Pei Xuanjing, wearing a Taoist crown, had his Profound Daoist Robe arranged in the sequence of the Four Seasons and Five Orders. The purple and green lightning flowed around him while the Sanbao Jade Ruyi emitted various kinds of light, swallowing and spitting out Primordial Qi. It seemed like an eternal light temporarily pinned down the Chaos Void, blocking the rampant Chaos Qi. No matter how incessantly it lashed out, the Ruyi remained immovable.
The Sanbao Jade Ruyi was a treasure of Divine Tao made by Pei Xuanjing himself, symbolizing the authority and stature of the deities. Initially, it had undergone the Energy of Creation during the founding of the Longevity World, which enhanced its quality to rival top-tier Divine Weapons. As Pei Xuanjing's status as the Jade Purity True Monarch improved, and he held more authority, the Ruyi naturally became even more potent.
Even now, in the Chaos Void facing the onslaught of Chaos Qi, the Ruyi could hold steady, guarding against the destructive effects of the rampant Chaos Qi on Pei Xuanjing.
At this moment, Pei Xuanjing stood within the Chaos Void, his expression indifferent. The stature of the Jade Purity True Monarch was now activated, his eyes glowing like lightning, his divine majesty radiating fiercely. His hair flowed behind him, each strand exuding terrifying power, able to penetrate any obstacle.
With the Sanbao Jade Ruyi in hand, a mere sweep from Pei Xuanjing parted the Chaos Void like water, clearing a path for miles, tens of miles, hundreds of miles, thousands of miles.
"Such divine might, how terrifying!" The Sky Wolf King watched as Pei Xuanjing, with a mere wave, carved thousands of miles through the Chaos Void, and he shuddered internally.
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Even for such powerhouses, though capable of achieving this feat, none could do it as effortlessly as Pei Xuanjing. It appeared he exerted hardly any effort at all.
It was well-known that the Chaos was extremely terrifying. The endless and rampant Chaos Qi made even the strongest among them cautious. The deeper one ventured into the Chaos, the more perilous the Chaos Qi became.
Where they stood, the Chaos Void was not far from the Ancestral Land, and the Heaven and Earth's embryonic membrane of the Ancestral Land constantly absorbed and converted the Chaos Qi, invisibly saving them considerable effort in fending off its danger.
Pei Xuanjing's recent stride of tens of miles into the Chaos Void was a show of extreme skill and courage, a perilous endeavor that perhaps only the Demon Race's Sky Wolf King and the Righteous Path's leading Mo Li Daoren could match.
Yet how casually Pei Xuanjing wielded the Jade Ruyi to slice open thousands of miles of the Chaos Void—a feat neither could replicate. This alone revealed the significant gap in power between them.
"To think he could, with the power of the Eight-Layer Spirit Realm, defy and suppress a Spiritual Realm Level Nine Strongest, he is indeed terrifying and not to be underestimated," Mo Li Daoren said, his eyes filled with wary respect.
He had just left seclusion and had not taken part in the Shenxiao Debate Conference. Although he had heard of Pei Xuanjing's unprecedented feat of suppressing a Level Nine powerhouse while only in the Eight-Layer Spirit Realm, he hadn't thought much of it. After all, the Taixu Venerable had only recently broken through to become a Supreme Strong, and would not rank as notable among them without relying on the formidable Taixu Mirror.
But now, having seen how easily Pei Xuanjing opened a path through the Chaos Void, Mo Li Daoren immediately recognized the terror of his opponent and finally understood why his sect leader, the Master of Mystiq Sky, had cautioned him to be wary of Pei Xuanjing.
In Mo Li Daoren's view, although he'd heard the rumors that Pei Xuanjing had recently made his breakthrough, the foundation shown at this moment was in no way inferior to that of a Supreme Strong who had immersed himself in the Eight-Layer Spirit Realm for thousands of years.
"No wonder His Majesty the Lion Emperor/Head Teacher Brother had instructed me/to keep an eye on this one. He truly might be able to seize this opportunity to break through to True Immortal status, at least he is qualified," the Sky Wolf King and Mo Li Daoren almost simultaneously came to this speculation in their hearts.
The other supreme powerhouses also harbored complicated and wary expressions in their eyes. The existence of such a strong individual represented an immense pressure for them.
It could be said that with Pei Xuanjing's simple action, aside from Wu Shijiu who had no hope of breakthrough, the rest—whether from the human race or the Demon Race—began to harbor deep apprehension towards Pei Xuanjing.
However, at this moment, Pei Xuanjing was unaware that his one move would provoke so many thoughts in the minds of these people. He had already sensed the power of the origin of the Wilderness Realm. His action just now was intended to attract the origin of the Wilderness Realm.
Whoosh!
Pei Xuanjing gently lifted his left hand, and a formless, intangible essence of the Wilderness Realm appeared in his palm, containing extraordinary Energy of Creation.
This was specially refined by many of the supreme strong of the Wilderness Realm before Pei Xuanjing arrived, and given to him to serve as an anchor and coordinate.
At this moment, feeling the pull and call of this essence, it was enough to prove that the origin of the Wilderness Realm was not far away, and Pei Xuanjing was using it to locate the direction of the Wilderness Realm's origin.
"This is the moment to attract the origin of the Wilderness Realm, and it is also a once-in-a-millennium opportunity for me," Pei Xuanjing thought to himself.
The legendary Demonic God Physique is said to be able to traverse the Chaos Void with only the physical body and without relying on external objects—walking one's own Dao with earth-shattering methods, causing the world to collapse into chaos with every gesture.
Although for Pei Xuanjing, such mighty power was too distant, even the Acquired Divine Demon Body he aimed to condense was far from the stuff of legends—however, it undoubtedly gave Pei Xuanjing a direction.
Setting aside the ethereal, possibly non-existent Primordial Gods and Demons, as the one who had made the furthest progress on the path of Body Refining between Heaven and Earth, Pei Xuanjing could confidently say that if he could transform his physical body into an Acquired Divine Demon Body, it would be a metamorphosis, comparable to that of a True Immortal.
At this moment, holding the essence of the Wilderness Realm in hand, the constantly emanating Energy of Creation was a nourishment for Pei Xuanjing's body. Even though it couldn't further strengthen his physique, it could repair the injuries sustained by his body rapidly.
The next moment, Pei Xuanjing released the Sanbao Jade Ruyi in his hand. The Sanbao Jade Ruyi floated up and positioned above his head, still resisting the Chaos Qi. However, under Pei Xuanjing's deliberate control, strands of Chaos Qi penetrated and came into contact with his body.
Pfft!
Pei Xuanjing's body had already been refined to the utmost; after years of tempering, his physical body had become unimaginably strong. Yet even so, the moment the Chaos Qi touched his body, his resilient flesh bore bloody wounds.
Pei Xuanjing, shedding his Profound Daoist Robe, stood bare, his robust body quickly becoming covered with cuts—a terrifying sight.
Within the vast expanse of chaos, Pei Xuanjing stood firm, the Sanbao Jade Ruyi above his head radiating light, constantly rotating and revolving, carving out millions of miles of the Dao within the Chaos Void.
And as the Chaos Qi continuously infiltrated, it lacerated Pei Xuanjing's resilient body, leaving behind trails of wounds, yet in the blink of an eye, they were repaired by a mass of the World Origin from the Sky Wasteland Realm.
Endlessly breaking and tirelessly mending, Pei Xuanjing's body was thus continuously reconstituted and strengthened. It was not merely the basic transformation and enhancement of muscles, bones, and skin, nor was it only the fortification of the acupoints condensed by the continual cultivation of the Spirit Realm Martial Arts. Instead, it was the enhancement of even the tiniest particles and cells.
Muscles, bones, skin, membranes, organs, marrow, blood, acupoints, all of it was unceasingly being fortified, as if undergoing a qualitative transformation. Pei Xuanjing felt his body starting to harmonize and integrate, with even his pores beginning to disappear as the leaks around his body commenced to close up.
Beyond the transformation of his flesh, this constant reconstitution and rebirth of his physical particles also tempered Pei Xuanjing's will, as tough as steel.
In the midst of the Chaos Void, the concept of time was non-existent. Perhaps a long period had passed, or perhaps it was just an instant, but Pei Xuanjing opened his eyes once again.
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It was not that he did not wish to continue his cultivation; rather, Pei Xuanjing discovered that the transformation of his body had reached a bottleneck and could no longer be enhanced further.
"Unable to unlock the Divine Hidden, to comprehend the core of the small cosmos within the human body, the great cosmos of Heaven and Earth, my physical body has reached its limits. If I continue to forcefully strengthen it, I will only be greeted by the collapse of my body," Pei Xuanjing clearly understood his own condition.
As he had originally anticipated, he had not yet completely broken through the cultivation of the Human Immortal Path. There was still something missing from finishing his deduction; only by understanding how to unlock the Divine Hidden could his Demonic God Physique fully complete its transformation. Otherwise, without integration, the forcible condensation of the Demonic God Physique would only lead to the collapse of his body.
"However, my physical body is now incredibly strong, having become who knows how many times more powerful than before. It has stepped onto the path of transformation and can even be referred to as a Half Demon Body," a slight smile appeared on the corners of Pei Xuanjing's lips.
While sensing the changes in his body and meticulously accounting for the power within, he also paid attention to the call from the World Origin of the Sky Wasteland Realm within the Chaos Void.
"It's coming soon, it will be here shortly. What I need to do next is to activate the formation nodes of the Daming World and accept the World Origin of the Sky Wasteland Realm," Pei Xuanjing sensed the timing, as an aspect of his spirit descended within the Daming World.
As his aspect transmitted the message, the formation nodes throughout the Daming World also began to activate one after another in an instant.
Just as the formation nodes of the Daming World were activated, the World Origin of the Sky Wasteland Realm, safeguarded by many of the realm's Supreme Strong, also arrived before Pei Xuanjing.
"By my command…" Pei Xuanjing grasped the Sanbao Jade Ruyi in his hands once more, Divine Power circulating as he muttered an incantation.
At that moment, the two realms were merging, necessitating a bridge to connect both worlds and channel the World Origin of the Sky Wasteland Realm into the Daming World. Pei Xuanjing, holding the rank of Jade Purity True Monarch and bestowed with the weighty Heavenly Authority, blessed by the Will of the Heaven and Earth more than any other, was thus the best candidate for this task.
The overwhelming force of the Sky Wasteland's World Origin surged towards Pei Xuanjing. With a gentle swipe of the Sanbao Jade Ruyi in his hand, its light scattered and enveloped the World Origin force.
At the moment when the Sanbao Jade Ruyi touched the World Origin force, within the Taoist Academy of the Daming World, all the divine statues that Pei Xuanjing had left behind suddenly shone brightly. The eyes of the divine statues emitted a terrifying presence, and wherever there was a Taoist Academy, continuous beams of light shot into the sky, instantly reaching tens of thousands of feet above the firmament.
Besides this, in other regions of the Daming World, whether inhabited by the human race or the Demon Race, the activation points of the formations laid out and the light emitted by the activation of Pei Xuanjing's divine statues were interconnected.
In fact, compared to what other supreme strong entities had done, what Pei Xuanjing was doing now was merely a repetition, repeating his initial actions when he had used the Force of Faith Incense to create the Divine Kingdom.
The only difference was the purpose; initially, Pei Xuanjing had done it to open the Divine Kingdom, whereas now he aimed to act as a converter to first utilize these powers to channel the World Origin of the Sky Wasteland into the Daming World.
Holding the Sanbao Jade Ruyi, Pei Xuanjing turned and began to retrace his previous path. With every step he took, he crossed dozens of miles. The Chaos Void that had just closed was easily split open by the sweeping of the Sanbao Jade Ruyi, transforming the Qi of yin and yang and the essence of purity and turbidity.
The Sanbao Jade Ruyi in Pei Xuanjing's hand moved up and down, left and right, seemingly erratic, but in fact, it was the most fitting and appropriate move executed by following the force technique he had mastered. Every move was a representation of the Dao and would be a significant gain for any Spirit Realm cultivator who could confidently observe.
It was a pity, however, that in the midst of the Chaos Void, in the vast expanse of Chaos, there was only Pei Xuanjing alone, with no one else having the opportunity to observe and comprehend.
Wherever the Sanbao Jade Ruyi passed, the Chaos Qi was suppressed, separating into the Qi of yang purity and yin turbidity, while Earth Water Wind Fire surged endlessly, like towering waves.
This was almost like a reenactment of Pei Xuanjing's initial creation of the Longevity World and the Opening of the Heavens and Splitting the Earth, but unfortunately, this division of the essence of Chaos into purity and turbidity, and the suppression of Earth Water Wind Fire was only temporary. Given the vastness of the Chaos Void, even if Pei Xuanjing could stabilize a region of Chaos and suppress a section of the void momentarily, the rest of the Chaos Void would instantly spread and reclaim the area.
Unless one possessed the power to suppress an entire world, it was only possible to temporarily suppress Earth Water Wind Fire within the Chaos Void, and it was not feasible to create Heaven and Earth.
Of course, while not a success, for Pei Xuanjing this ordeal was a valuable experience. In the process of separating the Qi of purity and turbidity and suppressing Earth Water Wind Fire, Primordial Qi was also born, a type of energy higher than the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, which allowed Pei Xuanjing to rapidly replenish his own expenditure.
Step by step, Pei Xuanjing finally returned to the initial starting point. Wu Shijiu and the others had long prepared everything, waiting for Pei Xuanjing's arrival. When he arrived, these supreme strong entities joined forces, and a violent force slammed against the embryonic membrane of Heaven and Earth. A gap instantly appeared in the embryonic membrane of the Daming World, which, although it began to repair itself immediately, gave Pei Xuanjing enough time to do many things.
Boom!
He blasted the Sky Wasteland's World Origin force into the gap, and the vast and surging World Origin force entered the Daming World.
Boom, the endless Original Source of Heaven and Earth fused into Daming World, causing Daming World to undergo earth-shattering changes.
The sky soared high, the land sunk low, mountains rose abruptly, rivers roiled, and the already rich Heaven and Earth Essence Qi climbed again. Countless creatures, bathed in the dense Essence Qi, seemed to have grown closer to Heaven and Earth.
All of this was just the beginning. Although Tianhuang World had its deficiencies, after thriving for so many years and being able to support such a multitude of Supreme Strong and cultivators, it also possessed unimaginable depths. Although Tianhuang World had no more potential for ascension and was ultimately heading towards silence, how many years it could still support with its origin was probably an extremely terrifying number.
Now, introducing the origin that could sustain countless years into Daming World, even though it was only the beginning, even though it was just an insignificant fraction of the total, was still an unimaginable amount that caused the entire Daming World to boil over, with Heaven and Earth beginning their evolution and transformation.
Especially for Daming World, which had only recently revived, its Will of the Heaven and Earth had not yet entered slumber. Now, receiving the influx of Tianhuang World's origin, the will that had been activated by the opening of Longevity World and the birth of Innate Gods once again became active. It even started to actively draw in Tianhuang's origin, controlling its entrance into Daming World and reforming Heaven and Earth.
At this moment, Daming World was like a bottomless black hole. The gap in the original framework of Heaven and Earth, which had been blasted open by Wu Shijiu, Sky Wolf King, and Mo Li Daoren, did not heal after Pei Xuanjing introduced Tianhuang's origin. Instead, like a bottomless black hole, it absorbed the pouring in Original Source of Heaven and Earth.
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Normally, Heaven and Earth Ascension, especially with such a sudden inflow, would cause dramatic changes and intense shaking of Heaven and Earth. But now, with the control of Will of the Heaven and Earth, the impact brought about by the process of ascension was greatly diminished, reducing the harm caused to living beings.
Nevertheless, even so, the violent changes during Heaven and Earth Ascension were hard to suppress, not to mention achieving a state of being undetectable and silent. Thus, not only powerful cultivators, but also many ordinary martial artists and mortals could clearly perceive and witness the significant changes in Heaven and Earth.
"Heaven and Earth Ascension, an unprecedented and almost unheard-of event, has actually happened. How fortunate are we to bear witness to it," murmured a cultivator in Daming World.
Heaven and Earth Ascension was significant not only for powerful cultivators, who saw the shackles of Heaven and Earth unlocked and could journey further, but it also remarkably impacted ordinary cultivators, martial artists, and even mortals.
Just as Pei Xuanjing experienced in the Immortal Path world during his previous projection of a life simulation, that world was a Great World not inferior to Tianhuang, where the abundant spiritual energy nourished and, even though most mortals did not possess a Spiritual Root for cultivation, still nurtured robust physiques and solid foundations. That's why, after Pei Xuanjing taught Martial Arts in that world, those mortals were able to make swift progress in their cultivation practice—it was all just accumulated potential being unleashed.
With the current Heaven and Earth Ascension of Daming World, even though these ordinary cultivators might not instantly benefit, the subsequent dense Essence Qi nourishment and the birth of more Heavenly and Earthly Treasures would greatly aid the cultivation of ordinary cultivators in the future.
"Just as the prophecies passed down claimed, this revival of the Ancestral Land marks an unprecedented Golden Age. Countless powerhouses will ascend, weaving their own legends, leaving behind undying myths, reaching the peak of cultivation, transcending mortality for immortality, and becoming everlasting beings," asserted a powerful figure with a penetrating gaze and imposing stature, as if he had already seen the dazzling future ahead.
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"The Golden Age indeed presents a fine opportunity for cultivation, yet it is also where countless heroes meet their downfall, their bones and flesh laying the path for others toward an undying immortal ascent," stated a powerhouse with a cold tone and a heart of steel, utterly unmoved by everything.
Great benefits always come with great risks. The accomplishments of a Golden Age aren't empty words; they are built on countless bones and the flesh of eminent people, crafting the supreme glory for one or a group, while others merely add embellishments to the brilliance, simply providing a backdrop.
No one wishes to be merely a backdrop, a fleeting moment in someone else's radiant story. Every aspiring hero and mighty figure holds strong confidence in themselves, believing that they will ultimately be the victor at the peak.
Among Heaven and Earth, numerous powerhouses drift in their own thoughts. This is their era. Although they are not at the absolute peak of Supreme Strong, they still rank among the exceptional and have a significant chance to tread upon the peak.
Heaven and Earth Ascension, for powerhouses like Pei Xuanjing, meant the removal of their shackles, and for those who are just a step behind them, it also presented an opportunity to aim for the pinnacle.
In the Chaos Void, Pei Xuanjing safeguarded the Original Source of Heaven and Earth as it entered Daming World, waiting for everything to stabilize before withdrawing his power.
"National Teacher," Wu Shijiu approached Pei Xuanjing.
Pei Xuanjing looked at him as Wu Shijiu spoke, "In Tianhuang World, aside from some newly ascended Supreme Strong who remain to maintain the Formation Technique, the rest are all rushing towards us."
With the Original Source of Heaven and Earth connected to Daming World, the many powerhouses who stayed behind naturally transmitted the news. And as everything moved towards stability, what followed was a prolonged period of waiting. Therefore, apart from a necessary number of Supreme Strong needed to guard the formation against accidents, the rest were free to leave their posts.
Now, those newly ascended Supreme Strong, with no chance of breakthrough during this Heaven and Earth Ascension, would act as the guardians. Meanwhile, the other Supreme Strongs, any with the slightest possibility of a breakthrough, did not hesitate at this moment and headed for Daming World.
Wu Shijiu received this news naturally from the Witch God Sect Leader. While transmitting the news, the Witch God Sect Leader also, along with several eligible Supreme Strong from the Witch Deity Teaching, set off toward here.
"Isn't this what was expected? What's there to be surprised about," Pei Xuanjing said with an impassive expression.
With the merging of two worlds, as the Original Source of Heaven and Earth intertwines, Tianhuang World will gradually be drawn by Daming World, altering its position in the Chaos toward Daming World, awaiting the final moment of the merger when both worlds will inevitably collide and integrate.
But for many Supreme Strong, such a time is too long to wait. They cannot afford to wait, nor can they risk something unexpected happening beyond their control.