Chapter 1077: Chapter 121: Where in the Mainland Is the Path to Immortality (83) — Provisionally Called the Great Thousand Mainland
“Xu Fu?” Long Xiruo was surprised, “The same Xu Fu who once searched for the elixir of immortality for Emperor Shihuang?”
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation nodded slowly, revealing a secret passed down from one generation to the next within the Clothed Dao.
“Xu Fu… or rather, the first of the Heavenly Heart, hailed from the true Penglai.”
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation solemnly stated, “He once served as a child beneath a truly unique Penglai Immortal. At that time, the owner of the Penglai Treasury from another domain somehow managed to kill the Immortal of Penglai and took over Penglai as a base to create the Penglai Treasury. The first of the Heavenly Heart escaped and subsequently concealed his identity, adopting the name Xu Fu to roam the earthly realm, later favored by Emperor Shihuang… As for the Clothed Dao, it was a secret organization he established during that period.”
“That doesn’t seem right… something feels off,” Long Xiruo frowned, “You claim the owner of the Penglai Treasury is an invader from abroad. I asked how you know, and you said this was left by the founder of the Clothed Dao… because the founder, Xu Fu himself, also came from a different world from ours. And now, you say he originated from the true Penglai… which one is true? Or… could it be?!”
“Just as you think, Lord Long,” the Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation sighed, “For a thousand years, Penglai pursued by China was also from beyond… or rather, a place higher than beyond.”
“I don’t understand.” Long Xiruo shook her head straightforwardly.
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation responded, “We Clothed Dao believe the world is not unique but posed of countless similar worlds.”
“You mean… world fragments?” Long Xiruo furrowed her brows.
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation shook his head, “Not world fragments, but a plete main reality… to illustrate, in another space-time, there’s another China, another Lord Long, another me, another Godly Land, another Hua Country, and other nations, though they might develop pletely differently from us… It may exist in that time and space with you being Lord Long but not as the true dragon of China, maybe just as an ordinary person.”
“Parallel dimensions?”
“You could put it that way,” the Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation nodded, “Actually, the theory of parallel worlds has been around early on, but only in recent decades has it bee a hot topic in the mortal realm.”
“Then… Penglai?”
“It might be from another space-time, but more likely it is above parallel dimensions,” the Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation paused, carefully considering his words as if weighing them out, “Let’s term the world posed of countless main worlds as the ‘World of the Great Thousand’? Although I’m not sure if this is appropriate, it seems to fit best… Modern times have brought forth the term ‘dimension’, but I don’t fully grasp the concept of dimension, so let’s just call it the ‘Great Thousand World’.”
He looked at Long Xiruo, “In the Great Thousand World, there are known to be countless versions of you, me, and others. However, each is independent while somewhat interconnected… This more likely results from choosing divergent paths at a fork, leading to different possibilities—such as facing a choice wherein a right decision results in a good oute, while a wrong decision results in a bad oute. Hence, there would be a world with a good result and another with a bad result. This gives rise to two different worlds.”
“Seventieth Generation, if what you say is true, it is already infinite!”
“Time itself is infinite,” the Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation smiled wryly, “We Clothed Dao excel in calculation, yet each generation exhausts a lifetime without finding the limit of time… even perhaps merely scraping the surface. The constant changes in the world probably aren’t destined to see an end through mere arithmetic. Yet we believe, within the Great Thousand World, exists a unique entity—akin to the truth, it embodies the essence, the origin, and all laws reside within. Penglai might be this unique.”
“How so?”
“Once achieved uniqueness, it may detach from the Great Thousand World,” stated the Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation, “Being unique within the Great Thousand World, countless individual entities would thus be unified… According to our Clothed Dao’s hypothesis, the gods and Immortals we know of may have achieved uniqueness, unified countless ‘selves’ within the Great Thousand World, reaching a higher level.”
“Higher?”
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation furrowed his brow, “We’ve always studied this aspect, yet an exact conclusion eludes us… In my generation, calculations yield only vague traces… It suggests the Great Thousand World may be fragments of a certain place, carved out pieces. Our main reality may only be a fragment of a higher world.”
Long Xiruo took a moment to digest this, then rubbed her brow and shook her head, “Future explorations in this area may e later— for now, let’s return to the current issue, what is the reason you asked me here?”
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation said, “The Heavenly Eye and Heavenly Heart are what my founder obtained from Penglai. However, the Heavenly Eye and Heavenly Heart were also acquired by Immortals from Penglai in that place. According to the first Heavenly Heart, each entity achieving uniqueness automatically earns the right to pursue inheritance from that place… but evidently, this process involves numerous trials, and there are not only one unique entity. Emerging as the sole candidate from many contenders is no easy task. At least, Immortals of Penglai failed in such petition… defeated by someone with covetous ambition, ultimately falling.”
“No way, that place already has a leader, how do you explain that?”
“It appears when the rightful successor remains, others can only aspire to secondary power, or be termed as substitutes…” The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation frowned, “But the actual form remains elusive… unless, upon achieving uniqueness, unifying countless ‘selves’, perhaps therein lies a revelation.”
Long Xiruo shook her head, “According to you, that’s post-achieving uniqueness— this Penglai Treasury’s ruler intends resurge to achieve uniqueness… Your Clothed Dao founder was a child beneath Immortals of Penglai, and Penglai Immortals died in conflict with Penglai Treasury’s owner, forming a grudge. I understand why Clothed Dao has guarded Penglai Treasury all these years… but indeed, whether Penglai Treasury’s owner awakens seems purely a grudge between it and Clothed Dao, with little relevance to China, right?”
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation said, “Suppose this method of achieving uniqueness likely requires sacrificing all from the entire world? Whether China or beyond, our main reality will serve as the Penglai Treasury owner’s resource for ascending uniqueness?”
Sacrifice… using the entire main reality as the resource for achieving uniqueness!
Involuntarily, Long Xiruo thought of that place… a place where everything can be bought— sacrificing the entire main reality, realizing uniqueness within the Great Thousand World!
She found it difficult to doubt the Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation’s words— if that place was as it stood, it proved highly probable— someone spends all from a main world to gain the qualification for uniqueness!
“What should I do?” Long Xiruo asked directly.
“The Heavenly Heart is not whole,” said the Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation, “From the beginning, the Heavenly Heart was divided into two parts. The owner of the Penglai Treasury holds a part of the Heavenly Heart, enabling it roughly to foresee the development of our main reality— that is to say, peering into the future. This way, it can generally avoid failure… Only by seizing this part of the Heavenly Heart from its grasp, thus blinding it from the future, can it be defeated.”
Long Xiruo fixed her gaze on the Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation, “You certainly have your aims… the owner of the Penglai Treasury es from abroad, even could kill the Immortal achieving uniqueness from Penglai… you ask a mere true dragon of China like me to stop it, you’re overestimating my abilities!”
“Actually, it’s not the case,” said the Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation. “The Penglai Immortal seemed to have suffered an irreversible injury during the contest for the rightful heir of that place, being extraordinarily weak, which gave the Penglai Treasury’s owner a chance to exploit. In fact, the owner of the Penglai Treasury himself was not in a good state either, surely also gravely injured, otherwise my Clothed Daoist group would not have been able to guard the entrance and exit of the treasury peacefully all these years…”
“Xiao Shengmo,” Long Xiruo suddenly said, “Is Xiao Shengmo helping you… does he know all about this?”
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation said, “I only told him that the Penglai Treasury sealed an ancient era’s Fiend inside, which absolutely cannot be allowed to awaken, or else China will face a catastrophe of overturning. Lord Xiao was warmhearted and immediately agreed to help me obtain another part of the Heavenly Heart from the treasury. However, the Penglai Treasury is fraught with danger, depending on Lord Xiao alone, it might be difficult to acplish… Lord Long, this is the cause and effect of why I had Lord Xiao send you to the Tower of Myriad Ghosts.”
Long Xiruo suddenly let out a cold laugh, “So Xiao Shengmo rescued your lone soul, healing you in the Tower of Myriad Ghosts. You indeed are bold, using the claim of an ancient Fiend to destroy the world to fool him. You Clothed Daoists are really capable, casually spouting nonsense and having people believe it’s true!”
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation had no choice but to say, “Lord Xiao is also one of Penglai’s pursuers… if this were to be confessed, it would undoubtedly involve shady dealings the Clothed Daoists have done over the years. Now, because of the reckless behavior of the Seventy-first Generation, the Clothed Daoist is already in a precarious situation. If this truth were to be exposed again… Lord Long, although I am left with only a trace of soul, I once assumed the position of Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation, and do not wish for the sect’s legacy to be severed like this. Moreover, the owner of the Penglai Treasury seeks to bee unique, indeed needing to sacrifice the whole world, this is fact, calling it a Fiend, aiming to destroy the world isn’t actually a lie…”
Long Xiruo continued to coldly laugh, “But if you tell me, can it resolve?”
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation said earnestly, “Lord Long cares for China’s balance… If we take a step back, does Lord Long truly wish to see Penglai existing in reality, with the Dao and Demon Realms reaching Penglai? Nowadays is the era of humanitarianism, as the embodiment of China’s ley line, you should understand more than anyone else… Once the Dao Monster resurrects, it equates to reversing China’s fate, and what benefit would it have for you? Why not let Penglai remain a legend, giving the Dao Monster an unattainable yet persistent dream, allowing them to hold fantasies, avoiding a plete descent into madness? The path of balance, I believe Lord Long understands even better than I do.”
“Well said, rogue magician, well said, rogue fraudster! What a grand hoax!” Long Xiruo scoffed, stood up, and left with a sweep of his sleeves.
“Lord Long!” The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation hurriedly stood up.
“Still not letting Xiao Shengmo release me?” Long Xiruo turned back and angrily said, “Should I personally blast this faulty tower myself? I’m not pensating!”
The Heavenly Heart Seventieth Generation breathed a sigh of relief… it appeared the agreement was made.
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Passing through the clouds, amidst the misty clouds and smoke, everything seemed hazy… Zhuifeng had actually grown weary of this aimless mountain climbing action.
‘Mo Xiaofei’ had always been ahead, not speaking, but as the climbing height increased, the closer to the summit of this Giant Mountain, ‘Mo Xiaofei’ emitted an aura that made Zhuifeng unfortable.
It was like a surging ocean, with fierce waves… yet his expression became more and more calm.
Rage… Zhuifeng felt the tangible rage on ‘Mo Xiaofei’!
On the twisting mountain path, huge rocks instantly turned to dust as ‘Mo Xiaofei’ passed by… and the clouds surrounding them were crazily stirred, as if a demon dragon was stirring trouble in the sea of clouds.
Zhuifeng unconsciously swallowed, at that moment, he even had to use the Greedy Wolf Divine Power to barely keep up with ‘Mo Xiaofei’s pace.
This journey appeared unusually long… an endless silence.
Zhuifeng had even forgotten about the world, unaware of how long he had been climbing—just felt that all pressure suddenly vanished.
But just for an instant, an even more enormous rage erupted from ‘Mo Xiaofei’ like a volcanic eruption!
The surrounding sea of clouds rolled violently, with thunder and lightning echoing!!
Zhuifeng suddenly looked up, ‘Mo Xiaofei’ had already stopped… without noticing, they had reached the summit of the Giant Mountain!
Looking ahead, there was a majestic palace standing tall, glittering and splendid!
‘Mo Xiaofei’ now shouted angrily, ascending to the sky, directly crashing towards the grand majestic palace!
“Brother?” Zhuifeng exclaimed in horror, rushing hurriedly forward!
‘Mo Xiaofei’ at this moment passed through the massive palace’s entrance—the giant entrance like a Heavenly Gate, where people felt as humble as ants!
A sudden wind blew into the depths of the majestic hall!
Finally, ‘Mo Xiaofei’ stepped into the depths of the majestic hall, and a loud sound erupted from where ‘Mo Xiaofei’ stepped, at the same time, the entire majestic palace trembled slightly!
And right in front of ‘Mo Xiaofei’, stood an enormous and brilliant crystal!
Inside the crystal, one could vaguely see a silhouette with disheveled hair… Zhuifeng focused his eyes and saw the person within the crystal, missing a left arm, “Brother, who is this?”
‘Mo Xiaofei’ coldly snorted at this moment, saying sinisterly, “Penglai… immortal!”
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