Chapter 386: Taiyi Golden Immortal Attained, Longji Follows Behind

After sending Luming and Yuan Hong away, Fang Longye did not leave Wanling Palace again; he turned and entered the inner hall, preparing to ascend to a new realm.

As for the matters in the outside Dao field, he had already given clear instructions beforehand, so naturally, there was no need to enjoin anything further. Arriving at the precious couch in the inner hall, he sat cross-legged.

Fang Longye first focused his mind and regulated his breathing, adjusting his state to the optimum, and then, with a shift of his thoughts, his entire consciousness plunged into the Dao Source Sea.

In a place of profound darkness, within a space-time impossible to describe with words, the ocean of the Great Dao was vast and mighty, stretching without end or shore.

Where the Dao resides, morality is obscured, Yin and Yang are severed; there is no east, west, south, or north, and no universe or Five Elements.

There is only the Dharma, supreme, true, and vast.

The ocean of the Dao surged ceaselessly, with no beginning and no end; in a corner of an unknown direction, an "Abyss Well" was incomparably deep, exuding an inexplicable aura.

It was completely out of place with the surrounding aura.

Within the "Abyss Well," a dragon shadow was coiled inside, its scales vivid and lifelike; it held its body high, swimming incessantly, looking arrogant and peerless, emitting bursts of dragon roars.

It was none other than the "Meta-Dragon Mark" that Fang Longye had branded into the Dao Source Sea, the symbol and representation of all the cultivation he had practiced.

"Begin—"

With a movement of Fang Longye's mind, he no longer suppressed his restless cultivation; all his accumulations erupted completely, and he began to leap toward the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm!

Roar— Following a high-spirited dragon roar from the "Meta-Dragon Mark," the area occupied by the Yuanlong Dao, which had been calm and still, now boiled like churning water.

Inside the "Abyss Well," it was as if volcanic magma were about to erupt, bubbling with "air bubbles," giving a visual impression of something about to burst forth.

Immediately following,

In almost an instant, as if oil were gushing from a well, the "Abyss Well" suddenly erupted, and wisps and strands of Great Dao streams gushed out.

Straight as a line, like a beacon fire, unmoved by the wind; its colors seemed to contain every shade of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet, yet they swayed and changed incessantly.

Different colors mixed together—some thick, some light, some stretching out, some shrinking back—intertwining and crossing until, in the end, they converged into a color of Chaos.

"Rise!"

As his thoughts turned, the "Meta-Dragon Mark" that had been wandering in the "Abyss Well" flicked its dragon tail, leaped up, and landed within the Great Dao streams.

Under the coordination of the "Meta-Dragon Mark," these Great Dao streams moved continuously upward, finally converging into a long river that filled the sky and covered the earth, rising across the void.

Vast and mighty, with ten thousand strange phenomena.

This long river was none other than what was formed by Fang Longye's "Yuanlong Dao," representing that his "Yuanlong Dao" had already become a complete Great Dao.

Condensed, restrained, and constant as one.

Yet it changed continuously, vast as the starry sky, with indescribable mystery flowing through the past and future, in endless space-time, with no end to speak of.

The long river continued, the water flow gradually grew larger, lying across the profound darkness, permeating space-time, not knowing where it led.

I do not know how much time passed.

The vast long river lying in the profound darkness and wandering in space-time suddenly shook, and a loud sound came forth.

Following that, incredible golden light leaped out, like countless millions of koi jumping out of the water, and also like a sky full of flower petals drifting and swaying.

At this point,

The "Yuanlong Dao" had thoroughly evolved into a complete Great Dao; the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm was finally attained!...

Looking into the Dao Source Sea,

A brand-new long river lay in the profound darkness; it did not see the sky above, nor did it touch the earth below; it was vast with no visible shore, and deep with an unfathomable bottom.

It flowed silently, without a sound; it looked as if it were still and condensed, but in reality, it was vast and mighty, beyond imagination.

It was none other than the Great Dao long river evolved from Fang Longye's "Yuanlong Dao."

Such a change was naturally not small, and it naturally drew the gaze of the immortals and deities of the entire heavens.

Or rather,

Once one reached the step of Taiyi Golden Immortal, even if it were not Fang Longye, but just an ordinary person, they would still be qualified to attract the attention of the immortals and deities of the entire heavens.

"This is?"

"Someone has attained the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm again?"

"It seems there is one more fellow traveler!"

"It is that Young Lord Yuanlong of the Dragon Clan—"

"Truly, the Heavenly Luck is flourishing! I remember that this one seems to have not even been born for many years!"

"I am old, I am old! Truly, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves in front; each generation is stronger than the last. This epoch is truly full of heaven-gifted talents; one has to admit one is old!"

"..."

Without a doubt, these words undoubtedly came from those immortals and deities who were also Taiyi Golden Immortals. Of course, those at the Daluo level and even above were not unmoved either.

However, compared to those Taiyi Golden Immortals who could only sigh in private and could not communicate directly, these great beings could directly transmit their voices to communicate with each other.

It was even no different from being face-to-face.

"Attaining the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm so quickly? Yinglong has indeed found a good young lord for the Dragon Clan!"

"Haha, with all sorts of opportunities and good fortune added to his person, it is understandable to be a bit faster—"

"I wonder how much time it will take for him to attain the Daluo Dao?" someone asked with great interest.

"Hard to say; after all, he has the legacy of Xihuang added to him; who knows—"

"Perhaps this little friend will become a Daluo on the spot in the next moment? No one can be sure about that—"

"Taiyi Golden Immortal—"

The Meta-Dragon Mark underwent a series of changes, transforming into the figure of Fang Longye; his large sleeves fluttered, divine light shone brilliantly behind him, and a Dharma lotus was beneath his feet as he wandered within the long river.

Fang Longye stepped on the Dharma lotus, wandering in his own Great Dao long river, looking down; he saw countless marks and traces left behind, shining brilliantly.

Some were like rising flames, clustered together; some were like blooming lotus flowers, burning and flourishing; others were like star lamps in the sky, illuminating the surroundings...

All kinds of auras filled the space-time; these were the marks of existences who were previously at the same level as him, branded into the Dao Source Sea.

Looking at it now,

It gave him quite the feeling of "viewing all the mountains as small."

Nowadays, the only things that could catch his eye,

were those Taiyi Golden Immortals who had likewise evolved a Great Dao long river and successfully attained the Dao. And, those existences at the Daluo level or even above.

Fang Longye wandered within the vast long river, standing with his hands behind his back, lifting his gaze to look upward; there, rounds of "Great Suns" hung across the sky, their golden radiance brilliant, transcending everything.

Even though he had now evolved a Great Dao long river, in the face of these "Great Suns" that spanned the world, he only felt himself to be incomparably insignificant.

The achievement of a Taiyi Golden Immortal seemed like nothing more than that in front of them, becoming eclipsed and dim.

"Daluo, ah—" Fang Longye knew that, despite him sitting high atop the Great Dao long river, seemingly overlooking the entire Dao Source Sea.

In reality, this was merely an illusion.

Just as mentioned before, within the Dao Source Sea, there is no east, west, south, or north, and no distinction between front, back, up, or down.

Therefore, while his own Great Dao long river appeared to have risen across the sky, hanging high above the Source Sea, it had not actually transcended above the Source Sea—and these "Great Suns" representing Daluo, and even those above Daluo, were different; they were the ones truly transcending above the Source Sea, overlooking everything.

"It is not easy—"

Fang Longye shook his head to himself—now that he had only just become a Taiyi Golden Immortal, while it seemed only a step away from Daluo, in reality, he was still far from even seeing the gate of Daluo! After some deliberation,

Fang Longye smiled faintly; he would just take it one step at a time! Even with various opportunities at his side, had his path to this point ever been easy? After firming his resolve, the figure transformed from the Meta-Dragon Mark immediately nodded and gestured to the four directions, occasionally cupping his hands in a salute, appearing as if he were greeting others.

In fact, he was indeed greeting them.

Greeting the various fellow Daoists and great powers who cast their gazes toward him—

Having now achieved the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, he was naturally different from before; within the Dao Source Sea, he could already sense the existence of others, and even their attention toward him.

Although he could not yet communicate directly with others—

After some gestures of greeting,

Fang Longye's body flickered, transforming back into the Meta-Dragon Mark, wandering within the Great Dao long river he had evolved, as if patrolling his own territory.

His entire mind and spirit then withdrew, returning from the void to the present world.

……

At Cangmang Mountain, the glorious sunlight slanted into the water, reflecting against the waves; the misty water vapor, the golden clouds and rain, and the crimson neon and cinnabar clouds connected in stretches, a sight of incomparable beauty.

The sky light, water color, and cloud vapor intertwined before the mountain gate of Fang Longye's dojo, casting mottled halos that grew and shrank, magnificent and beautiful.

Between the mountain gate and Longying Cave, there was a suspended corridor, with cave windows, bright windows, lattice windows, and so on opened along it, Jieyin-ing in the clear, bright radiance from outside—the corridor was carved with many birds and beasts in various postures, vivid and lifelike, and pine and bamboo were dotted on both sides, looking like rolling green clouds.

At the end of the corridor,

there was a pavilion shaped like a crane spreading its wings, with the crane's beak extending toward the mountain gate, looking down from a high position to overlook what was below.

When a situation occurred, the precious pearl held in the crane's beak would rise with ten thousand rays of light.

Of course, it could also serve as a guest-welcoming pavilion or an observation deck on ordinary days; looking down from here, the entire scenery of Cangmang Mountain could be taken in at a glance.

At this moment, in the Crane Pavilion, two women were sitting opposite each other.

Longji Princess had her hair coiled high, wore no makeup, and was naturally beautiful; she had no jewelry or ornaments on her, only a plain-colored long dress reaching her ankles, her eyes deep and tranquil, looking at the scene below with great interest.

"How is it? My Cangmang Mountain is not bad, right?" Yang Chan said with a smile to her cousin.

"Not bad, it is indeed a scenic realm, but you little girl have really 'followed the chicken if you married a chicken, followed the dog if you married a dog,' saying 'my Cangmang Mountain' in every breath—"

Longji shook her head and sighed: "Is this your dojo? You keep saying 'my'—"

One must know that for a cultivator, a dojo is very important and also very private; for Yang Chan, her dojo was ultimately still at Huashan—

Staying at Cangmang Mountain, for her, meant automatically detaching from a layer of protection, which was equivalent to living under someone else's roof; whether it was luck or other things, there would be an impact—"Sister Longji, didn't we agree before not to mention this?" Yang Chan said, displeased.

"Fine, fine, fine!"

Longji said helplessly: "Consider it me being meddlesome—"

She herself had once been deeply trapped in a Love Tribulation, so she naturally understood her cousin's current state; it was simply not something others could turn around for her—"Sister Longji, do you have any business coming to Cangmang Mountain this time?" Yang Chan asked.

Since returning to Ning a while ago, she had often traveled to the Yaochi Precious Realm, but she had never seen this cheap cousin say she wanted to follow her to visit Cangmang Mountain.

She had said that she now hated faithless men the most and was afraid that if she saw her husband, she would draw her sword to hack at him—somehow, this time, she had taken the initiative to follow her back—"Why? Can't I come over to look around if there's no business? Since when did we sisters become so distant?" Longji blinked her eyes and said with a smile.

"No, Sister Longji—"

"Alright," Longji grabbed Yang Chan's hand and patted it: "I was just joking with you—"

Afterward, she said slowly:

"I am visiting this time, firstly to see how you, Miaojun, are actually doing at your husband's home, and secondly to see what kind of person the Dragon Lord is, who could steal the heart of our Miaojun—"

Yang Chan knew in her heart that this cheap cousin was likely not telling the truth and was about to press for an answer, when her heart suddenly stirred, and she looked toward the direction of Longying Cave.

"Eh?"

Longji Princess was also stunned, then smiled:

"I arrived just in time, catching up with our Dragon Lord ascending to Taiyi Golden Immortal—"

It was because the two of them, as Taiyi Golden Immortals, both sensed Fang Longye's advancement in realm—

Just as Longji finished speaking,

one could hear the sky sounding like drums and the earth vibrating with bell music; purple and blue spiritual energy came from all directions, condensing into clusters of precious flowers, bowl-sized, floating in the air with fragrant surges, with no end in sight.

Then, the entire void became brilliantly bright; the sun, moon, and stars all appeared together—the golden, brilliant Great Sun, the cold, clear new moon, and the stars filling the sky, all radiant and dazzling, striking the eyes.

In an instant, threads of sun, moon, and star power poured down, turning into beads of various sizes, formless yet substantial, scattering everywhere.

The sun, moon, and stars grew brighter and brighter, and the falling precious beads became more and more numerous,

until finally, in the vast dark-green ocean, on the moss-washed steps, in all kinds of high pavilions, new pavilions, precious platforms, and grand halls, ……

Countless precious beads collided, intertwined, and rose, turning into full, clear radiance.

It was almost overflowing from Cangmang Mountain—it was the auspicious omen appearing upon the emergence of a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

"Yo, the auspicious omen is quite something! Those under your husband's command are truly blessed—"

As the saying goes, when one person attains the Dao, their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

As the existence closest to Daluo, a Taiyi Golden Immortal is already very noble and extraordinary.

The auspicious omens descended by heaven and earth for his birth alone were a rare stroke of good fortune for any cultivator below the Great Yi realm.

It could be seen that,

in Cangmang Mountain, cultivators large and small, from Golden Immortal down to minor demons, all stopped their work to inhale and exhale, practicing their cultivation~

Yang Chan paid no mind to Longji Princess's posturing; still preoccupied with the purpose of her visit, she couldn't help but hug Longji's arm and act spoiled: "Alright, Sister Longji, stop keeping me in suspense! Just tell me directly, what is your purpose in following me to Cangmang Mountain!"

She did not believe this cousin had followed her to Cangmang Mountain just to see her husband~ Longji, who had been surveying the inside and outside of Cangmang Mountain, was hugged and coaxed by Yang Chan, and had no choice but to turn her head and smile helplessly: "There is really no scheme; I just want to ask your Dragon Lord to do me a favor~"

"What favor?"

Yang Chan let go of Longji's arm, a thoughtful look on her face as she said: "Could it be...?"

"That's right," Longji nodded and said, "it should be more or less what you guessed~"

Immediately, she looked toward the direction of Longying Cave and said:

"So, you should be at ease now, right! I am not here to scheme against your man~"

(End of this chapter)