Aspiring to the Immortal Path

The Violet Cloud Couple was the couple that Tang Jie had once sought out.

When the Violet Robe Wanderer had become a demon, his wife had traveled the cosmos in search of a way to expel his demonic nature. But Tang Jie had searched all over and found no trace of them, only to run into them now.

From the looks of it, the Violet Robe Wanderer truly was rid of his demon nature, becoming a normal person, so Huang Wuji hadn’t lied.

“It seems that the place that could rid a person of their demon nature that Huang Wuji spoke of is this place,” Tang Jie said in realization.

It was a place where one could surpass the Heavenly Dao, so purging a demonic nature was no big deal.

“Eh?” The Violet Robe Wanderer, who was hidden in the shadows, was startled by Tang Jie’s methods. “To create such an unprecedented spell art—as expected of one who is beyond Fate.”

“Perhaps it’s only because I’m in the right place,” Tang Jie answered.

He looked down at the halo around his feet.

The moment he released the Heavenly Dao Realm, he felt like using it in this world was much like a fish swimming in the water.

Yes, like a fish in water.

Using the Heavenly Dao Realm normally came with huge restrictions. The more he changed something, the more he used up the Heavenly Dao Realm.

Cloning the Violet Cloud Couple seemed simple, but in actuality, it was a very complex process, particularly because they had basically left no traces behind.

Moreover, this was a self-created art, which only added to the costs.

But just now, Tang Jie found that it had cost him almost nothing.

Yes, the Heavenly Dao Realm had felt no burden at all.

This wasn’t because Tang Jie had grown stronger, but because the Heavenly Dao Realm was extremely compatible with the Daos of this dimension.

Whether it was the Heavenly Dao Realm or the Dao Unity Realm, they essentially established their own Daos within a region. In this region, one could act as the Heavenly Dao, a supreme being that could satisfy any desire.

The Daos established based on a single person’s will naturally couldn’t contend against the Great Daos of the world, and their suppression and alienation would place immense limits.

But if one’s Dao was extremely compatible with the Daos of the world, the suppression would be greatly decreased, and the size and ease of use of the Dao Realm greatly increased.

This was Tang Jie’s current situation.

He found that his Dao was very compatible with the Daos of this dimension.

Was it because he had comprehended so many of this dimension’s Dao Wills? His special constitution made it impossible for him to enter the Daos of the Great Stellar Chiliocosm, but it allowed him to easily enter the Daos of this place.

In other words, the Dao-betraying Parting Classic was Dao-complying in this world?

With this thought in mind, Tang Jie expanded the halo to cover the entire hall.

What seemed like a hall actually contained countless subspaces, and now, under Tang Jie’s light, all of these folded subspaces could no longer stay hidden and opened up.

In a flash, the hall became an infinite space, surrounding Tang Jie with stars.

It was an entire galaxy!

Anyone else might have taken it for an illusion, but Tang Jie knew that it wasn’t!

This was real space. It was just that it had all been folded up and hidden away, only showing its true form because of Tang Jie’s Heavenly Dao Realm!

The Heavenly Dao Realm was more powerful than ever before in this dimension, covering almost the entirety of this region, letting Tang Jie know exactly how big this region was. This region alone was big enough to hold several dozen domains as well as all of the emptiness between them.

A single hall contained a vast sky of stars!

How massive was this space!?

Tang Jie reeled in shock.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two figures emerged from the void: the Violet Robe Wanderer and Scarlet Cloud Fairy.

The two of them clearly hadn’t expected such a transformation, staring at Tang Jie in shock. “You…”

Tang Jie ignored them to inspect this region of stars.

He muttered, “Another cosmos… this is really another chiliocosm! It’s not very small at all…”

Before entering this place, Tang Jie had already concluded that this bizarre dimension was another chiliocosm.

This was the only thing that could explain why the Great Daos of this world were so different.

A different world meant different Daos!

But Tang Jie had still had a concern on his mind: this chiliocosm was a little too small.

So small that it couldn’t even compare to a small world.

But now, he understood.

It wasn’t small!

It had never been small!

It had simply been folded up and hidden away in the tower.

When it opened, it was like flipping through the pages of a book, and one could truly sense its emptiness, its vastness!

Tang Jie also understood that in this world, body cultivation was the orthodox way.

The Martial Lord had attained his body cultivation Dao here, and the Gigantes, who had only been influenced by the power it radiated, had become the Great Stellar Chiliocosm’s strongest body cultivators.

Those tough creatures and those massive Dao armaments made of bone and stone were all proof that this was a body cultivator’s world!

Because this was its Dao!

“I get it now…” More than half of the questions in Tang Jie’s mind had been resolved. He finally turned to the Violet Cloud Couple. “Now, the only thing I don’t understand is: what is the relationship between this world and the Great Stellar Chiliocosm? Why does this place have an opportunity to surpass the Heavenly Dao of the Great Stellar Chiliocosm? And why are the two of you here?”

The Violet Cloud Couple glanced at each other and then immediately assumed their true forms.

Their vast, sky-scraping true selves each held a Dao armament that exuded terrifying power.

Only then did the Violet Robe Wanderer speak. “If you want to know, then defeat us.”

“Dao-proving… Saint Immortal?” Tang Jie’s eyes chilled.

The Violet Cloud Couple were clearly both Dao-proving Saint Immortals.

Yes, these invincible giants suffused with divine might were Saint Immortals of the body cultivator world, and what they had proved were Daos of this body cultivator world, not the Daos of the Great Stellar Chiliocosm.

“Seems like I still need to go through the process first,” Tang Jie muttered. “If so, then let’s fight!”

With a roar, he also transformed into a sky-scraping giant.

After entering this body cultivator world and absorbing so much power, he had long ago broken through his previous bottleneck and reached a height of thirty thousand feet. But he was still not a Saint Immortal, so he was clearly lacking compared to the Violet Cloud Couple.

The Violet Robe Wanderer laughed, “Tang Jie, you’re not bad for a body cultivator, but you’re still stuck at Gold Immortal, which means that you’re no match for us.”

He swung his giant stone axe at Tang Jie.

This simple stone axe possessed a profound energy, and as it sliced through the void, it somehow drew the fabric of space along with it, making it seem like the only thing in the world that existed was this axe.

All Daos were paths to the same ultimate goal.

Even in this body cultivator world where divine strength reigned, the sense of mystery and power was no less than that of the Great Stellar Chiliocosm.

To this cosmos-severing axe, Tang Jie replied in a most brutal and direct fashion, the Sovereign Blade transforming into a giant axe and clashing against the stone axe. But the normally unstoppable Sovereign Blade failed to shatter the axe, which erupted with Dao Runes to hold off the Sovereign Blade’s intrusion. At the same time, a berserk energy flooded out, instantly sending Tang Jie flying tens of thousands of kilometers, only stopping when he cratered into a small domain.

In this first exchange, Tang Jie had faced utter defeat!

But Tang Jie didn’t care, once more swinging the Sovereign Blade at the Violet Robe Wanderer.

“It’s useless!” The Violet Robe Wanderer swung his axe as he shouted, “Tang Jie, you’re no match for me. This gap in strength can never be overcome unless you break into Saint Immortal!”

The axe and Sovereign Blade collided, and Tang Jie was once more sent flying, having only achieved a light scratch on the axe.

The Scarlet Cloud Fairy didn’t even bother participating, simply watching from the sidelines.

The Violet Robe Wanderer charged up like a madman, swinging his axe again and again, his every blow capable of cleaving apart a domain, and Tang Jie was powerless to counter. His powerful constitution that he was so proud of was like a baby in front of a Saint Immortal body cultivator, unable to sustain this onslaught. Even his Sovereign Blade could not do anything to the axe.

All power was relative.

Even someone as strong as Tang Jie was being beaten into a pulp by the world-destroying power of the Violet Robe Wanderer, his formidable recovery abilities barely able to keep up.

Even so, Tang Jie didn’t give up.

He kept on swinging the Sovereign Blade, blocking the Violet Robe Wanderer’s attacks and again, being sent flying again and again.

But though he was drenched in blood, he remained cool and collected.

He stared at the Violet Robe Wanderer, letting the axe smash into him, letting the world-shattering power ravage his body, persevering and enduring…

Boom!

In a violent clash, the Violet Robe Wanderer sent Tang Jie flying like he was a ball.

With a bellow, he swung the axe, sending blasts of air at Tang Jie that pummeled him into a barren domain. “Tang Jie, give up! Your law cultivation is pointless here, and you are inferior to me in body cultivation! Every day you do not ascend to Saint Immortal is another day you are no match for me! If you give up now and obey me, I can spare your life!”

Suddenly, Tang Jie said, “Three times.”

“What?” The Violet Robe Wanderer was taken aback.

“‘Ascending to Saint Immortal’,” Tang Jie said. “You’ve mentioned ascending to Saint Immortal three times now, saying that I’m only worthy of fighting you if I ascend to Saint Immortal as a body cultivator.”

The Violet Robe Wanderer grimaced.

Tang Jie slowly stood up, wiping the blood from his mouth. “This is very interesting. Although I still don’t know what relationship this world has with the Great Stellar Chiliocosm, I do know what happens when you ascend to Saint Immortal.”

The Violet Robe Wanderer and Scarlet Cloud Fairy suddenly tightened the grips on their weapons.

Tang Jie said, “If you ascend to Saint Immortal here, you will be imprisoned here forever, unable to leave; am I right?”