Chapter 505: Which version is this? Why haven't I played it before?

On the road after being snatched away by Venerable Bamboo Sword, Zhao Xing received some information from the Profound Spirit Historical Records, and many of his original memories were also unsealed.

When he was in the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai, he had learned the names of four Divine Realm beings: Sword God Di Yi, Bone God "Yuan", Heavenly God "Gu Xiao", and Earth God "Yao Jun".

Later, the names of these four Divine Realm beings disappeared, as if they had been erased from the world.

Now, with this part of his memory unsealed, Zhao Xing recalled that meeting in a dream with Wang Wang Tianzhi.

He speculated that these four Divine Realm beings were very likely staying in the Profound Yellow Realm.

So, when Wei mentioned the secrecy of the Profound Yellow Realm, Zhao Xing agreed. Safe? That didn't even come close.

Originally, Zhao Xing should have had Ji Si cast a spell to contact Wang Wang Tianzhi again, understand the situation, and then go back.

But now, having to go back in a muddled and reckless manner truly went against Master Zhao's principles.

After thinking about it, he still answered in a way meant to dissuade them: "Old Imperial Physician, my hometown has already been destroyed. Not long after we ascended, it exploded."

Wei Ling Tianchen shook his head: "Not necessarily. The Desolate Sink of Luo has the characteristic of 'hidden broken illusions'; your hometown wouldn't be that easy to blow up."

He knew this too. Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised; Wei Ling Tianchen was truly an old antique.

However, in Wei Ling Tianchen's eyes, it looked like Zhao Xing had been unaware and was now surprised after learning the truth.

Zhao Xing: "You say there are hidden broken illusions, wouldn't it be very dangerous then?"

Wei Ling Tianchen said indifferently: "Even if it is dangerous, Qing Qing Yu Zi could go there, so why couldn't we? His cultivation realm at that time..."

"... was lower than mine and Bamboo Sword's."

"Your hometown couldn't possibly have such great risks."

The more he tried to decline, the more counterproductive it became.

It seemed Wei Ling Tianchen had made up his mind to go to the Profound Yellow Realm.

Zhao Xing simply stopped trying to persuade him further.

For him, having two demigods following him back to the Profound Yellow Realm wasn't without its benefits; at the very least, the safety factor would increase somewhat.

Zhao Xing arrived at the array core of the White Jade Five Mausoleum Ship and input a string of reference coordinates.

"How long will it take?" Wei Ling Tianchen asked.

"About four years." After inputting them, Zhao Xing estimated a rough time. "If things go smoothly, it could be a bit faster."

"Only four years, no rush then." After thinking, Wei Ling Tianchen took a golden hoop out from his bosom.

"What are you doing?" Zhao Xing didn't know what kind of trick he was pulling now.

"Put it on."

"This is—"

"An Academy magic tool, the Enlightenment Golden Hoop."

"The Old Imperial Physician actually managed to get his hands on such a treasure."

Zhao Xing obediently put on the golden hoop.

"Trapped by the Heaven-Snaring Net, you have no way to cultivate, and you can't even use your magic power."

"The Enlightenment Golden Hoop is different; you can still cultivate the Heart-Sealing Method."

After Zhao Xing put on the golden hoop, Wei Ling Tianchen reached out and grabbed, and the divine artifact Heaven-Snaring Net was withdrawn from his dharma body.

The function of the Enlightenment Golden Hoop was that, except for a specific spell that could be learned and cultivated, everything else could not be used.

Wei Ling Tianchen chanted a spell.

The golden hoop flashed with a circle of scriptures, and subsequently, Zhao Xing not only had the golden hoop on his body, but it also appeared above his soul.

The vast majority of skills on his panel turned gray.

Only the magic power chapter of the Heart-Sealing Method remained available for cultivation.

The Enlightenment Golden Hoop was originally a magic tool developed by scholars to help people focus on cultivation. Yet, it was being used by Wei Ling Tianchen to prevent Zhao Xing from escaping.

Now, besides being able to cultivate the Heart-Sealing Method, Zhao Xing couldn't do anything else.

Assuming the removal of the divine power restriction didn't go smoothly, Wei Ling Tianchen intended to have Zhao Xing fully cultivate the Heart-Sealing Method, and then act on his behalf to unseal the Seven-Star Cabinet and obtain the deadly poison inside that could hunt Divine Realm beings.

"Walk two steps."

"You're even making me walk two steps, is your physician's occupational disease acting up?!" Zhao Xing complained inwardly, but he still followed orders.

Wei Ling Tianchen nodded with satisfaction: "Hmm, not bad. Next, you will cultivate the secret method well on the ship; don't wander around."

Zhao Xing had gained a certain degree of freedom. Naturally, he wouldn't stay with Wei Ling Tianchen, so he immediately came out and ran to the deck.

At this time, Venerable Bamboo Sword already had one sword in his left hand, and his right hand reached into the flames, grasping another sword.

"Taking a sword from the fire, Venerable, you took the first one so quickly?"

"You have quite the insight; you even know the characteristics of the Seven-Star Li Fire Divine Sword." Venerable Bamboo Sword didn't even lift his head.

"I know a thing or two," Zhao Xing said modestly.

"The Seven-Star Li Fire Divine Sword is useless in the hands of outsiders. Only in the hands of the Sword Sect can it display its corresponding divinity. It is not a physical object, but the true spirit of the sword."

"In total, one must take the true spirit of the sword from the Li Fire seven times. Each time it is taken, the true spirit surges, and one can also control more of the sword Dao origin."

"If one can take it seven times, one can become a Sword God."

Venerable Bamboo Sword looked up and his gaze fell on the Enlightenment Golden Hoop: "Is this the price of freedom?"

"Where can this be called freedom?" Zhao Xing shook his head and sat cross-legged beside Bamboo Sword.

"What are you going to practice?" Venerable Bamboo Sword's mood was clearly very good after obtaining the divine sword, and he became more talkative.

"Condensing a certain type of magic power."

"I observe that your true spirit has yet to cross the tribulation, yet you have combat power comparable to a Four-Tribulation Emperor. Is it because of this?"

"More or less." Zhao Xing nodded.

Azure Flower magic power encompasses everything and can amplify all secret methods.

Red Lotus magic power contains the Great Dao of destruction, and its power is extraordinary.

Cangming magic power enhances the mind and will, primarily guarding the true spirit and will.

The method Fan Qianrou created based solely on her own Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart had infinite wonderful uses in the magic power chapter alone, and its value was immeasurable.

"I must cultivate first," Zhao Xing said, closing his eyes, because the Enlightenment Golden Hoop was taking effect.

It had a forced focus effect. Zhao Xing now didn't want to do anything except cultivate the Heart-Sealing Method, and he was even somewhat indifferent to life-threatening dangers.

Venerable Bamboo Sword also lowered his head, continuing to study the Seven-Star Li Fire Divine Sword.

"Zhao Xing, wake up, wake up!!"

The voice seemed to have a certain heat. Feeling his body suddenly getting hotter and hotter, Zhao Xing opened his eyes abruptly.

He discovered that Venerable Bamboo Sword was using a fiery red heart-sword to burn him.

"Hmm? How did I fall asleep?"

"Where have we arrived?"

Opening his eyes, they were no longer on the ship, but had appeared on a desolate mountain ridge.

Zhao Xing realized something was wrong. He was cultivating Cangming magic power on the ship; how could he have suddenly arrived at a desolate mountain?

Wei Ling Tianchen was right in front, also sitting cross-legged. His expression was somewhat grave, as if he didn't know what had happened either.

"Zhao Xing, do you remember anything?" Venerable Bamboo Sword asked.

"I remember that after I put on the Enlightenment Golden Hoop, I came to talk to you, Venerable, and then started cultivating magic power." Zhao Xing was somewhat bewildered.

"He doesn't remember either." Venerable Bamboo Sword looked at Wei Ling Tianchen. "Old Imperial Physician, you have many treasures; can you still not find any abnormalities?"

The divine object beside Wei Ling Tianchen had been changed; clearly, he had been repeatedly attempting things before Zhao Xing woke up.

"No. Bamboo Sword, can you feel any abnormalities?"

"Your Heart-Sword Technique can see through all illusions. Are we currently in some kind of illusion or dream?"

Venerable Bamboo Sword waved a Li Fire sword in his hand, the blade reflecting Venerable Bamboo Sword's appearance.

"Everything is normal. We are not in a dream, nor are we in an illusion."

"Wait, why are you asking this?" Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised. "A dream? Can't you two great experts determine if it's a dream or reality?"

"We don't know when we arrived here," Venerable Bamboo Sword said in a deep voice. "My and the Old Imperial Physician's last memories are, respectively, me contemplating the Li Fire Divine Sword, and him reading a scripture."

"Upon breaking away from the contemplative state, we were on this desolate mountain."

"The Old Imperial Physician and I can neither determine where this is, nor do we know how much time has passed."

"Everything is just like a dream."

"We cannot remember the beginning of a dream, just as we cannot remember when we started entering here."

Wei Ling Tianchen stood up, and the seven or eight divine objects overflowing with flowing light around him were all put away.

Subsequently, he stared fixedly at Zhao Xing.

"Zhao Xing, did you really not feel any movement?"

"No." Zhao Xing was very helpless: "Old Imperial Physician, why would you suspect that I did something?"

"My strength is far inferior to you two; if I had this ability, wouldn't I have just run away?"

Wei didn't speak, just frowned and looked around. Venerable Bamboo Sword also looked at the sky, as if familiarizing himself with this piece of heaven and earth.

After a brief moment of bewilderment, Zhao Xing quickly opened his panel.

There was a record on it:

【You have entered the "Profound Yellow Realm", coordinates: Extreme Yang Three, Divine Moon Four, Yuan Three Four Two.】

"What the hell, Profound Yellow Realm?"

Zhao Xing was greatly shocked.

When did they come back?

And why couldn't he understand the coordinates of the Profound Yellow Realm?

"What are you surprised about?" Wei Ling Tianchen and Venerable Bamboo Sword clearly noticed Zhao Xing's expression.

"I..." Zhao Xing hesitated to speak.

"We have arrived at your hometown, right?" Wei Ling Tianchen pressed.

"Yes." Zhao Xing smiled bitterly: "But I'm not sure anymore, because the changes are quite large."

"Old Imperial Physician, you never said Zhao Xing's hometown was so dangerous." Venerable Bamboo Sword frowned. "This piece of heaven and earth is much larger than I imagined. My heart-sword power has just spread for three quarters of an hour, and I still haven't seen the end."

"Bamboo Sword, this is the reason I came." Wei Ling Tianchen said: "Do you know that Qing Qing Yu Zi was originally just someone who carried a lamp and watched graves at the Reincarnation Divine Palace, yet after the Desolate Domain Era, he achieved the Divine Realm."

"In this era where cultivation is difficult and tribulations are strong, for him to have such great achievements, it is absolutely not his own strength."

Zhao Xing was somewhat stunned: "Old Imperial Physician, you didn't come here to unseal, but to find opportunities?"

The Profound Spirit Historical Records unsealed the history of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai. Some were shocked by the arrogance of the Dongyan Ancient Clan, some were angry at losing a lifetime of cultivation, and some lamented this disaster.

And some saw Qing Qing Yu Zi's path to godhood, strange and inexplicable, and tried to find the reason to replicate his path.

Venerable Bamboo Sword's expression turned cold: "Old Imperial Physician, no matter what you are plotting, this is not what I want."

With lightning speed, he grabbed Zhao Xing with one hand and pointed his sword at Wei Ling Tianchen with the other: "The deal is off. He belongs to me now, and we are leaving here."

Wei Ling Tianchen did not block him, just watched helplessly as Venerable Bamboo Sword and Zhao Xing flew toward the sky, muttering to himself: "Too naive. This is absolutely a Divine Realm method. Since we don't know how we entered, how could we easily leave?"

Sure enough, not long after Venerable Bamboo Sword took Zhao Xing into the sky, they descended again at an even faster speed.

Wei Ling Tianchen didn't mind, and looking at the somewhat disheveled Bamboo Sword, he asked quickly: "What did you discover?"

"Cough, cough, pfft~" Venerable Bamboo Sword first coughed, and then actually spat out a mouthful of blood.

Zhao Xing was still very bewildered, because Bamboo Sword's speed was too fast, and he was restricted by the Enlightenment Golden Hoop, unable to use spells to investigate at all. In a very short time, Bamboo Sword had taken him up and brought him down.

"The laws of heaven and earth in the Profound Yellow Realm are wrong." Venerable Bamboo Sword was somewhat shocked: "With my strength, I am actually unable to ascend and break the boundary."

"What?" Wei Ling Tianchen and Zhao Xing were both shocked.

Wei Ling Tianchen was shocked that the boundary rules of the Profound Yellow Realm were actually so solid. Bamboo Sword was a Sword Venerable; how could he be unable to break the boundary and ascend?

Zhao Xing was shocked by the unknown changes that had occurred in the Profound Yellow Realm. Originally, one could ascend at the Li Dao Realm, but now even a demigod couldn't ascend.

"This is simply outrageous. What version is this? Why haven't I played it before?" Master Zhao was also extremely puzzled inwardly.

He knew the Profound Yellow Realm wasn't simple, but he hadn't expected it to be this terrifying.

Assuming even demigods couldn't ascend, wouldn't one need the Divine Realm to ascend?

"Zhao Xing, this is your hometown..."

"Don't ask anymore." Zhao Xing snapped impatiently at Wei Ling Tianchen: "Look at me, do I look like I know? I told you not to come, not to come, but you insisted on coming."

Now that a rift had formed between Bamboo Sword and Wei Ling Tianchen, Master Zhao no longer gave Wei Ling Tianchen a good look.

"Wei Ling Tianchen, let's part ways here! You walk your path, and we'll walk ours!"

Wei Ling Tianchen wasn't angry, just shook his head slowly: "We can't part."

Bamboo Sword raised an eyebrow, and his sword tip tilted slightly upward.

Wei Ling Tianchen pointed at the Enlightenment Golden Hoop on Zhao Xing's head: "The scholar friend I asked to craft this item—if it leaves a certain range from me, it will self-destruct. Bamboo Sword, you are not a mechanism master; you cannot undo the restrictions of this ancient cultivation magic tool."

This was not a product of the contemporary Academy, but one developed by scholars of the Five Emperors era.

"Old Imperial Physician, we actually didn't really want to leave. In the current situation, separating is actually very dangerous; cooperation is the only way to win-win." Zhao Xing's attitude changed immediately.

There was no help for it; Wei Ling Tianchen, this pervert, had actually asked someone to turn the Enlightenment Golden Hoop into a "self-destructing Enlightenment Golden Hoop".

A disciple gets exploded for running out to play without studying?

Is that friend of yours a demonic scholar?!

Venerable Bamboo Sword fell into thought, and he threw out four bamboo swords.

One toward the sky, one into the ground, and two sweeping in all directions.

As a result, the bamboo sword in the sky quickly fell, breaking into three pieces, as if it had been struck by lightning.

The bamboo sword that drilled into the mountain got stuck in a rock crevice.

The two bamboo swords that flew out never returned.

In the distance, a shuddering roar came.

It was clearly a very ordinary mountain, yet it made all three of them feel a chill.

"Fine, let's cooperate and walk out of this big mountain first." Venerable Bamboo Sword also gave in.

Actually, Zhao Xing wanted to separate from Wei Ling Tianchen because he was familiar with this world.

Besides, Wang Wang Tianzhi was still here. As long as he could get out and find Old Wang, find the Great Zhou, there would always be a place to stay,

and he could understand the situation of the new Profound Yellow Realm clearly.

Now, they might not even be able to walk out of this big mountain, so they still had to rely on the two big shots to lead the way.

"Zhao Xing is from the Profound Yellow Realm; let him lead the way." Bamboo Sword suggested.

"I can lead the way, but can you take this off?" Zhao Xing pointed to the golden hoop on his head.

"No." Wei Ling Tianchen shook his head. "Now that cultivation is suppressed, I can't take it off either."

Zhao Xing looked suspicious: "Cultivation is suppressed?"

"He isn't lying; it is indeed suppressed."

The flames in Venerable Bamboo Sword's hand had become much weaker, and the divine sword that had originally been pulled out for the most part now only had a hilt left.

"How much cultivation do you have left?"

"You can't ask it like that." Wei Ling Tianchen said: "This suppression isn't singular. I don't feel that the level of the Dao has dropped, but the true spirit is suppressed, and some spells cannot be used."

"In some respects, we are still demigods, such as magic power; my magic power is still inexhaustible. But in some respects, we are restricted by this world, such as the artifact-controlling method; it no longer takes effect. It's as if this world doesn't have the concept of a method, so I cannot remove your golden hoop."

"Is that so?" Zhao Xing tried, but the golden hoop still couldn't be removed.

According to Wei's method, it was equivalent to the lock still being there, but the key was gone?

"My restrictions are different." Venerable Bamboo Sword pondered, "I just threw out four bamboo swords, and only the amplification effect of the Heart-Sword Technique remains; the power of other sword techniques is greatly reduced, especially in the southeast and the sky."

"Does the suppression also have directional changes?" Zhao Xing also fell into thought.

He was wearing the Enlightenment Golden Hoop now, but he didn't feel anything. Opening the panel to look, he discovered that many skills had turned gray.

All of the Ben Wo Method, except for the Heart-Field Method, had turned gray. The internal world was still lit up, but it also showed abnormal restrictions.

Zhao Xing had a vague guess inwardly.

"What did you think of?" Venerable Bamboo Sword asked. His Heart-Sword Technique effect still remained, and he could feel the fluctuations in Zhao Xing's mind just now.

"What else could I think of? You all have been restricted; this is already a Divine Realm method." Zhao Xing avoided this question. "I know nothing about the abilities of the Divine Realm; I don't know as much as you two."

Venerable Bamboo Sword said: "I once saw a God of Sword Dao in a certain place. That person called himself the 'Lonely Swordsman' and used a bamboo sword to demonstrate thirteen sword techniques for me."

"I only learned four, including the Heart-Sword Technique."

"He said the Thirteen Bamboo Sword Techniques can cut through karma and fate, and he cut away my ninth true spirit tribulation for me, which is why I achieved demigod status."

Zhao Xing was somewhat shocked. He cut away the ninth true spirit tribulation for someone with just a bamboo sword and sent them to achieve demigod status?

This was too mysterious. Wei explained it more concretely: "The Reincarnation Emperor controls the Dharma Domain, and the demigod controls the Dharma Realm. All paths are absorbing the cosmic origin and mastering the cosmic origin. From Dharma Domain to Dharma Realm, it is the self-origin becoming closer to the essence of the cosmic Great Dao."

"Mentioning the Divine Realm, one must mention the method of becoming a god."

Wei Ling Tianchen had broader knowledge. As soon as Zhao Xing and Bamboo Sword heard Wei talk about the path to godhood, they immediately listened quietly.

"The commonly mentioned 'proving the Dao to become a god' had three very distinct methods in the Five Emperors era."

"Proving the Dao through the Self, proving the Dao through Heaven and Earth, and proving the Dao through Luck."

"After the Five Emperors disappeared, proving the Dao through Luck no longer exists, so there is no need to mention it."

"Proving the Dao through the Self is probably for martial artists like Bamboo Sword, who only seek to cultivate the small self and vainly hope to prove the Great Dao."

Venerable Bamboo Sword said indifferently: "What you said is a bit offensive."

Wei Ling Tianchen: "I am not despising martial artists. Those who prove the Dao through the Self are the same regardless of profession. Dharma bodies, spells, martial arts, golden bodies, mechanism Dao soldiers—those whose Dao heart points only to the self are all proving the Dao through the Self."

"This type of Divine Realm being can be called a 'Free God'."

Venerable Bamboo Sword hummed: "Then what is proving the Dao through Heaven and Earth?"

Wei Ling Tianchen: "My type."

Bamboo Sword snorted in disdain.

Zhao Xing, however, vaguely thought of something.

Wei Ling Tianchen raised his eyebrows and looked at the sky: "Benefiting heaven and earth with the Dao, with a heart that shines through the ages and power that is infinitely magnificent. This is proving the Dao through Heaven and Earth."

"..."

Zhao Xing realized something: "Old Imperial Physician, does Emperor Chi Star count?"

"He counts, and he doesn't." Wei Ling Tianchen nodded: "He created the mechanism Dao soldier 【Hun Yuan Dao Tower】, which can suppress the internal world. His Dao benefits the Si Nong of the Ben Wo Sect, and he himself counts as part of heaven and earth. The stronger the Si Nong of the Ben Wo Sect, the stronger the Emperor."

"However, this is equivalent to him seizing someone else's Dao. It is not without reason that your Original Domain hasn't had records of Divine Realm beings for a long time."

"His Dao is also very narrow and doesn't directly benefit the universe."

"On the contrary, Gu Luohe... forget it, I won't talk about him. He was destined to fail."

Venerable Bamboo Sword was confused, but Zhao Xing understood.

Wei Ling Tianchen must know Gu Luohe's philosophy.

Assuming Gu Luohe could succeed, then after he became a Divine Realm being, he would be terrifyingly powerful.

And Wei himself was the same, because he also wanted to solve the problem of Desolate Domainization.

It's just that his method was not as arrogant as Gu Luohe's.

So he believed Gu Luohe couldn't succeed, but he himself had hope of succeeding.

"Proving the Dao through Heaven and Earth is rare. This type of Divine Realm being is called a 'Tribulation-Free True God'." Wei Ling Tianchen looked at Venerable Bamboo Sword: "Proving the Dao through the Self still has divine tribulations. A Free God cannot be free."

"Proving the Dao through Heaven and Earth, however, has no tribulations or disasters, so they are called True Gods."

"Bamboo Sword, I don't look down on you."

Everyone here is trash, Zhao Xing added inwardly.

It was very clear that Wei Ling Tianchen looked down on the way of proving the Dao through the Self to become a god.

He wanted to obtain the Desolate God Poison inside the Seven-Star Cabinet because he wanted to become a 'Tribulation-Free True God'!

Killing Divine Realm parasites is beneficial to the universe; he could become a Tribulation-Free True God among physicians!

"By saying that, is a Tribulation-Free True God stronger than a Free God?" Venerable Bamboo Sword asked.

"No, I am talking about the way of becoming a god and the categories of the Divine Realm, not the specific strength." Wei Ling Tianchen said.

"In the Five Emperors era, those who had just proven the Great Dao were often not even as powerful as a divine weapon. These were mostly 'Free Gods'. The divine weapons and divine generals referred to in ancient times were all of this level."

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"Once the Great Dao is stabilized, if one can become a king of the Great Dao in a certain direction, that is another level. This is called a Free Divine King or a Calamity-Free Divine King. Unless one possesses a divine object that defies the heavens, whether one has a divine object or not, one can crush all other divine realms."

"The Five Emperors, however, tower above all divine realms."

"Every one of them is a Calamity-Free True God."

Zhao Xing looked at the lonely and desolate hillside: "Do you mean that in my hometown, someone is proving the Dao to become a god?"

Wei Ling Tianchen shook his head again: "The laws of heaven and earth are suppressed to this extent; there must be a powerhouse proving the Calamity-Free True God, and I fear that a Free Divine King has already appeared."

"The southeast direction sensed by the Bamboo Sword's resonance shows a decline in sword Dao power. There is only one reason for this: his sword Dao has been weakened by the presence of the other party."

Zhao Xing was dumbfounded. Which version is this exactly? Why haven't I played it? Not only are there divine realms that prove the Dao through heaven and earth, but there are also Free Divine Kings?

"Zhao Xing, your Profound Yellow World holds a great secret. Venerable Bamboo Sword and I know nothing of this place. From here on, we can only rely on you to find a way out."