Chapter 608 - Chapter 608: Nine Absolute Beginning Saints
Chapter 608: Nine Absolute Beginning Saints
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Zenith Heaven Immortal Realm, 33rd Heaven, Purple Cloud Palace.
Jiang Changsheng, who was sitting on the Divine Throne of the Great Dao Origin, slowly opened his eyes. Instantly, figures could be seen reflected in his eyes. They were the Hall Saints of the Town Hall.
The Town Hall had retreated from the war, and it was a full retreat, symbolizing that they would no longer fight with the Dao Yan. This meant that the war between the three great orthodoxies would end soon. Once it was over, the Dao Yan would be free to deal with him.
However, Jiang Changsheng was still puzzled. The Mysterious Fate was still fighting in the war, so why did the Town Hall retreat first without any warning?
Could it be that the Town Hall could not withstand the pressure and had already bowed to the Dao Yan?
However, from what he had seen in the war, the Town Hall was more resilient than the Mysterious Fate. The proportion of Mysterious Fate cultivators escaping was much higher than the Town Hall.
When it came to transcendent orthodoxies, he could not figure out the reason, but one thing was certain. The Dao Yan had a backer to rely on because an existence with a strength value of 10 million Heavenly Dao incense points had appeared within the range of the calculation.
Nine times out of ten, the other party must come from the Dao Yan and was very likely related to the vitality of the Great Dao.
Jiang Changsheng was not afraid. Right now, there was no need for him to carry the Immortal Dao on his back. The Immortal Dao was not that fragile. When the Dao Yan attacked, it would act as a sharpening stone for the Immortal Dao.
The reason why he woke up was because the nine Zenith Heaven Immortals had returned and it was time to preach to them.
At the latest, the Reincarnation Great Emperor had already ended his sermon on the Zenith Heaven Realm. For the time being, the nine Zenith Heaven Immortals had nothing urgent to do. Therefore, Jiang Changsheng sent a voice transmission to them and at the same time, changed the scene in the Purple Cloud Palace to create a separate dojo for the nine Zenith Heaven Immortals.
Bai Qi, Mu Lingluo, and White Dragon could also hear it in the nearby space, but they could not communicate with the Zenith Heaven Immortals. Sensing the changes in the Purple Cloud Palace, they opened their eyes one after another. Without asking, they could guess what Jiang Changsheng wanted to do.
They began to look forward to the next sermon.
The nine Zenith Heaven Immortals arrived very quickly. After all, they had been waiting for this.
When they gathered in front of the Purple Cloud Palace, Jiang Changsheng opened the door and let them in.
This time, the dojo in the Purple Cloud Palace was not too fancy. It looked very simple and there was not much space. However, the Zenith Heaven Immortals were still excited. They each found a cushion and bowed before sitting down.
Jiang Changsheng was still obscured by the divine light, but his figure caused Empress Xiaohe’s eyes to be filled with surprise.
“Ten Thousand Buddha Ancestor, Immortal Beidou, Dao Lord Nirvana, Ancestor Xuan Ti, Great Paragon Ksitigarbha, Sword God, Empress Xiaohe, Supreme Kunlun, and the Reincarnation Great Emperor.”
Jiang Changsheng slowly said. Every Zenith Heaven Immortal whose name was called trembled in their hearts, including the earliest Ten Thousand Buddha Ancestor.
The Dao Ancestor’s voice contained some powerful might that calmed their impetuous hearts. At the same time, they could not help but feel reverence towards the Dao Ancestor.
The difference between them and the Dao Ancestor was still huge!
“All of you are the first nine Zenith Heaven Immortals of the Immortal Dao. I hereby confer all of you as the Nine Absolute Beginning Saints.”
Jiang Changsheng’s voice sounded again, causing the nine Zenith Heaven Immortals to hurriedly express their thanks. In fact, these two statements were not only aimed at them, but at the beings of the Immortal Dao.
At that moment, all the believers heard the Dao Ancestor’s words and knew the names of the Nine Absolute Beginning Saints.
The words ‘Absolute Beginning’ made all the believers feel as if they were witnessing the torrent of history.
That’s right, the Immortal Dao had only been established for less than two million years. For mortals, it was a long time, but for orthodoxies, it was only the beginning. The existences that had grown up now would be ancient legends in future history.
“I founded the Zenith Heaven Realm. All of you are currently in the Zenith Heaven Transcendence Realm. Above you is the Zenith Heaven Divine Idol Realm. This sermon is about the Divine Idol Realm.”
Jiang Changsheng began to get to the point. The name of the Zenith Heaven Divine Idol Realm moved the nine Zenith Heaven Immortals.
As expected, the Zenith Heaven Realm was also divided into sub-realms. They immediately guessed that the Zenith Heaven Divine Idol Realm was not the highest realm. The Dao Ancestor merely wanted to lead them to it.
The sermon officially began. As Jiang Changsheng infused his Dao insights into his voice, the nine Zenith Heaven Immortals entered a meditative state and immersed themselves in the insights they received.
In the hearts of every Zenith Heaven Immortal, they were facing Jiang Changsheng’s Zenith Heaven Divine Idol. In front of his Zenith Heaven Divine Idol, they felt their insignificance. This was a feeling they had not felt for a long time.
Looking at the Zenith Heaven Divine Idol, they could sense many intents of the Great Dao, especially karma and fate.
The reason why the Zenith Heaven Divine Idol could transcend karma and fate was because it had comprehended these two Great Daos.
This time, Jiang Changsheng did not give Empress Xiaohe any special treatment. He wanted to see the difference in perception between the Nine Absolute Beginning Saints.
After reaching the Zenith Heaven Realm, comprehension was more important than innate talent. Moreover, comprehension was extremely mysterious and concerned the origin of one’s soul.
Concerning this point, the Supreme Kunlun and the Reincarnation Great Emperor surprised Jiang Changsheng. No wonder the two of them could become the number one prodigy in different eras of the Martial Dao. Their comprehension ability was indeed extraordinary. Moreover, the two of them were clearly competing for supremacy, fearing that they would be weaker than each other.
The Ten Thousand Buddha Ancestor’s Dao heart was the calmest. Even Dao Lord Nirvana could not compare to him.
The Sword God’s Dao heart was very fierce, and that sword intent had penetrated deep into his soul. Meanwhile, Great Paragon Ksitigarbha had been comprehending the Reincarnation Dao recently, and his karma was approaching Hell. Jiang Changsheng could deduce that he had a close relationship with the Head of Punishment.
Ksitigarbha was about to enter Hell.
Hell with two Zenith Heaven Immortals would become the number one force in the Immortal Dao. Even the Heavenly Court could not compare to it.
The number of Zenith Heaven Immortals would not increase greatly anytime soon. It would take tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years for a Zenith Heaven Immortal to be born. Such difficulty meant that Zenith Heaven Immortals would be an important force in determining the structure of the Immortal Dao.
Jiang Changsheng did not care much about the structure of the Immortal Dao. He only wanted to see who would prosper and who would fall. Even if the Heavenly Court and the Jiang Clan were to fall, he would only protect their lives at the last moment. However, he should lose what he had lost. After all, he had given the Heavenly Court and the Jiang Clan a lot of preferential treatment.
Of course, this was only if it was an internal fight. If it involved interference from forces outside the Immortal Dao, he would interfere immediately.
In short, if there was a force that could overturn the rule of the Heavenly Court in the Immortal Dao, Jiang Changsheng was willing to acknowledge them. Therefore, he was not afraid if a force would suddenly grow stronger than the Heavenly Court.
The sermon lasted for a long time. Even though it was only about the Zenith Heaven Divine Idol Realm, it contained a lot of the true meaning of the Great Dao. The nine Zenith Heaven Immortals were immersed in the sermon and lost track of time.
A thousand years passed.
After Jiang Changsheng finished his sermon, he did not chase away the nine Zenith Heaven Immortals. Instead, he waited for them to wake up.
The first to wake up was the Sword God, which also meant that the Sword God’s comprehension ability was the worst among them. Of course, the Sword God’s advantage was mainly in the Sword Dao, but this sermon did not involve the Sword Dao.
After him, it were Dao Lord Nirvana and the Reincarnation Great Emperor, followed by Ancestor Xuan Ti. Jiang Changsheng was pleasantly surprised that Empress Xiaohe woke up slower than Ancestor Xuan Ti.
The one with the strongest comprehension ability was the Ten Thousand Buddha Ancestor. It was as Jiang Changsheng had expected. He really admired the Ten Thousand Buddha Ancestor.
The Buddhist Sect led by the Ten Thousand Buddha Ancestor had the goal of saving the suffering of all beings. If they wanted to become Buddha, they had to do good deeds for hundreds of generations. This alone was not something other sects could compare to.
After all the Zenith Heaven Immortals woke up, Jiang Changsheng said, “You are now allowed to ask questions, and I will try my best to answer them.”
The Sword God was the first to ask, “How far can the Sword Dao go?”
Jiang Changsheng said, “The Immortal Dao can accommodate everything. In my opinion, the so-called Great Dao, all things can become a Great Dao. Therefore, I look forward to your Sword Dao. If the Immortal Dao cannot accommodate everything, then what’s the difference between it and the Martial Dao, the Dao Yan, and the Mysterious Fate?”
The nine Zenith Heaven Immortals nodded when they heard this. Soon after, the other Zenith Heaven Immortals followed suit and asked questions.
At first, they were all asking questions about cultivation. However, gradually, the Supreme Kunlun deviated from their rhythm and asked about the general trend of the Immortal Dao and the boundless world.
This exchange lasted for seven days. In the end, Jiang Changsheng ordered them to leave. Hearing the order, the nine Zenith Heaven Immortals stood up and bowed.
Empress Xiaohe could not see Jiang Changsheng’s eyes and did not know if he was looking at her. However, she restrained her thoughts.
The two of them had an agreement. Before this agreement was reached, they would maintain such a relationship. At least she felt that it was pretty good.
The nine Zenith Heaven Immortals left and returned to their respective dojos. The name ‘Nine Absolute Beginning Saints’ had also completely spread and represented the peak of the Immortal Dao in the hearts of all beings. As for the Dao Ancestor, he was the Immortal Dao itself!
After the sermon ended, Jiang Changsheng did not immediately cultivate in seclusion. Instead, he began to release his will. As his cultivation became stronger, his wills could go further into the past and future.
He was also retracting his will and allowing himself to experience more reincarnation.
This was the strength of the Zenith Heaven Realm. For the same period of time, a Zenith Heaven Immortal could experience an unimaginable number of life experiences compared to original cultivators with the same strength.
In terms of the will of the Great Dao, Jiang Changsheng was equivalent to having experienced tens of thousands of lifetimes.
He suddenly thought of something. He claimed to be reincarnated for all eternity, but in the end, this claim turned out to be true.
“In that case, why don’t I incarnate into the mortal world with the goal to preach?”
Jiang Changsheng thought silently. He immediately injected his will into the myriad worlds, with the goal of teaching mortals.
He was also interested in this sudden thought of his.
Why not take a hundred years and take a walk in the human world? In any case, a hundred years would have little effect on his current realm.
As an immortal cultivator, Jiang Changsheng had never forgotten the fact that he was a human. He did not think that immortals were nobler than mortals. In fact, compared to the world of immortals, he preferred the life of the human world.
He immediately stood up and walked around the human world in his true form.
Bai Qi chased after Empress Xiaohe. While Mu Lingluo was still consolidating what she had learned from Jiang Changsheng’s sermon, White Dragon fell asleep again.
With his plan to descend into the mortal world, he naturally had to go to Jingcheng in Heavenly Jing.
This land was still dominated by Heavenly Jing. The prosperity of current Jingcheng was completely different from 1.8 million years ago.
Jiang Changsheng restrained his aura and transformed into a human as he walked into Jingcheng.
He maintained the appearance of a 16 to 17-year-old. Under the circumstances where he deliberately concealed his aura, he looked rather youthful.
Longqi Mountain and Martial Peak were still there, but Longqi Temple was no longer on the mountain. The people inside had gone to pursue a higher realm of the Immortal Dao, but there was still a Daoist temple on the mountain. That was where the Emperor could calm his mind.
Jiang Changsheng walked into an inn and ordered a few meat dishes and wine. He leaned against the window and looked at the various people on the street.
After the dishes and wine were served, he began to taste them.
As he ate these dishes and wine, he had a strange feeling. Using the popular saying from Earth in his previous life, it was to return to one’s root.
Only by being a mortal occasionally could cultivation be more meaningful.
The purpose of his cultivation was to enjoy these things as he pleased without worrying that he would not be able to defeat his enemies because of delaying his cultivation.
“Yo, little Daoist, you still eat meat and drink wine? Which Daoist temple is so open-minded?” A teasing laughter sounded.
Jiang Changsheng glanced over and saw a middle-aged man dressed like a villager looking at him with a smile. There was also a bamboo basket by his feet that was filled with leaves.