Chapter 735 525: Jade True 69 Harmonizes with Void

Shangyuan Perfected Person moved with gentle steps, yet ascended gradually upon those long stairs of cloud and mist. At every step, a burst of celestial music rose, bolts of conch sounded grandly, and the clouds on each side transformed into Immortal Children and Immortal Fairies, carrying baskets of flowers, scattering white jade blossoms like snowflakes that drifted down with curling white smoke.

Each illusory maiden had her own unique bearing, lively and graceful, their attire coordinated to perfection, as vivid as living beings. One or two even raised their heads to look, curiously gazing toward the Zifu above in the sky.

The white mist above grew ever broader, with pavilions and towers scattered artfully among them, all gathered around Shangyuan Perfected Person. Nearby, one or two Zifu watched with puzzled expressions, whispering softly:

"What is this... Neither the Five Elements of water and fire, nor the convergence of various Qi is present. All that can be seen is this white mist... How can anyone break through like this…"

"It's said to be the interplay of reality and illusion…"

The two whispered to each other, while Shangyuan at Li Xuanfeng's side also furrowed his brow, his face bright with doubt and shock. He squinted, fixating on that white mist, as white jade petals swept past his body, carrying white Qi and dropping into the lake below.

Yuansu Perfected Person paused for a moment, muttering:

"Truly, this is 'Jade True: Six-Nine Uniting Illusion'. Never would I have imagined that Taiyue possessed such an Immortal Secret."

All present showed myriad expressions, but Shangyuan continued to ascend into the clouds, and as he climbed higher, all things by his side churned violently. The white mist, now bright, now dim, surged towards him in waves.

Shangyuan Perfected Person spoke softly:

"'Green Jade Cliff'."

As soon as his words fell, all wind and snow of Heaven and Earth instantly stopped.

The wind and snow of the Northern Sea, unbroken for millennia, halted for several breaths in that moment—a thousand-li chain of snow peaks suddenly raining down white beads, both large and small, that pelted down over everything.

These white beads bounced and rolled, ringing out with crisp clarity. Some shattered the surface ice and sank into the lake, some tumbled noisily down the snowy slopes, and others gathered in heaps within hollows and depressions.

Under his feet, the ice and snow slowly transformed from brilliant white to a woven mixture of pale azure and snow, shining translucent in the moonlight. Shangyuan exhaled gently, intoning:

"'Secret Brocade Path'."

In the blink of an eye, the falling pearls throughout Heaven and Earth stretched and wove together into a fine, intricate white brocade. It drifted like cotton, blanketing the sky and obscuring the sun, leaving even the space three feet ahead murky and unclear—only a haze of white and fog.

'Jiang Family Taoist Lineage… Fei Wangbai's Taoist Foundation.'

Li Xuanfeng strained his Eyesight Power, pushing his Pupil Technique to the utmost. Only then could he barely discern a faint human silhouette—behind Shangyuan seemed to flutter a long silvery-white robe, its patterns gently waving in the wind.

A gentle voice sounded beside his ear, Shangyuan's tone filled with ease and contentment, as if everything had come to fruition:

"'Jade Disk'."

This Taoist Foundation, Li Xuanfeng had also heard of. In past years, Yu Yuxie cultivated precisely this path; yet, as it required the Taiyin Moonlight and Gaobai Jade Radiance, its transmission has long since been severed. As expected, this too belonged to the Jade True lineage.

At that moment, the bright moon and stars in the sky dimmed to the extreme, nearly merging with the night itself. In their place there ascended a resplendent, luminous jade disk.

As soon as this jade disk appeared above, the celestial beads and silken rain halted, and Shangyuan Perfected Person sat cross-legged in mid-air, and behind him, a jade disk of purest white hovered in perfect form, as if an immortal Buddha had been reborn. The veil of cloud around his features finally dispersed.

His features were handsome, with eyebrows long and smooth; yet now, both eyes shone pure white, fixed straight upon the void above.

He slowly turned his head, and the white Qi between his lips and teeth drifted unceasingly. Like a cascading waterfall, that white Qi poured from his hair with his slightest movement, dissolving into the air.

Yuan Su watched silently, a look of sudden realization in his eyes; beside him, a youth in blue-and-white robes emerged amid the clouds—none other than Pu Yu Perfected Person, whose face was filled with awe:

"Marvelous… So there was still such a spell-breaking method! Excellent! With this Immortal Law of Shangyuan Perfected Person, future generations will all have half a chance more at breaking through!"

"Since the ancient methods are now obsolete, each should seek their own nature. There's no need to cling to water, fire, the Five Elements, or the twelve Immortal Qi—those who seek the real and the illusory pursue the real and illusory, those who seek clarity and turbidity follow clarity and turbidity…"

In Pu Yu Perfected Person's gaze, divine light sparkled, as if endless thoughts swirled within him. He glanced at Li Xuanfeng at his side, and softly praised:

"Now his Divine Skills are about to merge; only then does the sign of immortal body's dissolution appear. Truly a genius! This Immortal Law was surely crafted for the Jade True, so perfect is its fit!"

Yet over there, Shangyuan was unceasing, uttering each word with measured solemnity:

"'Unity of Tao and Truth!'"

In an instant, dazzling white light flowed out, as clouds above surged and gathered. All converged toward the bright, grand jade disk behind him, coalescing into an immense white lake, within which a radiant point of light faintly formed.

All the Zifu watched that Spirit Light in amazement, but Pu Yu Perfected Person gazed past the light, studying Shangyuan Perfected Person intently, secretly divining as blood welled quietly in his hand.

Shangyuan lightly formed seals, and divine white light surged forth, colliding onto that Spirit Light.

Over the Spirit Light, a trace of illusory white jade slowly emerged, converging and growing more substantial, yet gradually dissolving again into Xu Wang—insubstantial illusion.

Shangyuan's pale face quickly returned to its natural hue, both eyes firmly shut, surfaces gleaming like jade stone. His left and right hands alternated between becoming insubstantial and solid, while the white light behind him flickered in and out, as though endlessly struggling.

From the sky, jade rain began to fall once more, and all the Zifu fell silent—whether envious, jealous, or uneasy, all their eyes remained fixed upon him.

Li Xuanfeng turned aside; Shangyuan's expression was one of amazement mingled with envy, and for more than a dozen breaths he said nothing. Beside him, Pu Yu Perfected Person lowered his brows and eyes, silent as stone.

Li Xuanfeng waited a moment longer; then, Pu Yu Perfected Person looked over and softly pointed to the ground beneath their feet.

Li Xuanfeng looked down, and there he saw only azure and white—the ice turned to jade, falling snow woven into brocade. This very Northern Sea Ice Peak, from crown to base, had been wholly transformed into a Green Jade Cliff.