Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 669

Chapter 667 Jiang Li’s Origin

Venerable Shenzang frowned, he could only vaguely see Jiang Li’s origin.

From the perspective of Venerable Shenzang, Jiang Li was undoubtedly strange, or incomprehensible.

He could see through the origin of the Taoist Ancestor, the ambition of the Immortal Emperor, and the helplessness of the Confucian Sage. Although Hunyuan Wujixian was strong enough, there was nothing mysterious about him. He was always below him.

He was the way of heaven, and all living things were under his control.

How could someone escape his control?

If it was because he had transcended the rules, then what was the principle?

Everything has its roots, and nothing happens without a reason.

“So that’s it, so that’s it… You are the product of the will of all living beings.” Venerable Shenzang murmured to himself, seeing something.

Jiang Li ignored Venerable Shenzang’s words. “It’s natural. The Nine Provinces’ earth veins carry the willpower of all living beings, and I am the Human Emperor, the spokesperson for the Nine Provinces’ earth veins. Naturally, I am forged by the willpower of all living beings.”

Venerable Shenzang could see that Jiang Li carried the willpower of the Nine Provinces and was the spokesperson for the embryonic form of the Nine Provinces’ Heavenly Dao, but that wasn’t what he meant.

“Is this body truly yours?”

“Your body and your soul are not the same. Your soul comes from another world and is several years older than this body.”

These words shocked not only Jiang Li, but also the Immortal Emperor, the Buddha, the Confucian Sage, and others.

This was a body possession, but how could the possessor be so powerful?

Logically, the possessor couldn’t even survive the thunder tribulation required to advance to the Tribulation Crossing Stage, so how could they possibly reach Jiang Li’s level?

“Possession… no, it’s even more advanced than that.”

“Your world of Jiuzhou suffered an attack from the so-called extraterritorial demons, and the Human Emperor suffered countless casualties. Every time a Human Emperor fell, all living beings were overwhelmed with grief, feeling that the Human Emperor had sacrificed too much. They hoped that a Human Emperor who would not die would appear and protect Jiuzhou.”

“For nine thousand years, this wish has accumulated little by little, condensed in the earth veins, and finally took shape.”

“This wish was originally impossible to realize. It is impossible for a human to fight an immortal.”

“But you appeared.”

“I’m afraid even the will of all living beings doesn’t know why this person is you. The will of all living beings is the power of cause and effect. The ’cause’ is the hope of finding someone who can defeat the extraterritorial demons, and the ‘effect’ is finding you. The will of all living beings does not care about the process in between.”

“When you were on the verge of death, the will of all living beings found you, allowed your soul to leave your body, and pulled you from your original world to the world of Jiuzhou.”

“Your soul and new body are in perfect harmony, as if they were at the beginning, transcending the concept of possession. This is also the effect of the will of all living beings.”

“And doing so does not violate the rules of the cycle of life and death.”

“But which world did you originally come from, and why are you so powerful that I can’t fathom it?”

Venerable Shenzang couldn’t fully fathom Jiang Li’s origins; even Jiang Li himself couldn’t answer these questions.

“And this program-like thing inside you—it feels like my work, yet not entirely.”

“Is it my future self? Or is there another reason?”

Venerable Shenzang muttered to himself, a thought only Jiang Li, the Immortal Emperor, the Confucian Sage, and the Buddha could hear; no other immortals were entitled to listen.

Jiang Li finally understood the reason for his transmigration. Truly, nothing in this world happens without a reason.

And this useless system was indeed connected to the Heavenly Dao.

“Interesting, you’re truly fascinating.”

Venerable Shenzang laughed. As the Heavenly Dao, there were beings even he couldn’t fathom. Could anything in the world be more interesting than this?

Then Venerable Shenzang changed the subject.

“Unfortunately, your existence defies common sense. You are undoubtedly the greatest stumbling block in our plan to destroy the universe.”

“Without you, our plan to destroy the universe cannot be carried out.”

“If we want to save the world, I must be the sole being, not you.”

“The conflict between you and me is destined to be irreconcilable.”

Venerable Shenzang radiated a murderous aura that surged through the thirty-six heavens, shaking the Immortal Realm, horrifying the Immortal Emperors, and causing the other Immortals to shudder.

The Immortal Emperors had never witnessed such a potent murderous aura from Venerable Shenzang; even when he faced the Dao Ancestor nine thousand years ago, it was far less intense.

The Immortal Emperors understood that Jiang Li had defeated them without a fight, and calling him “the Immortal Realm’s greatest enemy” was no exaggeration.

“Dao Sword!” Venerable Shenzang roared, and a sword emanating a chaotic aura materialized in his hand.

The moment the sword appeared, the immortal weapon in the immortal’s hand trembled, as if the sword were the king and the immortal weapon the subject, and when the king went to war, the subjects should bow down in worship.

The immortal had lost control of the immortal weapon.

The sword’s cry resounded through the heavens, and the immortal weapon ceased its trembling, falling from the immortal’s grasp. They prostrated themselves on the ground, welcoming the Dao Sword’s release .

The three Hunyuan Wuji Immortals were shocked. They had never heard of Venerable Shenzang possessing a weapon. Even when fighting Daozu, Venerable Shenzang had fought unarmed

. This showed that in Venerable Shenzang’s eyes, Jiang Li posed a far greater threat than Daozu.

“This sword is forged from the Daozang, mastered by Daozu!” The Confucian Sage recognized the Dao Sword’s origins with a gleam of blood.

When he first sought the Dao from Daozu, Daozu sat in Miluo Palace, his back covered in the Daozang. However, since Daozu had just attained Hunyuan Wuji Immortal status, the Daozang had been far fewer in number.

As Daozu’s enlightenment grew, the Daozang grew in number, until the entire Miluo Palace was dedicated to its storage.

The Daozang was Daozu’s life’s work, representing his unrivaled position at the pinnacle of the immortal path.

Legend has it that simply understanding half a volume of the Daozang could lead to the attainment of celestial immortal status.

Reading half a volume of the Daozang can lead to celestial immortality, hence its nickname, the “Heavenly Book.”

The Daozang is recognized as the supreme treasure of the immortal realm, surpassing concepts like immortal artifacts, celestial treasures, and Daoist magical powers. Its significance is so profound that even the Heavenly Dao acknowledges its status.

The incarnation of the Heavenly Dao calls himself the Venerable Shenzang, with the “zang” in the title derived from the Daozang.

The sword’s appearance symbolized Daozu’s cultivation. The Immortal Emperor then realized the vastness of the gap between them.

He whispered, “So the Immortal Burial Spear was able to pierce Daozu, but it was simply because Daozu was exhausted during his battle with Divine Treasure.”

“Daozu truly lives up to his name. His understanding of the laws of life’s evolution, the power of the Three Corpses united as one, surpasses all imagination.”

“How ridiculous! I thought my power, enhanced by the immortal formation, had reached its peak, rivaling Daozu’s. It seems I’m still far from it.”

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humming sword shredded everything. The world was born and shattered by the sword, a cascade of heat and cold coexisting, creating and destroying the world, repeating itself over and over again, like reincarnation, like fate.

The Dao Sword struck Jiang Li’s shoulder, sparks flying, and a singularity exploded there.

Jiang Li felt no impact from the Dao Sword’s impact, and instead punched Divine Treasure in the face.

“Don’t use methods like singularity explosions to embarrass yourself.”

(End of this chapter)