Chapter 18: Yu Jing Shan Leaves the Pass
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As for this Ghost Path Sect, the name was still unfamiliar to Shi Zhong. In his past life, he had never heard of it before. He had only heard that there were ghosts in hell and evil spirits, but the idea that ghost cultivators could form a sect seemed beyond his understanding. However, this didn't confuse him, as after all, there are three thousand paths to enlightenment.
Even with his current understanding, Shi Zhong still didn't know who the master of the Ghost Path Sect was. The sect's leader was truly an enigmatic figure. Although the Jade Capital Mountain's influence wasn't very large, its controlled forces weren't something ordinary people could compare to. Just taking the three tribes of the Mystic Snake, Divine Deer, and Brocade Carp as examples, they were already considered very powerful.
Moreover, with the help of the Witch tribe, it was still unknown who the master of the Ghost Path Sect was. You could say that this was indeed mysterious. Therefore, in the current Primordial World, everyone only knew that there was a strong force called the Ghost Path Sect, but they didn't truly understand its sect. In the Primordial World, the Ghost Path Sect had a layer of mystery in front of all living spirits.
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Furthermore, there are the Demon Gate, Mystic Gate, Scattered Immortals Alliance, and the Unbounded Mountain forces. These four major forces were established by Luo You, Hong Jun, Yang Mei Old Ancestor, and Wuji Old Ancestor, respectively. Among them, Wuji Old Ancestor's force is the strongest, followed closely by Yang Mei Old Ancestor, then Luo You, and finally Hong Jun Old Ancestor.
When it comes to these forces, one cannot help but mention Shi Zhong. As for the current Shi Zhong, no matter what commotion he stirs up outside, he is currently breaking through the peak of the Great Luo Dao Fruit on Yu Jing Mountain. The power of Yu Jing Mountain should not be underestimated. In just a short period of 1 million years, Shi Zhong has already broken through to the late stage of the Great Luo Dao Fruit and reached its peak. It's believed that he will soon break through to the very top of the Great Luo Dao Fruit.
And now, Shi Tian and Shi Yao have also broken through to the middle stage of the Great Luo Dao Fruit. Although it's not long since they broke through, isn't this the peak of the law boundary? In the current Hong Huang, how many strong practitioners can reach the law boundary? Even if we add some unknown powerful beings, there won't be many, right? After all, the gap between the law boundary and the Great Luo Golden Immortal is not as simple as one plus one equals two. I wonder how many cultivators are stuck at this bottleneck and cannot get through.
If there were 100,000 Da Luo Golden Immortals in the vast wilderness, perhaps no more than 100 of them would be able to break through the boundaries of the law. Among Shi Zhong's disciples, Tong Tian has also attained the Great Luo Dao fruit and become a human. What's more, even if there were many Da Luo Golden Immortals in this chaotic world, it wouldn't necessarily mean that there are 100,000 of them. Having tens of thousands would be impressive enough. After all, becoming a Da Luo Golden Immortal isn't something that can be achieved easily like picking up a cabbage from the street.
Shi Tian and Tong Tian are both at the middle stage of the Great Luo Dao fruit, but Tong Tian's middle stage is not like Shi Tian and Shi Yao's, which they have just recently attained. Tong Tian has already been at this level for quite some time. After all, someone like Tong Tian with his superior innate qualities as an upper-ranking pre-heavenly demon god can't be compared to Shi Tian and Shi Yao, who are middle-ranking pre-heavenly demon gods. Moreover, as one of the Three Purities, Tong Tian has inherited the legacy of Pangu and possesses a deep and profound aura and great merit, making his cultivation smooth sailing.
So Shi Tian and Shi Yao can't compare to Tong Tian in terms of cultivation, which is normal. After all, no matter how heaven-defying your talent is, your innate quality is predetermined, that's a fact.
It is said that among the Three Pure Ones, except for Tongtian, the other two went on to follow the old path of history and became apprentices to Hongjun. It is said that one day, Hongjun Laozu recovered from his injuries and beheaded a corpse, breaking through the realm of law with a single move, and was overjoyed in his heart. He then left Xikunlun for Dongkunlun. Seeing the two Pure Ones among the Three Pure Ones, after some twists and turns, he finally accepted Taishang and Yuanshi as his disciples. Because Tongtian was not in Kunlun at that time, he escaped a disaster.
To say that Shi Zhong's other seven disciples did not disappoint Shi Zhong's expectations, they all reached the initial stage of the Great Luo Dao fruit. The other eighteen great protectors also had the cultivation of the Golden Immortal Peak of the Great Luo, and were already in the half-step law realm.
So, in total, Yu Jing Mountain now has eleven strong Law Domain Realm cultivators and eighteen strong Da Luo Golden Immortal peak cultivators. In the early days of Hongyuan, this was already a force that could not be defeated anywhere. Like other forces, even if there were several Law Domain Realm strongmen, it was impossible to have one like Yu Jing Mountain.
In the midst of the vast expanse, a mountain range spanning tens of thousands of miles floated in mid-air. The mountains were shrouded in a thick mist of primordial spiritual energy, which was believed to be able to help cultivators form golden elixirs with just one breath. Flocks of immortal cranes inhabited the mountains, and spiritual essences filled the air. Primordial spiritual roots were also abundant, and although the buildings on the mountain were not grand palaces, they were infused with a garden-like style that Stone was particularly fond of. The architecture was elegant yet unpretentious, simple yet unrestrained. As the saying goes, "six or seven pavilions, everywhere is home." This was the natural way that cultivators aspired to.
In one of the pavilions, a young man in his mid-twenties sat with an air of natural elegance and ethereal charm. His long hair danced in the gentle breeze, accentuating his otherworldly aura. This was Shi Zhong, who was currently undergoing a breakthrough in his cultivation. Shi Zhong's original cultivation had already surpassed the boundaries of the law many years ago, and today he was attempting to break through the pinnacle of the law, the peak of the Great Luo Dao Fruit. Moreover, Shi Zhong still harbored great determination.
At this time, the chaotic world inside Shi Zhong's body was no longer as small as it used to be. As Shi Zhong thought, as long as his cultivation increased, the chaotic world inside his body would also grow larger. Now, Shi Zhong believed that the chaotic world inside his body was at least fifty times larger than the Hongyuan World, although with his current cultivation, he couldn't know the size of the Hongyuan World. However, regarding the chaotic world inside his own body, Shi Zhong still had some general understanding. His divine sense could completely cover the entire chaotic world, and it was because he understood the size of the chaotic world inside him that Shi Zhong could be even more certain that the chaotic world inside his body was at least dozens of times larger than the Pangu Hongyuan World.
In the chaotic world within Shi Zhong's body, many innate demon gods were born, and the creation of Qinglian was further advanced to become a 33rd-grade creation of Qinglian. It transformed into a massive creature hundreds of millions of feet tall, constantly replenishing the creative energy of the chaotic world.
Because Shi Zhong's internal chaotic world time law has been continuously improved, Shi Zhong can now control the internal chaotic world's time flow to a certain extent. The time law maintains a ratio of one to one hundred in terms of time flow speed. In other words, if one year passes in the outside Hongyuan world, then one hundred years will pass in Shi Zhong's internal chaotic world. Now, within this 100 million years, even if the starting point of the living beings in the internal chaotic world is low, they can still develop quite well.
Moreover, Shi Zhong left behind the Chinese characters, which to some extent also promoted the development of the world. Now in the world born within Shi Zhong's body, the lowest cultivation level of the living beings is at least at the Tian Xian stage, and the highest living being has reached the peak of Da Luo Jinxian. This is still a result of Shi Zhong deliberately setting down suppressive rules in the chaotic world. Because what is important is not how fast they progress in their cultivation, but rather that they perfect the laws.
In the chaotic world within Shi Zhong's body, a lotus seed on top of the Primordial Lotus that was several tens of thousands of feet tall continuously absorbed the chaotic energy from the chaotic world. The energy surged towards the Primordial Lotus like crazy, constantly pressing down on it. A vortex of energy formed, spanning tens of thousands of miles, and this vortex seemed to want to destroy the Primordial Lotus. However, under such a powerful energy vortex, the Primordial Lotus didn't change in the slightest. But strangely, the lotus seed on top of the Primordial Lotus grew bigger and bigger.
A thousand years passed like a white horse crossing a gap, and with a loud "Bang!", a massive shockwave was produced within Shi Zhong's inner world. This sound shook the entire Chaos World, causing widespread panic among its inhabitants. Shi Zhong immediately transmitted the news to all living beings in the Chaos World that the Son of the Great Dao, Shi Shen, had been born. He also conveyed the information that helping Shi Shen would allow them to gain the favor of the Great Dao. Instantly, the chaotic multitude of living beings went mad with excitement, all wanting to quickly find the so-called Son of the Great Dao, Shi Shen, in hopes of helping him and thereby gaining the favor of the Great Dao.
At this time, inside Shi Zhong's chaotic world of millions of feet, on top of a 90,000-foot-tall creation lotus, sat a giant over 90,000 feet tall. The giant's face was 80% similar to Shi Zhong's, but with a robust muscular body, resembling the primordial Pangu who opened up the sky and earth.
He is actually the avatar cultivated by Shi Zhong, this avatar is a fusion of Pangu's essence and blood, plus the lotus seed of Cao Hua Qinglian, merged with many great ways to form a Taoist body. It is said that it is extremely powerful. As soon as he was born, he had the cultivation of Daluo Jinxian at its peak, and also possessed the power of the initial stage of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian. This is not ordinary strength, if this body were not a fusion of many precious materials that are hard to find even in the chaos, it would be impossible to contain so much Taoist power.
After all, the magical power of a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal is not ordinary, and as far as Shi Zhong knows in later generations, it was Rulan who borrowed the 24 Dinghai Divine Pearls to open up a small heavenly world that could contain the magical power of a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal for his own use. It was also because of these 24 heavens that Rulan, although not a saint, became one of the few top strongmen under the saints.
Shi Zhong also entered the peak of the law boundary when he was born. In the pavilion, Shi Zhong opened his eyes that had not been opened for thousands of years, and suddenly shot out two substantial but bipolar lights from his eyes. The light shone on the large stone in front of the pavilion, and the large stone immediately burned into smoke after being illuminated.
This is the divine art of Yin-Yang Eyes created by Shi Zhong, which can be cultivated starting from the Golden Immortal period. It has powerful attacking and assisting abilities. Firstly, it can release the renowned Solar True Fire and Lunar True Fire, which are equally powerful as the Solar True Fire. The Solar True Fire has a strong effect on physical objects, while the Lunar True Fire has a strong destructive power against the Primordial Spirit. Moreover, when not used for attack, it can be used to see through the origin of all substances. Of course, these two functions depend on one's cultivation level. If one's cultivation is high and profound, like Shi Zhong's current Law Enforcement period peak, then the power of using Yin-Yang Eyes will not be comparable to ordinary Golden Immortals or Great Luo Golden Immortals.
