Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension - Chapter 768 453 Astonishing Battle_2

Zhao Sheng, upon hearing these words, immediately asked with “excitement”, “Then… what was Yuan Hong’s ultimate fate? And who was the Immortal Venerable that intervened, what kind of existence that threads through heaven and earth?”

The elder in the green robe stroked his long beard, his eyes shining brilliantly as he said, “How strange and curious! Those fated ones who came before you were either busy comprehending the Taoist Laws or trying to get close to me, hoping for some opportunities. Yet, you are asking about these minor details. Don’t you know that by neglecting the greater good for trivial matters, the loss outweighs the gain?”

Zhao Sheng replied, “What is important, what is not? The path of others is after all that of others. I am quite satisfied to glimpse a ray of the Dao’s light and shadow from this battle. To continue watching might affect my own path of cultivation. Too much or too little is not a blessing!”

“Hehe! Young friend, you are quite adept at arguing your point. However, it is not good, very not good to be disingenuous in front of me!”

“Please forgive me, senior. I’m aware of my mistake! I really want to see the full picture of this battle, but I’m not capable of doing so. I hope for your assistance.” As soon as Zhao Sheng understood, he immediately bowed and apologized.

“Hmm, to err is human, to forgive divine!” The elder in the green robe nodded and smiled, “The question you asked is not important, and I shall indulge you with an answer. That battle determined the ownership of heaven and earth. The World Venerable, sparing Yuan Hong’s hard-earned cultivation, subdued this demon, converting him to our faith and placing him among the Guardian Saints.

Alas, Yuan Hong’s wild nature proved untameable, and ten Meeting Elements ago, he brazenly defected and then massacred the Constant Sand Worlds in all directions. In the end, he provoked the World Venerable who captured him and brought him back to the relic tower, reciting scriptures for ten thousand years to cleanse his sins. Who knew… alas, Yuan Hong was too violent and ended up destroying his own holy body, ultimately self-immolating and turning into a falling rainbow into the ultimate void.”

The elder in the green robe still couldn’t help feeling nostalgic and regretful when mentioning this.

“I wonder about the Immortal Venerable…”

The elder in the green robe said, “The realm of the World Venerable is so high that you cannot comprehend it. It’s better that you don’t know. However, I can tell you this— the World Venerable is one of the strongest in all universes; his realm unites the past, present, and future into one, able to traverse the Time-Space River! As long as the Human Clan exists, the World Venerable shall never die!”

Zhao Sheng listened with a mix of belief and skepticism to these seemingly exaggerated claims.

From beginning to end, he doubted everything happening before him, and everything the elder said, which might all be scenes derived from some unknown Illusion Realm.

Seeing through Zhao Sheng’s thoughts, the elder spoke with profound meaning, “All conditioned phenomena are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow! If you believe, it is true; if you do not believe, it is false! True and false, it all hinges on a single thought of yours.”

“Senior speaks words of great principle in each sentence; I have learned much!” Upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng’s heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly bowed and spoke with reverent attentiveness.

“Haha, the time is almost right!” The elder laughed heartily, glanced outside, and suddenly exclaimed, “The opportunity has come, Concentrate, relax the spirit, the Primordial Spirit exits the body, let’s go!”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Sheng felt a sudden smack on the back of his head, making him dizzy and disoriented.

In the next moment, he felt light and dizzy as if his field of vision suddenly skyrocketed infinitely high.

Everything around him instantly became blurry and ethereal.

A boundless “Silk Strings” world, without visible edge, appeared in front of his eyes in an instant.

There was no up, down, left, or right here, no concept of width or height, and even time was nearly at a standstill.

Only endless Silk Strings intertwined here, stacking up and emitting indescribable resplendent colors, some colors far beyond the limits of human imagination, reaching the state of “seeing but not seeing, hearing but not hearing.”

If it were any other Nascent Soul or even Divinity Transformation True Monarch who suddenly came to this unimaginable “world,” they would surely be bewildered and likely become intoxicated, lost in the true Tao.

However, having lived seven lifetimes, Zhao Sheng had already seen the true face of the Tao several times and naturally would not sink as quickly as others.

He strived to calm his Divine Soul’s fluctuations, keeping his spirit in a state of empty and motionless contemplation, detachedly “observing” everything before him.

Unlike the Silk Strings world seen through the perspective of the Star God, nearly a third of the Silk Strings in this world were already emitting dazzling golden light.

Under Zhao Sheng’s gaze, these immeasurable golden light silk strings constructed and wove together countless hierarchical nodes of the Dao and principle; while most nodes were complex and arcane, a very few were very intuitive, quite “simple and clear.”

At this moment, a massive ape that filled the entire field of vision was prominently perched atop the endless golden light silk strings.

Under its control, the golden light silk strings wove into Law Torrents, rushing towards the depths of the world.

Zhao Sheng was utterly shaken, as he faintly “saw” an endless radiance of white light surging up from the deepest part of the world.

As each Law Torrent plunged into the white light, it instantly vanished without a trace.

At the same time, wherever the white light passed, numerous colors immediately dimmed, and endless Law Silk Strings were subsequently enveloped in a layer of faint white glow.

What was once unpredictable, following no pattern in its intertwining vibrancy, began to exhibit a certain regularity, as if submitting to the will of a presence so vast it was beyond imagination.

Time seemed to pass for eons, yet also seemed to last but a moment.

The proud and untamed massive monkey “Dharma Image” was suddenly engulfed by the white light, entangled and firmly bound by the inexhaustible silk strings, unable to struggle free.

Witnessing these incredible scenes, Zhao Sheng’s comprehension of the Gold Element Dao remarkably improved.

However, he didn’t realize that deep within his Divine Soul, a hint of white light quietly rose, vaguely revealing the figure of a majestic and boundless entity.

The moment the white light appeared, a Jade White Book slowly rose from the depths of Zhao Sheng’s Soul Sea, the book’s surface suddenly emanating an invisible, intangible aura of clarity.

The clear light merged into his Divine Soul, and upon touching the white light, both silently dissolved into nothingness.

At that instant, deep within an elusive Immortal Realm located above the river of time and space, an indescribable entity suddenly opened its eyes, gazing down upon the Time-Space River with an indifferent and unfeeling gaze as if piercing through boundless time and space, landing upon a certain point in time.

Just as the Divine was about to see the “truth”, its vision was distorted by some Taoist Law, instantly becoming severed and blurred.

Seeing this, the indescribable entity let out a startled exclamation, having lost the sensing of that particular point.

Looking again at the Time-Space River, it saw an endless expanse, where the river split from one into three, and three into infinity, with countless branches of time and space—so numerous that even the eternal and undying Divine could not see them all or look to their end.

“The Tao never deserts man! Which old friend is secretly facing tribulation? Whether they can return or not, it remains unknown!”

This voice echoed through the Immortal Realm, startling many a True Immortal Great Ability who were in seclusion.

…

It was unclear how much time had passed.

Zhao Sheng’s vision blurred, and suddenly he broke free from the Taoist heaven and earth, tumbling into the Void. After a brief moment of dizziness, he quickly recovered his intellect.

Upon opening his eyes, he did not see the original world but found himself above a mountain range with towering peaks and ancient towering trees.

The spiritual energy of nature was equally rich and abundant all around, with majestic mountains stretching far into the distance.

Before he could take a clear look at his surroundings, several vast and strange auras suddenly locked onto him.

At the same time, a golden glow rose from within the mountains below, casting the surrounding peaks in a translucent golden hue, followed by mighty torrents of spiritual pressure soaring into the sky, causing the nearby spiritual energy to churn violently.

Amidst several loud cries, massive monkeys as large as elephants burst forth from the rapidly expanding golden glow!

Upon seeing this, Zhao Sheng’s expression changed drastically, and without a second thought, he transformed into Mystic Light, soaring into the sky, shooting away a hundred miles in the blink of an eye like lightning.

Although he couldn’t see clearly what was coming, he was certain that these presences and spiritual pressures came from beings at the Divinity Transformation Level.

He told himself that with his current strength, he could face Late-stage Nascent Soul entities alone but wasn’t yet arrogant enough to provoke the Divinity Transformation Realm deliberately; the slightest carelessness could lead to unimaginable consequences.

Th𝙞ṡ 𝒸h@pτꬲr 𝚒𝗌 p0ѕ𝕥єⅾ b𝘺 𝗞𝗶𝓉ᥱ𝗇Օⱴ𝗲𝖑

At the same time, his intuition told him that this change in the world might very well be the last.