Chapter 171: [Immortal Venerable Universe, Lotus Heart Buddha Child] (Second update, begging for votes)

The upper realm was named the Dixian Jie.

It connected many lower realms similar to the Yuanshuo Realm.

People from the lower realm ascended to the upper realm and became True Immortals; the True Immortal realm was divided into two levels: Upper Cave True Immortal and Lower Cave True Immortal.

Above the True Immortal realm was the Mysterious Immortal realm; the Mysterious Immortal realm had nine turns.

Above the Mysterious Immortal realm was the Golden Immortal realm; a Golden Immortal was a creature that could span one hundred thousand eras.

The Golden Immortal realm was divided into Taiyi Golden Immortal and Daluo Golden Immortal.

Above the Golden Immortal was the Immortal Venerable, the supreme being of a realm.

The Dixian Jie, the Netherworld Realm, and other upper realms, as well as many lower realms, were collectively referred to as the 'Immortal Venerable Universe'.

Within the Immortal Venerable Universe, there were various competitions, and externally, it also needed to resist invasions from the outside world, so the upper realm faced greater crises; however, that was looking at it from a sufficiently long period of time.

If placed in a short period of a few hundred or even a few thousand years, there would also be peaceful and harmonious periods.

This True Immortal Xuantongzi was clearly not in such a peaceful era.

He was killed by an extraterrestrial evil master, and his primordial spirit drifted here along with the Immortal Mansion, attempting to obtain a good physical body, become an Immortal again, and return to the Dixian Jie.

He had been choosing for thousands of years, and finally, he was devoured by Lu Runping.

This primordial spirit was already very weak, but the energy it contained was of a very high essence; it took him three days to completely absorb it, and both the treasure mirror and himself had a tendency to transform at the primordial spirit level; his primordial spirit power had reached the perfection of the Land Immortal realm.

If he got more Immortal Crystals to absorb, he could ascend.

But after understanding the chaos of the upper realm, Lu Runping was even less willing to ascend just like that.

Once he ascended, he would become a small character that others could easily spy on and manipulate; it would be better to continue hiding here and wait until he had a certain amount of strength before ascending.

Although the lower realm also had times when it was invaded by evil masters, generally speaking, the evil masters that appeared wouldn't be very powerful; as long as he accumulated enough strength, even if evil masters invaded, he could manipulate them.

First, set a small goal: control the entire Yuanshuo Realm in his hands.

Lu Runping entered the Xianfu Mijie again.

This was a true secret realm space, which was Xuantongzi's treasure storage place.

Although he was only a Lower Cave True Immortal, many things here were only available in the Dixian Jie; any item from the upper realm was top-tier when placed in the lower realm.

This was why Xuantongzi could give a certain reward to everyone who participated in the trial.

The so-called rewards were all worthless junk in Xuantongzi's eyes.

That high tower was the most valuable thing here.

The Xuan Tong Treasure Tower, twenty-seven floors, the best among Low-Grade Spirit Treasures, could suppress targets; if one were taken into it, even an Upper Cave True Immortal couldn't escape.

Other than that, there were no good things.

Some materials might be used for artifact refining and alchemy, but they were only useful to Land Immortals, and Lu Runping wasn't interested in those.

Many good things were either consumed by Xuantongzi or destroyed in battle.

Otherwise, this guy wouldn't have been so easily manipulated by Lu Runping.

Now, after refining the Xuan Tong Treasure Tower, this secret realm space was also controlled by Lu Runping.

This place was also a Mustard Secret Realm, much larger than the Lu family's current inheritance secret realm; he would transplant the spirit plants here, put all kinds of treasures here, and record a new coordinate in the treasure mirror.

Next, he would close the entrance that Xuantongzi opened, and it could become the Lu family's new inheritance secret realm.

He would put this matter aside for now; he was going to use this secret realm to stir up trouble.

A few months later, a piece of news spread from the mouth of a First-Turn Heavenly Monarch who had just entered the Xianfu Mijie.

'The Xianfu Mijie is about to close completely, the True Immortal secret treasure is opening; only those with a cultivation base of Second-Turn Heavenly Monarch or above can enter the secret realm and obtain the qualification to divide the secret treasure.'

The four great Immortal Dynasties and seven great Immortal Sects had long been plotting for this secret realm; hearing this news, they sent people to confirm it one after another, and then all confirmed this matter.

It turned out that the True Immortal of the Xianfu Mijie had once been injured, but now he was fine; after giving the lower realm an Immortal fate, he was about to return to the upper realm.

Thus, on this day, each of the four dynasties and seven sects had at least one Land Immortal come, accompanied by one or two Second-Turn Heavenly Monarchs, totaling thirty people.

They entered the Xianfu Mijie, arrived inside the Xuan Tong Treasure Tower, and saw Xuantongzi again.

At this time, Xuantongzi didn't have the flickering feeling that everyone had seen at the beginning; instead, he had an added sense of stability and unfathomability, making everyone bow respectfully one after another.

Lu Runping waved his hand and said:

"Fellow Daoists, no need for formalities. You all have great fortune; one day when you ascend, you will be True Immortals like me, fellow Daoists; don't worry about empty formalities. Today, I summoned you all here to build a good relationship. I once met a mysterious Daoist who gave me some spirit fruits; it was by relying on one of these spirit fruits that I achieved True Immortal. According to his calculations, today is the time to distribute the spirit fruits; there are exactly sixty, two for each person. Looking at it this way, everything has a predestined fate; if you have the luck to meet a Daoist calling himself Xuanjizi in the future, please say hello to him for me. After eating this spirit fruit and finishing refining it, you can obtain a supernatural power; the supernatural power points directly to the Great Dao, and using this as a foundation, you can explore the origin of the Great Dao. Each of you refine one, and keep the other one; when you want to share it, that is that person's fate."

Hearing that there was a supernatural power inheritance, immediately several Tribulation Heavenly Monarchs and two Land Immortals took the spirit fruit and refined it; a moment later, several people cast the supernatural power, and it was indeed incomparably powerful.

The remaining people also hurriedly refined it and then kept the other spirit fruit well.

Lu Runping smiled and said:

"In this way, the karma of my coming here is settled. Fellow Daoists, if there is fate, we will meet again in the upper realm!"

As the words fell, the various Land Immortals were invited out of the Xianfu Mijie; they looked at the cave entrance again, only to see that there was no longer an Immortal Mansion entrance there.

Everyone returned with the supernatural power spirit fruits.

Lu Runping received feedback not long after; sixty Dao fruits containing the 【Whip Mountain Move Stone】 supernatural power, twenty were refined by Land Immortal realm cultivators, thirty-four were refined by Second-Turn Heavenly Monarchs, and the remaining six were preserved.

The four dynasties and seven sects had a total of twenty-three Land Immortals; now twenty had refined them, which was quite good.

Nanshan Yuzhou had planted Dao in twenty Land Immortals, and Beizheng Sizhou also started with twenty, now increased by one, planting Dao in twenty-one.

That was forty-one people.

Some Second-Turn Heavenly Monarchs also had great potential and would definitely break through within a thousand years; as long as he planned for the Buddhist gate in Xiyuan Luzhou, it was very possible to gather one hundred people carrying Dao seeds to ascend.

The Buddhist gate in Xiyuan Luzhou had strict hierarchies; Lu Runping went deep into it, lurked and scouted for another two years, and determined a method.

One year later, a child was born in the Cangling Mansion.

On the day this child was born, Buddha light filled the sky, and there was a golden body dharma image.

It directly attracted the attention of the surrounding Buddhist temples, who took the child away and sent him to the Lotus Temple for cultivation.

Afterward, the abbot of the Lotus Temple discovered that this child was born with a sarira in his body, and immediately thought he was a great being reincarnated, so he revered him as a Buddha child.

The Buddha child had innate wisdom; at one year old, he could speak, recognize characters, and recite scriptures.

At three years old, he had read all the books in the Lotus Temple and stepped into the Dharma Image realm.

The Dharma Image realm was equivalent to the Spirit Transformation realm in the cultivation world.

Because he was born in the Sarira realm, which was the Golden Core realm, then achieving the Spirit Transformation realm at three years old seemed quite reasonable?

The Buddha child's dharma name was 'Lianxin'; it was not a character from any generation, because even the abbot didn't dare to let him be his disciple.

Because he had innate wisdom and was in the Lotus Temple, he was named Lianxin.

At four years old, Lianxin began to travel to various places to study scriptures; the rumors about the Buddha child became even more widespread, and at five years old, people from the Holy Buddha Temple came and took him to this top-tier temple.

The contemporary Holy Buddha, 'Master Zhenwo', looked at Lianxin and exclaimed in surprise:

"This child has innate wisdom; his sarira has already reached perfection, actually not inferior to mine; his Buddha bones are heaven-made, and he is untainted by karma; he is a true Buddha child!"

From then on, the name of the Buddha child was completely solidified.

Lianxin began to receive Master Zhenwo's teachings, and at the same time, all the classics of the Holy Buddha Temple were opened to him.

At eight years old, Lianxin stepped into the No-Form realm, which was the Dao Harmonizing realm of the cultivation world.

In the same year, Master Lianxin began to preach, preaching the Dao of the Self, calling it the Golden Body Dao, full name 'Sixteen-foot Golden Body'.

In the No-Form Gate, the true Dharma King; in the color-emptiness sky, it is the Immortal family.

The heaven and earth are all called ancestors; the Sixteen-foot Golden Body borrows blessings and longevity.

At first, everyone didn't care about a No-Form realm cultivator preaching; after all, he was just an eight-year-old child; even if he had innate wisdom, he was only at the Dao Harmonizing realm, having just obtained the Dao of the Self; what was there to listen to.

But after listening once, they discovered the various mysteries within, which benefited them greatly.

Even Master Zhenwo came to listen to him preach.

Another four years passed, Lianxin was twelve years old, and he underwent his first Heavenly Tribulation.

Whether it was the Daoist gate, the Buddhist gate, or evil cultivators, the Heavenly Tribulation test was a rule of the world, and no one could be spared.

But in fact, this Heavenly Tribulation was fake.

Lianxin was transformed from Lu Runping; he had long since become a Land Immortal, so how could there still be a Heavenly Tribulation? So this Heavenly Tribulation was actually released by him using the 【Five Thunders Orthodox Method】 supernatural power.

The power was no less than the Heavenly Tribulation, and even more destructive.

I strike myself!

At fifteen years old, he underwent his second tribulation, which was arranged in the same way.

At twenty years old, he underwent his third tribulation; relying only on the 【Five Thunders Orthodox Method】 supernatural power, he couldn't simulate the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, but he happened to have Heavenly Tribulation Beads saved from previous tribulations, which were just right for simulation.

Thus, the twenty-year-old Lianxin became a Third-Turn Heavenly Monarch.

Although he was only twenty years old, he already had a large number of devout followers; they were all people who learned the Dao of 【Sixteen-foot Golden Body】 from Lu Runping.

Regarding this path, Lu Runping wasn't fooling people; otherwise, how could he convince those great monks at the Land Immortal level in the Holy Buddha Temple?

He was indeed studying Buddhist dharma diligently.

With the 【Reviewing the Old to Learn the New】 supernatural power in hand, plus his primordial spirit that had already surpassed the average Land Immortal perfection, as well as the foundation of the 【Sixteen-foot Golden Body】 supernatural power, opening up this path wasn't an impossible thing.

He didn't step into the Land Immortal realm in one go, but spent twenty years, just to use this time to enrich his knowledge of Buddhist dharma and let his cognition continue to improve.

He had indeed cultivated the Small Self Dao of 【Sixteen-foot Golden Body】; in a certain aspect, he was now on two paths: one was the Taiyin Dao of extreme cold, and the other was this Golden Body Dao.

If he wanted to ascend, he could choose to become a Buddha. ===== CHAPTER 172 =====

He was indeed diligently studying Buddhist Dharma.

With the 【Reviewing the Old to Learn the New】 supernatural power in hand, combined with his own primordial spirit that had already surpassed that of an average Land Immortal Consummation, as well as the foundation of the 【Six-Zhang Golden Body】 supernatural power, opening up this path was not something impossible to achieve.

He did not step into the Land Immortal realm in one go, but instead spent twenty years, just to use this period of time to enrich his knowledge of Buddhist Dharma and allow his cognition to continuously improve.

He had indeed cultivated the Small Self Dao of the 【Six-Zhang Golden Body】; in a certain sense, he was now on two paths: one was the Taiyin Dao of extreme cold, and the other was this path of the Golden Body.

If he wished to ascend, he could choose to become a Buddha.