Chapter 404: Immortality
“This is the Purple Thunder Destruction Tribulation, which ranks high among the Immortality Tribulations.” Immortal Changcun introduced.
Taoist Jin's golden pestle body is as famous as it is said to be. When the purple immortal lightning struck him, it only damaged his clothes, without leaving any scars on his body.
After the purple fairy thunder, another thunder disaster came, and everyone looked solemn.
This is an obstacle that is difficult for all cultivators to overcome - the inner demon calamity.
Taoist Jin, who was trapped in the inner demon tribulation, stood there in a daze. Everyone had good hearing and could hear Taoist Jin's mutterings even through the thunder.
"The Immortal Realm knows that I am going to pass the tribulation, and has sent people to repair the ladder to immortality. The connection between Jiuzhou and the Immortal Realm has been restored. I have become an immortal, I have become an immortal..."
"...No, don't try to fool me. How could such a coincidence happen..."
"...It's not impossible. I will become a celestial being in the future. It's possible that the immortal world will specially welcome me..."
“Become an immortal! Become an immortal! Become an immortal! No one can stop me from becoming an immortal!”
Taoist Jin's eyes were blank, and his body reacted to be tempered by the immortal thunder.
"Oh no! He is about to achieve immortality. Stop him now!"
Everyone was horrified. Taoist Jin was trapped in a heart-demon tribulation. He had to use immortal thunder to achieve an immortal body. Without the support of immortal power, he would die with only an immortal body.
Everyone used various means to call out to Master Jin Dao and ask him to wake up.
The calamity of becoming an immortal does not allow any external interference, and cuts off all means of communication for everyone.
Taoist Jin was bathed in the immortal thunder, and his body became stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye. At this time, he broke through the calamity of his inner demon and woke up.
"Fellow Daoist Jin, please quickly interrupt the calamity of becoming an immortal, there is still time!" Yuan Shang shouted loudly.
Taoist Jin felt his body comparable to that of an earthly immortal, turned around and smiled at everyone, "It's too late."
Taoist Jin opened his arms, bathing in the afterglow of the thunder, enjoying this moment of power with a hint of helplessness.
"Changmei, I lied to you. In fact, I have been practicing secretly for the past twenty years."
"Why?" The Long-Eyebrowed Buddha did not expect that Taoist Jin would do this.
"I can't help it. Becoming an immortal is right before my eyes. Just because I don't have the ladder to become an immortal and can't go to the immortal world, I can't become an immortal. I won't resign myself to this."
"We are immortal cultivators. We have been practicing till now just to become immortals. Now we don't know when the immortal world will be able to rebuild the ladder to immortality. Should we keep waiting?"
"If someone from the immortal world comes in a hundred years, everything will be fine. But what if it's a thousand years, or ten thousand years? I don't want to keep waiting like this and waste my time..."
Before Taoist Jin could finish his words, his body, without the support of immortal power, decomposed into ashes in full view of everyone, and dust returned to dust.
The skills gained through a lifetime of scheming will dissipate with death and benefit the whole country.
After Jin Dao Ren's death, the atmosphere was depressing and everyone was silent, as if they were bidding farewell to Jin Dao Ren, or as if they were worried about their future selves.
Yes, if one can reach the Tribulation Crossing Stage, who would be willing to wait anxiously for the Ladder to Immortality which may reappear at any time?
But what else can we do if we don’t wait? Like Jin Daoren, the obsession of becoming an immortal is deeply rooted in our bones, so we have to overcome the calamity of becoming an immortal, and then die in the calamity of the inner demon?
In the past, we were not afraid of the inner demon tribulation. Before entering the tribulation period, we had already polished our spiritual platforms to be clear and flawless, and the inner demons could not deceive us no matter what tricks they used.
But now, no one is sure to overcome the inner tribulation.
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Another eighty years passed, and the ladder to immortality was still far away. The upper echelons of Jiuzhou fell into silence, with no hope of becoming immortal. Everyone wanted to cultivate immortality, but they did not dare to practice too vigorously, for fear of accidentally reaching the standard of the calamity of becoming an immortal and following in the footsteps of Jin Daoren.
As for the extraterritorial demon, no one took it seriously. There was no need to practice to fight against the extraterritorial demon.
Immortal Changcun said that the demons from outside the domain are just small shrimps to the fairy world, and there will be powerful people in the fairy world who will take action to destroy the demons from outside the domain, and there will be no trouble in the Nine Provinces.
Before the ladder to immortality disappeared, Jiuzhou reached its peak. According to the prediction of Immortal Changcun, three to four people might transcend the tribulation and ascend to heaven within a hundred years.
This is an extremely terrifying number.
And those who were supposed to ascend to heaven all fell silent.
As for the benefits, there are some. The demons in the Tribulation Period no longer have to upgrade quickly in order to slaughter living beings. Jiuzhou has entered a rare period of stability, and ordinary cultivators no longer have to live in fear.
The cultivators below the Tribulation Crossing Stage are determined to make progress and stand on the top of the Nine Provinces. On the contrary, those in the Tribulation Crossing Stage who are about to reach the limit of mortals are all depressed and unhappy. They drink and have fun, get temporary happiness, and forget about becoming immortals.
But when they woke up, they stared blankly in the direction where the ladder to immortality disappeared, and were stunned for a long time.
It's so painful.
Whether it is twenty years or eighty years, it is just the length of a retreat for those in the Tribulation Crossing Period.
It's not a matter of time, but a lack of hope ahead.
If it is said that the ladder to immortality will definitely appear in a hundred years, two hundred years, or even five hundred years, then no one will care about becoming an immortal and will just wait.
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But you have to give it some time.
Many people visited Changcun Xianweng, hoping to get reliable information from this sage.
Immortal Changcun could not give any definite information, but just asked them to wait patiently.
Changcun Xianweng said to make others feel at ease, but he himself was the one who felt the most uneasy.
The ladder to immortality will never appear again. Even if it does, it will definitely not be the immortals coming down to earth to welcome Jiuzhou. It would be better for it not to appear.
The Immortal Changcun named the cave Fengji Cave and refused to receive any more guests.
However, a shocking piece of news made the Immortal Changcun come out again.
"Has the Long-Eyebrowed Buddha gone astray?!"
Upon hearing the news, Immortal Changcun hurried to Mount Xumi.
At this time, the entire Mount Sumeru was shrouded in dark clouds, and the Buddha's light could not penetrate the thick clouds.
The long-browed Buddha closed his eyes tightly, muttering something, with the aura of tribulation surging, and it was obvious that he could not control himself.
"what happened?"
The Immortal Changcun did not understand that among all the people who had to cross the tribulation period, the mind of the Buddha Changmei was the best and it was impossible for him to go astray.
The situation of the Long-browed Buddha was too dangerous. He tried his best to suppress his rampant spiritual power and not break through the last layer of barrier to overcome the calamity of becoming an immortal.
The young monk replied, "There has been something wrong with the master for a long time. He no longer recites the sutras on time, but instead deduces the way of space and alternative ways to become an immortal. I asked the master what he wanted to do, and the master said he wanted to use the way of space to find the immortal world, or bypass the ladder to immortality and become an immortal."
"I thought this was Master's great wish, so I didn't pay much attention to it. Now I think Master's behavior is against the norm."
"Just now, Master was doing two things at once, just like usual. He was reciting scriptures in the Great Hall while deducing the way of space. But as he was reciting, Master stopped deducing the way of space, and his voice became more and more hurried. He was no longer reciting scriptures, but the word 'become an immortal'."
After hearing what the little monk said, Immortal Changcun finally heard clearly what the Long-browed Buddha had been muttering.
Immortal Changcun sighed. After Taoist Jin left, Changmei was the one closest to becoming an immortal. Becoming an immortal was not only his goal, but also his obsession.
The Long-browed Buddha was bent on becoming an immortal, but went astray. If he continues like this, he will probably end up dead.
"This is not just Changmei's problem. Others in the Tribulation Crossing Stage also have similar obsessions, but Changmei's is the most serious."
(End of this chapter)