Immortality Starts With Ignorant Heart Sword Art

Chapter 302: Zhong Cang's Advancement to Grandmaster Realm

When the human body is invaded by a virus, the body will activate and greatly enhance its immune ability to eliminate foreign substances.

Humans are like this, and so is the world.

For cultivators with powerful abilities, they are equivalent to the immune system of the world.

When the Nether God entered the world, the Heavenly Dao felt a crisis, and then the restrictions on cultivators by the Heavenly Dao disappeared.

Instead, waves of blessings continuously surged into the bodies of cultivators, strengthening their power.

When Zhong Cang advanced, he clearly felt this.

As expected, Zhong Cang's advancement started from the Yellow Court Heart Sutra · Primordial Origin Limitless Cloud Firmament Diagram.

As a supreme cultivation method, the first stage of practicing the Yellow Court Heart Sutra is to sense the Yellow Court.

The second step is to condense the true self.

And the third step is to derive the Cloud Palace within the Yellow Court.

It is from this stage that the Yellow Court Heart Sutra truly becomes extraordinary.

However, at this stage, the Yellow Court is only extraordinary, and the real transformation begins from the fourth stage.

To reach this realm, Zhong Cang needs to visualize his true self as the Jade Emperor, with the Jade Emperor presiding over the scenery within the Yellow Court, ruling the Middle Heaven.

Reaching this step is difficult, especially for Zhong Cang.

After all, to rule the Middle Heaven, Zhong Cang needs to completely control the power within his body and integrate it into one.

Undoubtedly, the more power there is in the body, and the more mixed it is, the more difficult it is to integrate it into one.

Fortunately, Zhong Cang has extraordinary talent and the Heaven Rewards Diligence.

When Zhong Cang's cultivation of the Yellow Court Heart Sutra reached the perfection of the third stage and then practiced it again.

"Om!!!" With a sound, the energy and consciousness within Zhong Cang's body all turned into chaos.

Above the chaos, there are the Five Organs Divine Palace True Form Diagram, the Twelve Melodies of Jade Heaven Tower, the Ignorant Heart Sword Art, the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram, the Heavenly Heart, Words Manifest Reality, the Purple Qi Dao Rhyme... floating above.

These cultivation methods and Divine Ability seeds, in the chaos of energy and consciousness, were initially independent of each other, and then gradually merged into one under Zhong Cang's intention.

"Om..."

With the help of the third-dimensional vision, Zhong Cang can clearly see that the first thing that merges together in the chaos is the Five Elements, which are the foundation and support of everything.

The power of the Five Elements and their colors first converged into the Five Organs, and the power of the Five Organs then extended to the bones, blood, skin, tendons, muscles, and other things.

During this process, the five animal-shaped spiritual rhymes also emerged in the Five Organs and spread to the bones, blood, skin, tendons, and muscles along with the power of the Five Organs.

These powers together form the body of the Jade Emperor in the chaos.

However, there were also unexpected occurrences during the integration of the body.

Because when integrating the body, Zhong Cang fused with the Sha of the mountains and rivers.

In this Sha, the power of the dragon is too strong, which makes the body of the Jade Emperor, although mostly human-shaped, have a slight dragonization.

Zhong Cang doesn't really mind this.

Among the three ancient emperors of the human race, the great god Fuxi had the body of a dragon.

If a slight dragonization can make his power stronger, Zhong Cang welcomes it.

Moreover, Zhong Cang's ambition is to become the universally respected Heavenly Emperor.

And this Heavenly Emperor is not only the Heavenly Emperor of humans, but also of all races. Since he has the intention to unify everything, he naturally needs to have a mindset of inclusiveness and embracing all rivers.

Therefore, the slight dragonization, besides making Zhong Cang's true self-spirit, the Great Emperor of the Profound Sky, more majestic, does not have much impact on Zhong Cang.

However, the Dragon Blood has little effect on Zhong Cang. The Heartfire Ape that he carefully cultivated according to the template of the Great Saint from his previous life has had a profound impact on Zhong Cang.

The divine monkey nurtured by the power of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams has put a great burden on Zhong Cang's heart and caused some imbalance in the Five Elements within his body.

"The imbalance of the Five Elements is a hidden danger that must be resolved."

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As the body's aura, consciousness, and spiritual energy mix in the courtyard, Zhong Cang's cultivation technique begins to advance.

At this moment, Zhong Cang enters a state of enlightenment, and the spirituality and inspiration in his mind experience a thousandfold increase.

In this situation, Zhong Cang's thoughts turn, and he comes up with several methods to balance the Five Elements.

The quickest and most convenient way is to use the ability of the Five Elements to distribute the power of the Heartfire Ape evenly among the other four Spirit Beasts.

However, although this balance can solve Zhong Cang's problem, it would also cause him to lose the powerful ability of transforming into a divine monkey, so Zhong Cang dismisses this option.

Fortunately, the state of enlightenment is indeed powerful, and as his thoughts turn, Zhong Cang has an idea.

"Perhaps it can be done this way..."

With a thought, Zhong Cang cuts off a portion of the power of the original stone monkey and sets it aside for now.

"Buzz..."

As the power of the original stone monkey is cut off, the Five Elements within Zhong Cang's body finally achieve balance. Then, this majestic power of the Five Elements transforms into a grinding disc, continuously grinding and digesting the chaotic qi in the inner scene, turning it into the light of the Five Elements.

Afterwards, this light of the Five Elements spreads to Zhong Cang's Jade Emperor body, making him gradually stronger.

At the same time, the excess power of the Five Elements also appears on the surface of the Jade Emperor's body, forming a five-colored robe.

In the next moment, the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram integrates into the robe, causing the robe to display the eight scenes of heaven, earth, wind, thunder, water, fire, mountain, and marsh.

With a flawless body and wearing the robe of heaven and earth, the current Jade Emperor exudes the charm of the Supreme of heaven and earth.

However, for Zhong Cang, this is just the beginning. He has too many and too diverse things to cultivate.

If it weren't for the rewards of heaven for diligence, Zhong Cang would never have been able to integrate these abilities into one in such a short time.

Fortunately, there are no "ifs" in the world, and under the state of enlightenment, Zhong Cang's integration goes smoothly.

The robe appears, the grinding disc formed by the rotation of the five colors continues to grind the chaotic qi, turning it into the light of the Five Elements. Then, this light of the Five Elements spreads towards the top of Zhong Cang's Jade Emperor head, forming a majestic crown.

The crown was originally composed of five colored tassels, but with the integration of the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram, it has become eight. The Heavenly Heart also blends into the crown at this moment.

Then, with the infusion of invincible will, it becomes nine tassels.

Words manifest reality, turning it into ten tassels.

The mind triumphs over matter, turning it into eleven tassels.

Finally, the sound of the Twelve Melodies of Jade Heaven Tower merges in, completely completing the crown, turning it into a royal crown with twelve tassels.

With the crown completed, the majesty of the Jade Emperor's imperial authority becomes even more powerful.

Even ordinary cultivators, even those who have achieved perfection in Foundation Building, would feel immense pressure when facing the Jade Emperor, as if they were looking up at the sky.

Even Gold Core cultivators would be affected when facing the Jade Emperor.

This Jade Emperor body already possesses a divine and awe-inspiring majesty that cannot be directly looked at.

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The Jade Emperor body, the crown, the robe of heaven and earth... Gradually, the body of the Jade Emperor becomes complete.

Then, the Sword Intent that cannot be integrated into the body transforms into a companion longsword, appearing at the left side of the Jade Emperor's hand.

There is a five-colored canopy umbrella that covers the majestic body of the Jade Emperor.

And there is also the imperial decree in the hands of the Jade Emperor, condensed from the Heavenly Dipper Purple Qi, possessing divine and extraordinary power.

Apart from that, the Heavenly Heart Seal and the Twelve Melodies of Jade Heaven Tower's chimes have all appeared around the Jade Emperor.

These powers have become the Jade Emperor's companions.

After the body and treasures have completely evolved, there is still a large amount of chaotic energy in the central courtyard of Zhong Cang.

Then, this chaotic energy continues to be crushed by the rotating grinding disc formed by the Five Elements, turning into the light of the Five Elements.

Subsequently, the light of the Five Elements combines with the Dao Rhyme on the Jade Emperor's body and the objects, evolving into various scenes and palaces.

The Cloud Firmament Palace group once again evolves in the central courtyard of Zhong Cang.

Although the newly evolved Cloud Firmament Palace group is not much different from before.

This evolution may seem unnecessary, but it is not.

Through the evolution of the Jade Emperor, these palaces have become one with the Jade Emperor.

He controls the palaces, making it a thousand times easier than before.

At the same time, observing the birth of the Jade Emperor and the reconstruction of the Cloud Firmament Palace group with the third-dimensional vision, Zhong Cang also discovered that although all of his abilities were involved in the establishment, the foundation was not other important special abilities, but the Five Elements.

This may seem strange, but upon careful consideration, it seems reasonable.

Everything in the world is within the Five Elements, otherwise, the colorful divine light would not have achieved such terrifying results.

Boom!

With the birth of the Jade Emperor and the continuous reconstruction of the palace group, Zhong Cang's Yellow Court Heart Sutra has reached the fourth realm.

However, his busyness is not over yet.

When the cultivation technique reaches a higher realm, Zhong Cang will enter an enlightened state. Taking advantage of the remaining time, Zhong Cang quickly studies how to evolve the Five Emperors of the Five Directions.

It is also from this moment that Zhong Cang feels the release and blessings of the restrictions of heaven and earth.

Originally, according to Zhong Cang's expectations, even with great effort, he might not be able to fully visualize the Five Emperors of the Five Directions.

His original goal was only to visualize the Azure Emperor of the East and the Red Emperor of the South.

But when he actually started visualizing, Zhong Cang didn't know what to say. Heaven and earth exerted their power.

Buzz...

As the study began, Zhong Cang felt a grand and majestic will making contact with him.

Upon the first contact with this will, Zhong Cang fell into a dizzy state. When he regained consciousness, Zhong Cang found that he saw five scrolls.

The scrolls were not large, and they depicted somewhat rough and blurry figures.

However, if you don't look closely, these figures don't appear extraordinary. But upon careful observation, something that made Zhong Cang's mind tremble happened.

Focusing his gaze, Zhong Cang felt that those figures were like heavenly gods, occupying his entire field of vision, and carrying a tremendous pressure.

Zhong Cang's will is strong enough, but when he saw those figures, he still had the feeling of wanting to kneel and worship.

Fortunately, Zhong Cang's will was firm and he did not kneel down.

But through this incident, Zhong Cang also knew what the figures in front of him were.

"The Five Emperors of the Five Directions!"

"The Heavenly Dao has directly bestowed the Five Emperors of the Five Directions upon me!"

The Heavenly Dao is the condensation of the spiritual rhyme of all living beings, containing all the information in the world. It can condense the Five Emperors of the Five Directions, and Zhong Cang is not surprised.

In fact, Zhong Cang has a feeling that if the Heavenly Dao were facing a life-threatening crisis, it could even condense the imprints of powerful beings from ancient times to the present, turning them into human form to fight against enemies.

"No, this is not just a possibility, but a certainty... According to legend, the Thunder Tribulation of Ascension will manifest as a humanoid form and attack the cultivators who are about to ascend."

"The so-called humanoid Thunder Tribulation is the mark left by ancient powerhouses."

If even the marks of powerhouses can be condensed, then it is nothing for Zhong Cang to observe the records of the Five Emperors of the Five Directions.

However, this kind of pie falling from the sky situation leaves Zhong Cang speechless.

He doesn't know what to say about the plans of those powerful beings.

"Sigh... forget it, I can't participate in the plans of those powerful beings, so I'll just ignore it."

The Five Emperors of the Five Directions are right in front of him, disrupting Zhong Cang's plans.

Originally, he only wanted to rely on enlightenment to visualize the Eastern Azure Emperor and the Southern Red Emperor.

Now, he doesn't need to visualize at all. Zhong Cang just needs to record them, saving him a lot of time.

After engraving the records of the Five Emperors of the Five Directions in his mind, Zhong Cang realizes that he still has some time left.

After thinking for a moment, Zhong Cang grits his teeth and prays to the Heavenly Dao, hoping that it will bestow upon him the Yellow Court Heart Sutra - Three Clearings Record for him to observe.

Naturally, the Heavenly Dao ignores him.

The Heavenly Dao is impartial and selfless, not a responsive deity.

Fortunately, Zhong Cang has accumulated merit.

Relying on his merit, Zhong Cang makes a great vow, praying for the Heavenly Dao to bestow upon him the Yellow Court Heart Sutra - Three Clearings Record for him to study.

With this prayer, he succeeds halfway.

The reason it's only halfway is because the Heavenly Dao does indeed bestow the record.

However, due to Zhong Cang's insufficient merit, the record is only one scroll and is blurry.

Seeing this, Zhong Cang can only give up on the original cultivation method.

Instead, he relies on his own understanding and replaces the Three Clearings with the Three Flower Gods.

Essence, Qi, and Spirit are the foundation of cultivators, the basis of all great power.

At this moment, these three foundations are transformed by Zhong Cang into three divine bodies.

Hmm... because there is only one scroll for reference, Zhong Cang only manages to transform the Essence Body.

Then, he inserts the stone monkey's original source that he just cut off into the Essence God, merging the two into a stone monkey with endless essence.

"Boom..."

When the two completely integrate into one, Zhong Cang's enlightenment also comes to an end.

At this point, Zhong Cang brings forth the birth of the Jade Emperor, reshapes the Cloud Firmament Palace, observes and comprehends the birth method of the Five Emperors of the Five Directions, and creates a divine body of the Three Clearings, gaining great rewards.

And in the next moment of Zhong Cang's breakthrough in his cultivation, with a "boom," the overpowering force makes it impossible for him to restrain himself any longer. A majestic momentum sweeps in all directions from him.

At the same time, the power within him also tends to merge - no, with the birth of the Jade Emperor and the reconstruction of the Cloud Firmament Palace, Zhong Cang's power has already merged into one, only lacking the final tempering.

And undoubtedly, this is the beginning of Core Formation.

As a result, the sky darkens.

Endless thunderclouds descend towards Zhong Cang, gathering together.

The terrifying thunder makes the world gloomy, as if it were the end of days.

The Gold Core Thunder Tribulation has arrived.

(End of this chapter)