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Chapter 501 Shattering the Vacuum
Doumu of Kan Palace, the mother of stars, controls the operation of the stars in the heavens. Formerly known as the Golden Spirit Holy Mother, she was the first female immortal under the Tongtian Sect Master of the Jie Sect. Her strength was naturally unfathomable. Even after the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, she made no progress. She was still one of the few great supernatural beings in the world.
"Your Excellency, the leader of the Human Sect, may I ask when you will attain sainthood? If you have any needs, all disciples of the Intercepting Sect in the Three Realms will be at your disposal, provided that the operation of the Heavenly Dao is maintained!"
So he surrendered already?
So this is how you start sucking up to someone powerful?
The Jade Emperor's face was extremely grim. After the Investiture of the Gods, he gradually gained control of the Heavenly Court, balanced the various forces, suppressed the Jie Sect, and used Buddhism to balance Taoism. Only then did he reach this point and gain the true power of the Heavenly Emperor.
But now, this great calamity has arrived, the chosen one has appeared, and he has easily gained great fortune. Laozi has given him the position of leader of the Human Sect, and Hongjun Patriarch has personally come forward to answer his questions. The disciples of the Intercepting Sect are paying homage to him and clinging to his powerful backer.
The fact that all these thousands of years of planning have been lost in a single day is a tragedy, even though one's Dao heart has reached an unshakable level.
The Jade Emperor sighed deeply, but there was nothing he could do.
If heaven and earth were to perish, what use would it be for the Jade Emperor to sit alone in the Lingxiao Palace?
In the face of a cataclysmic event, personal honor and disgrace are truly insignificant.
Jiang Liu's eyes instantly hardened. Since he couldn't change the outcome of the evolving world, he would strive to become stronger, stronger than anyone else.
"Doumu of Kan Palace, Jiang Liu needs the remains of the Nine Cauldrons. I have already obtained five pieces, and there are four left. I know that one piece is in the hands of Asura of the Blood Sea. Do you know if you can retrieve it for me?"
Jiang Liu was blunt. If all nine cauldrons were collected, the power of the bronze cauldron would surely increase further, and the physical martial arts he comprehended using the terrain of the Nine Provinces would also reach its peak. Shattering the vacuum would no longer be an unattainable dream, but within reach.
"Very well, leave this matter to us, the disciples of the Jie Sect. We will retrieve the Nine Cauldrons that fell into the hands of the Asura Clan and hand them over to the Sect Leader. As for the remaining three Nine Cauldrons, I know that one of them is in the Heavenly Treasury. Why doesn't the Jade Emperor retrieve it and return it to him?"
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Jade Emperor could only wave his hand and send someone to fetch it.
“I know that one of them is in the hands of the Buddhist sect. Wen Zhong, you should personally go to Mount Ling and ask your senior brother to return the Nine Provinces Cauldron!”
"Yes, Master!" Wen Zhong pointed to the True Lord of the Thunder Department and flew towards Mount Ling. In this world, even a great god like Wen Zhong of the Thunder Department would not dare to travel alone through the Three Realms.
Who knows when an extraterrestrial powerhouse might emerge from the void.
Before Kan Gong Dou Mu could speak, Lao Jun said, "The remaining piece is in my hands, and I have already had the boy fetch it."
Pieces of the Nine Provinces Cauldrons were placed in front of Jiang Liu, merging into the cauldrons. Jiang Liu then sat cross-legged in the Lingxiao Palace without any hesitation, comprehending the mysteries of the Nine Provinces corresponding to the human body. He combined this with the power of the ancient god-king's flesh and blood in the "Yang God" world, preparing to break through to the supreme realm of "shattering the vacuum".
However, the last of the nine cauldrons belonging to the Asura clan has yet to arrive.
The one who went to retrieve the Nine Provinces Cauldron was Yu Yuan, the disciple of the Golden Spirit Mother, also known as "One Qi Immortal." His Blood-Transforming Divine Blade was also extremely powerful.
After Jiang Liu finished comprehending the power of the eight Nine Provinces Cauldrons, he noticed that many people were missing from the Lingxiao Palace, and those who remained all had their brows furrowed.
Jiang Liu looked around and couldn't sense the last piece of the Nine Provinces Cauldron's remains. Yu Yuan hadn't returned either, and Jiang Liu immediately felt a bad feeling.
As expected, the Jade Emperor said, "The Blood Sea has been invaded by a mysterious world. The Styx Ancestor fought against it, and most of the Blood Sea was reduced to nothingness. According to the Styx Ancestor, that powerful being was a True Spirit Wizard of the eighth level! Another terrifying world has descended, no less powerful than a Quasi-Saint!"
Jiang Liu raised his eyes, slightly surprised, then narrowed them and said, "Is it really the Wizarding World?"
"Does the cult leader know about this world?"
"I once placed a piece in that world, leaving behind a clone..."
"real?"
Outside the Lingxiao Palace, a graceful figure walked slowly. Her swaying figure was charming and alluring, and the light veil made her appear and disappear.
As the breeze rises, beneath her slender waist and delicate limbs, her skin is glistening with soft, snow-white flesh, captivating the heart and soul.
However, one of her arms had been severed in half, and her once rosy cheeks were now pale and delicate, evoking pity.
A mysterious and familiar aura emanated from the severed forearm, preventing the body from regenerating—it was the power of the wizard.
This woman was none other than Uma, the wife of Mara, the Great Free Heaven, an Asura with the cultivation of a Great Golden Immortal.
"Your clone, in collaboration with Ancestor Styx, invaded that world, and this remnant of the Nine Cauldrons is yours!" Tianfei Wumo calmly looked at Jiang Liu and said.
"Hehe, my clone already possesses the power of a seventh-level overlord, and its subordinates are numerous and well-equipped. It's not impossible for it to cooperate with Ancestor Styx, but the world of wizards is not simple. Taking things slowly is the right way. Hand over the Nine Provinces Cauldron to me, and we'll discuss the rest with my clone..."
"As expected of the leader of the Human Cult, even that terrifying world has been planned long ago..." As she spoke, she threw over a broken bronze cauldron, and then said to the Jade Emperor, "The Heavenly Consort Umo on behalf of the Styx Ancestor sends her greetings to the Jade Emperor. The Ancestor said that in this great calamity, the Asura race may face annihilation. Please, Jade Emperor, in consideration of the Asura race being fellow beings of the Three Realms, allow a branch of the Asura race to enter the Thirty-Three Heavens and receive the protection of the Sages!"
"Even with the cultivation of a peak Quasi-Saint, the Lord of the Styx could not protect the Asura race?"
"In the Battle of the Blood Sea, half of the Asuras perished, and my husband, Mara of the Free Heaven, was killed by the extraterrestrial sorcerer. His soul was destroyed, and even the sect leader could not resurrect him. The sect leader said that he would not rest until that sorcerer was destroyed!"
"..."
Jiang Liu listened for a while and felt that he should first fuse with the last piece of the Nine Provinces Cauldron in his hand. The realm of "shattering the vacuum" was right in front of him, so he naturally had to seize the time to break through. Even the Styx Ancestor clearly realized that the Asura race was in danger of extinction, let alone the masses of living beings.
With the fusion of the Nine Cauldrons, the connection between them and the Nine Provinces became increasingly clear. In an instant, Jiang Liu even felt as if the Nine Provinces were himself, and he was the land of the Nine Provinces.
"I'm one step closer to shattering the vacuum! Although my power hasn't increased much, my control over my body has improved by a whole level. At the same time, I understand the meaning of shattering the vacuum even more! Shattering the vacuum means that my body can also decompose and exist as individual particles, yet they can grow on their own. If I were killed and left with only a speck of dust, that speck of dust would gradually grow and become me again! This is one of the secrets of shattering the vacuum! It's not simply about tearing the void with my physical body."
Jiang Liu seemed to have an epiphany. The nine provinces were reflected in his heart, and his heart transformed into the nine provinces. His body did not emanate any power, but every inch of his skin seemed to be alive, possessing its own breath and thoughts, and could even detach from his body at any time to develop on its own.
Even a single drop of blood can transform into a human being and evolve into a human body!
The secret to immortality!
The secret to shattering the vacuum!
So close, yet so far away; seemingly within reach, yet like a mirage.
"Chaotic spiritual energy, bronze nine cauldrons, immortal monument, human destiny, envelop my body, condense my physical body, and reforge my spirit!" Jiang Liu's body was enveloped by the bronze cauldron, and his pores kept breathing in and out.
Every pore was breathing, and as it breathed, the chaotic spiritual energy nurtured in its inner world enveloped its entire body, constantly absorbing and releasing this spiritual energy.
Suddenly, Jiang Liu's whole body trembled, and beads of sweat immediately seeped out from his pores. These beads of sweat, slightly tinged with blood, rolled down to the ground.
As soon as they rolled onto the ground, these beads of sweat started wriggling! Eventually, they turned into little people!
Such a commotion naturally alerted everyone in the Lingxiao Palace.
Lao Jun waved his whisk, and several golden pills flew toward Jiang Liu. After absorbing the pills, Jiang Liu opened his eyes. His pupils swirled, and a golden light shot out from them, flickering like a serpent, as if he were breathing.
Even eyeballs can breathe on their own, becoming a living entity.
Ee-yah... Ee-yah...
At the same time, the beads of sweat, streaked with blood, seeping from the pores of the skin on the ground, wriggled and transformed into tiny figures. These figures initially appeared to be made of mud, dragging and wetting themselves, but they struggled slowly, like chicks crawling out of their eggs. Gradually, they grew hands, feet, and facial features, becoming finger-sized, lifelike people.
These tiny figures, running around and making babbling noises, look exactly like Jiang Liu, like hundreds or thousands of miniature versions of Jiang Liu.
At the same time, these tiny figures were constantly absorbing and exhaling spiritual energy, which eventually transformed into pure spiritual energy and entered Jiang Liu's body.
"The Nine Provinces are established, the Great Dao is perfected, the physical body undergoes transformation, and the void is shattered..."
Buzz, buzz, buzz...
Nine resounding, tidal waves shook the air, and suddenly the void around him cracked open, revealing a phantom image of the Nine Provinces Continent.
The earthquake in Kyushu became increasingly intertwined with the flow of rivers.
With a deafening roar, the five "Immortal Monuments" transformed into countless runes. The ancient god-kings that had been suppressed, including the Immortal God-Kings, except for the Gou Li God-King who had been stripped of his Immortal Monuments, were all shattered and transformed into inch-force energy that merged into the flow of the river.
"Perfect physical body...shattering the vacuum..."
"Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!"
Centered on the river, everything began to break apart and shatter until it was stopped by the bronze cauldron, which shattered the entire cauldron and merged into its body.
An immortal monument, a small bronze cauldron, was shattered and absorbed into the flesh.
The human race's most precious treasure of merit has vanished.
Even Laozi was dumbfounded; no one had ever been able to do it before.
In an instant, the nine "shattered" words uttered by Jiang Liu were imprinted in the void, in the core of all stars and the sun and moon, in the depths of the earth, in the depths of the heavens, and even in the hearts of every great supernatural being, including the Jade Emperor, Doumu of the Kan Palace, and Laozi.
At this moment, heaven and earth resonated with it, the sun and moon worshipped it, the void submitted to it, immortals and gods bowed to it, supernatural powers were used for it, and stars were shattered by it!
Shattering the realm of vacuum!
We've finally broken through!
The world was shocked!
Perhaps, apart from the twelve ancient ancestral witches, who else has such a powerful physical body?
No, after the Ancestral Witches, there has never been such a powerful physical body.
But right before the gods, Jiang Liu took this step.
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Chapter 502 The Path to Immortality, the Road of No Return
By shattering the vacuum, Jiang Liu felt that he finally had a voice in the Three Realms.
Even when Laozi relinquished the position of leader of the Human Sect, he didn't feel that he could stand on equal footing with the Heavenly Emperor. Ability, status, and strength complement each other, but ultimately, everything is based on strength.
Without power, even the ruler of Heaven is nothing more than a puppet.
What good is becoming the leader of the People's Cult if you lack real power?
Now, with this physical body that is no less than that of the Ancestral Witches, it is unique in the Three Realms, and its combat power has clearly surpassed that of the Golden Immortals. It is not even afraid of the Great Luo Golden Immortals.
It merges with the bronze tripod, merges with the immortal monument, and achieves immortality in the physical body.
Imagine the power of the primordial ancestral witches, and you'll know how strong Jiang Liu is. Moreover, he doesn't just possess a physical body; he cultivates both his physical body and his primordial spirit.
The primordial spirit is also at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm.
Jiang Liu slowly opened his eyes, and saw a piece of peach wood emerge from his body. Upon landing, it transformed into a young man with the same appearance as Jiang Liu.
It was the Azure Emperor, who cultivated the "Incense to Godhood" path, who clasped his hands and bowed to the surroundings before respectfully bowing to Jiang Liu: "Congratulations, fellow Daoist, on comprehending the Great Dao and achieving a physical body capable of shattering the void."
"Congratulations! The position of Human Race Leader is yours! You shall command the great destiny of Human Race and protect it for eternity!"
The boy bowed to heaven and earth and the four directions, and then he grew rapidly, from boy to youth to middle age, until he had a three-foot beard and a face that was neither old nor young, and then it stopped.
"I am a benevolent corpse, destined to forever protect the Nine Provinces. As long as humanity endures, so too will I..."