Longevity starts with learning

One day, until the Heavenly Palace completely collapsed, the Heavenly Palace strongmen who had suppressed one era after another, except for a few who struggled to support the existence of the Heavenly Palace, most of the others also disappeared.

When the clues appeared, it was natural that the Heavenly Palace lost its power and the world chased it.

In just a few decades, the Heavenly Palace that had ruled the world of immortal cultivation for countless years completely collapsed.

What was left behind were the mysteries that could not be explained for countless years.

And... a world of immortal cultivation that was like a prison.

For countless years, no matter how terrifying the talent was, they could only guard their thousands of years of life and wait for death.

Chu Mu looked across the starry sea, even to the deepest part of the starry sea, and did not find any record of such a change in the Heavenly Palace.

"Is it... not enough authority?"

Chu Mu hesitated and looked around. At this moment, he was already in the deepest part of the starry sea.

Going forward, it was already a void, without any trace of the existence of the mark.

The era in which these marks existed just stopped at the collapse of the Heavenly Palace.

The marks of an even older era did not seem to exist in this sea of ​​stars.

Various speculations emerged in his mind. Chu Mu looked down at the mark on his palm, pondered for a moment, took a step forward, and headed towards the seemingly vast and boundless dark void.

The starry sky is neither real nor completely illusory.

This dark void seems to be different.

Illusion and reality are intertwined, but it seems to be more inclined to the real level.

Or in other words...

The truth of refining the false into the real, after countless years of accumulation, has already taken shape...

Chu Mu continued to move forward. The void was dark and endless, and it was difficult to distinguish up and down, left and right, and even more difficult to distinguish the existence of time.

Step by step, each step was like shrinking the earth into an inch, spanning hundreds of feet.

The deeper into this dark void, the weaker the perception from authority.

It was as if this endless dark void had exceeded his authority and was a place he should not have touched.

It was difficult to tell exactly what happened.

Chu Mu continued to move forward steadily.

One day, two days, three days...

One month, two months, three months...

By the second year, the last trace of authority perception disappeared, indicating that he had completely stepped into an unknown place.

This unknown place may still belong to the category of Tianxin's refining the false into the real, but it is not within the scope of authority given by Henghuang.

He exceeded the scope of Ah's authority with two years of travel.

Daheng has held this authority for countless years, and it is impossible for him not to touch this unknown place.

Since Henghuang did not dissuade him, it means that he at least did not violate his taboos.

The third year.

Chu Mu finally stopped.

The edge of the sea of ​​stars has been passed.

Here is the edge of this dark void.

Looking around, it is no longer endless darkness.

Instead, it is an endless and brilliant light surging like a tide.

At first glance, it seemed as if countless worlds were destroyed and reborn in this splendor.

Chu Mu stared at this scene in a daze for a long time before he came back to his senses.

He raised his hand and looked around. A seed of a world that was destroyed and reborn was suspended in his palm. Looking closely, he seemed to be able to glimpse the creation of the endless world and heaven and earth, and it seemed that there were countless mysteries, all in front of him.

But the next moment, he suddenly closed his palms, and the creation of the world's destruction and rebirth was instantly annihilated.

He looked forward again, rolled up his sleeves, and a majestic force rolled up, and the scene of the world's destruction and rebirth, which was as gorgeous as the vast starry sky, was also instantly shattered.

Illusions are just illusions after all.

He once controlled a small world, built a small world, and witnessed the collapse and destruction of a small world with his own eyes.

All this just now was simulated quite realistically, but it was still a few points away from the real reality.

For ordinary people, if they can reach this point, it is also a great opportunity.

After all, even if the small world in the secret realm collapses and shatters, how many people in this world can witness it with their own eyes?

When the last trace of splendor dissipated, the end of this dark void fell into complete silence.

It is difficult to determine the direction, and it is difficult to distinguish between day and night.

An irregular boulder hangs in the dark void as if it has existed forever. The boulder is cone-shaped, gray and white, full of holes, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and at the bottom, it is like a hanging stalactite.

When his eyes are fixed on this boulder, in the dark, like a revelation, a message also emerges in his heart.

"Heavenly Heart..."

Chu Mu whispered, his eyes flashed slightly, and the next moment, the majestic consciousness surged like a tide, covering this group of irregular boulders.

When everything is revealed in detail, the flaws in it will naturally appear.

Is this Heavenly Heart also an illusion?

"This is a projection of Tianxin's power. Daoyou can also regard it as the embodiment of Tianxin's authority that Daheng controls."

At this time, a voice sounded in the void.

A man in a dragon robe came out from nowhere.

The aura of his cultivation was extremely restrained. Even with Chu Mu's current consciousness, it was difficult to detect any clues.

Chu Mu asked: "Is the real Tianxin still in the ruins of the Heavenly Palace?"

"Yes."

Chu Mu: "Where does the authority come from?"

Emperor Heng: "Daoyou purified his soul from the ruins of the Heavenly Palace back then, so he must have mastered a certain amount of authority in the Heavenly Palace, right?"

Chu Mu frowned and asked tentatively:

"Will there be hidden dangers after the mark is planted?"

"The imprint will subtly influence people's minds, making them more loyal to the order of the Heavenly Palace. It will also repel negative emotions, making people's moral standards higher..."

"If necessary, the mark will also be turned into a restraint to suppress rebellion."

"After a living being dies, the mark will carry the life-long information of the living being, return to Tianxin, and become Tianxin's treasure..."

Chu Mu: "In other words, if Chu chooses to accept the so-called mark, he will be able to control certain heavenly palace authority?"

"The permissions of the Tiangong are divided into four levels and twelve levels. Based on the merits of the Taoist purification of the soul in that year, and according to the rules of merit for purifying the soul promulgated by the Tiangong, if the Taoist has the permission of the Tiangong, he should be able to reach the top level of Xuan in one step."

"If you complete the mission of the Heavenly Palace and receive the merits of the Heavenly Palace, you can achieve the authority of the earth level, and even descend to the Heavenly Palace field to protect one party."

"Back then, in the ice and snow land of Dachu, there was an earth-level authority that appeared and descended to the heavenly palace field..."

"But the Heavenly Palace has long since collapsed, and the authority is so high that it can only stop at the top level. If you go up higher, unless you make great achievements and get an exceptional promotion, you need to follow the rules of the Heavenly Heart and require the approval of the Palace Master of the Heavenly Palace..."

Chu Mu asked: "Does Da Heng's authority belong to heaven?"

Henghuang nodded: "Heavenly grade."

After the words fell, Emperor Heng was silent for a while, and then said: "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. Da Heng rose up with this authority, but he was also bound by this authority and found it difficult to break free."

Chu Mu could not deny it. With such authority, Daheng could be inherited for such a long time. As for what was lost because of this...

There are countless cultivators in the world of cultivating immortals. Who has never experienced a choice?

What I'm afraid of is not the cruel choice, but the fact that I don't even have the chance to make a choice.

Even if Da Heng is a puppet of Tian Xin and needs to devote all his strength to the existence of Tian Xin, it is undeniable that the benefits that Da Heng will gain from this dedication will be unimaginable.

Especially... the Daheng royal family!

From generation to generation, they have been great monks of Yuanying, walking around the world and suppressing the world.

It lasts so long and exerts pressure on all directions...

After a while, Chu Mu asked again: "If you are above the level of heaven, you should still have authority, right?"

Henghuang: "I still have the authority of the palace master, and the creator has two levels of authority."

"It has been a long time since the Heavenly Palace collapsed. These two levels of authority are within the rules, and the possibility of obtaining them is very slim."

"I, Da Heng, have obtained the authority of Tianxin for hundreds of thousands of years. I have laid out the heavenly domain and planted countless marks. I have also inherited the legacy of the Tiangong and sent countless monks to step into the ruins of the Tiangong to perform the act of purifying the soul."

"But even now, the authority is still only the highest level..."

Chu Mu: "Fellow Taoist, do you know why order in the Heavenly Palace suddenly disappeared and the strong ones no longer existed?"

Henghuang: "It should... be related to the upper world."

Chu Mu: "Why?"

Emperor Heng shook his head: "Do fellow Taoists think that treasures like Tianxin can be refined in the world of immortality?"

After the words fell, Emperor Heng sighed sadly: "Perhaps they all took advantage of the last chance to escape from this prison..."

Chu Mu's eyes moved slightly and looked at Henghuang again.

Henghuang: "The passage to ascension exists in the heart of heaven. Back then, the heart of heaven was silent and order did not exist. This means that even if the palace of heaven still existed, the passage to ascension has actually been closed."

"In this way, it is not difficult to guess the reason why those powerful men in the Heavenly Palace disappeared mysteriously."

"Presumably, some kind of drastic change must have occurred that year, causing Tianxin to become silent and the ascension channel to be closed."

"Those powerful men in the Heavenly Palace should have taken advantage of their last chance to ascend to the upper realm..."

Chu Mu's heart trembled and he asked eagerly: "Now that Tianxin has recovered and ascended to the passage, is it..."

Henghuang was silent. He looked at the huge stone, and the projection of Tianxin appeared.

He raised his finger, and the gray-white body of the boulder suddenly flowed like liquid, with lines crisscrossing each other and evolving into thousands.

In the end, the huge stone embodied by the projection of Tianxin turned into a square diamond-shaped translucent jade.

In the center of the rhombus, there is a little light, as bright as the sun.

In this bit of light, a strange aura also appeared.

When Chu Mu sensed this strange aura, his breathing quickened.

Is this... the smell of another world?

Chu Mu's face turned red and he looked at Henghuang fiercely. The heat in his eyes was almost difficult to conceal.

But Henghuang's next words directly poured a basin of cold water on Chu Mu's head, causing him to wake up instantly.

"it's useless."

"Although the coordinates of the upper realm still exist in the heart of heaven, according to the research of our ancestors in the past dynasties, the closure of the ascension channel does not lie in the heart of heaven, but in the upper realm."

"It's the upper realm that unilaterally closed the ascension channel."

"Even if I, the creator of Zhangtianxin, have the highest authority, it is impossible to connect to the ascension channel and ascend to the upper world..."

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