The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 826: 776 Chapter: Demonic God Physique

On a certain mountain peak of Shenxiao Mountain, Pei Xuanjing sat cross-legged on a cloud bed, surrounded by a thick and substantial-like essence Qi of Heaven and Earth.

His eyes were slightly closed, and the Sanbao Jade Ruyi resting on his knees radiated light, enveloping him entirely. Although he made no move at the moment, the imposing aura emanating from him was impossible to ignore.

“Deities are born innate; their foundation and core are the authority of Heaven and Earth. Without authority and laws, even with a divine body, they can no longer exert sufficient power,” Pei Xuanjing reflected in his heart.

At that time, more than a month had passed since he had suppressed the evil god who claimed to be the Zhenwu Damo Heavenly Sovereign Xuandi at the Taihe Mountain True Martial Sect. After stripping away the evil god’s spiritual wisdom with divine power, and with the decree of Jade Purity True Monarch to help Qingxu Taoist gain control of that divine body, Pei Xuanjing left the True Martial Sect and returned to Shenxiao Mountain.

This trip to Shenxiao Mountain was greatly beneficial for Pei Xuanjing. He had witnessed the process of the divine birth of Innate Gods and, afterward, the removal of their authority and laws, which allowed him to understand the Innate Gods even better.

“Innate birth; existence and life are naturally granted. In the case of Deities, these so-called Innate Gods simply exist; they are born from the origin of Heaven and Earth,” Pei Xuanjing had a new enlightenment in his heart. “Thus, these Innate Gods were not actually created by the True Martial Sect, but rather it seemed as if Heaven and Earth used the Sect to nurture and manifest them. The later transformation into an evil god was indeed a misstep. If not for Master Sanfeng’s True Spirit tainted with the aura of slaughter, perhaps an Innate God could indeed have been born.”

Pei Xuanjing reviewed everything that had happened and thoroughly understood the process and its oversights. However, these were not important. Right now, there were two matters of utmost importance to Pei Xuanjing.

“Even the evil god, whose favor from heaven had not yet been lost, once I erased his spiritual wisdom, truly incurred the disdain of Heaven and Earth. Even with my status as the Jade Purity True Monarch and the favor of the Will of Heaven and Earth, I could not completely counteract it,” Pei Xuanjing murmured to himself.

In the palm of his left hand was a shallow scar about an inch long, the price he paid for forcibly erasing the evil god’s spiritual wisdom—a Heavenly Dao scar.

This Heavenly Dao wound was a Dao injury, not easy to dispel. For ninety-nine percent of cultivators between Heaven and Earth, it was a wound beyond repair, one that would exist forever, indelible.

Of course, Pei Xuanjing was not among them. With his power and realm, there was little in the world that could harm him, even the will of Heaven and Earth itself could hardly inflict severe damage on Pei Xuanjing.

For others, a Dao injury from Heavenly Dao damage might be impossible to remove, but for Pei Xuanjing, who had control over the Small Thousand World of the Longevity World, it was not truly insoluble. With the power of the Longevity World, all he needed to do was calm his mind and spend time to easily heal this Dao injury.

Yet Pei Xuanjing did not rush to do so; instead, he endured the temporary weakening of his strength as a consequence of keeping this Dao injury on his body. Because after truly bearing this injury, he made a significant discovery, which pertained to the other most important matter for him at this time.

Although the injury brought severe damage, Pei Xuanjing also noticed that it was honing his body, making the flesh carved by the minute injuries even tougher and stronger.

Who was Pei Xuanjing? As a supreme strong of the Nine Realms of Spirit, standing at the pinnacle between Heaven and Earth, his body refining had reached the peak, arriving at the limits of the physical body.

With the current strength of Pei Xuanjing’s physical body, even common Divine Weapons could not harm him. Leaving other factors aside, in a contest of pure strength, Pei Xuanjing’s physical body was capable of severing many Divine Weapons.

Yet now this injury could actually damage his flesh, and he found that his body was not completely defeated in the ongoing struggle with this wound. Instead, it was slowly enhancing the strength of his physical body.

This was a novel discovery, undoubtedly opening a new world for Pei Xuanjing.

He had thought that his physical body had been honed to the pinnacle of the Spirit Realm and could not be improved further. The only way forward was to perfect Martial Arts, then explore Divine Hidden to step into the Human Immortal Realm.

But now Pei Xuanjing realized that wasn’t the case; his physical body had not been developed to its fullest potential and still had room for growth.

“It’s uncertain whether the strengthening of the physical body is merely an extension of the pinnacle of the Spirit Realm or a fundamental transformation,” Pei Xuanjing pondered to himself.

These two possibilities held completely different meanings: the former suggested that his physical realm had not reached its limit, far from the true Human Immortal Realm, while the latter meant he might have found a way forward to the Human Immortal Realm. Regardless of its validity, it represented a viable opportunity to attempt.

Demonic God Physique!

According to legend, the constitution of Gods and Devils was different from the mundane; they were born close to the Great Tao, harmonizing with the path of cultivation and even without the use of divine power, they possessed the strength to move mountains and seas.

If the essence of the body could transform again, does it imply a potential evolution into the Demonic God Physique? Even if it wasn’t the pursued realm of the Human Immortal, it would still be a path to continue growing stronger.

Pei Xuanjing truly did not know what lay ahead. Without any reference to guide him, he could only rely on his existing knowledge and understanding to boldly speculate and deduce, then cautiously attempt, to eventually find the most fitting path.

“In the darkness, I grope alone; perhaps the pioneers who established the cultivation system also underwent such experiences to reach today’s era of flourishing cultivation. Thus, for someone like me, who aspires to be the founder of all Immortals and the ancestor of all paths, this process is necessary and inevitable. There is no need to avoid it. Only by groping through the darkness can the most solid Dao be forged,” Pei Xuanjing’s eyes were filled with determination.

And here on Shenxiao Mountain, as Pei Xuanjing gained insight into his future path from suppressing the evil god at Taihe Mountain and resolved to explore that path in darkness, the whole world between Heaven and Earth once again surged with activity. Yet all this had little to do with Pei Xuanjing; the true protagonist was the True Martial Sect from before.