Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 793: Chapter 499: Secrets

“True Immortals of the various Cave Heavens?”

Xu Yang shook his head, a faint smile on his lips, “A minor ailment like mustard moss is hardly worth mentioning.”

“You do speak the truth, plain and unvarnished!”

Upon hearing this, Jun Qing also laughed, “If it’s not a matter concerning True Immortals of the various Cave Heavens, what could be so difficult that Jun Qing couldn’t resolve?”

“The Alliance Heavenly Tao has a long inheritance, and Fairy Jun is well-versed in all Three Teaching Sects, vast in both ancient and modern knowledge, surely you must know of the ancient secrets!”

Xu Yang expressed his admiration, then said with a light chuckle, “I shall rely on the Fairy to dispel my confusion”

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“Oh?”

Jun Qing raised her eyebrows quizzically, “What secrets do you wish to know?”

“The secrets of the Celestial Battles!”

Xu Yang cut straight to the chase, “What sparked the ancient battles, how did they end, and why were all the major Immortal Realms, Divine Kingdoms, Buddha Realms, and Sacred Places sealed off after the war, leading to a total severance from heaven and earth, allowing the Demon Catastrophe to run rampant, with no end in sight to this day?”

“This…”

Jun Qing’s expression fluctuated and for a moment she was speechless.

Xu Yang didn’t mind, he simply savored his tea, quietly waiting for the outcome.

This Fairy Jun happened to be the Master of the Alliance Heavenly Tao, a cultivator who had completed the Three Teachings and achieved the Nine Tribulations Completion as a grand True Immortal.

More than ten years ago, she quietly crossed her Mundane Tribulation and returned to the mortal world, becoming the first Nine Tribulations True Immortal to enter the world.

To this, Xu Yang was not surprised, after all, the Covenant Heaven’s Dao Skills were profound, as they were the fruit of practicing all Three Teachings together, combined with Buddhism’s grand vows and great aspirations, Taoism’s methods of Heaven and man, along with Confucian Holy Learning. Their understanding and comprehension of the Heavenly Dao and human heart are incomparable to the common Tao Lineages’ methods, providing a great advantage in “Crossing the Tribulation.”

Yuzhao, as an inheritor of the Alliance Heavenly Tao, had once engaged in “professional competition” with him. By utilizing the Covenant Heaven’s Dao Skills, she redeemed numerous Blessed Lands, gaining a considerable amount of merit.

This illustrates the marvelous nature of the Covenant Heaven’s Dao Skills.

Being the Master of Alliance Heavenly Tao, it was only logical for Jun Qing to be the first to enter the world.

But while that is logical, it is merely an individual case and not a general scenario.

The other True Immortals of the various Cave Heavens were still hibernating within their realms and had not entered the world together.@@novelbin@@

Otherwise, three months ago atop Mount Emei’s Golden Summit, those who witnessed his great battle with Ren Baimei would not have been a bunch of Calamity Realm Immortals and Gods, but rather, a host of Nine Tribulations True Immortals.

Unless there is a Tribulation Crossing Method as effective as the Covenant Heaven’s Dao Skills, the True Immortals of various Cave Heavens have to wait for the situation to evolve and for the Heavenly Dao to further loosen restrictions before they can enter the world.

After all, becoming a Ninth Calamity True Immortal is an extremely difficult feat. It would be inconceivable for them to risk acting recklessly, gambling their lives and cultivation for momentary benefits.

Even if they could, Xu Yang didn’t care much about it. With the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect as a cautionary tale and deterrent, even if the True Immortals of the various Cave Heavens were to enter the world, the Wandao School would still be able to maintain the basic situation, with no major changes for hundreds of years.

So, as he said, True Immortals of the various Cave Heavens were merely a minor issue.

What Xu Yang truly cared about and valued were the major Immortal Realms, Buddha Kingdoms, Divine Domains, and Sacred Places.

Those Heavenly Immortal Emperors and Lords, Earth Immortal Greats, Taoist Three Purities, Three Aspects Divine Spirits, Three Worlds’ Buddhas…

It was these supreme powerhouses that constituted his “greatest worries!”

Three months ago, after the battle at Mount Emei’s Golden Summit, although he defeated the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect and broke Ren Baimei’s Two Instruments Polarity Dust Formation, thus solidifying his status as an “invincible True Immortal,” he was still just that: invincible only among True Immortals.

His potentiality had been completely depleted!

The Three Talents of Heaven, Earth, and Man, the Nine Ceremony Sword Formation, were his most powerful techniques. If another more formidable enemy than Ren Baimei were to emerge, he wouldn’t necessarily be doomed to defeat, but he would be hard-pressed and at the mercy of others.

The hidden danger was deep, the threat immense!

And such hidden dangers and threats were not few in number.

After all, this world was a grand era of Immortal Gods.

When summing up the various Divine Systems, how many Heavenly and Earth Immortals were there?

Xu Yang wasn’t sure, but he was certain that the number was far from small.

For numerous reasons, he had to take precautions and lay out his plans for the future.

Therefore, he had invited the Master of the Alliance Heavenly Tao, ready to seek her advice and resolve his numerous doubts.

Knowing oneself and the enemy enables victory in every battle!

As for whether this would reveal anything…

If you do not wish others to know, do not do it yourself!

With things having developed to this stage, some matters could no longer be concealed.

Among the Immortals and Gods, who would be foolish enough to be completely deceived? You might fool them for a moment, but can you fool them for a lifetime?

So, whether it is disclosed or not is irrelevant, as everyone is well aware; it’s just that nobody has yet to explicitly point it out.

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Jun Qing put down her teacup, her expression fluctuating, and after a long while, she finally spoke, “This matter is a long story indeed.”

Xu Yang smiled, unfazed by the change, “Then please, Fairy, explain in detail, I am all ears!”

“Very well!”

Jun Qing shook her head, dropping all pretense, “Do you know of the Mysteries of Ten Thousand Realms?”

“Hmm?”

Xu Yang’s eyes narrowed, then he nodded, “The world has many heavens; realms are as numerous as grains of sand in the Ganges?”

“Correct, the world has many heavens, realms are like the grains of Ganges sand!”

Jun Qing nodded and murmured, “This world is a great era of Immortal Gods; beyond it, there are countless heavens and myriad worlds, just like grains of sand, innumerable. Among them, the Heterodox Demon World is one such.”

Having said that, Jun Qing’s gaze shifted and her expression became more playful, “Have you ever roamed these myriad heavens?”

Xu Yang smiled, neither confirming nor denying, “For the Fairy to say so, surely you have roamed them?”

“Indeed!”

Jun Qing nodded, saying with a light laugh, “After becoming a Ninth Calamity True Immortal, I broke through the confines of our world, roamed the myriad heavens, and gained much.”

“Oh?”

Xu Yang smiled, “What did the Fairy gain?”

“Seeing the Dao, Meeting the Buddha, Meeting the Confucian, Witnessing the Wonderful Dharma of Many Heavens, Mysteries of Ten Thousand Realms!”

Jun Qing deftly skirted around the point, then continued with a smile, “In my travels across many heavens, I discovered something – that in these myriad worlds, to a greater or lesser extent, there are traces of all the major Dao Lineages. The Taoist Three Purities, the Buddhism Two Vehicles, the Confucian Saintly Teacher… Regardless of the world, there are related traces, more or less.”

“Besides, the cultivations and practices of each Dao Lineage are largely similar, and often hardly differ from each other.”

“Take our Mysterious Gate, for instance – Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment, Golden Core Condensing Infant, Primordial Spirit Returning to Void, Integration Mahayana…”