The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing's half-body phantom enveloped the sky above Zhili Palace. Dozens of bamboo tables appeared on the dream platform, along with a few jars of 'Live-and-Die-As-You-Please' wine.

The cultivators exchanged glances, and those in the Yang Soul realm were the first to fly towards the platform.

Song Zongwu, Li Tiangang, Li Yaoyang, True Master Taihan, and Corpse Demon, a total of five people, sat in the front row.

Following them were the Yin Messenger realm cultivators and the leaders of each branch, with Little Three also present by virtue of his position as the chief artificer.

Among them, the demons and Cocoon People were still relatively weak in terms of foundation. Their leaders were only at the peak of the Ghost Envoy realm, still half a step away from the Yin Messenger realm.

It wasn't that they lacked resources, but the risks of advancing were hard to explain.

The demon Hu Wen had already reached the peak of the Ghost Envoy realm fifty years ago, but he dared not try to break through, fearing that his death would lead to divisive strife within the demon race.

Don't let the fact that the number of demon lineages is second only to the Soldier lineage fool you. They have only just emerged from a state of having no one of importance. Their lifespans are longer than those of cultivators in the same realm, but the difficulty of breaking through bottlenecks is even greater.

The Cocoon People were the opposite. Sen Sheng certainly had a certain degree of resource inclination towards them, as could be seen from the five hundred layers of human skin.

Sen Sheng's appearance was like a several-hundred-pound fat man, but his movements were extremely agile. Even in the Ghost Envoy realm, he already gave off a feeling of being immune to all laws.

Finally, the remaining bamboo tables were reserved for the core disciples of each branch.

They watched Ren Qing with bated breath. Even if they couldn't come into contact with the Immortal title, the desire to become immortals and attain the Dao was difficult to suppress.

“First, bathe and change clothes, light incense in the golden tripod, offer wine and flowers, circle the platform three times, and then recite the imperial edict.”

Ren Qing spoke a passage from Jiang Ziya's Investiture of the Gods, a memory he had deeply investigated from his soul.

The cultivators only felt a refreshing breeze on their faces, and immediately gained ash-gray coronet hairpins and Daoist robes, the material of which was perfectly round and natural, closely fitting together with the soul.

The Daoist robes were all transformed from dream flowers, and could be considered a protective magic item bestowed by Ren Qing.

A three-legged cauldron rose from the center of the dream platform, and wisps of smoke drifted from it, setting off the surroundings as if they were not of this world, but rather an immortal court.

The cultivators in the city held their breath, witnessing the unfolding of the Immortal Investiture Ceremony.

Ren Qing felt that his methods were already impressive enough, so he stopped dawdling and directly took out a delicate and miniature jade seal.

The jade seal was three inches long and two inches and one point wide, with auspicious beasts on top and the four characters 'Human Immortal Lawful Title' engraved below.

“Song Zongwu, granted the Human Immortal Lawful Title.”

Ren Qing flicked the seal, which then landed in Song Zongwu's hand. The latter's semi-transparent karmic fire immediately subsided for the most part.

Song Zongwu nodded slightly, hanging the seal on his waist. He appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, he was overjoyed at suppressing the Heavenly Dao.

“Li Tiangang, granted the Human Immortal Lawful Title.”

Li Tiangang took the seal, and then felt a chill rushing from the top of his head straight to his tailbone, and the problems he encountered during cultivation were readily solved.

The improvement was not obvious, but at least there was hope for further progress.

“Great Dream True Master, granted the Human Immortal Lawful Title.”

Ren Qing tried to communicate with Great Dream True Master, originally intending to do a superficial formality, but Great Dream True Master, whom he had not contacted for more than a decade, had a thought descend into Zhili Palace.

Great Dream True Master's phantom appeared next to the bamboo table in the front row, reached out to take the seal, and then disappeared in a daze.

Ren Qing was slightly surprised. How did it feel like Great Dream True Master had come here deliberately? Could it be that the latter had already escaped from the deep dream?

He used the Zhili Technique again, but he was no longer able to capture Great Dream True Master.

Ren Qing was a little helpless. It seemed that Great Dream True Master's situation was more complicated than he had imagined.

“Each branch will send out one person.”

After a brief discussion, the quota was quickly determined.

Representing the Soldier lineage was Li Yaoyang, representing the demon lineage was Hu Wen, representing the Corpse lineage was Corpse Demon, and representing the Cocoon lineage was Sen Sheng. These people were all within Ren Qing's expectations.

The remaining Yu lineage and Insect lineage, on the other hand, surprised Ren Qing.

The leader of the Yu lineage was Green Pine, of the Non-Action Daoist Temple, whose cultivation had been stuck at the bottleneck of the late Nascent Soul stage for a hundred years.

Green Pine could have relied on the Immortal title to gamble on a breakthrough opportunity, but he gave it to Han Li, who had just entered the Yin Messenger realm.

However, Han Li was indeed qualified. As the elite of the Non-Action Daoist Temple, it would be difficult for each branch to find a peer who could match him.

The Insect lineage was True Master Yuhua, who was at the peak of the Yin Messenger realm, rather than True Master Taihan, who was in the Yang Soul realm.

It could be seen that True Master Taihan was assessing the situation. Compared to his awkward position, True Master Yuhua was more trusted by the Forbidden Soldiers Hall.

He retreated in order to advance, and when the Immortal Investiture was held again in the future, he would definitely have a place.

Ren Qing intentionally guided the favor of the Heavenly Dao, and Hu Wen and Sen Sheng's auras fluctuated at the same time, advancing to the Yin Messenger realm under the protection of the Heavenly Dao.

The two of them dared not be negligent, and quickly sat back at the bamboo table, suppressing the rioting strange objects.

After this, not to mention the people on the platform, even the cultivators watching in the inner city of the dream city could realize the wonder of the Immortal title.

The six seals were refined by the representatives of each branch, and only five Ghost Immortal titles remained.

Ren Qing separately granted them to Mu Yi, who had worked hard in the Longevity Forbidden Zone for hundreds of years, Little Three, the chief artificer, and an old Daoist named Dan Chenzi, the chief alchemist.

Dan Chenzi seemed to be from a rogue cultivator background, and his temperament was crazy. Even while on the dream platform, he kept muttering about various alchemy formulas.

Ren Qing put away the two Ghost Immortal titles. Tang Sheng, Mortise, Head in a Jar… were actually all qualified, but their reputation was not enough to convince the public.

He now had too few Immortal title slots. Either give them all, or give none at all. He would popularize the Ghost Immortal title after subsequent contributions.

Hu Wen opened his eyes. Previously, because the five viscera gods had advanced due to devouring strange objects, he had later cultivated the Gluttony Method. It was purely a fluke that he was able to break through to the Yin Messenger realm.

Sen Sheng, as the first Yin Messenger realm cultivator among the Cocoon People, showed a very terrifying potential.

At the moment of advancement, he was pulled up to over three meters tall, and the bloated five hundred layers of human skin tightly adhered to his flesh, transforming into a burly man.

The Cocoon People, this special race, after mastering the Human Skin Book, created a defense that was pure to the extreme, and now it was being brought to the fullest.

However, the ability to reproduce and the difficulty of breaking through bottlenecks still posed significant limitations.

Ren Qing's phantom disappeared from the sky, and then the dream city boiled over. The details of the Immortal Investiture Conference were passed on by word of mouth by countless people.

The Heavenly Palace and the Underworld were then entwined by the roots of the Heavenly Dao Tree. From then on, to descend to the mortal realm, one had to at least obtain the authority of the Ghost Immortal title.

The Heaven Above Heaven of the mortal realm.

The people of Cishi were pure in heart and kind in nature. Almost every family left their doors unlocked at night. Their desire for cultivation was not high, and their physical skills were far from being prevalent.

The older men farmed in the fields, the women washed clothes, and only the children ran around the streets, begging for sweets and snacks from the stalls.

Song Zongwu held a broom, a trace of reluctance flowing in his eyes.

In the children's laughter, Song Zongwu shattered the shackles of the mortal realm and went to the Heavenly Palace to open up a cave abode, seeking the first opportunity for advancement.

The Three Realms system in the stomach world had already taken shape, and even developed rules different from the outside world.

Ren Qing's consciousness returned to his main body, also carrying with it the Earth Immortal title.

The exquisite jade seal floated in his palm, containing extremely complex patterns, which were the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao of the stomach world.

Ren Qing put away the Earth Immortal title, came to the vast plains of Xiangxiang, read books, and no longer confined himself to the deep and cold caves.

The books were all related to Buddhism, and most of them were well-known classics.

He did not give up on the Buddhist fruit position, and even had a bold idea in his mind, wanting to try to replicate something similar to the Buddha.

Ren Qing didn't know what the core of the fruit position was the Buddhist scriptures, but it didn't prevent him from using this point.

He picked out a few books from the pile, all of which had relatively complete content, and the rest of the books were put into the Treasure Pavilion of the Heavenly Palace.

Ren Qing hesitated for a moment, and then used the Dragon's Roar from the Box.

As a supernatural power that could animate everything, a few Buddhist scriptures were naturally easy to do, and soon there was a strange sound of pages turning.

The cover of the Buddhist scriptures grew eyes covered with bloodshot, the internal organs were brazenly exposed, and the pages became like human skin.

After the books were pseudo-dragonized, they immediately fought each other, without being affected by the content of the recorded scriptures at all.

Ren Qing brought the books to the stomach world, and then used the Earth Immortal title to integrate into them.

He initially chose the Buddhist scriptures that recorded the Laughing Lion Arhat, and the Earth Immortal title became part of the books very smoothly.

As a low-level strange object with no intelligence, the Buddhist scriptures surprisingly showed a trace of contemplation in their eyes after being blessed by the Heavenly Dao.

Before the intelligence could be reborn, Ren Qing directly stripped off the Earth Immortal title of the Laughing Lion Buddhist scriptures.

The Laughing Lion Buddhist scriptures returned to their foolish appearance, biting the Treasure Pavilion's desk with sharp teeth, like a more exotic pet dog.

Ren Qing looked disappointed. That's right, how could the Buddhist fruit position be replicated so easily.

The book in the Deer-Riding Buddha Qi must have some unknown mystery, maybe it had been stained with the blood of the Ancient Buddha Dipankara.

Ren Qing was about to leave the Treasure Pavilion when his eyes lingered on a Buddhist scripture for a few breaths.

The Tathagata's Original Self Sutra.

His memories from his previous life had no impression of this book at all, but it was indeed the most widely circulated Buddhist scripture in this world. The first half described the experience of the Ancient Buddha Tathagata, and the second half was advice.

In his previous life, there were three Buddhas in Buddhism, namely the Past Buddha 'Dipankara', the Present Buddha 'Tathagata', and the Future Buddha 'Maitreya'.

Ren Qing had indeed seen the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, and there was only a Great Compassionate Maitreya Bodhisattva related to the Maitreya Buddha, only the Bodhisattva fruit position of the Earth Immortal.

He didn't know whether the Tathagata Buddha would still represent the Present Buddha, so he casually bestowed the Earth Immortal title to this animated Buddhist scripture.

The cries of an infant rang out.

Ren Qing's pupils shrank. A palm-sized baby boy actually crawled out of the Buddhist scriptures, and thin Buddha Qi permeated his body.

The baby boy was just an appearance, but in reality, it was an alternative fruit position.

【Tathagata Buddha Position】

【Condensed from heaven and earth, after refining, you can use it to master the Tathagata Buddha Qi.】

Ren Qing did not hesitate to strip off the Earth Immortal title of the Tathagata's Original Self Sutra. The more he looked at it, the more evil he felt. Who knew if there were any backhands in it.

The baby boy turned back into a book, and then even the Dragon's Roar from the Box was cancelled.

Ren Qing tried several times in a row and found that all the Buddhist scriptures could not form a Buddha position. The contents all recorded well-known Arhats and Bodhisattvas.

Then why could the Ancient Buddha Tathagata become a special 'Buddha Position' under the effect of the Immortal title?

Could it be that the position of the Tathagata Buddha was vacant?