Chapter 810: Those Who Eat Qi Are Immortals! (Requesting Monthly Votes)

The Three Lives Dao Altar is a small group formed by several Dao Lords’ reincarnations who share resources and support each other; trust is of utmost importance, and only by taking a Dao Oath can one truly be considered one of their own.

Human hearts are unfathomable.

Cultivators are even more ruthless.

Therefore, candidates for the Three Lives Dao Altar must not only be True Lords or reincarnated Dao Lords, but also possess sound character and must not belong to the same sect or clan.

This is to ensure the purity of the Three Lives Dao Altar and prevent infighting.

In fact,

Since its founding, the Three Lives Dao Altar has almost never witnessed members turning on each other.

Ji Fan’s invitation to Li Rui and Ye Yuan was no casual act.

Li Rui and Ye Yuan exchanged glances.

Ye Yuan spoke first: “Agreed.”

Saying this, he placed a finger on his third eye, and a golden light shot forth, resonating with the Dao of Heaven and Earth: “I, Ye Yuan, vow to join the Three Lives Dao Altar and will never betray my fellow Dao friends; should I break this oath, my soul shall be obliterated, eternally cast into the cycle of rebirth.”

The oath was sworn with absolute resolve.

Seeing Ye Yuan’s display, Ji Fan and the other two showed expressions of satisfaction.

They then turned their gaze to Li Rui.

Li Rui did not immediately swear his oath, and none of them pressed him.

After a stick of incense burned down,

Li Rui, just as Ye Yuan had done, swore the Dao Oath.

At the True Lord realm,

a Dao Oath carries immense weight—even concealment is impossible.

Thus, for cultivators, a Dao Oath is more reliable than blood ties.

“Good, good, good—with Elder Changqing and Elder Ye joining us, the Immortal Path will no longer be too lonely.”

Ji Fan laughed heartily.

Family and sect interests are too entangled to be truly reliable; that is why the first leader of the Three Lives Dao Altar formed this small circle.

Not for any other reason.

Only to become Immortal.

By the time of Li Rui and his peers, it has already spanned ten generations.

Ye Yuan and Li Rui are both geniuses, and their past lives were powerful enough; with these two joining, mutually validating their Dao paths, the chance of returning to Dao Lord status increases significantly.

“Elder Changqing, Elder Ye, our Three Lives Dao Altar has no rigid rules—we merely exchange cultivation insights, hoping to attain higher Dao.”

Ji Fan said.

Unless extraordinary circumstances arise, the Three Lives Dao Altar gathers once every ten years to share cultivation experiences.

This gathering, only three years after the last, was brought forward due to the Ascension Platform: two True Lords from our Altar have ascended to Dao Lord, and we opened early to welcome Li Rui and Ye Yuan.

“Excellent.”

Li Rui nodded.

After swearing the oath, he could clearly feel that True Lord Bai Lian and True Lord Guan Xu now regarded him with far greater warmth.

One cannot cultivate into an Immortal by shuttling oneself away.

At the True Lord level, the resources of Baiyu Palace are no longer sufficient.

These few in the Three Lives Dao Altar are all reincarnated Dao Lords.

Their insights are naturally profound.

With such peers to challenge and refine each other, one can avoid many dead ends.

Moreover, having sworn the Dao Oath, one need not fear being schemed against.

After weighing the matter, Li Rui agreed to join.

Ji Fan turned to True Lord Guan Xu: “Elder Guan Xu, in these past few years, have you found the source of the Immortal Dao’s origin?”

The Immortal Dao’s origin?!

Li Rui’s heart jolted.

True Lord Guan Xu sighed softly: “Five years ago, I accidentally deduced that the Immortal Dao’s origin had scattered into the world. I informed Brother Ji Fan and Brother Bai Lian; we three have been searching secretly ever since, but found no trace.”

Ji Fan and True Lord Bai Lian both nodded.

Clearly, neither had found the Immortal Dao’s origin.

Ye Yuan spoke slowly: “In ancient times, there were no cultivators—only Qi Refiners.”

“Those who eat grain are foolish; those who eat meat are base; those who eat Qi are Immortals.”

“That Qi is the Immortal Dao’s origin.”

“Since the Immortal Court’s fall, few Immortals have emerged—not because the present is inferior to the past, but because the Immortal Dao’s origin has hidden itself, leaving no trace to be found.”

“The Green Emperor ascended the Ascension Platform and became Immortal.”

“Yet with the Green Emperor’s talent, he could have become Immortal long ago—why did he wait?”

“Simply because only the Ascension Platform contained sufficient Immortal Dao’s origin to truly shed the mortal body and forge an Immortal form, freeing oneself from the bondage of lifespan.”