Chapter 1405 - 279: Severing Himself with a Blade

Chapter 1405: Chapter 279: Severing Himself with a Blade

"The existence capable of establishing the Divine Mandate Platform is by no means simple. Even with the strength of the Black Demon Divine Clan, there is a desire to vie for the Divine Mandate Platform!"

Taishan considered why the Holy Lord did not allow him to break through to the Divine King Realm, instead asking him to suppress his realm and continuously gather his foundation. This made his curiosity about the Divine Mandate Platform even stronger.

Only by truly entering the realm of the Black Demon Divine Clan could one understand the might of the Black Demon Divine Clan.

Among the Heavens Myriad Clans, the strength of the Black Demon Divine Clan is definitely considered powerful.

The strength of some Divine Clans he learned about cannot compare to that of the Black Demon Divine Clan.

Yet, such a powerful race still covets the existence of the Divine Mandate Platform, which shows just how mysterious that place must be.

However.

Even though Taishan was curious, he couldn’t understand much about it.

Although the Holy Lord might know, he couldn’t rashly ask, fearing he might anger the other party.

After all, he was just a mere small divine realm in front of the Divine Lord, comparable to an ant, and the Black Demon Divine Clan acted entirely based on their own whims. If he really made them displeased, it wouldn’t be strange if they wiped him out with a single finger.

"Forget it!"

"The boat will straighten when it reaches the bridge."

"For now, focus on improving one’s own strength. If I can secure a position in the Divine Mandate Platform, I will definitely be heavily utilized by the Black Demon Divine Clan!"

Taishan contemplated.

The only concern for him was how, given the formidable strength of the Heavens Myriad Clans, if the Human Clan were to be exposed one day, they could secure even a single chance of survival.

Before truly understanding the strength of the Heavens Myriad Clans, he had some confidence in the Human Clan.

But now.

Truthfully speaking, Taishan already held a pessimistic attitude towards the Human Clan.

No way.

Compared to the Myriad Clans, the strength of the Human Clan was far too inferior.

"Unless... I have the opportunity to lead the entire Black Demon Divine Clan, perhaps with their power, the Human Clan could establish a foothold in the Heavens!"

A possibility suddenly came to his mind.

Despite the hatred between the Black Demon Divine Clan and the Human Clan being historical, so-called hatred could be completely erased if the benefits were sufficient.

Unfortunately.

Right now, he wasn’t qualified to influence the decisions of the Black Demon Divine Clan.

To achieve that step, he would need at least strength equivalent to that of the Divine Lord.

Thinking of this.

Taishan dismissed the distracting thoughts and once again closed his eyes to silently cultivate.

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"Pfft!"

Gong Xuantian spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face full of malice and displeasure.

"Damn it, why is there such a conflict between the Immortal Dao and Divine Path!"

Recalling the information about the Immortal Dao Methodologies in his mind, he felt as if he had been deceived.

When acquiring the Immortal Dao Methodologies, Shen Changqing never mentioned that the Immortal Dao would conflict with the Divine Path, and that the conflict would be so severe.

After painstaking cultivation for several years, just as he managed to cultivate the Immortal Dao from nothing to the Realm of Immortal Golden Body Perfection, and was ready to advance to the Cave Heaven Realm, he found himself unable to succeed.

The reason was simple.

Whenever Gong Xuantian tried to advance to the Cave Heaven Realm, the conflict between the Immortal Dao and Divine Path intensified, resulting in inevitable failure.

After dozens of attempts.

Not only did he fail to advance in realm, but he suffered severe injuries instead.

As a result, the Immortal Dao Methodologies that the Heavenly Dao Sect exchanged using four sect-defining ultimate techniques were considered a huge loss.

Yet.

If he wanted to abolish his Immortal Dao cultivation, Gong Xuantian was also reluctant.

With his insight from the Fourth Realm of the Divine King, coupled with the resources amassed by the Heavenly Dao Sect, he managed to elevate himself to the Immortal Golden Body level within a few years. He felt that his strength was not weaker than that of ordinary divine realms.

It must be known.

The Immortal Golden Body Realm is equivalent only to the Saint Entry Realm of the Divine Path.

For an ordinary Saint Entry to match a divine realm, unless they were a peerless proud heaven, there was not much possibility.

After all, fighting across a great realm is far more difficult than fighting within a small realm.

The Immortal Golden Body Realm has the ability to battle the God Realm.

This shows the immense potential of the Immortal Dao.

One day.

If he can raise his Immortal Dao to the level of Opening Cave Heaven, then he might achieve the same level as Shen Changqing back then.

At that time.

Across the Central Profound Realm, who could be his match?

"Shen Changqing, as the foremost person in Immortal Dao, must have a solution to this problem. But getting the answer from him is probably not that easy."

Gong Xuantian’s expression turned cold.

If it weren’t for fearing Shen Changqing’s strength, he would have ignored the agreement and directly gone out to seek the other party.

But recalling Shen Changqing’s power against the Five Sects and Twelve Palaces with half a hundred Divine Kings, and opposing five Zhen Sect Dao Soldiers without falling behind, Gong Xuantian’s heart was filled with apprehension.

Such a being is too powerful!

Unless he could break the limit and enter the Divine Lord Realm, he would have absolutely no chance of contending.

However.

Here arises the problem.

Is it so easy to enter the Divine Lord Realm?

As such, the matter fell into a dead-end.

Gong Xuantian’s face alternated several times before he finally gritted his teeth ruthlessly: "I refuse to believe it. I must see whether the so-called Immortal Dao can truly hinder my steps!"

Thinking of how Gong Xuantian, upon entering the path of cultivation, had gone through long years and resolved many difficulties and dangers one by one, resulting in the strength he possessed now.

The Fourth Realm of Divine King.

In the Central Profound Realm, among billions of beings, those who could reach this level were few and far between.

This indicates that he possesses absolute talent and fortuity.

Since he could achieve the Fourth Realm of Divine King, the Immortal Dao would certainly not pose any problem.

As long as I can suppress the conflict, unlock the secret realm and enter the Cave Heaven Realm, the subsequent problems will be much easier to handle.

Thinking of this.

Gong Xuantian once again regulated his body, restoring his condition to peak form, and then once more followed the methods recorded in the Immortal Dao methodologies to directly strike at the first secret realm of his life.

Boom!

The center of the brow trembled.

Just as the secret realm was about to be unlocked, the Faith Divine Power within suddenly acted up, erupting into a fierce conflict with the Immortal Dao power.

Boom—

In an instant, Gong Xuantian reacted too late, and his head exploded directly.

Blood splattered.

The headless body remained in a cross-legged position, then countless flesh and blood regenerated quickly, and soon a complete head grew back.

Failed again!

His expression was as dark as water.

Counting this failure, he had already failed a total of fifty times.

Each failure brought varying degrees of trauma to himself.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that the Divine King can regenerate flesh and blood and recover quickly from even the most severe injuries, but such recovery is only superficial, and internal losses are not easy to remedy.

Moreover, each recovery consumes massive amounts of divine power.

The divine power consumed in fifty failures was already equivalent to ten thousand years of his own accumulation.

If this continues.

All the foundations will be exhausted.

Gong Xuantian’s original resolve to fight to the end was also starting to waver with this failure.

Is it really worth it?

To abandon his painstaking cultivation of the Divine Path for countless years for an illusory Immortal Dao.

The two are in severe conflict.

If he wants to succeed in the Immortal Dao, he must abandon the Divine Path, but once the Divine Path is abandoned, he will likely die of exhaustion before his Immortal Dao achieves success.

Thus, it seems like a dead end.

Of course.

There is a way.

If he can ruthlessly abolish part of his Divine Path cultivation, he can reduce the conflict between the two, but then there would truly be no retreat.

If after partially abolishing his cultivation, the Immortal Dao still fails, it would be a double loss.

For a while.

Gong Xuantian was somewhat indecisive.

——

Crack!

In the chamber, the sound of shattering rang out as Slaughter Immortal God suddenly opened tightly shut eyes, a flash of divine light shot through, turning the once pale face slightly rosy.

"Cave Heaven Realm!"

Five years!

After five years of painstaking seclusion, I finally unlocked the first secret realm of the human body, successfully entering the Cave Heaven Realm.

To enter the Cave Heaven Realm, he ruthlessly severed himself, falling directly from the Fourth Realm of Divine King to the Third Realm, finally alleviating the conflict between the two, leading to the successful unlocking of the secret realm.

"Now that the first secret realm is unlocked, the next step is to unlock other secret realms. The Divine Path is already a dead end, I hope the Immortal Dao does not disappoint me!"

Slaughter Immortal God’s face was solemn.

He was already at the peak of the Divine Path in the Central Profound Realm, but still couldn’t break the limit and advance to the Divine Lord realm, solely due to the lack of faith.

To gather enough faith, one must start a war and seize all the faith from the other four sects and twelve palaces.

But the problem is, although the Immortal Ascension Sect is strong, facing a full-scale war with the four sects and twelve palaces, there is still no chance of resistance.

Therefore.

The Divine Path is already over.

Unless there is a new source of faith, the Divine King is the limit.

Therefore.

After obtaining the Immortal Dao methodologies, Slaughter Immortal God saw hope in breaking the limit, so during the Perfection of the Immortal Golden Body Realm, he directly severed the Divine Path realm to aid the Immortal Dao breakthrough.

As it is said, if you don’t sever when you must, you’ll suffer future trouble.

Since the decision to walk the Immortal Dao has been made, one must be decisive.

If it fails.

He would have no complaints.

Fortunately, now that the secret realm is unlocked and the breakthrough to the Cave Heaven Realm is successful, it is already considered a success in some sense.

However.

After entering the Cave Heaven Realm via the Immortal Dao, the conflict with the Divine Path has intensified again.

Under such circumstances, to further break through, a second severance in the Divine Path is needed to reduce the conflict between the two.

Regarding this.

Slaughter Immortal God hesitated not at all.

Having already severed once, another severance poses no problem.

In addition, due to the situation with Shen Changqing, the various sects are temporarily maintaining peace, with no concern for imminent conflicts.

If this opportunity is not seized now, it may not come again.

The eyes closed.

Slaughter Immortal God remained cross-legged and still.

For a long time.

His body suddenly shook, and as he spat out a mouthful of divine blood, the once rosy complexion instantly turned pale, and the aura became much more languid.

In an instant.

This once top powerhouse of the Central Profound Realm had severed again, dropping from the Third Realm of Divine King to the Second Realm.

Taking an elixir to nurture himself.

After a long while, Slaughter Immortal God began to strike at a new secret realm.