Chapter 255 The Immortal King comes to Jiutian
In Zishan, the place of life, in front of the chaotic portal derived from the Yin-Yang transformation, Li Zhi awakened from the deepest state of enlightenment.
A heavenly eye composed of two mysterious Taoist patterns suddenly appeared between the eyebrows, and it seemed that after the Taoist patterns on the eyelids slowly opened, a vertical eye emitting a mysterious aura was revealed.
The eyeball was like the eye of heaven, without any emotional fluctuations that a living being should have.
Within the pupil of the Dharma Eye, there is an image of a Tai Chi diagram composed of the most original energies of life and death, which seems to be able to see through the situation within that Tao point in the sea of chaos.
"The Great Dao is infinite, yin and yang are reversed, open!"
A gray and mysterious light shot out from the Dharma Eye between Li Zhi's eyebrows, and then the Dao points in the chaos seemed to be affected.
After the Dao point was affected by the divine light, a powerful yin and yang aura burst out instantly, creating the world in the chaos, and soon formed a passage that penetrated the chaos.
The Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram above Li Zhi's head immediately flew out and suppressed the passage.
Afterwards, the third eye between his eyebrows closed again and disappeared, and the strange phenomenon of the wheel sea was also taken back by him.
Li Zhi strode into the chaotic passage.
In an instant, he safely passed through the chaos and arrived at the end of the ancient underground cave.
The Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram flew out of the passage and was taken back into the Lunhai Secret Realm by him.
The temporary passage in the chaos collapsed as a result, and once again turned into a point of Tao floating disorderly in the chaos.
After passing through the chaotic barrier located in the dragon vein, Li Zhi did not appear directly inside the Purple Mountain, but just arrived at the edge of the Purple Mountain.
A piece of purple stone wall blocked Li Zhi's way.
That is the stone that makes up Purple Mountain. It is very special and has a magical self-healing ability.
Even after being broken, it can be restored to its original state in a short time.
Since ancient times, the number of cultivators who have entered Purple Mountain through this route has been far more than thirty or fifty. Even more than a decade ago, several major holy places joined forces to attack Purple Mountain with imperial soldiers and rescued the God King Jiang Taixu who had been trapped in Purple Mountain for four thousand years.
But now, the mountain of Zishan is still intact, without any trace of damage.
I don’t know what kind of great law is at work.
In Li Zhi's opinion, it is a miraculous phenomenon that rocks, which originally have no life, can have the ability to heal themselves.
If one could comprehend the principles contained therein, it would probably be of great benefit to the practice of the secret method of healing.
In Li Zhi's memory, in the ancient times of immortals, the mountain where the "Immortal Sutra" was engraved was immortal and able to heal itself.
The body of Purple Mountain is probably also engraved with the immortal laws and rhymes of Tao by the Immortal Emperor, which is why the mountain has such magical characteristics.
Li Zhi has reached his current level of cultivation. If he wants to continue to improve his skills quickly, it is far from enough to rely solely on closed-door hard practice.
One needs to learn from heaven and earth, enter various dangerous places of creation to gain enlightenment, and feel the mysterious world nurtured by the mighty power of heaven and earth. Only then can one draw inferences from one instance to another and allow one's own realm of the Tao to continue to grow at a high speed.
Zishan, the place where two supreme beings, the Immortal Emperor and the Beginningless Emperor, lived successively, is itself a place of great creation and a natural scripture.
Standing in front of the purple stone wall, all kinds of strange thoughts emerged in Li Zhi's mind. Then he took out the Luoyang shovel and began to dig a hole in the purple stone wall.
Moreover, while Li Zhishi was digging stones, he was also feeling the Taoist rhyme contained in the mountain.
Some people were disappointed as they watched with their own eyes the tunnel he had dug behind him close quickly and the broken areas healed quickly, but Li Zhi failed to catch the rhythm of the Tao that made the stone recover.
But after thinking about it, he accepted it. If the Tao here was so easy to comprehend, it would have been comprehended countless times by people.
The Taoist rhyme contained in the rocks is so obscure that it seems beyond the ability of Li Zhi to comprehend it now.
After digging through the stone wall, the view before us became hazy. In front of us, there appeared a magnificent complex of buildings with green jade as stairs and white jade as a gate.
Such a magnificent building was far more gorgeous than the buildings in Li Zhi's dojo, and it even made him want to move all these pavilions away.
However, this thought flashed through his mind, and Li Zhi climbed up the jade steps with great interest and began to observe the palaces and pavilions here.
The palace was quiet and peaceful, without a trace of strange atmosphere. It was worthy of being the door to life.
After passing through the jade building, Li Zhi entered a deep cave.
That is the real passage leading to the interior of Zishan Mountain. The previous buildings were just gatehouses for entering and exiting Zishan Mountain.
The interior of Zishan is a world of its own, and its area is much larger than it appears from the outside. Even Li Zhi's divine sense can only see a small part of the area.
After entering the ancient cave, Li Zhi saw a line of words on the purple stone wall not long after walking.
"God King Jiang Taixu accidentally entered the Demon Mountain and decided to take a look."
These dozen or so words are written with vigorous brushstrokes and contain a kind of Taoist state, making people feel that the breath of gods is flowing, as if a god king is standing before them.
From the words, Li Zhi could vaguely sense the emotions of God King Jiang Taixu when he carved the words here. He couldn't help but think to himself, "When God King Jiang Taixu was young, he was really arrogant."
After walking a few steps forward, Li Zhi saw another line of words.
"The casual cultivator Li Mu went to explore Demon Mountain." The handwriting has become blurred. Dao Yun said in his heart that it has been at least tens of thousands of years, and it seems that it will completely disappear in a few thousand years.
"Yang Yi, the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi, is looking for Zhang Lin and stays before entering the Demon Mountain." After walking a few steps forward, Li Zhi saw a line of delicate handwriting, like a lotus in the water, fresh and refreshing, as if it had life, and its Taoist rhyme was second only to the God King Jiang Taixu.
The cultivation level of this Saint Lady of Yao Chi is really not weak, at least she is a king who is about to achieve great success.
However, the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi back then was named Yang Yi, so what is the real name of the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi today?
After Li Zhi thought about it carefully, he was surprised to find that the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi seemed to have never told him her real name. He only heard the elders of Yao Chi call her "Yao'er".
Li Zhi didn't even know the specific surname of the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi.
Maybe his surname is Wang, maybe his surname is Zhang, or maybe he has no surname at all.
But Li Zhi was sure that her name was definitely not "Yao Chi". Not all saints and holy maidens had the magnanimity of Saint Yaoguang to directly change their real names to the name of the holy place.
After walking forward another forty or fifty steps, Li Zhi saw more than thirty lines of inscriptions, all of which were left by powerful cultivators. Even after thousands of years, they still exuded a strong Taoist charm.
Of course, there was also a scoundrel among the monks who engraved the words, and that was Zhang Jiye, the descendant of Master Yuan Tianshi.
The aura of Tao that he left behind was secretly about to disappear completely.
It’s not that since ancient times, only thirty or so people like them have entered Purple Mountain, but if the person who carves the words is not strong enough, the words carved on the stone wall will soon disappear under the self-healing ability of Purple Mountain.
From the spacing between the remaining inscriptions, it can be seen that there were many monks who left their words on the mountain, but very few of them have been preserved.
Looking at those carvings that were still full of Taoist charm, Li Zhi suddenly stretched out his right hand, and then used his index finger to carve a line of words on the purple rock wall.
"The Taoist of longevity left this message before he went into the mountains to attain enlightenment." An immortal charm emanated from the words written by Li Zhi.
Although the aura was not as strong as the writing left by Gu Tianshu next to it, the immortal and longevity aura it contained was very different from the aura emitted by all the writings remaining on the stone wall.
Looking at the words he had carved, Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction, and then went into the depths of Zishan Mountain.
The purple cave has a complex terrain. It looks like a natural stone cave, or like an ancient mine left over from mining.
Inside the Purple Mountain, there is a misty purple aura flowing, which is not very dim and gives people a hazy feeling.
Although they saw many skeletons along the way, they did not encounter any ancient creatures blocking the way.
It seemed as if the ancient creatures inside had already been cleared out.
Li Zhi couldn't help but sigh that entering Zishan from the Shengmen Gate was indeed the safest way at this time.
Soon, after passing through several caves, Li Zhi came to an open area, which was a square and also a terrifying stone palace.
After reaching the open area, Li Zhi even felt a fatal threat. Looking up, he found that there seemed to be a huge bell hidden in the stone wall above that could suppress the heavens.
"Wushi Bell, why is it here?"
Taking another look at the empty square, Li Zhi thought to himself, "Could this be the place where the Wu Shi Emperor suppressed the Immortal Queen and the other eight generals?"
The more I think about it, the more possible it seems. Otherwise, Wu Shi Zhong wouldn't have run to the outskirts of Zishan for no reason. He should have been with Wu Shi Emperor.
After passing through the square, Li Zhi continued to move deeper into the Purple Mountain. Soon he saw a huge stone scripture, The Sutra of the Beginningless, in another empty cave.
Li Zhi's eyes lit up and he sat down on the Sutra of Infinite Beginning without any hesitation, intending to temporarily comprehend the Great Dao of Infinite Beginning here.
Unfortunately, after pondering for a long time, I gained nothing.
The "Infinite Beginning Sutra" is worthy of being called a sealed book. It sealed the fighting body of the Infinite Emperor, and not a single trace of the Tao rhyme leaked out from within.
Although he didn't gain anything, Li Zhi was not discouraged and continued to walk deeper into Zishan Mountain.
But before he walked far, Li Zhi suddenly felt a cold breath staring at him.
"Wulian Tianzun, how dare a mere ghost peek at me."
The supreme purifying sound of Taoism came out from Li Zhi's mouth. The sound was mixed with extremely condensed sacred light power, which directly made the nearby caves full of yang energy.
"what……"
A shrill scream suddenly sounded in a nearby branch cave, as if an evil ghost had encountered the true fire of the sun. The cold aura that was staring at him disappeared in an instant.
Li Zhi did not continue to explore the origins of those ghosts.
He soon arrived at the deepest part of Purple Mountain.
After entering an open area, a peaceful atmosphere hits you in the face, the number of orchid and dragon grasses gradually increases, and many cliff rocks are emitting auspicious purple air.
In the depths of the auspicious air, there was a tall Taoist platform standing there quietly, with dragon grass and divine orchids growing underneath. Above it was lingering chaotic energy, hanging down one after another, and every wisp of chaotic energy seemed to be able to crush the eternal heavens.
There is an extremely special aura around the Taoist platform, which seems to be able to penetrate the past, present and future, and communicate with all the worlds.
After seeing the Taotai, Li Zhi finally showed a smile on his face. He finally arrived at his destination.
Li Zhi walked cautiously to the platform and was surprised to find that there were no Taoist patterns on the platform.
It seemed that he came at a coincidental time. Although there was chaotic energy lingering around the Taoist platform, no Taoist patterns were interwoven in the chaotic energy.
Standing in front of the Daotai, Li Zhi bowed to the empty Daotai and said, "Junior Li Zhi, I pay my respects to the Great Emperor Wu Shi."
It was as if the Great Emperor Wu Shi was right on the stage.
After waiting for a while, seeing that there was no change on the platform, Li Zhi carefully stepped onto the platform. Although there was some pressure, it was still within his tolerance.
While climbing up the Taotai, Li Zhi also saw a lot of medicinal herbs growing on the rock walls around the Taotai, but he did not rush to pick them.
It is best not to move the things here if possible, otherwise it will trigger the Eternal Killing Formation hidden in the void, which will be troublesome.
There were no Dao patterns blocking the way on the eighty-one-step Dao platform.
Li Zhi climbed onto the platform very smoothly, and saw some fragments of Taoist robes and ashes left by the Great Emperor Wu Shi after his ascension.
After bowing to the ashes, Li Zhi sat down in the southeast corner of the Taotai.
Then he began to comprehend the supreme energy left by Emperor Wu Shi.
As Li Zhi continued to outline and shape the Qi that he had sensed, Wu Shi Dao Tai seemed to sense a special Qi and began to move abnormally.
An immortal king who seemed to be sitting upstream of the long river of time slowly took shape behind Li Zhi, and a supreme aura that had no beginning or end and transcended eternity permeated the Taoist platform.
The originally peaceful Daotai suddenly became mysterious.
Then, a mysterious phantom seemed to walk out from the long river of time and reappeared on the Wu Shi Dao platform.
He appeared at the place where the Great Emperor Wu Shi passed away, sitting there with his back to all living beings, looking down on the past and present, with a mysterious big bell on his head.
When the big bell appeared, an even more mysterious big bell also appeared above the head of the Immortal King's phantom outlined by Li Zhi, and on it were engraved four ancient Taoist characters "no beginning and no end".
In an instant, chaotic energy surged above the platform, and wisps of mysterious Taoist patterns intertwined in the chaos. A chaotic waterfall fell from the sky and completely submerged the platform.
However, Li Zhi, who was sitting in the southeast corner of the Taotai, was not affected at all.
He is still outlining the Supreme Immortal King in his mind based on the aura of the Wu Shi Great Emperor left here. He has both the eternal immortality of the Wu Zhong Immortal King, which has the supreme power to turn everything in the world into nothingness and end the long river of time, and the supreme artistic conception of the Wu Shi Great Emperor, which is the source of the original avenue of all things, as if he has arrived at the source of time.
This is the image of the Supreme Immortal King that Li Zhi imagined in his mind based on the Taoist rhyme of the Great Emperor Wu Shi that remained here.
The special aura of the "Supreme Immortal King" seems to activate the imprint of the Supreme Dao of the Great Emperor Wu Shi on the Taoist platform.
In the center of the platform, the shadow of the road with its back to all living beings seemed to turn its head and glance at him.
As the Supreme Immortal King became more and more "real", the aura of Li Zhi also became ethereal, as if he had a feeling of transcending the constraints of the long river of time.
At this moment, a mysterious aura of calamity suddenly appeared in the Chaos Waterfall above the Taoist platform, as if it was about to give birth to a powerful Chaos Divine Thunder.
"when!"
Suddenly, a bell rang from the sky above the Taoist platform, directly dispelling the heavenly calamity that was about to appear in the Chaos Waterfall.
At the same time, the sound of the bell also awakened Li Zhi from his state of enlightenment.
Then a burst of fairy light rose from his body.
The immortal light soon turned into the Nine-Layered Sky Palace. The Supreme Immortal King outlined by Li Zhi took a step out from behind him and stepped into that immortal world. He turned into a mysterious immortal king with chaotic energy all over his body and the long river of time under his feet. He stood proudly above the nine heavens and overlooked the ups and downs of the world.
At this point, the eighth wheel sea phenomenon he opened—the Immortal King Coming to the Ninth Heaven—was officially completed.
Afterwards, the Immortal King of the Wheel Sea came to the Ninth Heaven and turned into a pure land, protecting him firmly inside and preventing him from being invaded by the chaotic energy from the outside world.
"The fourth level of the king."
After waking up, Li Zhi was surprised to find that his cultivation had also made a breakthrough.
However, the joy of the breakthrough did not last long, and he felt a headache. Although he did not know why the chaos waterfall falling from the sky above the platform did not hurt him, he could not leave the Wu Shi Platform for the time being.
Moreover, in the center of the Taoist platform, the shadow of the Great Emperor Wu Shi also disappeared with the sound of the bell.
On the Taoist platform, the three-foot area around Li Zhi is a safe zone. Outside that three-foot area is the place where the endless chaotic waterfall washes over.
What was even more terrifying was that mysterious avenue patterns were interwoven in the chaotic energy, which seemed to be an endless killing formation that made it impossible for people to force their way through.
"Is this the boss's evil taste?"
This scene reminded Li Zhi of what happened in Wanlongchao.
The chaotic energy also separated the inside and outside, and Li Zhi took advantage of it to escape last time.
This time, Wu Shi Dao Tai didn't seem to leave him any room for tricks.
However, Li Zhi quickly adjusted his mentality.
Using the chaotic energy here to refine the body seems to be a good choice.
With an optimistic attitude, Li Zhi began a new round of practice, focusing on cultivating his physical body.
He even used the pressure of the boundless chaotic energy on the Taoist platform to melt part of the great laws he had cultivated into his flesh and blood.
No one knew how much time had passed. Li Zhidu had already completed two blood transfusions on the Wu Shi Dao Platform and even shed a pile of broken bones and debris, but the Chaos Waterfall still did not subside.
Until one day, he suddenly heard Duan De's exclamation.
"I saw a god, that is... the Great Emperor Wu Shi!"
Penetrating the boundless chaos, Li Zhi saw Duan De, Ye Fan and the Blind Old Man Tian appear in front of the Taoist platform, staring at the Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot and the Beginningless Emperor Jade.
Li Zhi's heart moved, and he showed a wicked smile, then said: "If you don't bow to the emperor when you meet him, your true destiny has been lost, and your name is in the Book of Life and Death. Bow down with every step, and your sins in the Six Paths Palace will be reduced by half, and your true soul will be protected in reincarnation."
The sound penetrates the chaos, as if it has been refined by the years, and is full of an ancient and vicissitudes of life charm.
The three people in the audience instantly got furious and stood there in a daze.
The Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot above their heads emitted thousands of dim lights, protecting them firmly within.
(End of this chapter)