Longevity Chronicles-Chapter 558 - 375: Yuan Gong Reveals the Heavenly Mechanism, Tao Qian Advances to Cavernous Mystery

Chapter 558: Chapter 375: Yuan Gong Reveals the Heavenly Mechanism, Tao Qian Advances to Cavernous Mystery

How very strange it was that, just as Tao Qian’s soul wailed under the roasting of karmic fire, the mana within his body wildly surged, as if sensing the crisis. It continued to batter against the threshold of the realm, attempting to propel Tao Qian into the Cavernous Mystery Realm.

Yuan Gong, halfway through speaking, finally sensed Tao Qian’s condition through the Spirit Treasure Sublime Body, exclaiming in shock and anger:

"Dao Body Transformation, karma steams and bakes."

"How could this lad be so foolish?"

As a senior elder of the Secret Demon Sect, Yuan Gong naturally had insights that Tao Qian could not match.

He had been closely following the events, reviewing the causes and consequences, and suddenly understood the reason.

Yuan Gong instinctively thought to use Sword Intent, to directly rid Tao Qian of his Heart Demon and mutated impurities, but soon realized that Tao Qian’s situation differed from that of Zhong Ziyang.

The latter had suffered a collapse of the Dao Heart, completely becoming a Fallen Demon.

Yet within Tao Qian, there ensued a peculiar tug-of-war, a stalemate.

"Tormented by self-blame for failing to prevent the disaster, doubting the path he cultivated, compounded by the backlash of Human Dao Destiny, thus mutated into a demon. However, the Spirit Treasure Sublime Body is the paramount Demon Extinguishing Dao Body in the world, coupled with the lad’s uncanny talent that seems to exempt him from consequences, has indeed formed a situation of tangled negation."

"If I unsheath my sword, I fear I might disrupt the deadlock, and the outcome of misfortune or fortune is uncertain."

This thought plunged Yuan Gong into helplessness.

Unable to rashly strike with his sword, he resorted to casting a Magic Skill, shouting into the soul:

"Foolish child, quickly awaken."

"What has this calamity to do with you? Do not flatter yourself. Having contributed some earlier, you think the world cannot do without you, thinking you can solve all the disasters and suffering you see?"

"Tsk, look at yourself in the Round Light Illusion Mirror, are you worthy?"

"I’ve heard you boast about the affairs in Southern Yue, thinking you’re quick-witted enough to counter-kill Bai Qin, not realizing it was Bai Qin who chose his death knowingly, first creating karma then refining it to clear a separate path. In this world, nothing comes so cheaply. without you, Tao Qian, someone else like Li Qian or Zhu Qian would emerge to take those Buddha Bird Relics."

"And about those matters in Penglai Sea, your fellow sect members praising you, your aunts and sisters adoring you, are merely because of Duobao."

"That upheaval in Demon City, the Yang Sui Uprising, do you think the primary credit should be yours? Wrong, the primary credit belongs to the ’Mountain and River Map’, the Ancestor Spirit sacrificed its life for this success, the honors inadvertently fell upon you and you assumed yourself truly to be the First Heavenly Pride of the Daoist sect? When has there ever been a First Heavenly Pride in the Transcend Mortality Realm?"

"Do not wear an undeserved high hat, come to your senses, recognize your own Cultivation Realm, finding a quiet place to cultivate is the proper course..."

In an attempt to awaken Tao Qian, Yuan Gong couldn’t help but rant and scold extensively.

Sadly, it proved futile.

These words seemed false and utterly failed to awaken his own disciple.

Yuan Gong’s statue trembled slightly, cursing inwardly: "Is this boy so narcissistic?"

Quickly realizing it wasn’t because Tao Qian was narcissistic.

Rather, these achievements had indeed been recognized by Human Dao Destiny, indisputable by anyone.

With no other choice, Yuan Gong could only silently appeal to a majestic figure amidst the obscurity:

"Lingbao Tianzun above, it is not that Old Ape wishes to spoil your arrangements, nor do I disbelieve your predictive planning."

"You have seen it yourself, this lad, though his talent and qualifications are indeed top-notch, the backlash from Human Dao Destiny is not easily defied. The Primordial Sect, those devious bastards, have botched it many times. I heard that in your Penglai Sea, a certain Qin Jiao also botched it, which shows this stuff, despite its many benefits, can easily burn oneself."

"If we allow the karma to continue baking him, even if this lad recovers, his mental state will be damaged, too big of a loss."

"I, Old Ape, we of the Secret Demon Sect, it’s not easy finding a suitable Secret Demon Child, and it shouldn’t be wasted here, forgive, forgive."

Having prattled on, Yuan Gong purposely waited for a moment, and encountering no anomalies.

He then immediately addressed Tao Qian, sending a message into his soul, shouting:

"Foolish child, awaken swiftly."

"Do not overly blame yourself, the calamity here results from the actions of those from the Outer Realm in Yellow Robes, fate decreed as such, even the True Inheritors of the Taishang Dao would be damaged here, nothing you do can avoid it."

"Did you think by calling ahead for Ma Yi, Duobao, Bai Yin, tt would mitigate this disaster?"

"It’s merely delusional talk; not to mention even I am influenced by the deception of the Yellow Robed Origin Divine Qi, can you, a mere Transcend Mortality Cultivator, exempt yourself? It’s not that you didn’t want to call, it’s that you were invisibly influenced, subconsciously delaying and resisting... not even possessing this tactic, how could those from the Outer Realm in Yellow Robes stand equal to the Taishang Dao Ancestor?"

"It’s not bad that you didn’t call people here. Although this New Moon Province has suffered, as long as you escape to spread the message, the great sects like Taishang Dao, Primordial Sect, Fangcun Mountain acting together, there’s still a glimmer of hope for the survival of Everyone."

"Had you actually called those few, given how much Ying Qingdi is favored, your Spirit Treasure Sect might face a catastrophe... advancing things by decades, calling people to help or to kill Evil God’s Descendants would not matter."

"But right now, you must not. Once the Ancestor God Forbidden Techniques are broken, all the Evil Gods from Outer Realms will invade crazily, I reckon Duobao, Ma Yi, and those people each have critical responsibilities; even if you want to call them, they probably cannot come, and if they truly come, it might give those from the Outer Realm in Yellow Robes an opportunity to find a vulnerability in your Spirit Treasure Mountain Gate, play tricks and destroy your Dao Heritage."

"Don’t be skeptical, the reason why the Primordial Sect fell apart in the past was precisely because an old cultivator who sought to use the Human Dao Fortune for cultivation hastily sought help after facing a catastrophe, which triggered a chain reaction. Within a few years, it implicated and led to the death of tens of true cultivators of the Primordial Sect, eventually forcing the sect to dissolve and retreat from the world."

"Your master Lingbao Tianzun passed on the ’Scripture of Salvation’ to you and threw you into the mortal world, hoping that you would temper your Dao Heart and come to understand that even the movements of heaven and earth, the sun, the moon, and the five stars, also have their end and their fluctuations."

"Not only does cultivation have a price, but everything in this mundane world also has its cost."

"Still unable to comprehend? Wake up quickly."

To awaken Tao Qian, Yuan Gong nagged for the first time.

Changing his approach, he tried to relieve Tao Qian of his guilt by divulging the Heavenly Mechanism and speculating on Lingbao Tianzun’s arrangement.

Alas, it was still in vain.

He even doubted whether his telepathic message could penetrate the defense passively activated by Tao Qian’s Spirit Treasure Sublime Body at this moment.

This Dao Body, could be described as invulnerable to all evils.

After Tao Qian had fallen into demonhood, his Dao Body was stimulated—apart from neutralizing many abnormalities, it simply blocked all "foreign objects" trying to invade.

Yuan Gong’s telepathic message was also killed off in the process.

Just as he became anxious from this situation and couldn’t care for anything else, preparing to draw his sword and cut down Tao Qian,

suddenly, a change occurred within Tao Qian.

The gridlock, the tugging, was broken.

The breakthrough point was his Cultivation Realm.

The backlash from the Human Dao Fortune generated Karma that scorched.

Ordinary people simply couldn’t bear this torture; they’d immediately mutate into demons, turning into madmen.

Even Master Wuxiang Qin Jiao met his downfall here in the past.

But Tao Qian, thanks to his Spirit Treasure Sublime Body, his own Dao Heart’s will, and that abnormal soul, time after time gained exemptions and withstood that terrifying pain.

Moreover, at this moment, the New Moon Province was on the verge of a catastrophe.

As the Karma grew even more majestic, more Human Dao Fortune surged into Tao Qian.

He had still needed time to naturally step into the Cavernous Mystery, but at this moment, the mana inflating crazily from the roasting and exploding, finally broke through that boundary barrier.

A loud "boom" echoed within his body, as if a thick membrane was burst open. freewebnσvel.cøm

Before him, the world seemed broad.

In his mind, two Records erupted simultaneously:

[Undergoing demonic mutation... Exempted!]

[Breaking through a realm... Successful!]

Tao Qian had no time to examine closely; accompanying the Records was an immense, profound insight into cultivation.

In a trance, as if a grand bell tolling a heavenly resonance kept reciting the Spirit Treasure Savior Scripture in Tao Qian’s mind, again and again.

In a flash, Tao Qian underwent a remarkable transformation.

Where he stood, jade radiance gleamed, purple smoke surged, immortal aura soared to the heavens, rainbow lights spanned thousands of miles, appearing as if someone was about to ascend to immortality, instantly drawing everyone’s gaze.

Even the Evil Lake Ocean and the Yin-Yang Micro Dust Array, which were still entangled in battle, were overshadowed by the Spirit Treasure sublime aura emanating from Tao Qian at that moment.

Within the rosy clouds, Tao Qian felt the Cultivation Power of having broken through.

Yet his gaze turned toward the bottom of the Evil Lake, watching the last Yellow Robed Lama being produced, about to fly out.

Simultaneously murmuring to himself, he also took the initiative to admit his mistake:

"Previously, it was indeed my mistake."

"Thinking of collecting all the Ancestor God Treasures, fostering good intents, saving the nation and the world, yet also wanting to return to the mountains to live leisurely and refine my practice."

"Reaping benefits without paying the price."

"After frequent attempts to freeload, it’s only fitting to endure this burning by Karmic Fire."

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