Chapter 800

Moreover, mastering an innate supreme treasure holds the same great significance for him.

Although it is of the metal attribute.

Although it does not match or align with his own origin Dao fruit, this does not mean he cannot unleash the power of the metal-attribute spirit treasure.

Earth gives birth to metal!

With his Earth Emperor Dao fruit, he is able to unleash the power of the Kaihuang Golden Spirit Sword.

The only regret is that he cannot fuse the Geng Metal Primordial Status nurtured within the Kaihuang Golden Spirit Sword.

But in heaven and earth, the moon is always incomplete and hard to make whole.

After a slight regret, Zhang Jian also let it go!

After Zhang Jian emerged from seclusion, he sensed that the Bai and Ji clans had already rushed over from the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm.

He first saw Bai Shi.

Bai Shi's jade-like face bore a smile.

"Your Majesty, my elder sister currently holds the fort in the Celestial Court Immortal Palace on your behalf, unable to leave her post; we have thus come ahead to meet you—do not blame my sister!"

She slightly pursed the corners of her mouth, smiling; even in jest, there was a faint air of self-discipline.

Her demeanor seemed unchanged since ancient times, forever carrying a cool composure and self-possession.

Zhang Jian smiled faintly and then spoke.

"The Jade Hua divine duties are burdensome; I myself will not blame her!"

"At this time, the heavenly voids are in chaotic disarray, and the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm indeed lacks manpower!"

Zhang Jian's visage bore a hint of solemnity.

His family's estate is vast; now he truly lacks no treasures or resources, but genuinely lacks enough powerful beings to hold the fort.

Fortunately, this time he has brought back several Dao Lords from the Tianfu Realm, as well as a King of Evil Spirits, which can partially fill the strength vacuum.

After a moment of intimacy, Zhang Jian summoned Qinglan Immortal and Hongling Immortal from the Qiankun Diagram and handed them to Ji Shi.

"Xueqiong, Qinglan Dao Lord and Hongling Dao Lord have already entered the Earth Emperor Dao Palace, becoming deities of our lineage; later, you will bring them back to the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm and hand them over to Jade Hua, who will assign them corresponding divine offices and divine positions!"

Qinglan Immortal and Hongling Immortal each received a Nine-Revolutions Soul-Returning Pill from Zhang Jian at this time, having already reformed their true bodies; they need only cultivate for a period, and will soon recover their peak Dao cultivation.

The Blood Shadow Heavenly Lord is arrogant and unruly, but Zhang Jian intends to further discipline him for a time before bringing him back to the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm.

Ji Shi's jade-like face bore a glistening smile as she immediately responded in affirmation.

Zhang Jian's gaze swept over Bai Shi and Ji Shi again, then he spoke.

"Your Dao cultivation has both entered the Great Perfection of Taiyi; as for the Dao Lord title quotas, you need not worry—the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm will reserve them for you. But to smoothly condense the Dao Lord Dao fruit, every step is like walking on thin ice; you must be more cautious!"

Zhang Jian gave this warning.

In truth, he is not overly worried about either woman.

Bai Liying needs no further mention—behind her stands the Water Mother Dao Palace; these years she has followed the Water Mother Mother in cultivation, her foundation is solid.

Bai Liying also bears the Xuanming Divine Position.

This is a primordial divine position, comparable to a Third-Revolution Dao Lord.

As for Ji Shi, she has also received recognition from the Ji family of the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm, obtained the Sacred Emperor's inheritance, and possesses the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm's origin, merit, and fortune—equally rich in foundation, with hope to step into the Dao Lord realm and achieve the Ancestral Qi Dao Body.

Reflecting on the gains from this journey, Zhang Jian now divided part of the Divine Concealment Dao Treasury obtained from the Divine Concealment Dao Diagram and gave it to the two women.

Among them, the Divine Concealment Dao Treasury's heavenly scripture inheritance and seal inheritance were given to Ji Shi.

Ji Shi originally studied under Qinglan Immortal; to some extent, she is also of the direct lineage of the Divine Concealment Dao Treasury. Receiving this seal inheritance and the great Dao scriptures is naturally a matter of course.

Ji Shi can also use this to reestablish the Divine Concealment Dao Treasury in the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm!

The time spent with consorts and Dao companions is always fleeting; having received Zhang Jian's bestowed arts and treasures, the two women may either return to the Water Mother Dao Palace in the Earth Immortal Realm to retreat into seclusion, or return to the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm.

Zhang Jian is preparing to stay in the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm for a period to properly cultivate and settle his mind.

He now has nothing to do and is light-bodied.

Several missions have been completed successfully; next, there are no mandatory tasks awaiting him.

……

Before the Fire Cloud Cavern Heaven in Three Emperors City.

This time, Zhang Jian spent some contribution points to enter the Fire Cloud Cavern Heaven, preparing to properly cultivate for a period.

This journey to the Tianfu Realm, with several great battles, has also given him immense pressure.

The four great Dao Ancestors of the Tianfu Realm possess formidable Dao cultivation; now, either submit to the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm, or flee the Tianfu Realm, even fall upon the heavenly voids above.

These powerful ones are all long-famous figures.

Such an outcome—how could it not serve as a warning?

He can no longer afford to indulge; otherwise, it would be impossible to escape unscathed every time.

He should seize the opportunity to properly cultivate and settle his mind.

Zhang Jian prepares to use the materials at hand to quickly refine them into Dao cultivation, raising his cultivation to the realm of Third-Revolution Dao Venerable.

Besides this, he will perfect his defense and killing techniques, re-deriving the many Second-Revolution Supreme Divine Powers he holds, pushing them into the Third-Revolution realm.

All of this requires time.

……

In the depths of the Fire Cloud Cavern Heaven, core region—here, the time flow rate differs from the outside world.

It is nearly six to one.

This time ratio actually cannot compare to the Nine-Heavens Time Pagoda of the Central Heavenly Realm, nor to Zhang Jian's previous entry into the Kunlun Heavenly Realm's Qi Light Secret Realm, but it prevails in the concentration of heavenly and earthly spiritual qi.

Cultivating here, Zhang Jian feels as if he is in a certain special chaotic orifice amidst the myriad worlds of the heavenly voids, with endless chaotic essence qi rolling in.

Moreover, he can at any time draw upon the special authority of the Fire Cloud Cavern Heaven to stir the chaotic essence qi from the chaotic primordial sea.

At this moment, his true body manifests, and beneath his feet is a lotus of chaotic azure lotus.

At this moment, this innate azure lotus was no longer merely thirty-six leaves, but had over fifty lotus leaves, their veins radiating vigorous vitality, as if each vein could form a chaos divine bridge extending deep into the chaos origin sea, absorbing the surging chaos origin essence, part of which was transformed into innate creation origin for the innate azure lotus to inhale and exhale, while another part was transformed into pure innate essence that merged into the terrestrial sovereign's true form, becoming Daoist immortal radiance, or nourishing the terrestrial sovereign's divine apertures to assist in their tempering.

As Zhang Jian cultivated with all his strength, the essence of this fire cloud divine aperture also turned into a torrent that merged into his body.

Zhang Jian manifested thirty-three layers of perfect radiant clouds, and the Dao fruit auspicious clouds likewise manifested.

He simultaneously mobilized the power of the Nine Heavenly Dao Jade Mansions; deep within the Dao fruit auspicious clouds, ten layers of heavenly Dao divine wheels appeared, as if he could multitask, rapidly deducing layer upon layer of profound secret arts.

The most important among them was the Nine Revolutions Chaos Azure Lotus Genesis Grand Method; once completed, it could assist the terrestrial sovereign's true form in nurturing the Yuanshi status, which is Zhang Jian's primary cultivation direction.

In fact, according to Zhang Jian's own deduction, he should actually be able to cultivate dual Yuanshi statuses in the future.

One of these Yuanshi statuses should be nurtured from his natal immortal method, the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.

The other Yuanshi status is nurtured from the terrestrial sovereign's true form.

The two statuses can complement each other, forming his ultimate Yuanshi status.

However, this project is obviously no small undertaking.

Moreover, his current realm is insufficient, so he can only begin by deducing the Three Revolutions Origin Secret Method, first completing the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.

Besides the Nine Revolutions Chaos Azure Lotus Genesis Grand Method, there are also the Terrestrial Sovereign's Eight Trigrams, the Terrestrial Sovereign's Crucible, the Terrestrial Sovereign's Opening Dao Sword Decree, and besides these, there are the Wandering Through the Grand Void Grand Method, the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Fetal Membrane Grand Formation, the Dao Heart Azure Lotus Mantra, the Azure Lotus Purifying Soul Mantra, the Zhou Tian Star Chart, the All-Heavens Spacetime King Chart, the Nine Nether Life-Death Golden Charter, the Yin Lunar Refinement Form Method, the Innate Yin-Yang Annihilation God, and so on—a series of methods.

Besides this, he also needs to reforge two of his natal spirit treasures.

Although he possesses many innate spirit treasures, Zhang Jian has never forgotten that his own natal spirit treasure is the instrument that can accompany him all the way to proving the Dao and achieving Buddhahood.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side, Daoist Lord Qingxia was waiting with bated breath.

According to her understanding of Zhang Jian, every time he returned, he never forgot the most crucial step: entering the ancestral shrine of the Central Heavenly Realm to worship ancestors.

But this time, she clearly miscalculated.

Waiting left and right, she waited for two or three yuanhui, yet saw no sign of Zhang Jian entering the Central Heavenly Realm.

In the immortal realm, on the cloud bed, at this moment, the two 'Daoist Lords Qingxia' sat facing each other; one emanated a vast and majestic divine power, faintly resonating with a universal Dao Venerable status from the depths of the chaos origin sea, behind her appeared majestic divine omens, and within the cloud light behind her, it seemed as if billions of beings could be seen, immortals and gods paying homage in an omen.

At this moment, this incarnation felt slightly regretful.

"It seems he is not preparing to offer sacrifices this time?"

Daoist Lord Qingxia glanced at this benevolent corpse, a faint smile in her eyes.

Since this incarnation passed through the fourth great calamity of destruction and was severed as a benevolent corpse, it has been especially devoted to Zhang Jian's ancestral worship.

However, she also understands that this benevolent corpse incarnation takes the incense-true form as its foundation; only with sufficient incense can it cultivate various profound secret methods of the other shore, even to perfect Daoist conduct and strengthen the incense divine position.

But this time, it seems there is little hope.

According to Daoist Lord Qingxia's understanding of Zhang Jian, he likely feels that what he gained in the Tianfu Realm this time is not much, so he is preparing to accumulate and wait for the right moment before performing the sacrifice.

The benevolent corpse's incense golden body also merely complained slightly, then hesitated and said.

"My lord, recently there have been frequent omens above the Yin Star; I fear that Immortal Sovereign has received the inheritance of the Goddess Xihe, his cultivation has made a great breakthrough, and we must still be cautious about this!"

Daoist Lord Qingxia's pupils flickered, and deep in her Dao heart there was also some vigilance.

It is not that she worries about the Yin Immortal Sovereign.

But rather about the Goddess Xihe behind the Yin Immortal Sovereign.

Their hearts were in sync; at this moment, both understood each other's thoughts, and they must accelerate their growth, further unleashing the advantages of the taboo Dao body.

As a taboo Dao body, Daoist Lord Qingxia naturally has one more opportunity than other Dao Lords to walk the path to ultimate power.

At this moment, her choice is no different from Zhang Jian's initial choice: first relying on vast amounts of flawless incense, she cultivates a Dao Venerable corpse body.

But not to break through via this, merely treating it as a method for cultivation.

Daoist Lord Qingxia likewise chose to prove herself on this difficult path.

But Daoist Lord Qingxia still has considerable confidence.

Besides first severing a three-corpse incarnation, she still possesses many innate spirit treasures, and in her hands she grasps many resources.

However, in Daoist Lord Qingxia's view, this progress is still somewhat slow.

In fact, this 'slowness' is relative to Zhang Jian, relative to the situation above the heavens' void, which makes Daoist Lord Qingxia feel this sense of urgency.

Actually, her cultivation is not slow.

Above the myriad heavens, she is also considered one of that small group of heaven's favored children.

Where 'Daoist Lord Qingxia' spoke.

"My lord, we still need to speed up; some risks must ultimately be taken!"

Daoist Lord Qingxia heard the words and nodded slightly.

"Just don't worry about the Lan Tai Dao Palace being beyond our control; here, you still need to entrust it to you!"

'Daoist Lord Qingxia' heard the words and agreed.

"My lord, rest assured; I will preside well over these matters for you!"

Daoist Lord Qingxia took a deep breath; in this intense calamity atmosphere, even though she is a Three Revolutions Dao Lord, she still feels a sense of breathlessness.

At this moment, deep in her Dao heart, there is some worry.

As the master of the Lan Tai Dao Palace, she can more clearly perceive how dangerous the current state of the myriad heavens' void is.

The Three Holy Courts and the Central Heavenly Court, two colossal entities, are gradually moving toward union, yet the Deep Void of the myriad heavens, the Donghuang Divine Court, has not sat idle; it has gradually contacted many super Dao lineages oppressed by the human race and heavenly court, even to powerful clans.

Among them, the most representative are the Ten Great Super Dao Lineages of the Heretical Gate, and also the soul of the ancestral dragon fleeing abroad.

Donghuang Taiyi and the ancestral dragon have made contact.

This is an extremely dangerous signal.

Not to mention the Heretical Gate's Ten Great Dao Palaces, this tyrannical force.

Perhaps on the surface, the Three Holy Courts and the Central Heavenly Court have a good chance of victory, but this chance must necessarily be premised on the blood and white bones of countless immortals and gods.

Daoist Lord Qingxia does not wish to become one of those who narrowly avoided becoming white bones.

Therefore, it is at this time that she chooses to take the risk.

Instead, he waited calmly for Zhang Jian's sacrifice.

……

Within the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven, Zhang Jian's period of ascetic practice this time was very long, nearly five yuanhui.

With the aid of these five yuanhui of time, he gradually created part of the Three Revolutions Origin Secret Method, supplementing it into his natal immortal method, the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.

Deep within his glabella, around the Dao Fruit Auspicious Clouds, strands of Three Revolutions Origin Dao Law models emitted vast divine power; each great道 totem seemed to possess the divine power to rend the myriad universes and shatter the boundless heavens and earth, breaking the great道 rules.

Around the Dao Fruit Auspicious Clouds, layers of Dao cultivation immortal light also became exceptionally intense.

Evidently, this five yuanhui of ascetic practice greatly advanced his Dao cultivation.

However, for someone as formidable as him, five yuanhui of time was still too short.

Namely, he had only perfected part of the Three Revolutions Origin Dao Law.

The Nine Revolutions Chaos Qinglian Transformation and Birth Great Law he most wished to cultivate remained difficult to advance; he had not broken through to the Zhidao Realm, nor assisted in refining the Earth Emperor's True Form to produce the corresponding Yuanshi status.

Upon the vast and majestic Innate Qinglian, Zhang Jian sat cross-legged; at this moment, he slowly opened his eyes, and from the depths of his gaze surged forth intense, vast divine power, like mountains overturning and seas flooding, pressing upon the surrounding endless void.

The Earth Emperor's True Form emitted waves of vast divine power.

At this moment, Zhang Jian could feel that his physical body, as well as his primordial spirit Dao Fruit, were both in the Second Revolution Dao Zun realm—not because his realm was low, but quite the opposite: his Dao心 realm was fully sufficient.

It was merely that advancement required the perfection of Dao cultivation and the Earth Emperor's True Form.

That required a long span of time to refine and polish.

Or perhaps his resources were insufficient!

At this moment, his face bore a hint of helplessness.

The shortage of immortal medicines needed to perfect the Earth Emperor's True Form was greater than he had imagined!

The myriad heavenly treasures and earthly riches stored within his Universe Diagram, even down to the spiritual roots and fruits, had been nearly exhausted.

He needed to find a way to seek out heavenly treasures and earthly riches that could supplement his Dao cultivation and temper his physical body!

After some thought, Zhang Jian exited his secluded retreat, preparing to seek out the Yu Wang Ancestral Master for inquiry!