Chapter 409 : Three Scenery Wisdom Light
Chapter 409: Three Scenery Wisdom Light
With Chen Beiwu fully prepared, Tie Dan and Xuele’s process of breaking through to become Fourth Realm Demon Kings encountered no accidents whatsoever. They completed their transformation in merely ten years.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
One True Monarch, three Demon Kings.
These four vast pressures merged together, enveloping the surroundings and causing the Heaven and Earth spiritual energy outside Shuiyan Abode to become incomparably viscous.
Some Azure Spirit Peak disciples who had been attracted by the heavenly phenomena and gathered there, all of whom were Jade Pure Golden Core prodigies, felt their bodies sink slightly. Their breathing became stifled, their Golden Cores trembled within them, and even standing upright became somewhat difficult.
Seeing this scene, the four Nascent Soul True Monarchs Yue Chenfeng, Su Muyu, Mo Chen, and Jiang Chuan slightly shook their heads, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied with the younger generation of the Azure Nether lineage.
However, when they looked toward the cave abode, their gazes carried a trace of solemnity and seriousness.
In the Immortal Alliance, strength was ultimately what spoke.
Even when considering seniority, this remained true. Their little junior brother was of the same generation as them.
Although Golden Core Perfected Ones and Nascent Soul True Monarchs seemed to only differ by a single realm, their statuses were worlds apart.
Now that their little junior brother had successfully proven the Dao and become a Nascent Soul True Monarch, the final trace of underestimation remaining in their hearts instantly vanished.
And just as countless gazes were focused on this place, the entrance of Shuiyan Abode slowly opened.
The first thing that entered the eyes of the cultivators was a mighty and valiant black dog whose presence made Golden Core Perfected Ones afraid to look directly at it.
Immediately afterward, a tall figure carrying a purple fox in his arms, bearing five kinds of qi upon his shoulders, and stepping upon a flood dragon slowly walked out.
It was none other than Chen Beiwu, who had successfully proven the Dao and become a Nascent Soul True Monarch, dressed in a simple white robe.
“Congratulations to Junior Brother Chen for proving the Dao as a True Monarch and achieving success on the Immortal Path!”
“Congratulations, Martial Uncle Chen!”
“Greetings, True Monarch Chen.”
After a brief silence, the Jade Pure Immortal Sect True Monarchs, led by Senior Brother Yue Chenfeng, spoke out their congratulations.
The disciples of the Immortal Sect with lower seniority then bowed and offered their congratulations in unison.
Seeing this scene, Chen Beiwu, as a newly advanced True Monarch, naturally would not lose etiquette before his many fellow disciples. He slightly nodded in acknowledgment while exchanging pleasantries.
“Clang!”
At this moment, the sound of gold and jade striking suddenly rang out.
The cultivators raised their heads and saw that within the heavenly phenomenon above the firmament that had yet to disperse, a point of golden radiance pure beyond description had suddenly appeared.
Its color was pure and noble, its essence ancient and eternal!
Among the cultivators present, only Nascent Soul True Monarchs could see the object within the golden radiance, but even they felt their eyes sting and dared not stare for too long.
“Thump!”
“Thump!”
“Thump!”
As the golden radiance descended, instantly crossing space and landing three feet before Chen Beiwu, the Golden Core Perfected Ones present displayed rather poor appearances. Their souls trembled, their bodies instinctively sank, and they half-knelt on the ground.
At this moment, the entire scene was deathly silent. Even a great cultivator like Yue Chenfeng, who possessed Nascent Soul Perfection cultivation, had his pupils shrink, his heart greatly shaken.
The reason was simple. Within the golden radiance was a scroll of decree. Its form resembled an imperial edict, while its meaning resembled the Dao.
The vast aura contained within this decree alone was enough to suppress and kill every cultivator present.
A Golden Core prodigy relied on a precious treasure upon his body to barely see the object within the golden radiance. He could not help but swallow, his eyes filled with disbelief:
“D... Great Luo Heaven Decree?”
Although this mutter was barely audible, when it entered the ears of the Nascent Soul True Monarchs present, these five words were like thunder exploding within their hearts.
Great Luo Heaven!!!
Every Jade Pure True Monarch knew that Great Luo Heaven was the supreme Dao realm where the sect’s Void Refinement Dao Venerables secluded themselves to merge with the Dao and deduce the Immortal Path. It was also the source of the Jade Pure Dao inheritance, existing beyond worldly affairs.
Now, the descent of a Great Luo Heaven Decree meant that the will of a Dao Venerable had descended.
At this thought, everyone slightly lowered their heads, the corners of their eyes turning toward the widely watched Chen Beiwu.
If this had been in the ancient era, when a Dao Venerable decree descended, kneeling and receiving the decree would have been the most basic etiquette.
However, the Immortal Alliance no longer practiced kneeling ceremonies. Lowering one’s head to show respect was sufficient.
Even so, none of the cultivators present dared to speak, fearing they would slight the Dao Venerable decree.
Chen Beiwu’s eyes moved slightly. He saw the decree unfold in midair, revealing the command within.
“Jade Pure disciple Chen Beiwu, with his Dao foundation newly formed, is worthy of creation.”
“Now, I grant you an opportunity. Holding this decree, you may enter Great Luo Heaven’s Listening Dao Cliff and listen to my teachings for three years.”
Upon hearing the contents of the decree, the Golden Core prodigies present could still maintain their composure. However, some Nascent Soul True Monarchs who understood the details of Great Luo Heaven were completely dumbfounded!
What was happening? Had they heard incorrectly?
A Golden Core cultivator proving the Dao and becoming a Nascent Soul True Monarch could already enter the eyes of the sect’s Dao Venerable and enter Great Luo Heaven to listen to a Dao Venerable’s teachings?
Even if Chen Beiwu was the sect’s current generation chief disciple, this treatment was still far too exaggerated!
Could the rumors have been wrong? Was Chen Beiwu not from a declining family, but instead from some Dao Venerable immortal clan?
Otherwise, this simply made no sense!
‘Worthy of creation!’
“Indeed, indeed!”
Yue Chenfeng took a deep breath, looking at his little junior brother with some envy.
Within a county or prefecture of the Immortal Alliance, a Nascent Soul True Monarch was indeed an existence of overwhelming authority and lofty status.
Especially now, his little junior brother possessed the grand title of the youngest Nascent Soul True Monarch in the history of the Immortal Alliance.
However, in the eyes of a sect Dao Venerable, let alone a Nascent Soul True Monarch, even a Divine Transformation True Venerable was nothing extraordinary, much less the title of the youngest Nascent Soul True Monarch in the Immortal Alliance.
To speak a sentence that could be considered disrespectful, even the sect’s Divine Transformation True Venerables might not necessarily have the opportunity to listen to a Dao Venerable’s teachings.
From this, one could see the weight contained in the phrase “worthy of creation” within the Dao Venerable decree.
This meant that in the eyes of the sect’s Dao Venerable, his little junior brother possessed the potential to become a great figure of cultivation, or even seek the Dao and reach Void Refinement.
Otherwise, how could the existence of Great Luo Heaven possibly descend such a decree!
“Senior brothers and senior sisters, since a decree has descended, Beiwu must go to Great Luo Heaven today to receive teachings. I hope everyone will forgive me.” Chen Beiwu said.
“Junior Brother Chen, you are being too serious. With a decree descending, how could it be delayed? Junior brother should go quickly. How could we fail to understand such a matter?”
After Yue Chenfeng said this, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs present all nodded.
Hearing this, Chen Beiwu no longer hesitated. He used his divine sense to activate the decree, and his figure instantly vanished, leaving behind a group of Jade Pure cultivators with complicated expressions.
……
Great Luo Heaven, Listening Dao Cliff.
As the place where Void Refinement Dao Venerables gave teachings, Listening Dao Cliff floated above the chaotic, formless sea of mist in Great Luo Heaven.
Only nine meditation cushions were placed upon the cliff surface, arranged according to the Nine Palace positions. Each cushion was gray-white in color, made from a special material, and felt warm when touched.
Chen Beiwu sat upon one of the cushions and discovered that ten zhang ahead was not empty. A towering divine tree reaching the heavens could faintly be seen as a phantom.
In the next instant, the chaotic sea of mist outside Listening Dao Cliff began moving without wind, slowly parting and forming a passage filled with endless rays of light.
“Step!”
“Step!”
“Step!”
Chen Beiwu followed the sound and looked over, only to see a figure slowly walking from the end of the passage.
However, he could not see the figure’s exact appearance. He could only hear waves of Daoic sound resounding.
“My name is Guangcheng. Today, I shall teach qi.”
As the voice fell, the chaotic sea of mist outside Listening Dao Cliff suddenly changed, evolving the principles of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao.
Chen Beiwu and the little ones immediately became immersed in the teachings. Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
‘I wonder what kind of fortune does a Void Refinement Dao Venerable possess?’
After the lecture ended, the Dao Venerable drifted away. A thought suddenly arose in Chen Beiwu’s heart.
And at that very moment, the Dao Venerable’s footsteps paused, while the Nine Breaths Chaos within Chen Beiwu’s body trembled.
“Eh, interesting. There is actually something in this world that even this seat cannot see through.”
“Young one, you cannot control such a treasure of fortune. Why not hand it over for this seat to control?”
Before the voice finished, Guangcheng Dao Venerable slowly raised his right hand.
“Rumble!”
At this moment, the entire Listening Dao Cliff let out an overwhelmed wail.
The airflow within the chaotic sea of mist suddenly gathered and compressed, transforming into a gigantic palm that covered the heavens and earth, enveloping Chen Beiwu.
‘Not good, I’ve been exposed!’
Sensing that the restriction on his spirit platform had failed, Chen Beiwu’s pupils contracted. His heart turned cold, and a feeling of despair emerged.
So this was the power of a Void Refinement Dao Venerable?
To prevent the secrets on his body from being exposed, before entering Great Luo Heaven, he had actively sealed his memories regarding Nine Breaths Chaos. He had not missed even Golden Egg and the others.
Yet, despite actively sealing his memories, he had still produced a trace of thought regarding fortune. Why was this?
However, Chen Beiwu no longer had time to think.
Facing this heaven-covering giant palm capable of erasing all techniques and recreating chaos, no matter how he circulated the Heavenly Stellar True Qi within his body, he could not move at all. Even the Ten Directions Gate within the chaotic world had fallen into a silent state.
“Roar!”
“Woof!”
“Na!”
“Ying!”
Golden Egg, Tie Dan, Xuele, and Zhiling all changed expressions greatly, but they were also unable to move and powerless to stop it.
“Buzz!”
As the giant palm descended, an indescribable terrifying feeling of separation instantly enveloped Chen Beiwu’s entire body.
Under this irresistible might, Chen Beiwu felt that the Nascent Soul, Golden Core, organs, bones, flesh, and cells within his body were all trembling, nearly being forcibly extracted.
Only Nine Breaths Chaos continued resisting with all its might, attempting to use its boundless fortune power to activate the Ten Directions Gate and help Chen Beiwu break through space and escape.
“Unfortunately, I originally wanted to spare your life.”
A cold and indifferent thought suddenly sounded within Chen Beiwu’s mind, its tone neither sad nor joyful:
“But this treasure is cultivated together with your life, and its origin has already fused. It seems fate has decided this.”
“Forget it. My taking this treasure is also following Heaven and conforming to the Dao. If I one day glimpse the realm of immortals, I will surely revive you, which can also complete today’s karmic connection.”
Hearing these hypocritical words, Chen Beiwu’s heart demon immediately arose.
Hate! Hate! Hate!
The upper echelons of the Jade Pure Immortal Sect were so dark and hypocritical, even forcibly stealing the opportunities of their own disciples and taking their lives.
If he had known this earlier, he should never have joined Jade Pure. He should have joined another Immortal Sect instead.
No, no, no. If even Jade Pure Immortal Sect was like this, the other Immortal Sects and Grotto Heavens were likely all the same.
If he could live again, his correct choice should have been to hide first, conceal his abilities for several hundred years, and only then prove the Dao as a True Monarch. Perhaps then he would not have been discovered by a Dao Venerable.
“Rumble!” Flesh exploded and vanished.
Before Chen Beiwu’s death and Dao disappearance, the blood and remains of Golden Egg, Tie Dan, Xuele, and Zhiling scattered onto his face, disappearing together with him within Great Luo Heaven.
……
Jade Pure Immortal Sect.
Within Shuiyan Abode’s cave dwelling.
“Mm!”
On the Jade Pure Ten Thousand Transformations Lotus Platform, Chen Beiwu let out a muffled groan and opened his eyes.
What a powerful heart demon tribulation!
He did not know whether his luck was good or bad. He had actually encountered the one-in-a-hundred double-layered heart demon tribulation.
If he had not seen through the heart demon before his death, giving rise to a trace of clarity and preventing himself from losing his true self amid despair and regret, then this Nascent Soul formation might have required him to use the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon.
“Are you alright?”
Seeing Chen Beiwu’s unstable aura, the four little ones revealed concern in their eyes and transmitted through the Shared Insight Contract.
“I’m fine. This level of heart demon cannot do anything to me.”
Chen Beiwu calmed his breathing and circulated the Myriad Manifestations Dao Record of the Heavenly Unity Northern Abyss.
His claim of having a ninety-five percent chance of proving the Dao as a True Monarch was not arrogance.
《Myriad Manifestations Dao Record of the Heavenly Unity Northern Abyss》 was a secret technique passed down by the sect’s Primordial Unity Dao Artifact. It was divided into 【Heart Demon Chapter】, 【Myriad Manifestations Chapter】, and 【Return to Truth Chapter】.
Without needing to use the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon, by relying on the Heart Demon Chapter to overcome the tribulation, Chen Beiwu could use his divine sense to slowly annihilate the Dao Venerable heart demon born within his spirit platform.
However, the difficulty of expelling the double-layered heart demon tribulation still exceeded Chen Beiwu’s expectations.
“Stabilize true essence, illuminate and break demonic obstacles!”
Chen Beiwu’s mind moved, and without hesitation, he activated the Jade Pure Ten Thousand Transformations Lotus Platform.
Cultivators undergoing heart demon tribulations could not consume external substances, but auxiliary primordial artifacts such as the Jade Pure Lotus Platform, which could calm the mind, stabilize the spirit, and cleanse demons, were exceptions.
“Buzz!”
The lotus platform beneath Chen Beiwu trembled, and a blue radiance that cleansed illusions surged into his Violet Palace Sea of Consciousness.
Unexpectedly, in the next instant, that blue radiance did not protect his spirit platform. Instead, it concealed killing intent and fiercely pierced into the Nascent Soul within Chen Beiwu’s Sea of Consciousness.
Chen Beiwu’s expression changed slightly. He gathered the divine senses of Golden Egg and the other three little ones, attempting to stop it, but he was a step too late. He could only watch helplessly as the Nascent Soul that was almost fully refined completely collapsed.
“Martial Nephew Chen, forgive me. That existence from the Xiao Family has already issued a decree. This seat also has no choice. You should depart peacefully.”
The Sect Master’s voice slowly rang out: “If you must blame someone, blame your lowly origins. You are not a direct Jade Pure lineage disciple, and the Dongming Evergreen lineage has no Void Refinement Dao Venerable presiding over it. They cannot protect you.”
“Roar!”
“Woof!”
“Na!”
“Ying!”
Before death, the voices of Golden Egg, Tie Dan, Xuele, and Zhiling suddenly sounded, allowing Chen Beiwu’s spirit platform to maintain a trace of clarity.
……
“Cough, cough!”
Chen Beiwu coughed twice softly. Blood flowed from his mouth and nose, and the Nascent Soul within his Sea of Consciousness was somewhat unstable.
“Shoo shoo shoo shoo!”
Four figures flashed.
Golden Egg and the others landed before Chen Beiwu, their eyes filled with worry.
Something was wrong, extremely wrong!
Logically speaking, with the Jade Pure Ten Thousand Transformations Lotus Platform protecting the mind, the power of the heart demon tribulation encountered by their master should have been reduced by more than half. He should have passed it easily and absolutely should not have struggled so much.
“It’s fine. My luck is pretty good. I encountered the one-in-ten-thousand triple-layered heart demon tribulation!” Chen Beiwu comforted them through his thoughts.
The triple-layered heart demon tribulation was not merely an accumulation of simple heart demon illusions. Its power was extremely formidable. It generally only appeared in cultivators who had committed immense slaughter, but there was also an extremely small probability of appearing in those favored by fortune.
Chen Beiwu possessed Nine Breaths Chaos, so he naturally counted as one favored by fortune.
“Don’t worry. This level of heart demon cannot stop me.”
Chen Beiwu took a deep breath and did not activate the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon within the chaotic world.
With the protection of the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon, even if he encountered the one-in-a-billion four-layered heart demon tribulation, he would still have confidence in overcoming it.
The reason Chen Beiwu did not use the Heavenly Fortune Purple Dragon was because he wanted to temper his heart through the heart demon tribulation.
‘All appearances are not appearances; suffering and joy originate from the heart; if the heart does not dwell upon appearances, where can suffering exist?’
‘The Great Dao has no name; virtue conforms with nature; life and death are one; true permanence never perishes!’
‘Having broken through the triple layer, true nature becomes perfectly clear!’
Recalling the various heart demons he had seen through earlier, Chen Beiwu’s aura changed, and a trace of calm clarity appeared on his face.
The Nascent Soul deep within his Violet Palace Sea of Consciousness was also completely refined. A circle of pure and unstained three-colored radiance quietly appeared behind his head.
This halo was the Three Scenery Wisdom Light that could only be proven after a cultivator saw through the triple-layered heart demon and completely perfected the Dao Seed Nascent Soul.
At this point, Chen Beiwu’s third step of proving the Dao as a True Monarch—refining true essence and returning to origin, refining demons into truth—was complete!
The Three Scenery Wisdom Light was different from the Glazed Wisdom Light. It was not the light of awakening obtained when the Nascent Soul’s form and spirit were perfectly unified, but a further advancement, a wisdom light capable of illuminating the Three Sceneries.
What were the Three Sceneries?
The Outer Scenery observes objects like the universe, the Inner Scenery observes the spirit like patterns, and the True Scenery observes the Dao like traces.
An ancient Immortal Alliance text stated: “When a True Monarch manifests the Three Sceneries above the head, the inner illuminates and the outer becomes clear. The Heavenly Stellar receives this wisdom light, combines with the number of the Three Sceneries, and its dignity increases threefold.”
The meaning of this sentence was simple. With the enhancement of the Three Wisdom Scenery Lights, a Nascent Soul True Monarch’s Heavenly Stellar Dharma Aspect could have its might increase threefold.
Do not think that three times was a small number.
The Heavenly Stellar Dharma Aspect was the signature mystic ability of Nascent Soul True Monarchs. Increasing its might by thirty percent was already enough to suppress ninety percent of Immortal Alliance cultivators, let alone increasing it threefold.
Otherwise, Chen Beiwu would not have said that his luck was good for encountering the triple-layered heart demon tribulation.
With this thought, the Nascent Soul within Chen Beiwu’s Sea of Consciousness shone brilliantly. Taking advantage of the momentum, he began charging toward the fourth step of becoming a True Monarch!