Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 411

Chapter 411: First comes man, then comes heaven

“Immortal Elder, you’ve grown younger!” Yu Yin was surprised.

The three had been in contact with Immortal Elder Changcun since childhood. He had always portrayed an old man on the verge of death, ready to expire at any moment. Now, with hope, his mindset shifted, and his appearance changed as well.

Immortal Elder Changcun’s heart was finally at ease.

He had previously believed that the fall of Jiuzhou was only a matter of time, and all he could do was delay it. But the news Jiang Li brought him today gave him hope.

While he couldn’t return to his appearance from nine thousand years ago, he had indeed grown much younger.

“I’m sorry to have embarrassed you all.” After crying, the Immortal Elder calmed down, feeling ashamed at the thought of crying in front of the younger generation.

Bai Hongtu suddenly asked, “I know Jiang Li is powerful, but how could he be stronger than the Dao Ancestor?”

“Isn’t Jiang Li in the Mahayana stage? The Mahayana stage corresponds to an Earthly Immortal. No matter how exaggerated, he can’t reach the level of the Dao Ancestor, right?”

Jiang Li looked at Immortal Elder Changcun quietly, noticing his discomfort.

“Immortal Master, tell me what the Mahayana stage is all about. You should know better than I do.”

Immortal Master Changcun recounted the details of how he had fabricated the Mahayana stage.

“So, Grandmaster, you made it up?” Bai Hongtu was stunned. He thought he was a capable liar, but he hadn’t expected someone even more deceptive.

Jiang Li’s lies and his own were nothing compared to the Grandmaster’s.

The Grandmaster was worthy of being the Grandmaster.

Immortal Master Changcun still remembered his bewilderment upon learning of Jiang Li’s breakthrough to the Mahayana stage. He thought he hadn’t woken up yet. How could someone

achieve such a realm that they had made up?

Some had long doubted the Mahayana stage existed, but Jiang Li’s success silenced all doubts.

Others had ceased to doubt, and it was Immortal Master Changcun’s turn to question his own existence.

If he had fabricated a few more realms, would Jiang Li have achieved it, too?

Immortal Master Changcun pondered for a moment, wondering if he had unknowingly cultivated the ability to speak and act.

“Then why didn’t you tell Jiang Li the truth after he broke through to the Mahayana stage?” Yu Yin wondered.

Immortal Changcun glanced at Yu Yin. “Would it be any use telling him the truth? Can he explain to you how to cultivate to the Mahayana stage?”

There was something else he left unsaid.

He had imagined the Mahayana stage to be as powerful as he could, but Jiang Li’s Mahayana stage was even more outrageous than he had imagined. He was too embarrassed to tell the truth.

Yu Yin was speechless. Indeed, after listening to Jiang Li’s lecture, all he could think about was where I was, who I was, what I was doing, and how he had gotten to this point in the blink of an eye.

Reading the heavenly book was better than listening to Jiang Li’s lecture.

What about spiritual energy creating something out of nothing, using infinite spiritual energy to impact realms, and how this way

of cultivating to the Mahayana stage would be a natural outcome? Is this even human language?

“So, what you said before about the Outer Realm Demons cultivating with negative emotions? There are various theories about the origins of Outer Realm Demons in the Immortal Realm. They’re easily dealt with, their headquarters are hard to find, and they even have their own gods. There are only Earth Immortal-level Outer Realm Demons and Celestial Immortal-level Outer Realm Demons…”

Immortal Changcun said expressionlessly, “I made all this up.”

“Thank goodness Jiang Li brought it all up today. You know how this brat always interrogates me with new intel on Outer Realm Demons, and I always improvise and make it consistent.”

Immortal Changcun suddenly became excited. “I wasn’t this nervous when my teacher was testing me on my Taoism.”

Immortal Changcun had given up on this.

Bullshit Outer Realm Demons? I know nothing. Damn it! From now on, I finally don’t have to make up intel about Outer Realm Demons anymore.

If he keeps making it up, he’ll almost believe in them himself.

“Jiang Li’s Mahayana stage is more of a new species than a new realm.”

Bai Hongtu analyzed: “You see, it is said that immortals and mortals are separated forever, and mortals and immortals are two species.”

“Mortals can be divided into ordinary people to the tribulation period. The immortal realm includes earth immortals, celestial immortals, and so on.” “

The Mahayana stage corresponds to immortals. The lower limit is the earth immortals, and the upper limit is the Taoist Ancestor. Oh, he is stronger than the Taoist Ancestor.”

“So Jiang Li is neither a human nor an immortal.”

Bai Hongtu continued to incite: “Anyway, you are the only one in the Mahayana stage. It’s not too late to rename the Mahayana stage. I think calling it Jiang Li Stage is a good idea.”

“You can also refine the Mahayana stage and add our names to it.”

“For example, Jiang Li’s early stage is called Bai Hongtu Stage, Jiang Li’s middle stage is called Yuyin Stage, Jiang Li’s late stage is called Jingxin Stage, and Jiang Li’s peak stage is called Changcun… Oh, and I have to leave a place for you, so the peak of Jiang Li Stage is called Jiang Li Stage Peak.”

“What a mess.” Jiang Li slammed the Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill on the table, and Bai Hongtu quickly shut up.

Jiang Li turned and asked, “It’s always been said that the demons from beyond the realm fear the dying wills of sentient beings, but it’s actually the immortals who are afraid. Why are they afraid?”

Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin were also drawn to this question.

With the power of the immortal realm, destroying the heavens and myriad worlds is a piece of cake. Why go to such great lengths?

“At first, I didn’t understand the reason, until recently, when you received intelligence from the Huanyu World where martial arts are practiced…”

Bai Hongtu reminded him, “Ten years have passed in the Huanyu World.”

Immortal Changcun glared at Bai Hongtu.

“Which came first, humans or the Way of Heaven?”

“Of course the Way of Heaven came first.”

Immortal Changcun shook his head. “You’re wrong. Humans came first. The Way of Heaven is the collective will of all living beings. Without humans, there would be no Way of Heaven. Man comes before Heaven, that’s what Master said.”

“The more worlds and living beings the Way of Heaven governs, the more powerful it becomes. The Ladder to Immortality is a tool to strengthen its control.”

“Master destroyed the Ladder to Immortality to make it harder for the immortals to find the myriad worlds, but also to weaken the Way of Heaven’s dominance over them.”

“If the myriad worlds cannot be fully controlled, a new Way of Heaven is very likely to emerge.”

“I suspect the immortals want the heavens and myriad worlds to slowly die because they are afraid of the emergence of a new Heavenly Dao.”

“The Heavenly Dao of the immortal world cannot tolerate the emergence of a new Heavenly Dao.”

“What actually puzzles me is why, after the Heavenly Dao developed spiritual intelligence, it was obsessed with destroying all living beings. What was it trying to achieve? What could it gain?”

“The Heavenly Dao should want to rule over more living beings, not fewer.”

“Moreover, the Heavenly Dao is the embodiment of the will of all living beings. All living beings do not want to die, and the Heavenly Dao should also follow their wishes.”

“There is something strange about the Heavenly Dao’s actions, which I cannot explain.”

“Compared to this, I am more curious about how the Heavenly Dao developed spiritual intelligence. Is it really just because of too much spiritual energy?”

Immortal Changcun had a strange look on his face: “You should know that Master is very knowledgeable about the generation of spiritual intelligence. The Yin-Yang Heavenly Seal is the best example.”

“Of course we know this.”

“So what Master said next was not a cold joke, but his reasonable guess.”

“Master said that because so many people pointed to the sky and shouted, ‘God, open your eyes,’ the Heavenly Dao followed the wishes of all living beings and opened up spiritual intelligence.”

“…If you hadn’t told me in advance, I really would have thought that the old Taoist was telling a cold joke.”

(End of this chapter)