Chapter 262 Soul Baptism, the Ultimate Peak!

In the Fairy Palace of the Sea of ​​Clouds, endless sacred mountains stand majestically, and clouds and mists linger between the mountains like a veil, adding a sense of ethereality to this mysterious place.

On the top of the sacred mountain, the black bone tower stands quietly, like a silent guardian, exuding a mysterious and ancient atmosphere that makes people feel awe.

Suddenly, the bone tower glowed brightly, and countless mysterious runes shone out like bright stars, the lights intertwined together, gorgeous and dazzling.

Various great Dao runes spread out from the bone tower and transformed into endless divine chains of order, as if connecting the entire heaven and earth.

The light shot straight into the sky, illuminating the nine heavens and ten earths. The surrounding space trembled slightly under this powerful light, as if surrendering to this mysterious power.

Immediately afterwards, the bone tower disappeared and Shen Mu's figure slowly emerged.

He looked at the crystal clear, black jade-like little tower in his palm, his eyes deep and peaceful.

"I have finally refined this bone tower. It turns out that this bone tower is called the Ten Absolutes Hunyuan Linglong Tower."

With this quasi-Hunyuan magic weapon, Shen Mu's ability to survive and fight will definitely be greatly improved after he enters the boundless Jiumiao Mountain.

At this time, Indra's figure appeared like a ghost, without any fluctuation, and emerged directly from the shadow world.

Emperor Shitian looked at Shen Mu, a pleased smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Shen for successfully recognizing the master and refining this Hunyuan treasure."

Shen Mu smiled and responded: "Thank you, Palace Master, for not failing in your mission."

Indra nodded slightly, and then rays of divine light burst out, revealing a little man, a jade talisman, a spiritual fruit and a golden jade scroll.

The four treasures each emitted different fluctuations, spanning between heaven and earth. Their own auras intertwined with the surrounding avenues of heaven and earth, forming all kinds of strange visions.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, these are the treasures given to you by the masters of the various immortal palaces."

"This Hunyuan treasure talisman can withstand the desperate attack of a peak Palace Master."

"As for this life-saving puppet, as the name suggests, it can save lives at critical moments. You will know the specific situation after refining it."

"There is also this Hunyuan Holy Fruit, which can cleanse the soul and make it transform earlier. It has a trace of the characteristics of Hunyuan life, which greatly increases the ability to comprehend the great way and perceive the supreme rules."

"Finally, this is the classic, which is the inheritance of the Heart-Appearance Dao. It should be of benefit to fellow Daoists."

Each of the five great treasures was extraordinary. Apart from the inheritance of the Heart-Appearance Dao, the other four treasures were all considered great treasures for an existence like Emperor Shitian.

Shen Mu didn't expect that Emperor Shitian and the masters of many immortal palaces would pay so many treasures.

Since the masters of the palaces paid such a huge price, the difficulty of obtaining that treasure in the boundless Jiumiao Mountain must be extremely high.

With this thought, Shen Mu looked at Emperor Shitian: "Palace Master, what is the treasure in the boundless Jiu Miao Mountain that can restrain the power of Jiu Miao?"

A complicated look appeared in Emperor Shitian's eyes, and he spoke slowly.

"The boundless Jiu Miao Mountain is mysterious and unpredictable. No one knows how many opportunities and dangers it contains."

"As for the treasure that restrains the Nine Wonders, I am not sure what it is..."

"But according to the information we have obtained over the years, this treasure will appear once every 129,600 years in the Infinite Jiu Miao Mountain. But each time it appears in a different form."

"It could be an ancient bell, or a canopy of endless avenues interwoven together, or it could be a treasure furnace containing infinite good fortune. In short... every time is different."

"The only thing that can be confirmed is that when this treasure appears in the world, the entire Wubi Jiumiao Mountain will produce infinite strange phenomena."

After saying this, an ancient scroll made of unknown material appeared in front of Emperor Shitian.

"This is a map of Wuyin Jiumiao Mountain. However, every time you enter Wuyin Jiumiao Mountain, the terrain and conditions inside will change slightly. Therefore, it can only be used as a reference and should not be trusted completely."

Shen Mu's mind moved, and the invisible soul power spread out, capturing this ancient atlas and gaining insight into the information on it.

Emperor Shitian continued, "It will take about four thousand years for Wuyin Jiumiao Mountain to approach the True Spirit World. During these years, fellow Taoists can make final preparations, whether it is contemplating in seclusion or refining the treasures given by the masters of the many immortal palaces, to enhance their own strength as much as possible."

Shen Mu nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Palace Master is right, that's what I planned too."

Emperor Shitian asked again, "This time when we went to Wuyin Jiumiao Mountain, the six great ruling immortal palaces selected thousands of outstanding people in the realm of Venerables, among whom there are some geniuses who can survive in the hands of the Heavenly Venerable. Does Fellow Daoist Shen want to meet them?"

Shen Mu laughed: "There is no need to meet these Tianjiao. There are still 4,000 years before the Wuyin Jiumiao Mountain will descend. I'd better take advantage of this time to improve my strength."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Shitian nodded, approved of Shen Mu's idea, and said, "I wish Fellow Daoist Shen can make further progress in these four thousand years."

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Shen Mu returned to his own little world and began to take out the various treasures given to him by the masters of the palaces.

Among them, the Hunyuan Treasure Talisman that can block the desperate attack of half of the Hunyuan life and the life-substitution puppet are one-time life-saving items. They only need to recognize the master and will be automatically triggered when encountering a crisis.

Then Shen Mu's gaze fell on the Hunyuan Spirit Fruit beside him.

This holy fruit dropped wisps of primordial matter, and at the same time, one could faintly hear the sound of a soul chanting like a goddess.

For a life that has not yet become a God King, simply refining and absorbing these strands of primordial matter and listening to the special sound of the soul can allow the soul to obtain endless benefits and undergo a major transformation.

Shen Mu's mind moved, and he took the holy fruit directly.

The holy fruit melted in his mouth, and endless mysterious power swept over it. The pure and precious Hunyuan substance radiated and spread into Shen Mu's limbs and bones, and finally penetrated into his soul, beginning to promote his soul transformation.

Shen Mu closed his eyes and felt the changes in his soul with his whole body and mind.

He seemed to have entered a mysterious world, filled with all kinds of mysterious powers. He actually ignored Shen Mu's state of mind and forcibly triggered endless emotions, impacting Shen Mu's new life and making his soul go back and forth between sadness and joy.

As the transformation of his soul progressed, various insights into the great principles continued to emerge in Shen Mu's mind.

The bottlenecks and principles that were once incomprehensible have now become clear in his eyes.

In this state, Shen Mu even had an illusion, as if he saw the essence of the Tao and gained insight into the most fundamental mysteries of the supreme rules.

The soul transformation lasted for some time.

After the transformation, when Shen Mu sensed the avenue again, the clarity of his perception of various avenues had increased by tens of thousands times.

All the bottlenecks and principles that were once incomprehensible have now been easily solved.

"With the soul perception of Hunyuan life characteristics, combined with the transformed Wanling Treasure Furnace, it is now hundreds of millions times easier to comprehend the great Dao than before." This is not an exaggeration by Shen Mu, it is even a conservative estimate.

Shen Mu's mind moved, and a divine sun emitting endless colorful clouds emerged.

This divine sun was none other than Shen Mu's All-Spirit Treasure Furnace. One could vaguely see layers of phantoms of the world reflected in it. The phantoms of billions of living beings were kneeling down to worship Shen Mu and reciting his real name.

hum!
The ancient treasure furnace spun around, and endless wisdom and mysterious light fell, completely submerging Shen Mu.

Then, Shen Mu began to comprehend the "Great Book of the Heart and My Anger" that he had just acquired.

Endless profound words and mysterious patterns rose into the air from the golden and jade scroll, imprinted in the void, drawing away the origin of the mind-image of this world, and then forming an ancient scripture.

A trace of astonishment appeared in Shen Mu's eyes: "This inheritance method is too overbearing. It actually forcibly takes away the original power of the source world!"

I don’t know how powerful the person who created this technique is.

Shen Mu let out a long breath, his mind immersed in endless scriptures, illustrations and symbols.

After a moment, Shen Mu suddenly opened his eyes, and endless soul light burst out from his eyes: "It turned out to be a top-level inheritance that touches the ultimate realm of mind!"

After a long time in this world, Shen Mu's cultivation of the three ways of soul, mind and illusion has not been passed down to the true ultimate realm.

The only exception is this "Great Book of the Heart, Anger and Self-Image", which is a book that touches the ultimate realm and is much more profound than the "Sutra of the Heart and Self-Image".

"With the help of this ultimate inheritance, my achievements in the Way of the Heart will probably surpass those in the Way of the Soul."

Shen Mu concentrated his consciousness and immersed himself in this inheritance. He also combined it with the "Sutra of the Mind of the Self" he had practiced before, and re-realized the self-aspect branch of the Mind-aspect Dao.

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In the blink of an eye, thousands of years have passed.

The boundless Jiumiao Mountain was already close to the Holy Realm of the True Spirit. At this time, countless sentient beings looked up at the sky and could see a majestic and vast phantom of a sacred mountain behind the sun, the moon, and the stars.

The sacred mountain seemed to come from ancient times, exuding a mysterious and powerful aura.

Its appearance caused all the countless living beings in the entire True Spirit Holy Realm to fall into chaos.

It took the entry of many immortal palaces into the world and the walking of countless gods and lords in the divine realm to restore the chaotic order of the human world!
On this day, in the small world where Shen Mu was, endless runes and wisdom light burst out, and all the strong men in the Yunhai Fairy Palace were attracted by this fluctuation.

At this time, in the void, two kinds of waves that complement each other are flowing. These are the waves of the two aspects of the mind-aspect path, the self-aspect path, and the two kinds of waves evolve into endless symbols. These symbols are as dazzling as the sun, and finally intertwine and change.

“This is... this fluctuation, could it be that someone is comprehending the great Dao?” In the endless sea of ​​clouds, on the ancient main peak Lingyun Peak, an ancient being was awakened.

“This is... the Great Dao of the Heart? There are actually people who are trying to comprehend such a useless great Dao?!” On the Zi Yang Peak, the master of Tianzun Peak, who was lecturing to his disciples, looked stunned.

In the Immortal Palace, not many people know Shen Mu’s identity.

But among them is the master of the neighboring Wangu Peak, an ancient being who has been immersed in the peak level of Tianzun for thousands of epochs, Wan Tianzun.

"This Daoist Fellow Shen has only been in seclusion for a short period of 4,000 years, yet he has actually comprehended one of the realms of the Heart-Appearance Dao and has perfectly integrated the two realms. This kind of talent is truly amazing!"

Wan Tianzun looked at the small world beside him, his face showing some emotion.

"The fusion of artistic conception is the prototype of the artistic conception of the Heavenly Dao. As long as Fellow Daoist Shen is willing, he can now engrave the soul mark into the origin of the Heavenly Dao and achieve the realm of Heavenly Venerable."

When many immortal palaces were communicating with each other, two figures appeared out of thin air in Shen Mu's small world. They were the palace master Emperor Shitian and the divine fortune teller.

Emperor Shitian laughed loudly, and bowed to Shen Mu gently, saying: "Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Shen for his great advancement in realm and his understanding of the great way of self-fusion."

The divine fortune teller at the side also said: "Fellow Daoist Shen, please don't break through. If you leave a soul imprint in the origin of the Heavenly Dao, you won't be able to enter the Infinite Nine Wonderful Mountains next time."

Shen Mu laughed and said, "Don't worry, there won't be a breakthrough."

Many powerful people in this world, including the two in front of him, were so polite to him because they hoped that he could enter the boundless Jiumiao Mountain and bring them the treasure that contained infinite changes.

If he could not enter the boundless Jiumiao Mountain, he would probably turn against these top figures on the spot.

While speaking, Shen Mu also raised his eyes, looked through the small world at the sky outside, and saw the projection of the boundless Jiumiao Mountain on the sky.

The boundless Jiu Miao Mountain was so vast that it almost filled up the entire sky of the True Spirit World!

Shen Mu retracted his gaze and asked, "Palace Master, the worshiper, I came out of retreat late, please forgive me."

Before this, Shen Mu had been in seclusion until the critical moment came and he was unable to come out.

Fortunately, everything went well. In just a few thousand years, with the help of the Wanling Treasure Furnace, Shen Mu completely understood the two paths of his true self, and perfectly controlled his own desires, emotions, instincts, and personality. His mind underwent a major transformation, and he truly forged a perfect heart of Tao.

This spiritual transformation also made Shen Mu's willpower soar, reaching the peak of the ultimate realm.

If the secret technique of killing with will is used, the power of will has surpassed the peak of the ultimate realm and can affect the thinking function of the early palace master level.

As for those whose will has not reached the palace master level, they will be powerless in front of Shen Mu.

If Shen Mu can understand the last branch of the Heart-Appearance Dao, the Heart-Appearance in the future!

Then the mind and will will transform again, truly breaking through the limitations of the ultimate realm, and there will even be hope of becoming comparable to the Palace Master of the Yunhai Fairy Palace in front of him.

If the secret technique of will attack is used again at that time, even Indra will be affected.

However, as the most difficult branch of the Heart-Appearance Dao to comprehend, Shen Mu was not sure how many years it would take him to reach this step.

Its difficulty is probably much more difficult than integrating the three branches of the soul path.

Hearing Shen Mu's apology, Emperor Shitian laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist Shen, you are worrying too much. This time, Wuyin Jiumiao Mountain has just approached the Holy Realm. It is not too late."

After that, Emperor Shitian said, "Tomorrow I will invite all the masters of the Immortal Palaces to work together to break the cage barrier and send Fellow Daoist Shen and other Venerable Realm geniuses to the boundless Jiumiao Mountain to obtain great opportunities."

The divine fortune teller on the side bowed slightly to Shen Mu.

"Please, Fellow Daoist Shen, this time when we enter the Infinite Nine Wonderful Mountains, all the beings in my True Spirit Holy Realm will respect Fellow Daoist Shen."

"If there is an accident, Fellow Daoist Shen can make the decision on his own. No one will dare to interfere with Fellow Daoist Shen's opinion!"

(End of this chapter)