Chapter 177 The World of Immortal Mansion
In the old owner's tavern at Qi Shi Mansion, there were two tables of young geniuses whom Li Zhi knew, drinking and chatting inside.

One table was occupied by the geniuses from Zhongzhou, led by Cheng Hui, and the other table was occupied by the descendants of the thirteen major bandits from the northern region of the Eastern Wilderness, namely Li Heishui, Jiang Huairen and Liu Kou.

After Li Zhi walked into the tavern, he did not greet them, but said to the old mansion owner sitting behind the counter: "Senior, I'm back."

"I'm glad you're back." The old mansion master said with a smile, without asking him what he had done in Duan De's cave.

Afterwards, the old mansion master served Li Zhi a few side dishes and a pot of spirit wine, and said, "You were awakened by me before your transformation reached the level of true perfection. You don't blame me in your heart, do you?"

Li Zhi first toasted the old mansion master with a glass of wine, then said: "It is the greatest honor for me to have you as my guardian, how dare I blame you. Besides, there is nothing truly perfect in this world, and forcing perfection will often backfire. You woke me up at the right time, if it was a little later, I'm afraid I wouldn't have survived the thunder tribulation."

The intensity of the previous dragon calamity was almost the strongest of all the dragon calamities Li Zhi had ever experienced.

There are eighty-one thunder dragons that are comparable to the limit of a half-step powerful being. Even if a truly powerful person comes, they will be besieged to death.

Even though Li Zhi had mastered the True Dragon's Speed ​​and could avoid being besieged by the Thunder Dragon, he was still risking his life to survive that catastrophe.

If the strength of Thunder Dao Tianlong accumulates to the level of a true second-level immortal, even if Li Zhi can barely survive the thunder tribulation, he will probably have to pay a huge price, and may need to use the only remaining magical egg of Xuanwu Immortal Medicine to save his life. By then, it will be impossible to recover in just three days.

After that self-destruction, not only did he get rid of the excess elixir of immortality in his body, but he also got rid of his external combat power (the four black sacred mountains in the Four Poles Secret Realm that were tainted with the aura of the Immortal Mountain and the golden dragon in the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm that was tainted with the aura of the Ten Thousand Dragon King in the Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest), which directly reduced Li Zhi's combat power by half.

Now, after hard training, Li Zhi has rebuilt the Wheel Sea Secret Realm, the Dao Palace Secret Realm, and the Four Poles Secret Realm. The Dragon Transformation Secret Realm has also been almost completed. However, compared to the combat power he showed on the Yao Chi battlefield that day, it is still about 30% weaker.

The golden dragon that possessed the aura of the King of Ten Thousand Dragons was extremely powerful, comparable to a living forbidden treasure.

Now the golden dragon that Li Zhi had worked so hard to rebuild is much weaker than that golden dragon.

Of course, this is what Li Zhi wants to see. The golden dragon now is his own golden dragon, a golden dragon with infinite possibilities.

And because of the blood of the True Dragon's Immortal Elixir, some special flesh and blood has evolved in the body of the Golden Dragon. One day, it will completely shed its dragon body like a great holy spirit and turn into a pure flesh and blood body.

By then, the Golden Dragon would no longer need him to sacrifice it, and would be able to cultivate and grow independently like a cultivator.

Li Zhi believed that one day a golden dragon would appear, pulling a dragon's nest and carrying him to travel the universe.

Now, according to Li Zhi's own estimation, he probably possesses a combat power of around seven bans.

The reason why he doesn't have the fighting power of the Eight Forbiddens is not because he lacks talent, but because he lacks practical experience.

In the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, he lacked enough life-and-death battles, and his potential was not fully stimulated.

The secret realm of dragon transformation is not as simple as enlightenment. The power of the laws that are comprehended requires a sufficient number of fighting experiences to master the changes therein. Only after experiencing thousands of battles, the nine transformations of a true dragon can truly shine with its supreme glory.

Only after sufficient combat experience can Li Zhi's powerful cultivation talent be truly converted into powerful strength, and only then will he have the opportunity to step into the Eight Forbidden Realms and thus touch the Eternal Divine Forbidden Realm.

The Eternal Forbidden Realm of the Gods is a forbidden realm that almost every great emperor will touch upon in his youth.

Only those who can establish themselves in the eternal forbidden realm of the gods are truly qualified to declare to the outside world that they have the qualities to be an emperor.

Apart from this, the qualities of an emperor shown in other aspects are not solid.

The Eternal Forbidden Divine Realm is a kind of inner sublimation, which can comprehensively sublimate all attributes of a cultivator, whether it is the physical body, the soul, the understanding, and so on.

By then, physical fitness will no longer be something that limits the upper and lower limits of a cultivator.

Although the origin of the immortal body of immortality was cut off by the Chaos Green Lotus, the great perfection foundation that Li Zhi had worked so hard to forge was perfectly preserved.

So even though he has become a mortal body, Li Zhi still has no lack of talent or potential.

Now, all he lacks is to convert his vast potential into supreme strength.

Standing at the critical juncture of the ninth level of dragon transformation and about to reach perfection, the golden dragon also grew to the point of ninety-nine feet after overcoming the tribulation, with only the last foot left to complete ten feet.

However, the difficulty of evolving this last foot in length to perfection is no less than the difficulty of increasing it from nine inches to nine feet.

However, once the golden dragon grows to a length of ten feet, it means that the secret realm of dragon transformation that Li Zhi has cultivated has entered a state of great perfection.

By then, he might be able to touch the Eternal Divine Forbidden Zone, the real forbidden area, in advance.

Li Zhi intends to obtain this missing perfection through fighting.

In the Mansion of Strange Men, in addition to a few peerless geniuses such as Southern Demon, Northern Emperor, and Central Emperor, who have already entered the second level of immortality, there are more than a dozen geniuses whose cultivation has also entered the secret realm of the Immortal Stage, but they are still in the realm of the first level of the Immortal Stage.

Those geniuses were very low-key and did not show off. They all practiced hard in the Qi Shi Mansion and read various notes of sages in the Qi Shi Mansion to enrich their foundation.

Seeing that Li Zhi had a clear understanding of himself, the old mansion master nodded and said, "There are fifty great ways, forty-nine of which are derived from heaven. If one is missing, the way of heaven is not perfect. It would be best if you could understand the truth. Even a powerful person like the Wu Shi Emperor had to cut off part of his foundation when he was young to enhance the effect of training. A strong foundation will give you great strength, but it will also make you lack the necessary experience. Now the Immortal Mansion World is about to open. At that time, you can go in and have a good experience. Make up for your lack of combat experience. In addition, there are many traces of the great ways left by the sages in the Immortal Mansion World. You can go there to feel them and hone your Taoism."

The saint's vision was so sharp that even after just observing Li Zhi's tribulation, he had already discovered his weakness of lacking practical experience.

However, the old master did not think that lack of practical experience would become a stumbling block for Li Zhi.

Practical experience is the easiest link for almost all cultivators to make up.

When the old mansion master mentioned the Immortal Mansion World, Li Zhi asked, "Senior, who left behind the Immortal Mansion World?"

The old mansion master said, "It's too long ago, no one knows who left this small world. Although it is called the Immortal Cave, its area is much larger than an ordinary small world, with a radius of 80,000 miles, comparable to an independent and complete world. In the ancient times, many saints entered and exited that world. Now the seal of the entrance to that world is loose, and it is about to reappear in the world. No one has set foot in that immortal world for 70,000 to 80,000 years. Perhaps it will give birth to a stunning creation."

Li Zhi asked, "Isn't that Immortal Mansion world the small world controlled by the Qishi Mansion?"

The old mansion master shook his head and said, "The Qishi Mansion only controls an entrance. That world has been floating in the void. Only at special time points will it be connected to a fairy cave in the Qishi Mansion, and outsiders can use the fairy cave to enter it. At other time periods, outsiders cannot enter or leave the fairy world at all."

The old mansion master's introduction solved many mysteries in Li Zhi's mind.

Li Zhi asked: "Senior, are there many ancient beasts in the Immortal Mansion world? I plan to use ancient beasts as a training target to improve my actual combat ability."

The old mansion master said, "There should be an end. There are even many ferocious beasts that have become extinct in the outside world. You can feel free to practice boldly. However, you must be careful not to kill too many people. Once you kill too many people, the ferocious beasts will riot. At that time, it will be extremely difficult for you to hone your fighting skills with their help."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "God is merciful and kind. Since I have devoted myself to Taoism, I will naturally not do such a thing that would lead to extinction. I understand the principle of harmony and growth of all things. Only by ensuring the diversity of species can we ensure the diversity of all paths. Only then will cultivators like me not be trapped on one path and have infinite possibilities."

The old mansion master was originally just worried that Li Zhi would kill too many people after getting too excited in battle, which would affect his character, but he didn't expect that he would actually think of so many things.

Afterwards, the old mansion master handed Li Zhi a talisman and said, "This talisman is a small teleportation talisman that I made casually. It can travel thousands of miles in an instant. Even the magic array of a saint cannot stop it. You can use it for self-defense."

Li Zhi did not refuse, but took the talisman directly and said, "Thank you for the talisman, senior."

The old mansion master smiled and said, "Don't be too happy too soon. This talisman can only be used three times. After three times, it will be invalid."

Li Zhi said: "Three times is not a small number. If I need to use three chances to save my life, it only means that I am not good at foresight and do not know myself well. I don't know myself well and know the enemy well. I deserve this disaster."

After the old mansion master returned to the counter very satisfied, Li Zhi began to taste the side dishes made by the old mansion master himself.

Although they were less than three meters apart, not a single word of the conversation between the old mansion master and Li Zhi reached the ears of the people at the two tables next to them.

Seeing that Li Zhi had no companions and had never seen him before, the people at the two tables next to him did not pay much attention to him.

But just when Li Zhi was about to finish his meal, Li Heishui, who happened to be facing Li Zhi, suddenly shouted to him, "Hey, young man, it's boring to drink alone. Do you want to drink with us?"

Liu Kou at the side asked: "Brother Hei, do you know this person?"

Li Heishui smiled and said, "He's an acquaintance."

Li Zhi looked at Li Heishui with a strange expression and asked, "Do you know me? Why did you ask me to come over and share the table?"

Li Heishui chuckled and sent a message to Li Zhi: "Master Li, although you have changed your appearance, your clothes have exposed you. I saw you buy the clothes you are wearing at the Fairy Clothing Shop in the Holy City of the Northern Territory. The accessories and patterns on this dress are unique. There is no similar style outside."

"Hei boy, you are so meticulous and observant." Li Zhi said with a smile, then went to their table with wine and food.

Afterwards, Li Heishui introduced Jiang Huairen and Liu Kou to Li Zhi. Li Zhi just nodded slightly at them and asked, "Hei boy, how did you get into Qishi Mansion?"

Logically speaking, with their talents, they are not qualified to enter the House of Extraordinary Scholars.

Li Heishui did not explain in detail, but thanked him: "I also want to thank you for your magic pill, Taoist priest, otherwise I would not be qualified to enter the Qishi Mansion."

Seeing that Li Heishui's spiritual power was full but not increasing rapidly, Li Zhi asked, "Didn't you eat all the magic pills?"

Li Heishui said: "Grandpa and his friends need the magic pill more than us youngsters. I only took one third of it. If I took more, it would be a waste of the medicinal power."

Just as Li Heishui said, that kind of magic pill is most effective for powerful people, and it would be a waste if young people eat too much.

Because although the magic pill can enhance the essence of the soul, it will not increase the Tao. If you eat too much, you will not be able to digest it, and it may even hinder their enlightenment. Then, Li Zhi asked: "Since you are here, have you heard about Ye Fan? He should also come to Qishi Mansion."

Li Heishui said: "We are also waiting for Ye Fan."

After chatting for a while, they suddenly heard the people at the next table talking about Princess Yudie's return tomorrow, so Li Zhi said to Li Heishui: "You guys continue drinking, I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."

Li Heishui did not try to keep Li Zhi, but said, "Master, please take care."

Although they knew each other, they were not good friends.

After leaving the tavern, Li Zhi returned to the old master's cave.

Li Zhi took out the mini dragon nest and extracted all the remaining dragon marrow in the dragon nest, almost enough for a can.

Although they are all ordinary dragon marrows, they should be enough to pay Cheng Hui's share.

After all, it was agreed in advance that a share of the profits would be given to the other party, and Li Zhi was not the kind of person who would go back on his word and gain something for nothing.

Moreover, Princess Yudie returned to Qi Shi Mansion later than he expected. It should be the three divine essences that delayed her return to Qi Shi Mansion.

Even the old emperor of Anping Kingdom had let her refine a divine essence before letting her return to Qishi Mansion.

I just don’t know if Princess Yudie will meet Ye Fan again with his influence.

But Li Zhi believed that Ye Fan’s fate was not so easy to change, and he would probably meet Princess Yudie again.

It is not a trivial matter for Ye Fan to become the master of Huanglu.

Sitting on the Taoist platform, Li Zhi shook off all distracting thoughts in his mind and began to consolidate his cultivation.

Soon, waves of sound like waves hitting the rocks burst out from him.

That was the sound of his essence and blood flowing in his body and washing over his flesh. The vast amount of essence and blood seemed to have turned into long blood dragons, nourishing the muscles and bones throughout his body.

Without the influence of the origin of the immortal body, Li Zhi seemed to have comprehended all the ways of heaven and earth without any focus. It seemed that he could easily comprehend all kinds of great ways between heaven and earth. He was no longer averse to substances that were harmful to immortality, such as murderous aura and evil spirits.

The inclusiveness of the physical body seems to have increased a lot.

The immortal body can give him a long life, but it also limits his exploration in other areas.

Sure enough, there are gains and losses.

The Li Zhi of today is the purest Li Zhi. No longer restricted by his physical condition, his wild imagination can be better realized.

Li Zhi's most precious asset is his unrestrained imagination.

Moreover, the possibilities and choices of the mortal body will be maximized because of those wild imaginations.

Feeling the changes of the spine dragon and the changes of the golden dragon, Li Zhi's cultivation was constantly being consolidated.

After seven days, he ended his comprehension and began to comprehend the body-building chapter of "The Heavenly Art of Overcoming Tribulations" taught by Duan De.

Although there were only a few thousand words, Li Zhi felt the power of "The Heavenly Art of Crossing the Tribulation", its lofty intentions and its great achievements. No wonder it is said that after practicing it to perfection, one can directly become an immortal through this ancient art.

Only by overcoming all the calamities in the world can one achieve great success. Doesn't that mean jumping out of the Three Realms, being out of the Five Elements, and becoming an immortal?

Although Li Zhi only got the chapter on body training, a glimpse of the whole thing allowed him to see the power of this heavenly skill, even its heaven-defying aspects.

After cultivating to the great success realm, even if one cannot become an emperor in the end, one can still possess a body comparable to that of an emperor.

This is a very terrifying fruit of the Tao.

You must know that in the vast universe, there is an essential difference between the body of a great emperor and the body of a non-great emperor.

Not only is there a difference in the level of imperial laws, there is also a huge difference in the origin of life.

The body of the Great Emperor is even more powerful than the physical body of a Great Saint.

The body-refining chapter of the Heavenly Tribulation Art can actually allow a cultivator to possess the physical body of an emperor without even having to achieve enlightenment. Just think about how terrifying this is.

The "Heavenly Art of Overcoming Tribulations" created by Cao Yusheng, the Heavenly Master of Overcoming Tribulations, which is suitable for practicing the five secret realms of the human body, is indeed powerful. Li Zhi guessed that in the body training chapter, some of the mysteries of the "Immortal Sutra" might have been absorbed.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to possess this supreme fruit of the Tao.

Although the body training chapter taught by Duan De was just a framework, it was not complicated for Li Zhi to understand.

Moreover, there is an essential difference between the Body Refining Chapter of the Heavenly Tribulation Exercise and other body refining exercises, which is that it does not seek external help.

It emphasizes tapping into the human body's potential to overcome all disasters in the world.

The "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation" in "Red Dust Tribulation", a body-building exercise created by Li Zhi, can use the heavenly thunder to strengthen the body, but it is more about smelting the thunder essence contained in the heavenly thunder to strengthen the body, rather than tapping the potential of the physical body so that the physical body can really withstand the strike of the heavenly thunder.

Now with the guidance of the body-building chapter of "The Heavenly Art of Overcoming Tribulation", Li Zhi has a deeper understanding of how to tap the potential of the physical body.

In essence, it is to use the various forces in the outside universe to promote the opening of various "doors" in the physical body, so as to make the physical body stronger.

With the guidance of the profound body-refining scriptures, Li Zhi had higher expectations for the thorough perfection of "Red Dust Tribulation".

Firstly, he modified the "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation". It was no longer a method of body refining in which "water was filling a pool while water was drained out to make the pool bigger in the process", but he directly let the Heavenly Thunder forge a larger "pool".

Then make the more powerful "pool" able to accommodate more life essence.

It seems to be just a simple change of order, but in fact there is a fundamental change, that is, the solidity of the "pools" forged in the two methods is completely different.

Just when Li Zhi was in seclusion to improve his skills, the Immortal World was opened by the top leaders of Qi Shi Mansion and many major forces.

All the more than 700 disciples enrolled in the Qi Shi Mansion have been notified and are about to go to the Immortal Mansion world for training.

When Li Zhi finished his retreat and walked out of the old mansion master's cave, almost all the disciples in the Qi Shi Mansion had experienced the world of immortals once.

Now everyone has exited the Immortal Mansion World to recuperate and prepare for entering the Immortal Mansion World for the second time.

The danger level of the Immortal World exceeded their expectations, and many cultivators had already fallen during their training.

The old mansion master’s cave is not far from the fairy cave where the entrance to the ancient fairy world is located.

From afar, one could see the fairy cave with divine energy gushing out. There was also a group of extremely powerful beings guarding outside the fairy cave and having set up a powerful formation.

Moreover, in the square outside the fairy cave, Li Zhi saw the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi, Ji Haoyue, Ji Ziyue, the little Taoist nun Yuchen, the Holy Son of Yaoguang, the Holy Maiden of Yaoguang and other geniuses of the Eastern Wilderness.

Li Zhi had no intention of greeting them, but went directly to the mansion master who was standing outside the fairy cave and greeted him, "Mansion Master."

"You're here." The Lord of Qishi Mansion nodded slightly and said.

"Palace Master, can I enter the Immortal Palace world now?" Li Zhi asked.

The master of the Qishi Mansion said, "Do you want to wait a few days and enter with them? The dangers in the Immortal Mansion world are beyond imagination. Great masters have already fallen in it, and the ancient beasts in it are very hostile to the cultivators outside. If no one shares the attention of those beasts, you are likely to be besieged by those ancient beasts. Even if you are truly powerful, you may not be able to escape when facing the siege of those ancient beasts."

Li Zhi said: "Thank you for your concern, Lord, but I am in need of fighting now. The more ancient beasts there are, the better. I won't wait for those brothers and sisters."

Seeing that Li Zhi was determined, the Palace Master no longer tried to stop him and let him enter the Immortal Palace world directly.

After crossing a void passage, Li Zhi quickly entered a beautiful world with bright sky and beautiful earth.

Standing on the earth and looking up at the sky, I did not feel any sense of oppression unique to the small world.

The sky is high, the land is vast, the mountains and rivers are magnificent, and there is no end in sight. The sky is clear, the clouds are white, and the sun is shining brightly. It seems that everything is no different from the world outside.

However, in the distance, ancient trees tower into the clouds, the mountains and rivers are pristine, old vines are like dragons, the peaks are majestic, and the rivers are magnificent, all showing an ancient style.

Between the mountains and rivers, there are ferocious beasts fighting and vicious birds flying. It seems to be a world belonging to wild beasts.

Turning his head to look at the natural world around him, Li Zhi took a step forward and flew towards the easternmost part of the fairy world.

(End of this chapter)