Chapter 510: Heaven Shocks, Earth Trembles!

An instant, as if eternity!

Within the imperial city, in the Divine Capital, at this moment, everyone who raised their head to look at the sky saw the ancient temple rising and falling in the darkness, and the blurry figure stepping through the temple gate!

Someone, entered the Eight Directions Temple?

After a momentary silence, a tremendous roar erupted within the imperial city; the sound wave was so violent that the entire imperial city trembled, as if about to be flipped over by an invisible colossal force!

"Who is it?

"

Looking at the scene reflected on the vault of heaven, Emperor Qian felt his eyes sting until they reddened, and could not help but drastically change expression!

It was not only Emperor Qian…

Within the imperial city, the guild halls, inside and outside the Divine Capital, every martial arts expert who saw this scene, after that momentary silence, had their hearts and minds trembling, their faces drastically changing!

The legend of the Eight Directions Temple had circulated in the world for who knew how long; over several thousand years, countless Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters had sought it bitterly without success!

For a time, many even doubted whether the Eight Directions Temple truly existed!

Even when the imperial court invited observers to the ritual, many still harbored half-belief and half-doubt in their hearts!

But at this moment, seeing with their own eyes the ancient temple suspended in the void, its gates flung wide open, countless people burst into an uproar of boiling excitement!

"Impossible."

Beneath the black umbrella, Huang Huang Longzi, who had caught sight of this scene with his peripheral vision, trembled as if he had seen a ghost:

"How could it be?"

That was the Eight Directions Temple…

A legendary grand fortune that even the lords of countless sacred lands and grotto-heavens within Tian Shi Yuan, and even within the Three Enclosures, had no fate to witness.

A marvel that, legend had it, even the Venom Dragon God sought in vain.

Even though he had cooperated with the Great Fortune imperial court and offered up the ritual of the Eight Directions Temple Grand Sacrifice from the academy, Huang Huang Longzi never believed these natives had the qualification to open the Eight Directions Temple!

Not even that world-shattering Wan Wan Zhuliu could do it.

But…!

Boom.

In the instant Huang Huang Longzi was stunned, above the vault of heaven, one after another, thunderous explosions rang out from nowhere!

In an instant, wind rose and clouds surged, black fog shrouded the sky, blocking out all light, and a terror-inducing aura beyond description instantly permeated the entire imperial city!

Whooosh!

Gale howled, thunder roared and lightning flashed!

Within the guild hall, the old man who possessed the Thousand Eyes closed his thousand divine eyes, yet the fury in his heart could not be suppressed:

"How dare you steal my fortune."

"Hmph."

Yan Yan Tianxiong was startled; he heard only a sword cry, and the master of the Qian Yan Fa suddenly drew out the Changhong Sword that had been thrust into his chest; on his body, the thousand eyes snapped shut, then abruptly fell away!

Transforming into streaks of crimson light, they enveloped that violently trembling divine sword!

"Pfft."

The old man coughed up a mouthful of essence blood, his face instantly turning deathly pale!

He paid a tremendous price; then, the divine sword covered by the thousand eyes slashed through the air, and in Yan Yan Tianxiong's eyes, as he instinctively retreated, the void was actually cut open with a thin scar.

"No, it's You Jing."

Yan Yan Tianxiong came to his senses; watching the old man vanish, after a slight hesitation, he still stepped through the portal before it closed,

entering it!

"Who is this?"

In a private room of a tavern in the north of the city, Qin Li Shixian, who had been gazing afar at the imperial city, looked horrified, her eyes full of disbelief:

"This, this…"

Her emotions surging, Qin Li Shixian's aura nearly leaked out; forcibly steadying her

spirit, she still felt unspeakably shocked!

During the decades when the old man was severely injured and in closed-door cultivation, she had spent most of her time in the library, reading countless miscellaneous books, among them the handwritten notes left by her own patriarch, the Dragon Demon Daoist!

In pursuit of the Eight Directions Temple, that patriarch of hers had successively initiated eleven grand sacrifices, directly leading to the fall of the Great Zhou Dynasty and Gao Gao Feiqing, yet even after paying such a price!

In the end, he could only pass by the gate but never enter…

"Who is this person?"

Boom.

Rumble.

Inside and outside the Divine Capital, tremendous booming sounds exploded one after another!

The imperial city was in turmoil; Emperor Qian and Wu Wu Yingxing vanished on the spot, and along with the resounding of the Great Sun Jin Lin Bell, charged into the Jin Lin Path trailing billowing killing intent!

Several hundred imperial guards closely pursued!

In just a few instants, on the vast plaza, only Huang Huang Longzi remained, along with the white-haired middle-aged man who stood with his hand on his blade and slowly raised his head!

"Cloud Demon Clan…"

Beneath the umbrella, slowly raising his head, Huang Huang Longzi, who had been surveying the heavens with his peripheral vision, suddenly lowered his head, a strange glint flashing in the corner of his eye!

On the high platform, the silver light flickering in Wan Wan Zhuliu's eyes was nearly overflowing, yet he forcibly suppressed it; he raised his head, and through the interweaving silver light,

his gaze seemed to pierce through the black fog shrouding the sky, and he saw four great suns suspended at an extreme height!

In a daze, it seemed as if three of the great suns trembled slightly!

"Eight Directions Temple."

Wan Wan Zhuliu slowly closed his eyes; in his heart, an utterly furious roar echoed:

"Who is it?"

Ignoring the roar in his heart, Wan Wan Zhuliu opened his eyes and instead looked at Huang Longzi:

"This King recalls you said that to open the Eight Directions Temple, besides ritual incense, one also needs an opener of the temple?"

"Hmm?"

Huang Longzi's heart trembled!

"Does he count?"

Wan Wan Zhuliu raised his finger to the sky; beneath the black mist, the light and shadow had grown hazy, yet the closed portal of the Eight Directions Temple could still be vaguely seen!

"The opener of the temple!"

Huang Longzi's fingers formed a pinching gesture, and a substantial light suddenly burst from his eyes: "It might be worth a try."

Boom.

The tremors in the Divine Capital City spread violently; far away, beyond an unknown number of li, the sudden change in celestial phenomena still attracted the gaze of countless people?

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Hmm?"

On the back of the azure eagle, Long Yunchan seemed to sense something:

"Celestial phenomena changed; did a Grand Master make a move?"

"No."

Long Yunchan suddenly rose; although the Longhu Longhu Dandan had already been given to Li Yuan, the connection between the Ancestral Master and him had not yet been severed. In that instant, he felt the tremor of the Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing!

"This qi mechanism..."

On an eagle's back in the distance, Wang Jin frowned and gazed into the distance; vaguely feeling unease, he could not help but shout loudly:

"Leave quickly."

Yanshan Dao!

The lands of Jiangzhou!

In a secluded bamboo grove, Gui Gui Laoxian sat cross-legged on a reclining ox stone before a small stream; not far behind him, the North Sea Green Dragon stood with hands behind his back; by his side, Qi Ben'an sat cross-legged, bowing to listen!

"All Wu Gong imitates heaven and earth and the universe... yet, because races differ, the imitation differs, leading to many distinctions!"

Gui Gui Laoxian spoke in a Longhu Longhu Dandan tone: "Humans are born weak, thus one must cultivate

blood qi, cultivate internal force, strengthen the body from within, alter the roots and bones, refine marrow and organs and exchange blood, ultimately entering the Dao..."

But some races are born entering the Dao; they naturally need no methods of exchanging blood or refining marrow. These, this old man does not understand... naturally, need not understand!

Speaking to this point, he paused slightly, looking at Qi Ben'an: "After this old man used Yi Mi Fa to wash and refine your body, your body is now no less than that of a martial artist who has achieved the Great Perfection of Blood Exchange in this realm; next is entering the Dao!"

"May I ask, Master, what is entering the Dao?"

Qi Ben'an bowed and asked!

"Spirit touching heaven and earth is entering the Dao!"

North Sea Gui Gui Laoxian answered: "Human power has its limits, but heaven, earth, and the universe are endless and boundless; from within to without, touching heaven and earth, perceiving heaven and earth, mastering the power of heaven and earth—this is entering the Dao!"

Qi Ben'an seemed to understand yet not understand: "Spirit Realm, Spiritual Aspect?"

"About right!"

Gui Gui Laoxian thought for a moment and explained to him in the simplest, easiest-to-understand words:

"Qi and spirit unite, and one can transform the place of visualization into a Spirit Realm; this is the first step from void to reality; the Spiritual Aspect is born within the Spirit Realm!"

"Qi and spirit unite!"

Qi Ben'an scratched his head: "Disciples have heard people say that after the Human Dao, one must harvest wondrous scenes; I wonder, why is this?"

"Heaven and earth are vast, the universe boundless; humans dwelling within are like dust; to use a limited human body to grasp infinite heaven and earth, the dangers and difficulties within need not be stated!"

Gui Gui Laoxian answered: "The Spirit Realm is the foundation of martial artists and cultivators, while wondrous scenes are partial limitations of heaven and earth's power; harvesting wondrous scenes is the process of drawing upon the power of heaven and earth to nourish one's own Spirit Realm!"

Speaking thus, he looked at Ao Cang: "If Ao Kuang is interested, why not sit and chat?"

"No need!"

Ao Cang shook his head and refused: "What this old man has learned all originates from that Dragon Demon Daoist; this person's methods should not be taught to anyone."

"People have righteousness and wickedness; how can Wu Gong have good or bad?"

Gui Gui Laoxian felt somewhat regretful; he was still somewhat curious about the martial arts of this realm's heaven and earth, but did not force the matter; he shifted the topic, speaking of the Spirit Realm: "Mountains have high and low, people have beauty and ugliness, lakes have large and small; the Spirit Realm naturally also has ranks!"

"Hmm?"

Ao Cang had intended to leave, but hearing this, his feet could not move again; similar words he had once heard under that Dragon Demon Daoist, but only in fragments!

"The Spirit Realm has ranks?" He, Qi Qi Benchu, was somewhat surprised and asked curiously!

"The Spirit Realm is the foundation of martial artists; your realm does not have it because entering-the-Dao martial artists are rare. In Tian Shi Yuan, the Spirit Realm, from bottom to top, has six ranks in total: Mortal, Spirit, Heaven, Spirit, Saint!"

"Uh..."

Qi Qi Benchu scratched his head: "This, isn't this five?"

"The sixth rank... hmm, whether this rank of Spirit Realm truly exists, this old man does not know, so it is better not to speak of it!"

Gui Gui Laoxian coughed lightly, shifting the topic: "Brother Ao uses 'North Sea' as his Spirit Realm; though only a fragment was taken, it can be called 'Spirit Rank'; if reshaped, there may well be hope for 'Heaven Rank'!"

"Grandpa Ao's Spirit Realm is only Spirit Rank?"

Qi Qi Benchu was startled, somewhat incredulous!

Ao Cang's face felt somewhat embarrassed: "Is your Spirit Realm perhaps Heaven Rank?"

"Indeed!"

Gui Gui Laoxian smiled slightly: "This old man's 'Yin Hall' was formed by taking a corner from the ancient great sect 'Yunlan Sect'; once formed, it is Heaven Rank."

Qi Ben'an belatedly realized and also noticed Ao Cang's displeasure;

he quickly shifted the topic: "Master, what is the difference between Spirit Rank and Saint Rank Spirit Realms and Spirit Rank and Heaven Rank? Have you seen them?"

"This difference cannot be explained in just a word or two………"

Gui Gui Laoxian narrowed his eyes slightly:

"A thousand years ago, at the 'Gathering of Stars' in Tian Shi Yuan, I once saw a great overlord of the Martial Immortal Gate strike to slay a demon-evil. At that time, waves of the sea covered Lord Lord Tianyu's city, and a bright moon hung high in the nine heavens — wherever its light shone, the demon-evil had nowhere to hide."

"That was his divine realm, 'The Bright Moon Rises from the Sea.' You carry a great fortune within you, perhaps……"

"Mm?"

Before he could finish speaking, Gui Gui Laoxian seemed to sense something. First his brow furrowed, then he pinched up a jade coin and gave it a slight flick — even his eyelid twitched — shocked and bewildered: "

How could it be?

"

He rose abruptly, glanced at Qi Qi Benchu, and his face instantly

turned iron-blue: "The Eight Directions Temple — it has opened?

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