Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 739

Chapter 737 Crisis

The First Emperor had never imagined that system tasks could be completed in this way. The feeling of using wisdom to achieve goals was quite pleasant.

As the most powerful being, he naturally possessed not only formidable martial prowess but also intellectual prowess.

Jiang Li was very pleased with the results of his guidance. He hoped to teach the First Emperor that possessing power did not necessarily mean using it.

The First Emperor was a complex individual. His achievements far outweighed his crimes. If one were to calculate his hidden virtue, while not as great as that of Jiang Li, the Confucian Sage, and others, it was still considerable.

By the standards of the Underworld, the First Emperor was considered benevolent.

However, the innocent people killed by the First Emperor would certainly disagree with the Underworld’s calculations.

Just as Jiang Li respected the independence of each world, he also respected the independence of parallel worlds.

Without the First Emperor and the order he established, this world would be in chaos.

The First Emperor held the power to determine the fate of the world, undeterred by any conspiracy or scheme.

If Commander Liu or Bai Hongtu were to rule the Nine Provinces, they would have the prestige and means, but not the power.

Before meeting the First Emperor, Jiang Li, during his expeditions in Jiuzhou, had realized that the First Emperor was necessary; it was a characteristic of this world.

Since the First Emperor was being sent to the underworld, the only option was to change him, to make him less bloodthirsty.

He counted the system rewards. “Puppet Refining Technique” was useless if he couldn’t learn it.

A ton of blue steel stone, used to strengthen puppets, was useless.

“Dragon Body Refining Technique,” a volume—would practicing it make one as weak as a dragon?

The system rewards were as worthless as ever.

“What exactly is the System?” the First Emperor asked.

“I don’t know. Our Heavenly Dao saw the System and said it felt familiar, but it wasn’t their creation.” Jiang Li had no idea where the System came from.

“Could it be the Heavenly Dao of a parallel world?” the First Emperor asked, finding it very likely.

“I don’t think so,” Jiang Li said. “The System can help me build the Immortal Ladder and find the Immortal Realm. Why would the Heavenly Dao of a parallel world help me?”

“Wait, you used the System to find the Immortal Realm?” the First Emperor noted, noting something Jiang Li hadn’t mentioned.

“The Immortal Ladder awarded by the system, a step to the heavens, reaching the Immortal Realm.” Jiang Li no longer intended to hide it.

“How did you do it?”

“I used my words to force the system to complete the task. Yu Yin from our side taught me.”

“Then why didn’t Yu Yin teach me…” Chu Di’s voice was high at first, then, as if thinking of something, he lowered his tone, and by the time he said “I,” it was so faint that it was almost inaudible.

“Yu Yin from your side wasn’t imprisoned in the Imperial Palace. She’s had other experiences, right?”

Jiang Li nodded.

Chu Di was a wise man. Jiang Li had previously said that giving Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin opportunities to develop would bring unexpected rewards.

Now that he thought about it, it seemed that Jiang Li was referring to this.

If Yu Yin hadn’t been in the Imperial Palace, she would have learned to use her words to force the system to complete the task, significantly reducing the time it would take her to find the Immortal Realm.

Chu Di was a man of arrogance, believing everything he did was right and rarely admitting his mistakes.

This time, he felt he was wrong.

“Come, I’ll use the system to take you to the Immortal Realm.” Seeing Chu Di’s remorse, Jiang Li stopped teasing him.

Jiang Li used his words to make his words come true: “Complete the special mission ‘Search for fragments of the Immortal Ladder.'”

Three mission-complete notifications echoed through the First Emperor’s ears, and three golden fragments fell into his hands, joining the fragments he had already collected to form a complete Immortal Ladder.

The golden ladder was small and exquisite, a crystallization of immortal wisdom, imbued with infinite mysteries.

The First Emperor finally saw the Immortal Ladder he had longed for.

“Uninstall the system.”

The space within the First Emperor’s body began to ripple, as if another dimension were embedded in his body’s place.

This was the dimension where the system resided.

A milky white halo leaped from the fluctuating space, interwoven with various Dao patterns, even more complex than the Immortal Ladder.

The halo, which seemed both gaseous and solid, crackled with a clear sound, breaking into several petals. A series of cracks echoed, as if triggering a chain reaction, and the halo shattered into dust, vanishing completely.

The First Emperor’s system was gone.

The absence of a pesky system was a joyous occasion, and the First Emperor decided to celebrate.

“Now, it’s time to settle accounts in the Immortal Realm.”

Jiang Li also prepared to make a long-missed trip to the Immortal Realm: “Hmm?”

Jiang Li looked up at the sky.

“What’s wrong?” The First Emperor soon noticed something and looked up at the sky.

A huge shadow descended, colliding with the world of Jiuzhou. Space shook, the earth trembled, and countless immortal energies poured back into Jiuzhou.

“Hold.” Jiang Li used his words to freeze space.

The First Emperor wanted to make a move to stabilize the space, but Jiang Li had already made a move, so he had to withdraw in frustration.

“Is this the Jiuzhou of the First Emperor? Oh, you are so pitiful.”

A voice echoed in the ears of the people of Jiuzhou, the voice was magnificent and vast, as if it had boundless power.

Jiang Li and the First Emperor were familiar with this voice. It was the voice of the Venerable Shenzang.

“The Immortal Realm, it’s the Immortal Realm!” A cultivator took a breath of the immortal energy pouring back into Jiuzhou and realized the identity of the other world.

At the gap in the Nine Provinces, countless figures imbued with imposing power stood tall. Their every gesture evoked an ethereal aura, their melodies melody cascading like a spring, refreshing the soul.

Each figure represented a spiritual path, unsurpassed by future generations.

“Look! Immortals!” These towering figures were easily identified: they were immortals.

Immortals and Buddhas stood in a forest, their shadowy figures looming, each imbued with boundless awe.

Jiang Li and the First Emperor realized what had happened. Venerable Shenzang had actually used the Immortal Realm to impact the Nine Provinces!

“Where is the First Emperor? You’ve sent me fleeing in disarray. I want to see how you can defeat me this time!” Venerable Shenzang led the immortals, followed by the Primordial Ancestor.

The Primordial Ancestor did not attack the Underworld. Rather, after Venerable Shenzang fled with the Immortal Realm, he urgently recalled the Primordial Ancestor from the river of time.

Venerable Shenzang descended upon the Nine Provinces to avenge his previous humiliation.

He had the confidence to retaliate against the First Emperor, after all, there was another “him” behind him.

“I never imagined that Jiang Li from your world could be so powerful,” another Venerable Shenzang appeared, smiling. After all, in his world, Jiang Li was merely a new Immortal Emperor, at the level of a Hunyuan Wuji Immortal, a formidable figure.

There were two Venerable Shenzang!

Jiang Li noticed that this wasn’t a clone like the Three Pure Ones, but a genuine Venerable Shenzang!

Venerable Shenzang was confident of victory. The First Emperor was equally powerful. Even after a year, how much progress could he have made?

On the other hand, his parallel self came to his aid, helping him clear the obstacles.

With two of him fighting, his combat power doubled. What could the First Emperor use to fight him?

Besides, this was Jiuzhou, the so-called First Emperor’s headquarters. He didn’t believe the First Emperor could protect everyone.

The advantage was mine!

(End of this chapter)