I fear not a thousand tribulations and ten thousand hardships, for I wish to remain pure and innocent in the world of the living.
Despite enduring countless tribulations, Bai Cang still appears elegant and handsome on the surface, but his inner self is already filled with a chilling aura of death.
If it were to manifest its "true form," it would be a thousand or even ten thousand times more terrifying than any malevolent spirit or ghost. It would be a hell in human form, moving and walking around.
During these eons, he slew ghost kings, underworld generals, ghost immortals, and yin demons, and also encountered natural disasters and strange phenomena such as the Nine Netherworld Yin Wind, Blood Fiend Thunder, Profound Yin Demon Fiend, Earth Extreme Evil Fire, and Formless Blood Spirit.
They encountered many strange tribulations such as the "Flying Frost Tribulation," the "Overturning Sea Tribulation," and the "Heart Demon Tribulation," and suffered a great deal of "torture."
But Bai Cang was enjoying it, and even felt that it wasn't quite enough!
The feedback from surviving the ordeal was simply too satisfying!
After countless tribulations, Bai Cang's undying primordial spirit had shed its golden color, resembling crystal and glass, presenting a clear, transparent, and flawless state.
That kind of "great freedom, great ease, and great perfection" aura contains all kinds of immortal, indestructible, and indestructible Daoist meanings.
His cultivation level did not increase significantly, but the "Taiyin Blade" showed signs of transforming from "Seventy-two Marquises" to "Thirty-six Heavenly Gangs".
Most importantly, within the "Gourd Heaven World," an endless netherworld has already taken shape, showing faint signs of the "cycle of life and death," and the rules of heaven and earth are becoming increasingly perfect.
Even when the Yin and Yang energies are shifting, one can faintly discern the aura of the "cycle of life and death".
When the "Taiji Heavenly Wheel" manifested, the Daoist rhymes of Yin and Yang, life and death, the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams, the Five Elements and Six Harmonies, the Seven Stars and Nine Palaces permeated the air, causing the "Primordial White Qi" to grow from a wisp to a strand as thick as a finger.
This is a true transformation at its very foundation!
In addition, Xiao Nie is also one of the biggest beneficiaries of this trip.
It could even be said that it is in no way inferior to Bai Cang.
After going through countless tribulations, "Little Nie's" cultivation had reached the level of 100,000 years, reaching the limit that the "Ghost Immortal" status could bear.
Moreover, within the endless darkness of the "Pot Heaven World," ten directions of hell have been created, and it is already close to the state of "death transforming into life," transforming into a true living being.
Once the boundary between life and death is broken, attaining the Dao and realizing the primordial spirit is almost a certainty.
However, this final step is also the most difficult transformation!
Bai Cang's current state is not because he cannot get rid of the will to die, but because he deliberately does so in order to comprehend the true meaning of the Great Dao of "Yin reaches its extreme and Yang is born", "Death reaches its extreme and life is born", and "Life and death cycle".
Just as he was thinking this, Bai Cang passed through another tribulation and suddenly felt the deathly aura within his body, so dense it seemed to have finally reached its limit.
Ghostly patterns intertwined and coiled, condensing into pure white frost flowers on his body.
His form gradually dissolved, turning into jet-black liquid that flowed down.
However, Bai Cang was not alarmed but delighted. He did not put up any resistance and let his physical form collapse, turning into a dense aura of resentment and death.
In the words of the Great God King Zhouyin, you are becoming more and more like a "ghost"!
Even the Netherworld God is, in essence, still a living being.
They are only allowed to roam freely in the Netherworld under the protection of the Netherworld Phoenix Edict, fulfilling their duties.
Only a "human" whose lifespan has been completely transformed into a "ghost" is a true "ghost".
Even many underworld deities would keep their distance from such beings and feel fear towards them.
It's not fear of "ghosts" that's the fear, but fear of such an irreversible fate!
"boom!"
Just then, Bai Cang's form finally collapsed completely, turning into clumps of pitch-black yin wind that howled in all directions.
Then they intertwined again, transforming into a towering, ten-thousand-foot-tall ghostly figure, standing between heaven and earth.
"Brother Taiyin, why have you come to this?"
The Great God of Zhou Yin wore a tall hat and a black robe, dressed as a ghost or deity of the underworld.
But in his eyes, Bai Cang, this "madman," was the real inhabitant of the Netherworld!
He was merely a passerby!
This is also what he can't understand the most: why would someone choose to be a "ghost" instead of doing the work?
Isn't he afraid of truly being doomed, eternally condemned, and falling into the deepest hell, never to be reborn?
The key to surviving the ordeal of death and returning to life is to "be like a ghost but not a ghost." This means using all sorts of methods to disguise oneself as a "ghost" amidst countless tribulations, thereby entering the deepest part of the ordeal and approaching the boundary between the underworld and the mortal world.
Then, break through the barriers and be reborn!
But if one has already completely transformed into a "ghost," what is the point of even entering the deepest part of the gates of hell?
True "ghosts" have long since merged with the origin of the netherworld, and it is absolutely impossible for them to "return to life".
The boundary between life and death, though seemingly blurred, is actually always quite clear!
You can be like a "ghost", but you absolutely cannot be anything other than a "human"!
"Great, I'm starting to understand all of this, it's fantastic!"
But at that moment, Bai Cang was overjoyed, his face beaming with a smile that stretched all the way to his ears, "Only by experiencing death can one be fearless of it."
A tiger sees no ravines, but a coward sees only obstacles.
What is the boundary between life and death? It's nothing but a toy to be played with!
If you can't even cross the line between life and death, how can you talk about immortality?
Thinking this, Bai Cang, who was like a demon, gradually felt a trace of yang energy and vitality growing within him.
Every ray of sunshine and life force would cause his "evil spirit body" to decay and wither in large patches, as if it had been splashed with sulfuric acid, leaving behind terrifying scars.
The excruciating pain, like a tidal wave, penetrated deep into his soul, giving him a profound understanding of what it meant to be in unbearable agony.
Even the most brutal form of torture, like being sliced to death, pales in comparison to this.
It was like the eighteen levels of hell, with countless punishments inflicted upon one at the same time.
However……
Bai Cang became even more excited!
The Tai Chi Heavenly Wheel manifested within his body, continuously generating Yang energy and vitality as it rotated.
The demonic body, which is in harmony with the origin of the underworld, desperately tries to extinguish all life.
Life and death constantly clashed within him, creating a fierce collision.
"boom!"
I don't know how much time has passed.
Bai Cang's towering, ghostly body finally collapsed completely.
It was as if, in a life-or-death struggle, his physical form was completely destroyed, annihilated inch by inch, leaving not a trace.
Even the "Taiji Heavenly Wheel" formed from the "Innate Taiji Golden Elixir" could not escape this fate, and was completely and utterly annihilated and collapsed.
Only a wisp of "Primordial White Qi," about a foot long, floated and drifted high in the sky.
Finally, they slowly intertwined into a handsome figure that was neither alive nor dead, transcending the boundaries of life and death!
"Damn it! You're insane!"
The Great God King Zhouyin couldn't help but utter a heartfelt remark, "Aren't they afraid of killing themselves?!"
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