Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 670

Chapter 668: Ladder to Immortality

Immortality: A Great War Surpasses the Civil War of Nine Thousand Years Ago. The Immortal Realm trembles, its topsy-turvy structure shaken like an earthquake, leaving the immortals unable to even stand.

The Thirty-Six Heavens are so thick and heavy that even Golden Immortals cannot penetrate them. Yet, during the clash between Venerable Shenzang and Jiang Li, they seemed as fragile as a piece of paper, easily shattered.

The division of the Immortal Realm into thirty-six heavens is meaningless; even the most substantial Daluo Heaven was easily shattered.

The Buddha and the Confucian Sage gasped. Neither of them had managed to destroy Daluo Heaven during their clash, yet the initial clash between Venerable Shenzang and Jiang Li had shattered Daluo Heaven to its core.

“The Venerable used all his strength, holding back.”

Normally, a battle between two sides would begin with testing, then gradually escalate and intensify as they learn each other’s tactics, leading to the true battle.

Venerable Shenzang and Jiang Li, contrary to common sense, engaged in a decisive clash.

“That’s at the level of a First Emperor,” Jiang Li confidently delivered a punch.

While theoretically, Venerable Shenzang couldn’t defeat him, a definitive conclusion would have to be drawn in practice.

Bang—

Venerable Shenzang was shattered by Jiang Li.

“Mediate fate!” Venerable Shenzang shouted, his body reorganizing itself, maintaining peak condition, as if the previous battle hadn’t affected him.

But Venerable Shenzang knew that energy is conserved, and he couldn’t maintain peak condition forever.

“Hum!”

“Ha!”

A hum emanated from Venerable Shenzang’s nose, and a ha emanated from his dantian.

“Hum and ha! These two energies target the soul. If they are met with these two energies, the weak will be annihilated, while the strong will have their souls ripped from their bodies. There’s no way they’ll remain unscathed!” The Confucian Sage recognized this move.

However, Jiang Li’s soul was remarkably stable, resisting the two energies head-on, unscathed.

“Impermanence of Space!”

Venerable Shenzang unleashed his great spatial power, disrupting the space around Jiang Li.

Taking advantage of the moment Jiang Li was frozen, Venerable Shenzang unleashed his great spatial power again.

“Move!”

The entire Immortal Realm vanished, and Jiang Li’s position became a void.

It seemed as if Jiang Li had been moved, but in reality, Venerable Shenzang had used his vast spatial magical power to move the entire Immortal Realm; Jiang Li’s position remained unchanged.

“Venerable, what is this…” The Immortal Emperor was puzzled. Venerable Shenzang and Jiang Li had been fighting fiercely, so how could they suddenly be the ones fleeing?

“Fight? What’s the point of fighting? From the moment I laid eyes on him, I knew I couldn’t defeat him. Everything I did before was just stalling for time!” Venerable Shenzang’s calm tone shattered, and he became furious.

If the fight continued, all the rules of destruction would be meaningless; their Immortal Realm would be destroyed by Jiang Li first.

How could such a powerful being exist?

Venerable Shenzang wanted to seek revenge with the High Envoy Duye, but the lingering sense of crisis meant the crisis hadn’t been resolved yet. He had to flee quickly, the farther the better.

As for the plan to destroy the heavens and myriad worlds, he’d take a long-term approach and get through this stage first.

…

Jiang Li remained in the void, blinking, unable to comprehend what had happened.

Why did he run away? He hadn’t even finished warming up yet?

As the Heavenly Dao, don’t you have the resolve to fight to the death?

Jiang Li took out the coordinates of the Celestial Realm he had obtained and attempted to locate it. The Celestial Realm coordinates were a formula, and the Celestial Realm would move according to the formula’s trajectory.

Jiang Li searched for a while, but still couldn’t find it.

“It seems the Celestial Realm has abandoned its original coordinates,”

Jiang Li lamented. It looked like he wouldn’t be able to find it for a while.

[Special Mission: Find Fragments of the Immortal Ladder: …]

A familiar system notification chimed. Jiang Li paused for a moment, then took out the nearly completed Celestial Ladder.

“By the way, the Find Fragments of the Immortal Ladder mission isn’t complete yet.”

Jiang Li had a new idea, cleared his throat, and spoke with a flurry of emotion: “Complete all Special Missions: Find Fragments of the Immortal Ladder.”

Jiang Li waited quietly for a moment, and soon the system responded.

[Congratulations, host, for completing the mission. Do you want to claim your reward?]

[Special Mission: Find Fragments of the Immortal Ladder: …]

[Congratulations, host, for completing the mission. Do you want to claim your reward?]

Five congratulations echoed.

“Accounting.”

Five fragments of the Immortal Ladder appeared in Jiang Li’s hands, automatically filling the gaps in the ladder and forming a complete one.

Just as described in ancient texts, the Immortal Ladder shone with a golden brilliance, as if cast in gold, yet the materials used were even more precious than gold. It contained numerous techniques, including the Dao of Space and the Dao of Time, representing the culmination of the immortal realm’s greatest achievements.

Jiang Li even had an extra fragment in his hand, squeezed out when the ladder was being assembled.

“Yes, this is the fragment of the Immortal Ladder I obtained from the Zombie World.”

“I went to the Zombie World because I fled there after the Brahma Tower gained intelligence. In the original worldline, five hundred years ago, the immortal artifact hadn’t yet developed intelligence, so the Brahma Tower wouldn’t have escaped.”

Jiang Li threw the Immortal Ladder, and the golden ladder stretched endlessly, connecting one end to Jiuzhou and the other to the immortal realm.

“I don’t know where this system came from, but thank you in advance.”

Jiang Li paused, then said, “Peel off the system.”

A halo of light emerged from Jiang Li’s body, or rather, from the space attached to it.

“Well, goodbye then.”

Under the mandatory command, the halo twisted and shattered, then turned into dust and disappeared completely. The entire process was silent.

Jiang Li stepped onto the ladder to immortality and headed for the immortal world.

…

A silent collision occurred, and the entire world of Kyushu trembled, the ground shook, and houses collapsed.

Inside the palace, the black-clad man sitting on the imperial throne emerged from his retreat and slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes were bright, and no clue escaped him.

“Kyushu is shaking,”

the black-clad man concluded. He slowly rose, flew out of the hall, and into the air. He stepped on the void, his footsteps pulsating at the exact same frequency as the vibrations in space.

Kyushu ceased shaking.

“Your Majesty,” Commander Liu flew toward the black-clad man, his manner respectful.

“I have found the source of the shaking. You remain in Kyushu. I will be back soon.” The black-clad man’s expression was cold, as icy as a thousand years of ice, devoid of any emotion.

However, Commander Liu could see that the black-clad man’s brow had furrowed slightly, a sign of anger.

If the shaking of Kyushu was a natural disaster, it would be fine. But if it was man-made, then the other party would have to pray for mercy.

“Commander Liu, what happened? Why is the whole world shaking? Where is His Majesty?” Countless Fusion Stage and Tribulation Stage cultivators descended upon the sky above the hall, questioning Commander Liu.

Commander Liu shook his head and pointed in a direction.

“We still don’t know what happened. His Majesty has gone to investigate. Please stay in Jiuzhou and rest assured.”

The man in black looked at what should have been the border of Jiuzhou, somewhat puzzled.

“This should be the boundary wall, why has it become a starry sky?”

Just as the man in black was puzzled, space distorted not far away, and countless powerful beings appeared.

One hundred Fusion Stage cultivators, eight Tribulation Stage cultivators.

Seeing the man in black, these people were stunned for a moment, then a faint smile crossed their faces.

There was only one person on the other side. Among

the eight Tribulation Stage cultivators, there was one at the peak of the Tribulation Stage, and these people were led by this person.

The leader clasped his fists and said, “I am the Lord of the Desolate Worlds. We come from the Eight Desolate Worlds. An accidental collision of worlds is not what we desire. May I ask what your world’s name is?”

The black-clothed man stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the group from above. He said in a cold voice,

“This is the Nine Provinces. I am the Lord of the Nine Provinces, the most respected of all. You should address me as the First Emperor.”

(End of this chapter)