This is the martial arts world, what are you cultivators interfering in?

Chapter 333 Prohibitions of Ordinary Scriptures

Flying out of the Milky Way, traversing the vast universe!

Li Lan had been flying continuously for half a month. All around him were desolate stars, with only one or two occasionally shining. After he arrived in the Myriad Weapons Furnace, there was no trace of life.

The universe is vast, but it is truly desolate. The four immortal realms of life are like a few oases in the desert.

He also deeply felt just how remote the Imperial Star was.

Although he did not take the ancient road, he generally traveled along its direction. However, after flying for half a month in the God-Demon level Myriad Weapon Furnace, he had not even found a slightly larger star.

When he first entered the Imperial Star along the ancient road, he noticed that there were more than a hundred iconic stars along the way.

In other words, after flying non-stop for half a month, he hadn't even covered one percent of the distance.

That's normal. The ancient road from the Ziwei Starfield to the Emperor Star was built by countless ancestral gods and immortals. It can be seen as a "high-speed train" with a fixed route. If you don't take that road, the speed will naturally be much slower.

However, Li Lan was not in a hurry.

He destroyed a god-king, and this news will surely attract the attention of the entire divine realm, and who knows what kind of pursuit will follow.

It's good to wander in the universe a little longer.

In fact, there were several stretches along the way where he didn't think about the direction at all, flying randomly and without any regard for the direction.

After all, the Divine Realm would definitely predict Li Lan's various destinations and lay all sorts of traps. In this situation, Li Lan's choice to not confront the opponent directly and instead choose randomness would be the most unpredictable for the opponent!

Meanwhile, he didn't stay idle during these two weeks; he was comprehending various cultivation techniques.

After obtaining a portion of the scriptures from the Kuafu Demon God, his mortal scriptures were also connected to those from the Xingtian Demon God, which was enough for him to complete the "Five Treasures Connecting to the Divine" realm.

During the battle between gods and kings, he broke through realms one after another, and now his cultivation has reached the fifth level of "Six Internal Organs Nourishing Spirit". However, the massive resources he had swindled from various forces in the Ziwei Star Region have finally been exhausted.

"Whether it's Zhu Wusi, who is at the quasi-supreme level, or Mo Lang and others, who are at the god-king level, they all flock to reincarnation. This thing is the key to becoming the strongest god-emperor..."

Li Lan's soul realm has now reached the "Seeing the Void" level, and he has planted the seed of "Supreme" on his Heavenly Fire Path, but he has not yet comprehended it.

Only after the battle with the God King did he truly understand the true value of the word "supreme"!

It can be described as absolute suppression.

Cang Hao's flawless golden body, with no leakage of his own essence, is almost eternal. It is extremely difficult to break through from the outside, and it is probably the most advanced defense.

He also learned from the words of several god-kings that, in addition to the state of "no leakage," there seemed to be other supreme fruits of the Dao such as "no flaw" and "no stain," which were similar to but completely different from "no leakage."

Qin Zhong's endless realm is boundless and without end. Once trapped, even if you possess immense magical power and countless strengths, it's like a clay ox sinking into the sea—impossible to struggle against.

However, such a terrifying Dao fruit can be easily broken by the "one who has no distance". The one who has no distance can ignore distance and can appear in any corner of the universe and reach any place with a single thought.

Kuafu's "boundless body" was equally magnificent. Li Lan had learned the supernatural power of "following the heavens and the earth" from the "limitless battle technique" of the Fighting Demon God, which made his body extremely tall and large, able to contain the power of heaven and earth for battle. However, heaven and earth are ultimately limited. In a sense, Kuafu's body could fill the universe and fill all space.

Then there's Morang God King's "Unbounded" Dao Fruit; wherever he is, all magical power and supernatural abilities will turn into nothingness, making him the nemesis of great sorcerers.

Among those who attain supreme enlightenment, the differences in their attainments can create a fatal relationship of mutual generation and restraint.

Ordinary cultivators are truly like ants in front of supreme god-kings and immortal kings!

Therefore, he was also full of imagination about the supreme path he would take in the future.

Now, his Void Perception Realm is inscribed with many things: the illusory image of reincarnation, the Taiji formation he saw above Mars, Xing Tian's Great Ferocious Lifeless Method, the Limitless Battle Power Technique of the Fighting Demon God... and the "Boundless" mark of Kuafu that he is currently comprehending...

There is even the law of Yu the Great, which Li Lan summarizes as "the way of humanity," which is a path completely opposite to "supreme." The way of nothingness seeks nothingness, while the way of existence seeks existence.

The Dao created heaven and earth and gave birth to all things, so the ultimate Daoist is revered as the Ancestral God.

The Way of Nothingness strives for self-existence and the absence of others, ultimately earning the titles of Immortal King and God King, with an apparent "God Emperor" above them.

However, based on what Li Lan knows so far, it seems that the "ancestral god" is a rank higher than the immortal king, god king, and demon god.

Does this mean that the Way of Existence is more powerful than the Way of Non-Existence?

He didn't know, he could only experience and perceive it little by little.

Since Li Lan condensed the Myriad Flames, his comprehension has been nothing short of heaven-defying. He can see through ordinary Great Dao spells and techniques at a glance and learn them in an instant. However, supreme methods and the Dao of Existence are still as mysterious and unpredictable as a vast ocean to him, difficult to understand.

He remained calm and unhurried, letting the Myriad Weapons Furnace fly on its own while he sat cross-legged on it, slowly comprehending the Dao.

"Hmm? That star ahead seems to possess some extraordinary aura?"

Suddenly, Li Lan discovered a star that was about to perish, and he rushed over to it.

The surface of the star was covered with iron sand, devoid of any signs of life, a completely barren expanse. Now, countless magmas were surging up from the ground, but within those magmas, there were clearly many golden star-like specks.

"what is this?"

Li Lan was surprised.

"Primordial Divine Metal!"

An aged voice suddenly rang out; it was Zhu Wusi, the evil spirit from the underworld.

During this time, he had been silently absorbing the corpse of God-King Morang. Now, startled by the substances in this place, he exclaimed, "There's actually something like this here..."

"Primordial Divine Metal, what is this?"

Li Lan said.

"An extremely special material, so rare that it's hard to find even in the realm of gods, that can be used to forge artifacts for god-kings!"

Zhu Wusi said, "If something like this appeared in the Divine Realm, even the God King would fight to seize it!"

"That's strange. Such things are extremely rare. How could you possibly find one?"

Upon hearing this, Li Lan was extremely surprised. After a moment's thought, he said, "Could it be because of... the Myriad Weapons Furnace?"

He looked down at the treasure furnace at his feet.

The furnace was covered in ash, weathered by time, and its luster was subdued, showing no particular special features. However, this item was a treasure personally forged by the demon god Chi You.

The seven demon gods who transformed into the underworld were all supreme beings with their own legends, but Chi You was still the most fierce and terrifying of them all.

Because, in the past, he truly fought against two great ancestral gods—the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor—all by himself!

The Ancestral God is the highest-ranking among the powerful beings of the Emperor Star. Other Immortal Kings and Demon Gods are slightly inferior to him. However, he was able to compete with the two Ancestral Gods of the same generation and even forced the two Ancestral Gods to join forces to fight against him. Such a record is truly unparalleled in the world.

It is said that the most important reason why Chi You was able to have such combat power was his mastery of weapons!

Chi You, the demon god, is also known as the ancestor of all weapons!

As a treasure personally controlled by the demon god Chi You, the Myriad Weapons Furnace has devoured countless rare treasures and forged countless world-shaking divine weapons. It is not surprising that it has a mysterious sensitivity to special materials in the world.

During this time, Li Lan was focused on comprehending the Dao, aimlessly and without control, letting the Myriad Weapons Furnace drift like a message in a bottle. It was only natural that the Myriad Weapons Furnace was attracted by special substances.

"If we collect these items and refine them using the Myriad Weapons Furnace, they will definitely become an astonishing artifact. It's just a pity that you haven't reached the God-King level yet; otherwise, perhaps I could witness the birth of another God-King artifact."

Zhu Wusi spoke with emotion.

Without hesitation, Li Lan flew over and collected all the primordial divine metal from the magma.

"It's so heavy!"

Li Lan was astonished. The Primordial Divine Gold was like fine sand, and there were only a few dozen grains of it in total, but its weight was terrifying, probably reaching hundreds of millions of kilograms!

The divine gold also contains all sorts of wondrous patterns.

Overjoyed with such a gain, Li Lan decided to leave it to its own devices and let the Myriad Weapons Furnace "drift" on its own.

"After the 'Dongzhen' realm, what next level is there?"

Li Lan and Zhu Wusi began to talk.

Although he had only seen the Void, he was already looking forward to the God King realm!

"After reaching the realm of enlightenment, one is considered to have broken the taboo, marking the beginning of a forbidden path."

Zhu Wusi said, "The forbidden path begins with breaking the taboo, followed by riding the wind, breathing soil, splitting water, wood growth, divine fire, forging the Dao, earth shaking, and earth-shattering. After earth-shattering comes the supreme!"

Upon hearing this, Li Lan couldn't help but shudder. After he destroyed a God King, although he felt the gap was huge, he thought he was close to reaching this level. Now it seems that the road ahead is still very long!

However, he was not disappointed, after all, the god-kings he had encountered so far were all extremely incomplete.

The fighting demon god's good and evil bodies were separated, and the underworld he himself had transformed into was about to collapse. Zhuanxu was directly rotten, and his will to live was gone. Kuafu demon god was left with only a remnant of his spirit, but he was also on his last legs.

Mo Lang, Qin Zhong, and other God Kings were severely injured when they first entered the Emperor Star. After countless years of the Dharma-ending Age and the Spiritless Sealing, their strength was reduced to less than one-hundredth.

If it were a true, fully-fledged God-King, he could probably destroy an entire star field with a single move, and even obliterate the Great Dao itself.

"The forbidden land is a void; you must create it yourself and experience it for yourself..."

Zhu Wusi sighed, “In the void, Feng Xu rode the wind, seeking out the Breath Soil to establish a foothold. When the Breath Soil covered the sky and earth, the prototype of the world was formed, giving the world water, wood spirits that nurtured all things, and finally, divine fire erupted, stirring the earth and causing all things to flourish. Only after withstanding the forbidden calamity of heavenly lightning did he finally have his own true world…”

Upon hearing this, Li Lan was filled with longing. The so-called forbidden path required him to create a world from nothingness.

"and then?"

Li Lan said.

"Then... sacrifice everything you created."

Zhu Wusi said, "The sacrifice has been made, everything has become nothingness, and the true Great Law will descend upon you, allowing you to possess the supreme Dao Fruit and ascend to the realm of God-King!"

"Of course, you can also choose not to make a sacrifice, but instead let the world you create truly become a pure land and truly manifest itself to the world. This is the way of your Imperial Star Ancestral God, but if you do this, you will die ten times over!"

Li Lan said, "If there were truly no chance of survival, how could Pangu, Nuwa, Fuxi, and others have succeeded?"

Zhu Wusi gave a desolate smile and said, "Yes, I don't know how they succeeded. Perhaps it's because they could do what ordinary people couldn't that they were able to become ancestral gods..."

"If it weren't for the existence of such a group of people, how could a mere Imperial Star have stirred up the entire universe back then, causing the heavens and earth to tremble and almost altering the course of time?"

Li Lan fell silent. He suddenly realized that Zhu Wusi was already a quasi-supreme being, and he must have faced a choice between the two. Therefore, although he came from the Divine Realm, he showed boundless reverence for the ancestral gods such as Nuwa and Pangu.

"Focus on cultivating the mortal scriptures. Heh, do you know why mortal scriptures are considered taboo in the divine realm?"

"Because of this scripture, it is said that by cultivating it to the end, the entire world you create can be preserved intact and appear completely in this world..."

As Zhu Wusi spoke of profound secrets and taboos, a hint of expectation seemed to flicker in his eyes as he looked at Li Lan.

"Pangu separated heaven and earth, but left behind only empty mountains and rivers. Nuwa created humans from clay, but brought about a great calamity, and she herself almost perished. These two were already the strongest among the ancestral gods of the imperial stars. Later, Suirenshi exhausted everything, but only left behind a wisp of fire. Shennongshi tasted all the bitterness, but only left behind a few precious herbs..."

"Yu the Great is regarded as the human emperor, but what about him? He wanted to overcome that obstacle, but he had nothing left. The whole world collapsed, leaving only a fragment of humanity's destiny..."

"I also want to see what kind of earth-shattering, ocean-shaking spectacle would occur if a real, complete world were to descend upon this world one day, hehe..."

Li Lan was utterly shocked!

Zhu Wusi's calm words made him feel as if he were witnessing an epic saga in the long history of the Imperial Star!

Pangu separated heaven and earth, leaving behind only empty mountains and rivers…

Nuwa created humans from clay, which caused a cataclysmic calamity by splitting the heavens...

Suiren gave his all, yet only managed to bring forth a single spark from his world; Shennong endured hardship, leaving behind only a few medicinal herbs; and even the incredibly talented and powerful Yu could only bring forth a fragment of destiny…

The way of things... is truly too cruel!

Perhaps it was because they had experienced such unspeakable pain that the ancestral gods of the Imperial Stars went to great lengths to salvage a passage of scripture for posterity…

All scriptures can bring a world to life!

Who are the enemies of the ancestral gods? Who is hindering all of this?

"The Way of Existence and the Way of Non-Existence must both be understood and comprehended!"

Li Lan's resolve was unwavering.

He hasn't truly embarked on the forbidden path yet, and is still far from making the choice between existence and non-existence. The only thing he can do is cultivate each of his current realms to its strongest level and make all the necessary preparations!

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