Gao Qingxuan looked at the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, then at Yan Zhaoge, “The Jade Clear lineage’s Senior Master Red Essence had perished as well.”
“Perished by the Lord of Plentiful Treasure’s hands?” Yan Zhaoge revealed a pained expression.
During the Ancient Investitures of the Gods era, when the Prime Clear Immortal Extermination Formation was destroyed, the Immortal Extermination Four Swords fell into the hands of the Jade Clear experts.
The Jade Clear bigwig who obtained the Immortal Slaughtering Sword was none other than Master Red Essence.
Master Red Essence was the Primordial Heavenly Lord’s personal disciple, a true Jade Clear lineage disciple.
He was proficient in the Yin Yang Heavenly Scripture, Life Creation Heavenly Scripture, and Heart’s Will Heavenly Scripture. Based on the foundations of the Jade Clear lineage, he created his own style and integrated the dao of life and death. He had a unique understanding of the principles of life and death in the netherworld.
The World beyond Worlds’ Northwestern Dim Heaven Territory’s Scarlet Sea lineage originated from Master Red Essence’s lineage.
However, as time passed, this Daoism Heavenly Lord had disappeared from the world for a long time and disappeared from history.
From the looks of it now, he had perished long ago.
Gao Qingxuan sighed and confirmed Yan Zhaoge’s guess, “The Lord of Plentiful Treasure wanted to retrieve the Immortal Extermination Four Swords and sought out Senior Master Red Essence.”
“Senior apprentice-brother Nie and senior apprentice-sister Yu obtained the Chaos Extinguishing Origin Scripture and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword through the Lord of Plentiful Treasure. If Master Red Essence had perished, he most likely perished by the Lord of Plentiful Treasure’s hands.” Yan Zhaoge smiled bitterly.
As a Prime Clear lineage disciple, Daoist Cloud Conquest’s expression was one of awkwardness and one of sorrow towards Yan Zhaoge.
“Let’s not talk about the matters of the older generations during the Ancient era.”
Yan Zhaoge grinned, “I wonder how many Immortal Extermination Four Swords the Lord of Plentiful Treasure managed to retrieve?”
Gao Qingxuan answered, “Only the Immortal Slaughtering Sword.”
She said softly, “Not long after that, the Lord of Plentiful Treasure perished as well.”
“Which Dao Ancestor did it?” Yan Zhaoge asked.
The Lord of Plentiful Treasure was the head disciple of the Prime Clear Daoist Ancestor, the Lord of Numinous Treasure. His cultivation base shook the ancients and dazzled contemporaries. He had always been known as one of Daoism’s Three Great Sword Cultivators along with the Jade Clear Jade Cauldron Cultivated Deity and the later head of Daoism’s Four Imperials, the Purple Tenuity Emperor.
To be fair, in terms of cultivation, he was not the strongest amongst the Prime Clear lineage’s disciples.
The strongest personal disciple of the Heavenly Lord of Numinous Treasure was the Goddess of Golden Spirit.
After the Goddess of Golden Spirit suffered a calamity in the ancient era, she entered the Heavenly Courts’ Divine Palace on the God roll and became the Master of the Fighting Division. She was forever the legitimate god of the Kan Palace.
Her full title was “Heaven Reaching Brahma Doumu Progenitor Zi Guangming Zhe Hui Tai Su Yuan Hou Jin Zhen Sheng De Tianzun”. She was the Master of Stars before the Heaven Reaching Purple Tenuity Polaris Great Emperor.
However, the Goddess of Golden Spirit was not a sword cultivator.
In terms of the dao of the sword, the Lord of Plentiful Treasure was still the number one in the Prime Clear lineage.
If the Immortal Extermination Formation was taken into account, then he was undoubtedly the number one disciple under the Lord of Numinous Treasure. Throughout the ages, he was a figure who could do whatever he wanted among the Grand Heavenly Immortals.
With only one of the Four Immortal Exterminating Swords, the power of the Immortal Exterminating Formation could not be unleashed to its peak.
But after the Ancient era, the Primogenitor of Numinous Treasure had transcended, and the Primogenitor of Plentiful Treasure had successfully inherited the Chaos Extinguishing Origin Scripture, a supreme technique. Compared to the time of the Conferred God War, his personal strength had undoubtedly improved greatly!
Even without the Immortal Extermination Formation, he had surpassed the Goddess of Golden Spirit after cultivating the Chaos Extinguishing Origin Scripture.
With the Chaos Extinguishing Origin Scripture and the complete Immortal Extermination Formation, the Lord of Plentiful Treasure was undoubtedly one of the top-notch existences among the Grand Heavenly Immortals.
For the Lord of Plentiful Treasure to perish, if he wasn’t surrounded, it was most likely a Dao Ancestor.
As expected, Gao Qingxuan stared at Yan Zhaoge and Daoist Cloud Conquest and slowly said.
“The Vast Freedom Heavenly Devil.”
Daoist Cloud Conquest asked, “Why would the Vast Freedom Heavenly Devil trouble the Lord of Plentiful Treasure?
Hmm … wait! “
A pondering expression appeared on his face, “Could it be …”
“Could it be … the Lord of Plentiful Treasure intends to replace the Doomsday Heavenly Devil?” Yan Zhaoge continued his sentence.
Gao Qingxuan nodded lightly.
Yan Zhaoge slapped his forehead, while Daoist Cloud Conquest let out a sigh.
As one of the top experts among the Grand Heavenly Immortals, the Lord of Plentiful Treasure definitely had the ambition to ascend beyond the Grand Heavenly Realm and achieve the Dao Ancestor Realm.
“The Lord of Plentiful Treasure’s foundations are extremely deep, and he possesses a supreme martial art like the Chaos Extinguishing Origin Scripture that could allow him to ascend beyond the Grand Heavenly Realm. Why would he risk his life to seize the sixth Ancestral Devil’s position?” Daoist Cloud Conquest’s expression was filled with pity.
Yan Zhaoge pondered, “Was he obstructed by others?”
The Prime Clear Ten Scriptures’ final scripture, the Chaos Extinguishing Origin Scripture, was similar to Yan Zhaoge’s Primordial Heavenly Scripture’s first scripture, the Peerless Heavenly Scripture. Both of them were supreme martial arts that allowed the Three Clear Grand Masters to ascend to the Dao Realm.
Theoretically speaking, as long as one could thoroughly comprehend the scripture’s principles, one could follow the Primordial Heavenly Lord’s and the Lord of Numinous Treasure’s paths and ascend to the Dao Realm and transcend.
Of course, to comprehend such a profound supreme martial art to perfection, not only would one’s perception be required, but one’s luck would also be required.
In the past, the Three Clear Grand Masters’ ability to transcend wasn’t as simple as it seemed.
Therefore, in actual cultivation, there was a problem.
After the Three Clear Grand Masters successfully transcended, they pointed out the path for their successors. However, this path was also exposed to other bigwig experts.
Those who were capable and had the intention to create obstacles for themselves.
Or, they might not necessarily create obstacles for themselves. They might even destroy the other party’s opportunity to attain the Dao by subtracting them.
Some of these actions only served to stall for time. There were other ways to do so.
However, there were some that could completely block this path.
Not only would the path to transcend be blocked, but the path to the Dao Realm from the Grand Heavenly Realm might even be prematurely blocked.
“This is what they mean by ‘the ideal is perfect, but the reality is cruel’,” said Yan Zhaoge helplessly.
Without mentioning anyone else, he knew of a perfect example.
The Maitreya Buddha, also known as the Future Buddha, was the current Blessed Lands of the White Lotus’s owner.
Under normal circumstances, as long as the Buddha transcended, he would be able to take over and surpass the Grand Heavenly Realm experts’ shackles and ascend to the Dao Realm. He would then become the new central Blessed Lands of Saha’s owner and the new Mystical Mountain’s Buddha.
If he succeeded, he would follow the Gautama Buddha’s path and transcend from the Dao Realm.
On the path from the Grand Heavenly Realm to the Dao Realm, he was different from other Buddhist experts, including the other central Blessed Lands of Saha’s Buddhist experts. His path was unique and simple. It was sufficient for other Grand Heavenly Realm experts to be envious.
But now, everyone knew what the result would be.
On the crucial step from the Grand Heavenly Realm to the Dao Realm, the Maitreya Buddha was tricked.
He was tricked to the point that he didn’t even have the chance to slowly cultivate the orthodox path like the other Buddhas of the Blessed Lands.
In the end, in order to become the Maitreya Buddha, he was even forced to change the entire central Blessed Lands of Saha’s orthodoxy. As a result, a large number of central Blessed Lands of Saha’s experts switched to the Western Pure Lands.
Even under such a secretive situation, he was still delayed.
The clearer and smoother the path, the easier it was for others to obstruct it.
Since the ancient times, many heroes had emerged. By studying the foundations of their predecessors, they continuously created new paths and opened up their own paths. This was to prevent similar situations from occurring.
Sometimes, new discoveries might even break through the obstructions on the old path, allowing it to become smoother and filled with vitality.
Of course, time waits for no man. Everything had to be based on reality.
Some bitter fruits had to be swallowed. Some choices could only be made between the worst and the worst.
“The one who obstructed the Lord of Plentiful Treasure’s path, or the Chaos Extinguishing Origin Scripture’s path to the Dao Realm, should be the Nine Underworlds as well?” Yan Zhaoge lightly rubbed his temples, “In order to pave the way for the Doomsday Heavenly Devil.”
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