Chapter 458
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Chapter 458: The Opportunity to Become Immortal
Zhong Province
Great Yan Palace, inside the Imperial Study
Founding Emperor Yan placed the secret report from the Flying Fish Guard, looking complicated.
"The Wuji Association has collapsed and there are no more tricks."
"Knowing Martial Saint’s character, he would never allow his hard work to be destroyed."
"It seems that Martial Saint is truly dead this time."
Martial Saint was once a crucial figure in the Great Yan court, but later became a concern that could not be healed.
He looked up at his portrait in the Imperial Study again.
The portrait of Founding Emperor Yan, who founded the Great Yan Empire three hundred years ago, depicted him as vigorous and ambitious, capable of conquering mountains and rivers.
He was once the greatest in the world three hundred years ago, but now he knew he could not match Martial Saint in martial arts.
"With Martial Saint gone, a true martial arts leader has emerged in Jiu Province."
Founding Emperor Yan felt a sense of satisfaction in his old heart.
But amidst his satisfaction, there was still a hint of undivided worry in his expression.
For the people of Jiu Province, Martial Saint’s death was indeed a great thing, even more stirring than the downfall of the Immortal Gate Blood Lotus Sect.
But what worried him even more was… even if three Immortal Gates were destroyed, there were still six left?
The destruction of Xuantian Sect and Yunxiao Sect happened almost simultaneously, leaving no time for anyone to react.
But the Blood Lotus Sect was destroyed a few days after this happened, when Long Life Gate tried to unite the other Immortal Gates to suppress the Qiao family member.
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Zhong Province Great Dao Sect.
"The Western Province Blood Lotus Sect has also been destroyed."
The leader of Great Dao Sect looked down with a dark expression.
One after another, the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates encountered disasters because of the Qiao family member.
Xuantian Sect’s leader’s death could be an ambush; Yunxiao Sect Leader’s death was due to the Qiao family member relying on the Human Emperor Sword.
But what about the Blood Lotus Sect this time?
They say things happen in threes; after the Blood Lotus Sect was also destroyed, even the Great Dao Sect, who was subtly leading among the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates, couldn’t sit still.
"We must immediately stop the Qiao family member, no matter where he comes from or who is the mastermind behind him!"
Although the leader of the Great Dao Sect suspects that the Qiao family member is connected to the Long Life Gate, there is no concrete evidence.
Now that the Qiao family member has gained power, even though it’s unclear if the Long Life Gate’s proposal for an alliance is sincere, the Great Dao Sect has no other choice.
Either send the ancestor from the Cave Heaven Small World.
Or use up the sect’s inherited resources. There is no other option.
"Send a message to the other Immortal Gates immediately," said the leader of the Great Dao Sect with a wave of his hand.
If he had doubts before about the Long Life Gate’s intentions.
Now, with the events in the Western Province unfolding, it has influenced his decision.
In his possession, he had the Message Jade Talisman that could directly contact the other major Immortal Gates.
The Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates is a group of nine different powers. Even though they can communicate directly, official meetings, like the one with Long Life Gate, require sending a representative as a messenger.
If there is an urgent matter, they have ways to communicate directly between them.
Currently, in the eyes of the Great Dao Sect sect leader, the Qiao family, a mysterious and unpredictable martial arts clan, has become a major concern for them.
It’s not that they didn’t care before, but the Qiao family is just too strange.
In just a few days of discussions, they have encountered another clan elder that even the Great Dao Sect sect leader couldn’t figure out.
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Dong Province, Soul Predicting Path.
The Soul Predicting Path, among the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates, is known for its divination and fortune-telling methods.
The cultivators in the Soul Predicting Path usually focus on avoiding misfortune and seeking blessings in their daily activities.
But today’s news of the Blood Lotus Sect’s downfall, and the news of an alliance being formed by the Great Dao Sect, made the leader of the Soul Predicting Pathsect feel uneasy.
"The Great Dao Sect and the Long Life Gate, two major Immortal Gates, have decided to lead together, marching towards Nan Province to completely suppress the Qiao family members."
"Qingxuan Road… also agreed."
"With these three major Immortal Gates in agreement, it seems like this matter will come to pass."
The leader of the Soul Predicting Pathsect felt indecisive.
Among the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates, the Zhong Province Great Dao Sect and the Bei Province Qingxuan Road held high esteem.
Qingxuan Road was the first to refine the Incense Symbol of Divine Fire, an Immortal Gate that occupied the two most populous and prosperous states in Jiu Province along with the Great Dao Sect.
"Furthermore, the reactions of the Tongtian Sword Sect in the northwest and the Liangyi Sect in the eastern Bei Province, these two Immortal Gates… I’m afraid their responses may also be predictable."
As one of the leaders of the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates, the Soul Predicting Pathsect leader could somewhat guess their intentions.
The Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates are not united, they are like different groups trying to get more benefits in the same situation. If you get more, then I get less.
So, the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates are not just one solid group, there are also many conflicts and oppositions, very clear boundaries.
However, in this era of declining spiritual energy, there appeared a Qiao family that even the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates found confusing…
They practice a type of martial arts for ordinary people that is different from immortality, and does not rely on ordinary people’s faith.
They used to see this as a minor issue, not worth mentioning. But whoever gets involved, will not feel happy.
But now…now….
Suddenly, the Message Jade Talisman in the leader of the Soul Predicting Path sect’s hand flashed again.
When he picked it up again, his expression showed a slight change.
In the brief moment of hesitation and contemplation earlier.
Tongtian Sword Sect, Liangyi Sect, and Qingxuan Road have all agreed one after the other.
"The five major Immortal Gates have decided to join forces against the enemy and together suppress the Qiao family member," pondered the leader of the Soul Predicting Pathsect with mixed feelings.
He also knew that this did not mean that the martial arts Qiao family was a powerful enemy that could make the five major Immortal Gates join forces against them.
It was just a decision made by the five major Immortal Gates to reduce losses and constrain each other.
Despite this, it made the leader of the Soul Predicting Pathsect sigh involuntarily.
"The Qiao family member’s fate is sealed."
At this point, if one still strongly claims that the Qiao family member and the worldly martial artists are a scourge, it would be self-deception.
"In that case, I cannot fall behind either," said the Soul Predicting Path leader.
Honestly speaking, the leader of the Soul Predicting Pathsect really didn’t want to get involved in this mess.
Because the Soul Predicting Path has had a brief encounter with a member of the Qiao family, Immortal Xuanji from the Qiao family has died as a result. Looking at the aftermath of this incident, the Qiao family member is in trouble.
But the other five major Immortal Gates have decided to join forces.
If the Soul Predicting Path leader chooses to stay out of the situation at this moment, trying to be a smart bystander, then the next target for the five major Immortal Gates might just be him.
"No choice, let’s start with a fortune-telling…"
With a thought, the leader of the Soul Predicting Path sect lightly pricked his index finger with a golden needle, and a drop of blood fell onto the white paper spread out on the table in front of him.
In the world of cultivation, copper coins or turtle shells are commonly used for fortune-telling. However, as the leader of the Soul Predicting Path sect, known as the Soul Changing Taoist Lord, he has his own way of interpreting fortune-telling.
In the philosophy of the Soul Predicting Path, blood is considered one of the most spiritual substances in the human body. Therefore, following his beliefs, he uses his blood as the medium for fortune-telling, predicting the future through blood.
After a moment, the bloodstains on the white paper began to flow unnaturally from the upper left corner to the lower right corner, forming a vague inverted triangle… He looked at the fortune-telling symbol before him, his expression turning serious.
"This is a bad omen…"
The respected sect leader of Soul Predicting Path did not always trust fortune telling. Suddenly, he had a thought and soared into the sky.
As he moved, a young Taoist appeared in the clouds ahead, bowing to the sect leader of Soul Predicting Path.
"Junior Brother Yu Heng?" The sect leader of Soul Predicting Path was surprised.
This Master Yu Heng usually resided in the Cave Heaven Small World of Soul Predicting Path, acting as a liaison for the Supreme Elder.
The sect leader of Soul Predicting Path was indecisive about leaving and wanted to speak with the Supreme Elder in the Cave Heaven Small World.
"Did the Ancestor predict that I would come to ask him?" wondered the sect leader of Soul Predicting Path.
"Senior Brother of the sect leader, Ancestor Tianshu sent me to inform you," said Master Yu Heng slowly.
"Our Ancestor, who usually stays in the small world, suddenly felt like casting a prediction…"
The sect leader of Soul Predicting Path’s expression changed slightly.
The ancestor in the door is a powerful figure from ancient times who is still alive today. Such a person’s actions are not insignificant.
On a smaller scale, it may be related to the survival or decline of the sect. On a larger scale, it may even be related to the fate of this world.
He immediately set aside the ominous signs he had just calculated and simply listened quietly.
The True Person Yu Heng spoke slowly, saying:
"The ancestor said that in the Jiu Province world, there will soon be an opportunity for someone to become an immortal."
"Therefore, we must prepare ourselves, avoid unnecessary trouble before that happens."
The leader of the Soul Predicting Pathsect was shocked as if struck by lightning.
An opportunity to become an immortal?
After the great changes in the world, the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates have been declining year by year, and now a Soul Changing cultivator can be called a Taoist Lord in the cultivation world, becoming a respected figure as a sect leader.
Don’t say become immortal.
In order to maintain their cultivation in the Soul Changing Stage, they must refine a large amount of Incense Symbol of Divine Fire and participate in the incense rituals of the mortal world.
But now, Ancestor Tianshu in the small world mentioned a possible opportunity to become immortal in the future?
Where does this opportunity to become immortal come from?
The leader of the Soul Predicting Pathsect naturally has no idea.
But as the leader of the Immortal Sect, he naturally has his own decision.
Thinking back to the divination he did just now and the attitude of the Supreme Elder in the sect, he had already made up his mind.
"From this day on…."
He held the Message Jade Talisman in his hand.
The five Immortal Gates have been preparing to join forces to completely eliminate the Qiao family member while sharing the risk and minimizing the cost.
But he…
"I will not accompany you on the Soul Predicting Path," he said softly.
Then, he turned to look at Senior Brother Yuheng.
"Junior Brother, starting today, please hide in the small world and don’t come out for now, okay?"
Senior Brother Yuheng’s expression changed slightly.
"Senior Brother, our Cave Heaven Small World is not the same as the Jiu Province world."
"It’s fine for the Supreme Elder to stay in seclusion, but if we hide from disaster, we can’t do so for long."
"Moreover, if we hide this time, the other Immortal Gates won’t just stand by, will they?"
"If Dong Province’s temple is destroyed, even with your strong powers, it will be hard to keep up."
"It might take many years to rebuild the temple. Will the other Immortal Gates give us enough time?"
"We don’t need to hide for long, a moment will be enough," said the leader of the Soul Predicting Path.
"Prepare yourself and wait for the opportunity to become an immortal, take that final chance."
"If our Supreme Elder can become an immortal within the Soul Predicting Path, why bother with the other Immortal Gates?"
"Next…" he lowered his eyes, a token flying out of his hand.
"The Soul Predicting Path will now retreat from the world."
"We will prepare ourselves and wait for the day to become immortals."
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The sect leader was very determined.
On that day, he used the Message Jade Talisman to summon a cultivator back to the sect.
In the various mortal cities of Southeast Province, there were still many temples.
But from that day on, the statues in these temples gradually lost their original charm.
The incense in these temples continued to burn brightly, with worshippers coming and going.
If left undisturbed, the incense at the Soul Predicting Path in Southeast Province would not stop burning, even without deliberate guidance.
However, soon after,
Beams of light broke through the sky, attracting cultivators from other Immortal Gates to investigate the situation at the Soul Predicting Path in Southeast Province.
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In Dong Province, there was a place called Long Life Gate.
"Why did Soul Predicting Path choose to withdraw from the world, not only avoiding conflicts with Qiao family members, but also neglecting their own ancestral temples?"
Upon hearing this news suddenly, both the leader of Long Life Gate and the ancestors in Cave Heaven Small World fell silent, completely puzzled.
Although Qiao family members were powerful, they were not strong enough to force a major Immortal Gate to close its doors voluntarily in order to avoid trouble.
Long Life Gate and Soul Predicting Path had always been friendly towards each other.
However, this friendship was relative, as they had not heard anything beforehand.
"What tricks is the old ghost from Soul Predicting Path playing now?"
In the Long Life Cave Heaven Small World, a young martial arts practitioner by the lake continued practicing, but with a lingering sense of doubt in his expression.
Throughout history, Long Life Gate and Soul Predicting Path had supported each other and advanced together or retreated together.
This time, the Long Life Gate took the lead in killing a member of the Qiao family, while the Soul Predicting Path chose to retreat, surprising even the ancestors of the Long Life Gate.
The Long Life Gate believed in the Soul Predicting Path’s prophecy of the "end of the world disaster", which led them to study mortal martial arts, becoming the only one among the Nine Immortal Gates to focus on martial arts.
However, the Long Life Gate couldn’t understand the actions of the Soul Predicting Path.
"Could it be related to the ‘end of the world disaster’ that the Soul Predicting Path has been talking about?"
The young ancestor stood up straight, exhaled deeply, but furrowed his brow even more.
The Soul Predicting Path, one of the Immortal Gates, was not considered very powerful among the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates, and was even overshadowed by the now extinct Ten Realms Sect in the past.
It survived from ancient times until now only by avoiding disasters and seeking blessings.
This Immortal Gate, which never sought attention, suddenly withdrew from the alliance of the Five Great Immortal Gates… there must be something fishy going on.
