Immortality begins by swallowing the stars

The ancestral land of the Eternal Clan... The fourth volume of "Shenyuan Sutra"...

Lu Jing's heart moved.

The Lord of Cangyu Palace looked at Lu Jing and smiled, "You should have guessed that your Way of Destruction is not very profound. When you were still on the third level, Xinghui Daojun took the initiative to invite you to join the Palace of Life and Death, which is related to this Jueya Star.

"Since you have obtained the first volume of the Divine Abyss Scripture, you know how dangerous it is to set up the 'Life and Death Furnace'.

"The secret art of 'Life and Death Baking Furnace' practices the way of extreme destruction and transformation. It destroys itself with the way of destruction it created, and gives birth to the way of transformation of all things in suspended death.

"But if you are not careful, you may fall into real death, which is many times more dangerous than the so-called Dao Lord who lives and dies with one step. It can be said to be a life-or-death situation."

Lu Jing nodded. The fundamental secret technique of the "Shenyuan Sutra", the "Life and Death Furnace", is indeed against the will of heaven, but it is also frightening to watch. Only those with great courage would not dare to practice it.

After reading it, he couldn't help but murmur that for such a dangerous way of cultivation, the Palace of Life and Death should have as few people as the Palace of Mind and Strength.

Just like the "Yuan'e Indestructible Tribulation Body" created by Nuwa and perfected by Yuan'e Daozu, it is not unknown in the Three Realms, but no one practices it. What practitioners pursue is eternal freedom, not death.

"You may also be wondering why someone dares to join the Shengmie Palace." The Lord of Cangyu Palace said, "If you only have the inheritance of the "Shenyuan Sutra", this is naturally an extremely dangerous path.

“But in fact, the Divine Abyss Sutra has been introduced to the Endless Territory for countless years, and our Life and Death Palace and the Eternal Clan have actually created many ways to reduce the danger.

“There are auxiliary secret techniques and magical powers, auxiliary magic arrays, and most importantly, auxiliary elixirs created specifically for practicing the ‘Life and Death Baking Furnace’.

"Through these auxiliary secret techniques and auxiliary elixirs, if you create an ordinary way of destruction, your chances of setting up the furnace of birth and death can reach 90%. Even if you create a stronger way, you can still reach 40% to 50%."

“Of course, a 40% to 50% chance of success is not enough for many people.” The Lord of Cangyu Palace said with his hands behind his back, “So anyone in my Shengmie Palace who has created a stronger world realm will leave the Shengmie Palace and venture into the Endless Territory.

"The ancient books of the Shengmie Palace record many treasures that are helpful for setting up the 'Shengmie Furnace', but it is difficult for my Shengmie Palace to provide these natural treasures, so you need to find them yourself.

“If we are lucky enough to find one or two auxiliary treasures, we can increase our chances to 60% or even 70% to 80%.

"If you can't find it, then return to the Palace of Birth and Death and set up the Birth and Death Furnace yourself."

The Lord of Cangyu Palace shook his head and said, "In order to master the heaven-defying secret technique of 'Life and Death Baking Furnace', what's wrong with taking some risks?

“Practicing other inheritances and creating a stronger way, perfecting it to the fourth-step Dao Lord level is only the top Dao Lord level.

"But if you can set up the 'birth and death furnace' and use the cycle of birth and death, your strength will increase greatly. Your power will be comparable to that of a Taoist master who has mastered the strongest Dao. If you can successfully merge with the Dao, you will also be at the level of the Lord of the Holy City."

Lu Jing also agreed with the Palace Master of Cang Yu. This kind of heaven-defying secret method that could increase one's strength to a higher level out of thin air was worth it for many people, even if the chances were only 40 to 50 percent.

This is normal, otherwise, considering the dangerous level of the 'Life and Death Furnace' where one is likely to die, the Life and Death Palace might not be able to recruit anyone.

Inheritance itself is one thing, but over the endless years, generations of geniuses and evildoers have naturally accumulated a vast amount of practice experience and created countless auxiliary secret techniques and magical powers.

The so-called true transmission of one sentence, false transmission of thousands of books.

It is absolutely not enough to have precious inheritance alone. Without joining these top forces, it will be difficult to achieve success in cultivation even if you obtain the top inheritance.

The Lord of Cangyu Palace sighed, "But the most important and core of these auxiliary methods is actually the 'Purple Jade God-Repelling Pill'. The Purple Jade God-Repelling Pill can maintain the immortality of the true spirit for ten thousand years when performing the 'Life and Death Baking Furnace'.

"It is much easier to cross the 'extinction and transformation' and give birth to the way of life by using ten thousand years. Other auxiliary secret arts and magic arrays are also based on taking the Purple Jade God-Repelling Pill.

"And the Purple Jade God-Repelling Pill is made from a precious fruit called 'Miro Purple Jade Fruit' as the main ingredient."

Lu Jing was startled, then reacted: "The 'Miro Purple Jade Fruit' that the senior mentioned can only be obtained on Jueya Star?"

The Lord of Cangyu Palace nodded: "Yes, there is a 'Mi Luo Purple Jade Tree' on Jue Ya Star, which is also the only one in the Endless Territory. It can produce a fruit every 18,000 years.

“So every 18,000 years, our Shengmie Palace and the Eternal Clan will have a competition on Jueya Star to compete for the Miro Purple Jade Fruit.”

The Lord of Cangyu Palace smiled bitterly: "If we can't get the Miro Purple Jade Fruit, we won't be able to refine the Purple Jade God-Defeating Pill, and setting up the 'Life and Death Furnace' will become extremely dangerous again, and we will be in danger of death.

“So the meeting on Jueya Star is a major event that concerns the continuation of my Shengmie Palace.

“However, if my Shengmie Palace and the Eternal Clan were to engage in a battle for Dao Lords at the Jueya Star Meeting, it would be too dangerous. Both sides have Dao Lords of the second rank, or even Dao Lords of the highest rank.

“The strength of these top-level Dao Lords is no less than that of ordinary Eternal Lords, and is even comparable to that of top-level Lords. When the battle gets intense, even the Lord may not be able to ensure that there is no risk of failure and save the life of one of the parties.

“Even if you can save your life, if you get injured it’s no small matter.

“This is too risky for Daojun. It is not worth taking such a risk every 18,000 years for a Miro Purple Jade Fruit.

“You know, it takes three Miro Purple Jade Fruits to refine one Purple Jade God-Repelling Pill.

"So we agreed with the Eternal Clan to limit the duel to the world realm."

Lu Jing suddenly realized.

“Even if you only comprehend an ordinary Dao, after successfully setting up the Birth and Death Furnace, the mystery of the Birth and Death Cycle Dao will be comparable to that of the demon world realm who has mastered a stronger Dao.

"With your special divine body and your immortality that can be said to be against the will of heaven, you will definitely play a significant role in Jueya Star." The Lord of Cangyu Palace encouraged.

Lu Jing frowned slightly and asked, "What if a strongest way is created? Will the Purple Jade God-Defeating Pill be effective in setting up the Life and Death Furnace with the strongest way?"

The Lord of Cangyu Palace was startled and sighed: "The stronger the Dao that is created, the more difficult it will be to set up the furnace of birth and death and breed the corresponding Dao of life.

"If what I have realized is the strongest way, the Purple Jade God-Defeating Pill will be useless, and the other auxiliary secret arts and magic arrays will also be useless. There is less than a 10% chance of setting up the Life and Death Furnace!"

"Less than 10%?" Lu Jing was shocked.

The Lord of Cangyu Palace nodded and said: "Among the Dao Lords who are still alive in Shengmie Palace, I am the only one who has successfully set up the Shengmie Furnace using the most powerful way of destruction.

"After I became the Palace Master of the Life and Death Palace, over the years, there have been four peerless talents who have realized the most powerful way, but their true spirits were destroyed and they died completely while performing the Life and Death Furnace."

Lu Jing was silent for a moment.

Theoretically speaking, if the practitioners of the Palace of Life and Death can set up the Furnace of Life and Death, their strength will be elevated to a higher level.

For example, the Taoist Master Cang Yu has realized the most powerful way. If he were placed in other palaces, he would be a Taoist Master of the second rank and could be the deputy palace master at most.

But after mastering the Furnace of Life and Death, Daoist Lord Cang Yu's strength is completely comparable to the most powerful Daoist Lord who has mastered the strongest way of fusion, and he even ranks among the top among all the Daoist Lords in the Twelve Zodiac Signs.

In this way, the strength of the Taoist Master of Shengmie Palace should be far greater than that of other palaces.

Just because of the danger of practicing the 'Furnace of Life and Death', the second-level Dao Lords and the highest-level Dao Lords in the Palace of Life and Death are not more than those in the other eleven palaces.

"Is there no other way to improve the strongest way to condense the furnace of life and death?" Lu Jing asked hurriedly.

The level of danger made Lu Jing hesitate.

The purpose of the energy he transformed from the mysterious gate was only to maintain the immortality of his soul, and it was only useful when he was practicing the "Immortal Body".

But if one performs the 'Furnace of Life and Death' and uses the way of destruction to slowly bring one's soul and true spirit back to nirvana, and reaches the state of extinction and rebirth at the moment of death, then one can return from nirvana.

If one uses energy to replenish the soul, one will never be able to reach the state of 'extinction'.

The soul and body must also return to silence, leaving only the true spirit to reach the state of extreme extinction under the wrapping of the way of destruction, and only then can yin give birth to yang, and extinction give birth to life.

If the true spirit fails to achieve the state of destruction and transformation into new life in time, it will be judged dead by the origin of chaos, and the true spirit will disintegrate under the rules of the origin of chaos and cannot be reversed.

This is the collapse of the true spirit's essence, and it cannot be revived by the energy transformed by the mysterious gate.

Just like the failure of He Dao.

Daoist Lord Cang Yu turned and looked into the void: "Of course there is a way. For example, if you have a second soul, and your original body or second soul performs the 'Life and Death Furnace', and the other body's true soul can still remain awake, you can increase your chances by 10% or 20%.

"So the ability of a cultivator with a second soul to set up the 'birth and death furnace' is much greater than that of a cultivator without a second soul.

"My two deputy palace masters and I all have second souls, which is also an important reason why we were able to successfully practice the 'Life and Death Baking Furnace'."

Daoist Lord Cang Yu looked at Lu Jing and sighed, "It's a pity that you are a special life form, you definitely don't have a second soul.

“But the strongest way is not so easy to comprehend. If you create an ordinary way or a stronger way, you will have a great chance of successfully setting up the furnace of birth and death.”

Lu Jing's heart moved. This was actually a favorable condition for him.

“Of course, there are many rare treasures bred in the endless chaos. According to the records of the Palace of Life and Death, there are some that can enhance the confidence of the strongest way to set up the furnace of life and death.

“But all of them are extremely precious, rare and precious.

"For example, the 'Yuanqiao Holy Blood Fruit' and the 'Wanjie Holy Blood Fruit' among the eight holy blood fruits both have the effect of increasing the probability of successfully condensing the birth and death furnace."

Taoist Cang Yu waved his hand, and the shadows of two fruits appeared in the void.

One looks like a small sun, emitting endless light.

One is fiery red, round and plump, and there seems to be a faint red light flowing under the skin.

“The effect of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Holy Blood Fruit is similar to that of the Purple Jade God-Repelling Pill, and it can also maintain the immortality of the True Spirit.

“Once you take it, unless your true spirit is destroyed by the enemy, or the deadline of the 108,000 Chaos Era arrives, or you fail to merge with the Dao, your true spirit will automatically disintegrate.

“Otherwise, your true spirit will be protected by the power of the Eternal Tribulation Holy Blood Fruit. Even if your soul dissipates, your true spirit will remain intact and will not disintegrate.

"You will have ten thousand years, a million years, countless billions of years to nurture the way of life and build the furnace of birth and death."

Daoist Lord Cang Yu shook his head and sighed, “There is indeed a Ten Thousand Tribulations Holy Blood Tree in the First Ancestral Land of the Eternal Clan, but the Holy Blood Tree can only produce fruit once every million Chaos Eras.

“Moreover, the Eternal Tribulation Holy Blood Fruit is of great use to the Lord. It would be a waste to use it to cultivate the ‘Life and Death Furnace’.

“In the history of the Eternal Clan, there has only been one World Realm demon who has been granted the Holy Blood Fruit of Ten Thousand Tribulations. He later became the strongest Dao Lord in the Endless Territory at that time. Of course, he also failed in the end.

“Even if the Great Lord had exchanged the Eternal Blood Fruit from the Eternal Clan, it is impossible for him to bestow it on the World Realm.”

Daoist Lord Cang Yu's gaze fell on the phantom of another fruit that looked like a small sun, emitting endless light.

“As for the other kind of ‘Yuanqiao Holy Blood Fruit’, although its value is not as good as the ‘Wanjie Holy Blood Fruit’.

“But its effect on the cultivation of ‘Life and Death Furnace’ is even greater than that of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Holy Blood Fruit.

"The Yuanqiao Holy Blood Fruit itself contains endless vitality, and contains the mystery of endless life. It can be said to be the most suitable auxiliary treasure for 'Extinction Transformation'.

"The first generation Palace Master of my Life and Death Palace, 'Great Destruction Lord', obtained the 'Original Aperture Holy Blood Fruit' bestowed by the Great Lord, and successfully built the Life and Death Furnace with the strongest way of destruction.

"According to the records left by the Great Destroyer God, after taking the Lower Yuanqiao Holy Blood Fruit, one is almost 100% sure to achieve 'Extreme Destruction and Rebirth'.

“But the Yuanqiao Holy Blood Fruit was obtained by the Lord by chance. It is said to have come from a powerful being from another realm outside the Endless Territory. It is almost impossible to obtain another one.”

Taoist Cang Yu shook his head slightly, and the shadows of the two fruits disappeared.

But he didn't notice the shock in Lu Jing's eyes.

"The appearance of that Yuanqiao Holy Blood Fruit... If I'm not mistaken, it's in that Qinghua Cave!" Lu Jing's heart was filled with huge waves of shock.

In the original timeline, there were three kinds of holy blood trees in the Qinghua Cave. Ji Ning only recognized the Tianjing Holy Blood Fruit, and did not recognize the other two kinds of holy blood fruits.

Daoist Lord Cang Yu continued, “In addition to these extremely precious and rare treasures, there is one last method.

"That means understanding the fourth volume of the Divine Abyss Sutra!"

Hearing this, Lu Jing suppressed the thoughts churning in his mind and showed a curious look.

Daoist Lord Cang Yu sighed, “The fourth volume of the Shen Yuan Sutra records the path to the perfect combination of mind power and the furnace of birth and death. Its profoundness and preciousness far surpass the ‘Heart Sword Technique’ left by the Heart Sword Emperor.

“You are a practitioner of mental strength, so you are suitable for comprehending the fourth volume of the Shenyuan Sutra, provided that you can win on Jueya Star and win the opportunity to comprehend the fourth volume of the Shenyuan Sutra.

"It is said that if one can thoroughly comprehend the fourth volume of the Shenyuan Sutra, and perfectly combine mental strength with the way of birth and death, the birth and death furnace can be transformed into the legendary 'reincarnation of birth and death'!

“If we can construct the cycle of birth and death, all the problems of the furnace of birth and death will no longer be a problem!”

Daoist Lord Cang Yu looked at him dimly, “Once you set up the furnace of birth and death, even if you haven’t yet broken through to Daoist Lord, your Way of Destruction cannot be improved.

“Because once the Way of Destruction is promoted, the balance will be broken, the cycle of birth and death will be interrupted, and the furnace of birth and death will collapse.

“This is also why, even though they know that the stronger the Dao they comprehend, the more dangerous it will be to set up the Furnace of Life and Death, there are still generations of geniuses who are willing to take the risk and wait until they have created the strongest Dao before using the Furnace of Life and Death.

“Once the oven is set up, there is no going back.

"But if one comprehends the fourth volume of the Shenyuan Sutra, the mental power will be perfectly combined with the birth and death furnace, evolving into the 'reincarnation of birth and death', and the cycle of birth and death will reach a perfect level without any shackles.

“As the Way of Destruction grows stronger, the Way of Life will also grow stronger.

“In theory, you can first use the ordinary way or the stronger way to build the furnace of birth and death, and then slowly improve the way of destruction after it evolves into the cycle of birth and death.

“If the Way of Destruction is raised to the level of the strongest Way, the corresponding cycle of birth and death can also reach the level of integrating the strongest Way.

"There is even a greater chance to elevate the Way of Destruction to the level of the strongest Way of Fusion. With the help of the cycle of birth and death, the mystery of the Way can completely surpass the level of the strongest Way of Fusion!"

Daoist Lord Cang Yu immediately laughed at himself and shook his head slightly: "How can the way of destruction created by the evildoer who may have understood the fourth volume of the "Shenyuan Sutra" be weak? This becomes a paradox.

“However, ever since the Eternal Clan obtained the fourth volume of the Divine Abyss Scripture, in countless chaotic eras, no Dao Lord has been able to truly master the fourth volume of the Divine Abyss Scripture.

“At least there are no such monsters in the Endless Territory.

“It is simply impossible for mental power to combine with the furnace of birth and death to reach a perfect state.

“That is equivalent to the perfect unity of mental power, divine power and magical power.

“Only when the heart of Tao is perfect can the power of mind, spirit and magic be perfectly unified. It is too difficult for a Taoist to achieve this.”