Free Web NovelChapter 424: Chapter 259: The Truth of the Celestial Gate, a New Emperor’s Enthronement, the Contest for the Celestial Mandate, the Arrival of a Great Era
Lu Mingyuan realized he had seen this person before in the Grand Thousand Canglan Map.
It was Li Sheng, from the Illusion Realm. Now, they were meeting in person.
He just didn’t know if this was Li Sheng’s true self or a clone.
Lu Mingyuan found it hard to believe all these great powers would come in their original bodies. A considerable number of them must have sent clones.
Their true selves had to remain to guard their respective continents, where no mistakes could be afforded.
Lu Mingyuan looked at Li Sheng, his gaze sharp, and asked, "Elder Li Sheng, are you saying that Elder Wei was facing a group of Divine Beings from the Holy Netherworld? Doesn’t that mean the Divine Beings can still interfere in the Mortal World?"
He couldn’t help but wonder about the words Wei the Ninth had said just now: "I’m off."
’Was that a final farewell?’
Li Sheng seemed to read his mind and smiled faintly. "Your Highness, you can rest assured. That man’s Dao Practice is far greater than you imagine. All the Divine Beings in the heavens are no match for him. So it was not a sacrifice, but a rebirth into the seemingly unattainable Fifteenth Realm."
’Rebirth. It seems he has ascended to a higher realm,’ Lu Mingyuan thought to himself.
’The origin of the Blood Glutton Celestial Fall Scripture is more complicated than I imagined.’
’In the future, will I end up like Wei the Ninth?’
For the Martial Artists of the world, to see beyond the Celestial Gate is to see the ancestral hall!
"Another elder whose Dao Practice surpasses our own, ascending through the Celestial Gate..." The Sun Wheel Celestial Monarch seemed to have an inexplicable obsession with Ascension. He sighed. "He must have found a method of Ascension. Does this mean there’s another way to reach the Celestial Gate besides the Ascension Platform?"
Lu Mingyuan raised a question, "Can one only ascend through the Celestial Gate by reaching the Fifteenth Realm?"
Li Sheng shook his head. "Even the Fifteenth Realm is not enough. You must use an Ascension Platform."
His gaze grew slightly solemn. "Ever since the Mythical Era, if a Human Race Cultivator wishes to achieve divinity, they must pass through an Ascension Platform."
"Later, Human Race Cultivators led by the Taoist Ancestor launched a crusade against the Divine Beings. The Central Plains completely entered an era without gods. Of the seven Ascension Platforms, six were destroyed. This conflict is known as the War of Ascension."
"The last remaining Ascension Platform of our Human Race has been lost."
"This is why we have come here. If any Divine Beings attempt to interfere in the Mortal World, the Human Race must set aside its past conflicts and resist them together. This has always been an unwritten rule among the Three Religions."
After listening, Lu Mingyuan roughly understood the intricacies of the situation.
He also understood why the great powers present were so astonished.
It was mainly because Wei the Ninth’s strength was so immense. He had single-handedly held off the Divine Beings, giving them all quite a shock.
’By the looks of it, Wei the Ninth really is incredibly strong.’
’Having him make a move to fend off the Holy Nether Divine Beings was the right decision.’
He didn’t regret it.
’Without Wei the Ninth, the Divine Beings in the heavens might have already made a move against me.’
’Just like what happened in my second life within the Grand Thousand Canglan Map.’
’In the end, I died by the divine wrath of a Divine Being.’
’With my current strength alone, I’m not necessarily a match for the Divine Beings beyond the Celestial Gate.’
The Sun Wheel Celestial Monarch explained again, "During the Mythical Era, the gods and buddhas of the heavens coveted the Destiny of Mortals. Once the Mortals’ Destiny reached its peak, they would emerge to reap it.
This plunged mortal nations into chaos, and the people lived in misery.
Then, they would support one or two True Dragon Emperors from behind the scenes, wait for the world to be reunified, and for Destiny to return to its peak.
They repeated this cycle endlessly, viewing Mortals as nothing more than ants.
That is why Mortals have the saying: ’The world, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide.’
This was the very meaning behind the Taoist Ancestor leading the Human Race Cultivators to rebel against the Divine Beings."
"Amitabha Buddha. In my humble opinion, ascending through the Celestial Gate is not a good thing. Celestial Monarch, your obsession is a bit too strong."
The one who spoke was the leading Bodhisattva, who sat cross-legged upon a Golden Lotus, holding a Jade Purification Bottle. A Spiritual Tiger accompanied her at her side.
Her hair was tied in five topknots, her complexion was rosy, and her eyes were gentle.
Faced with this Bodhisattva, the Sun Wheel Celestial Monarch’s expression soured. He said flatly, "If it is truly as the Divine Distinct Bodhisattva says, then why have the patriarchs of the Three Religions all gone beyond the Celestial Gate?"
The Divine Distinct Bodhisattva of Wenshu Temple.
To Lu Mingyuan, this name was as renowned as a clap of thunder throughout the Central Plains World.
She was a True Inheritor of the Six Patriarchs’ lineage and one of the four great Bodhisattvas of the Buddhist Sect.
She had condensed a twelve-petaled Buddhist Dao Lotus, placing her in the Thirteenth Realm, the Buddha Lotus stage.
A Qi Cultivator at the Thirteenth Realm can be called an Earth Immortal, which is the Human Immortal Realm. freёwebnovel.com
The Fourteenth Realm is the Ascension Realm, and its practitioners can be called Celestial Immortals.
In the Buddhist Family, one must be at least at the Thirteenth Realm to be called a Bodhisattva.
By condensing a Thirty-six-petaled Buddha Lotus and achieving Perfection in the Cultivation of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, one can enter the Fourteenth Realm and become a Buddha.
"After the six great Buddhas of my Buddhist Sect entered the Celestial Gate, all news of them was lost. The same is true for the Confucian Temple’s Supreme Sage Ren Sheng, Zong Sheng, Li Sheng, and Sub-Saint. The two ancestors of the Taoist Sect, Taiqing and Shangqing, have also vanished without a trace."
"Beyond the Celestial Gate, there must be an unimaginable danger awaiting the Mortal World."
Halfway through her words, the Divine Distinct Bodhisattva glanced at Lu Mingyuan, seemingly observing the legacy of the Seven Ancestors on him.
The Seven Ancestors were top-tier Human Race experts who fell during the War of Ascension in the Middle Ages.
Before their deaths, they claimed the title of Ancestor, passed away on the Ten Thousand Buddha Continent, scattered their Dao into the Buddha Country to bless the region, defended it against the Demon Race, and their remains transformed into over ten thousand Relics to benefit future generations.
Lu Mingyuan could see it now.
The Buddhist Sect and the Taoist Sect were, as always, at odds with each other.
The Dao Alliance, led by the Sun Wheel Celestial Monarch, desperately wanted to find the Ascension Platform, to find a path to the Celestial Gate and pursue a higher realm. However, the Divine Distinct Bodhisattva of the Buddhist Sect did not see it that way.
She believed the Celestial Gate was the source of danger and that no one should go there.
Regardless, no matter how many rumors he heard, they were all just speculation. No great power had ever returned from the Celestial Gate to explain the true situation beyond it.
But Wei the Ninth’s magnificent feat of ascending to the heavens had lit a raging fire in Lu Mingyuan’s heart.
