Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree-Chapter 1017 - 367: Two Decades of Change, New Qi and Fortune

"Life is like a brief lodging, the red dust like a tide, the multitude of beings chase futilely in the mundane world. The moment thoughts arise, suffering begins; whenever there's action, disturbances follow... even if one is a Heavenly King, so what? If you don't comprehend reclusion, you can't escape the River of Destiny, and there will eventually be a day of tribulation."

In a teahouse, an old man taught the young man before him with a tranquil expression.

On the stone-paved road, Luoyan from the Xinzhai Palace couldn't help but stop, turning her head in amazement.

The first half of the statement seemed like what her master once said.

She hailed from the Xinzhai Palace, and her master was a highly esteemed Gao Xiu who had founded the Xinzhai Dojo ten thousand years ago and was one of the Federation's Heavenly Venerables who sacrificed himself to suppress the Death Demon twenty years ago.

Today she was here for one purpose—to welcome her master back to the palace!

Yun Jinghe, accompanying her from the Xinzhai Dojo, also stopped and waited when he saw this high-ranking elder of the sect pausing.

"Ha, what big words from the old man. If that's the case, then even a Heavenly Venerable still has to endure the baptism of the Time River. When is it ever going to end?"

The man across the road, drinking, scoffed.

The old Taoist in the teahouse smiled, not angry in the least, just saying with a smile:

"The true key to reclusion does not lie in distancing oneself from the red dust nor in the height of one's realm, but in the heart being unencumbered."

With that utterance, those knowledgeable around were lost in thought.

At this moment.

The old Taoist in the teahouse seemed to sense something and glanced at Luoyan and Yun Jinghe, with a slight nod signaling acknowledgment.

Luoyan murmured softly with emotion: "In just two decades, the Federation has developed to this, hidden masters everywhere. If my master knew, he would surely be gratified."

She looked at Yun Jinghe, her gaze sharp: "I heard that you once competed on the same stage with that person?"

Yun Jinghe, recalling the past, nodded with a smile and said: "That was more than twenty years ago, and back then, Ji had just begun to practice Martial Arts."

Two decades of time and now Yun Jinghe has also stepped into the rank of a Heavenly Person.

Their generation, the ones who had returned alive from the Ancient Road of Emperor Heaven, had basically all stepped into the Heavenly Human Rank within ten years.

A few outstanding ones have even directly approached Heavenly Person Perfection by now.

The two continued forward, and wherever they passed, martial artists were almost everywhere, and this place was once the East Three Huai Star, now the Donghuang Heaven.

Back then, when the Ascension Platform was fully unfolded, under the impetus of someone's action, it evolved into a foundation of its own, and transformed into a complete supercontinent within the Great Universe.

It also became the new center of the Yanhuang Federation after the Four Guardian Stars.

Since the agreed time with the other side had not yet arrived.

Luoyan, accompanied by Yun Jinghe, wandered around.

A commotion suddenly came from the front.

Both, being Heavenly Persons, with Luoyan even at Heavenly Person Perfection, scanned the scene ahead with her mind's eye, taking in the commotion.

A "rather ordinary" conflict between martial artists.

Both were in the Chains Realm, truly causing a disturbance would cover quite a range.

But what surprised Luoyan was, even if the two were arguing fiercely, no one took action under public gaze; instead, they dragged each other off in a certain direction.

Yun Jinghe explained: "On Donghuang Heaven, fighting among martial artists in residential areas is prohibited, with heavy penalties. In the early days, many died before this rule was fully established."

Luoyan pondered this.

These twenty years, that person had rarely intervened.

And during the few times he did, one occasion had revealed the use of Divine Skills in the way of karma.

Sealing the enemy invisibly, killing even more invisibly, making even the newly crowned Heavenly King unable to block or evade.

With such methods as deterrence, no wonder Donghuang Heaven remains stable and orderly despite not having a Heavenly King oversee it.

The two continued forward, witnessing the prosperity of the current Federation.

Time fleeting as it is, twenty years of wind and rain have transformed not only the East Three Huai Star but the entire Yanhuang Federation.

The present Yanhuang Federation is not what it used to be, backed by more than a handful of Ten Directions Sects and True Saint Dojos.

Whoever wants to stir trouble here must first weigh their own strength.

Though the strongest of these forces are stationed at the forefront of the Bitter Sea, no one can predict when they will return.

Under such robust backing—

The Yanhuang Federation has already been crowned the "Sixth Divine System," only beneath the Five Pillars that have returned.

The more she witnesses the current grand splendor, the more Luoyan's heart surges and stirs.

She is not of the Yanhuang Federation, but just the thought that her master's sacrificed homeland is becoming better, fills her with genuine comfort and gratitude. Her master's sacrifice was not in vain.

Simultaneously, there is a hint of worry in her heart.

Twenty years have passed, and the foundation of the Great Universe is beginning its second transformation.

The entry of various Heavenly Kings—is it unclear whether it will impact the current configuration?

Thinking to this point.

Luoyan asked Yun Jinghe: "Is that person still not out of seclusion?"

Yun Jinghe shook his head: "This is not clear, Ji's affairs have always been a federal secret."

Luoyan sighed: "Twenty years is short yet too pressing; I hope Taoist Friend Ji doesn't rush."

Currently, the universe is not without Heavenly Kings, but they are nearly all veteran Heavenly Person Perfection.

Twenty years ago, with the loosening of base rules, Heavenly Persons emerged like bamboo shoots after the rain, venturing into the Great Universe.

For a time, throughout heaven and earth, Heavenly Persons emerged in abundance, and there were even martial artists of Heavenly Person Perfection who, with the advantage of the universe's rule relaxation, took the final step and entered into Heavenly King status.

This step, compared to past times, was much easier.

Even she now feels that the path to Heavenly King status is less obstructed.

"The ranking on the Mysterious Mechanism Stele has changed! Someone has stepped into the rank of a Heavenly King!"

A shout suddenly came from the front, gathering attention from all around, and Luoyan and Yun Jinghe couldn't help but look over.

"Hey, ever since the Ancestor Master from Mysterious Mechanism Heaven used the 'Transmission' via the Mysterious Mechanism Stele to successfully step into True Saint, this Mysterious Mechanism Stele has become increasingly Divine."