Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 293 - 192 Sevenfold Dao Foundation Perfection_3

Chapter 293: Chapter 192 Sevenfold Dao Foundation Perfection_3

Gu Wen retorted, "How can you ensure that you won’t be possessed along the way?"

"I can’t guarantee it."

Jun Yan shook his head, his phoenix eyes, filled with defiance that belied their feminine softness, he said calmly yet resolutely, "Once we start, you can kill me at any time."

He took out an ancient wooden plaque, connected by a thin cord, revealing its spirit charm.

"Red Dust, I entrust my life to you."

"If you fail, I will help you kill this so-called Heavenly Corpse. Through heaven and earth, relentlessly, until death."

Gu Wen took the wooden plaque, which was agreed upon from the beginning and also what he should do.

For the first time, Jun Yan revealed a gentle smile, stepped back two paces, and a wisp of soul separation emerged from his forehead, falling into the wooden plaque.

The three souls and seven spirits flickered like fireflies, gradually being peeled away. At first, Jun Yan merely furrowed his brow; then he slowly squatted down, and eventually, he clenched his teeth and curled up his body.

The pain of separating the Divine Soul was comparable to being cut by a thousand knives.

With each spirit stripped away, it turned into a stroke and a twist on the wooden plaque.

Jun Yan’s aura became sinister, his presence surged, approaching the Eighth Level of Dao Foundation.

"Kekeke... Little Jun Yan, you really are ruthless."

Gu Wen drew the Immortal Sword, and Jun Yan’s eerie cries abruptly ceased. He slowly stood up, only to see the Immortal Sword resting on his neck.

Jun Yan paused, then made no further moves, still with the Immortal Sword draped over his shoulder.

With that, Gu Wen retracted the Immortal Sword and asked, "What do we do next?"

Jun Yan replied, "A soul separation each month, a spirit every ten days."

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Ten days later.

Jun Yan shed another spirit, his skin growing paler and his nails growing uncontrollably.

Gu Wen teased, touching his chin, "Are you turning into a corpse?"

Jun Yan rolled his eyes but offered no retort, for he indeed was undergoing a transformation into a corpse.

"About the yin lifespan you asked before, I’ve managed to get some information from the old fellow. The concept of yin lifespan is extremely ancient and can be traced back to the prehistoric Xuanyong. The so-called yin lifespan is the lifespan of a Ghost Immortal, the life span of the Divine Soul."

Gu Wen asked, "If the lifespan of the Divine Soul increases, isn’t that the same as Heavenly Life?"

"By common sense, that’s true. Generally, the lifespan of the Divine Soul is about fifty percent longer than that of the body, hence the notion of possessing another’s body to live a second life. But being similar doesn’t mean they’re the same; under the Life Span Tribulation, Heavenly Life is predetermined, just as one year in the Immortal Land equals a hundred years of Heavenly Life."

Jun Yan’s eyes gradually darkened with ink, his breath tainted with an insidious aura.

"Let the old fellow explain it to you in detail... Kekeke."

Gu Wen drew out the Immortal Sword, and Jun Yan’s strange cries immediately stopped. Wisps of Demonic Qi covered half of his face, contorting it into a visage not unlike a human’s.

The Heavenly Corpse opened and closed its mouth, its voice deep as if clearing phlegm, "Youngster, you really have quite the fortune, not to mention the Immortal Skill. The divine position from Fengdu, the Immortal Elixir from the Immortal Realm."

He could speak normally after all?

Gu Wen didn’t dwell on their backgrounds and asked bluntly, "What use is this Taiyin Order?"

The Heavenly Corpse explained, "In the primordial era, when the Three Realms were interconnected, there were three ways to achieve transcendence. One was to rank among the Immortals, another was to enter the underworld and become a God, and the third is the current path to Immortality."

Gu Wen understood; the Taiyin Order was like a roster.

Yet he hadn’t expected that in the so-called primordial times, there were other means of transcendence; and it sounded like something involving both the Heavenly Court and the underworld.

Suddenly, a memory surfaced; he remembered his patriarch talking with the Immortal Wu Kong, mentioning that the Immortal Realm was devoid of people.

When Gu Wen inquired further, the Heavenly Corpse sneered coldly, "Heaven sustains the perfect circle, the circle representing completeness and endless existence. Earth sustains the square, the square representing the normalcy of birth, aging, sickness, and death. Once, due to deficiencies in heaven and earth, the ranks of Immortals and Earth Gods were needed to maintain balance, but not anymore."

"Why not?"

"Cannot say."

Gu Wen looked contemplative, then enlightenment dawned upon him.

For Jianmu’s aspiration to become Saint, it might be that both heaven and earth now have Saints. Saints governing the laws of heaven and earth, remedying defects; once fulfilled, there’s naturally no need for others to assist.

The Heavenly Corpse smirked, "It seems you truly have a great destiny, to have even encountered a being of that level."

Whether indirectly or directly, matters involving the realms of heaven and earth and the Saints are unknown to many of the newer Immortals.

Gu Wen’s support was Qingcang; the ability of the opponent to kill his way into the Immortal Realm and come out alive had already terrified many ancient monsters.

"This Taiyin Order is now useless, or it might be valuable, uncertain if you can use it to enter Fengdu and meet that being."

"That’s a matter for after leaving the Immortal Land."

Gu Wen stabbed Jun Yan in the waist with a sword, forcing him to leave the battle; this was a safer bet.

"All right, you go rest first."

Jun Yan staggered away, the expressionless white-haired girl standing at the door pointed to a side room, "We’ll give it to you; Chan Xi and I will meditate in the yard."

"Thanks."