Chapter 377 Level

All the laws of heaven and earth are reviving, a golden age rarely seen in the ages is about to come, and the ancient stars of life are reviving as a result.

Countless geniuses have been born in all the heavens and the worlds, and the era of the rise of heroes is slowly beginning.

Although the number of peerless geniuses is still limited, various king bodies have become commonplace, and batches of young people have embarked on various ancient trial paths.

Countless bones have been added to this great emperor's road filled with blood and tears. The waves have washed away the heroes, leaving behind one lonely and sad ancient road after another.

Whether it is the ancient trial road of the human race, the various ancient golden roads, or even the ancient mythological roads, there are young cultivators everywhere, as if the entire universe has become lively.

Many heroes are vying for supremacy, and the times are prosperous and glorious, but one dares not look closely, otherwise, under the feet of every genius who walks deep into the ancient road, there will be piles of bones.

The value of life has become very cheap in this prosperous era that is gradually unfolding.

Every clash between geniuses with brilliant divine light always brings forth infinite brilliance at the cost of their lives.

Unfortunately, few people feel sorry for those withering lives. There is only the infinite light of life burning, gradually illuminating the entire golden age.

Perhaps in this carnival, the names of a few people will be recorded in ancient history, but the vast majority of people will be forgotten by history.

The charge horn has sounded, and the ancient trial roads in the universe have begun to summon the strongest from each race.

Those ancient roads seem to be selecting the most gorgeous "dancers" for the center of the stage.

After Li Zhi and the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi reunited after a hundred years, they set out together on the ancient starry road leading to the 108th level of the ancient trial road for the human race.

In the vast starry sky, there is no starting point, no end point, no time, and even no traces of the changing eras. There are ancient places of life and trial fields filled with blood and bones.

This not only allowed Li Zhi's cultivation to be continuously consolidated, but also allowed the Saint Lady of Yao Chi to make rapid progress in her cultivation.

The two advanced step by step, moving forward step by step, heading towards the 108th level of the human race with a determined goal.

The closer they got to the end of the ancient road, the more difficult the road ahead became. Moreover, most of the city gates on this ancient road had collapsed, and even many of the five-colored altars at the city nodes had been destroyed. They needed to personally open up a starry sky channel to find the next life star field in the vast universe.

The desolate universe not only honed their cultivation, but also tempered their state of mind.

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

Li Zhi's cultivation level had grown to the peak of Saint King, and the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi also broke through three levels in a row and reached the fifth level of Saint King.

It seemed that with Li Zhi by her side to protect her, the Saint of Yao Chi could finally let go and improve her cultivation.

The ancient road is dilapidated. When you walk to the latter part, you can no longer see the ancient land of life. Almost every city pass is in ruins, and the once prosperous ancient star of life has become a dead star field.

Coming to an ancient dead star of life again, looking at a five-colored altar built on the sea of ​​bones, the Taoist heart of the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi seemed to be touched.

"Longevity, besides blood and bones, can't there be life left on this road?"

"Perhaps, life has no value in their eyes. Everyone has a heart of heaven and regards all living things in the world as straw dogs, but they don't know that if a cultivator does not respect life, life will eventually abandon them. Perhaps this is why the lifespan of almost all cultivators is limited."

Ever since the Heaven and Earth took back the mandate bestowed upon all living beings, all living beings still do not know how to cherish the preciousness of life. In Li Zhi's opinion, they are beyond salvation.

In the ancient times, cultivators who did not become immortals could all obtain a long lifespan, which was the lifespan granted by destiny. Now, all living beings have lost their destiny but still do not know how to cherish "human life". In the end, their qi and blood are exhausted, and they die of exhausted lifespan. It is no wonder that they cannot blame others.

During the chaotic ancient times, after Heaven and Earth took back the destiny bestowed upon all living beings, the most powerful being could live for 10,000 to 20,000 years. Now, after thousands of years, the most powerful being can still only live for 10,000 to 20,000 years.

It has to be said that living beings who have lost the life granted by heaven have never really put any effort into "human life".

The first generation Yuan Tianshi said that if a cultivator could comprehend the mysteries of heaven and earth, he would be immortal.

In Li Zhi's view, "monks can be immortal" is not a lie.

Rather, it is the monks’ lack of exploration into “human life”.

When destiny is lost, human life will make up for it.

Why did Emperor Huang Tian pass down the method of cultivating the secret realm of the human body? Wasn't it because he wanted to allow cultivators to better explore "human life" in an environment where destiny had been lost?

Thinking of this, a mysterious Taoist aura suddenly burst out from Li Zhi's body.

From the rebuilt Wheel Sea, Dao Palace, Four Poles and three major secret realms, the sound of chanting could be faintly heard, and Li Zhi seemed to have disappeared from the myriad ways of heaven and earth.

It gives people the feeling that it is a creature that was suddenly sealed in the source of God.

"Is this... the awakening of the Great Dao?"

The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi sensed the aura emanating from Li Zhi and immediately recalled a secret recorded in the Yao Chi classics.

If a person can awaken to the Great Dao, they can tap into the deepest potential of the human body and gain infinite magical powers and spiritual attainments.

Those magical powers and skills seemed to come out of thin air, without any need to comprehend the great Dao of heaven and earth, nor to breathe in the essence of heaven and earth. Even in places where the essence of heaven and earth has disappeared, magical powers can be born.

The words of the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi caused the spiritual light that Li Zhi had accumulated for twenty years to suddenly burst out. The three secret realms after reconstruction released more potential, and various "doors" in the body were opened instantly.

Li Zhi's aura soared directly to the peak state of Saint King, and he could break through to the Great Sage realm at any time.

Five days later, Li Zhi's aura subsided, and he said to the Saintess of Yao Chi: "This is what I just realized, maybe it can answer your doubts."

A message containing Li Zhi's understanding of the relationship between heaven, earth and life was directly sent by him into the sea of ​​consciousness of the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi.

After the Saintess of Yaochi realized the information, a trace of doubt appeared in her eyes, and she asked, "Changshou, are you saying that we are all abandoned by heaven?"

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Strictly speaking, the world at this moment does not favor us. We are more like parasites that take but do not give back to the world."

"Why is this happening?" asked the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi.

"Because the heaven and earth are incomplete, the lives of all spirits in heaven and earth are needed to fill the gaps in heaven's destiny." Li Zhi said.

Unfortunately, Yao Chi Saintess did not understand the true meaning of Li Zhi's words, and finally said: "No wonder cultivators like me have to go through the test of thunder tribulation."

In the ancient immortal times, the thunder tribulation that cultivators had to endure was the real test from heaven and earth, because cultivators who passed the test would receive thunder tribulation liquid as a reward.

However, today's thunder tribulation is a pure killing tribulation. After passing through the thunder tribulation, the cultivator needs to absorb and refine the essence of heaven and earth to replenish the consumption. Heaven and earth do not give the cultivator any reward at all.

After lamenting the sadness of life, the two continued on their journey.

This section of the road is almost a journey of self-examination, allowing those who come later to connect with the broken roads, overcome various dangers, and even walk out of their own ancient starry road.

It took Li Zhi and the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi twenty years to reach the ninety-ninth level of the human race.

It was a ruin there, and the city wall had been destroyed at some point in time.

In the cold universe, only a pile of broken rubble remained.

Looking at the ending of the 99th city of the human race, Saint Yao Chi said: "There used to be a trial field for gods and demons here. It allowed the trialists to fight with countless ancient gods and demons. Only after they finally defeated the ancient gods and demons could they leave this place and ascend to the last nine cities."

"When the ancient road was first built, I'm afraid that walking from the first level to the last level would allow a cultivator to be promoted to the peak of the Great Sage." Li Zhi had also learned from the previous pass city guide that this heavenly pass had been reduced to ruins in the ancient times. According to legend, in the training ground of the 99th pass city of the human race, there is a wall of gods and demons, on which hundreds of gods and demons are engraved.

Each God and Demon Chart can evolve into a Primordial God and Demon Fighting Puppet. The cultivators who can defeat all the God and Demon Charts will all achieve amazing achievements in the future without exception.

It is a rare trial site on the ancient road of the human race.

Unfortunately, the trial field was destroyed in the early years of the ancient times. The whereabouts of the wall of gods and demons that was suspected to be left over from the chaotic ancient times are unknown.

Originally, it was the trial ground for the last few dozen levels of the human race, and it was useful for the Saint King and even the Great Sage.

Unfortunately, all the precious places for cultivation were destroyed in the war.

To the extent that up to now, there is hardly any trial ground on the ancient road that can withstand the training of great sage-level warriors.

The years have erased too much, whether it is glory or old memories, all have been scattered by the wind, and now only the dust of history remains.

No one knows how long this ancient trial road, which originated at an unknown time, can exist.

However, it is a well-known fact that it will disappear in the long river of history in the future.

One day, when the ancient trial road and even the place where the Saint King conducted trials are completely destroyed, perhaps that is the time when the ancient road will be completely abandoned.

"The ninety-nine levels are of great significance. If you are not in a hurry to travel, why don't we stay for a few more days to rebuild this city." Li Zhi said to the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi while looking at the ruins in front of him.

“That’s fine. After twenty years of non-stop grinding on the ancient road, it’s time to stop and calm down.” The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi nodded.

Then, Li Zhi used his great magic power to move a rocky star as big as the moon in the starry sky, and melted it into the shape of an ancient starry city.

Then Li Zhi engraved the Tianzun Killing Formation that he had realized on the city wall of the ancient city.

In just half a month, an ancient starry city that could absorb and exhale the starlight from the whole sky stood at the 99th level of the human race.

Afterwards, Li Zhi took out four ancient steles condensed from star cores and engraved the images of the four divine beasts on the steles.

And the ancient monuments were erected on both sides of the central street of the ancient city.

Afterwards, the five-colored altar was placed on the central square of the ancient city.

"Changshou, did you leave the Tao and the Dharma here?" The Saint Maiden of Yao Chi looked at the four ancient monuments erected by Li Zhi and asked curiously.

"These four ancient tablets are engraved with the four kinds of attack methods that match my Four Extreme Secret Realms. As long as you use magic power to activate the Taoist patterns inside, you can condense the fighting bodies of the blue dragon, white tiger, red bird, and black tortoise. It can be regarded as leaving something for later generations to hone themselves." Li Zhi explained to the Saint of Yao Chi.

Simply grabbing without giving anything back to the ancient road may be the reason why the ancient road is gradually withering.

The fact that war and construction cannot proceed in sync may be the real reason why this ancient road collapsed.

If there are always people who repair the broken ancient city after the war, and if generation after generation continues to build it and leave their Tao and Dharma behind, the later generations will surely become stronger and stronger.

If later generations only know how to destroy but not build, they will never be able to truly surpass the ancients.

If all the trial-takers who set foot on the ancient road could contribute to the ancient road during their training, perhaps there would not be the current scene of decline.

"Then I will also leave behind a method." After listening to Li Zhi's introduction, the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi also took out a star core and melted it into an ancient stele, and left a sword lotus on the ancient stele.

This sword lotus condenses the enlightenment gained by the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi on the ancient road for hundreds of years, and is not a secret method recorded in the "Western Emperor Sutra".

Afterwards, Li Zhi left an ancient stele in the central square of the ancient city, reminding later generations to leave a method in the ancient city for future generations to comprehend.

For the next three months, Li Zhi and the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi stayed in the ancient city to practice.

On this day, a lone monk suddenly stepped into the ancient city.

"Wasn't the 99th level of the human race turned into ruins? Why is there a new city here?"

The monk, who was emitting demonic energy, had doubts in his eyes after stepping into the ancient city.

When he arrived at the small central square of the ancient city, he was immediately attracted by the stone tablet left by Li Zhi and the Holy Maiden of Yao Chi.

"What a powerful fighting method."

After comprehending the law on the ancient stele a little, he showed an excited look on his face.

Then, he planned to reach out and pull up the ancient monument.

Unfortunately, as soon as his magic power touched the ancient monument, he was sucked into the monument.

After a bloody battle, a young man emitting demonic energy fell out of the ancient monument.

"How could this be?"

The battle just now reminded him of the scene when he fought with himself on the first level of the human race, the Holy Island.

"Longevity, it seems that the latecomers don't appreciate it?"

After the young man arrived, Li Zhi and the Saint Maiden of Yao Chi immediately sensed his presence but did not come forward immediately.

"I have informed the senior management of the Ancient Trial Road. If nothing unexpected happens, fellow Daoist Gu Lin, whom I met in the 50th city of the human race, will come to this city to serve as a guide for a period of time."

The ancient stele left by Li Zhi has the same effect as the legendary Wall of Gods and Demons. Although the principles are different, it can still condense a mythical beast with the same cultivation level as the trial-taker through the power of Dao patterns.

If someone could break the magical powers that Li Zhi left on the ancient stele, they could engrave his own magical powers on the stele and replace it.

In the long run, these ancient monuments will definitely be a holy place for cultivation on the road of trial.

As with everything in the world, it is always easier to destroy than to build.

But what is the meaning of life if there is no construction?

From the day of its birth, life needs careful maintenance in order to thrive.

To only destroy without building is meaningless to life.

This is the realization Li Zhi had gained after seeing one ancient land of life after another destroyed by war over the past twenty years.

Although construction is much more difficult than destruction, the process of construction is also a process of "man conquering nature".

Should life succumb to the operation of the universe, or should it follow its evolutionary instinct and transform the universe?

The two seemingly unrelated choices actually determine whether a life will choose to "follow the will of heaven" or "go against the will of heaven."

There is a saying that goes "If you follow the will, you will be an ordinary person; if you go against the will, you will be an immortal."

If you want to become an immortal, you must have the "ambition to defy heaven".

(End of this chapter)