Chapter 1402 - 276: No Regrets

Chapter 1402: Chapter 276: No Regrets

While Shen Changqing was comprehending the Karmic Laws.

On the Imperial Court’s side, the news of preaching to the world had already been spread.

In an instant.

The world boiled.

Now Shen Changqing was publicly acknowledged as the number one in the world, and also the strongest of the Human Clan. Even if someone ranked second, they could hardly hope to catch up to him.

It could be said.

He was the target everyone chased after.

Now.

This kind of powerhouse wished to preach to the world. For everyone, this was an enormous blessing.

Thus, as soon as the news was circulated, the powerhouses of the Five Great Regions all swarmed toward the Zhongzhou Capital.

"Preach to the world!"

Inside the Transference Divine Palace, when Wen Tianchou received this news, his eyes couldn’t help but light up.

Ever since a few years ago, when the Transference Divine Palace widely opened its mountain gates and recruited a batch of disciples, he had been immersing himself in studying the Immortal Dao.

Until now, he had only remained at the level of Heaven Being Perfection.

It could be said.

The difficulty of the Immortal Dao was far greater than he had initially imagined.

According to Wen Tianchou’s own estimation, even if the Immortal Dao was difficult, given him a few years, it should not be a problem to advance from Heaven Being to the Immortal Golden Body Realm.

Yet reality dealt him a heavy blow.

Four years.

He still had not been able to break through the threshold of the Immortal Golden Body Realm.

Advancing from Heaven Being to Immortal was already so difficult; it was hard to imagine how great the difficulty would be to go from Immortal Golden Body to the Cave Heaven Realm.

If that was the case.

The time needed to enter the Cave Heaven Realm would have to be calculated in at least a hundred years.

One must know.

Back then, from nothing to breaking through the God Realm, he had spent less than fifty years. Now, just from Immortal Golden Body to the Cave Heaven Realm, it might require a hundred years of tempering.

The difference in between was obvious.

Therefore.

Wen Tianchou now urgently needed a method to Breakthrough.

Coincidentally, Shen Changqing was going to preach to the world. The other was not only the current strongest of the Human Clan, but also the foremost figure of the Immortal Dao.

If he could listen to that one’s preaching, perhaps he could avoid many detours.

As for giving up the Immortal Dao and completely taking the Divine Path as his main path, he had absolutely no such thought.

It was simple.

He had already felt the power of the Immortal Dao.

His Realm was stuck at Heaven Being Perfection, which should be equivalent to the Transcendent Realm of the Divine Path, but in terms of true strength, he was already stronger than when he had first entered Saint Entry.

In other words.

If he could break through to the Immortal Golden Body Realm, Wen Tianchou felt that his Immortal Dao cultivation could completely hang and beat his former Divine Path self at Saint Entry.

This—was the most direct benefit.

Under the same Realm, the Immortal Dao’s strength was far more tyrannical.

Compared to the Divine Path, he had a sense of invincibility at the same level.

Of course.

The so-called invincibility at the same level was only in comparison to the Divine Path. If it was against others on the Immortal Dao, that was hard to say.

But no matter what, Wen Tianchou now valued the Immortal Dao more and more. If he could already rival the God Realm, he would have completely abolished his own Divine Path Power.

Afterwards.

He went directly to the back mountain of the Transference Divine Palace.

That was now the greatest forbidden ground of the Transference Divine Palace. No one could enter except the Palace Master.

Moreover.

Around the forbidden ground were Array Formation Restrictions. Anyone who stepped into it would trigger the Formation’s power and be directly shredded on the spot.

Stepping into the forbidden ground.

A heavy pressure permeated the air.

Wen Tianchou braved that pressure and walked straight ahead.

At the end of the back mountain.

Ji Quan sat cross-legged with eyes closed, like a corpse, motionless, a decayed aura overflowing.

"Master!"

Looking at the person before him, Wen Tianchou’s heart jolted, and he couldn’t help calling out.

As his words fell.

Ji Quan’s eyes opened, divine light bursting out from his pupils completely different from his decaying Flesh: "You’ve come here; could it be that something has happened in the Transference Divine Palace?"

His voice was hoarse, harsh to the ears.

"The Imperial Court has sent word: three months from now, that Defender Shen will preach on Dragon Head Mountain in the Zhongzhou Capital. Upon hearing this news, this disciple came to seek Master’s instructions. I do not know if Master has any intention of going?"

Wen Tianchou suppressed the shock in his heart and spoke of what he knew.

Preaching!

Ji Quan’s expression changed slightly: "If that one is going to preach, it must surely be related to the Immortal Dao. This matter will be of great benefit to both you and me. We must not miss it."

"Very well, then when the time comes, this disciple will accompany Master there."

Wen Tianchou nodded, then looked at the person before him, hesitating slightly: "Master, how are you now?"

He felt that Ji Quan seemed to have little time left.

Such a decayed aura made even his own heart tremble.

One must know.

A few years ago, although the other already looked aged, he definitely did not have this kind of decay overflowing from his entire body.

"The Immortal Dao clashes with the Divine Path. If one wishes to cultivate the Immortal Dao, one must abandon the Divine Path Power. Moreover, the stronger the Immortal Dao’s power, the more Divine Path Power must be discarded. This old man has researched the Divine Path for hundreds of thousands of years; now, changing Path in a single stroke—how could it be so easy."

Ji Quan slowly shook his head, utterly unconcerned about his own condition.

Back when he changed paths, he had already made complete psychological preparations.

Otherwise.

He would never have gone to cultivate the so‑called Immortal Dao.

Wen Tianchou’s expression was ugly: "Master, why force yourself? The Immortal Dao is fine, but on the Divine Path you already have hope of stepping into the level of a Top Divine King. Even if you don’t focus on the Immortal Dao, it wouldn’t really affect anything.

On the contrary, the Immortal Dao is hard to tread. If you want to re‑cultivate to your current level, the time and resources that would be spent would likely be far greater."

"You don’t understand."

Ji Quan shook his head: "In this old man’s eyes, cultivating the Divine Path to the Divine King Realm already cuts off the road ahead. If you want to take another step forward, you can only walk the Immortal Dao. Otherwise, as time drags on, you still won’t be able to escape the fate of falling.

Since I’ll die sooner or later anyway, why not simply risk everything on one throw.

You must know, ’if in the morning one hears the Dao, one may die in the evening.’ Rather than stay in the Divine King Realm waiting for death, I would rather risk everything on one throw. Even if I truly fail, I definitely will not regret it."

Having lived over a hundred thousand years.

To Ji Quan, he had long since had enough of living.

Originally he had always borne the responsibility of revitalizing the Transference Divine Palace, so he had just been forcing himself to keep going without collapsing.

Now that the Transference Divine Palace has already been successfully founded, that sole responsibility is gone, and what remains is to pursue the road he himself wishes to walk.

Sitting and waiting to die.

Is not what he truly wants.

The Divine Path has no road, the Immortal Dao has a gate, then he will stake everything on one throw; even if he dies, he absolutely cannot allow himself regret.

Hearing these words.

Wen Tianchou fell silent.

To speak plainly, in his heart he greatly admired Ji Quan.

If it were himself in that position, he might not dare to stake everything in such a way.

After all, once one reaches the other party’s Realm, even if truly no further progress can be made, he would still have at least several tens of thousands of years to live, and if he further broke through to the Fourth Realm of God King, he could then live carefree for hundreds of thousands of years.

One must know.

At the Third Realm of Divine King, lifespan halts at two hundred thousand years.

Whereas at the Fourth Realm of God King, lifespan halts at five hundred thousand years.

As long as one takes that single step, one can gain three hundred thousand more years of lifespan.

Moreover, at the other party’s level, taking that step actually isn’t that difficult.

Three hundred thousand years!

To many people, that is a completely unimaginable lifespan, already worthy of being called immortality, enough to witness the vicissitudes of the world.

Yet Ji Quan’s current choice is equivalent to abandoning three hundred thousand years of lifespan, to gamble for achievement on the Immortal Dao.

Just this alone is something others cannot compare to.

Wen Tianchou quietly asked himself.

If he were asked to give up three hundred thousand years of lifespan to gamble for a vague and illusory Immortal Dao, he would find it extremely hard to make such a choice between the two.

"Master’s courage is something this Disciple can never reach."

His face was filled with admiration.

Ji Quan shook his head: "What courage or not, it’s just that one should have some pursuit in life. To put it bluntly, this old man simply has no confidence in entering the Divine Lord Realm, so I wish to rely on the Immortal Dao to break through.

But whether this choice is right or wrong remains to be seen."

"May I ask, Master, what level of the Immortal Dao have you reached now?"

Wen Tianchou asked.

With the power of a Divine King as concealment, he could not see the slightest truth.

Ji Quan said: "I can be considered to have entered the post‑stage of the Immortal Golden Body, but the road ahead grows ever more difficult. I do not know on what day I can open up a Cave Heaven."

Immortal Golden Body Realm!

Once these words came out.

Admiration again appeared on Wen Tianchou’s face.

Master truly deserves to be called Master; even switching to cultivate the Immortal Dao, he is much faster than himself.

He had bitterly cultivated for so long, yet was stuck at Heaven Being Perfection unable to advance an inch, while his Master had already reached the post‑stage of the Immortal Golden Body Realm, and was on the verge of Immortal Golden Body Realm Perfection.

The distance between them.

Was not a matter of a little bit.

At the same time.

Wen Tianchou also came to understand why the decayed aura on Ji Quan’s body had grown so severe.

The stronger the Immortal Dao strength, the more violently it clashes with the Divine Path.

Thus.

The other party’s Divine Path strength was damaged, and naturally his lifespan would correspondingly decrease; under such circumstances, this was more than normal.

"According to the Immortal Dao Methodologies, as long as one reaches Immortal Golden Body Realm Perfection, the Flesh becomes without defect or omission, and can possess twelve thousand years of lifespan. After that, upon entering the Cave Heaven Realm, each Cave Heaven opened will increase lifespan by ten years.

Given Master’s current situation, you only need to open twenty thousand Cave Heavens to offset the loss in lifespan."

Wen Tianchou said in a deep voice.

This is also another advantage of the Immortal Dao.

Lifespan!

Unlike the Divine Path, where Divine Realm Perfection only has several tens of thousands of years of lifespan, once the Immortal Dao enters the Cave Heaven Realm, each Cave Heaven opened can increase lifespan by ten years.

If one can open all Cave Heavens completely, then one could possess a lifespan not inferior to over a million years, several times longer than the lifespan of the Fourth Realm of God King.

"To enter the Cave Heaven Realm is easier said than done. Everything comes with gain and loss. Given that each Cave Heaven opened in the Cave Heaven Realm can increase so much lifespan, one can tell how difficult opening each Cave Heaven is.

Whether this old man can endure until that day is still an open question. But now that the Transference Divine Palace has you, even if I die, I can rest easy."

Ji Quan gently shook his head, an expression of gratification on his aged face.

With Wen Tianchou in the Transference Divine Palace, there will certainly be no problem. He has now already taken life and death lightly; what remains is to pursue achievement on the Immortal Dao.

If he succeeds, that is naturally good; even if he does not, there will be no regret whatsoever.

Wen Tianchou’s expression was firm: "With Master’s strength, there will certainly be no problem."

"Let us hope so!"