I Come to Teach You Cultivation

With the Lord of the Netherworld and the Eastern Monarch taking action in succession.

The pressure on Xiluo’s proving the Dao eased all at once.

However, this did not mean that Xiluo’s proving the Dao was something that would go smoothly as a matter of course.

On the contrary, the Lord of the Netherworld and the Eastern Monarch could only help Xiluo solve part of the external influences; what truly decided whether she could succeed in proving the Dao was still herself.

Boom!

On this side, Zhen Wu was still doubting whether the Eastern Monarch was actually his own master—the Primordial Celestial King—wearing a vest.

Meanwhile, Xiluo, on the other side, had already jolted awake from the excitement of recognizing the Eastern Monarch’s identity.

Because as she began to evolve the [Path of Divinity] throughout the whole of Jasper Pool Heaven.

Some evil blights and demon fiends born alongside Divine Spirits also rapidly invaded Jasper Pool Heaven.

They were not true Divine Spirits, but various disaster-entities, concrete symbols evolved out of the concept of "Divine Spirit."

Since Xiluo sought to become the leader of the Gods and to lead the evolution of the divine-spirit concept, she naturally would be subject to erosion and backlash from this very concept.

In just a few short breaths, the originally beautiful, fairy‑mist‑wreathed Jasper Pool Heaven began evolving toward an extreme and perilous hellscape.

Because this was backlash on the level of concepts, Xiluo could not even find any specific enemy; there was very much a sense of drawing her sword, looking in all directions, and feeling utterly at a loss.

Fortunately, Xiluo was not completely unprepared for this.

Back when she had been practicing the method of Dreaming Enlightenment, she had already pre‑rehearsed the occurrence of this kind of situation.

Thus almost at the very instant those evil blights and demon fiends were born, Xiluo decisively pulled out the hairpin from atop her head.

Whoosh!

With a simple swing of the [Five Punishments’ Severity].

Majestic, vast power suppressed those concretized disasters.

Especially when those cracks like "scars of heaven" appeared everywhere in Jasper Pool Heaven, the fierce Qi seeping out and the reflected Star River were so shocking.

By absolute strength she suppressed all the negative influences and effects of the [Path of Divinity].

This was simply identical to the way Xiluo made pacts with Divine Spirits and wrote the [Jade Pool Celestial Book].

One can only say that Xiluo is indeed Xiluo; her way of solving problems is forever so simple, brutal, and direct.

"Careful!"

Just then, Zhen Wu finally came back to himself and let out a fierce shout.

The next moment, a longsword manifested out of thin air and pierced through the vault of heaven, shooting toward the Six Desire Heavens outside Jasper Pool Heaven.

Because its speed was simply too fast, aside from that sneak‑attacker, no one else had time to react to what had happened.

"Damn!"

"You too are an Innate Divine Spirit, so why are you acting as protector for this Queen Mother of the West?"

Seeing his sneak attack discovered, that Pathfinder had no choice but to reveal himself, swinging his blade to knock aside that longsword, then roaring at Zhen Wu.

Different from the Eastern Monarch, whose identity was a mystery.

Zhen Wu was of that type who had consolidated most of the future timelines, and only then traced history back to the past—a powerful Pathfinder.

So long as they saw that Demon‑Slaying Sword, most people could recognize his identity.

Zhen Wu’s Demon‑Slaying Sword was seven chi and two cun in length, representing the seventy‑two pentads in a year.

The sword weighed twenty‑four jin, representing the twenty‑four solar terms.

The blade was four cun and eight fen wide, representing the four seasons and eight major festivals in a year.

Of course, it was precisely because of these extremely distinctive features that this Pathfinder appeared all the more enraged.

In his eyes, Zhen Wu was a real, solid killing star; on almost every timeline where he proved the Dao he would go on a grand slaughter, so why was he so different this time?

Could it be merely because this was the origin point of time, the Tao Ancestor’s manifested "past"?

Would everything that happened at this temporal node be later incorporated into the long river of history, and then become a fate impossible to alter?

"What I do—since when have I needed to explain it to you?"

Fixing the Pathfinder with a cold gaze, Zhen Wu gave a disdainful cold snort.

"If you had brought your true body to this world, I might look up to you, just a little."

"But skulking about like this, not even daring to come except by borrowing Mahoraga’s projected form..."

Exactly as Zhen Wu said, the Pathfinder before them had not come to this era at all, much less been reborn as a living being of this age.

Compared to the current Zhen Wu, he seemed even more illusory and insubstantial.

Yet it was precisely because of this that this Pathfinder could slip past the double interception of the Netherworld Army and the Eastern Monarch, appearing before Xiluo to block her attainment.

For after all, in a certain sense, he was now merely one of the many desires constituting this Mahoraga.

Only because his desire was far too strong.

Did he finally succeed in taking control of this Mahoraga’s behavior.

Though Mahoraga was likewise one of the Eight Divisions, it was the embodiment of folly, relying entirely on instinct for all its actions.

In most circumstances, they appeared before mortals in the form of a snake that moved on its belly without feet.

Yet after being influenced by the Pathfinder’s desire, this Mahoraga transformed into the posture of a Divine Being with snake head and human body.

Whoosh!

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of turbid Qi.

Speaking no more, the Pathfinder decisively struck at Zhen Wu.

This clash of shadows with shadows no longer displayed the absolute disparity of strength between Pathfinders, but rather each side’s subtle command over power.

On this point, this Pathfinder who could influence Mahoraga through desire believed himself in no way inferior to Zhen Wu.

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As the curtain of the great battle was raised, it was no longer only Zhen Wu joining the fray.

Those Gods whose names had been recorded in the [Jade Pool Celestial Book] likewise manipulated their own projections and engaged the demon blights and evil fiends in Jasper Pool Heaven.

Among them there were indeed various demon blights and evil fiends born alongside the [Path of Divinity], but there were likewise no few outside invaders taking advantage of the chaos.

These people might not all be Pathfinders of Mahoraga’s level.

But to be able to take the opportunity to slip into Jasper Pool Heaven, they must each possess their own peculiar edge.

Besides, for the vast majority of outsiders, the battles between Pathfinders were simply too high‑end.

Compared to intervening in that level of combat, their goals were often very simple, and very pure—steal Flat Peaches.

Yes, as Xiluo proved the Dao, the Flat Peach trees in Jasper Pool Heaven were also ripening at a speed visible to the naked eye, and one after another, fruits of longevity were beginning to take shape.

Wu Yang, one of the Enlightened Six Witches, was among them.

Taking advantage of the chaos in Jasper Pool Heaven, she, under Wu Xian’s tacit consent and with the help of her many elder brothers, used the Wushan Tripod’s ability of Refining Illusion into Truth to successfully open a gateway for infiltrating Jasper Pool Heaven.

"One fruit...I only need one fruit, that’s enough!"

Fixing her gaze upon the largest Flat Peach tree in Jasper Pool Heaven, Wu Yang forcibly suppressed the excitement and fervor in her heart and murmured under her breath.

Unfortunately, just as the first Flat Peach was about to ripen.

A Demon King who had likewise been waiting for a long time suddenly manifested, then, with a speed like thunder that brooked no delay, charged toward that Flat Peach.

That Demon King was a Qin Dapo of the Six Desire Heavens, yet possessed a form utterly different from ordinary Qin Dapo.

His body was composed of countless tendrils and vine‑like whiskers, and in an instant he spread out into a Heaven and Earth Net.

"You dare!"

This Qin Dapo’s move was like a fuse, at once drawing out several other outsiders who had been eyeing the Flat Peaches.

Thus, an unexpected great battle naturally erupted.

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