Chapter 788

"Jianhe Daojun"

Before Nantian Gate.

Li Rui watched this scene within the Ascension Platform’s realm, his heart heavy.

To aid Jiang Lin’s ascent to Daojun, Baiyu Jing had exhausted every last resource.

According to Zhuge Ming, aside from the fact that one mountain cannot hold two tigers, it was a profound, mysterious conflict of Dao between Baiyu Jing and Wan Fadian, which prompted Wan Fadian’s Daojun to act.

This reveals just how difficult the Daojun position is.

"Hard, hard, hard"

Just entering Daojun, he already faces assassination attempts from several Daojun—this situation is nearly impossible to break.

After all, there are only so many Dao fruits in the world.

It’s almost as if you advance an inch, I must retreat an inch; those already seated on their fruits naturally won’t tolerate newcomers siphoning their destiny.

Not to mention when it involves a conflict of Dao.

This grudge is more unyielding than patricide or matricide.

Countless cultivators in the immortal world have had their Dao path utterly severed at this step.

No wonder nearly seven out of ten Daojun come from just a few great immortal sects—it’s precisely because someone can protect their Dao.

But some things are destined from birth.

He was able to enter Baiyu Jing only by borrowing Jiang Lin’s fortune; he is already deeply grateful.

He pulled his thoughts back.

Li Rui then turned his attention to his avatar, Lu Yang.

Lu Yang held the Wu Emperor coins, silently reciting rapidly, and before him appeared a stone gate the size of a palm—identical to the Nantian Gate in the Immortal Court.

The Wu Emperor coins floated slowly upward and passed through the Nantian Gate.

The next instant.

They lay quietly within Li Rui’s purple mansion.

Seeing the Wu Emperor coins, his heart rejoiced further.

The Ascension Platform shares the same origin as the Immortal Court, and since Li Rui had mastered the Immortal Court’s primordial source, he could extract objects from the Ascension Platform—a feat even Daojun find exceedingly difficult.

'Enough.'

With these Wu Emperor coins, Li Rui can at least achieve Body Integration [Zhenwu Lin].

The position of Zhenjun is now certain.

Li Rui’s main body immediately began cultivation in his cave dwelling opened in Zhongyaozhou, while his avatar Lu Yang continued seeking fortune within the Ascension Platform’s realm.

Upon a desolate land.

A man stumbled forward, hair disheveled, eyes hollow, utterly broken.

Who could have imagined that an hour ago, he was a flourishing prince of the Shenxu Immortal Empire?

Tianxuan Wang moved like a corpse.

He knew well that his current status stemmed half from bloodline, half from his own talent.

Now his Dao path was severed.

With enemies closing in, where in the Shenxu Immortal Empire could he still find refuge?

"Do not lose your Dao heart; there are still spiritual substances in the world that can heal your soul wound."

An old Confucian scholar frowned at Tianxuan Wang.

Tianxuan Wang spoke in a dry voice: "Master Zhang, do I still have a chance?"

Just now,

he had seen the gaze of Ganxin Daojun.

Cold as if viewing ants—essentially declaring his immortal path hopeless.

Master Zhang nodded solemnly: "Yes."

In truth,

Tianxuan Wang was his student; he had held great expectations for this noble, shrewd, and calculating Shenxu imperial clansman—and Tianxuan Wang had not disappointed him.

Top ten on the Earth Scroll.

And in the future, he might even have a sliver of chance to reach the position of Emperor, which would surely make him a Daojun.

Few knew this.

[Mantangcai] can be inherited.

Precisely because of this, every emperor of the Shenxu Immortal Empire has been a Daojun.

Fighting for the throne is fighting for the Daojun position.

Thanks to this Dao fruit, while other immortal empires have replaced their imperial families several times, the Shenxu imperial clan has maintained its supreme status.

"This method is called Jin Hun Tui; after ten rounds of soul shattering, one can recast their soul, even surpassing their former state."

"But practicing this method entails great suffering."

Even a Zhenjun called it suffering.

Naturally, it is no ordinary suffering.