Chapter 355: 362. Chapter 352: Heavenly Court God Official

362. Chapter 352: Heavenly Court God Official

"The breadth of your knowledge and the vastness of your perspective, Fellow Daoist, are rare in all the worlds I have seen..."

Daode Tianzun was full of praise, marveling at Zhang Xuan's uniqueness and how he stood out from the crowd.

He had previously obtained the Strongest Bloodline Evolution Fluid from the Zhetian World through Meng Qi.

He had also obtained the Origin of the Heavenly Dao from the Shenmu World through Zhang Xuan, so it could be said he had a deep understanding of both the Zhetian and Shenmu worlds.

He had thought this would be enough to broaden his horizons, but upon hearing Zhang Xuan describe the profound cultivation mysteries of the Ascension After world and the uniqueness of the Main God Divinity, he too fell into contemplation.

Learning of the Heavenly Stele Mysterious Law from the Chang Sheng Jie, he also marveled at the invincibility of the Little Stone Emperor.

The Life as Seed Method left behind by Huang Tiandi, and the fact that he had walked to the very end of that path, left even him in deep thought.

And the path and direction Zhang Xuan had conceived after integrating numerous paths and cultivation methods also made Daode Tianzun nod and offer his praise.

"To have already become an Existence Machine, possessing authority with the power to create the world—this is already having traveled very far on the path of cultivation; one only needs to continue to stabilize and move forward..."

Both were discussing the Dao, and they were discussing how one who had achieved the Dao Fruit between heaven and earth, like Zhang Xuan, could transcend.

Daode Tianzun's grasp of cultivation realms left Zhang Xuan exceptionally astonished.

In the end, Daode Tianzun even made a judgment.

Once the immortal cultivation methods in the Perfect World were sublimated to the end, after the Immortal Emperor Realm, if one truly wished to transcend, perhaps one had to cast everything aside.

Life, techniques, realms, cultivation... cast aside everything, and at the final moment, abandon life and forget death, just like achieving the Dao Fruit in the world where he resided—Reducing to Emptiness.

This judgment shocked even Zhang Xuan, because as far as he understood, Huang Tiandi in Shengxu and several other figures had sublimated at the final moment in such a realm and state, reaching an unimaginable degree.

That Daode Tianzun could make such a judgment and inference today was truly astonishing.

Exchanging insights or, rather, discussing the Dao in the Tushita Palace above the Thirty-Three Heavens, Zhang Xuan gained much.

Finally, he bid farewell to Daode Tianzun and left that world in a carefree manner.

Daode Tianzun stood in the Tushita Palace above the Thirty-Three Heavens, and after a long while, he let out a long sigh.

"I had thought it was an ancient and mysterious powerhouse who had lost everything and was starting over, but looking closer, it is a new-generation powerhouse who, with supreme power, soared into the sky in the shortest possible time. In such a short time, he is actually already able to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with a level such as mine; it is truly inconceivable..."

The Chat Group Owner was mysterious and unfathomable, but in recent conversations with that Chat Group Owner, although little was revealed, Daode Tianzun always seemed to have a sense of insecurity, not daring to let his true self descend.

Through Meng Qi, he had also faintly sensed something.

But he did not think that peerless powerhouse was a fake; he only felt that perhaps that supreme figure had fallen into a weakened state due to some mishap.

As it turned out, after today's profound discussion, he deeply understood that this supreme figure did not have the cultivation experience of a supreme realm.

That he had reached such an unimaginable realm and level today was entirely due to his own cultivation, not relying on anything else.

This degree was truly shocking, and it also inspired a sense of reverence.

Even for him, if he had to climb from a realm as humble as dust to reach his current level, Daode Tianzun would not dare say he would have a one-hundred-percent chance of success if he had to do it again.

For anyone, wanting to climb to such a realm and level was a miracle among miracles, a legend among legends.

Just as Sun Wukong was invincible in heaven and earth in his own legend, the protagonist of an era who led many trends.

And Yang Jian had also achieved sainthood in the flesh during the era of the Investiture of the Gods, creating a supreme legend.

The two were evenly matched in their clashes, but these two, who belonged to the top tier among many epochs, were merely at the Creation Realm and could not be counted as being at the Other Shore.

Any true Other Shore practitioner had left behind immortal legends across multiple epochs.

Even Mo Fo Anan, whom he looked down upon, was once a supreme Heavenly Emperor and an ancient Other Shore practitioner.

He had even confronted Tathagata Buddha head-on at a certain stage in time, practiced the Tathagata Palm in reverse, and achieved the supreme legend of the Demon Buddha.

Any Other Shore practitioner capable of standing out was the most outstanding figure of an epoch, a supreme powerhouse above hundreds of millions.

And below them, in the realms of Other Shore, Creation, and Legend, every single person had once led the trends of an era, standing at the crest of the wave, a trendsetter of an era.

It was just that there were differences between different trendsetters.

Some were waves that rolled forward one after another, while others gradually faded and exited the stage during this process.

Every era had such distinctions, and every era had such special points.

"Truly worthy of being a supreme hero."

Daode Tianzun had achieved such a level, but he did not look down on those below this realm and level because of it.

"Truly, the Creation is mysterious!"

Daode Tianzun sighed at this; this discussion with the Chat Group Owner had revealed much.

He did not shy away from his past, because he already stood high enough.

His humble past did not dim his current greatness; instead, it set him off to be even more brilliant.

Rising from humility only made the glorious moments shine brighter.

For such a peerless figure, rising into the sky from the humblest of beginnings was also a different kind of strength.

In the Nine Heavens and Shi Di, Zhang Xuan sat cross-legged in the Heavenly Court he had built.

At this moment, he also let out a soft sigh; he felt the light of his own primordial spirit was brighter, and his physical body more transparent.

This round of discussing the Dao with Daode Tianzun made his own train of thought and the path he intended to take even clearer.

It clarified the path he had walked in the past even further.

At the same time, daring to truly stand before a figure like Daode Tianzun also gave him a deeper understanding of his own physical body and soul.

"For me, reaching this step, I am no longer that small and humble person seeking his first pot of gold everywhere, nor do I need to be cautious everywhere; I have truly and properly stepped onto the highest stage of this world."

For others, this might be the norm, but for Zhang Xuan, it was indeed a brand-new realization.

Rising from a mere mortal to such a height in a short time, his experience was even more legendary than that of Huang Tiandi.

Of course, he had suspicions of having relied on external objects, but compared to that "Jar Heavenly Emperor," he was much better off.

After all, the external object Zhang Xuan relied on was only the Chat Group's function of traveling between worlds; everything else was earned bit by bit through his own efforts, without relying on too much else.

The Jar Heavenly Emperor would basically have died on the spot without that jar, so the difference between the two was quite large.

Standing once again within the Nine Heavens and Shi Di, Zhang Xuan felt increasingly profound emotions, his thoughts complex and tangled.

Yet, he also had a clear understanding of his original line of thought, or rather, it was much clearer than before.

"Attributes like a Godhead do not belong to the Eastern Cultivation World, nor do they fit the Nine Heavens and Shi Di as a whole, nor this piece of heaven and earth."

"But this line of thought is useful, and it doesn't necessarily have to borrow from the West; the native East actually has the same principles..."

Zhang Xuan thought of the Investiture of the Gods from the Investiture system, as well as the many reward and punishment measures of the Heavenly Court, where the primordial spirits of many supreme powerhouses resided upon the Investiture of the Gods, becoming relevant God Officials and grasping the most supreme authority between heaven and earth.

For Zhang Xuan, if he were to operate this, it would be relatively simple.

Now he already possessed the primordial spirits of the most supreme powerhouses, and quite a few of them.

Whether it was that Immortal King in white from the Lower Realm Eight Regions, or the father of the Heaven-Horned Ant, the mother of the True Dragon, and the mother of the Kunpeng...

Their primordial spirits still remained, and they possessed more than half of the power of the rules; by having Zhang Xuan, an Existence of the Other Shore, personally perform the operation, he could condense their peak combat power and consciousness from their lifetimes into a God Official position.

"Hmm, the Heaven-Horned Ant's father has unparalleled combat power, especially his strength, which is known as invincible under heaven; it would be better to call his God Official position the Totian Divine General..."

This God Official position came from Zhang Xuan's memory of the Lotus Lantern.

It belonged to two Divine Generals who were said to be able to hold up the entire firmament.

And now that Zhang Xuan had actively sealed this position, it was reasonable for it to become one of the Heavenly Court's Divine Generals.

After all, he had truly established a Heavenly Court within this piece of heaven and earth.

"Actually, reaching this step, one can continue to improve and change in this aspect; there are many directions one can take."

Zhang Xuan could not help but think of that Creation Jade Disc in the Shenmu World.

It was the true manifestation of the Heavenly Dao's authority, possessing capabilities and power similar to the Godhead in the Ascension After world.

But the two were different directions of development; a person possessing the Creation Jade Disc could comprehend the principles and laws of the entire world from the Creation Jade Disc, possessing the most supreme mysteries under heaven.

However, possessing the Creation Jade Disc only allowed one to partially mobilize the power and energy of the entire heaven and earth; it was impossible to ascend to the sky in one step and directly become a Main God; cultivation had to be done step by step.

Unlike those natural Main Gods, who were born with such power and authority.

The two were different directions of development, which also had a clear difference between the Eastern pantheon and the Western pantheon.

The power of the Western pantheon was clearly obtained through inheritance and succession.

While the most supreme gods and powerhouses in the Eastern pantheon basically all had to rely on bit-by-bit cultivation.

The East also had innate gods, but if the innate gods did not work hard, they would be surpassed by mortals who cultivated later.

The two were different systems and methods.

Zhang Xuan felt satisfied with the current situation and method.

Then, he reached into the Shenmu World with his bare hand and pinched; suddenly, the Creation Jade Disc turned into a mass of endless flowing light, falling into the hands of Kunpengzi and the descendants of the True Dragon.

At the same time, Zhang Xuan's low voice also rang in their ears.

"You may cultivate within this world and temporarily possess the authority of this world."

"This is a cultivation method I learned by standing above the Time River and overlooking its downstream."

"Possessing the Heavenly Heart Imprint provides a blessing to the entire heaven and earth; with every breath, heaven and earth provide blessings, and the myriad Daos of the heavens align."

"This step is indispensable for becoming a True Immortal, and it will be of great help in achieving True Immortal status, allowing you the opportunity to soar into the sky in the shortest possible time..."

"And what I am giving you now is even higher in level than the Heavenly Heart Imprint."

"The environment of later generations was only a Great Universe or a shrunken version of a Great Universe, and the heaven and earth were not complete."

"Mastering that Great Universe and aligning with the Heavenly Heart Imprint was merely standing at the peak of the Human Dao Realm."

"But mastering this Creation Jade Disc can grant you power at the True Immortal level, or even a grade higher."

"It can allow you to experience the power of the Immortal King level in advance, which will also be of great help for you to later trigger that mass of power hidden in your minds."

"You can take turns comprehending it among yourselves, without affecting each other..."

Zhang Xuan's voice was low, yet the group of people all revealed expressions of excitement upon hearing it.

And at the Border Pass, the Demon Lord pulled a strange exotic beast out of the endless ocean of Tian Yuan with one hand.

That exotic beast was already in the True Immortal Realm, but in front of the Demon Lord, who was also at the True Immortal level, it had no power to resist and was directly grabbed and suppressed.

At this very moment, the Demon Lord was observing the various cultivation conditions and stages within its body with great patience.

"A very strange character; this life state is very special, a bit like our state of falling into demonic ways."

"The spirituality of the physical body is very abundant; after being influenced by this kind of strange substance, new spirits are even born upon the original physical body..."

A wisp of Dark Matter was caught in the Demon Lord's hand, and he studied it carefully.

He even attempted to swallow it into his body to refine it.

But a moment later, the Demon Lord shook his head and spat this mass of Dark Matter out of his body.

"There is a kind of demonic power that makes me faintly feel my primordial spirit undergoing a transformation, and the physical body is also changing in this process; a very special feeling."

"Is there a supreme demon in this heaven and earth?"

The Demon Lord could not help but look up toward the direction of the Foreign Realm.

In that direction, only the endless ocean of laws was boiling, and the sea of laws hanging down from Tian Yuan blocked everything.

And the True Immortal-level exotic beast in the Demon Lord's hand stared at the Demon Lord with a face full of terror, feeling even more uneasy than when looking at an Immortal King.

"You are not an Immortal King, but why do you have such power?"

"You are an Immortal King from the ancient Immortal era who has returned after Nirvana, but that Immortal King roster does not have a character like you; who are you?"

The Demon Lord did not respond, only looking up into the distance.

And Dugu Baitian was also looking into the distance, observing everywhere on the city wall.

When the endless ocean of laws vaguely thinned, and he felt the aura and combat power of Anlan, Yutuo, and other Immortal Kings on the opposite side, even Dugu Baitian's expression became serious.

"A very special and very strong heaven and earth; this gives me more interest!"

As he spoke, the strangely shaped weapon in his hand, which looked like a saber but wasn't, and like a sword but wasn't, swung downward, splitting the True Immortal from the Foreign Realm in the Demon Lord's hand into two halves.

"Stop playing around, be serious."

The entire process was understated, leaving Shi Hao, Shi Yi, and the others who had just climbed onto this city wall in preparation to face life-and-death challenges completely dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)