Chapter 689 - 444: Becoming the Heaven-Mending Stone to Mend the Heavens! Ascension! (Part 2)
Countless cultivators were astonished and surprised to hear the divine sound in the sky.
Patching the sky?
The sky began to shatter.
A crack appeared.
In the middle of the crack was a Seven-Colored Heaven-Mending Stone, and within the stone was a human figure.
"With one’s own body transformed into the Heaven-Mending Stone, to patch the sky!?"
"Zhong Heng, the Celestial Inference Venerable... he actually..."
"Hahaha, well done, youngster."
"Today, I will lend you a hand."
A majestic voice from ancient times laughed heartily.
In the midst of the apocalypse.
The immortals no longer had time to care about the mirage forming in Jiuzhou from the power overflowing in the midst of the apocalypse.
Only to see a river of time manifesting in the midst of the apocalypse.
A towering figure crossed the river of time, gradually becoming clear.
Immortal Venerable Huihuang sighed.
Forming a seal with his hands.
Two indistinct phantoms, barely visible, appeared before and after him.
They were his fallen Evil Corpse and Innate Corpse.
"Fellow Daoists, lend me a hand."
"Suppress!"
A small segment of the fluctuating river of time was intercepted.
A force surged out from the river of time.
Injected into the body of the Five Elements True Immortal.
The Five Elements True Immortal began to transform rapidly.
Feathers appeared on his cheeks.
Wings that shaded the sky unfolded.
Eyes that could see through ancient and modern times gazed at the Apocalypse Rift.
"Apocalypse Rift?"
"It’s been a long time indeed."
The Five Elements True Immortal spoke, yet it wasn’t his words.
But that of an ancient being.
The first Peacock Great Saint of the Peacock Race, Kong Xuan!
"Suppress!"
As the wings spread, the Five Elements Divine Light flickered across the world.
The incarnation holding the Five Elements Grotto Heaven rapidly collapsed, transforming into endless Five Elements Divine Light.
Or rather, the Five Elements Grotto Heaven itself was derived from the Peacock Great Saint’s Five Elements Divine Light.
Zhong Heng felt the pressure around him suddenly lessened.
The Heaven Mending Seal was fully deployed.
"My ascension is almost complete..."
"But the Apocalypse Rift cannot be left unchecked."
"Now..."
"Nine Cauldron Seal! Celestial Derivation Divine Techniques!"
The inherent Celestial Derivation Divine Techniques of the River Map could evolve a divine technique to its highest realm.
Zhong Heng temporarily crossed into the True Immortal Realm using the Sea Calming Seal.
But the Nine Cauldron Seal could not be unleashed.
Yet now, under the urging of the River Map, the Nine Cauldron Seal was finally unleashed.
Though it lacked the immense momentum of the previous Sea Calming Seal.
Nevertheless, the immortals standing amidst the stars all looked down correspondingly.
"Apocalypse Rift!?"
The word appeared in the minds of the immortals.
The Apocalypse Rift cannot be known by too many.
Not even by the immortals.
Otherwise, the immortals’ awareness of the Apocalypse Rift would stabilize it.
Those who were aware of the Apocalypse Rift acted as anchor points stabilizing it.
Therefore, the Apocalypse Rift was sealed in the midst of the apocalypse, with even the immortals suppressing it being a fixed number.
And they rotated periodically.
The immortals who were replaced would actively erase their impressions of the Apocalypse Rift.
But now, the impression of the Apocalypse Rift surfaced automatically in the minds of all immortals.
Indicating...
The Apocalypse Rift was in turmoil.
For it sensed a genuine threat.
The immortals stared at Jiuzhou.
Seeing the lights in Jiuzhou begin to flash one by one.
Ultimately, nine dazzling beams of light shone forth.
"The Nine Cauldrons of Jiuzhou..."
An immortal who had lived since Emperor Yu’s era murmured.
The Nine Cauldrons suppressed Jiuzhou’s Qi Fortune.
Who could possibly drive the Nine Cauldrons...
Zhong Heng naturally could not drive the Nine Cauldrons.
It was the River Map that drove the Nine Cauldrons, and the Nine Cauldron Seal given by Emperor Yu to Zhong Heng finally found its purpose.
The Nine Cauldron Seal.
It was the technique for driving the Nine Cauldrons.
It was no wonder then that the Celestial Derivation Divine Techniques of River Map couldn’t drive the Nine Cauldron Seal.
After all, the Nine Cauldrons of Jiuzhou were on par with the River Map and Luo Book in essence.
Above the Apocalypse Rift, the phantoms of the Nine Cauldrons appeared.
Under the combined forces of the Heaven Mending Seal, Kong Xuan, and the Nine Cauldrons,
the Apocalypse Rift gradually shrank,
eventually becoming an incredibly small seam.
Zhong Heng wanted to exert more power, but he couldn’t continue.
He had no choice but to retract the Heaven Mending Seal.
Zhong Heng was panting heavily, the fluctuations of Immortal Essence on his body gradually calming down.
In an instant, Zhong Heng’s power reached Perfection.
His figure appeared within the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm.
"Today, I, Zhong Heng, ascend as an Immortal."
"Title, Celestial Derivation True Immortal."
The sound of his ascension echoed across the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm.
Various phenomena appeared in the Central State.
The myriad beings of Jiuzhou were unaware of the specifics of Zhong Heng’s ascension.
They only knew that his opportunity for ascension seemed to be related to the Heaven Mending Seal.
But regardless of the details,
another True Immortal has emerged in Jiuzhou!
Immortal light illuminated the Wanlang Mountains.
The innate talents of the many creatures in the Wanlang Mountains all rose.
Simultaneously, countless treasure lands began to appear in the Wanlang Mountains.
When one attains enlightenment, even the chickens and dogs ascend!
The cultivators close to Zhong Heng were utterly astonished.
Nothing is more shocking than a cultivator you know and are close to suddenly ascending as an Immortal.
Phenomena in the southern Central State continued, seemingly heralding the birth of a True Immortal to all beings of heaven and earth.
Zhong Heng took a deep breath.
He gently waved his hand.
Weii Xiao, who had become a Divinity Transformation, reappeared in the Wanlang Mountains.
Yet Zhong Heng was no longer attached to the earthly realm and instantly vanished.
Immortals cannot frequently appear within the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm.
This is a measure to protect the myriad beings of Jiuzhou.
Next, Zhong Heng would seek a suitable world and transform it into a Grotto Heaven World.
As for the Wanlang Mountains, it might become the base of the Immortal Sect established by Zhong Heng in the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm.
Zhong Heng felt the tangible power of an Immortal within him.
It was the wondrousness of another realm.
In an instant, the heavens and earth appeared in a different form to Zhong Heng.
The causes and effects of all things seemed instantly perceptible and graspable to Zhong Heng.
This is the True Immortal Realm.
Only for the myriad beings of Jiuzhou, one matter was more important than Zhong Heng’s ascension.
That was the retraction of the Apocalypse Rift.
The Apocalypse Rift did not completely disappear.
Instead, it contracted to an extremely small size, posing no significant threat to Jiuzhou without expansion.
But the problem was that no one knew when the Apocalypse Rift would expand again.
For many years, Jiuzhou had been patching up the Apocalypse Rift.
Patch it up, and it reopens; reopen and patch it up again.
For example, before the Ancient Wilderness Era, there were legends about Nuwa mending the heavens.
In the Ancient Wilderness Era, countless Great Saints sacrificed themselves to mend the Apocalypse Rift.
Now, in the present day.
Though all were Apocalypse Rifts,
the size and degree of these rifts differed.
The current rift is relatively small, but it has been extremely difficult to contract it to its smallest form.
The Apocalypse Rift still exists.
Zhong Heng stepped across into it.
Three figures stood in mid-air.
Apart from them, there were dozens of powerful Divine Consciousness Incarnations.
All were Jiuzhou Immortals.
Zhong Heng’s appearance attracted a lot of attention from the Immortals.
But Zhong Heng showed not a hint of nervousness.
First, he bowed to the figure standing amongst the crowd.
"Zhong Heng, thanking Immortal Venerable Huihuang, Great Saint."
Simultaneously, Zhong Heng gestured.
His incarnation among the three figures withdrew.
With no Apocalypse Rift, his incarnation could naturally free itself.
It’s a pity that the Five Elements Grotto Heaven had completely turned into part of the Five Elements Divine Light.
Otherwise, the Peacock Great Saint wouldn’t have been strong enough to suppress the Apocalypse Rift.
The incarnation’s cultivation also plummeted to the early stage of Divinity Transformation.
But with the True Immortal Realm of the original body, the incarnation would quickly grow.
Moreover, the original body had gained the opportunity for ascension; the incarnation would no longer need one to ascend.
Immortal Venerable Huihuang’s complexion was somewhat pale.
Yet he looked at Zhong Heng with satisfaction.
The Five Elements True Immortal, or one might say Kong Xuan, nodded at Zhong Heng.
At this moment, the Five Elements True Immortal had genuinely transformed into Kong Xuan.
Or rather, its soul essence had become Kong Xuan, but its power still needed re-cultivation.
With a soul essence, the Five Elements True Immortal’s form would slowly transform into the body of a peacock.
And the Five Elements True Immortal became a part of Kong Xuan.
This might be a unique kind of reincarnation.
However, the gaze of the Divine Consciousness Incarnations of surrounding Immortals towards Kong Xuan was not entirely friendly.
