Ever since the road to immortality was opened, a wave of tribulations has been set off in the world of the living. The lords of Fengdu and the Immortal Palace relied on their profound foundation to overcome three disasters in succession and became true immortals on land. True Lord Nanhua built a warehouse, overcame two disasters, and was stuck at the third level of three disasters and six tribulations. The life written on the Book of Life and Death had not been erased, so he could not be considered to have transcended the cycle of life and death.
The founder of Lingshu Mountain, Jia Yi, had just survived a fire ten years ago and had just begun to cleanse his mortal body. The other practitioners from the four continents and five seas were still stuck at the stage where their foundations were not yet perfect and they could not even open the door to transcending the catastrophe and becoming immortals.
The gods in the underworld were also the same, and they all began to prepare to transcend the tribulation and become immortals. Immortals transcend the three disasters and six tribulations, escape the Book of Life and Death, shed their mortal bodies and become true immortals. Gods do not have physical bodies, so they are no longer included in the six paths of life and death in the Book of Life and Death, but belong to a separate book. Therefore, they have to transcend the nine thunder tribulations and gather the golden bodies of immortals.
Except for Emperor Kong Huai of Dongyang, who had the worst foundation and had just ascended to the throne, the rest of the Emperors, including Emperor Longqiu, Emperor Changyue, Ksitigarbha, Nanming Jellyfish, etc., all began to survive the tribulation.
Among them, Emperor Longqiu, who has the deepest cultivation and the most profound foundation, has already passed the third thunder tribulation and condensed a golden body of an immortal.
Even many old gods and giant monsters hidden deep in the underworld have begun to try to perfect themselves and want to embark on the road to immortality. Chang De and Zhang Heming, as the oldest group of practitioners and the earliest gods, are naturally no exception.
Chang De walked down from the sky, and the ghost and god patterns on his body gradually faded and disappeared, revealing his true appearance. Thousands of ghosts and gods knelt on the ground and shouted to the sky, their majestic power showing the dignity of the underworld god.
Guarded by numerous ghosts and gods, a god walked out of a carriage pulled by a ghost horse. It was Zhang Heming. The ghost and god patterns on his face also disappeared. Both of them had survived the second thunder tribulation.
Chang De felt a little regretful: "I can barely pass the second level of thunder tribulation, I can't afford to pass the third level!"
Zhang Heming cupped his hands and said, "Brother Chang, there is no need to regret. The third thunder tribulation will condense the immortal golden body and prove the immortal body."
“After searching all over the world, only Emperor Longqiu succeeded in overcoming the tribulation several decades ago. The Underworld God of the Southern Continent perished directly, and the Ksitigarbha of the Western Continent even suffered damage to his foundation at the second level. The Buddha Land of the Western Continent used its inner strength to save him, and it has not been repaired yet. If you are not absolutely sure, you can wait a little longer.”
Chang De shook his head: "You can wait a little longer. I am over 1,400 years old this year, which is far beyond the immortal realm. Although the divine way can continue without a physical body, the poison of the incense and the soul have merged into one. I am afraid that I will end up as a clay statue of the god."
"Only by condensing the immortal golden body can we escape from the death realm. We can't wait any longer and can't delay any longer!"
Zhang Heming stroked his beard and nodded: "In this case, you and I have both survived two thunder tribulations, so we are barely qualified. Why not..."
Chang De's eyes changed and he looked at Zhang Heming: "You mean to start early? Can you find a way to get to the human world?"
What Chang De was talking about was the plan of the two people many years ago. In the past, a star cave fell from the upper realm. Zhang Heming, who was good at deducing the secrets of heaven, was the first to know the news. This Taoist was very sensitive to his own misfortunes and fortunes, and he instantly realized that this matter might be related to his own enlightenment. It was an important opportunity for him to become a god in the upper realm in the future.
Zhang Heming sent his disciples to the ruins, just in time for the birth of the West God Palace, where the gods and demons of the ancient times were reincarnated and returned.
All practitioners who entered the Western Palace of Gods had a chance to become immortals, and all their requests were granted. The disciples of the Heavenly Master Sect also gained enormous benefits as a result, and the contemporary Heavenly Master Zhang Yusu also received a response to what he asked for on behalf of his master.
The Lord of the Western Palace of Gods gave Zhang Yusu a token of ascension. With this token, he could go directly to the upper realm and go to the gate of the fairyland to meet the immortal gods in the upper realm. If the ancient heaven still existed, he could even ask for an ordinary god position in heaven with this token.
But now the Heavenly Court has not opened, only the road to immortality is open. According to the divine decree from the Heavenly Court sent down from the upper realm, the one guarding the road to immortality is Taibai Star Lord. All those who set foot on the road to immortality leading to the upper realm must first pass by Taibai Star Lord.
This secret of immortality may be a huge secret to others, but to the two of them, they know it very clearly. So they know that if they take the order of ascension, they will definitely go to the upper realm to Taibai Star Mansion to meet a star god who may be a relic from the ancient times.
As gods who have embarked on the path to becoming immortals, they can request to meet the star god who guards the road to immortality. No matter what the final result is, they will definitely know how to ascend to the upper realm and even know how to obtain a divine position.
But the most difficult thing is that they hold the Ascension Order and want to go to the upper realm. They must first pass through the transit point of the Three Realms' Caves, Heavens and Star Palaces, the Three Realms Abyss of Youdu Fairy Island. However, they are in the underworld and the Three Realms Abyss is in the human world.
Zhang Heming waved his hands repeatedly: "I haven't found a way to go directly to the human world, but I have heard a piece of news."
"It is rumored that the Three Realms Abyss is not one, but one in the heaven, the human world, and the underworld. The one in the human world is controlled by the Immortal Lord of Nether City, and no one knows where the ones in the underworld and the heaven are located."
On the mountaintop guarded by hundreds of thousands of ghosts and spirits, a sharp and evil wind from the underworld swept over. Chang De's eyes suddenly changed and he looked at Zhang Heming.
Zhang Heming smiled calmly, as if he had everything under control: "I have spent decades traversing the underworld and finally found it!"
The netherworld is infinitely more desolate and barren than the mortal world, and this northern underworld is a notoriously dead place in the netherworld.
In other continents, there are living beings multiplying and the reincarnation system is gradually improving. However, the North Continent is the only continent that is covered with ice and snow, except for a few demon countries. There are no important gods in the underworld, let alone figures like the Emperor to suppress reincarnation. Apart from some ghosts and monsters, nothing can be seen.
Not to mention the sight of ghost towns like those in the Dongzhou underworld, even the blessed places and ghost realms in the underworld that can be seen everywhere in other continents are extremely rare here.
At this time, two powerful gods entered here, alarming the entire northern underworld. One of them wore a black long robe, and the other wore a blue Taoist robe. There were no ghost or god patterns on their faces, but the pressure of high-ranking gods on their bodies suppressed the ghosts and monsters along the way, making them tremble and crawl on the ground.
The two of them quickly passed through the sky of the underworld. Unlike their usual practice of carrying a magic frame and thousands of ghosts and gods with them, they finally entered a ghost den that seemed to be completely weathered, with black and gray constantly sweeping the air.
The mountains here were all shiny black, with jagged edges interlaced across one another, looking like some kind of torture device. The two men walked into the center of the den of ghosts, and finally stopped on an empty land of ashes.
Zhang Heming waved his hand casually, raising smoke and dust for dozens of miles, revealing the scene below.
An object that looked like a mirror appeared. It was so huge that it seemed to be embedded in the entire earth, becoming one with the heaven and earth.
Through the mirror, one can seem to see hazy and illusory scenes evolving continuously, finally freezing into the reflected dark sky, and seeing the gray wind blowing continuously.
"This is it!" Zhang Heming nodded, as if he was sure that this was the Three Realms Abyss. He had crossed the Three Realms Abyss countless times and knew the power that ran through the Three Realms, Six Paths, and the cycle of heaven and earth very well.
"It is rumored that the Three Realms Abyss was formed by a fairy weapon that fell from the sky. I heard in my early years that it was a fairy mirror. Maybe it is really possible!" Chang De looked at the transparent mirror that stretched for who knows how far and sighed.
Finally, Zhang Heming took out a token, which looked somewhat similar to the immortal token distributed by the Immortal Lord of Youdu in his early years, but one was black and the other was gold.
As soon as the Ascension Order was thrown out, golden light was seen rising into the sky. An illusory door to the fairyland slowly opened, and the two were sucked in at once, completely disappearing into the underworld.
Following the light and the gate to the fairyland, we reached the legendary upper world.