In the outer void, on a certain barren planet, there was a rough stone altar between two grey mountains.
Ying Chong stood in front of the altar, and behind him were several Shangchen cultivators. These cultivators had varying levels of cultivation. He sized up the altar and personally inspected it. Then, he took a few steps back and said, "Huai Wu."
A middle-aged cultivator stepped out from the crowd and bowed. He said, "Spiritual Master, Huai Wu is here. Please give me your orders."
Ying Chong said, "Do you understand the things that Jin Zhixing said in the past?"
The middle-aged cultivator said, "Yes, I understand everything that Xuan Zun said in the past few days. I have also learned everything."
Ying Chong said, "Then let's begin. I will forgive your sins and take good care of your descendants. I will also promise you that the descendants of your Huai Clan for ten generations can enter my sect as direct disciples."
The middle-aged cultivator lowered his head and said, "Yes." He raised his head again and said, "I will do my best."
Ying Chong nodded and said, "You may go."
The middle-aged cultivator bowed again. He walked to the altar under everyone's gaze and slowly sat down.
Ying Chong said calmly, "If he fails, all of you will take his place."
All the cultivators present nodded.
After a long time, everyone suddenly realized that there was a cloud of black fog rising from the middle-aged cultivator's body. This person had directly communicated with the Great Chaos and prayed without any hesitation. It was also because of this that he began to slowly transform into a Chaos monster.
At the moment when he completely lost his mind, he tried to communicate with an existence. However, in the next moment, he turned into a cloud of black fog with all kinds of wriggling limbs and eyes.
All the cultivators present simultaneously revealed looks of vigilance and nervousness. Only Ying Chong had a calm expression on his face.
After wriggling for a long time, the Chaos monster suddenly stopped. Then, it turned into a cloud of black fog and drifted away, leaving only a circle of black dust.
After that, there was no movement at all.
A disciple asked, "Spiritual Master, did you fail?"
Ying Chong looked at the circle of black ash and did not answer. At this moment, he suddenly felt something and turned around to look. He saw a man in black with white skin standing there with his sleeves behind his back.
He looked at this person solemnly, shook his sleeves, and cupped his fists. "Are you Fellow Daoist Huo? Thank you. "
Huo Heng looked at him playfully. "You're a cultivator from Shangchen, Ying Chong? Heh, since you've spent so much effort to call me here, I'm interested to hear your purpose. "
Ying Chong said, "The reason I summoned Fellow Daoist Huo is because I want to ask for some knowledge about the Great Dao of Chaos."
Huo Heng glanced at him and said, "Since you have a request, you must be willing to pay a certain price. Let me see what the price is."
Ying Chong said, "In Shangchen, any disciple that Fellow Daoist Huo likes can be chosen by Fellow Daoist Huo and taken in."
Huo Heng scoffed coldly and said with disdain, "Entering my Dao is completely voluntary. I've never forced others. Moreover, the Grand Dao of Chaos is a supreme technique. Could it be that you think that everyone can enter it?"
When Ying Chong heard this, he apologized sincerely, "Fellow Daoist Huo, I'm ignorant here. Fellow Daoist Huo, you can ask for anything."
Huo Heng looked at him and said leisurely, "What if I want Friend Ying to enter the Dao of Chaos?"
Ying Chong said without hesitation, "That's not impossible, but you have to prove that the Dao of Chaos is superior to the technique I cultivate. Otherwise, it won't be convincing enough."
Huo Heng looked at him playfully and said, "I know what you're thinking, but I don't care about that. Since you do have the qualifications to enter my Dao of Chaos, I'll give you some Dao techniques."
As he spoke, his figure slowly faded until he disappeared. At the place where he disappeared, a black book page appeared out of thin air and floated forward.
Ying Chong stretched out his hand and grabbed the black book. However, his expression did not show the joy of obtaining it. Instead, there was a trace of seriousness.
Although he had achieved his goal, he knew that Huo Heng did not give him these things out of kindness. He was not sure if he would really walk the Dao of Chaos after reading these Dao techniques.
He did not look at it immediately. Instead, he said in a low voice, "I need to sit here for a few days to calm my mind and observe this technique. All of you go and guard the surroundings."
The cultivators responded loudly and went to guard the surroundings.
Ying Chong sat down and tried to stabilize his Dao heart. After more than a hundred summers, he opened his eyes. Only then did he pick up the page of the black book, bring it before him, and read it.
The moment his gaze fell on it, he seemed to have been impacted by something. His hands trembled slightly, but he quickly stabilized them.
But as he looked deeper, a pitch-black color gradually appeared in his eyes, and the aura around his body changed from clear to gloomy. But this scene only appeared for a moment before it was suppressed by him. But a moment later, it reappeared again.
After this situation repeated a few times, he pulled his gaze away from the black book page with great effort. Then, he tried to calm his mind. After a long time, his aura finally returned to normal.
He pondered for a moment and stretched out his hand. As a light appeared, several jade talismans condensed in front of him. He said, "Huai San, try to send these jade talismans to those people."
A cultivator walked over and took the jade talismans. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, those people are the only hidden chess pieces we have."
Ying Chong looked at the inner layer and said, "Hundreds of years of planning, just for today. If we don't use it now, when will we?"
He had been preparing for this plan ever since Shang Chen Tian had been expelled from the inner layer.
All the actions against Tianxia before this could be considered as foreshadowing. Some of them had a purpose, and some were purely used to confuse people.
If this plan still failed, then Shangchen could only take the path of Daoist Tian Hong calling back to Huanyang school.
It was also because of this that he had to use all the chess pieces that Shangchen had buried in the past, whether they were useful or not.
Kui Su, Tanquan Earth Province, Hanging Star Palace.
After the daily Dao discussion, several Xuanxiu cultivators talked about the Zhen Xuan discussion that happened not long ago.
One of the seated cultivators said, "This year's Dharma Debate is much more exciting than previous years. Both sides can be said to be evenly matched, unlike in the past where we Profound cultivators lost most of the time. At most, we managed to maintain a tie."
He looked at a middle-aged cultivator with an ordinary appearance and said, "Fellow Daoist Qi, if you came earlier this time, together with Fellow Daoist Yu Ruiqing, who hasn't appeared for a long time, we might have won."
Daoist Qi shook his head and said, "There's no need for me to go. Although the discussion is a tie now, in a few years, I'm afraid this situation will be reversed."
Someone said, "Fellow Daoist Qi's words are reasonable. In the past few years, the cultivators in our Xuan Dao discussion have been different every year. As for the Zhen Xuan Dao discussion, it's still the same. It doesn't seem to have changed much."
A cultivator agreed and said, "That's true. Ever since the upper echelons of Xuanting established the Xuntian Dao Zhang, in the past few years, our Xuanxiu has also increased in number. A tie in the Zhen Xuan discussion was just a thought a few decades ago, but now it's becoming more and more common. If this continues, our Xuanxiu Dao discussion will win!"
Everyone expressed their agreement.
Daoist Qi said, "Everyone, winning one or two discussions won't decide anything. We can only be considered to have won if we suppress the Zhen Xuan Dao in terms of Dao."
Once he said this, everyone quieted down. Someone sighed and said, "But this path is too difficult. How many people have achieved it now? Today, above the Xuanting, there are many who have achieved the Dao with the Zhen Xuan Dao. How many have achieved it with the Xuan Dao? If we want to win, who knows how many years it will take. "
Daoist Qi said in a deep voice, "There's more than one path to the Xuan Dao. There are also many powerful cultivators who have achieved it in the Xuanting."
"The Xuntian Dao?"
Many people secretly shook their heads, because this path was also not easy to walk.
Now, why were the Xuntian Xuan Zun cultivators above the Xuanting mostly achieved the Zhen Xuan Dao? Because although Xuanxiu's progress was fast, it was mostly because their cultivation was insufficient and they couldn't control their temperament. If they were careless, they would be infected by the Great Chaos. If they made a mistake, they would be consigned to eternal damnation.
The Xuntian Dao cultivators were fine in the outer layer, but in the inner layer, they were often not welcomed. Many people couldn't live in the inner layer for a long time, so how could they be willing to walk this path?
Daoist Qi silently listened to everyone's discussion for a while, then he stood up and bowed to everyone, saying, "I still have some matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."
Everyone also stood up and bowed in return, watching him leave. Just by looking at his back, everyone could feel a sense of loneliness and desolation.
Someone sighed and said, "Speaking of which, it's a pity for Daoist Qi. He was originally a genius, and he cultivated to the fourth chapter more than a hundred years ago. If everything went well, he might be able to compete with the previous Xuan Zun cultivators. Unfortunately, dozens of years ago, when he went out for a tour, he encountered cultivators from the outer layer. It's said that he injured his Dao foundation in order to save a fellow Daoist, and that fellow Daoist couldn't be saved in the end because his injuries were too severe."
Everyone showed a look of pity and said, "It's really a pity."
A cultivator's heart moved, and he asked, "It seems that Daoist Qi wants to walk another path?"
The previous person said, "Daoist Qi didn't just have this idea today. This is also a way to bypass the flaw, but I think he can't make up his mind. Maybe he can't let go of the obsession in his heart."
After Daoist Qi left the hall of the palace, he returned to the pavilion where he lived alone.
He walked in as usual, but when he entered the inner room, his eyes narrowed because there was a jade talisman on the table, but he didn't know who left it there or when it was left there.
He immediately activated the surrounding restriction, then walked to the table and picked up the jade talisman. In an instant, a thought flowed into his mind.
He murmured, "It's finally here?" He closed his eyes and then opened them. Solemnly, he said, "I must repay the kindness of others!"
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