from the firmament.

The transformation of the fifth-rank immortal treasure into a first-rank eternal immortal treasure—how could this not be the path of artifact cultivation proving the Dao?

The difficulty involved is beyond doubt.

However, the Sovereign King Ding once followed King Yu, and now follows Zhang Jian, possessing deep foundations.

Tens of thousands of years ago, it also received the Map of the荒Earth Veins transmitted by Zhang Jian.

At this moment, however, the eternal tribulation lightning forms in the depths of the firmament, transforming into a lightning mountain and lightning sea, yet it can never harm the State Altar King Ding within the lightning sea.

On the walls of the King Ding cauldron, the image of nine tripods emerges.

The nine tripods are Zhang Jian's innate spiritual treasure, having received his eternal will; the profound mystery of the Daoist sovereign's Dao fruit, at this moment, have already begun to transform one after another into first-rank eternal immortal treasures.

Under the support and protection of the nine tripods, the eternal tribulation lightning above his head cannot truly harm the State Altar King Ding.

After the ninefold eighty-one waves of tribulation lightning, the造化仙光 descends from the firmament, accompanied by a harsh yet triumphant laugh.

Deep within the State Altar King Ding, part of its structure has undergone a permanent transformation; its内里禁法 has become an eternal divine禁, inherently possessing multiple strands of first-rank eternal Dao methods.

The State Altar King Ding can also be considered to have finally attained the eternal Dao fruit.

After the State Altar King Ding's promotion, Zhang Jian, feeling fully armed to the teeth, also chose to embark on his journey to the Heavenly Demon Realm.