Chapter 78 Ruthlessness becomes the rule of everything.
Cultivation, attaining enlightenment, becoming an immortal, and ascending to heaven are what every cultivator dreams of, and are unquestionable rules in the entire cultivation world.
But there was one exception.
Chongming Immortal Venerable.
Ever since he entered the list of geniuses, Chu Sheng never believed that Chongming Immortal Venerable's disappearance without a trace was the result of him escaping from the mortal world and ignoring worldly affairs.
——The Immortal Master Chongming will definitely try every possible way to save the goddess and the Lord God, no matter what the cost.
"Gui Xuan," Chu Sheng asked, "How much do you remember about your experiences on the Tianjiao Ranking?"
The young valley master, who was surrounded by a light medicinal fragrance, was stunned for a moment and shook his head slightly.
"I can't remember most of them clearly. What's wrong?"
Chu Sheng stretched out her hand, holding a lotus seed in her palm.
"Your lost memory may be important to the truth I'm pursuing. Do you mind..."
Before she finished speaking, Gui Xuan swallowed the lotus seed without hesitation.
"This is the seed of the Golden Lotus of Creation. I'm not so ignorant as to know its value."
Chu Sheng choked. "Can you please listen to me? While it can save my life, it will also allow me to comprehend your great path..."
Upon hearing this, Ling Fengzhi immediately patted Chu Sheng's shoulder. "Do you have any lotus seeds left? Give me one too."
——What are you doing this for, kid?!
Nagi Rinyu couldn't help but look back at him, thinking about the friendship between this kid and Chu Sheng that made the latter rush thousands of miles to save people, he swallowed the words back.
"I've always felt that Chu Sheng should become a sword cultivator." Ling Fengzhi naturally took another lotus seed from Chu Sheng's hand.
"It's perfectly normal for sword cultivators to appreciate each other's swordsmanship. Rather, this particular situation suits my needs perfectly."
"...If you want to use this to turn Chu Sheng into a swordsman, forget it." Gui Xuan complained.
"She has so many things she can use now. Even the king wouldn't dare to recognize her!"
Chu Sheng, who is proficient in magic cultivation, holds a magic sword in his hand, can condense the devil's energy for his own use, and can easily fill the sealing formation, smiled a little guilty when he heard it.
"What's more, I want to use the Golden Lotus of Fortune to save my life, but I don't want to pay the price. How can such a good thing be possible?
Even when you were out training, you never forgot to send me rare treasures and precious medicines. Why should we talk about him?"
Gui Xuan watched Ling Fengzhi swallow the lotus seeds, her tone unusually calm.
"What do you think, Ling Fengzhi?"
"Yes." Jian Xiu looked at Chu Sheng and Gui Xuan and nodded firmly. "I will help."
Yuan Qi watched this scene in near astonishment, and turned to look at Qi An.
"Did I miss something? Why is it so easy to talk about the interconnection of the avenues now?"
"You don't understand, this is a bond." Qi An sighed.
"Where did you get this bond from? If I'm not mistaken, you must have taken the lotus seeds as well." Yuan Qi asked subconsciously, but he had a bad feeling as soon as he said it.
"Of course, if Ye Ziqing can do it, then my sincere heart towards my junior sister is naturally evident to heaven and earth." Qi An replied quietly.
"I only hope that Junior Sister can change her mind soon, leave the Hehuan Sect, and become a disciple of my Sword Palace..."
...Okay, I don’t really understand you sword cultivators.
Yuan Qi turned his eyes away, not wanting to be bothered.
He looked at Yuwawa and Fang Yuan who were trying to subdue and counter-subdue each other, and then looked at the demon kings, led by Xuangui, who were building their homes from scratch and obviously didn't want to leave in the future. He just felt a headache.
Turning around, he found that Nagi Linyou was arm in arm with Ya Ge and whispering something, and Tian Yan, who had a face, looked at him and quickly looked away as if he had seen something dirty.
...What a sin.
In such a large group of people, are Junior Sister Chu Sheng and I the only ones who are most reliable?!
Yuan Qi looked at Gui Xuan, Ling Fengzhi and Chu Sheng who were meditating on the spot, and for a moment he couldn't help but feel sympathetic.
By the time this group of people breaks the blockade and leaves the ancient ruins, the future of the cultivation world will probably, definitely, possibly, be over.
——The future of the cultivation world is over.
Ye Ziqing realized this as never before.
There is no sun or moon in the mountains, and how long can one live? But after just a hundred years, the cultivators hidden in the ancient ruins have become a legend.
Funerals were falling like rain, and the number of Feiluan messages received by each sect was so frequent that it was like a daily routine, making people numb.
"I should have thought of it earlier." Zixiao murmured.
"This current Frost Flower Sword Master clearly swore an oath to join the Supervisory Team. He's been away from the team for years, but no punishment has been imposed for breaking his oath.
If the Heavenly Dao hadn't been damaged, how could he, who had been imprisoned by the demons and devil cultivators for so many years, have left the Canglang Mountains unscathed, and even set foot in the ancient ruins where Yuan Qi was?"
Ye Ziqing collected the funeral news from Qingfeng Sect.
The lifespan of a Jindan-stage cultivator is 500 years. When they last met, he clearly remembered Qinghe as only 200 years old. Now, he had failed to break through to the Yuanying stage and died prematurely...
Fortunately, the Yuhuo Sect and the Qingfeng Sect are adjacent to each other, and with Yan Hu, who has advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, in charge of the sect, the Yuhuo Sect's situation is slightly better than that of the Qingfeng Sect, and it still has enough energy to help and protect a small number of disciples.
As for Hua Meng of the Hua Sect, after participating in the Dharma Cultivation Competition, she quickly led her disciples back to the sect.
Although she did not have such an opportunity as the Tianjiao List, her cultivation level was far higher than Qinghe and Yanhu at this moment. She was actually already a cultivator in the early stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, which was enough for her to be the leader of a sect and consolidate the family's reputation.
Fortunately, there are still people who take the path of Tao seriously and cultivate and improve their understanding.
But this sporadic good news is just a drop in the bucket for the current complex situation.
Zixiao, Qiao Xuefeng and others lived in seclusion in the Hehuan Sect. Those who did not leave the sect would deduce and compete with each other's abilities. As a result, they actually made unexpected discoveries.
The course of nature has its regularities, but at this moment the future is obscured and the path to immortality is cut off. The two work together to deduce, only to discover that the way of nature has been silent for who knows how long.
Ye Ziqing remained silent and composed.
"Did you know this earlier?" Qiao Xuefeng looked at him, and an incredible and crazy idea came to his mind.
"You were so calm and composed. You had anticipated this, but you didn't let anyone know about it?"
"I'm not the only one who knows, but everything in the world has nothing to do with me." Under Qiao Xuefeng's repeated questioning, Ye Ziqing answered softly.
"I only seek peace of mind for myself. What else does the noise and chaos have to do with me?"
Who else would know? Qiao Xuefeng was simply troubled, while Zixiao understood everything and stopped arguing with Ye Ziqing about it.
What Ye Ziqing was talking about was probably the junior sister who was in the ancient ruins.
He just didn't know whether his trusted junior sister could really understand this obscure celestial phenomenon?
If Chu Sheng knew the conversation that took place here, she would answer without hesitation.
Of course she doesn’t understand!
There are so many things to do that there is no chance to breathe. They just keep coming one after another.
It was already a rare achievement for Chu Sheng to be able to make some sense of this mess of things, so how could he possibly guarantee that everything was covered?
Her top priority is to uncover the motives of Chongming Xianzun, and Guixuan does not disappoint her.
The connection and communication between the Taos are as majestic and vast as hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea. The powerful force is enough to awaken the silhouettes sleeping in the deepest part of the soul, making everything that happens seem to be happening again yesterday.
Chu Sheng wakes up from Gui Xuan's memory.
Her emotions seemed to be becoming increasingly weak, and her own thoughts and personality had been shaken by the insights and memories brought about by the many avenues.
Fortunately, she still remembered her name, where she came from, and where she was going.
During the time of the Goddess and the Lord God, the term "becoming an immortal" was a relatively new concept. For the living beings of the time, worshipping a high platform or the Kunlun Ruins was one way to strengthen oneself.
Whether it is the Goddess Taishang, the Lord Yinglong, or the Immortal Chongming, they are not in the artificially drawn levels of cultivation, nor do they need to learn magic or comprehend the Tao.
Controlling water, lighting fires, summoning wind, and attracting lightning are all things that can be done easily, without even having to think or rely on a medium to perform them.
For them, displaying power is as natural as eating and drinking, as if this great power is innate. However, such a concept is not suitable for the current world of cultivation...
He already looks like an immortal!
Chongming Immortal Venerable is considered by everyone to have become an immortal. Is his so-called "immortality" really what is often said in the world of cultivation today?
Chu Sheng came up with a terrible guess from Gui Xuan's memories.
if……
What if during these millions of years, Immortal Chongming never truly began to ascend?
If such a person were alive, if such a possibility existed, if such a terrifying person had a goal so impossible to achieve, and could not get others to help him, and had waited for such a long time...
If Immortal Chongming chooses to suddenly attack at this time, no one can stop him from achieving his desired goal!
Zongshan raised his head and looked at his disciple who had sunk into the spiritual palace again and was paying attention to him.
The beautiful face of the woman was unconsciously stained with a bit of indifference and emptiness. The beloved disciple with black hair and black eyes leaned down and extended a hand to him for knowledge.
"Master, I'm confused..."
"Do you know the final whereabouts of Immortal Chongming?"
Sheng'er, you finally...
Zongshan held her cold and soft hands. The great monk with snow-white hair and golden eyes looked at his beloved disciple, whom he was proud of, and slowly revealed a long-lost smile.
"Of course I know. I know everything about the traceability of all things in this world of cultivation. I know everything."
You finally came to me with the answer you knew well, and asked me the most crucial key to all events.
Millions of years ago.
After careful consideration, Chongming, with his own understanding of the Tao, received the baptism of the Purple Sky Tribulation Thunder and gained the recognition of the still immature Heavenly Dao.
From then on, Chongming stepped onto the imperial stage and achieved enlightenment, and was the first to ascend to heaven under the attention of everyone.
But after ascending to heaven, Chongming Immortal Venerable discovered that this immortal was not a true immortal. Apart from a slight increase in strength and a grasp of the way of heaven, his own strength did not achieve a qualitative leap.
Without a qualitative leap, he would not be able to do what he wanted to do.
Chongming was not willing to accept such an outcome, so he overcame numerous difficulties and went back to the mortal world, wanting to find out the source of all the mistakes.
——As the first immortal to ascend after the initial establishment of the Way of Heaven, Chongming, who tried to break the rules, naturally paid the price for his willful behavior.
“So, I appeared in this world.”
Zongshan told Chu Sheng in front of him the story of this forgotten event that happened thousands of years ago, just as he was telling someone else's story.
His name is Zongshan.
This is the first sentence that comes to mind when a creature opens its eyes in the wild desert.
When Zongshan woke up, what appeared before him was a vast desert and slender leaves swaying in the dry wind, as if they were about to fall down in the yellow sand at any time.
That is the Jianmu that connects the upper realm and the world of cultivation.
After losing the abundant spiritual nourishment, the sacred tree, unable to reveal its magnificent true form, chose to transform into an extremely ordinary albizzia tree.
"Thank you, so you like it here... Thank you for accompanying me on this journey." Zongshan said.
He touched the leaves, his tone gentler than ever before, as if an originally inhuman being had suddenly developed emotions that should not have existed overnight.
"—I will make you grow back into a giant tree in the sky."
On the site of the once magnificent Kunlun Ruins, Zongshan established the original Albizia Julibrissin Sect using an ordinary Albizia Julibrissin tree.
"Why does such a sect appear?"
Zongshan pondered for a moment, then replied.
"To express my gratitude to Immortal Chongming for his contributions to the desert."
Chongming Immortal?
Ten thousand years have passed since this legendary immortal ascended to heaven.
In the ever-changing world of cultivation, few people know the name of this Immortal Venerable, let alone the contributions made by Immortal Venerable Chongming as mentioned by Zongshan.
No problem, this is exactly the effect Zongshan wants. Only a past that no one knows about but really exists can allow him to truly have the right to speak.
He possesses power and holds many rare treasures. Countless people even dream of helping him ascend to heaven, but he is unwilling to ascend to become an immortal.
Zongshan is like a lonely soul, wandering in this world, looking for a destination that he himself does not even know where it will be waiting for him.
That’s tens of millions of years.
There were people who broke into his world without saying hello, there were people who, with youthful vigor, decided to help him find the so-called end, there were people who became his close friends, and there were people who turned against him and became his mortal enemy.
But in the end, no matter how passionate the love was, how deep the hatred was, how many regrets could not be expressed, or how many misunderstandings had been caused across mountains and seas and had not been made clear, all turned into illusions with the arrival of the thunder tribulation.
"Don't you want to ascend? Don't you want to become an immortal? Don't you want to join us in exploring the destination you mentioned, even if it means just a little more power?"
"This is my personal matter, and has nothing to do with you," Zongshan replied. "Ascending to heaven is not something I aspire to do... So, go ahead, I will send you my best wishes."
Zongshan has saved many children and made many friends.
His names are varied and he is not restricted to just one. This can avoid a lot of trouble and also makes it easier for him to do things to prove his guesses.
He believed that although the Lord God had sacrificed his life to suppress the devil and died with the Goddess, this so-called "devil" was a power from outer space and could perhaps be used by people for their own benefit.
But before he could put this guess into practice, the demon cultivators appeared in the world of cultivation.
After actually coming into contact with the existence of the "Heavenly Demonic Qi", Zongshan gave up this possibility that he had been thinking about for a long time.
"That is a living creature, not some kind of rule..." Zongshan thought for a long time, and finally had to admit a possibility.
The reason why Chongming, the Lord God and the Goddess failed to succeed in what they wanted to do was perhaps simply because it was not something they should do.
The course of nature is unchangeable. The world will choose its own suitable track to develop the future direction, and they are just pioneers buried in the river of time...
Sacrificing and giving of themselves is the only reason for their birth into this world.
Chongming did not understand the goddess's compassion for the world, and the God Lord did not understand the goddess's awe of the rules, but Zongshan understood and recognized them all, so he gave up.
If this were the choice they should have had back then...
Then perhaps, the meaning of Zongshan's existence is to wait for the final signal to appear, and then set things right that caused the tragedy, and completely isolate the source of the chaos.
He didn't think much about the goddess. That was Chongming's obsession, not his Zongshan's choice.
Zongshan is a derivative of Chongming, but not Chongming's reincarnation. After having his own thoughts, he increasingly denied Chongming's previous speculations.
The essence of how the world works requires impartial order and rules to maintain it, but those who have emotions and desires and are flawed will not be chosen by the Tao from the beginning.
This was determined since the beginning of the world and is not subject to any individual's will.
Chongming believed that the essence of the world is vitality and continuation. As a traveler through time and space, he gained a perception of Tao, but took the wrong path. This was not Chongming's fault.
If you want to manage rules, you must first create them. Among the countless orders that are born naturally, is there one that can control all the rules?
some.
Zongshan used his own body as a blade and opened up a ruthless path in this world.
He nurtured the growth of this Dao like a young seedling, and time and again selected the right people to entrust it, comprehend it, shape it, and perfect it...
Until one day, Zongshan, who had not actively chosen to be a cultivator, realized that the seedling he had been nurturing had grown a second root system and taken root in a very poor soil.
Zongshan knew that he had succeeded.
Wuqing Dao was born with a spirit. For the survival of its own Dao, Wuqing Dao made the most appropriate choice in the person who would carry the Dao.
He held the hand of Chu Sheng when he was young.
"A teacher is someone who imparts knowledge and resolves doubts, Sheng'er."
Zongshan said gently.
"——I am your master."
Chu Sheng's spiritual palace began to vibrate, and the surging spiritual sea hit the two of them, but it couldn't wet their clothes at all.
Chu Sheng stared at Zong Shan. Even after hearing such a subversive fact, the female cultivator remained calm and composed. There was nothing else in her black eyes except a deep vortex.
"—What do you want me to be, Master?"
"Accept the ruthless way, Sheng'er. This is a mutual choice between you two."
Zongshan held her shoulders tightly, and the frank communication between their souls in the spiritual palace made it impossible for Chu Sheng to escape easily due to the huge force that did not allow for any struggle.
His Taoism was transformed through the Golden Lotus of Creation and was now transmitted to Chu Sheng's spiritual palace without any reversal. At the same time, the golden lotus connecting Zong Shan's body withered and broke, falling into the vast spiritual sea, blocking Chu Sheng's possibility of going against the trend.
The great monk with snow-white hair and golden eyes broke his usual indifferent expression and revealed a relieved smile of a man who had traveled thousands of miles and finally saw the light of day.
"And then... become the rule for everything!"
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