Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 441

Chapter 439: Chaos Sutra

“According to the system’s worldline, I survived by desperately resisting the attacks of those two bastards, holding out until Commander Liu, Old Buddha Xumi, and the others arrived, and then relied on the system reward to reach the Tribulation Crossing stage?”

Jiang Li’s face was strange. The reality was that he hadn’t relied on the system, but had directly discovered the secret of the Tribulation Crossing stage in battle, successfully advancing to the Tribulation Crossing stage, and killing two people alone.

“Forget it, let’s take a look at this Chaos Sutra. As long as it doesn’t teach you how to cook wontons, it’s fine.” Since it was a system reward, Jiang Li didn’t expect it to be very good.

“Well, this ‘Chaos Sutra’ does have something to offer.”

“If the visible were born from the invisible, how could heaven and earth have come into being? Chaos means that all things are in a state of chaos, yet inseparable. It cannot be seen, heard, or followed, hence the name ‘Yi’. Yi transforms into one, giving birth to all things…”

“This is an ancient immortal scripture. According to the text, after transcending tribulations and ascending, one becomes an Earthly Immortal. From the earth, one observes the heavens, becoming a Celestial Immortal. Then, the Three Flowers converge at the summit, and the Five Qi return to the Origin, becoming a Golden Immortal. Finally, one attains the Dao Fruit, achieving the Hunyuan Wuji Stage.”

“The Hunyuan Wuji Stage is also known as the Hunyuan Wuji Immortal, the final step in the immortal path, the realm of the Taoist ancestors, Confucian sages, and other immortals.”

“So generous are the rewards this time?”

Jiang Li was surprised. It felt like going to the cave of Master Dongxu and drawing cards, only to draw a golden card.

“But practicing this technique requires immortal power, so it doesn’t seem very useful.”

In short, the rewards are good, but they’re unusable.

Jiang Li understood the system’s meaning for the ‘Chaos Sutra’.

According to the system’s timeline, after completing the Path to Human Emperor and reaching the Tribulation Crossing Stage, the next step would be to achieve Immortality.

By then, the special mission “Searching for the Immortal Ladder” would also be nearly complete. Once the ladder was complete, achieving immortality would be within reach.

“I just wonder if the system has any more missions,” Jiang Li pondered. According to the state of the Immortal Realm and the system’s planned developments, ascending to the Immortal Realm would be the moment of death.

“If the system has more missions, then I can still survive. If I complete my counterattack right now and the system’s mission is complete, then I will probably die. Furthermore, the Immortal Ladder connects Jiuzhou to the Immortal Realm, putting Jiuzhou in imminent danger.”

“Wait, there seems to be a special mission called ‘Immortal Realm Mystery’ that I haven’t activated yet. This mission should involve more than just finding the Immortal Realm. If it were simply searching for the Immortal Realm, the special mission ‘Searching for the Immortal Ladder’ would suffice. ‘Immortal Realm Mystery’ would be superfluous.”

The system had issued three special missions in total: ‘Immortal Realm Mystery’, ‘Searching for the Immortal Ladder’, and ‘Human Emperor’s Path’.

The Immortal Realm Mystery failed at the initial stage and never opened. The search for the Immortal Ladder had been ongoing, and the Path to the Human Emperor was completed at lightning speed.

“Considering the circumstances of nine thousand years ago, judging by the quest name, this ‘Immortal Realm Mystery’ is about unveiling the veil of the Immortal Realm. Perhaps this special quest is meant to pry open the mouth of the Immortal Elder Changcun… oh no, to get the truth from Changcun Immortal Elder Changcun.” “

Since the system intends to let me know the truth about the Immortal Realm, there should be a way for me to sneak in and cultivate… right? Otherwise, what’s the point of rewarding the Chaos Sutra?” Jiang Li speculated uncertainly.

As for the final outcome, only the standard quests released by the system could determine it.

“Damn it, the standard quests still think I’m in the Nascent Soul stage.” Jiang Li’s face darkened at the thought. How long would that last?

Jiang Li hoped that when the system released standard quests, they would be released in one go, just like the Path to the Human Emperor.

As Jiang Li browsed through the thirty-three Path to the Human Emperor quests, he couldn’t help but reminisce.

He remembered most of the quests described by the system, but a few didn’t match. Jiang Li suspected that he hadn’t completed the quests according to the system’s instructions, causing the timeline to deviate.

This deviation was minor. After all, the quests on the Path to Human Emperor all involved passing the Old Emperor’s tests, and the Old Emperor wouldn’t drastically alter them just for Jiang Li’s sake.

At most, he’d modify a small part.

Jiang Li sighed, “Back then, it was better. I could play with Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin every day, without having to worry about anything. Now… it seems the same now?”

Jiang Li had been about to lament the changing world and how people grow up, but halfway through, he felt something was off.

He used to play and laugh with Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin, but now, why was he still playing and laughing with these two?

Nothing had changed.

“Why not take this opportunity to start the Human Emperor selection?” Jiang Li whispered.

It wasn’t that he was considering retirement, but the Human Emperor selection process was long.

If he waited until he wanted to retire and then chose someone, he’d have to wait a while. It would be better to select the Human Emperor candidate in advance, so he could retire whenever he wanted.

After the meeting, Jiang Li was in the Human Emperor Hall. He wanted to start the Human Emperor selection and went directly to the earth veins.

“The earth veins seem to be getting stronger.” Jiang Li was certain he was seeing things.

The earth veins had changed, as if they had grown. The spiritual energy surrounding them was now greater than before, making it easier for cultivators here to enter a state of ecstatic enlightenment, a state of unity between man and nature.

“Is it because of the agreement reached with the six worlds?” This was Jiang Li’s first thought, and the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

“The Immortal Elder Changcun said that the more worlds the Immortal Realm controls, the greater its power. The strength of the Immortal Realm the Elder referred to must be the Heavenly Dao, whose strength is related to the number of worlds?”

“According to this logic, doesn’t the Jiuzhou earth veins represent the Heavenly Dao? No, it should be the embryonic form of the Heavenly Dao. The earth veins are currently too weak to reach the level of the Heavenly Dao.”

“Those fallen immortals who worry about the collective will of all beings before death are worried about the earth veins?” Jiang Li had finally understood something.

He also realized that the emergence of the earth veins would inevitably lead to a conflict between Jiuzhou and the Immortal Realm.

The Immortal Realm, fearing the earth veins, would surely seek to destroy them.

“I just don’t know why, after so long, the Immortal Realm hasn’t sent anyone to destroy the Nine Provinces’ veins. Doesn’t the High Envoy Du Ye know that his mission has failed?”

Jiang Li wanted to contact the High Envoy Du Ye and kindly tell him that his plot had been thwarted and that he should come to Nine Provinces again.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t get through.

Jiang Li bowed in the direction of the statue room of the past Human Emperors.

“As witnessed by the predecessors of the past Human Emperors, today, the 72nd Human Emperor Jiang Li will begin the Human Emperor selection and select the 73rd Human Emperor.”

Then he squatted down and reached his hand into the earth veins. It was cool and refreshing, giving him a very comfortable feeling.

A stream of magic power merged into the earth veins, allowing the earth veins that had been dormant for five hundred years to once again perform their duties.

Jiang Li’s senses connected with the earth veins.

Jiang Li felt like a ball of spiritual energy, extending infinitely to the Kyushu continent, the starry sky, and other worlds…

The earth veins continuously calculated, tested, judged the character and talent, and finally determined the candidate for the Human Emperor.

And the person chosen by the earth veins had a mark quietly appear between his eyebrows.

(End of this chapter)