Claiming the Throne of Gods, Starting from the Rebirth of Nezha
Chapter 160 The Beginning of the Mad Rush on the Immortal Road

Chapter 160: Chapter 160 The Beginning of the Mad Rush on the Immortal Road

A crazy girl wielding a sword all day.

No, no, no.

An ice-cold, emotionless ice beauty.

Or perhaps, a beautiful young girl.

She likes me?

Although it sounds like quite a troublesome affair, on the surface Nezha frowned, but in his heart, he was overjoyed.

Damn, I do have some charm, after all.

Could it be that her previous attempt to cut me with a sword was to express her love?

Girl, your love is a bit too crazy for me to handle, brother can’t take it, we need to correct these views; the contents of a relationship can include strolling, kissing, even sleeping, but never fighting with swords.

Seeing Nezha hanging his head in silence, Shi Ji asked again, "Why don’t you have any reaction?"

"Ah, well, madam, I just think, I’m a good man, aren’t I?"

"You thought for half a day, and that’s all you came up with?"

"Then let me think a little longer."

The indifferent gaze from Shi Ji swept over, making Nezha feel like a bucket of cold water was poured over him.

"I think you shouldn’t worry about this, let Cai Yun continue cultivating with me. Only after severing emotions and desires can you walk further on the Great Dao."

Hearing this, Nezha got anxious and said, "Severing emotions and desires, no matter how far one walks on the Great Dao, what’s the difference between that and a mere rock?"

"What’s wrong with being a rock? Is there anything bad about it?"

Shi Ji frowned, and Nezha suddenly remembered that the madam in front of him was a rock spirit herself, so he surrendered, "Being a rock is fine."

Alas, it’s so hard to have a girl like you. Though I don’t have feelings now, how can I know if I don’t give it a try? Why hurry to sever emotions and desires?

Seeing Nezha looking glum, Shi Ji, equally clueless about worldly affections, couldn’t guess what he was thinking and just asked, "Are you cultivating your Primordial Spirit?"

"Yes, madam, it’s just that it feels really slow, completely different from breaking through the God Absorption Realm and Golden Core Realm earlier. At this rate, I fear I won’t become a Loose Immortal in a hundred years."

Shi Ji retorted, "Cultivation itself is a slow and grueling process. Because you are exceptionally gifted, you broke realms quickly previously, and if other cultivators saw, they’d die of shame. But your talent can only help you this far, and from now on, like other Golden Core cultivators, you must endure at this realm."

"But also, not quite the same," Shi Ji added, "I originally thought your speed in breaking realms would leave your foundation unstable, but who knew you’d achieve a Nine-Pattern Divine Pill. Now there are no few with more stable foundations than you under heaven, and your speed of nurturing your Primordial Spirit will surely surpass others. Your Mud Ball Palace will definitely be more solid than other cultivators’."

"Previously, I had no progress in cultivating the Primordial Spirit and felt a bit lost. Hearing your words lifts my spirits."

Nezha smiled, but Shi Ji suddenly questioned, "Without needing a hundred years, perhaps in thirty or fifty years, you’ll reach the Loose Immortal Realm, but you still find it insufficient?"

"In thirty years, the Divine Enthronement battle will be over, right? By then, it’s not just about me still being at the Golden Core, even as a Loose Immortal, the realm won’t be enough, right? Taiyi Zhenren doesn’t like me, and if I have to participate in the Divine Enthronement battle by Yuanshi Tianzun’s decree, I’m surely doomed."

Shi Ji said, "Dying in the Divine Enthronement battle is not a bad thing. When the body dies, the Primordial Spirit ascends directly to the Enfeoffment Platform with no need for cultivation, gaining the lifespan of tens of thousands of years, which countless people can only dream of."

Nezha said, "If it’s a good thing, then why did the Tongtian Sect Leader in the Jie Sect say it was better not to let his disciples, whose names were on the Investiture of the Gods, leave their caves or take part in the Divine Enthronement?"

"You little brat, surprisingly well-informed, that Chan Sect disciples even know the Sect Hierarch’s secret instructions."

"When too many people know something, it can’t be called a secret, right?"

"That’s true, but Nezha, if you seek cultivation speed too single-mindedly, it’s easy to fall into the path of devils."

Shi Ji spoke seriously, and Nezha asked solemnly, "What is the path of devils?"

"Primordial Qi flows in reverse, destroying acupoints, Qi Sea, and Snow Mountain, eventually causing confusion, madness, frenzy, and dying from an exploded body—that is the path of devils."

Nezha sighed, "Madam, you also said that the resources in this world are limited. They must be obtained through competition. If the Divine Enthronement were truly a good thing, why wouldn’t the Sect Hierarch allow his disciples to go? What really is the Divine Enthronement?"

The two were silent for a long while before Shi Ji finally said:

"Divine Enthronement means becoming a dog."

"A dog for whom, the Heavenly Emperor?"

"Haven’t you already figured that out?"

"Being a dog for the Lord of the Heavenly Court doesn’t sound bad. Why are so many unwilling to go?"

"Of course, it’s more than just that. If the cultivation is inadequate, the Primordial Spirit cannot leave the body to attain immortality. So-called Divine Enthronement means abandoning the physical body, the Primordial Spirit merging into the Great Dao, and henceforth no progress in cultivation for a lifetime. It’s called eternal life, but really living and dying are at another’s whim, muddled for thousands of years, being slaves and servants, truly worse than a dog."

Upon hearing this, Nezha sighed again. Seeing him like this, Shi Ji said, "Remember I used to tell you, traveling ten thousand miles north of here, there’s an Eight Hundred Miles Pine Forest, which the Cultivation World calls the Eight Hundred Miles No Man’s Land. In the past thousand years, countless senior cultivators have met their end there. In this forbidden land grows the Ten Thousand Spirit Treasure Tree, born at the dawn of all things, blooming once every thousand years, bearing fruit once every ten thousand years."

"Of course, I remember. You said that the treasure tree has indeed borne fruit. But you also said you told me this to remind me if I encounter such a place in the future, to stay far away because once you enter by mistake, you’ll get nothing and become a fish in a troubled pond."

"Yes, that’s right, but if you want to achieve rapid success beyond ordinary people, you must do what others don’t, taking life and death risks."

Shi Ji’s eyes were intimidating, but Nezha wasn’t afraid, and he countered, "Madam, by doing nothing and just staying at home to cultivate, is it impossible to achieve ultimate results?"

"Of course not. Cultivation is just cultivation, thinking, self-questioning, heavenly questioning, but the path and methods of cultivation have been made very clear by predecessors. We walk on the road paved by those before us, driving a carriage, not only moving forward steadily and enjoying the scenery, there are also methods to unleash the reins and let the horse gallop recklessly."

Nezha pondered for a moment, then said, "Are you saying that as long as I eat the fruit of the Ten Thousand Spirit Treasure Tree, I can quickly become a Loose Immortal?"

"No, within that Eight Hundred Miles Pine Forest lies not only the Ten Thousand Spirit Treasure Tree but supposedly also the source of the legendary Nether River, the spring of the Ten Thousand Yellow Springs.

This spring is filled with the Qi of Extreme Yin, whether you have ironclad defenses or have achieved the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top or Five Qi Chaoyuan, upon contact, you turn to bones in an instant. However, all things have their countermeasures in nature, and this Power of Extreme Yin complements the power of the extremely yang Primordial Spirit.

If before this you can cultivate your Primordial Spirit to be able to soul out of body, soaking in this spring can instantly bring you to the pinnacle of the Loose Immortal stage."

"That’s such a great opportunity?" Nezha’s eyes widened with immense temptation.

"A great opportunity?"

Shi Ji laughed aloud and said, "As I mentioned earlier, the Eight Hundred Miles Pine Forest has a chaotic Great Dao. Even Taiyi Golden Immortals entering often don’t return; they don’t even know how they died. Those who luck out and don’t die often have no idea what happened, returning empty-handed. Compared to artificial secret realms like the Iron Emperor Hall, this naturally formed forbidden area is the true terror of nature."

After half a day of conversation with Shi Ji, Nezha took leave of the White Bone Cave.

Compared to this Eight Hundred Miles Pine Forest forbidden area, he also had another task previously promised to someone, which was equally challenging.

As soon as he left the mountain gate, he encountered Cai Yun, with a face as cold as frost, on the stone path.

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