No hope for eternal life

Chapter 320: Heavenly Saint Realm and the Great Emperor Changsheng

Many cultivators can smell the scent of chaos in the Nine Realms. The Ji Clan convenes the Talisman Conference at this time, not only to recruit talents for the Ji Clan, but also to give the talisman elites of the Nine Realms an opportunity, a chance to be protected by the Ji Clan.

Therefore, all the talisman cultivators in the nine realms heard the news and rushed to the sub-sage realm.

The Sub-Saint Realm is relatively remote. Judging from the map of the Nine Realms, the Sub-Saint Realm is roughly located between the Heavenly Nether Realm and the Heavenly Spirit Realm, while the Heavenly Frost Realm is close to the Heavenly Water Realm, and is separated from the Sub-Saint Realm by the Heavenly Fire Realm, the Heavenly Human Realm, the Heavenly Demon Realm, the Heavenly Saint Realm, and the Heavenly Spirit Realm, respectively. The distance is extremely far, so even if you take a ferry whose speed is comparable to that of a seventh-level cultivator, it still took nearly half a month to reach the Sub-Saint Realm.

The ferry docked directly at the pier outside the Ji clan's mountain gate. Mu Changsheng and Ji Leyao could see the Ji clan's mountain gate as soon as they got off the boat.

The gate of the Ji clan is quite different from other gates. It does not have a plaque with the words "Ji clan" hanging on it. Instead, it has a four-character plaque hanging on it, which reads: "Do the duty without hesitation."

"What a great saying of 'taking on the responsibility'." Mu Changsheng praised sincerely. He felt that the meaning of 'taking on the responsibility' was quite similar to the 'Mo Xiangwaiqiu' that Yang Wuque gave him in the past. They had the same purpose.

"This plaque has a great origin. It has a history of 200,000 years, and the words on it were written by the Heavenly Saint Emperor himself." Ji Leyao introduced to Mu Changsheng, with a rare look of pride on her face. Over the years, the You Clan, the Demon Clan, and the Tianling Sect have risen one after another, and the Ji Clan has been gradually left behind by the times. However, their Ji Clan inherited from the Heavenly Saint Emperor and the Sub-Saint Emperor, and can be said to be the orthodox of the Nine Realms, and has its own unique pride.

Mu Changsheng suddenly realized what was going on and said, "So there is such a story."

Afterwards, Ji Leyao brought Mu Changsheng into the Ji clan and directly brought Mu Changsheng to the location of the Eternal Monument of the Sub-Saint Realm.

The only difference between the Ji clan's Eternal Stele and that of the Lingshan Sect is that the Eternal Stele here was mostly left by the monks of the Tao of Talismans, which was exactly what Mu Changsheng liked, so Ji Leyao brought Mu Changsheng directly to the Eternal Stele.

“Brother, you can continue to gain insights here. If you need anything, you can always tell me.” Ji Leyao said with a smile.

"Junior sister, please do as you please. There is no need to waste time with me here." Mu Changsheng declined politely.

"Brother, don't worry about me. I can also comprehend the artistic conception of the Dao of Talismans here." Ji Leyao insisted.

"Okay then." Mu Changsheng no longer insisted. There was only half a month left before the Talisman Conference began, so even if he wasted time, it wouldn't be much.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng and Ji Leyao jointly embarked on a path of enlightenment. Just like the Lingshan Sect's enlightenment of the Eternal Monument, each path represented the great artistic conception of a cultivator whose name was left in the Eternal Monument.

After Mu Changsheng stepped onto the path, he fell into a state of mind. This was naturally the state of mind of talismans. In the state of mind, there were countless talisman pens drawing talismans in the air at the same time, which dazzled Mu Changsheng and made him fascinated.

At the same time, the Tiansheng Realm was also in turmoil because of the talisman conference held by the Ji clan.

The Tiansheng Realm was divided into ten prefectures by the Changsheng Emperor. Each prefecture had a prefecture lord who was in charge of the affairs of the prefecture. All ten prefecture lords were loyal to the Changsheng Emperor and had to offer various resources to the Changsheng Emperor every three years.

In addition, the Great Emperor Changsheng also set up a secret guard agency specifically responsible for gathering intelligence from the Nine Realms.

In the Tiansheng Realm, there are only two ways to practice, either join the secret guards or become a disciple of one of the ten palace masters. As for other people, even if the spiritual power of heaven and earth is right in front of them, they cannot refine and practice, otherwise, once discovered, all nine generations of their clan will be killed!

However, even for the small number of monks who are able to practice, apart from having a longer lifespan, their lives are not very good. Each of them has to face bloody and cruel internal competition, where the strong survive and the weak die.

But no matter whether they are strong or weak, they must work for the Immortal Emperor until their death. Most of the cultivators in the Heavenly Saint Realm have never even set foot out of the Heavenly Saint Realm in their entire lives.

There is no doubt that this is a world full of despair. For the countless living beings in the Tiansheng Realm, the most unfortunate thing in their lives is determined at the time of birth, that is, being born in the Tiansheng Realm.

On this day, the leader of the secret guards of the Tiansheng Realm came to the gate of the cave of the Changsheng Emperor and asked to see the Changsheng Emperor.

The door of the cave slowly opened, and the old voice of the Changsheng Emperor came from inside: "Come in."

The leader of the secret guards walked into the cave residence very carefully, fearing that the noise would be too loud and displease the Eternal Emperor. Even though he had to report intelligence from the outside world to the Eternal Emperor every year, he still couldn't help but feel nervous every time he paid a visit to the Eternal Emperor. This was a fear that came from the bottom of his heart.

Inside the cave, the Great Emperor Changsheng was sitting barefoot and casually on the ground, with his white hair scattered all over the ground and his face untidy. He looked quite rough, but his eyes were flashing with a shrewdness that was totally inconsistent with his appearance.

The leader of the secret guards did not dare to look directly at the Great Emperor Changsheng, and bowed his head and said, "Greetings, Great Emperor."

"Is there any information worth paying attention to this year?" Emperor Changsheng asked casually.

"Reporting to the Emperor, since the leader of the Tianling Sect, Feng Rui, is about to die, both humans and demons are relatively restrained, so there is no special intelligence. There is only news that the Ji clan is going to hold a talisman conference, and the Ji clan wants to use this to recruit talents." The leader of the dark guards said carefully.

"Ji clan." The Great Emperor Changsheng muttered silently, his eyes slightly narrowed, and no one knew what he was thinking.

The leader of the secret guards was lying on the ground. When he heard the silent recitation of the Emperor Changsheng, he breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that the Emperor Changsheng cared about this information and that the information was useful.

Unexpectedly, the Great Emperor Changsheng suddenly changed the subject and said, "I remember I told you that I only want the core information of the You Clan and the Tianling Sect."

The leader of the secret guards was shocked when he heard this, and he kept saying, "Yes, yes, yes, I have never forgotten that the Tianling Sect and the You Clan have planted people there, but it will take time to get access to the core intelligence."

Regarding this matter, the leader of the secret guards was secretly groaning in his heart. He didn't know how many people had been lost in order to pass the entrance examination of the Tianling Sect. Even though there were secret agents now, the so-called core intelligence was not something that could be obtained easily. If he accidentally revealed his true identity, all his years of hard work would be destroyed.

"A hundred years. You only have a hundred years left. If you can't let me see what I want within a hundred years, you know the consequences." The Emperor Changsheng said lightly, issuing an ultimatum.

"As you command." The leader of the secret guards said in a trembling voice. He knew very well why the Great Emperor Changsheng emphasized the hundred-year deadline, because there had been rumors in the Nine Realms that the Great Emperor Changsheng's life span was coming to an end and was less than a hundred years away.

This was also one of the main reasons why the demons dared to openly seize territory in the Tianshuang Realm before. The strong men of the human race were all inevitably controlled by the Changsheng Emperor who was about to die. After all, no one would want to fight with a person who was half buried in the ground, especially when the other party was recognized as the most powerful person in the Nine Realms.

Time is the fairest thing in the world. Even if the Longevity Emperor has been invincible in the Nine Realms for tens of thousands of years, he cannot escape the 50,000-year life limit of a cultivator in the Nine Realms. So now the situation in the Nine Realms is that the demons are waiting for Feng Rui to die, while the humans are waiting for the Longevity Emperor to die.

But to the leader of the secret guards, the fact that the Eternal Emperor was about to die was not good news, because he knew the Eternal Emperor too well. The Eternal Emperor would definitely make some big noise before his death, even if it meant dragging the entire Nine Realms to be buried with him.

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Half a month later, in the Sub-Saint Realm, the Ji Clan's territory, Mu Changsheng left the Ji Clan's Eternal Monument with a lingering feeling. Within half a month, he traveled through the talisman realms left by the fifty-three talisman masters on the Eternal Monument, and he was deeply touched and gained a lot.

For this reason, Mu Changsheng said to Ji Leyao sincerely: "Please tell the noble clan leader on my behalf that I will never forget the kindness of letting me comprehend the Eternal Monument for free this time."

The nine Eternal Monuments of the Nine Realms were all treasured treasures for enlightenment and treasured by various forces. The Ji Clan directly opened the Eternal Monument of the Sub-Saint Realm to him for free, which was a great favor. Mu Changsheng knew that the Ji Clan valued his potential, so they were so kind to him.

Mu Changsheng also adheres to the principle of more friends, more paths, and does not reject this kind of friendship.

"It's a small matter, senior brother, you don't need to take it to heart." Ji Leyao replied politely.

Afterwards, Ji Leyao brought Mu Changsheng to the venue of the talisman conference, which was a huge valley that was already filled with talisman masters from all over the Nine Realms.

"So many people!" Mu Changsheng was shocked. It was also the first time for him to see so many talisman masters gathered together.