Chapter 340: 347. Chapter 337: Two Paths, Two Choices

347. Chapter 337: Two Paths, Two Choices

Shi Hao and the others could not see the many brilliant lights before; they could only see clusters of flowing light carrying brilliant, crystalline blood, submerging into that boundless ocean of Essence.

Shi Yi saw more. He could see that these were not just clusters of light, but living heads. They carried boundless bearing, submerged into the depths of the ocean, and then breathed in endless Essence.

Just one glance made his eyes sting. In an instant, scenes of chaos and the destruction of heaven and earth surged within his eyes, and even his eyes began to bleed.

That was the most terrifying and stimulating scene.

Even if such a figure only had a head left, it was not something he, who could be called a natural Saint, could look upon.

"That is?"

He felt doubt in his heart, but his chest felt an involuntary excitement. Fresh blood surged within his body, then condensed into a huge symbol above his head.

They had only been in this world for a short time, but they already understood that it was a symbol of shame and sin.

Too many people lived on this land. That figure, powerful to an unbelievable degree, did not interfere or manage them, yet one could learn the truth from the mouths of many people.

Many people on this land originally had Sin Blood flowing in their bodies, and only those with the most concentrated Sin Blood and the most extraordinary talent would have such a Sin Blood Mark condense above their heads.

And now, they saw a mark so grand it was unbelievable, covering this entire world, rising from above the head of the figure lying horizontally on that ancient Warship, blotting out the sky and sun.

The entire world fell into the most violent shock.

Incomparable, stunningly shocking.

Even the big shots above the Nine Heavens felt their hearts trembling; that mark was too brilliant and vast, covering the heavens and earth.

Beneath the Immortal Palace, a Residual Immortal felt their body trembling at this moment.

Over these years, they were also one of the figures targeting the Sin Blood, so they were the most knowledgeable and familiar with this mark.

"King, the Border Desolation Seven Kings have returned!"

That mark was vast and peerless, covering the entire heaven and earth.

But many people did not feel pressure, did not feel terror or slaughter; instead, there was a feeling of joy.

The heaven and earth seemed to be cheering, celebrating.

Back then, the supreme Immortal King saved this heaven and earth, and the merits established were incomparable. This was the brand left behind by heaven and earth for him. Now, this Immortal King-level figure was nearly dead, lying there, with only the mark glowing, recording the glory and the past.

Zhang Xuan did not say much, merely pressing one hand onto the body of this figure, one of the Border Desolation Seven Kings.

In an instant, endless Dark Matter flowed out from the body of this Immortal King, circulated through Zhang Xuan's body, and then transformed into pure Essence, merging into the heaven and earth.

That was the most majestic and vast power, pure to an unbelievable degree, powerful to an unbelievable degree.

At the same time, the ancient Soul Summoning Chapter was circulating within this Immortal King's body.

An Immortal King is inherently an undying existence; at most, one's life brand is shattered by others, becoming countless fragments drifting between heaven and earth. If there is a sufficiently powerful figure, one can still collect their brand bit by bit.

The Soul Summoning Chapter is a top-tier method for this.

Of course, the effort Zhang Xuan put into this was also very great; after all, he could collect relevant brands starting from the Luan Gu Era.

Then, he would strike the fragments of the brand from the relevant rituals into the King's body, letting him recover bit by bit.

With his original physical body, plus his original brand, he could return bit by bit.

Endless, vast power was flowing between heaven and earth.

The injuries on this supreme King, terrifying to the extreme and only recoverable by figures of the same level, were all being changed and twisted by Zhang Xuan, allowing him to recover.

As long as he was in this time and age of the Luan Gu Era, Zhang Xuan could make big injuries small and small injuries non-existent.

After all, he was the Other Shore Realm practitioner of this heaven and earth in the Luan Gu Era.

But the injuries this figure suffered were still very heavy. Many small injuries had recovered, but many injuries that pierced through the chest and head could not be recovered.

More of this Border Desolation King's injuries were sustained at the Border Pass, and currently, it was still difficult for Zhang Xuan's own power to directly cover that region.

He just calmly dealt with the problems in this aspect.

This King had crossed and chased that Warship above the Nine Heavens and Shi Di. Zhang Xuan had long seen it in the time brand, but he hadn't dealt with it before; only now was he truly dealing with it.

The Dark Matter was nearly endless, but Zhang Xuan was not just breathing in heaven and earth Essence as an individual now.

Having become the controller of this Luan Gu heaven and earth, his breathing of heaven and earth Essence was already no less than an Immortal King.

In just a few breaths, he removed all the Dark Matter within this Border Desolation King's body without reservation.

Even the Dark Matter entangled on his primordial spirit was easily removed by Zhang Xuan.

As a figure who could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with an Immortal King and was also an Other Shore Realm practitioner, as long as there was one path that could succeed, as long as there was a probability it could be realized, then under Zhang Xuan's hands, it would inevitably be realized; he would inevitably choose the optimal route.

If other Immortal King-level figures wanted to heal this Border Desolation Seven Kings-level figure, it would definitely be difficult upon difficult.

First, this kind of Dark Matter, even for figures who were also Immortal Kings, required caution and care; they dared not swallow it recklessly, but Zhang Xuan could be completely indifferent.

On the other hand, such heavy injuries, and ones entangled with the primordial spirit, required extreme caution to remove this kind of Dark Matter.

But Zhang Xuan did not need to, because he could see through this timeline.

He could directly let countless timelines and countless possibilities appear before him, and then choose the best possibility to realize it.

Here, no one competed with him, and no one interfered with him. Even the interference with the timeline by the Foreign Realm Immortal King-level giant Chi Wang appeared quite crude to him.

The Other Shore Realm still required a very deep and intimate integration with the entire heaven and earth. Within the same heaven and earth, there would be no restrictions, but between other heavens and earths, there would be certain disturbances and suppression.

But removing this disadvantage and looking only at the advantages, once one becomes an Other Shore Realm practitioner of a heaven and earth, one possesses the highest authority of this heaven and earth. Zhang Xuan could easily and freely control the timelines involving this heaven and earth, and no one else could interfere or change them.

Even if Chi Wang wanted to compete with Zhang Xuan in this aspect, he would directly fall into a disadvantage.

Even after Zhang Xuan achieved the Other Shore Realm, Chi Wang had no way to penetrate deep into the Time River of the Nine Heavens and Shi Di where Zhang Xuan was.

He could at most stand at the upstream of the Time River, standing in the Immortal Ancient period that Zhang Xuan did not cover, and interfere with the downstream.

But the great war in the Immortal Ancient period had already made that Time River a mess; entering it would mean being attacked by the top-tier powerhouses of the same level. Wuzhong Immortal King and Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King were typical examples among them.

Wanting to achieve something or interfere in this was a very difficult thing.

Zhang Xuan was not worried about this at all. After he dealt with the general situation of this Border Desolation Seven King, he casually threw this King into the increasingly vast ocean of Essence.

Then, looking at the many Shi Village figures in the state of Dao enlightenment, he casually erected two Stone Tablets in front of them.

"This Stone Tablet records the inheritance of the Immortal Ancient period. It has the inheritance left behind by the most powerful Wuzhong Immortal King, Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King, and others from the Immortal Ancient period, and also complete scriptures left behind by True Immortal-level figures..."

"If you wish to advance along their path of cultivation, then contemplate the scriptures in this aspect.

"However, I must tell you the advantages and disadvantages in advance; the advantage is that this path has already been completely traversed by others.

"By following the steps, one can advance all the way to become a Void Dao Realm expert, a Supreme, and then a True Immortal, or even an Immortal King.

"But the defeat in that battle back then was not fake; the Foreign Realm already understands these scriptures and the cultivation techniques of these top-tier powerhouses, and over the long passage of time, they have already developed countermeasures and restraints against them.

"The top-tier figures of that era cultivated these very same supreme legacies and techniques, yet they were defeated.

"Among them, of course, were the Immortal King Wuzhong, the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King, and others who wanted to break through and comprehend higher realms, which led to them suffering heavy injuries, and even their companion weapons were shattered because of this.

"But regardless of the reason, they were defeated back then, and their techniques were understood by the opponent; cultivating such legacies and techniques makes it difficult to surpass them.

"Furthermore, it is difficult to go head-to-head with the Foreign Realm; this is a disadvantage.

"Originally, there was an even greater disadvantage: the heaven and earth of the Immortal Ancient Era were perfect, and one could keep advancing along this path to become a True Immortal or an Immortal King.

"But the battle of that era was too tragic, and the heaven and earth were shattered because of it. For most people, they have never experienced a perfect heaven and earth and cannot feel anything, but for a true True Immortal, this piece of heaven and earth is indeed incomplete; cultivating to the peak of the Human Dao Realm will also have flaws, making it difficult to go further.

"Now, this step has changed and improved because of my arrival; the rules are already in the process of being repaired, and you can advance along this path.

"The advantage is that as long as you cultivate with the experience of countless potentials, you can soar to the sky in the shortest time and reach the very peak of the Human Dao Realm..."

Zhang Xuan saying these words is not problematic at all.

Even if the current environment is extremely harsh, and even quite tragic.

Even if the heaven and earth are shattered, compared to the environment of the heaven and earth during the Covering the Sky era, the current environment is already as good as it can be.

Looking at it from this situation, with perfect legacies and techniques, and with the talent and aptitude of Shi Yi, Shi Hao, and the others.

Reaching the peak of the Human Dao Realm within five hundred years is not a problem at all; they can directly become Supremes.

And it is not just the two of them; the Liu Guan Wang, Shi Guan Wang, and other hidden top-tier geniuses who can rival them all have this potential.

If it were the Immortal Ancient Era when the legacies were perfect, these figures would all have the ability and qualifications to become Immortal Kings.

In the Immortal Ancient Era, one would still need to go through layers of trials and have various kinds of verification, but in this era, there is no one competing with them for all the top-tier materials and resources, and everything will be opened up to them.

Achieving the Supreme level will be very easy and not too difficult; five hundred to a thousand years of time is enough.

The group from Shi Village stood in front of this Stone Tablet with great perceptiveness, not even considering anything else.

"Our talent is not considered very strong, and we have a deep understanding of this; we won't consider other paths, this path is quite good."

Only Shi Yi and Shi Hao did not make a choice and remained standing in place.

Of course, the two of them were also looking at that ancient legacy.

Zhang Xuan nodded indifferently and set up another Stone Tablet.

The legacy above, compared to the other side, made the Stone Tablet appear somewhat withered and not perfect enough: Blood Moving, Cave Heaven, Inscription, Array Formation...

Cultivating all the way up, one would get stuck at the Void Dao Realm.

This was a path of cultivation created by many figures based on the many incomplete scriptures after the Luan Gu Era began, which drew a conclusion to the Immortal Ancient Era.

It was inherently imperfect, and the path had not been completely traversed yet.

Even a portion of the path later on had to overlap with the cultivation path of the Immortal Ancient Era.

Even so, one could at most only cultivate to the peak of the Human Dao Realm.

The Great Elder Meng Tianzheng is a representative figure among them.

Of course, Meng Tianzheng has now, in a way, half-traversed this path.

With Zhang Xuan's help, he has already, without anyone knowing or noticing, become a True Immortal.

"This path is full of ruggedness; at present, it has still not been traversed, and there are many problems and contradictions. I have sorted it out and listed the most perfect and flawless paths for each realm...

"You will be a bit smoother walking this path, but it is still full of ruggedness, and I do not know when you will be able to reach the peak.

"In my view, there are not many people among you who can traverse this path..."

Zhang Xuan's words were very calm; he could directly point out the path of Body as a Seed and then teach Shi Hao and Shi Yi.

But wanting to traverse it still depends on themselves; after all, after the Huang Tiandi traversed the path, he planted spiritual light in everyone's body.

Later generations walking this path will not be as difficult as the initial creator walking it.

But this path is still rugged.

After Zhang Xuan left the relevant legacies, he did not care too much, only saying calmly: "I will not give you more help. You can come and ask me if you have confusion on the path of cultivation, but more of it must rely on yourselves.

"And the legacies above each have their own standards for inheritance. They are all dead and have no way to conduct such assessments, but I am still alive. After you choose, you must pass the assessment to obtain the legacy; it will not be given to you out of thin air..."

Before Zhang Xuan finished speaking, Shi Hao was already staring with wide eyes at that strange animal that turned into a bird and then into a fish, with saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Then he grabbed at it.

"I haven't eaten this thing before; I feel like it must be delicious!"

In an instant, he rushed into that imprint, and even his physique had blood spurting out.

Zhang Xuan just glanced at it indifferently and did not interfere; that was the legacy left by one of the Ten Fiends, the Kunpeng, for its offspring and descendants. One can only obtain the complete legacy by passing the test.

He will indeed help the Nine Heavens and Shi Di stand up again, helping the top-tier geniuses so that they have a better cultivation environment.

But this is not to let them become flowers in a greenhouse; what needs to be tempered must still be tempered.

(End of chapter)