[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-path-of-immortality":3,"chapter-the-path-of-immortality-the-path-of-immortality-chapter-98":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Path of Immortality",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2271248,4436,"Chapter 98: Another Page of the Earth Vault Golden Scripture","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-98",98,"\u003Cp>Demons lurked, watching, their aura dark and terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the altar, Master Huaiwu remained seated with closed eyes, still delivering his teaching; at moments he felt particularly profound, pausing briefly as if savoring its depths, a faint look of self-satisfaction on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the adjacent mats, the free cultivator Lu Yu and the Blood Lotus Sect’s Qi Condensation cultivator were utterly unaware, listening with rapt attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Huaiwu was teaching a talisman scripture called the “Scripture of Hu Gong’s Primordial Spirit Memory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once inscribed and activated, this talisman could cause one to “open the heart, retain all reading, absorb three thousand characters daily, and with prolonged use, strengthen the blood”—yet it was merely enhanced memorization, offering no true enlightenment, and provided no benefit for cultivators seeking to comprehend the Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To demonstrate the talisman’s practice, a blue-green true qi rose from the crown of Master Huaiwu’s head, splitting into vermilion powder, golden paper, giant brushes, and spiritual ink, meticulously tracing the talisman’s lines; spiritual light spiraled and soared upward, radiating a brilliant, dazzling spectacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That old bastard still hasn’t revealed a thing—he’s good at hiding…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang silently sneered inwardly, lowering his eyelids, yet his expression remained carefully feigned as one utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On one side, there was the full aura of the Daoist sect—immortal qi swirling, misty and radiant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, he saw a terrifying scene of monstrous figures bowing in dread, their resentment and malevolent energy nearly bursting into the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially that colossal golden figure—its half-face embedded deep into the palace’s walls, its internal golden fluid flowing with a foul, stinking reek that made one wish to cut off one’s nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang tried to communicate with these demons via telepathy, but received no response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the red-skinned dwarf, who had seemed sentient and called him “Demon Son,” now sat blank and motionless, as if deaf and blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cautiously flicked out a thread of fetal breath from his sleeve, touching the skull of a nearby human-faced serpent—but felt no flesh or substance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It passed straight through, as if it were merely a phantom bubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang’s gaze flickered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither of the two beside him noticed—but this action could not deceive Master Huaiwu seated upon the altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the very moment the flayed blood corpse first appeared, though he could not see it, he had felt an inexplicable sensation, his expression tightening subtly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequent apparitions—the human-faced serpent, the red-skinned dwarf, and others—had made him clench his fingers so tightly he nearly cracked his dust whisk, shattering many strands of spiritual light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now, seeing Chen Hang still seated calmly on his mat, his aura unchanged, his expression merely startled yet unharmed in the slightest, did he finally relax, exhaling a long breath from his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two hundred years! Exactly two hundred years! Finally, someone has emerged who can resonate with the ‘Sacred Prayer of the Silent Heavenly Palace’! This page of the Earth Vault Golden Scripture was too difficult to cultivate—I and Liu Niang waited two hundred years, and now, at last, a turning point!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Huaiwu’s heart was now filled with complex, inexpressible emotions; his teaching voice unconsciously faltered, his gaze alternating between joy and sorrow, dim and bright:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank heaven I dared to risk angering the Flower Goddess’s Mansion by inviting Chen Hang here to listen—blood corpses were one thing, but he passed the Six Dust Demons’ obstruction without a single scratch?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly is a remarkable figure; no wonder Xie Tan of the Changyou Xie Clan holds him in such high regard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad—the ‘Sacred Prayer of the Silent Heavenly Palace’ was created by Chongyu, the Demon God… unless one is of the Heavenly Demon race, or has achieved heart-field resonance with this great technique, one can never cultivate it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in his relief, Master Huaiwu felt a pang of dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Chen Hang’s body were truly that of a Heavenly Demon, given how effortlessly he passed the Six Dust Demons’ obstruction, he was almost certainly capable of cultivating the ‘Sacred Prayer of the Silent Heavenly Palace’ and becoming Chongyu’s Demon Son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he truly became Chongyu’s Demon Son and reached the Heavenly Hearing of Chongyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he himself were a Cave-Xuan cultivator, and Liu Niang, an Evil Anger Yin Victory Demon, stood beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they could prevail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if Chen Hang chose to flee, they could not stop him…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If only you had been born two hundred years earlier, so I could have met you two centuries ago—then these hands of mine would never have been stained with so much blood, never ruined my pure reputation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Huaiwu sighed with deep regret:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only I had met you two centuries ago, Liu Niang and I would have already shattered the Gangqi layer, escaped beyond the heavens, and lived as free-spirited mandarin ducks—why must we linger here in Xudu Heaven like rats in a sewer, hunted by everyone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Master Huaiwu’s thoughts surged upon the altar,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang attempted to send a message outward—just as expected, the surrounding heavens and earth had long been sealed, leaving no exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, his expression now grew even more terrified, appearing more frightened than when the demons first appeared, nearly trembling on his mat, on the verge of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, test this technique…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently thought, using his consciousness to communicate with Jin Chan, instantly entering the True Dharma Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still that vast, dark, boundless expanse of chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The ‘Sacred Prayer of the Silent Heavenly Palace’—I want to see what strange thing lies within.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang did not hesitate; he sat cross-legged, projecting the great technique from his heart-field, carefully examining each character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than half a cup of tea’s time, he had memorized it completely—but his brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heavenly Demon Art? After establishing communion with the Silent Heavenly Palace and becoming Chongyu’s Demon Son, one can trade with this Father God for infinite creative power—even seizing sun and moon, wandering the netherworld, is not impossible—similar to the Tai Su Jade Body, quite the bold claim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet how could Chongyu’s Heavenly Demon Art be listed among the Earth Vault Golden Scriptures…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang wondered inwardly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, aren’t such Earth Vault Golden Scriptures supposed to be under Dao Court prohibitions? Present when the Dao exists, hidden when it does not—only those with destiny may see them. I have not even seen the original golden pages—how did I so easily memorize this technique?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is Master Huaiwu truly trying to do with this Golden Scripture? Is he trying to transform me into a demonic retainer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth Vault Golden Scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Present when the Dao exists, hidden when it does not—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Tang Gaolu and Yangshan Daoist obtained the Tai Su Jade Body was because they were deemed destined by the Golden Scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Scriptures were all sealed by Dao Court prohibitions, forbidden from being transmitted outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Gaolu repeatedly tried to pass the Tai Su Jade Body to his brothers and descendants, but each attempt failed due to the Dao Court’s prohibitions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Chen Hang not possessed Jin Chan, he could never have glimpsed the marvels of the Tai Su Jade Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this great technique, judging by the annotations of the Dao Court’s Grand Historian and its unique Dao Court classification system, was clearly a scripture from the Earth Vault Golden Scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he had merely listened to Master Huaiwu’s lecture and memorized it without effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not seen the original golden pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not used Jin Chan to simulate any mental image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang ceased further speculation, suppressing his confusion; within the True Dharma Realm, he began practicing the “Sacred Prayer of the Silent Heavenly Palace” according to its instructions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon after,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he withdrew from meditation, exhaling slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly as the great technique described…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Sacred Prayer of the Silent Heavenly Palace” was Heavenly Demon Art—human bodies could not cultivate it at all; only members of the Heavenly Demon race could even attempt it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that Master Huaiwu intends to transform me into a Heavenly Demon body, then perform a soul usurpation? Is that even possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang shook his head, communicated with Jin Chan, and returned to the mortal world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the process seemed long, under the rule of “one day in the mortal world equals ten days in the realm,” only a few breaths had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked toward the altar—Master Huaiwu had ceased his teaching and now stared at him with a complex expression, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Liu Niang, are you satisfied now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not speak to Chen Hang, nor even glance at the pair of eyes—shocked yet desperately feigning calm—whether from guilt or some other hidden motive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He merely sighed slowly, then called out into empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Satisfied! Satisfied! Extremely satisfied!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wild, ecstatic female voice suddenly rang out, followed by loud, raucous laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Praise the Great Demon King Chongyu! Hope! Hope! At last, I have a chance to escape this damned Nine Provinces and Four Seas! Ai Yuan, when I return next time, it will be you trembling in terror, you who will become a stray dog!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, Chongyu, the Great Demon Lord, possesses boundless power—he has broken the Dao Court’s prohibitions! Our Heavenly Demon race is no worse than the Immortals, Buddhas, or Sacred Ones! Hahaha! Even Prince Changming probably never imagined that the methods he placed upon the Earth Vault Golden Scriptures would be repeatedly erased—now, I am the new Chongyu Demon Son! I too shall enter the Silent Heavenly Palace!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, lightning flashed in the void; a faint shadow lurked deep within the boundless darkness, laughing madly, about to leap forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Prince Changming? Who is this elder? A Dao Court prince?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Hang thought inwardly, yet his outward expression was perfectly concealed—when he saw the shadow in the dark void, he feigned even greater terror, nearly losing the last thread of his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>",1656,"2026-06-19T22:29:59.276Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0048cb7baeec9195fb687d50a5883ce0f301901761c38d335fc581f3d87f2ae3","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-99","the-path-of-immortality-chapter-97",545,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-path-of-immortality-cover.jpg"]