Chapter 123: The Alternative Path of the Indestructible Heavenly Art

On the outskirts of Long Dao, the wooden hut built together by Zhang Xuan and Xiao Chen.

A deer leg, roasted to a golden brown, sizzled as oil dripped down above the flames.

In the clay pot nearby, bubbles gurgled as pieces of snow-white snake meat tumbled within, along with Solomon's seal, angelica, and other herbs gathered from the forest, sending a rich, fragrant aroma wafting through the air.

Xiao Chen was busy there, the whole person like a bustling little bee.

On the stone slab on the other side, the monk Yizhen skillfully took out two bird eggs, cracked them open into a clay bowl to the side, whisked them rapidly with a shaved bamboo stick, and once uniform, poured them onto the already sizzling oil on the stone slab.

Immediately, a continuous sizzling sound rang out.

"So fragrant!"

While cooking, he used his hand to fan the rising smoke, the monk Yizhen closing his eyes as if intoxicated.

Though a monk, he did not completely abstain from meat.

Hanging out here with Zhang Xuan, the days he spent were quite comfortable.

The food here at Zhang Xuan's was diverse, and there were all sorts of peculiar seasonings that left one with an endless aftertaste.

On the other side, above the campfire, Xiao Chen roasted the deer leg with a slightly sorrowful expression, suddenly saying: "Are you leaving?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment, saying without concealment: "Indeed, how did you know?"

After defeating that Shuren Gu elder and refining him with the Indestructible Heavenly Art, Zhang Xuan had no intention of staying here.

There was not much left on Long Dao to make him linger; he had already refined most of the common ancient exotic beasts, including the Origin of the dragon king level, and his own strength was growing stronger and stronger, even surpassing the area suppressed by the Heavenly Stele on Long Dao.

If he continued to stay on Long Dao, he could indeed still gain some benefits, such as the remains of the Evil King, which should still have a decent Origin.

The Origin of the Undead King in the swamp should also be very dense, but fighting against such figures carried no small risk, and the harvest was not as huge as imagined.

Most crucially, a shocking change was about to occur on Long Dao; the suppression effect of the Heavenly Stele would disappear, and at the same time, the Dead City located in the other Si Wang Shi Jie would descend upon Long Dao, and during that period, figures far exceeding the current strength realm would jump out.

Zhang Xuan did not have strong confidence in ensuring his perfect safety amidst this change, and could not even say it was perfect safety; in such a terrifying change, if anything went wrong, it was possible to die on the spot.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan already had the intention to leave.

"Your various seasonings and related condiments haven't been packed away, they've all been left here, and you've also taught me many cooking methods; it looks like you're leaving."

Xiao Chen responded to Zhang Xuan's words while roasting the deer leg, his movements fluid throughout, without any lapses.

Zhang Xuan was also fluid, no expression showing on his face.

He had spent his trip to Long Dao very comfortably, and after Xiao Chen was slightly silent for a moment, he had no way to persuade him to stay; he had also had a very good time during this period.

When Zhang Xuan lived with him, he taught him Universe Shift, Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms, Taiji Sword Art, and the like every day, rarely making him feel the flavor of a like-minded person.

Moreover, the two had a shared secret Chat Group, so there was a unique feeling in their interaction; for all these years, this was the first time Xiao Chen felt someone did not judge him by high or low status, but treated him equally, and with the sudden departure, he still felt a little bit of sadness.

Continuing forward, the waves in the distance were intense, requiring one to deal with too many terrifying crises; today, these turbulent days on Long Dao were fraught with crises, but looking back carefully, it was sweet amidst the crises, making him feel a lingering aftertaste even now.

"There is no banquet in the world that doesn't end, and besides, I am not going and never returning; if there is a suitable opportunity in the near future, I will return again. As for now, I really am out of points."

Zhang Xuan chuckled, took out a bottle of fine wine, poured a cup for Xiao Chen, and after toasting each other, Zhang Xuan laughed loudly.

"Laughing loudly at the sky, I go out the door; how could I be a mere man of the fields!"

Amidst the loud laughter, Zhang Xuan turned and walked toward the Forbidden Sea.

Step by step, he hovered above the sea surface, and as he walked, the entire figure suddenly disappeared.

The monk Yizhen watched, horrified by this.

"What is going on?"

Xiao Chen was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice: "He has left for now; perhaps we will have a chance to meet again in the future."

The monk Yizhen gazed at that expanse of golden Forbidden Sea, silent and speechless.

That golden ocean could not be crossed by anyone at this stage; all figures who walked onto the golden ocean would be disintegrated by that golden Divine Power.

This was also the reason why the figures of many famous sects on Long Dao fell into madness, but today, someone walked onto the golden ocean right before his eyes and left Long Dao.

"You... can you do that?"

Even as a person of the Buddha, with a righteous and peaceful heart, seeing such a scene, a little bit of longing could not help but arise in Yizhen's heart.

Xiao Chen shook his head without hesitation.

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Zhetian World, Earth.

Having just returned to Earth, Zhang Xuan originally wanted to return home to rest for a period of time; after all, he had engaged in quite a lot of life-and-death battles on Long Dao, so he didn't feel anything unusual while his spirit was tense every day on Long Dao.

But after returning to Earth, returning to this stable rear area, the whole person suddenly felt a sense of fatigue in his heart and just wanted to sleep at home.

Even if there were no rare treasures at home, and no exotic beast fur to use as a mattress, sleeping felt more stable and more at ease.

However, just after returning to Zhetian Earth, Zhang Xuan felt something was not quite right.

His own strength and realm were uncontrollably surging upward, directly about to rush into the Four Extremes level.

The speed was astonishingly fast; even on Zhetian Earth, where the realm pressure was terrifyingly high and there was Heavenly suppression anytime and anywhere, it was difficult to stop this situation.

Zhang Xuan thought for a moment and understood.

"It must be that on Long Dao, the related pressure was too immense, and the suppression of that Heavenly Stele was more special than I imagined. Judging by the many Origins I swallowed, under normal circumstances, I should have reached the Four Extremes level long ago, but that Heavenly Stele suppression was too fierce, making it very difficult for me to reach the ceiling.

But this is really not a bad thing, but rather a good thing.

After all, the suppression received between that heaven and earth was immense, but in reality, the foundation I laid was also thick to the extreme, similar to cultivating on Zhetian Earth.

Once in a slightly more relaxed environment, with the accumulation of strength, the strength realm will advance by leaps and bounds, impossible to suppress."

Zhang Xuan had an epiphany in his heart, but he did not intend to break through immediately; after all, when he returned, he was not far from his residential complex, and if he remembered correctly, in the Zhetian World, those with special Origins and powerful cultivation arts would encounter corresponding lightning tribulations when reaching the Four Extremes Realm.

If he were to undergo the tribulation near his residential complex, that would truly be a huge disaster; given the current situation on Earth, under the influence of the lightning tribulation, thousands or tens of thousands of people might die.

"I must first find an uninhabited area, and then go into seclusion to cultivate; this breakthrough speed is too fast, making one feel a bit uneasy."

Zhang Xuan stayed at home briefly, mainly to have MOSS take charge of handling the situation at home, plus dealing with the corresponding surveillance, so as not to let Zhang Xuan leave behind too many traces.

Then, simply preparing some items, Zhang Xuan hurried from his home toward an uninhabited area.

Compared to the vast and boundless world like Chang Sheng Jie, the Earth in the Zhetian World was shrunk countless times, so the existence of uninhabited areas was relatively small.

Most areas have residents, so one cannot easily linger.

In Zhang Xuan's memory, the more famous no-man's lands are in the Kunlun mountain range; both Jiangdi and Tibet are places of vast no-man's lands, and breaking through or undergoing the lightning tribulation in that region would not carry too great a risk.

The risk is not primarily for Zhang Xuan, but for those under the same heaven and earth as Zhang Xuan.

The vast majority of people on Earth do not cultivate, and even those who do reach the Four Extremes Realm are few; plus, Zhang Xuan's lightning tribulation is special, and anyone touched by it would basically be finished.

Having hurriedly booked a flight to Tibet, Zhang Xuan sighed while on the plane.

"Compared to a true Cultivation World, Earth in the Zhetian Universe is still too stable and too peaceful; there are not many cultivators, and living in such a world is quite comfortable, but for daily cultivation, it is lacking quite a bit."

Although he sighed, Zhang Xuan did not pay too much attention to it; this safety and stability were exactly what he wanted.

Living on Earth carries little risk and little pressure, which is what he wants; as for venturing into the Cultivation World, there are so many cultivation worlds in the Chat Group, and there are plenty of worlds for him to explore.

Ten thousand meters above the ground, Zhang Xuan quietly assessed his internal condition, feeling this round of massive gains.

A single sensation brought a great surprise; on Long Dao, there are basically only ancient exotic beasts, and the Origin of any one of them is very special and extremely useful.

Especially the offspring born to that Su Zun Dragon King; that Dragon King's Origin is absolutely not inferior to any King Body or Divine Body.

One could even say it surpasses the corresponding King Body and Divine Body, after all, any Dragon King has the potential to become an Ancestor Dragon; the reason it cannot be achieved is because two Ancestor Dragons cannot meet, and only one Ancestor Dragon can appear in the world at a time. And the Ancestor Dragon is undoubtedly an existence at the Ancestor God level.

If one walks relatively deep into the Ancestor God realm, they are absolutely a figure not inferior to the Great Emperor level; if one walks very far on the Ancestor God path, that is absolutely a figure surpassing the Great Emperor.

After all, if Zhang Xuan remembers correctly, that Martial Ancestor of Chang Sheng Jie was able to directly perform a holy sacrifice on a universe and use a universe to strengthen his physical body before he had even achieved the Human King realm.

Looking at it from that degree, it is absolutely at a level surpassing the Great Emperor.

When he was on Long Dao, the corresponding reactions from swallowing these Origins were not yet obvious, but after arriving in the Zhetian World, they suddenly became apparent.

However, Zhang Xuan carefully sensed the changes in his body and discovered some discrepancies.

"According to the corresponding records in the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art, having swallowed so many powerful Origins, my own physique and potential at this current stage should not be inferior to the Saint Body, and there should be more corresponding changes; yet the changes in my blood and Bone at this stage do not quite match the records—where did something go wrong?"

If it were anyone else, they would be panicking at this moment, after all, the Indestructible Heavenly Art is one of the lifeblood works of the Ruthless Great Emperor and one of her highest achievements.

Once it differs from the cultivation realm and level described by the Ruthless Great Emperor, that is a big problem.

After all, the Ruthless Great Emperor is the top academic genius in cultivation; if an ordinary academic slacker tries to copy her work and follows the corresponding formulas, but the answer obtained is different from the Ruthless Great Emperor's answer, then it must be the slacker who has the problem.

Zhang Xuan was also a bit panicked in his heart, so after thinking about it slightly, he took out the detailed explanation of the Indestructible Heavenly Art written by Qingdi.

He observed the subtle differences and methods carefully, and then Zhang Xuan found the corresponding answer.

Actually, it is not that detailed; the Indestructible Heavenly Art has no fixed cultivation routine or path.

There is only one point: one needs to continuously swallow top-tier Origins to supplement oneself.

Swallow all things in heaven and earth to strengthen oneself.

In this way, if I swallow enough top-tier Origins, I will naturally cultivate a very powerful physique and Origin.

But in the Zhetian Universe, no matter how their order is swapped, the Origins swallowed are generally the Origins of powerful cultivators within the Zhetian Universe.

Therefore, the techniques, physiques, bloodlines, and corresponding Bone cultivation conditions presented at different stages are all within estimation.

Generally, everything is within the plan; simply put, the whole thing is preventable and controllable.

After all, in the Zhetian Great Universe, the final evolutionary path of the Indestructible Heavenly Art and the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art is to swallow ten thousand kinds of unique Origins, then achieve the Chaos Body, and defy the heavens to become a Great Emperor.

All changes stem from the same source; no matter how the order is swapped, the final goal and direction are not wrong.

But inexplicably, a weirdo like Zhang Xuan appeared.

Zhang Xuan cultivates the Indestructible Heavenly Art, but the Origins he swallowed do not come from the Origin of any existence within the Zhetian Universe.

At the very beginning of his cultivation, he swallowed the Origin of a flood dragon from the Shenmu World that was about to transform into a dragon; later, the Origins he swallowed were those of hundreds of elite researchers from the Umbrella Corporation and thousands of people in Raccoon City from Resident Evil.

Finally, the Origins he swallowed were also those of Dragon Kings and many ancient exotic beasts from Chang Sheng Jie; undoubtedly, every one of these swallowed Origins is very powerful, but undoubtedly, these Origins also have nothing to do with the Origins in the Zhetian World.

"What exactly have I cultivated?"

Silently calculating, Zhang Xuan felt it was inexplicable.

People who have cultivated the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art throughout history have never encountered such a problem; even the creator of the technique, including Qingdi, who provided a detailed explanation of his insights for this technique, would not imagine having such a unique experience.

"However, this is not necessarily a bad thing; after all, I am constantly getting stronger overall, and I have also walked out on another path."

(End of this chapter)