Chapter 1 The Tumultuous Beginning

Rumbling! The sounds of all things vanished in an instant, followed by a tremendous tremor! The entire Forbidden City crumbled in a flash, but the dust and rubble did not fall to the ground; instead, they floated into the azure sky!

"The Forbidden City is flying!"

The Longde Hall did not collapse. Due to the presence of the Zhenwu statue and the Gouchen Emperor’s token, this palace was preserved, but the other halls were not so lucky. Emperor Wanli pushed open the door, watching the ever-shrinking human world and the completely shattered imperial palace, and went completely mad!

How long ago was it that the Three Great Halls were burned down? It hasn't even been three months!

Now look, the entire Forbidden City has collapsed!

The Fox Dragon was astonished, "I have heard of ascending to immortality in broad daylight, and that during ascension, the surrounding mountains and rivers would be completely changed, because the power of ascension is too great to control."

Zhang Tianshi shook his head, "Those who prove immortality with strength are like that, but there are many ways to become an immortal. Thirteen hundred good deeds are a necessary condition, but the others vary. Those who use merit, elixirs, or corpse liberation will not cause such great destruction."

"But the Forbidden City is the capital of our dynasty, protected by the heaviest national prestige in the world, how could it collapse in an instant under the oppression of the Heavenly Dao?"

Zhang Tianshi looked at the dragon-patterned multicolored Qi. At this time, this group of Qi was still suspended in the hall, and it could be determined that the current situation was brought about by this group of dragon-patterned multicolored Qi.

"Yang God Manifestation!"

Zhang Tianshi didn't know what would happen next, and was even more worried that the rubble would fall from the sky, and such a large amount would inevitably cause great damage to Shuntian Prefecture. So he manifested his Yang God in advance to deal with any possible catastrophic accidents, and suddenly 129,600 Yang Gods filled the sky!

Whoosh!

The ruins and rubble of the Forbidden City floated higher and higher, supported by layers of invisible force, never falling. Zhang Tianshi looked at the position in the sky and exclaimed in surprise:

"There are no whistling winds here?"

At a height of thousands of zhang, there are fierce winds shaking the clouds. In this sky, wind and thunder occur frequently, rain and snow alternate, and the celestial phenomena change in thousands of different ways. But at this time, the height at which the Forbidden City was suspended had exceeded thousands of zhang, and the ground was already very blurred, but there was no fierce wind appearing. The world was eerily quiet, as if it had come to another world!

The radiance began to fade and become dim, which greatly puzzled Zhang Tianshi!

This was not a normal phenomenon. A height of thousands of zhang was an unreachable height for mortals, but for powerful cultivators, it was just the bottom layer of the heavenly realm where they usually moved. Those so-called cloud-riding deities of mortals, including the Thunder God, the Lightning Mother, and the hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers, and other mythical generals, immortals, and Buddhas, all appeared at a height of thousands of zhang.

With successful cultivation, one can come here, but it is still dazzling here, and it will never become so dim.

A vast force descended from the darkness, and the eyes of the crowd began to turn black, falling into a state of blindness. Only Zhang Tianshi and Emperor Wanli could still see some scenery, which made Zhang Tianshi very surprised, after all, Emperor Wanli, this weakling, had no cultivation, but he could still avoid falling into this strange darkness.

However, since you can't see things, there's no need to look with your eyes.

Zhang Tianshi's eyebrows moved and turned into eyes, which startled Emperor Wanli: "You monster!"

"Your Majesty, don't worry! It's still the old Taoist! This is the True Yang God Eye, a type of Dharma Eye. Two divine lights rush out from the ancestral aperture of the eyebrows, replacing one's own eyes. At this time, it can penetrate all unseen things, break all illusions, and see the so-called 'True Yang Scene'. A further step is the 'Radiant Phenomenon'."

The Celestial Master quickly explained, and illuminated the ten directions up and down with the Divine Eye. A ray of outside light emerged, and the huge power of the brand caused the Celestial Master to violently spew blood from his seven orifices!

"This is! This is actually the power of the Heavenly Dao! Do not... Do not directly face the power of the Heavenly Dao! Your Majesty, retreat quickly!"

Zhang Tianshi was instantly burned by the power of the Heavenly Dao, and the Dynasty Great Dao so close at hand, the thing that had been fought for since ancient times, was right in front of Emperor Wanli's eyes, which made him both surprised and confused, and he didn't even understand what Zhang Tianshi was talking about.

"What the hell is this!"

In short, he picked up the Jingzhen Divine Sword first, and swung it whenever he was in trouble.

"The Heavenly Dao... is the supreme rule of operation of this world! Birth, death, good, evil, wind, frost, rain, snow, thunder, flames, the heavens, the Dharma realm, incense, vows, all things, everything is a manifestation of the power of the Heavenly Dao."

"After ascension, in the Inner Mountains and Rivers, it is said that Taiyi and Daluo comprehend it. Its essence is to imitate part of the power of the Heavenly Dao. Those who comprehend Taiyi obtain Heavenly Secrets, and those who comprehend Daluo obtain Dao Fruit. Those who obtain one of them can prove Heavenly Heart."

Zhang Tianshi suppressed the power of the Heavenly Dao in his body, feeling that his lungs were being roasted on flames, and the blood and Qi he breathed were scalding and boiling. His flesh and blood were about to turn into pus, and large areas of burns appeared.

The dignified number one immortal of the Inner Mountains and Rivers, was damaged by the power of the Heavenly Dao with just one glance!

"The Way of Heaven diminishes what is excessive and supplements what is insufficient!"

Zhang Tianshi coughed up blood violently, and his internal organs were already destroyed.

Emperor Wanli didn't understand what this meant. He knew nothing about cultivation. The Fox Dragon closed his eyes, sweat dripping from his forehead, protecting Emperor Wanli as he retreated, and explained in time:

"The operating law of heaven and earth will balance all things. If a mountain is too high, it will collapse; if a valley is too deep, it will be filled. Water flows from high places to low places, and the water level in low places will also rise. A strong smell will spread to a weak place, so the smell in the weak place will become strong. This is the Way of Heaven!"

"The Celestial Master is too strong, so he is harmed by the Heavenly Dao, to diminish his power to supplement the insufficient!"

Emperor Wanli immediately roared: "What kind of bullshit logic is this! We only have a few experts at the immortal level in the Inner Mountains and Rivers, and you still want to diminish them!?"

These words were spoken without intention, but heard with consideration.

Although the Celestial Master was in pain, he suddenly realized something, and immediately changed from fear to shock!

"The Dynasty's Dao... damages or completes the power of the cultivator himself through pardons and withdrawals. At this time, the Heavenly Dao suddenly appears, seemingly because of the former Yuan Dynasty's national fortune. Although it has not declined because of this, but..."

"Eventually there will be a moment when it turns from the 'Heavenly Dao' to the 'Human Dao'!"

"The Way of Man diminishes what is insufficient and contributes to what is excessive!"

That beam of light from the Heavenly Dao struck over!

Passing through Zhang Tianshi, damaging him again, and damaging the Fox Dragon, it finally struck Emperor Wanli directly!

........

In the Inner Mountains and Rivers, the heavens and earth were rumbling, all things were collapsing and shaking, the earth dragons were turning over, the water dragons were rising to the land, the stars were shifting, and the three great killing intents appeared together!

Everything was turned upside down in an instant, causing wailing and howling from the Ten Continents and Three Islands!

"Hahaha! It has finally appeared! The opportunity for the Heavenly Dao to turn into the Human Dao!"

Emperor Jiajing was on a mountain peak, sensing the power of the dynasty. The injuries he had suffered were rapidly recovering, and before that, he had completely refined the position of Lord Laozi!

"The person with the will of heaven has appeared, as a medium. The artifact lost from the Hongwu era returns to the Dharma realm of the Southern Forbidden City, the essence of the national fortune of the Yuan Dynasty in the north is also beheaded, and the Forbidden City is upgraded to the only Dharma realm in the human world, used to carry the mutual conversion of the Heavenly Dao and the Human Dao!"

"So I said, no matter who the emperor of this Ming Dynasty is, it doesn't matter! If Wanli dies, there will be others. As long as people with Hongwu bloodline are alive, this self-sealing Ming Dynasty will inevitably have a chance to unlock the shackles!"

In order not to be controlled by the Inner Mountains and Rivers again, they chose to self-seal, attempting to create the first existence to touch the Heavenly Dao, and to be the 'True Realm of the Heavenly Dao'. The final result was to use the incomplete Human Dao to impact the flawless Heavenly Dao, and the result, of course, would be failure!

Thinking that they had obtained the incomplete Human Dao Dharma realm of the Tang Dynasty, they could still perfect it, but they did not know that the Yuan Dynasty had already done such a thing, turning into a monster of the Heavenly Dao, eventually leading to the annihilation and destruction of the national fortune and the gods!

Emperor Jiajing was very emotional.

The position of Lord Laozi will play a great role in the upcoming events!

There are still twenty years!

"During the upcoming conversion of Heaven and Man, a large amount of external Dao fortune is needed as firewood to burn! Demons, devils, ghosts, monsters, those who are not favored by Heaven and Earth, are destined to become the ashes burned in the descent of the Human Dao!"

Emperor Jiajing was delighted by this. However, in the Inner Mountains and Rivers, in the Ten Continents, Three Islands, and Sixteen Heavenly Palaces, countless ascending immortals who were currently in seclusion comprehending "Taiyi" and "Daluo" were now bursting from their seven orifices, their Dao hearts shattered, and they were uttering miserable howls!

Their cultivation was shattered, and a large number of immortals were demoted to loose immortals!

And the Heavenly Heart realm cultivators in the Inner Mountains and Rivers also became solemn.

In the Longevity Heavenly Palace, Sun En, the Palace Master of Longevity, a Heavenly Heart Minor Vehicle cultivator, had a violently fluctuating expression, causing the two immortals at the peak of ascension beside him to feel uneasy.

"It would actually be like this!"

"For us, the unification of the Inner and Outer Mountains and Rivers is actually an unprecedented great calamity!"

In the Quiet Wheel Heavenly Palace, Kou Qianzhi, the True Lord of Peace, a Heavenly Heart Greater Vehicle cultivator, stroked his beard. Although his expression was solemn, he was not overly panicked.

"It's just passing through a tribulation, there's nothing to make a fuss about. The Inner Mountains and Rivers have no tribulations, so directly facing the might of the Heavenly Dao makes you so frightened?"

"If immortals are demoted, then naturally there will be immortals promoted. Why be so afraid? This is actually the opening of the true path of the Heavenly Dao for us."

There were disciples and immortals in the Heavenly Palace who did not understand, and asked the reason.

Those who comprehend the Taiyi Heavenly Secrets and the Daluo Dao Fruit have all fallen into loose immortals, with no possibility of further progress. Why did the Palace Master say that the path of the Heavenly Dao is opened here?

Could it be that the Heavenly Path is to destroy their future?

"Foolish."

The True Lord of Peace, Kou Qianzhi, scolded with a smile: "The conversion of Heaven and Man, the Great Dao of the Dynasty has appeared. Although it will not decline, this uncontrolled, self-sealing Ming Dynasty, after all, cannot suppress its own curiosity, and finally actively touched the distant Heavenly Dao."

"The future will not be too bad."

"You only know that comprehending Taiyi and Daluo has failed, but you don't know that there is a more excellent path ahead than Taiyi and Daluo!"

"But entering the human world will be entangled in a death tribulation. Only by passing through it can we talk about the future."

There were some things that Kou Qianzhi did not say.

But all the Heavenly Heart realm cultivators knew.

The Inner Mountains and Rivers have Dharma but no Dao, while the Outer Mountains and Rivers have Dao but lack Dharma.

However, since the Inner Mountains and Rivers have no Dao, then how were the Heavenly Heart realm cultivators, who can touch the Heavenly Dao rules, born?

The so-called Taiyi, Daluo, and even Heavenly Heart, Primordial Chaos, or even the existence of the Inner Mountains and Rivers, may all be false realms.

If he guessed correctly.

The unification of the Inner and Outer Mountains and Rivers, the great opening of the Heavenly Dao portal, is to demote the immortals. And within this, the immortals of the Outer Mountains and Rivers should have true characters who value "Dao" rather than "Dharma" in their cultivation!

Who can become that first "True Realm of the Heavenly Dao"!

Then one can aspire to the Supreme Three Realms!