Chapter 1403 - 277: Concealing Karma (Vote for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 1403: Chapter 277: Concealing Karma (Vote for Monthly Ticket)

"Sect Master, three months later Defender Shen will be preaching at Dragon Head Mountain. Should our Taoist Sect participate?"

Inside the grand hall, a newly appointed elder of the Taoist Sect spoke gravely.

In the main seat, the one sitting there was none other than Ji Ying.

Unlike before, after serving as the Taoist Sect Master for several years, he now exuded a subtle but imposing presence.

"Preaching!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Ying’s expression turned serious.

"Defender Shen is the first among the Human Clan. If he preaches, it would be an immense opportunity. If our Taoist Sect wishes to compete with sects across the world, we must not miss such a chance.

For this journey to Zhongzhou, only those who have reached the Grandmaster realm or above in the Taoist Sect may attend.

If one ventures without reaching this realm, there would be no benefit."

Not everyone is qualified to listen to such powerful individuals preach.

If one has not reached a certain realm, venturing there hastily would bring no benefit.

Generally speaking, even a Grandmaster is not qualified to listen to such a powerhouse preach.

Nevertheless, it should be clear that within the Human Clan, those who can enter the Immortal Golden Body Realm through the Immortal Dao are few and far between. Those who have reached the Heaven Being Realm are considered strong, while the true mainstream consists of Grandmasters and Extreme Realm cultivators.

Therefore,

In Ji Ying’s view, Shen Changqing’s preaching is certain to accommodate cultivators at these two levels.

As for anything lower, the likelihood is small.

Ever since the Taoist Sect was established, several years have passed, and during these years, he has been devoted to the Immortal Dao. By now, he has successfully entered the Heaven Being Realm.

With this preaching session,

Ji Ying wants to seize the opportunity to break into the Immortal Golden Body Realm in one fell swoop.

By that time, he can consider completely abandoning his cultivation in the Divine Path and focusing entirely on the Immortal Dao.

After all,

His achievements on the Divine Path are not significant, barely at the middle stage of the God Realm.

As for his lifespan, there is no major issue.

Cultivators who can enter the Immortal Golden Body Realm generally have a lifespan exceeding a thousand years.

A thousand-year lifespan

is enough to offset the lifespan Ji Ying is currently expending.

After all, as a talent cultivated by the Heavenly Dao Sect, his actual journey in cultivation has only spanned a few hundred years, which is not particularly long.

Otherwise, if it truly took thousands of years of arduous cultivation to barely reach the middle stage of the God Realm, he wouldn’t deserve the title of a genius.

Even as a Holy Son Puppet,

one must have a certain talent to qualify for becoming a puppet.

If it were a mediocrity, there would be no chance of becoming a recognized Holy Son.

The elders in the hall were all pleased upon hearing this.

Being selected by Ji Ying and given the status of a Taoist Sect elder generally indicates considerable strength; they are all uniformly in the Extreme Realm, with two strong individuals even at the Heaven Being Realm.

Typically,

those who have reached being a Heaven Being have the qualification to establish a Supreme Sect independently, without being subordinate.

But the Taoist Sect is different.

Today, the situation in the Central Profound Realm is no secret.

Similarly,

Ji Ying comes from the Central Profound Realm and is ostensibly a powerhouse in the Divine Realm, truly positioned among the Human Clan’s pinnacle. The sect founded by such a powerful individual is incomparable to other forces.

Looking across the world,

powerful individuals reaching this realm are countable.

Among the forces of the Jianghu, only one, the Transference Divine Palace, has such a powerhouse in attendance.

——

"Preaching to the World!"

As soon as Gu Shan, stationed in the Southern State’s grand region, received the news, he immediately understood that this was his sole opportunity.

With the establishment of the Imperial Court,

seeking to exclusively enjoy the faith of the Barbarian Clan was no longer feasible.

After all, if all living beings in a grand region only believed in him, how would it be different from rebellion?

Therefore,

seeking the exclusive enjoyment of faith is clearly impossible.

Without faith,

one cannot speak of breaking through; it would even be challenging to maintain one’s original realm.

Thus, the Divine Path becomes a dead end.

With the Divine Path dismissed, what Gu Shan can do is focus primarily on the Immortal Dao.

However, like Ji Quan, he faces the same issue as he is a powerhouse from millennia ago. To discard the cultivation on the Divine Path, he must ensure the Immortal Dao can keep up; otherwise, the moment the Divine Path cultivation is discarded, he would perish from lifespan depletion.

This involves a very serious issue.

The stronger the Immortal Dao, the greater the conflict with the Divine Path.

Ensuring the Immortal Dao can rise to a level sufficient to maintain one’s lifespan amidst such a conflict is no easy task.

For years,

Gu Shan has been stuck in the Heaven Being Realm, unable to advance even slightly.

This time,

Shen Changqing’s intention to preach to the world represents an immense opportunity.

The problems he can’t solve, Defender Shen might very well have a solution for. After all, he is the foremost in the Immortal Dao.

"Gu Man!"

"What are the Red Emperor’s orders?"

The former Barbarian Emperor, now the Divine General of the Southern State’s grand region, Gu Man stepped forward.

Over the years, he has become very accustomed to his new identity.

Not becoming accustomed is not an option.

The reason is simple, those who should not have become accustomed are long dead and would not have survived until now.

Gu Shan said, "All Great Grandmasters and above cultivators from the Barbarian Clan, gather together. In two months, follow this emperor to Zhongzhou to listen to the teachings!"

"Not leaving anyone behind?"

"No need to leave anyone behind. The Imperial Court exerts pressure across the world, who would dare be insolent in the Southern State? Everyone who can go should gather, missing this opportunity means there will be no opportunity again!"

Gu Shan shook his head, his attitude firm.

If the Barbarian Clan were still opposing the Human Clan, then certainly not all powerful cultivators could leave; a portion must stay behind to stabilize the situation.

But things are different now.

All lands under Heaven belong to the king.

The Imperial Court rules the world, no force within the four seas is not under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Court, under such circumstances, who would dare be reckless in the Southern State?

Upon hearing this.

Gu Man then realized.

Indeed, the Barbarian Clan is no longer what it used to be.

Since the establishment of the Imperial Court, the Barbarian Clan might as well be on the same ship as the Imperial Court. Nowadays, none dare recklessly invade the Southern State.

Immediately.

He received his orders and departed.

Similar situations occurred in several other large domains.

Regarding this.

Shen Changqing had no time to be concerned.

A few days ago, Gu Xing sent someone over to inform him that the sermon would take place three months later on Dragon Head Mountain, to which he had no objection.

Currently.

What truly intrigues him is the actual effect of Karmic Laws.

Understanding is one thing, but he needs to truly experiment with someone to see.

"Defender Zhou, do not be tense. I am merely testing a small thing, it won’t harm you."

"I am not tense, Defender Shen, go ahead!"

Zhou Yuanzheng forced out a rather unsightly smile, feigning lightheartedness.

He was meditating well, but was suddenly pulled over by Shen Changqing to help with some experiments.

Actually, there’s no issue with experimenting; if he can help, he will.

It’s just—

Seeing the opponent’s third eye emanating divine light at the center of his brow, Zhou Yuanzheng was indeed somewhat alarmed.

"Relax!"

Shen Changqing comforted briefly, then proceeded to activate the power of Karmic Laws within Cave Heaven, concentrating them upon the Heavenly Eye.

Eye of Disillusion!

After understanding Karmic Laws, he could, with the use of Law power, visually see every person’s karmic threads.

But in terms of efficacy.

Using naked eyes to see karma is certainly not as powerful as the Heavenly Eye.

After all, the Eye of Disillusion can inherently see through all illusions, combined with the power of Karmic Laws, discerning everyone’s karma becomes even easier.

With the Heavenly Eye opening, the numerous karmic threads on Zhou Yuanzheng revealed themselves one by one.

Among them.

Shen Changqing saw that one of the karma threads on him was connected to himself, indicating some relation between the two.

Though Zhou Yuanzheng had many karmic threads, except for the one connected to Shen Changqing, the others were quite fragile, indicating those associated with him weren’t powerful.

At this moment.

Witnessing the karmic threads on others, he gained a deeper understanding of karma.

Thirty percent Karmic Laws.

Can block the karma threads of those under the Divine Realm.

But the so-called blocking doesn’t mean removing all karma threads on them, it’s merely blocking those that aren’t related to the Divine Realm.

In other words.

If someone has karma with a Divine Realm powerhouse, it’s impossible to sever the karmic thread.

And this is another flaw of blocking karma.

Thankfully.

The Human Clan, as a whole, has various karmic connections with the Myriad Clans, but individual humans have little entanglement with the Myriad Clans.

After all, humans have disappeared for countless ages, never setting foot in the world, how could they have karma with the Myriad Clan powerhouses?

Thus.

Even if humans leave Heaven and Earth, as long as they avoid hastily forming karma with those in the Divine Realm, there shouldn’t be issues.

Moreover.

Even if some karma is formed, as long as it’s not very apparent, it won’t attract attention from true powerhouses, preventing self-exposure.

Ultimately.

Karma is profound, not easily grasped by ordinary Divine Realms.

To deduce anything from mutual connections, only Divine King-level powerhouses could achieve.

With further insight into Karmic Laws, Shen Changqing’s Heavenly Eye immediately emitted divine light, directly landing on Zhou Yuanzheng.

The divine light descending.

Only to see the karmic threads on him gradually disappearing under the light’s effect, leaving just two karma threads there.

One originating from him, the other from Dongfang Zhao.

Both have entered the Divine Realm or surpassed the Divine Realm, which cannot be blocked by thirty percent Karmic Laws.

Simultaneously.

As the karma threads were blocked, Zhou Yuanzheng suddenly felt a strange ease, as if a burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

"Defender Shen, what happened?"

He was expressionless, not understanding what had occurred.

Shen Changqing calmly said, "I just used a method to block the karma on you, unless you form significant karma with a Divine Realm or provoke a Divine King Realm being.

Otherwise, others cannot deduce your origins."