Chapter 186 - 168: After the 24 Gods, the 16 Tai Sui Spirits!

Chapter 186: Chapter 168: After the 24 Gods, the 16 Tai Sui Spirits!

Ascension to the Immortal Realm was not because one could attain eternal life there, but because time did not flow within it. Entering the Immortal Realm would perfectly preserve one’s state of life.

Then, one could wait for an era suitable for Cultivation to emerge before descending from the Immortal Realm to continue cultivating.

Was this the truth behind all those temples in the First Heaven?

Chen Sha’s heart raced. This meant that the mud bodies in those temples, including the True Self of Zhang Daoxuan before him, had merely had their states sealed by the Immortal Mud. It was like hibernation—falling asleep during the harsh winter of Cultivation, waiting for the spring of a great era to arrive before breaking out of the earth.

In a flash, his mind spun rapidly. He realized that the cracks on those mud bodies were signs that these people were about to awaken and return in the Tenth Tribulation Era.

"But these are only people from the Ninth Tribulation. If the people from the previous Eight Tribulations all return, how massive will the changes in the Divine Land be?" he wondered.

Zhang Daoxuan watched as Chen Sha fell into deep thought. He couldn’t quite understand why Chen Sha looked so shocked. He simply continued to explain the reason behind the discussion of the Ascension Chart.

"Currently, it is the Dharma-ending period of the Ninth Tribulation Period. Cultivation is difficult in this world, and resources are scarce. Although various new methods have been created, the qualifications for Ascension remain rare. Therefore, we are holding this discussion for the Ascension Chart. The goal of this Three Religions conference is to determine the candidates for Ascension..." He looked at Chen Sha and added, "However, given your Cultivation, fellow Daoist, you are now only half a step away from Ascension. You will definitely have a place on the chart."

Chen Sha brought his Heart Spirit back to the present. He smiled faintly and stood up. "Thank you for telling me all this, Master Zhang. However, the resources of this world are useless to me. I won’t take a single thread."

As soon as these words were spoken, the five people who had previously been injured by Chen Sha’s punch looked astonished. "What did you say?"

They couldn’t understand it. If Chen Sha hadn’t forced his way into the Three Religions Holy Land for the distribution of the world’s resources, then what was he here for?

"To fight all of you!"

Having already obtained the truth of the world he sought, Chen Sha naturally returned to his original goal of clearing the trial. As he spoke, the battle intent in his eyes surged, burning fiercely like fire. Moving in perfect sync with his voice, he caught all ten of them completely off guard.

BANG!

The ten experts had no mental preparation whatsoever. They could only watch as Chen Sha suddenly exploded into action, throwing a punch that smashed directly into the Wujie Divine Monk’s forehead!

BOOM!

The Buddhist Sect Upper Innate Expert only saw Chen Sha’s fist looming over him, expanding infinitely in an instant. In the next moment, his eyes widened in terror as his head was blown apart!

"You!"

"Attack!"

In a split second, the ten were reduced to nine. Even Zhang Daoxuan’s pupils shrank and his heart pounded violently at Chen Sha’s explosive assault.

But Chen Sha had no intention of explaining himself. Instantly after the first punch, he charged straight at the other four he had previously injured.

BOOM!

Even though the others immediately launched their counterattacks, and Zhang Daoxuan’s expression changed as he formed the Ninth-Grade Lotus Seal... it was already too late.

Once Chen Sha made his move, he struck with the momentum of a crushing thunderbolt. With his Power already sufficient to fight ten opponents at once, he directly expanded his Celestial Demon Aura from his back to block the incoming attacks from Zhang Daoxuan and the others.

His fists chopped down.

Simultaneously, terrifying bolts of lightning crashed down from the sky, blasting right into the area and striking one of the targets.

"Ah!"

"Attack together, quick!"

Four consecutive screams rang out. Within two breaths, the four injured Upper Innate experts among the remaining nine were completely annihilated by Chen Sha.

BANG!

At this moment, a terrifying explosion erupted behind him, fully blocking the combined assault of Zhang Daoxuan, Chen Fuyao, and the three experts from the Confucian Sect and the Buddhist Sect.

Having taken down five opponents, Chen Sha turned around, like a Divine Transformation Demon. With emotionless eyes, he took a step forward and launched a heavy punch right at Zhang Daoxuan. Hidden within his fingers was the Ninth-Grade Lotus Seal he had learned from Zhang Daoxuan himself, churning with maximum power.

Lotus Blooming with Every Step!

"The Ninth-Grade Lotus Seal... how?" Zhang Daoxuan watched as illusory lotuses bloomed and vanished in the air. Immediately, his throat glowed. His tall Daoist Robe billowed from his Qi Power as he raised both hands, surging with immense Life Force.

BANG!

Right on its heels, he felt the crushing pressure behind Chen Sha’s punch—a force he absolutely could not withstand alone!

Just then, a five-colored fist shadow appeared from the side and intercepted Chen Sha’s attack. The radiance of a full Twenty-four Gods coalesced within it.

It was none other than the Innovator of the Great Yellow Court, Chen Fuyao. Expressionless, he joined the remaining three Buddhist and Confucian experts to besiege Chen Sha.

What followed was an earth-shattering, fierce battle.

BOOM!

RUMBLE!

Within the ruins of the Cosmic Light Fragments, terrifying noises that sounded like mountains splitting and rocks shattering continuously erupted. Visible shockwaves of Qi Power swept in all directions.

The six figures fought like six inhuman, mythical entities. Fighting one against five, Chen Sha didn’t fall at a disadvantage in the slightest.

As time slowly ticked away, the two Confucian Sect experts among the five—Zheng Qiongjing and Zhou Bairu—were each struck by one of his punches and immediately knocked out of the fight.

Now, only three remained on the battlefield: the Monk Guangxiao, Chen Fuyao, and Zhang Daoxuan.

With two more eliminated from the five-man joint assault, Chen Sha felt even less pressure and fought with increasing ease. However, he could also acutely feel the immense pressure emanating from the Ancestral Master who had created the Great Yellow Court. If one were to ask whose Power was the highest among the ten Upper Innate experts, it was undoubtedly Ancestor Master Fuyao.

Facing the combined siege of the three, Chen Sha once again assumed his self-created fist stance. With one palm held vertically in front of his chest and the other raised high, his eyes turned indifferent as an aura of shattering expanded from his body.

He threw the punch down!

Even Chen Sha himself was shocked by the sheer might behind this strike, especially during this Ninth Tribulation Period when the laws of shattering still existed in the world. His punch faintly resonated with the world’s laws of shattering.

Therefore, within this realm, this punch was no longer just the strike of a Great Innate expert. It was half a realm higher than Innate! That was why the others had previously exclaimed "Half-Step Ascension."

BOOM!

As this self-created stance of "Half Realm of Fist Height" landed, two loud explosions—BANG! BANG!—rang out. Zhang Daoxuan and Monk Guangxiao were immediately sent flying backward by the punch, completely losing their combat abilities.

THUD!

Even Chen Fuyao, who had manifested all Twenty-four Gods to brace himself, sank heavily. Yet, his eyes shone brightly as he looked at Chen Sha, speaking for the first time in the battle.

"To think your Fist Technique could complement the Great Yellow Court so flawlessly... what an excellent Fist Technique..."

Chen Sha merely threw another punch. "At this point, there’s no need to hide anything. This junior’s Great Yellow Court was indeed inherited from you, Ancestral Master. However, within this world, I must defeat you and Master Zhang. Do not ask for the reason; just fight!"

Nine of the ten had been defeated. Only the Ancestral Master who had created the Great Yellow Court remained.

Chen Fuyao’s gaze flickered like lightning. "Inherited from me!"

At this moment, he flicked his sleeves, pointing one hand towards the sky and the other towards the ground. His hands continuously and rapidly formed Hand Seals.

"I can see it. You inherited the Great Yellow Court, yet you only possess the Twenty-four Gods. Ultimately, you have not grasped the true essence of my Great Yellow Court. You must know, ’the ultimate Dao is simple, keeping the truth in the heart; raise your head three feet, and there are even more gods.’ You claim to have inherited my teachings—then have you learned this God?!"

Following the changes in the Ancestral Master’s Hand Seals.

WHOOSH!

Gale-force winds suddenly whipped up between heaven and earth. Though there was clearly nothing in the air, Chen Sha’s spiritual and mental perception detected a towering Divine Spirit stepping out of the invisible void above Chen Fuyao’s head.

In the spiritual realm, this Divine Spirit was dressed as a martial general. Wielding a golden mace, it swung fiercely right at Chen Sha’s head.

RUMBLE!

Chen Sha’s spiritual sea of consciousness felt as if it had been struck by a giant palm, churning up monstrous waves. With his spirit suppressed, he immediately coughed up a mouthful of blood.

BANG!

Following closely, the Divine General in Chen Sha’s line of sight gradually reached Integration with Chen Fuyao’s figure, forming a Fist Seal that violently bombarded Chen Sha’s body.

"This God..." Chen Sha was directly injured by this punch, yet he completely ignored his wounds. Instead, infinite light bloomed in his eyes as he looked at Chen Fuyao. "What is this?"

He was beyond astonished. "What God is this?!"

Chen Fuyao had revealed a God beyond the Twenty-four Gods—one that Chen Sha had never seen before.

The Twenty-four Gods within his body glowed brightly, while a Divine Spirit above his head protected his spirit. With every Hand Seal formed and every punch thrown, not only was his Physique incredibly powerful, but it also heavily suppressed Chen Sha’s spirit. Facing Chen Sha’s question, he actually smiled faintly and answered.

"If the Twenty-four Gods are inner gods that maintain the body’s functions, then outside the human body, there are also numerous ’Outer Gods’ acting as Dharma Protectors. According to my deductions, beyond the twenty-four inner gods, there are sixteen Tai Sui Spirits outside the body providing protection day and night. They are known as the Six Ding Tai Sui, the Six Jia Tai Sui, and the Four Tai Sui."

Saying this, Chen Fuyao pointed to the Divine General above his head. "This one is the Jiazi Tai Sui Spirit. I have named him Wang Ren, courtesy name Wenqing, titled Golden Discernment General. He possesses Protective Power."

"Six Ding and Six Jia? Four Tai Sui!" Chen Sha’s eyelids twitched upon hearing this. "The Golden Armored Warriors and Guardian Deities from Daoism legends... were actually created?"

Chen Fuyao smiled faintly. "They haven’t quite reached that level yet. According to my deductions, when the Twenty-four Gods reach Great Success, one can achieve the Upper Innate Peak. After that, by breaking the Spiritual Void and practicing Cultivation on the Outer Gods until all sixteen Guardian Gods—the Six Ding and Six Jia, and the Four Tai Sui—are completed, one can reach the realm of the Broken Great Void. With enough strength to force open the Celestial Gate, this realm is not inferior to the Great Vajra Realm of the Buddhist Sect’s Sister Taie."

Chen Sha was deeply shaken. In other words, the old Ancestral Master before him had already taken a small step beyond the Great Innate level. No wonder he could fight to the bitter end and match Chen Sha’s Broken Void Fist Technique blow for blow.

Looking at Chen Fuyao, who was giving him a profound smile, Chen Sha said, "I merely asked, yet you seriously revealed such a profound secret of Cultivation to me without hiding anything?"

The path toward the sixteen Tai Sui Spirits beyond the Twenty-four Gods, as well as the name and form of the Jiazi Tai Sui—these were the most vital Dharma Sect methods for Cultivating the Great Yellow Court further. Even just a word or two was worth its weight in gold.

What was more, Chen Sha had caused chaos in the Three Religions Holy Land right in front of him, defeating nine experts of the Three Religions. Even though this was within the Cosmic Light Fragments, the thoughts and wisdom of some characters inside were subjective and independent. To them, everything here was reality.

Yet, Chen Fuyao simply looked at Chen Sha and said calmly, "Who asked you to be my heir?"

Despite calling him his heir, he still threw another merciless punch at Chen Sha.