Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit-Chapter 647 - 483: In the Hall of Five Aspects, Meng Qing’s Enlightenment!
It’s not something that can be achieved in the short term to evolve a Divine Skill to a higher level. Chen Jichuan has just recently proven himself a True Immortal, and he can take his time with it in the future.
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Three perfect avatars.
One Dharma Domain Avatar.
Everything is well arranged, advancing in all aspects.
Meanwhile, Chen Jichuan’s true self remains in the Golden Wind Mountain and Sea.
Practicing occasionally.
Most of the time, he roams the mountains and seas, visiting one True Immortal Palace after another, and discussing Dao with True Immortals of the Daoist sect. Most Daoist True Immortals have been practicing for a long time, with rich experience and vast knowledge. Engaging with them not only deepens friendships for future interactions but is also quite beneficial to his own cultivation.
Chen Jichuan takes great pleasure in this, growing deeper in camaraderie with fellow True Immortals, and gaining more understanding of Shenzhou and the universe.
Not only that.
Besides interacting and discussing Dao with True Immortals, Chen Jichuan often guides fellow disciples like Meng Qing. Currently, among the direct transmissions of the East River Palace, Chen Jichuan holds the highest Daoist position with great respect, while Meng Qing, being the most senior in age and longest in practice, holds the greatest potential to achieve True Immortal.
Time flows like water.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Jichuan’s Dharma Domain Avatar has been stationed at the Ancient Immortal Battlefield in the Eastern Continent for three hundred years, and five thousand three hundred years have passed since he achieved True Immortal.
"Five thousand three hundred years."
"It’s about time."
On this day.
Chen Jichuan gathers fellow disciples Meng Qing, Liu Hechuan, and others.
Sitting below.
Meng Qing, Liu Hechuan, Bo Yin, Xuee Gu, Shi Ze, and Jiang Qingxing, all present.
In his five thousand three hundred years as a True Immortal, Chen Jichuan has often supported these fellow disciples of East River Palace, frequently teaching and solving doubts, sometimes bestowing suitable Enlightenment Treasures.
Everyone knows this is a rare opportunity.
A chance that many True Immortal inheritors wish for but cannot have, having a direct fellow brother achieve Dao, and even more so a sentimental one like Chen Jichuan.
Therefore, in five thousand years, they seldom ventured outside, mostly residing in the Golden Wind Mountain and Sea, frequently entering the "Dongqi Palace" to seek guidance from Chen Jichuan.
Everyone’s Daoist journey has made some progress.
Among them, Meng Qing has progressed the most.
Chen Jichuan’s gaze falls upon Meng Qing.
Name: Meng Qing
Age: 47180
Cultivation: Aspirational Stage Heavenly Ladder Realm
Cultivation Technique: "Primordial Daoist Canon of Water and Fire Qi"
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Five thousand three hundred years later.
Unlike when he barely escaped from the jaws of the "Zheyou Immortal," when Meng Qing was dispirited, and his spirit quite depressed. But now, although his end is near with at most a thousand years of life left, he maintains his appearance and spirit, with a sharp and progressive will.
After tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation.
Five thousand years of honing a sword.
Meng Qing is ready to take a life-and-death gamble, with his sights set on achieving True Immortal. With Chen Jichuan’s support, he lacks no source jade and has a wealth of Enlightenment Treasures. Such treatment is hardly less than that of a Daoist Chief.
Holding steadfast to the green mountain.
Meng Qing now focuses solely on cultivation, setting aside all distractions with a single-minded desire to achieve Dao.
Focused!
Persistent!
Meng Qing’s Daoist journey is profoundly deep.
Even Chen Jichuan cannot determine if, following this trend, Meng Qing can achieve Dao on his own without the aid of "Enlightenment" before reaching the end of his life. Nor can he predict if Meng Qing will maintain such sharpness as time passes and his end approaches, or if he will fall into restlessness and decline.
Because of this uncertainty.
He decides not to wait any longer.
"Senior Brother Meng is now standing at the threshold of True Immortal, with a Daoist journey no less than Senior Brother Shen Mo back then."
Chen Jichuan decides with this thought in mind.
Without much small talk with his fellow disciples, he walks directly to Meng Qing, placing a hand on his shoulder and gently saying, "Senior Brother Meng, focus on the transformations of water and fire magic power."
"Okay."
Meng Qing nods, concentrating.
Chen Jichuan immediately circulates his mana, expanding his Dharma Domain, ostensibly to support Meng Qing’s cultivation while actually ensuring no prying eyes from outside, isolating all external investigations. As the mana moves and the Dharma Domain unfolds, it pressures Meng Qing, causing his internal water and fire magic power to react and resist continuously. In this process, the Water and Fire Realm erupts, helping Meng Qing deeply experience it. Although this aid is minuscule and requires careful management, it is effort-consuming for a True Immortal, and generally cannot be frequently applied to direct transmissions by True Immortals.
Chen Jichuan is different.
Having just become a True Immortal, he remains energetic, his enthusiasm unabated. His interactions with Meng Qing and fellow disciples are still relatively warm and harmonious, thus he is willing to lend a hand.
But regardless of whether it’s source jade, Enlightenment Treasures, or the pressure of the Dharma Domain, they only serve as an additive to achieving True Immortal.
Even if everything is ready, it is still unlikely for a Fourth-order Cultivator to achieve Dao.
If not, countless True Immortals wouldn’t mind the effort.
It’s truly beyond human capability, unwilling to waste effort in vain.
But for Chen Jichuan, all these are merely a facade, something done for outsiders to see.
To reach this level of ’adding bricks and tiles,’ once Meng Qing achieves Dao, others will attribute it to Meng Qing’s good fortune and to his ’Zhou Yan’s’ loyalty and great teaching.
In fact.
The true determining factor is still ’Enlightenment’.
Chen Jichuan’s Dharma Domain unfolds, suppressing Meng Qing while performing ’Enlightenment’.
After over five thousand years of restraint.
This would be Meng Qing’s first experience of ’Enlightenment’.
In an instant.
The forty-seven thousand years of arduous cultivation, a lifetime of accumulation, transformed into the most substantial kindling, igniting fiercely under the flame of ’Enlightenment’.
Boom!
In that moment, Meng Qing felt his thoughts enlighten, akin to an epiphany but even more exhilarating. All of this was indescribable in simple words, and Meng Qing couldn’t attend to describing it for now.
"Dao!"
"Great Dao!"
The mana within him flowed, eyes wide open, only to feel the Great Dao was right before him, within reach, devoid of any mystery. With each breath, countless confusions and doubts that eluded him before unfurled one by one.
Understanding!
Enlightenment!
In a trance, it seemed everything about the Great Dao was comprehended, bringing indescribable joy and delight.
Meng Qing immersed in it.
Within the Five Phases Hall.
Liu Hechuan, Bo Yin, Xuee Gu, and others noticed this scene as well.
"Senior Brother Meng is—"
They were first taken aback, then someone widened their eyes in realization. Liu Hechuan, whose Daoist combat power was second only to Meng Qing, showed an expression of astonishment: "Senior Brother Meng has enlightened?!"
His expression was complex.
Surprise.
Joy.
Admiration.
Jealousy.
Various emotions surged within him at once.
Proving Dao!
True Immortal!
This was also what he pursued all his life, something he yearned for incessantly. In recent years, he watched at the ’Dayan Victory Conference’ as the Loose Cultivator Liangqiu proved the True Immortal with the help of the ’Dayan Chessboard’. He also saw Junior Brother Zhou Yan, with unmatched talent, resolutely proving Dao.
And today.
He’s about to witness another Fourth-order nearing the proving of Dao firsthand.
This person wasn’t just a direct senior brother from his sect, and initially, neither his Daoist attainment nor combat power was greater than his own.
In terms of position within the Daoist sect.
One was merely a True Inheritor, tasked as an ordinary Hall Master.
While the other became the Chief.
Position, Daoist achievement, combat power.
Originally, Liu Hechuan held the advantage in all these respects.
Yet with the passage of time, today, Meng Qing enlightened before him.
"True Immortal!"
Liu Hechuan’s mind was in tumult with numerous thoughts.
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Not just Liu Hechuan.
Shi Ze, Jiang Qingxing were still far from proving Dao and lacked deep insight.
Yet in the hall, both Bo Yin and Xuee Gu were already at the peak of the Fourth-order Fourth Realm Enlightenment stage, on the final stretch towards a True Immortal. Seeing Meng Qing enlighten right before them, about to prove Dao, they couldn’t conceal their envy amid their surprise and joy.
Woo woo woo!
As Meng Qing enlightened, water and fire followed.
In this Five Phases Hall, Meng Qing merged with Dao, displaying the water and fire Great Dao, his Water and Fire Realm rapidly advancing and transforming.
Liu Hechuan, Xuee Gu, and others, being limited in their Daoist attainments, immediately presumed the vision in the hall meant Meng Qing was about to prove Dao.
However, Chen Jichuan saw it clearly.
"Not enough!"
"Still missing just a little!"
This was an epiphany, an enlightenment.
Meng Qing was truly only half a step away from proving True Immortal at this time.
But through the ages, not all Fourth-order cultivators advanced past this step; some faltered here.
"Crossing this step means becoming a True Immortal!"
At this point, Chen Jichuan couldn’t assist Meng Qing any further, leaving it to his fate and opportunity.
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