The Supre Sect Leader’s cloud mist body instantly rged with the Mad Immortal upon contact.
The Miracle Fire, enveloped by the Power of the World, smoothly entered the Mad Immortal’s body.
Monts later, the Power of the World was consud by the Miracle Fire. The blazing Miracle Fire erupted inside the Mad Immortal, with golden flas rapidly spreading within.
The Mad Immortal instinctively tried to sever its tail to survive, causing its massive body to suddenly explode, with a huge shock wave flattening everything for miles around. Unfortunately, the Miracle Fire had erupted within its body, igniting the Energy Cycle at the mont of explosion, and the fire seeds had already firmly rooted throughout the Mad Immortal’s body via the Energy Cycle.
Even if it detonated its body, it would rely make the flas burn even faster.
Furthermore, under the burning Miracle Fire, the force twisting the Dao Technique was incinerated, and the Supre Sect Leader’s twisted mind began to gradually restore.
"Has it been ten thousand years already?"
The swirling face of the Mad Immortal transford into the wolf’s head of the Daoist Xuan Qing, signifying that the Supre Sect Leader’s rationality had fully returned.
The mountain-like gigantic body began to shrink, eventually becoming roughly the sa height as Richard. The Miracle Fire continued to blaze, but with the Supre Sect Leader’s rationality returned, its spreading speed noticeably slowed down.
The Supre Sect Leader gestured a distant salutation towards Richard and laughed, "Friend, could you enlighten ."
Richard nodded slightly, "I’m not clear on what the supre treasure of the Dao is. But this thing certainly holds a very high status."
Taking a step forward, the Supre Sect Leader instantly appeared beside Richard.
"It seems you are destined to achieve great things, friend."
Richard raised an eyebrow, "How so?"
"Since this treasure wasn’t given by a senior, it must inherently carry the mandate of heaven. In the Immortal Court, those who receive the mandate of heaven always accomplish great deeds."
"Mandate of heaven? Are you referring to destiny?"
"Indeed."
Richard’s mind flashed with the information conveyed to him when the Miracle Furnace evolved.
"[My unseen successor, congratulations on taking the first step.]"
"[But you must rember, all gifts of destiny bear a hidden price tag.]"
"Could you explain further?"
"To put it simply, when you obtained this treasure, your mandate of heaven, or destiny, deviated from its original path, entering another road with a predetermined endpoint.
On this road, you will face many difficulties but will always turn danger into safety until you reach the endpoint.
However, if you encounter another person bearing the mandate of heaven, this path will no longer apply."
Richard frowned, "Are you saying that upon acquiring this item, I beca a pawn on the chessboard?"
The Supre Sect Leader shook his head, "You’re mistaken to think that way. You’ve rely, by chance, moved from an ordinary path to one full of brilliant possibilities."
"A fixed endpoint is not a pawn?"
The Supre Sect Leader did not answer but returned the question, "Do you think without a mandate of heaven, the road will be endlessly long?"
Richard was montarily stunned, unsure how to respond.
All things in the world have an endpoint; if an endpoint signifies a pawn, then no one in this world is not a pawn.
The Supre Sect Leader saw Richard’s silence and gently smiled, "It seems the world you’re in is still relatively young, with little research on the mandate of heaven.
Friend, even without the mandate of heaven, the endpoint of the journey isn’t in our control. The Dao Ancestor once said, all things in the world have numbers, yet have no numbers. The most well-thought-out plan may give rise to variables, changing the result to an unknown direction. Otherwise..."
The Supre Sect Leader’s expression suddenly darkened.
"Otherwise, we wouldn’t have ended up in such a predicant."
Richard’s heart stirred, asking, "What does the Sect Leader an by this? Was the Dao Technique twisted because of so unforeseen accident in the Immortal Court?"
The Supre Sect Leader paused montarily, then sighed softly, "Indeed."
"Could you share it with ?"
The Supre Sect Leader remained silent for a mont, then spoke, "... Now that the Immortal Court has perished, there’s no harm in explaining it to you. You, being from the heaven and earth, should know that the world’s roads are divided into nine layers."
Richard nodded; the theory of the Ninth Level creatures is acknowledged by all wizards as a principle.
"Then do you know how to beco the eternal Ninth Layer?"
Upon hearing this, Richard’s eyes widened instantly.
"Could it be..."
The Supre Sect Leader nodded slightly, "Indeed, this upheaval arose due to the Dao Ancestor ascending to the Ninth Layer."
Hearing this answer, Richard involuntarily trembled.
The ceremony of becoming a Ninth Level creature is so terrifying that an unexpected event can instantaneously annihilate a civilization that has conquered a world community.
The Supre Sect Leader sighed slightly, "The path is difficult, harder than ascending to the blue heavens. The Immortal Court was born because of the Dao Ancestor and perished because of the Dao Ancestor. Origins and ends, cause and effect cycle. It’s just a pity for the Pure Land of the Immortal Court, such a vast world crumbled because of the Dao Ancestor’s failed celestial ascent. Even we small beings beca monsters as a result."
"Could you explain in detail?"
The Supre Sect Leader shook his head slightly, "There’s nothing much to explain. I only participated in a minor part of the Dao Ancestor’s celestial ascent ceremony. The truly important parts were all handled by the Golden Immortals and Daluo Golden Immortals from each Pure Land.
I only know that the Dao Ancestor used the Pure Land of the Immortal Court as the platform for the Ascending Heaven Array, then gathered many Daluo and Golden Immortals from various Pure Lands to station at each Array Eye, intending to use the Origin Power of the Pure Land of the Immortal Court to ascend to the Ninth Layer of the Dao path.
But sothing went wrong in the middle, the ceremony to ascend to heaven encountered a problem.
It provoked a backlash from the Great Dao, resulting in the Dao Techniques created by the Dao Ancestor being cursed by the Great Dao.
Anyone who practices Dao Techniques would be disturbed by fragnts of the Great Dao, the stronger they are, the more interference they receive. The Dao Ancestor and many Golden Immortals fell at the mont of ascent.
Their posthumous Dao was augnted by fragnts of the Great Dao, resulting in the explosion of the Pure Land’s origin power, causing the collapse of the Pure Land of the Immortal Court.
Small fry like , with neither high nor low cultivation, barely survived to eke out a living. But I must say, it would have been better to die on the spot than to live like this."
Richard swallowed stiffly; the scene described by the Supre Sect Leader was a tad too bizarre and horrifying for him.
He had witnessed the battle between Great Wizard Jialong and the Martial Ancestor; at that ti, Great Wizard Jialong had not yet beco a Seventh Level creature, yet their battle was already cataclysmic.
And now, the Supre Sect Leader told him that Great Wizard Jialong, who exerted all his strength to advance to a Seventh Level creature, perished due to a failed ceremony.
This truly overturned Richard’s understanding.
The Supre Sect Leader saw Richard’s silence and comforted, "Consider my words an amusing tale, don’t let it leave a ntal block. After all, I’m just a small fry, what truly happened in the ceremony is unknown. Perhaps the Dao Ancestor succeeded in ascending; we re mortals just can’t see it."
Richard forced a smile, then shifted the topic away from the demise of the Immortal Court.
"Friend, you said you’d give a great benefit, what exactly is it?"
The Supre Sect Leader laughed heartily upon hearing this, reached into the Void with a hand burning with Miracle Fire, and took out sothing that appeared sowhat illusionary, resembling a twig.
"Over the years, to prevent my soul from being completely twisted, the rare treasures in the Grotto Heaven have all been used for Alchemy. I don’t have much to offer you.
However, what remains may be small in number, but this one item surpasses all the treasures I’ve lted over thousands of years."
Richard took the branch, and at the mont he touched it, the Miracle Furnace within his soul suddenly trembled violently.
"This is a branch from the Tree of the Great Dao, capable of deriving the Illusionary Great Dao, essential for becoming a Golden Immortal. Back then, I killed seventeen Heavenly Immortals for this thing, and in the end, didn’t get to use it myself, leaving it to benefit you."
Richard absentmindedly held the branch, while the Supre Sect Leader explained, the Miracle Furnace provided information before his eyes.
[Raw Material: Illusion Rule Seed, Radiation Rule (First Level) Life Rule (First Level) (lightly incomplete)]
[Fuel: None]
[lting Difficulty: Fifth Level]
[Estimated Ti: ∞]
[lting Result: Unknown Illusionary Dinsion]
"Unknown Illusionary Dinsion!?"
Richard didn’t know much about the requirents for advancing to a Truth Wizard. However, he was certain that one of the conditions for advancing to Truth was possessing a Path of Truth, which is an Illusionary Dinsion.
Seeing Richard’s dazed expression, the Supre Sect Leader nodded in satisfaction.
No Immortal can see a branch of the Great Dao and remain indifferent.
"This, this, this..."
Richard held the branch, at a loss for words.
The Supre Sect Leader laughed freely, "No need for many words, my friend, I’m already a dead man. This thing holds no aning for now."
Watching the Supre Sect Leader’s body engulfed in Miracle Fire, Richard paused for a mont before putting away the branch of the Great Dao and giving a Wizard’s Salute.
"If in the future, I achieve Truth, I will engrave your na within the Illusionary Dinsion."
The Supre Sect Leader laughed heartily, his body beginning to gradually dissipate.
"I appreciate your kindness, my friend. Since you are so considerate, let give you one more grand gift."
With that, the Supre Sect Leader suddenly contracted, his hundred-ter-tall body transforming into a slender longsword in an instant. The longsword was engraved with seven Daoist Texts, emitting various brilliant colors in the Miracle Fire.
The voice of the Supre Sect Leader ca with the wind.
"In this life, I have two great joys; one is founding the Supre Sect, the other is creating this Seven Killings Sword. With this fla to aid you, you need not fear being entangled by fragnts of the Great Dao. I give you this, hoping you achieve the Golden Immortal Dao soon."
With that, the Supre Sect Leader’s body completely dispersed, leaving only the Seven Killings Sword hanging in the air.
Richard looked at the Seven Killings Sword in silence for a mont, then suddenly shook his head and smiled, "You left too hastily, at least leave your na behind. Fire Spirit God, what’s the Supre Sect Leader’s na?"
"After founding the Supre Sect, the Sect Leader called himself the Supre Real Person, but those familiar with him knew he preferred his pre-Daoist title."
"Before achieving the Dao, the Sect Leader was known as the Daoist of Seven Killings."
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