Chapter 1644
Severely Injured
Because Duobao and the others had neither the knowledge nor the ability to inform the disciples about the impending calamity, they were completely baffled by the current situation!
If one didn't know the character of Duobao and the others, it would be easy to mistakenly believe that they were being tortured.
During this period, some disciples went to ask the Great Luo Golden Immortals like Duobao why they were being forced to cultivate in such a way.
But no matter who they were, they received no answers, only instructions to cultivate diligently.
It wasn't until hundreds of years later, when the great calamity of the primordial era erupted, that they understood the reason!
Then, they sincerely thanked Duobao and the others for their encouragement, which gave them a better chance of surviving the great calamity.
However, everyone is still full of resentment and cannot understand why Duobao and the others treat them this way, but they have no choice but to follow their orders.
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the other side.
In a corner of the void at the Xuanxian level.
Li Zhirui slowly opened his eyes and immediately realized that he was holding an object in his hand. He looked down and saw that it was the compass spirit object he had obtained in the Chaos Heaven.
"I wonder what the grade of this spiritual item is?"
But it can't be too low, otherwise how could one determine the location of a world in the vast void?
He also gained a substantial understanding of the strength of such a supreme expert as the Great Luo Dao Fruit.
But perhaps we've only glimpsed a corner, not the whole picture.
"I wonder when I will be able to reach such a level?" A thought flashed through Li Zhirui's mind, but he suppressed it instantly.
Because aiming too high is not a good thing!
He is currently only at the Profound Immortal Realm. Ahead of him are the Golden Immortal, the Taiyi Golden Immortal, and the Daluo Golden Immortal Realms. Each of these realms is not as easy as the previous ones. On the contrary, the difficulty of breaking through each realm increases dramatically, sometimes by several times or even dozens of times.
Furthermore, the further one progresses, the greater the difficulty of breaking through becomes. It is possible that breaking through the bottleneck of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm will trap him for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years!
Therefore, there's no need to think about things that far ahead. His most important task right now is to break through to the Golden Immortal realm and obtain the qualification to go to the Primordial World.
Li Zhirui quickly gathered up the chaotic thoughts in his mind and embarked on the journey of training in the void once again!
Danger is never lacking in chaos.
Sure enough, he had only been on his way for a short time when he encountered a ferocious beast that looked extremely angry.
The moment they spotted him, they launched an attack, charging towards him menacingly.
"Did you encounter another creature before, and do something bad or harmful to it? But you couldn't do anything about it, so now you want to take your anger out on me?"
Li Zhirui frowned slightly, and his expression turned unpleasant. Did he think he was easy to bully?
His guess was correct. Indeed, not long ago, two beings used a diversionary tactic to lure the ferocious beast away and then stole the various chaotic spiritual objects it had collected over the years.
There are quite a few spiritual objects, and their quality is relatively high, so their value is self-evident.
As a result, the spiritual items it painstakingly collected, intending to use as resources for its breakthrough to the Golden Immortal realm, turned out to be someone else's spoils of war when it returned. How could the ferocious beast not be angry and furious?
As luck would have it, Li Zhirui stumbled upon this ferocious beast in a fit of rage.
Faced with this ferocious beast that had already charged forward, even if he didn't want to fight it, he couldn't avoid it for the time being and had no choice but to take on the battle.
But as soon as the two clashed, he was at a disadvantage.
The ferocious beast was not only stronger than him, but it was also attacking in anger, which increased its power. If Li Zhirui hadn't unhesitatingly used his natal magic weapon, he probably would have been injured at the very beginning of the battle.
This immediately calmed him down, changed his mind, and stopped pursuing the goal of defeating the ferocious beast. Instead, he viewed the battle as a test and challenge for himself.
In this way, he was able to unleash his full potential and freely use the supernatural powers and secret techniques he possessed.
In this situation, by a twist of fate, he gained a slight advantage!
Rumbling--
Every collision of their attacks produced a deafening sound that could travel a great distance through the void, making the battle increasingly fierce and intense.
Unfortunately, their good fortune didn't last long, and as time went on, the ferocious beast regained the upper hand.
Its strength was already much greater; it had only been momentarily caught off guard, allowing Li Zhirui to seize the opportunity. By the time the ferocious beast realized what was happening, its slight advantage had quickly vanished.
Li Zhirui found it increasingly difficult to cope, and several times he was in grave danger.
Although he wasn't seriously injured yet, he was getting more and more wounded and looked increasingly disheveled.
Roar--
This chaotic beast was not very intelligent, but it had developed some intelligence. It could see his current situation and became even more aggressive, wanting to take advantage of the situation to defeat him directly.
If we could devour this creature, that would be wonderful!
This way, it can at least make up for the spiritual items it lost.
Li Zhirui was naturally unwilling to become food for the ferocious beast to improve his cultivation. Seeing the opponent's fierce attack that seemed intent on killing him, he instantly unleashed his full magical power and formed hand seals.
In an instant, a large number of vines and giant trees grew in the void and chaos, and there was also a large amount of dark blue spiritual water below. While enhancing its power, it also seemed to hide some killing moves.
When his internal mana was insufficient to support this killing move, he did not hesitate to swallow several top-grade spirit-restoring pills. Even if his meridians had to withstand the impact of the violent mana and might even be damaged, he still wanted to teach this ferocious beast a profound lesson!
In an instant, this void transformed into a land of vines and trees, not only binding the ferocious beasts tightly, but also unleashing a continuous barrage of attacks from the giant trees.
But the ferocious beast was not so easily subdued; it immediately began to resist fiercely, trying to break free of its restraints.
By now, both sides have suffered heavy losses in the battle, and neither side is in a good position.
However, Li Zhirui's condition was more serious, and even the backup plan he had left behind did not give him a chance to turn the tide.
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After a fierce battle where all means were employed, Li Zhirui barely managed to stay afloat and hurriedly left the battlefield in a very disheveled state.
Unfortunately, he did not win this battle.
However, the beast did not fare well either, as Li Zhirui left a very serious wound on it, which could be considered revenge for the beast's attack on him.
Moreover, even if the ferocious beast wins, it will be a Pyrrhic victory, and it will not gain any benefit!
After fleeing the battlefield, he arrived at a deserted void, where he entered the space to treat his severe injuries before returning to the void to heal himself.
There was no other way. Given his current condition, if he were to heal in the void, he would have almost no strength to deal with any danger he might encounter, and he would still have to hide in the space.
Rather than risking exposure later, it's better to advance into space now, recover some strength, and at least have the power to escape safely if danger arises.
Inside the space, not much had changed. Under the cultivation and nurturing of those demon spirits, all sorts of spiritual creatures could be seen.
Li Zhirui cultivates more of the spiritual creatures that he frequently uses, those of high quality, those that are rare and precious, or those with special effects. He also cultivates other spiritual creatures, but mostly to replenish his storeroom or to try to cultivate higher-level or mutated spiritual creatures.
It is precisely because so many spiritual creatures have been planted, including many high-level ones, that even though the spiritual energy in the space is already very rich, there is actually not much surplus.
Therefore, Li Zhirui almost never cultivates or heals in the space, for fear that absorbing too much spiritual energy would affect the growth of a large number of spiritual creatures.
If the situation hadn't been so unusual, he wouldn't have wanted to enter the space to heal.
Still leaning against the Five Elements Immortal Root, he sat cross-legged on the futon, circulating his cultivation technique to absorb spiritual energy and heal his injuries.
Unfortunately, by this time, the Five Elements had already left him; otherwise, with his help, the healing process would have been much faster.
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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.
The Elemental Realm.
On this day, the world suddenly began to shake violently, as if something was about to erupt that could affect the entire world.
All living beings became extremely fearful and terrified, as if they were worried that some cataclysmic disaster would break out at any moment.
However, some higher-level beings were quite puzzled. If it really was the end of the world, why had there never been any signs before?
Once they realized what was happening, they all started to take action, either deducing or investigating, trying to find out what was going on.
Only Ziwei, those few powerful immortals, and some mysterious beings vaguely knew something.
"There are just too many ancient gods in the divine path!" a certain immortal sighed, then closed his eyes.
Actually, this is a good thing for factions other than Shinto, since it means the loss of a deity who has lived for countless years.
In the long river of destiny in the primordial spirit realm, a deity that looks like a dragon but is also encircling a great mountain is transcending!
This is none other than Zhulong, the ancient god who cultivated the laws of time and controlled the river of time!
Having witnessed the transcendence of various methods, Zhulong also began to put them into practice.
As an ancient god who personally experienced the rise, prosperity, peak, and final decline of the divine path, and its current resurgence, he is only at the Celestial Immortal realm, but no one dares to underestimate him.
Because he is a master who cultivates the laws of time and controls the river of time!
Throughout his countless years of life, no one knew the extent of his abilities and methods.
And even such a great deity is preparing to transcend and leave the Yuanling Realm.
The method he chose was the same one that Li Mingyao had used.
Zhulong first merged his true form and the time-refining spiritual treasure Zhongshan into the River of Time, making it more perfect, thereby gaining a vast amount of merit from the Heavenly Dao.
It is precisely because of the further improvement of the river of time that such a great commotion occurred in the world, leading people to mistakenly believe it to be a sign of the destruction of the world.
The merit he gained this time, combined with the merits Zhulong had accumulated before, directly reduced his karma by nearly 90%.
Is that still not enough?
Realizing that he still had karmic ties to himself, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
No wonder that after so many years, of the ancient gods, only Doumu and Diyuan have successfully transcended.
However, the way these two empresses transcended worldly concerns is difficult to imitate.
The former is something that can only be encountered by chance and cannot be sought after. To find a great world in the vast chaos? That is almost impossible, especially since even gods cannot leave the Yuanling Realm for too long.
To this day, how Doumu obtained and locked onto that location in the Great Thousand World remains a mystery.
They did know the latter method, because Di Yuan had told them about it directly before transcending.
However, other great gods cannot learn from this either. First of all, it is difficult for them to leave their own divine realm and go to the turbid sea located in the deepest part of the underworld.
Secondly, they need to relearn the purification principles.
However, for these gods who specialize in a particular law, it is extremely difficult to comprehend the law from scratch now!
Because the laws they currently understand will have a significant impact on their comprehension of new laws.
Moreover, in the process of comprehending the laws of purification, they will incur a great deal of karmic debt.
Therefore, the only way for these great masters to transcend is to accumulate merit!
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On another note!
When Zhulong realized that he still had some lingering karma, he felt helpless, but there was no turning back now.
Fortunately, he had made some extra preparations!
With a single breath, the Candle Dragon released over twenty chaotic spiritual objects that appeared above the River of Time. These objects were then crushed by the Candle Dragon and transformed into pure laws of time, thus perfecting the laws of time once again.
Heaven bestowed merit upon him once again, just enough to allow him to dissolve the remaining 10% of karma.
Roar--
The moment the cause and effect dissipated, even the Candle Dragon, which had lived for countless millennia, couldn't help but let out an excited shout.
Without hesitation or pause, he left the Yuanling Realm!
Then it vanished into the void, disappearing without a trace.
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"Why? Why are you all thinking of leaving the Yuanling Realm? It's clear that the great trend of the Heavenly Dao has already manifested, and the next era will be the era of the Divine Dao!"
Ziwei, who was perched in the Lingxiao Palace, muttered to herself, "Wouldn't staying in the Yuanling Realm and enjoying this preferential treatment be more beneficial to my cultivation?"
He really couldn't understand this question. What was so good about the void and chaos? It was all gray and extremely dangerous.
Putting aside other matters, within the realm of gods alone, three ancient great gods and three deities who were on the verge of becoming immortals chose to leave the Yuanling Realm.
If it's just one or two, Ziwei won't care at all, since everyone has their own thoughts.
However, when he saw so many outstanding deities leaving the Yuanling Realm one after another, his originally firm resolve began to waver.
Furthermore, he knew that almost all the ancient gods were striving for transcendence, seemingly unwilling to remain in the Primordial Spirit Realm under any circumstances. (End of Chapter)