Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 403 - 403 402 The Challenge of Stepping into Daluo

403: Chapter 402 The Challenge of Stepping into Daluo 403: Chapter 402 The Challenge of Stepping into Daluo Earth Immortal Realm was divided into four major continents: one was called the Eastern Victory Divine Continent, one the Western Bull Continent, one the Southern Observation Continent, and one the Northern Continent, with Zhen Yuanzi as the Ancestor of Earth Immortals.

Eastern Victory Divine Continent revered Heaven and Earth, their hearts clear and spirits peaceful, and devotedly worshiped The Three Pure Ones.

Western Bull Continent practiced non-greed and non-violence, nurtured their spiritual energy, and although lacked supreme truth, everyone enjoyed long life; they devotedly worshiped Buddhism, revering Jieyin Daoist and Zhunti Daoist from the Western traditions as supreme.

Southern Observation Continent was indulgent in pleasure and misfortune, with much killing and conflict, making it rather chaotic; Taoism, Buddhism, Demon Sect, and other schools vied to pass down their Daoist teachings, leading to numerous disputes.

Northern Continent, though prone to killing for survival, due to their simplicity and detached emotions, did not degrade much further; its remote mountains and harsh waters were home to many Primordial Giant Beasts, and it worshipped Nuwa.

Among the four major continents of the Earth Immortal Realm, the Southern Observation Continent and the Northern Continent were the most chaotic, the latter being the most brutal and malevolent.

In the Northern Continent, with its remote mountains and hostile waters, existed many desolated ancient mountains teeming with Primordial Giant Beasts of limited spiritual wisdom, and even Heavenly Demons that claimed mountains as their kingdoms, unbound by the laws of Heaven and Earth.

Regardless of mortals or Cultivators, there existed life-threatening dangers within the Northern Continent at all times, and even Immortals seldom came here, for the Heavenly Demon King was too terrifying, and the Primordial Giant Beasts were incomparably fierce; a single misstep could result in soul scattering.

The key issue was that the Northern Continent was extremely violent, with Spiritual Energy much scarcer than in the other three continents; whether for practicing Cultivation or for Cultivation Resources, it simply could not compare.

Simply put, the Northern Continent was a place where Demons and giant beasts prowled, perpetually in a state of bloody slaughter.

Even the Buddhist and Taoist lineages would not spread their Daoist teachings here, which reflected the wickedness of the Northern Continent.

Heavenly cold winds blew fiercely, with snowflakes filling the sky.

The biting northern winds howled like fierce beasts, and the descending snowflakes covered the sky, creating an extremely desolate mountain range that, amid the blizzard, was cloaked in a layer of silvery white.

A Stone Mansion stood upright on the mountain’s summit; though built from ordinary rocks and spanning only a thousand feet, it remained steadfast amidst the howling snowstorm.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The void trembled, thunder roared, and in this blizzard season, a colossal giant, towering over ten thousand feet, was seen striding between mountains, causing the unnamed mountain range to violently tremble with each step he took.

The smell of blood was strong, saliva dripping; this ten-thousand-feet giant was a Primordial hybrid from Ancient Times, seemingly humanoid but with very limited spiritual wisdom, also known as a Snow Peak Giant, a particularly ferocious creature of the Northern Continent.

Heavenly Dao is impartial; though the Snow Peak Giant lacked intelligence, its Combat Power equaled that of a Golden Immortal, making it an existence not to be provoked lightly, and countless living beings had become its Blood Food.

The Snow Peak Giant, braving the blizzard, continued to tread the mountains, its ferocious and overwhelming presence reverberating through the mountain range.

However, before the Primordial Giant Beast could set foot on the mountain’s summit, the world around suddenly became still, as a horrific event was about to unfold.

Bang!

A heaven-shaking explosion, bodies shattered; a flash of Immortal Light ripple from within the Stone Mansion, causing the Snow Peak Giant’s body to disintegrate, turning into a blood rain that fell across the mountains.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The gate to the Stone Mansion slowly opened, and a tall figure stepped out.

His expression was calm and serene, and his body emitted not a hint of mundane worldliness.

Although he showed no imposing aura, a single glance suggested that he was the brightest star amidst Heaven and Earth.

Ye Xuan, clad in black, had a handsome appearance with jet black hair cascading behind his head.

The cold winds of Heaven and Earth swept by, causing his hair to ripple in the wind and his clothes to rustle.

He stood upon the summit of a mountain, looking down upon the vast sea of clouds indifferently.

Ye Xuan stood atop the mountain peak, his expression neither sad nor joyful, lost in thought, yet the occasional flash of Immortal Light in his eyes caused the surrounding void to subtly distort, as if the Power of Heaven and Earth Laws were swirling around him.

“The Heavenly Dao is unpredictable, and the Daluo is hard to attain.

What exactly are the Heaven and Earth Laws?

And what is the true essence of a Daluo Golden Immortal?” Ye Xuan gazed down at the boundless sea of clouds, his voice tinged with confusion.

Time marched on relentlessly, as fast as a shuttle’s flight through a loom.

In five hundred years, Ye Xuan had already refined the Daluo Immortal Power of True Man Yu Ding, and in one fell swoop, he stepped into the peak late stage of a Luotian Golden Immortal, just one step away from entering the realm of a Daluo Golden Immortal.

In fact, within the first hundred years, Ye Xuan had completely refined the cultivation of Yu Ding.

Although the Tribulation Immortal Skill only refined three-tenths of True Man Yu Ding’s cultivation, it was enough for him to step into the late stage of a Luotian Golden Immortal and further attempt the breakthrough to Daluo.

His cultivation was enough, and it was just one step away, yet Ye Xuan could not take that simple step.

This was not a problem with his cultivation, but related to the Heaven and Earth Laws.

As is well known, Daluo Golden Immortals transcend the Three Realms and are not confined to the Five Elements, and they can even manipulate Heaven and Earth Laws for their own use, capable of picking the sun and moon with a raise of the hand and overturning the starry rivers with a flip of the palm.

This is also what distinguishes them from ordinary Immortals.

To step into the Daluo Realm is not simply about having sufficient cultivation, but rather one must grasp the Heaven and Earth Laws and find one’s own Law and Dao in harmony with Heaven and Earth to ascend to the Daluo Realm.

This is why, since the Sky Opening, while Immortals are as numerous as carps crossing a river, there are not many Daluo Golden Immortals.

Wanting to harmonize with Heaven and Earth and control the Heaven and Earth Laws is no easier than ascending to the heavens, and requires both opportunity and comprehension, which are indispensable.

The real barrier preventing Ye Xuan from entering Daluo was not his cultivation, for he was already at the pinnacle of Luotian.

If he could understand the Heaven and Earth Laws, he naturally would be able to ascend to the stature of a Daluo Golden Immortal.

The Heavenly Dao operates, all things flourish, and everything bears traces of the Dao.

Ye Xuan was not arrogant; he had already grasped the trajectory of the Heaven and Earth Laws when he had descended to the Human World to experience mortal life.

Ye Xuan had a great confidence that if he wished to ascend to Daluo now, he could step into that realm within a hundred years.

However, Ye Xuan did not do so, because this was not the path he wished to take.

After all, Daluo Golden Immortals, when it comes down to it, are no different from other Immortals.

The truly fearsome aspect of Daluo Golden Immortals lies in their ability to command the Heaven and Earth Laws for their own use, moving mountains, toppling seas, picking stars, and holding moons, unleashing incredibly terrifying Daluo Immortal Techniques.

But this power is not their own; it comes from Heaven and Earth.

In other words, Daluo Golden Immortals are merely borrowing the Power of Heaven and Earth.

If the Heavenly Dao were to collapse one day, the Daluo Golden Immortals would become mere jokes.

Of course, the collapse of the Heavenly Dao is almost impossible, but what Ye Xuan sought was the path of becoming a Saint, and specifically, the most difficult path of “Proving Dao with Power” to achieve sainthood.

If he chose to use the Power of Heaven and Earth to become a Daluo Golden Immortal, it would mean he was subject to the constraints of the Heavenly Dao, and his path to sainthood through “Proving Dao with Power” would be completely cut off.

Although Ye Xuan longed to step into Daluo, he would not do something as foolish as to give up a watermelon for a sesame seed.

But if he did not comprehend the Heaven and Earth Laws, if he did not borrow the Power of Heaven and Earth, how could he become a Daluo Golden Immortal?

A formidable challenge lay before Ye Xuan, one that made him ponder deeply after emerging from his five-hundred-year seclusion, as he searched for his own way to ascend to the Daluo Realm.