Chapter 483: Lei Tian Shi's Road to Immortality (Part 2)

Chapter 483: Lei Tian Shi's Road to Immortality (Part 2)

It was none other than the True Shaman Jia Xianting.

He exhaled a long breath.

If he had fought the Five-Colored Phoenix to the death, he had other means, but he lacked confidence in turning defeat into victory.

His previous plan had already failed, so it was better to seek an escape as soon as possible.

With the mountains still standing, there's no need to worry about firewood.

Venerable Radiance and his group might have other plans.

As for Ling Mountain...

Jia Xianting was deep in thought when his body suddenly stiffened in place.

He took a deep breath and turned around.

Not far away, on the grass, another person had appeared without notice.

It was Shaman Zhuan Qianran, the leader of the ten Shamans of Ling Mountain.

Jia Xianting's old acquaintance and long-time rival.

Zhao Qianran was as calm and peaceful as ever.

But at this moment, he remained silent, walking towards Jia Xianting with measured steps.

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At the same time, in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms World, the sky above began to shake violently.

The originally azure sky suddenly turned into a greenish-blue color.

Winds and clouds surged, and in the midst of the rippling void, a magnificent tapestry of words seemed to appear in the sky, each character hanging like the sun.

But this magnificent tapestry showed signs of being four-fifths shattered, as if it might disintegrate at any moment.

At this moment, in the Summi, Tang Emperor Zhang Wan Tong sat quietly by the lake, closing his eyes.

Chu Kun stood quietly by his side.

Chu Yu turned and left, beginning to seal the void portals connecting Summi to the various human worlds.

At the same time, in other worlds, similar actions were taking place.

Yuan Mo Bai left Dragon Tiger Mountain and arrived in Datong, familiar with the way, just like the last time, sealing the void portal connecting Datong to the outside world.

Zhang Hui went to Guizang to notify Xiao Chunhui and Meng Shaojie, while also sealing the Guizang portal.

Within the Sea of Earth, under Li Tianqing's leadership, the Sea of Earth portal was also being sealed.

In Ling Mountain, which had also received Lei Jun's notification, Shaman King Huang Pu Qi sent a message to Zhao Qianran, instructing him to act on his own discretion, and temporarily sealed the Ling Mountain portal to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms World.

In the Saha World, Wang Guiyuan could only smile bitterly within the Earth Crevice.

Although Bai Mei and he had both stayed in the Saha World,

according to his thoughts, it would be better to seal the Saha World as well.

Especially since the Saha World had the Tolerant World, and in extreme circumstances, it could even be transformed into the Annihilation Pure Land.

But at this moment, he couldn't unfold his plan.

It wasn't because Venerable Radiance was a Golden Body Arhat in the Buddhist Sect, and Wang Guiyuan's current cultivation realm was still insufficient.

Instead, it was because Lei Jun was preventing the premature convergence of the human worlds, causing the Jade Purity Miro Mansion Divine Heaven to shake in the Saha World.

The location of the Jade Purity Miro Mansion Divine Heaven was just right for filling the previous void gap in the Saha World.

Therefore, unlike the situation when Venerable Radiance was there earlier, even if Wang Guiyuan used the Tolerant World to seal the Saha World, the result might still be that someone from the outside world could reopen the Saha World due to the Jade Purity Miro Mansion Divine Heaven and the void gap.

Wang Guiyuan could only sigh lightly at this.

In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms World, the greenish-blue sky that had appeared abruptly continued to shake for a long time.

As the void rippled, the magnificent tapestry of words shimmering in the sky gradually began to fall apart, the characters scattering.

This was like a dam breaking.

After the tapestry disintegrated, gradually, in that greenish-blue sky, a portal began to appear, as if it were about to open.

Affected by this, another world also stirred in the void, as if responding, and gradually showed signs of descending upon the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms World.

Once, the Great Rectangular had driven the people of this world to madness.

In the distance, the Great Rectangular's void portal also began to appear in the sky.

In the Great Ming World, Cen Ruopu anxiously looked at the tablet in his hand, which he was using to pray to heaven, his expression a mix of worry and joy.

His master, Zhou Tian Daoist, had awakened from his slumber in the void.

For this matter, he endured his discomfort and patiently waited for a short time.

After receiving his master's response, Cen Ruopu quickly reported:

"Master, it seems that the premature convergence of the human worlds has been obstructed, but Pure Sky has already shown signs of reopening."

"The premature convergence of the human worlds must be reorganized," Zhou Tian Daoist said.

He was different from Venerable Radiance, Venerable Wisdom, and even the late Golden Rooster Huoyang and others.

The convergence of the human worlds was of utmost importance to him.

Until the convergence of the human worlds, whether it was the various human worlds or the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, none of them were a place for Zhou Tian Daoist to settle, meaning he would be forced to continue lingering in the void.

But this flaw was something he couldn't easily reveal to others, including his own disciples.

However, the person obstructing the premature convergence of the human worlds was decisive and ruthless, with a precise grasp of the situation.

With Zhou Tian Daoist's abilities, if he couldn't directly descend upon the human world, he also couldn't find the specific location where the other party was causing trouble within a short time, and thus couldn't counter them.

By the time he figured it out, it would already be too late.

"The monks of Thunder Sound Temple and Vajra World all say that they can't find the specific location where the other party is acting, nor do they know who exactly is causing trouble or how many people are involved," Cen Ruopu said with difficulty.

After a brief pause, he added, "Master, Venerable Radiance and Thunder Sound Temple seem to have other intentions, but the current details are unclear!"

Zhou Tian Daoist's voice revealed no emotional fluctuations:

"Venerable Radiance, in the end, is still unwilling to give up."

But for him, there was nothing to be unwilling about.

On the contrary, the reopening of Pure Sky and the return of the old members of the Celestial Court was his opportunity.

If the convergence of the human worlds truly couldn't be advanced, then his current predicament's last glimmer of hope rested on one person.

The leader of the old members of the Celestial Court, the Immortal True Lord of the Talisman Sect, Gaotian Sui.

"Venerable Radiance, I can roughly guess where he's headed.

Zhou Tian Daoist said, "This master will first go to Pure Sky, and you will go meet with the people of Thunder Sound Temple."

Cen Ruopu held his tablet and quickly bowed to the heavens, "Yes, disciple will follow your orders."

At the same time, in the midst of the Mulberry Field, Venerable Wisdom sat in meditation, deep in thought.

Vimalakirti, the lord of the Vajra World in the Buddhist realm, stood quietly by his side.

After a moment, Venerable Wisdom spoke, "Regarding the whereabouts of the group from Dragon Tiger Mountain's Celestial Master Mansion, there's still no accurate information, right?"

Vimalakirti replied, "Yes."

Venerable Wisdom fell into deep thought once again.

Vimalakirti asked, "What about the Returning Ruins?"

Venerable Wisdom responded, "Currently still in seclusion, and it's confirmed that they won't be participating in this matter."

Upon hearing this, Vimalakirti also fell silent.

The attempt to expedite the convergence of the human realms had ultimately failed to materialize.

However, Pure Sky might reopen because of this.

This wasn't entirely good news for Venerable Wisdom and the Buddhist sect of the Mulberry Field.

Compared to Venerable Radiance and Zhou Tian Daoist, Venerable Wisdom was more cautious about Pure Sky and the former Tian Gong's current situation.

The convergence of the human realms hadn't occurred yet, but Pure Sky had reopened.

If there were indeed many powerful beings among the former Tian Gong's followers, they would also try to occupy more of the Jiu Tian and Shi Di in the current environment.

If they didn't merge, would the Mulberry Field also become one of their targets?

At the moment, it might be an opportunity to reclaim Summi, but Venerable Wisdom's physical condition wasn't good, and the whereabouts of several top experts in the Great Tang's cultivation world were unclear...

"Notify Jataru, Hasen, and the others." Venerable Wisdom slowly said, "Temporarily close the doors of the Mulberry Field."

Vimalakirti immediately made a hand gesture as a salute, "Yes, Venerable."

Compared to Zhou Tian Daoist's disappointment and Venerable Wisdom's vigilance, Venerable Radiance was remarkably calm at this moment.

This calmness was also resolute.

In the void, he sat in the Purple Gold Alms Bowl, quietly observing the ancient bell before him.

At this moment, Venerable Radiance personally struck the ancient bell.

As the bell reverberated, no sound was emitted.

Only ripples, seemingly solidified into a tangible substance, spread out in circles.

But after reaching a certain range, these ripples stopped and began to accumulate.

Gradually, an extremely thick pillar of light enveloped Venerable Radiance and the ancient bell at the center.

As Venerable Radiance struck the bell, the Buddha's light around him surged, gradually condensing into an incarnation.

This incarnation took the form of a Daoist, appearing with white hair and a youthful face, dressed in a Daoist robe similar to the traditional attire of the Purity Yang Palace, a sacred site of the Alchemy Cauldron Sect.

It was none other than the reincarnation of Yan Keji, the Central Yellow Emperor of the Central Kingdom in Penglai's Mortal Dao Kingdom.

Furthermore, at this moment, the Daoist incarnation created by Venerable Radiance was no longer at the Ninth Heaven Realm but had already transcended it, becoming a Daoist immortal with an Alchemy Cauldron Essence Spirit.

This Daoist incarnation raised his hand and began to strike the ancient bell with Venerable Radiance, taking turns in a rhythmic pattern.

The profound principles and realms contained within the bell's tolling intertwined, and changes began to emerge.

Simultaneously possessing the Buddhist and Daoist cultivation principles.

Thus, the massive pillar of light enveloping the ancient bell spread through the void.

It was as if a brand-new path was unfolding.

The road gradually extended, disappearing into the vast void.

Extending towards Penglai, one of the Jiu Tian.

Venerable Radiance didn't choose to try to reclaim his former Saha.

Although there was a crucial ritual object there that was of utmost importance to him.

But precisely because of this, the Great Tang's cultivation world might be coveting it.

And for many years, Penglai had been like the backyard of the Great Tang's Daoist sect.

It seemed as if Venerable Radiance could no longer set foot there.

However, he had already ascended to immortality and achieved the Buddhist golden body. After years of continuous contemplation and research, he finally had some new insights.

Especially with the reappearance of Pure Sky and the presence of Tian Gong's ruins in Penglai, with both sides subtly interfering, Venerable Radiance had the opportunity to re-enter Penglai.

Unlike Venerable Wisdom, who had the Mulberry Field as a fallback, Venerable Radiance needed to ensure he had some gains first.

The possible early convergence of the human realms could attract their attention.

There was the Celestial Realm War, with True Shaman Jia Xianting attempting to fish in troubled waters.

There was the reopening of Pure Sky, with the former Tian Gong's followers returning to the human realm.

All of these, if successful, would be the best outcome, but if not, they would serve as a cover for his true intentions at the moment.

Although opening a path to Penglai out of thin air would also require considerable time, at the moment, he could only give it his best effort.

Unlike places like Yellow Springs, Sea of Earth, and Wu Jian in the Shi Di, even if Penglai, one of the Jiu Tian, had traps, it wasn't as perilous as Yellow Springs.

At worst, the worst-case scenario would be similar to Zhou Tian Daoist, joining the former Tian Gong's followers.

Venerable Radiance didn't want to reach that point.

His gaze was calm as he put away the Purple Gold Alms Bowl and held the Nine-Ringed Staff, walking along the path formed by the ancient bell, heading towards the distance.

At the same time, beneath Green Apricot Mountain, Lei Jun, who had forcefully blocked and diverted the Earth's veins, suddenly felt a slight stir in his heart:

"Penglai? So, it's Venerable Radiance?"

He nodded slightly, and a staff-like object resembling a ghost-catching rod appeared in his hand.

It was the Scattering Spirit Staff refined by Xu Yanzhen.

The altar beneath Lei Jun, shimmering with purple, gold, and green light, remained still.

He then threw the Scattering Spirit Staff into the Earth's vein of spiritual energy.

Although he couldn't disperse the surging Earth's vein on the spot, he managed to slow down the 'water current'!

Affected by this, Lei Jun immediately started to guide the Earth's vein to disperse more actively, saving time.

After the spiritual energy river completely changed course, Lei Jun stood up.

The void gateway connecting Great Ming World and Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms World still had the exchange of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy.

The related changes hadn't completely settled yet, and it would take some time.

But the Great Tang's human realm at Guyun Plateau and the various mountain passes leading to the ancient Song Dynasty's human realm had stabilized and wouldn't reopen.

Signs of convergence among the various human realms still existed, and mutual attraction continued, but it wasn't as urgent as before.

The forced human intervention had been forcefully suppressed again.

The three-layered altar, where spiritual light converged, gradually dispersed.

Lei Jun, with the Celestial Master's Three Treasures, departed from the underground.

The Scattering Spirit Staff successfully bought him some time.

Lei Jun gracefully headed towards Penglai.

Upon receiving an invitation from the Sky Observation Platform in the sea of Penglai, Lei Jun made his way there without the need for a dedicated void portal, just as Li Hang and Shen Xi had done in the past.

Back then, Shen Xi, Li Hang, and the others had to consume talismans, but for Lei Jun at this moment, it was no longer a challenge.

Lei Jun traversed the void.

Although he had left the Great Ming World, he felt in his heart that the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth, including the void portal connecting the Great Ming World to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms World, which had weakened, had now fully recovered to its previous normal state.

The signs of an early convergence of the human worlds created by Thunder Sound Temple, Kongsang Buddhist Sect, and Zhou Tian Daoist and his disciples, completely vanished.

The wind stopped.

The wind that had started eighty-one years ago on the peak of the Green Apricot Mountain in the Great Tang World, officially ceased.

At this moment, Lei Jun's physical body and divine soul quietly underwent a transformation.

He remained calm and composed.

In the past two years, he had steadily walked a path unique to him, one year in reverse and one year forward.

With his cultivation at the perfect fifth layer of the Ninth Heaven, he traveled through the Great Rectangular, Saha, Jade Purity Miro Mansion Divine Heaven, Two Jin Human Worlds, Yellow Springs, Ancient Song Human World, and then passed through Luo Yuan.

After entering Luo Yuan, Lei Jun himself began to change.

It wasn't due to Luo Yuan itself.

It was as if time had reversed, and Lei Jun's Five Qi Facing the Zenith Realm ceased to exist.

His cultivation realm seemed to have regressed back to the fourth layer of the Ninth Heaven in an instant.

Lei Jun had no doubts or suspicions about this.

He remained calm and serene, wandering through Luo Yuan, Present Han Human World, and Supreme Purity Enlightenment Mansion Divine Heaven.

As he left the Supreme Purity Enlightenment Mansion Divine Heaven and descended the Dragon Tiger Mountain in the Present Han World, with each step he took, his cultivation seemed to drop a level, falling to the third layer of the Ninth Heaven.

Lei Jun seemed completely unaware, continuing his journey with composure.

He left the Present Han World, passed through Penglai, and entered the Sea of Earth.

The moment he stepped into the Sea of Earth, it was as if time had reversed, and his cultivation realm dropped again, returning to the second layer of the Ninth Heaven.

After leaving the Sea of Earth and passing through Datong, Lei Jun revisited each place, and his cultivation continued to decline, falling to the first layer of the Ninth Heaven.

He remained unperturbed, returning to the Great Tang World, first passing through the Great Tang capital of Luoyang, and then heading west.

Upon reaching the site of the Great Tang Vajra Temple, Lei Jun's cultivation slipped from the Great Vehicle Realm to the fourth layer of the Eighth Heaven.

When he returned to the Celestial Master Mansion, he visited the ancestral tomb in the back mountain to pay respects to the past masters, and his cultivation dropped to the third layer of the Eighth Heaven.

Leaving the Celestial Master Mansion, he traveled to the snowy peaks in Sichuan, beyond the East Sea, entered Guizang, and then returned to the Great Tang World.

On that day, Lei Jun's cultivation fell to the first layer of the Eighth Heaven.

Heading north again, he went to Jinzhou and Zezhou, passing through the former land of the Ye Clan in Jinzhou.

His cultivation dropped to the Seventh Heaven.

Heading south, he arrived at the former ancestral land of the Lin Clan in Jiangzhou, across the river from the Dragon Tiger Mountain in Xinzhou.

Then, returning to the Celestial Master Mansion, as he crossed the river, Lei Jun's cultivation fell to the Sixth Heaven, returning to the Middle Three Heavens.

After a period of quiet cultivation in the mansion, his cultivation regressed to the Fifth Heaven.

Subsequently, his cultivation strength seemed to be swept back by the river of time, falling from the Fifth Heaven to the Fourth Heaven, and then to the Lower Three Heavens.

Then, the Third Heaven...

The Second Heaven...

The First Heaven.

One day, Lei Jun calmly returned to the vicinity of the Daoist Apprentice Academy near the mountain.

Finally, he had no more cultivation to speak of.

Except for his body and mind temporarily retaining their youthful vigor, he was like an ordinary mortal.

Lei Jun had prepared for this, setting up spiritual talismans and magical treasures to ensure the Tai Qing Ba Jing Bao Sao could still function for a short time.

Undeterred by the long journey, he quietly headed towards his initial and final destination—the Green Apricot Mountain where he first arrived in this world.

After burying the Celestial Master Seal there, Lei Jun sat quietly on it, waiting, eating dry rations and drinking spring water like an ordinary mortal.

Although he no longer had spiritual energy, he continued to cultivate and refine his spirit.

Until the gentle breeze blew again.

At that moment, although Lei Jun had no cultivation, he felt the immortal gate above his head clearer than ever before.

So, he returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain.

The long journey took a long time, but Lei Jun remained unhurried.

Upon reaching the Daoist Apprentice Academy at the foot of the mountain, his cultivation returned to the Perfect Twelfth Level Qi Condensation of the First Heaven.

After climbing the mountain and entering the mansion, his cultivation returned to the Second Heaven Foundation Establishment.

Lei Jun remained calm and unperturbed, quietly cultivating.

There was no need to do anything else; everything proceeded naturally as it had in the past. All he needed to do was meditate, regulate his breathing, and visualize his spirit.

Starting from the mortal stage, Lei Jun calmly spent the next year in cultivation, and the barrier between the immortal and mortal realms before him ceased to exist.

As time passed, the Third Heaven Altar, Fourth Heaven Primordial Symbol, Fifth Heaven Dao Palace, and Sixth Heaven Dao Seal were successively completed.

Heading north to the Great Black Mountain in the Northern Frontier, he achieved the Heaven-Penetrating Realm of the Seventh Heaven.

After returning from Jiangzhou, the East Sea, and Sichuan, he entered the Divine Court Realm of the Eighth Heaven.

After Guizang, the Sea of Earth, and Summi, he headed south to the South Sea shore of the Great Tang World, reaching Canglang Rock, and once again attained the Great Vehicle Realm of the Ninth Heaven.

Later, passing through Datong, the Present Han World, Penglai, Yellow Springs, the Two Jin Human Worlds, and Saha, he finally re-attained the perfect fifth layer of the Ninth Heaven and the Five Qi Facing the Zenith Realm.

His progress was like riding the tide of creation, unstoppable wherever it flowed.

But now, having completed both the forward and reverse paths, he had returned to the immortal gate.

The heavenly chasm and tribulations could only be crossed by himself; others could not lend a hand, and success or failure depended solely on his own strength.

However, today, Lei Jun was the sole exception.

He didn't need to push; the door had already opened.

The tide of the times, the myriad worlds, had helped him open this immortal gate.

Or, from another perspective, it could be said that Venerable Radiance, Zhou Tian Daoist, and Venerable Wisdom had taken the initiative, opening this door for him.

The premature convergence of the human worlds defied the natural order of heaven and earth.

By stopping its course and returning it to the right path, it conformed to the natural order of heaven and earth.

Just as a door is opened when the time is right, and a fruit falls when it is ripe.

(End of Chapter)

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