Read Novel Full Chapter 1785: Chapter 963: Achieving the Dao and Becoming Immortal, The End of Nine Lifetimes
Chapter 1785: Chapter 963: Achieving the Dao and Becoming Immortal, The End of Nine Lifetimes
Ever since the Ascension Ancient Array fell silent, Zhao Sheng had been in closed-door cultivation, refining Immortal Qi.
Year by year passed, and his Innate Five Elements Dao Body slowly transformed into a Longevity Immortal Body, while the Primordial Spirit also underwent significant transformation.
Zhao Sheng’s aura grew increasingly ethereal like an immortal, each time he explored the Great Dao Abyss, his depth of dive increased slightly.
In just ten short years, the range of the clear light emitted by the Primordial Spirit soared, and the Dao River under the Great Dao Abyss drew ever closer and clearer.
Each time he returned, he could sense that his Daoist cultivation had seen some progress.
As the Longevity Immortal Body gradually condensed, Zhao Sheng keenly discovered that his Life Span was constantly extending, with its rate of passage slowing more than tenfold compared to the beginning.
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Several years passed.
The sky over the Honghuang Continent suddenly grew dim, and inexplicably, a series of wails sounded between heaven and earth, as if there were lives crying.
The wailing spread across the continent, immediately alerting a group of Tribulation Crossing Venerables.
All the Venerables transformed into their forms, gazing towards the northeast of the continent, where a large mass of death qi rose and quickly spread.
Deep within the murky-colored death qi, a majestic figure seemed to be disintegrating, with streaks of rainbow light bursting forth from the death qi and instantly merging into the four voids of heaven and earth.
Above the courtyard in the Upper Sky, Zhao Sheng gazed distantly at the figure deep within the death qi, his eyes suddenly brightened with blazing Divine Light.
On this day, a Fellow Daoist undergoing the Tribulation finally exhausted his Life Span, and passed away in dejection. All his cultivation returned entirely to heaven and earth.
It was foreseeable that this person was just the first, soon there would be a second, a third…
While other Fellow Daoists undergoing the Tribulation felt heavy-hearted, Zhao Sheng silently returned to his cave mansion to continue his closed-door cultivation.
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Day after day, year after year!
One day, a Stone Spirit dashed out from the ground, dashed up to Zhao Sheng, and screamed anxiously, “Master, something terrible has occurred. Please wake up!”
Zhao Sheng awoke with a start, and with a displeased expression, looked at the Stone Spirit that had transformed into the “Stone Snail”.
“What a disgraceful display! Speak, what has happened?”
Hearing the master’s reprimand, the Stone Spirit calmed slightly, then split off a thread of Divine Thought, instantly transferring it to its master.
The Divine Thought surged into the mind, subsequently transforming into a series of inconceivable scenes.
In an instant, Zhao Sheng’s eyes shone brightly, his Spirit was somewhat dazed.
He suppressed his inner shock and immediately asked, “What is that place? How did you discover it?”
The Stone Spirit poked out a snail-like head, anxiously fussed, “Master, it’s hard to explain right now. Please see for yourself.”
Having said that, two feelers extended over, soon adhered to Zhao Sheng’s hand.
At the next moment, two streams of consciousness fused instantly.
Zhao Sheng’s vision became infinitely vast almost immediately, covering the entire Honghuang Continent.
Next, the Honghuang Continent quickly faded from reality, replaced by boundless emptiness.
Deep in the boundlessness of emptiness, suddenly, a “singularity” shone brightly. The brilliance filled his vision, instantly exceeding his limits of perception.
In the obscure and distant moment, the “singularity” seemed infinitely large, yet infinitely small, simultaneously freely transforming between existence and non-existence.
Zhao Sheng soon discovered that the brilliance filling the void was actually endless Immortal Qi.
The Immortal Qi brilliance expanded infinitely, then was sucked into the “singularity”.
Only a scarce amount of Immortal Qi was lucky enough to escape the gravity and scatter into the present space-time.
Not long after, Zhao Sheng had another astonishing discovery, that this Land of Nothingness wasn’t truly boundless.
Earlier, his perception had been warped by the laws here, so he had not noticed the anomaly.
In fact, this Land of Nothingness was the true No Return Heaven, while the “singularity” was the culprit behind it all.
The “singularity” was like both a Black Hole that devoured everything and a Heaven and Earth Furnace.
The Honghuang Continent was akin to the “spirit materials” thrown into the furnace, year after year being refined by the “singularity” into endless Immortal Qi.
Ninety-nine percent of Immortal Qi was devoured by the “singularity”, the sparse Immortal Qi that scattered was later seized by a group of Great Venerables.
After numerous ages, the once immense second layer of Honghuang Continent gradually diminished to merely two thousand li in size.
Even more terrifying was that the Tribulation Crossing Venerables in the second layer of heaven were unaware that the continent beneath them was shrinking bit by bit.
Except…for Wozu!
At this moment, Zhao Sheng was already aware of Wozu’s origins.
Wozu was born in this Honghuang Continent. It has existed for millions of years, originally meant to attain immortality early on, but due to the “singularity’s” constraint, it never succeeded in condensing the Origin True Spirit.
Wozu was bound by heaven and earth, unable to free for millions of years, only able to remain in endless slumber until its similar Stone Spirit arrived.
Over two hundred years, the Stone Spirit grew exceptionally swiftly, becoming inseparable from Wozu.
It was just a short while ago that it happened to learn from Wozu the truth about No Return Heaven.
Having witnessed the horror of the Land of Nothingness, the Stone Spirit fled in panic back to its master and revealed the truth to him.
Reborn for nine lifetimes, Zhao Sheng considered himself as having broad horizons, yet he had never seen a place as bizarre as No Return Heaven.
Who could have thought that the legendary No Return Heaven was actually orchestrated by some indescribable existence?
It collected fragments of the Immortal Realm into the “singularity” furnace, gradually refining them into Origin Immortal Qi for its use.
Zhao Sheng had no idea which supreme being orchestrated this, nor did he know why this “No Return Heaven” was placed here at Near Heaven.
He even did not comprehend how many layers of “Honghuang Continent” existed?
What state were the Immortal Realm fragments below the second layer of heaven?
At this moment, Zhao Sheng suddenly felt a great fear, a fear of the unknown.
And he felt immensely grateful that he stayed in the second layer of heaven, instead of continuing to ascend.
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An hour later, a burst of laughter echoed within the courtyard, laden with indescribable joy.
Zhao Sheng raised his right hand, his fingers slowly spreading, revealing a misty “brilliance” rising, visibly sprawling.
Hiss~
Zhao Sheng inhaled sharply, drawing the cluster of Immortal Qi “brilliance” into his belly.
In the next instant, the Immortal Qi scattered wide, instantly intercepted by layers of Magic Power Mysterious Light, then rapidly refined.
Though seemingly a small cluster of “brilliance”, the Immortal Qi numbered over a hundred strands.
In the decades that followed, Zhao Sheng ventured multiple times into the Land of Nothingness, repeatedly capturing the Origin Immortal Qi there.
He dared not take too much, each time catching around a thousand strands of Immortal Qi before swiftly returning to reality, keeping a safe distance from the “singularity’s” radiation zone.
In just a few decades, Zhao Sheng has already collected over four hundred thousand strands of Immortal Qi.
Compared to the Land of Nothingness, this amount of Immortal Qi is like a drop in the ocean, insignificant.
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A hundred years pass in the blink of an eye.
Seventy years ago, Zhao Sheng successfully transformed his Daoist Body into a Longevity Immortal Body, and then focused on transforming his Primordial Spirit into an Immortal Soul.
This single step took him a full seventy years.
Today, seventy years later, the transformation of his Primordial Spirit Magic Body is finally complete.
Thus, a long-lasting and undying Immortal Soul is born, in such a plain and simple manner.
Zhao Sheng had thought that this crucial step of “From Mortal to Immortal” would manifest some earth-shaking phenomenon.
However, unexpectedly, everything was just as usual, without any phenomenon or incident.
The entire process was as smooth as a natural progression, perfectly accomplished.
Open eyes,
close eyes,
The world fades away, the Sea of Laws suddenly appears…
The Immortal Soul transforms into a blazing light, diving straight into the Sea of Laws.
The surface laws flicker past, and soon the Great Dao Abyss is illuminated by the soul’s brilliance.
Endless darkness disperses, Law Silk Strings constantly overlap and melt, gradually converging into one Dao River after another.
As far as the eye can see, some Dao Rivers are very clear and seem within reach.
But others are illusory and uncertain, seemingly not far but are actually out of reach.
Counting carefully, he can sense only eleven Dao Rivers, with the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth Five Elements Path being the clearest and easiest to grasp.
The other Dao Rivers are of different colors; some are dazzling, some chaotic, some dark, and some gray as if covered by a vast fog…
Zhao Sheng opens his spirit, silently sensing all the manifest Dao Rivers.
Aside from the Five Elements Path, the other Dao Rivers are Thunder Dao, Power Dao, Infinite Path, Space-Time Path, and the two supreme Daos, Reincarnation and Destiny.
At this moment, he faces an incredibly difficult choice.
He must make a final decision to imprint his soul’s origin on one Dao River.
Once a Dao is chosen, it means he can only walk down this path in the future.
The Five Elements Path is the clearest and also the easiest to imprint his soul’s origin.
However, Zhao Sheng first excludes the Five Elements Path.
The reason is simple: the Five Elements Path must have already birthed a Supreme Dao Ancestor!
If he chooses one of them, his future ceiling will only be Daluo Golden Immortal, but he will never attain the Supreme Dao Ancestor position.
Next, he also excludes Thunder Dao and Destiny Dao.
Thunder Dao needs no explanation, and the end of Destiny Dao is occupied by the Life Demon clan, whom he does not wish to antagonize.
With the seven Dao Rivers of Five Elements, Thunder, and Destiny successively fading, only the supreme Daos of Infinite, Power, Space-Time, and Reincarnation remain.
Infinite is Mixed Element, precisely the Dao he comprehends the most.
Logically, he should choose the Infinite Path naturally.
But at the last moment, Zhao Sheng still abandons this supreme Dao.
The Infinite Path may have already birthed a Supreme Dao Ancestor, and that alone is enough reason.
In contrast, Zhao Sheng is incredibly clear that at the end of the three paths of Power, Space-Time, and Reincarnation, there absolutely is no Primordial Clan, and likely no Supreme Dao Ancestor.
Because the Taoist Ancestors of Pangu, Yu Kong, and Reincarnation fell countless ages ago.
There are countless reasons not to choose them, but only one reason to choose them: the position of Dao Ancestor is vacant, and only those capable should hold it!
With this thought set, the three Dao Rivers suddenly become clearer by several degrees.
Power?
Reincarnation?
Space-Time?
Which one to choose?
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Just when Zhao Sheng wavers indecisively, a broken half of a bald pen suddenly appears, and the pen body radiates dazzling brilliance.
The brilliance is boundless, and when it falls into the Reincarnation River, it suddenly resonates with the Dao River.
In an instant, the Reincarnation Path becomes incredibly clear and within reach.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng’s spirit light suddenly flashes, following the guidance in the dark, instantly imprinting a thread of Immortal Soul onto the Reincarnation Path.
Crack!
As soon as the Immortal Soul imprint was formed, some supreme existence deep within the Eternal Heaven was startled.
For this instant, the Time River suddenly stops! Unimaginable “gazes” from within the Eternal Heaven look over.
In an instant, the Reincarnation Path suddenly becomes illusory and vague, seemingly unable to withstand the gaze of multiple Supreme Dao Ancestors, and is about to return to Chaos!
At this moment, a clear brilliance suddenly appears, the light spreading, just enough to obscure the existence of the Life and Death Pen and Zhao Sheng.
However, the imprint just made on the Reincarnation Path collapses inexplicably at this moment.
Reincarnation Dao Ancestor is too fearsome, Supreme Dao Ancestors will never allow a second “Reincarnation Dao Ancestor” to appear.
In the next moment, the Reincarnation Path returns to Chaos. Hundred Lifetimes avoids the “gaze” of Supreme Dao Ancestors, silently sinking into the Time River.
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Name: Zhao Sheng
Life Span: ∞
Realm: Longevity True Immortal
[Constitution]Mixed Element Immortal Body, Immortal Immortal Soul
[Talent]Infinite Universe Gate, Immortality
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“End of the Ninth Life, settling up…”