Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

Hum! Hum!

Just as Zhang Jing was stunned.

The strand of the Proud Sun Celebratory Clouds true intent in front of him started to tremble violently, and then its radiance greatly intensified, just like the previous Proud Sun Dharma Seal, directly drilled into between Zhang Jing's brows.

In an instant.

A large golden sun appeared in the sea of knowledge, emitting tens of thousands of rays of light at once.

Immediately afterward.

The sea of knowledge began to boil.

Traces of misty Yanxia rose from it, voluntarily gathering under that large golden sun, condensing into a golden cloud of celebration.

Along with the spiritual light constantly blinking on the golden celebratory cloud.

Zhang Jing only felt his thoughts suddenly became clear, every moment, as if new insights were emerging.

It's extraordinary!

After a long time.

"This is a strand of the true intent of the Proud Sun Celebratory Clouds, or rather, this is the Proud Sun Celebratory Clouds? A special celebratory cloud composed of various conscious thoughts. Between the birth and death of thoughts, thousands of insights are self-born."

Zhang Jing suddenly opened his eyes.

A touch of enlightenment crossed his eyes.

Through this strand of true intent.

He finally had a little understanding of the core principle of the Proud Sun Celebratory Clouds.

People, or wise creatures, will generate a vast amount of thoughts every moment.

Greed, wrath, delusion, hatred, love, evil, and desire!

This is the instinct of life, which does not change with will.

The Proud Sun Celebratory Cloud collects these intentional or unintentional thoughts, converts them into a part of itself, and gathers the intangible into tangible.

Every thought, at the brink of vanishing, will be ignited by that golden sun above, producing a blazing fire of inspiration.

Zhang Jing's eyes flickered slightly.

He took another look at the large golden sun entrenched in the sea of knowledge.

Suddenly moved his intention.

Rumble——

The Tao Origin Celebratory Cloud Dharma Seed suddenly emerged in the sea of knowledge, and immediately under Zhang Jing's control, it quickly rushed towards the true intent of the Proud Sun Celebratory Clouds.

Time slowly passed.

Eventually.

The large golden sun, which was entrenched in the middle of the sea of knowledge, quietly disappeared, and what replaced it was the Tao Origin Celebratory Clouds, the golden brilliance wrapped around it becomes even more solid.

It seemed to be close to the critical point.

Just a little bit more!

Seeing this, Zhang Jing was suddenly overjoyed.

…

"The final round ranking battle will start in ten days. The specific rules and rewards are as follows."

The booming voice of the Secret Realm Spirit suddenly sounded, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

For Zhang Jing as well.

Upon hearing the sound.

He quickly withdrew his mind from the sea of knowledge and then stared directly at the Secret Realm Spirit in the sky.

Unwillingly, a hint of anticipation crossed his face.

Depending on how much luck he could obtain from his trip to the distant Qingxiaoxuan Mingtian and whether the Tao Origin Celebratory Cloud Dharma Seed could complete the final step to the transformation of the Immortal Seed.

It all relies on the final ranking battle.

Above the dome of heaven.

The Secret Realm Spirit sweep across the crowd with a heavy gaze, then slowly said:

"This round will last for thirty days. Each of you must individually determine victories with the other ninety-nine people in order to decide the final ranking based on the number of victories."

"If the number of victories is the same, the order will be determined according to the relationship between their victories and losses."

"The final luck rewards will be given according to the ranking!"

"Also——"

The Secret Realm Spirit elongated its voice.

Its discerning gaze quickly swept over Zhang Jing, Chang Jin, and Ji Changyu.

"The individual who ranks first in this round will receive a complete innate divine ability——Proud Sun Celebratory Clouds!"

"In the following ten days, you can choose to stay in the Jiaoyun Realm or exit. I... look forward to your splendid performance!"

After saying that.

The Secret Realm Spirit slowly disappeared from the sky.

For a moment.

Everyone in the field could not help but feel excited.

Among them, the beings from the All-Heavens Myriads Spirits Camp, including the Red-Eyed Golden Peng, were especially covetous.

That's an innate divine ability!

It is an entirely different concept from what they learned afterward, or even the Divine Skill Methods passed down in their bloodlines.

Even among the All-Heavens Myriads Spirits Camp, it is extremely rare.

Only those creatures within the race that have given birth to immortal divine spirits can awaken innate divine abilities.

How could they have expected.

That the reward for ranking first in a realm where the Human race test their talents would be an innate divine ability.

And that too, the most precious kind of enlightenment divine skill!

However, at the next moment.

Apparently remembering something, the crowd instantly cooled down.

Not long after.

A stream of eyes full of envy, jealousy, or curiosity all fell on Zhang Jing and the other two sitting quietly on the top three stages.

They were very clear in their hearts.

On the matter of the Innate Divine Ability reward this time.

None of us have any hope of competing with those three for it.

However, there can only be one who ranks first...who will be the final victor?

A sudden curiosity arose in everyone's mind.

...

"Innate Divine Ability, Jiaoyun?"

An immediate excitement flashed through Zhang Jing's eyes.

It seems that my Tao Yuan Jiaoyun is about to upgrade into Immortal Seed.

It's most likely going to happen this time.

...

On the other side.

A rare serious expression surfaced on Ji Changyu's face.

He didn't expect that the reward for ranking first this time would be the Innate Divine Ability!

A crescent sound rang in his ears:

"Yu'er, you have cast the Tao Foundation of the Prairie and it is imperative that you ignite the first flame only after pushing the Foundation Establishment Realm to its limit, thereby making a leap, and condensing the great divine power of Human Path True Flame."

Coming back to his senses.

A sudden confident smile flashed in Ji Changyu's eyes.

"I have already reached the zenith in the Foundation Establishment Realm and meet the conditions for condensing the Human Path True Flame. I was thinking of accumulating more, but now it seems... I should secure the Innate Divine Ability first."

He had made up his mind.

His gaze gently swept over Zhang Jing and Chang Jin not far away.

JI Changyu knew.

If he wanted the reward of Innate Divine Ability.

The only way was to defeat Chang Jin and Zhang Jing.

Looking at his current strength.

He isn't entirely confident.

Especially Chang Jin from the Taiyin Jade Rabbit clan, must surely possess the Innate Divine Ability; her trump card is unfathomable.

So—

Ji Changyu's gaze sharpened.

In an instant.

A weak flame, as if from the primordial, quietly ignited in his dark pupils.

In a fleeting moment.

In an unseen plane.

That first flame began to spread rapidly over Ji Changyu's body. His mana, divine sense, body, and various Tao Intent Spells that he had mastered, all turned into fuel and ignited fervently.

An astonishing metamorphosis.

Was happening silently within him.

...

Far away from the Mysterious Yellow World.

Inside a certain world.

A terrifying giant deity, millions of feet tall and with three heads and six arms, was roaring maniacally.

On his nearly undying, indestructible divine body.

Threads of dark red demonic flames spread crazily, relentless and undying like bone gnawing maggots.

Under such painful struggling.

Space shattered around the giant deity, and boundless void storms were instantly spread everywhere.

However, what was peculiar was that.

This void storm passed directly through the dark red demonic flames engulfing the giant deity, but couldn't even stir a wisp.

As if the demonic flames on his body didn't exist.

Outside the world.

Two towering figures were seated opposite each other.

"The Path of Seven Desires' Sins Flame of the Divine Monarch is truly dreadful and boundless. Even a foreign spirit who is comparable to the Golden Immortal Taoist Monarch, once tainted, can only watch himself perish."

One of the figures started admiring.

"Haha, True Sun overpraised. My Path of Seven Desires' Sins Flame, can't compare to the path you are about to take."

The Seven Desires God King looked down at the True Sun Realm Master opposite him and said politely.

Although his words were very approving.

Even though the other party was only a Heavenly Immortal at the moment.

He didn't dare to look down upon him at all.

On one hand, this True Sun Realm Master was only half a step away from the immortal Golden Immortal. Sooner or later, they were going to be peers.

On the other hand.

Naturally, it was because the path the other party was pursuing was extremely terrifying and reportedly had the potential to achieve Dao Masterhood.

Suddenly realizing something.

Seven Desires God King cracked a small smile:

"I remember, among your Boundless Tai Yi Taoist Gate Daoist Monarchs, there is a saying, something like 'when True Sun speaks, he always asks for something'. Haha, True Sun, if you need something, just say it outright."

"Since the Divine Monarch has said this, I will not beat around the bush."

True Monarch Yuanming's face twitched a little upon hearing this. Regaining his composure, he said straightforwardly:

"I have a disciple in the Divine Monarch's Jiaoyun Realm. This time, I want to ask the Divine Monarch for an opportunity for this youngster."

"True Sun, are you thinking—"

"Yes, can the Divine Monarch open up the core area of the secret realm for my disciple to enter and comprehend the immortal Jiaoyun?"