Moreover, there is still a residual medicinal power in this kid's body, enough for him to break through to the early stage of the seventh-order God-Demon realm.
If Liu Chenxiang hadn't been cultivating for a short time and hadn't had limited understanding of the Great Dao Laws, which was insufficient to support his cultivation at the seventh-order God-Demon realm, he probably would have broken through to that realm long ago.
Besides his rapid advancement in cultivation, Liu Chenxiang has also changed his weapon. The Qingming Sword that Wang Xuan had given him has been put away, and the weapon he now uses to fight is a large axe, the very same mountain-splitting axe that Erlang Shen Yang Jian used to split the mountain to save his mother!
The Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe is said to have been forged by Yu the Great in ancient times. It has reached the level of a low-grade spiritual treasure, similar in grade to Sun Wukong's Golden Cudgel, and its power is much stronger than the Azure Sword.
"No wonder this kid changed his weapon; it turns out he got his hands on this Mountain-Splitting Axe. But the Mountain-Splitting Axe was originally in Erlang Shen's house. Did Liu Chenxiang go to his uncle's house to steal it?" Wang Xuan's expression was somewhat strange. He had only been gone for so long, and things were already going to proceed according to the original plot. It seemed that the inertia of history was astonishing; this was the intervention of the Heavenly Dao in the world of Lotus Lantern.
"Wait a few more days. Once the two worlds are fully merged, the Heavenly Dao of this world will also be under my control. Then there won't be so much chaos." Wang Xuan withdrew his gaze, determined not to let Liu Chenxiang continue her nonsense.
Wang Xuan wanted to go down and explain to Liu Chenxiang, but at this moment, a sky full of tribulation clouds gathered above his head, and a huge Heavenly Eye appeared in the middle, as if it wanted to lock Wang Xuan's location and completely annihilate him in the blink of an eye.
"The Heavenly Dao of this world has finally realized that I am the controller of the Heavenly Dao of the Xuan Tian World. Therefore, when it clashed with the Heavenly Dao of the Xuan Tian World, it was at a disadvantage and wanted to destroy me, the controller of the Heavenly Dao of the Xuan Tian World, in order to severely damage the Heavenly Dao of the Xuan Tian World and seize the initiative when the Heavenly Dao merged!"
Wang Xuan sneered at the sky: "That idea is indeed correct, but can you pinpoint my exact location?"
The Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth has activated its function of concealing heavenly secrets. Even if the Heavenly Dao of the Lotus Lantern World were to search the entire world, it would be impossible to pinpoint Wang Xuan's exact location.
The Heavenly Dao of the Lotus Lantern World roared, and a message was transmitted to the mind of Laozi, urging him to take action.
The Heavenly Dao, due to certain unique limitations, is completely restrained by the function of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth in concealing the secrets of Heaven. However, Laozi, who heard about the sage, did not.
Upon hearing that they wanted to use the power of Laozi to kill Wang Xuan, Laozi hesitated because he was frightened by the power of Wang Xuan's activation of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth.
Before figuring out Wang Xuan's true intentions, Laozi would never make a move against him and put himself in danger.
But Laozi didn't make a move, and several more powerful auras flew over from afar. Those were the Primordial Celestial Venerable, the Buddha, and Nuwa—the other three great sages of the Lotus Lantern world!
The combined power of these Heavenly Saints is enough to threaten Wang Xuan's life, since he is in the Lotus Lantern World and cannot mobilize much power from the entire world.
Chapter 258 The Four Saints
Wang Xuan had no intention of taking any risks. He chuckled and said to Laozi, "I won't make things difficult for you. Let's go back to the other world for a few days and talk again after the two worlds have completely merged."
After saying that, he stepped into the spatial passage and entered the Xuan Tian World.
Laozi opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to intervene and stop Wang Xuan, but ultimately did not.
Wang Xuan returned to the Xuan Tian World, where Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata had already arrived at the other end of the world passage, looking at him with some concern.
"Why do you two look like that? Don't worry, this is a world merging, which will benefit both worlds. It's not an annexation of another world, so there won't be much resistance," Wang Xuan said, trying to comfort them when he saw their expressions.
But Nuwa said, "What I'm worried about isn't the merging of worlds, but rather that in another world, I vaguely sensed an aura of the same kind and origin as mine, making me want to merge with it!"
"That's exactly right!" The Great Sun Tathagata said with a wry smile, "Dao Ancestor, you've just returned from another world, so you don't know what the situation is like there?"
Wang Xuan was utterly shocked, only then realizing what he had overlooked.
The Xuan Tian World contains Nuwa and the Great Tathagata, which he tricked into coming from the Feng Yun World. The Lotus Lantern World also contains Nuwa and the Tathagata Buddha, who are also Heavenly Dao Saints, even stronger than the Nuwa and Great Sun Tathagata before Wang Xuan!
Once the two worlds have merged, won't there be two Nuwas and two Buddhas?
Nuwa and Buddha are famous figures in the Eastern pantheon, and they appear in many novels and myths in Wang Xuan's previous life.
Now that those novels and legends from the previous life have become a real world, is there some special relationship between the Buddha and Nuwa in all the heavens and myriad worlds?
"Dao Ancestor, why are you silent? This makes me very uneasy," the Great Sun Tathagata asked anxiously.
Wang Xuan gave a wry smile and had no choice but to give a brief introduction to the world of the Lotus Lantern.
Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata were both shocked and suddenly realized.
After all, the Xuan Tian World has merged with many other worlds, such as the Water Margin World, the Sui and Tang Dynasties World, the Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio World, and the Shu Mountain World. Almost every world has legends of Nuwa and Buddha.
Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata were both self-aware enough to know that those legends were not left by them, and that there were other Nuwas and Tathagatas in the myriad realms, whom they would encounter sooner or later.
Unexpectedly, this day came so quickly. They had only just settled in the Xuan Tian World, and were about to meet Nuwa and Buddha Tathagata from another world.
No matter how uneasy they were, once the fusion of the worlds began, even Wang Xuan himself could hardly stop it. The two worlds were traversing time and space at an unparalleled speed, getting closer to each other.
About a month later, the two worlds finally collided, the world membranes merged into one, and the Heavenly Dao also merged with each other.
Wang Xuan stared nervously at Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata beside him. He had a premonition that something might happen to these two.
His premonition soon came true. Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata were radiating brilliant divine light and flew involuntarily toward the heavens.
At the same time, two figures flew over from the direction of the Lotus Lantern World, namely Nuwa and Buddha Tathagata from the Lotus Lantern World.
boom!
The two Nuwas collided with each other, and the two Buddhas collided with each other, emitting a muffled sound before returning to calm, leaving only one Nuwa and one Buddha in the original spot.
Nuwa and Buddha Tathagata from different worlds have actually merged into one!
As they merged, their strength doubled. Both Nuwa and Buddha Tathagata had surpassed the seventh-order perfect realm, but were still a little short of the early eighth-order realm. They could be considered half of the eighth-order powerhouses!
"Is that even possible? I read a theory in my past life that said if you merge with your counterparts in parallel worlds, your strength will increase by leaps and bounds. I never thought it was true!" Wang Xuan was both shocked and envious, wishing he could merge with several versions of himself from parallel worlds.
But he was just thinking about it. He, Wang Xuan, wasn't some famous figure from mythology. At least, the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth had discovered hundreds of worlds, but he hadn't found himself in any parallel world.
He, Wang Xuan, is a unique existence in all the heavens and myriad realms!
"Fellow Daoists, how are you?" Wang Xuan asked tentatively, looking at Nuwa and Buddha Tathagata in the heavens.
Nuwa naturally knew what Wang Xuan was thinking, and said in an annoyed tone, "Fellow Daoist, please rest assured, although our strength has improved a lot, we will never attack you."
"After all, you wield far more power over the Heavenly Dao than we do. If you were to mobilize the power of the Heavenly Dao to suppress us at a critical moment, we would be no match for you, so naturally we wouldn't do anything so irrational."
Wang Xuan nodded, showing no embarrassment whatsoever.
He was worried that the two people in front of him had become arrogant due to their increased strength and wanted to achieve an equal status with Wang Xuan.
Wang Xuan is the controller of the Heavenly Dao. Although the Heavenly Dao of the Xuan Tian World and the Bao Lian Lantern World merged, and his authority over the Heavenly Dao was diluted by half, he still retains more than 30%, which is several times more than all the other saints combined.
After the two worlds merged, the power of the Heavenly Dao had reached the eighth-order perfect realm. Even if Wang Xun could only mobilize 30% of the Heavenly Dao's power, it would be enough to suppress all unstable factors.
At this moment, two more figures flew over; they were none other than Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun from the original world of the Lotus Lantern.
The two Taoist patriarchs stared at the three of them in shock, astonished that Wang Xuan had wielded so much power over the Heavenly Dao, and even more astonished that Nuwa and Buddha had merged with others.
"Don't be curious. Your legends circulate throughout the myriad realms. One day, you will merge with your counterparts in parallel worlds," Wang Xuan retorted, seeing the way Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun looked at him as if he were a monster.
Lao Tzu: "..."
Yuanshi Tianzun: "..."
It sounds so reasonable, but why are we so panicked?
As they were talking, the two worlds had completely merged into one, and the Heavenly Dao had also become one.
Whether it's Wang Xuan, the controller of the Heavenly Dao, or Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Nuwa, or Buddha, all are Heavenly Dao Saints who have enjoyed the benefits brought about by the evolution of the world.
The vast origins of the world were poured into their bodies, propelling their cultivation to new heights.
Chapter 259 Great Luo Golden Immortal!
A massive amount of the world's origin returned to nourish him, and Wang Xun, as the controller of the Heavenly Dao, who held thirty percent of the Heavenly Dao's authority, naturally received the greatest benefits.
The world's essence was poured into his body in such a large quantity that he felt as if his body was about to explode. He quickly activated the Myriad Paths Eternal Technique, refining these world's essences with all his might.
After completing eighty-one cycles of cultivation, his cultivation, which had just broken through to the late stage of the seventh-order god-demon realm, advanced further, directly breaking through to the perfect seventh-order realm.
This is not the end. Half of the world's origin remains in his body. After he refines all the world's origin, his cultivation will have surpassed the seventh-order perfect realm, but he will still be a few points weaker than the strongest in the early stage of the eighth order. He can be called a half-step eighth order.
The Supreme Lord Laozi and his companions also had a good harvest. The Supreme Lord Laozi and the Primordial Heavenly Lord received the infusion of the world's origin and broke through to the half-step eighth rank, not far from the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm at the early stage of the eighth rank.
As for Nuwa and Buddha, their cultivation has also increased, and their combat power has just reached the early stage of the eighth rank!
However, the eighth-order realm is for God Kings and Great Luo Golden Immortals, which the mythological world cannot support. Even the Heavenly Dao Saints in the mythological world cannot achieve it unless they are controlled by the Heavenly Dao in the mythological world. Only then can one truly break through to the eighth-order realm!
Nuwa and Buddha Tathagata possessed the combat power of the early eighth rank, but their cultivation level was no different from that of the Primordial Celestial Venerable and Laozi, still only half a step into the eighth rank.
"This world is restricting our breakthroughs, becoming a shackle that prevents us from reaching higher realms!" Buddha couldn't help but complain, then looked at Wang Xuan: "Ancestor Xuantian, our world has already reached the pinnacle of the mythical world. Do you think we should put in a little more effort and merge another mythical world into it, breaking through to a level above the mythical world?"
The world above the mythological world is called the multiverse. The Lingkong Immortal Realm, where the powerful beings of the Shushan world ascended, was a mythological world.
Moreover, Wang Xuan was once the main world of the mythical Three Kingdoms, which was connected to an even more vast celestial realm above it, and that celestial realm was also a multiverse!
Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun were somewhat puzzled by the Buddha's suggestion, but Nuwa, after the fusion, looked at him with anticipation.
"Let's put in more effort and upgrade this world to a multiverse?" Wang Xuan was somewhat tempted by this suggestion.
Wang Xuan controls the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, which allows him to travel through countless worlds and independently explore the world coordinates of those worlds.
Over the years, most of the worlds explored by the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth have been melted down into the Xuan Tian World by Wang Xuan, with the exception of two worlds—the Mythical Three Kingdoms World and the Legend of the White Snake World.
In the world of Legend of the White Snake, there are too many experts. There are more than a dozen experts at the seventh-level God-Demon realm alone. The previous Xuan Tian world was not well-founded and could not take over that world at all, unless Wang Xuan was willing to merge the Heavenly Dao of the two worlds and further dilute the Heavenly Dao authority he held.
As for the Mythical Three Kingdoms world, although its martial prowess is not as high as that of the Xuan Tian world, it would not take much effort to refine and annex it. However, the Mythical Three Kingdoms world is connected to a vast celestial realm above it!
Having learned from his previous experience of conquering the Shu Mountain world, Wang Xuan knew the dangers involved. If it weren't for the fact that the Grand Pure Dao Ancestor hadn't spent too long merging with the Dao in the Spirit Void Immortal Realm and hadn't had limited access to the power of the Spirit Void Heavenly Dao, Wang Xuan would probably have been beaten to death that time.
The Celestial Realm is subtly of a higher level than the Spirit Void Immortal Realm, and Wang Xuan is unwilling to take the risk.
"Perfect timing! Now that I've merged with the Lotus Lantern world, my strength has greatly increased, and I have four half-step eighth-level Heavenly Dao Saints under my command, enough to refine the Legend of the White Snake world!"
After calculating his own side's combat strength, Wang Xuan didn't hesitate and directly opened the world portal, the other end of which connected to the world of Legend of the White Snake.
"Such methods, opening connection channels at will, are truly terrifying!" Yuanshi Tianzun was so shocked by this scene that he couldn't close his mouth.
Even Laozi was shocked once again. He had thought that Wang Xuan could only open the passage between the Xuan Tian World and the Lotus Lantern World, but he had underestimated Wang Xuan's abilities.
The merged Xuantian Great World is now the top-tier mythological world, far surpassing the Legend of the White Snake world.
Xuan Tian's Heavenly Dao forcefully rushed into the world of the Legend of the White Snake through the world passage, clashing with the Heavenly Dao of the Legend of the White Snake world, and gradually gaining the upper hand.
Wang Xuan interrupted the astonishment of these Heavenly Dao Saints and greeted them, "Everyone, after merging with this world, our world will be able to take another step forward and completely transform into a multiverse world."
"If you don't want your Heavenly Dao authority to be diluted, then come with me to storm into that world and work with the Xuan Tian Heavenly Dao to refine the Heavenly Dao of that other world!"
"That's only right!" Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and others all said they had no problem and followed Wang Xuan into the world of the Legend of the White Snake.
They had only just entered the world of the Legend of the White Snake when four streams of light flew towards them and merged with Laozi and the other two saints who had arrived that day.
"I knew this would happen!" Wang Xuan said with a dark face. He sensed that the cultivation of his four underlings had advanced another step. Although their cultivation was still at the half-step half-stage because the world level could not accommodate an eighth-level Great Luo Golden Immortal, their combat power had reached a level comparable to the early stage of the eighth stage!
Why is this? Naturally, it's because the world of the Legend of the White Snake also contains goddesses like Nuwa, Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Buddha. When these identical figures from parallel universes meet, they merge into one, naturally increasing their strength.
The Supreme Lord Laozi and his group are among the most powerful beings in the world of the Legend of the White Snake. As for the other six emperors of the Heavenly Court, Amitabha Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Old Mother of Lishan, the Emperor of Fengdu, etc., they are only at the early or mid-stage of the seventh level. Wang Xuan said that he could fight ten of them by himself.