Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

Chapter 539 The unbearable weight
Jingzhou is located on the westernmost side of the Kyushu continent. It was born from the chaotic fog sea in the far west and borders Luzhou and Mingzhou to the east.

According to legend, Jingzhou is the place where all dreams begin. As early as the prehistoric times, there were legends about the origin of all things in Jingzhou. Some ancient beasts that have awakened their spiritual wisdom often have the urge to go to Jingzhou during their long lives.

In the old immortal calendar era, the immortal ancestor Chicheng ascended to Lingshan, but he actually attained enlightenment in Jingzhou. After he attained enlightenment as a teenager, he traveled all over the Kyushu continent, learned from the strengths of hundreds of schools, and finally condensed the supreme immortal way, and opened up the immortal world with it. In the following tens of thousands of years, although the Kyushu immortal way was headed by Lingshan, Jingzhou always gave birth to giants with deep roots.

After the catastrophe, Lu Zhiyao led the Immortal Alliance to occupy Lingshan Mountain, and used the bow of the Heavenly Venerable to shock the immortals and snatched the title of immortal. The true immortals had no choice but to retreat to Jingzhou, where they embraced the imperial court in the ancient origin and slowly licked their wounds.

In the thousand years that followed, for the people of Tian Zhiyou, time in Jingzhou seemed to have stood still. Even if they stood on the crescent moon Guanghan Palace and looked down through the strong wind layer, they could only see a vast, motionless land.

The land that once gave birth to the first batch of creatures in the world and enlightened the supreme immortal path no longer sprouted any new buds, and was unable to blow even a breeze. The rivers no longer rushed, the clouds no longer floated, and Jingzhou seemed to be sealed in an infinitely huge piece of amber.

If it weren't for the fact that during the thousand years of the new immortal calendar, there were always wild demons coming from Jingzhou, quietly invading the territory and causing all kinds of chaos... The Immortal Alliance couldn't even find more solid evidence to prove that there were still living people in Jingzhou.

This is of course the magical power of the newly established Heavenly Court. Everything is just like before the heavenly calamity, no matter how much the mortals looked up, their sight could not reach the high and mighty immortal world. Now that the immortal world has fallen, the Heavenly Court has taken up residence in Jingzhou, making the entire Jingzhou an earthly immortal world, isolating it from all outsiders.

Wang Luo was the first outsider to set foot on Jingzhou soil in a thousand years.

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"How is it? As the first guest to Jingzhou in a thousand years, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Luo turned his head and looked at the Lord of Heaven who had forcibly "invited" him to visit Jingzhou without any explanation. He pondered his words and spoke frankly.

"Just, pretty ordinary."

The Lord of Heaven immediately laughed and said, "To be honest, I also feel that Jingzhou is quite ordinary. Even my villa, the Lord of Heaven, is surrounded by mountains, rivers, birds and beasts that can be seen everywhere in the mortal world."

Wang Luo said: "If you put it that way, it's not that ordinary..."

As he was speaking, he heard a sharp crane cry overhead, and saw a nine-headed blood crane with a body as huge as a floating island. It tilted three of its heads diagonally downward, and its seventeen topaz-like eyeballs stared at Wang Luo on the ground, purple saliva flowing from its beak.

But before the giant crane swooped down, an ancient tree that reached the clouds stretched out its branches - branches as big as those skyscrapers in Rongcheng, and slowly swung at the giant crane like a whip. The densely packed tree tumors on the branches burst open one after another, and a yellow-green spore mist filled the air, forcing the giant crane to utter human words: "Fuck you, immortal board!", and then fled to the upper layer of the strong wind in a panic and disappeared.

The Lord of Heaven waved to the ancient tree, thanked it, and then smiled at Wang Luo, "That blind beast is ignorant, it didn't even recognize me... But don't worry, the beast will learn a lesson and won't target you again. And it's rare to see a beast like it that is still interested in hunting."

Wang Luo's eyes were fixed on the ancient tree that helped him out, and he asked, "Is that tree..."

"Yes, it is the legendary tree that was born when the world was first created. Its roots penetrate the dark soil and reach the chaotic fog sea. The ends of its branches and leaves can extend to the starry sky. It was under this tree that the Immortal Ancestor Chicheng attained enlightenment. It can be said that all things in the whole of Kyushu are its children..."

Wang Luo said: "What about the reality?"

The Lord of Heaven shrugged, "Who knows? No one has spoken to it in many years. Although there is a spirit in the tree, it is chaotic and confused. It is probably old and confused. Fortunately, it still recognizes me, the Lord of Heaven... but it doesn't look like it has been around for many years."

After a pause, the Lord of Heaven suppressed all the relaxation on his face and said seriously: "As you can see, Jingzhou is about to die."

“…I didn’t see this step right away.”

The Lord of Heaven said: "A seemingly ordinary Jingzhou, how is it different from death?"

Wang Luo opened his mouth but did not refute.

The so-called ordinary is, of course, relative. Objectively speaking, the first impression upon entering Jingzhou was shocking, whether it was the "royal aura" that flowed in the air as if it were real, or those huge creatures that were classified as birds and beasts by the Lord of Heaven in one sentence... They were all incredible, strange and bizarre things.

However, in Wang Luo's opinion, compared with the location of the desolate base in Jingzhou, everything before him was indeed too ordinary.

The place where the heaven is located should be a place that is more magnificent and beyond imagination.

Moreover, as early as the old immortal calendar era, Jingzhou, the origin of all things, has never lacked all kinds of strange things. Whether it is the towering trees or the strange birds like floating islands, they are all old things. Now they have been influenced by the famine for thousands of years, and they are just more bizarre.

"In fact, Jingzhou was once prosperous."

In the silence, the Lord of Heaven felt a little emotional.

"It was probably around the 300th or 400th year of the New Immortal Calendar. Although at that time, the Heavenly Court had not yet completely gotten rid of the shadow of the defeat in the Dinghuang War and was on the defensive, while the Immortal Alliance was advancing step by step, connecting the territories into one, as if the general trend was set. But in fact, within Jingzhou, I had initially integrated the Heavenly Court's immortals, and signed a blood oath with the Xi and Zhen Golden Immortals, and received their full support. The internal strategy had actually turned from defense to offense, and after several evaluations, the Heavenly Court had a higher chance of winning."

As he said this, he casually snapped his fingers, and the earth rumbled. From the countless cracks in the mud and rocks flowed out a pure and beautiful air like silk, causing the grass and trees to grow and the rocks to turn into jade. Even the night sky above suddenly opened up, casting warm sunlight. In the blink of an eye, the surroundings had become a beautiful scene from a fairy tale.

"Well, if you had come a few hundred years earlier, this is what you would have seen."

After saying this, the Lord of Heaven sighed again, and with a snap of his fingers, all the good things disappeared.

"Unfortunately, the good days were fleeting. After experiencing a great setback, the immortals lost their enterprising spirit, and this dejection was directly reflected in the land of Jingzhou. The beautiful jade turned into sand, and the good birds were deformed into strange birds. Although the size and specifications of the Heavenly Palace are still there, and the energy contained in this land is still almost endless, it has become a dry bone in a tomb."

After sighing, the Lord of Heaven said, "Of course, even so, the etiquette of welcoming distinguished guests should still be followed. At least the place where you are welcomed should be decorated with some of the atmosphere of the old immortals - just like when I took the immortal law from my master's body and became the Lord of Heaven, no matter how poor the immortals were, they still gathered enough resources to give me a grand ceremony. Unfortunately, the situation is urgent this time, and I can't care about so much."

Wang Luo finally heard some useful information: "The situation is urgent? So, you didn't plan to let me come!?"

The Lord of Heaven said, "We originally agreed that after we deal with the aftermath of Xinheng, we will invite you to Jingzhou as a guest."

Wang Luo was puzzled and said, "The civil strife has subsided, the Yang family has retreated to Beijun, handed over power, and agreed to send a large number of hostages to the Immortal Alliance. I even supported the new emperor to ascend the throne, what else do you want?"

The Lord of Heaven was silent for a moment, and then said, "In fact, I still have a lot of things to deal with, and I think you are quite happy being the emperor in the palace. So I originally planned to wait for a few more months, but unfortunately things don't always go as we wish. It's hard to explain the inside story, and I will explain it to you in detail later..."

"So, what exactly is the emergency?"

The Lord of Heaven said: "You stayed in Xinheng for too long, and the little deer got worried, so he quietly came to find you."

"…What kind of emergency is this? Are you worried that she will use force to tie me up and take me back?"

The Lord of Heaven sighed, "No, if that's all, there's nothing to worry about. As long as you've touched the golden candle, I can bring you to Jingzhou at any time, even if you're in the Dinghuang Great Barrier. But the key to the problem is not this, but how could Xiaoluer, as the ruler of Zhuwang, go deep into a foreign country alone? A country full of incarnations and immortal relics? Although her cultivation is not weak, if there are bad guys who want to sneak attack, the consequences are self-evident. So, when she came, she brought things she shouldn't have brought."

Wang Luo was stunned for a moment, then suddenly he guessed the answer: "The Heavenly Lord draws the bow?"

"Yes." The Lord of Heaven said, "Since the establishment of the Immortal Alliance, the most intimidating weapon has always been the Taixu Tianzun on the crescent moon. And that little deer brought the Tianzun token, which can remotely control the crescent moon. Its power is even greater than that of the Record of Exiled Immortals... But she is safe and at ease, but I almost got ruined by her. Now, you must not meet Tianzun."

Wang Luo was surprised and asked, "Why? Since I woke up and entered the world, I have obviously been favored by the Heavenly Venerable, and I have an unusually strong fortune in the Great Illusion. Later, when I used the wild poison to enter the elixir, I was tested under the eyes of the Heavenly Venerable and proved my innocence... So, is it because I met you that I can't see the Heavenly Venerable again? Are you and the Heavenly Venerable so irreconcilable? Or are you plotting something that is extremely disadvantageous to the Heavenly Venerable and therefore unacceptable to him? And the cause and effect of that matter has touched me?!"

The Lord of Heaven smiled and said, "It is indeed less troublesome to talk to myself... I guessed it roughly. Of course, Tianzun and I are irreconcilable, but this is not the most serious problem at this stage... The most serious problem is that I do have a conspiracy that is not to be seen in the light, and some of the 'clues' are contaminated by you. If Tianzun finds out, the consequences will be disastrous. But this is actually easy to understand, right? Since Taixu Tianzun has always been the number one enemy of our new heaven, how could we not plot against him? As for the method of targeting, you and I are of the same origin, so you should be able to think of it. If you were in my position at the time, what solution could you think of?"

Wang Luo thought for a moment and said, "With the specialness of Tianzun, combined with the Heavenly Dao to achieve the Great Law, his magical powers are probably no less than when he was alive. And with the remaining formation of your Heavenly Court, it is even difficult to break through the Dinghuang barrier of the Immortal Alliance head-on, and naturally you are even more powerless to face Tianzun on the Crescent Moon. And when facing an opponent who is too powerful, if you can't fight head-on, then... Tsk, no way? You plagiarized Senior Sister again!?"

The Lord of Heaven said, "Sure enough, I guessed it right. That's right. If you want to deal with the Immortal Ancestor who is far above the Gangfeng Layer, the best way is to use what Senior Sister has demonstrated and replace him. She can create a brand new me in the Immortal Alliance, so when I create a new Senior Sister in tit-for-tat, I will naturally think, why can't I create a new Taixu Tianzun? No matter how much Senior Sister has transformed the old man Chicheng, the core of Tianzun is still Chicheng. As long as Chicheng is gone, Tianzun will naturally disintegrate, and no one will be able to mobilize the power of the Great Law and the Five States to condense the Zhuxian Divine Arrow."

But after hearing this, Wang Luo was still puzzled and asked: "First, it is obvious that your plan has not yet been successful, otherwise the Immortal Alliance would have been in chaos due to the death of Tianzun; second, even if you intended to target Tianzun before, now you have given up resistance and decided to hand over the inheritance to me to deal with, and reconcile with the Immortal Alliance... Why worry about the reaction of Tianzun himself? Unless it is..."

The Lord of Heaven sighed and said, "Yes, that's the 'unless'. First, although the plan has not yet been completed, it is only one step away from perfection. At this point, I can only suppress it from taking the last step, but I can never perform an abortion on the old man and let everything return to the original state. After all, when it comes to realm, Tianzun is still far ahead of all of us. Second, I did give up struggling and wanted to reconcile with the Immortal Alliance, but Tianzun himself didn't think so."

"Grass."

Hearing this, Wang Luo couldn't help but swear.

"So you created a replica of the Celestial Lord that you can't control at all!?"

The Lord of Heaven defended himself: "The Lord of Heaven is not completely controllable. Otherwise, why do you think Lu Zhiyao would shoot me with arrows every now and then?"

After a pause, the Lord of Heaven continued, "Besides, why do you think Lu Zhiyao has gradually retired over the past few hundred years and no longer managed things? Just to make Tianzun 'uncontrollable', we have to do our best... Although Chi Cheng is dead, his remains have been integrated into the Great Illusion Realm, and after being combined with the Great Law, his life form has been sublimated compared to when he was alive. And can you really expect a monster like this to just obey orders like a puppet without independent thinking? It's just that Lu Zhiyao had no choice at the time, and I... also had no choice."

Wang Luo asked: "So, to sum up, although you left me the entire Jingzhou as an inheritance, whether I can accept this inheritance smoothly depends on my ability? Then what do you think I have to defeat the imitation of Taixu Tianzun...?"

The Lord of Heaven said: "So, we don't intend to let you do this alone. We will help you together."

"……us?"

"Yes, Lu Zhiyao and I, the two great masters, will serve you alone. Are you satisfied now?"

(End of this chapter)