Chapter 257 Yao Chi Invitation
The beginningless bell rings,

Human beings all over the world were in excitement. The sound of the bell was like the first ray of divine light from the beginning of time, cutting through the darkness and illuminating the way forward for humanity.

Previously, because the ancient tribes had revived one after another, the powerful strength they displayed made everyone depressed and demoralized. At this moment, the sound of the Beginningless Bell reawakened the confidence in the hearts of the human race.

The ringing of the Eternal Bell brought peace to the originally noisy Northern Territory. All the ancient races were silent and did not come out.

Whether the human emperor is alive or dead has made the ancient races confused about the situation and the truth. Many ancient races are worried and no longer act rashly.

When the Beginningless Bell rang for three consecutive months, the whole world was awed, even the ancient royal family was stunned. Many ancestral kings became confused and began to sit on the sidelines in this noisy world, waiting for the development of the situation.

Because they know better than all the ancient royal families that whether it is the ancient imperial weapons left by the ancient emperor or the imperial weapons left by the human emperor, they are all ultimate weapons, and it is not an easy task to activate them.

If it was just a bell ringing, the ancient royal families would not care, because by paying some price, the imperial soldiers could be temporarily revived, but this revival would not last long.

Now, the Beginningless Bell has been ringing for three consecutive months, and the sound waves have covered the five regions of the world. This supreme divine power has almost allowed the imperial soldiers to revive for three months.

The major ancient royal families are well aware of the terrifying cost involved in achieving this.

It takes a very strong person to do this.

They firmly believed that there must be a great sage-level strongman behind the scenes who was secretly controlling the Imperial Soldier. Otherwise, if any human sage at the level of Ancestral King kept the Imperial Soldier "alive" for three months, he would be sucked dry by the Imperial Soldier.

Some of the ancient royal ancestors even suspected that there was a quasi-emperor-level human being who was ringing the Eternal Bell.

When the bell rang, a powerful ancient royal family, the Valley of the Gods, was wiped out overnight by the fifth-generation Yuan Tianshi Zhang Lin, which made the major ancient royal families confirm their speculations.

As for the fact that Emperor Wu Shi is still alive, actually not many ancestors of the ancient royal family believe it.

What they are more worried about is that Emperor Wu Shi will leave behind a large number of powerful human beings like them who will be sealed with divine power to future generations.

The entire Valley of Gods was wiped out overnight, even the three great ancestor kings of the Valley of Gods were killed in a single battle. This could not have been done without the combat power of a Great Sage.

This made the ancient ancestor kings feel cold in their hearts, and even eliminated the condescending attitude towards the human race that some ancient races had accumulated in the ancient times. They no longer regarded the human race as a race that could be bullied at will.

There was a lot of discussion all over the world, and the major forces of the human race were excited.

Undercurrents were surging among the ancient tribes, and the ancestral kings of the major royal families and imperial clans met one after another to discuss the matter.

Finally, the ancestors of several ancient royal families gathered together, and after counting the number of ultimate weapons possessed by the human race, they fell into silence.

In the Eastern Wilderness alone, there are four major human forces that possess ultimate weapons.

The ancient Ji family in the southern region owns the supreme imperial weapon, the Void Mirror, the Yaoguang Holy Land owns the supreme imperial weapon, the Dragon-patterned Black Gold Tripod, the Yaochi Holy Land in the northern region owns the Immortal Tear Tower, and the ancient Jiang family owns the supreme imperial weapon, the Hengyu Furnace.

There are also the four immortal divine dynasties in Zhongzhou, all of which have supreme imperial weapons, such as: the Taihuang Sword of the Daxia Divine Dynasty, the Jiuli Map of the Jiuli Divine Dynasty, and so on.

This does not include the Western Desert Buddhist imperial weapon, the Demon-Subduing Pestle.

Not to mention, the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Pot and the Chaos Green Lotus of the demon clan, which can be used at any time without suppressing their power like a street urchin.

Everything is afraid of careful consideration.

Several ancestral kings of the ancient royal families sat together and carefully reviewed the strength of the human race.

They all stared in astonishment, unable to believe that this was the weak human in their memory?

"My fellow Taoists, let's give up our plan for the ancient tribes to reign over Beidou again."

"There is no winner in a war among all races. My ancient races have been sealed until now. The most important thing is to pursue immortality. There is no need to fight for a reason. We can only fight to the death with the human race and suffer losses on both sides."

"Both the ancient emperor and the later emperor of the human race have said that all things are interdependent and all races have their own reasons for existence. God treats everyone equally. I think we should obey the will of the ancient emperor."

"It's settled then. We will convey the intentions of our various royal families later."

Finally, after several ancient royal families discussed with each other, they directly issued a notice, stating that achieving enlightenment and becoming an immortal was the ultimate goal of cultivators, and there was no need to kill each other on this road.

Not long after, the Fighting Buddha, who was suspected to have passed away in meditation, reappeared in the world and issued a decree from Mount Sumeru, "Peace in the world."

Afterwards, after discussing with each other, the major ancient clans proposed to hold a conference of all clans.

The Northern Territory was abuzz with discussion, almost boiling over.

The willingness of the ancient tribes to sit down and negotiate with the human race meant, in everyone's view, that the days of uncertainty and dark turmoil that could break out at any time were long gone.

Many human leaders immediately responded to this matter, and felt that there should be such a conference so that everyone could sit down and have a good talk.

However, the top forces of the human race are worried about the success or failure of the grand gathering of all races.

Because they know very well that the prerequisite for peace talks is that the strength of both sides is equal, otherwise there is no need for peace talks.

It is rumored that when the Conference of All Races is held, the descendants of the ancient princes from the major royal families of the ancient times will show up, such as: Huangxu Dao, Huo Qizi, Shencan Taoist, Tianhuangzi, Yuangu and others will show up.

At the same time, if the real giants of the ancient races saw that the human race did not have top masters, I am afraid that the event would turn into a feast for the ancient races to divide up the human race.

The Conference of All Races has not yet been held, but it has already become a major event.

In fact, the human race is not worried about the ancestral kings of the ancient tribes, because most of them have passed the best time for practicing Taoism. Even if they make some progress in the future, it will not be too outrageous.

On the contrary, the younger generation of cultivators among the ancient tribes have become the real object of concern for the major forces of the human race.

They were afraid that the younger generation of the human race would not be able to compete with the younger generations of the ancient races.

Although racial competition values ​​current strength, the ultimate competition is still about the potential and future of the younger generation.

Especially as the golden age of spiritual practice is approaching, the potential of the younger generation becomes even more important.

Although a powerful holy body appeared among the younger generation of the human race.

But apart from the Holy Body Ye Fan, there seems to be no other young human being who has demonstrated top-notch qualifications to compete with those ancient princes.

After discussion, the various religions of the human race decided to invite all the young cultivators of the human race who had the potential to compete with the ancient prince to participate in the Conference of All Races held in the Holy Land of Yao Chi.

Soon, Zhong Huang Xiang Yufei, Yaoguang Saint Son, Ji Haoyue, Zifu Saint Girl and other top-notch cultivators of the younger generation of the human race all received invitations.

Even Li Zhi, who was in seclusion in the Seven Stars Dojo in the Southern Region, received an invitation personally sent by disciples of the Yao Chi Holy Land.

Outside Li Zhi's Seven Star Dojo, one can see from afar seven star essences with different attributes, which are drawn from outside the domain by a mysterious force within the dojo.

It makes the Taoist temple, which is only a hundred miles in radius, look extremely sacred.

The seven sacred mountains surrounded the entire temple, making it impossible for outsiders to see the specific conditions inside the temple.

As soon as a group of Yao Chi disciples arrived near the Seven Stars Dojo, they discovered that many independent cultivators from the Southern Region had gathered near the dojo.

They even opened up no less than a hundred temporary caves of various sizes in the nearby mountains.

The star essence drawn from outside the domain not only nourishes the eight sacred mountains in the Taoist temple, but also nourishes the mountain range where the sacred mountains are located.

This ordinary mountain range, originally located in a secular country, has almost transformed into a pure land for spiritual practice.

With Li Zhi's Taoist temple as the center, the concentration of the essence of heaven and earth within a radius of a thousand miles showed a gradual decrease, and so did the activity level of all the Daos.

Therefore, less than half a year after the temple was established, countless independent practitioners appeared outside the temple.

Some people wanted to join the Taoist temple, while others simply felt that the cultivation environment here was far superior to their previous caves, so they directly moved their caves to the mountains where the Taoist temple was located and settled down.

This situation which was not in line with common sense greatly surprised the disciples of the Yao Chi Holy Land.

After all, in this world, no big shot would be willing to let a group of weak cultivators be their neighbors. After learning about this situation, Li Zhi just responded with a smile, and did not think there was anything wrong with those cultivators doing this.

After seeing the chaotic scene, Meng Zhang wanted to drive them away, but was stopped by Li Zhi, who only asked her to come forward to inform those independent cultivators of some rules: they could open caves near the Taoist temple, but they could not fight at will.

Otherwise they will be expelled.

Those with the highest cultivation levels were merely independent cultivators from the Taoist secret realm. How could they dare to disobey the warning issued personally by Meng Zhang?

Therefore, after the Yao Chi disciples entered the mountain range where Li Zhi's Taoist temple was located, they saw this rather unreasonable and strange sight.

With Li Zhi's dojo as the center, the area within a thousand miles seemed to have become a paradise for casual cultivators. Even several nearby worldly kingdoms had their fixed villas opened up near Li Zhi's dojo.

As a result, all the forces, big and small, in dozens of secular countries within tens of thousands of miles knew that a powerful human being with high moral standards had appeared at the border between Yan and Lan.

As for the name of the powerful human being in the temple, where he came from, and what he looks like, no one can tell clearly.

All I know is that the other person is a Taoist.

In addition, the seven sacred mountains outside the Taoist temple were arranged in the form of the Big Dipper, so the independent cultivators who settled nearby gave Li Zhian the nickname "Seven-Star Taoist".

Soon, Li Zhi's old acquaintance Hu Qin came to the Qixing Dojo with a group of Yao Chi disciples.

"Senior Sister Hu, is this the Taoist temple of Taoist Changshou? Why did he build the Taoist temple on the edge of the ancient forbidden area? Is there any deep meaning behind it?" A fifteen or sixteen-year-old Yao Chi disciple asked curiously to the team leader Hu Qin.

"Well... I'm not too sure either." Huqin shook her head slightly.

"Senior sister, isn't Taoist Changshou the guardian elder outside my Yao Chi? Why didn't he inform my Yao Chi when he founded the Taoist temple, nor did he invite you, senior sister, to watch the ceremony?" Another Yao Chi disciple who knew the relationship between Hu Qin and Li Zhi showed doubts.

"Things are different now. When you see Changshou later, don't talk nonsense." Huqin warned the fairies of the Yaochi around him with a serious face.

As far as she knew, Li Zhi had already successfully cut off his Dao, and his identity and status were no longer what they used to be. He was no longer the greedy little boy in front of her.

During the past twenty years, Huqin has never relaxed her practice, but the rate of her improvement has been getting slower and slower. Now her level is still at the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm.

It is even unknown whether he can become a master of the Xiantai Secret Realm in this lifetime.

The reason why Queen Mother of the West sent her to deliver the invitation to Li Zhi was based on the relationship between her and Li Zhi in the past.

Otherwise, the person who sent the invitation to Li Zhi should be an elder of Yao Chi.

It’s just that Li Zhi has already become a king, while those powerful elders in Yaochi are no longer equal to Li Zhi in terms of status and strength.

As for those king-level elders who had successfully cut off the Dao, none of them were able to go out and had to stay in Yao Chi to prevent any accidents.

Therefore, sending a powerful elder has the same effect as sending Huqin.

Soon, Huqin and the others arrived at the gate of an ancient and majestic jade mountain, and shouted to the inside: "Huqin, disciple of Yaochi, greets Taoist Changshou."

The ancient and majestic jade mountain gate was brought out by Li Zhi from Zishan.

In the end, Li Zhi couldn't resist the idea of ​​building a high-end mountain gate for his own temple.

Without the ability to obtain the four Heavenly Gates left over from the Heavenly Palace, they could only use the Jade Gate built in the Purple Mountain by the eight generals under the command of the Immortal Emperor as a substitute.

It’s true, ever since Li Zhi placed the jade mountain gate at the foot of the mountain, the aura of his dojo instantly elevated to several levels.

In the eyes of those casual practitioners, there really was a master of Taoism living in the temple.

As soon as Huqin finished speaking, the jade gate in front of the Taoist temple flashed with light, and then a light gate slowly opened.

Then, Meng Zhang, who was on duty to guard the Taoist temple, came out to greet Hu Qin and others.

Then she personally led Huqin and others to the outside of Li Zhi's Taoist palace.

"Dear fairies from the Yaochi Lake, please come in. The master is waiting for you in the hall." Standing at the entrance of the hall, Meng Zhang said to Huqin and others.

Afterwards, Huqin and others walked into the palace where Li Zhi was.

From the outside, the hall, which was less than ten meters long and wide, seemed a little small. However, after entering, Huqin and others found that they seemed to have come to a starry sky.

Tens of thousands of stars are revolving around a towering platform, as if one has arrived in a small star field.

Above the Tao Platform, mysterious patterns of the Tao emerged, which seemed to be all the laws of the Tao evolved from that star field.

Li Zhi sat on the Taoist platform, emitting an eternal and immortal Taoist charm, as if a celestial being was performing a Taoist ritual.

With just one glance, Huqin and the others' minds were drawn into a mysterious ocean of the laws of the Tao.

At this moment, the laws of heaven and earth seemed to have unveiled their mysterious veil for them.

All Yao Chi disciples entered the state of enlightenment at the same time.

Seeing this, Li Zhi on the Taoist platform revealed a satisfied smile.

After all, they are old acquaintances, and Li Zhi knows clearly the changes in Huqin's mentality when facing him.

It happened that she came at the right time, Li Zhi was trying to use the Zhoutian Star Map to evolve the laws of heaven and earth.

The map of the celestial bodies that was created based on the Mathematical Classics seemed to be the best treasure for evolving the laws of heaven and earth.

Its auxiliary effect on spiritual practice is no weaker than that of enlightenment tea.

Two days later, many Yao Chi disciples woke up from their enlightenment state one after another.

The interior of the hall also regained its simplicity.

"Changshou, thank you." Huqin said to Li Zhi immediately after waking up.

This enlightenment allowed her to see the future path clearly. If nothing unexpected happened, she was confident that she would be able to break through to the Xiantai Secret Realm within twenty years.

Afterwards, Huqin presented the invitation written by the Queen Mother of Yao Chi.

After reading the invitation, Li Zhi said to Hu Qin, "Sister Hu, tell the Queen Mother that I will arrive at Yaochi as scheduled."

"Changshou, then we will go back and report." Although Huqin acted very intimate, Li Zhi could feel that there was an insurmountable gap in her heart, and she could no longer communicate with him as before.

Then, Li Zhi asked again: "I wonder how Sister Sun Yi is doing now?"

"Sun Yi died in the battle." There was a trace of sadness in Huqin's eyes.

Even as a disciple of Yao Chi, casualties are inevitable in this world of great strife.

Even Sun Yi, who has a good relationship with Li Zhi, is no exception.

Upon hearing that Sun Yi had died in battle, Li Zhi was silent for a moment, and then a porcelain bottle containing top-grade dragon marrow appeared in front of him.

"Sister Hu, please accept these dragon marrows and take good care of yourself." A trace of sadness flashed in Li Zhi's eyes.

In an age of great strife, the lives of all creatures in heaven and earth are as worthless as grass. No matter if they are ordinary cultivators or ancient sages, all will one day die a violent death.

This is the cruel calamity that one must face when embarking on the path to immortality.

On the path of cultivation, less than 30% of the cultivators can actually enjoy the long lifespan that comes with their cultivation.

Among these 30% of monks, those who can die of natural causes are even rarer, even less than 10%.

(End of this chapter)