I have Immortality In The Cultivation World Chapter 483

Chapter 483: Chapter 362: Primordial Spirit Out of Body_2

On this day.

A shadow roamed a thousand fathoms underground, penetrating rocks and soil, entering an area of a hundred miles.

“Heh heh, after centuries of peace, my words don't hold sway anymore!”

Sun Changsheng reached to the ground and directly pulled out the shadow, his Divine Sense swept over it, finding it to be a fragment of a Primordial Spirit.

Whoosh!

He blew a breath at the fragment, and the shadow instantly shattered.

The Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarch, who was tens of thousands of miles away, had just transformed into an escape light and fled a few hundred miles when a crack opened in the void and a fierce wind blew out from it, scattering him to ashes.

The news spread, and the observing cultivators were immediately shocked.

That Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarch had a renowned reputation, being a Fortune Deity duly enshrined by the Heavenly Court, and yet he fell so easily.

More than six hundred years had passed, and he was still as unyielding and disrespectful towards the Heavenly Court!

Sun Changsheng's gaze swept the four directions as he shrugged his shoulders and said, “Scared off just like that? How dull, how dull. The path of immortality values contention, don't be so afraid of death!”

The cultivators lurking in the shadows cursed inwardly, everyone was competing to cross over, not to rush to their deaths!

A month's time passed in the blink of an eye.

Sun Changsheng lay on a cloud, arms for a pillow, legs crossed comfortably.

Suddenly.

An authoritative voice came from the horizon, “The Heavenly Court is the ruler of the Dongsheng Divine Continent, above and below the heavens, throughout the Four Seas and thousand mountains, all legacies belong to the Heavenly Court!”

Another voice came, “Impudent demon monkey, how dare you defy the heavenly rules, slay the Righteous Gods of the Heavenly Court, you should be captured and taken to the Immortal Slaying Stage…”

Before the sentence was finished.

Sun Changsheng turned a somersault, stood up, grabbed the God-Beating Stick, and slammed it into the void.

The void shattered, the God-Beating Stick burrowed into it, emerging countless miles away and prodding at the Heavenly Court Formation.

Boom!

The heavens shook, the earth trembled, dozens of palaces collapsed with a thunderous crash.

“Hmph!”

The Celestial Emperor's face darkened as he looked coldly towards the southeast, it took him a long while to suppress the fury in his heart, and he ordered the Heavenly Court Righteous Gods to avoid the southeast and not to contest the legacy with Sun Changsheng.

The gods were enraged, yet powerless.

“Heh heh, after centuries, the Heavenly Court is still as bullying towards the weak and afraid of the strong!”

Sun Changsheng calculated with his fingers, realized the Heavenly Court had given in, and once again lay on the cloud to ponder the scriptures.

Time passed.

The Cultivation World learned of the Celestial Emperor's concession and while despising it, also gained a new understanding of the formidable nature of the mortal turned immortal. Nevertheless, with the Supreme Treasure's legacy at stake, there would always be those prepared to fight to the death.

Some used bizarre Escape Skills, some employed mysterious transformations, others summoned Ancient Divine Skills or even kowtowed in supplication…

All sorts of measures, Sun Changsheng regarded as if he saw them not.

All beings daring to step into the circle were treated equally, struck with a blow that turned them to dust and ash!

Over fifty years.

Sun Changsheng didn't know how many beings he had killed, from Heavenly Monarchs and Demon Gods, to Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment disciples, their blood and bones outlining a circle on the ground, yet not one dared to reach within a hundred miles.

On this day.

The divine light connecting heaven and earth slowly dissipated, split mountains rumbled and closed together, and the Wu God Temple vanished from sight.

Sun Changsheng calculated with his fingers, his face revealing joy.

“The junior brother has finally obtained the legacy, Old Sun will cultivate outside, waiting for his return!”

In the year 2067 of the Celestial Emperor's reign.

A month.

The Green Cloud Mountain God transmitted a message to the Heavenly Court, the seventh-generation Heavenly Master had passed the Heavenly Tribulation, ascending as a Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarch.

The Celestial Emperor shattered his beloved glazed cup, commanded the Ministry of Rites to issue a congratulatory decree, and bestowed many rare treasures.

Many of the Heavenly Court Righteous Gods suddenly grew closer to Green Cloud Mountain.

One claimed to be the brother of the first-generation Heavenly Master, another claimed to be of the same school as the Heavenly Master. The once-stirred Qingyun Temple, for a time, was bustling like a marketplace, reminiscent of two thousand years prior.

Nothing could be more indicative of the changing mortal world!

Qingyun Mountain.

Eternal Prosperity Hall.

Zhou Yi sat cross-legged, his newly condensed Primordial Spirit leaped out.

Six feet tall, it bore an identical appearance to his original self, sitting cross-legged, indistinguishable as to which was real and which was fake.

The Primordial Spirit soared into the sky, passing through layers of barriers, and stood amidst the clouds, mana flowing as he displayed various Divine Skills, invoking countless Spiritual Objects, with might no different from the original self.

“The Nascent Soul may be capable of leaving the body, but it is extremely fragile and cannot stay away from the flesh for long.”

“The Primordial Spirit, however, can be considered a completely independent entity, which can lodge in magical treasures or seize the living beings to inhabit, with little impact on its lifespan or mana!”

Zhou Yi's Primordial Spirit tried to operate the Tai Xuan Jing, and surging spiritual energy rushed into his body, shortly enhancing his mana further.

“Innate at one's heels–frighteningly powerful!”

After employing his Escape Skill to fly into Mo Cloud Cave, the Yellow Ox hurried out to meet him, mooing twice in welcome.

“Congratulations, Immortal, on attaining Divinity Transformation!”

“After more than eight thousand seven hundred years of toilsome cultivation, I have finally reached the realm of Divinity Transformation. Just one more threshold, and I will be invincible among mortals and no longer need to hide and flee!”

A cold light flashed in Zhou Yi's eyes. He remembered how, years ago, he had been driven by the Heavenly Corpse to cross the vast ocean, a detail he still kept listed in his little book.

Even after six thousand years, he hadn't forgotten a bit. When he stood invincible among the Immortal Realms, he would return to the Nine Continents to seek revenge and settle his grudges!

“That fellow had better still be alive!”

Zhou Yi reined in his thoughts and pointing to the sky, he said, “Niu'er, has my karma lessened?”

“It has… to a degree,”

the Yellow Ox observed for a moment and replied, “by the number of two heads and one tail!”

“Well done, well done. It seems that it has diminished quite quickly. Two hundred years to reduce one tail of karma–just seven or eight thousand years for that of two oxen!”

A look of joy appeared on Zhou Yi's face, his efforts of the past two hundred years not being in vain.

Fortunately, he had the Longevity Dao Fruit, or else an ordinary person, cycling through a thousand lifetimes, would find it difficult to exhaust such karma completely.

After all, the speed at which mortals accumulate merit cannot match that of a Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarch. Lifetime after lifetime of doing good deeds might not compare to the amount Zhou Yi could achieve in a single month of hard work.

The Yellow Ox asked, “Does Immortal still plan to continue performing good deeds next?”

“There's no need for now,”

Zhou Yi replied, “First, I'll cultivate until I've perfected my Divinity Transformation. When my mana cannot advance any further, it will be time to search for the spiritual objects necessary for crossing the tribulation, and I'll naturally accumulate merits along the way.”

While diminishing karma is indeed important, it is still not as critical as improving one's cultivation.

Several days later.

Zhou Yi announced the end of his seclusion and set up a grand banquet to welcome the Heavenly Court Righteous Gods who came to offer their congratulations.

Two thousand years had passed.

The familiar faces from the time of Divine Enthronement had dwindled–some, lacking sufficient merits, had their lifespans end and their paths to immortality expire; others, perished in demon calamities, or due to pride and arrogance, failed to ascend!

Zhou Yi had long become accustomed to such sights, yet he still felt uncomfortable inside.

With time passing, he would continually meet new acquaintances and bid farewell to others, not just people, but also the abodes and caves where he had lived and cultivated, the streets and nations he had passed through, and even the everlasting mountains and rivers.

All would scatter with the wind, until this very world collapsed into the vast void!

At that time, only Zhou Yi would be left alive in the world!

“Immortals and Buddhas step out of the world of dust, becoming unemotional–perhaps they have seen through everything, realizing all will dissipate like smoke…”

At that moment.

The banquet was at its peak, and the renowned and titled gods of the Heavenly Court toasted each other, calling each other brothers.

Zhou Yi sat at the head, twirling his wine cup, watching the lively scene before him, ethereal like smoke or fog, like a dreamy realm or a painting, as if a light puff would disperse it all.

“Is this… a heart demon?”

A heart demon is not solely made of evil thoughts; such a state of aloofness from love and hatred, a perception of all things as void, rendering a person cold as stone–this tranquility is also known as 'Pure Buddha' or 'Silent Extinction', and it too is a form of heart demon.

Zhou Yi silently recited Daoist scriptures by the sages. Nevertheless, it was of no avail.

After all, Zhou Yi knew deep down that after thousands of years, everything in the world would seem illusory as clouds and smoke, and no amount of scripture recitation or enlightenment could truly integrate him with it!

Months later.

As expected, the festivities dissipated, and Qingyun Temple once again returned to calmness.

“How should I overcome this heart demon?”

Zhou Yi first thought of celebration and then spent decades traveling through the mortal world, experiencing life's trials and tribulations, but to no avail in quelling his inner demon.

After consulting the Daoist scriptures of the sages and seeking advice from the Demon Saint Yellow Ox, he still couldn't find an answer!

Since no one in the world can live forever, they naturally seize their limited lifespan to pursue the infinite Dao.

“Let's try seclusion. Heart demons… they also have lifespans, right?”

Zhou Yi tried to endure the heart demon to death, following the description in the Buddhist and Daoist scriptures that it formed from a delusion deep within the heart and the condensation of an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon. If it was a real thing, then it must have a finite lifespan.

A stone, enduring thousands of years of wind and rain, will eventually turn to dust!

After five hundred years of secluded cultivation,

Zhou Yi emerged with a smile of celebration. As he had anticipated, the heart demon was weakening, and his perception of everything as an illusion was gradually returning to reality.

“Take this opportunity to perfect the Divinity Transformation!”

The Yellow Ox, also being born with innate abilities, attained the status of a Demon Saint after a thousand seven hundred years of overcoming tribulations.

Zhou Yi's understanding of the Dao far surpassed that of the Yellow Ox, and with an almost unlimited supply of spiritual objects, his progress was swift and unpressured.

“Such an unburdened cultivation, I haven't felt it in thousands of years–it's simply too comfortable!”

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