Chapter 539: Heavenly Laws
"Is there something else?" Jiang Yue asked with a worried look in his eyes.
"You can negotiate terms with the will of Earth but I hope you will take the chance to experience a mortal life." Ao Tian said.
"Why?" Jiang Yue couldn’t help but be surprised.
"Advancing from the reincarnation realm to the immortal realm is a life-form transformation. The advancement is difficult because a cultivator changes from a mortal to an immortal. However, this is only the beginning." Ao Tian started and quickly continued.
"Changing from a mortal to an immortal is mostly a physical transformation. However, transforming from an immortal to an immortal king is mostly a state of mind transformation."
"State of mind? What do you mean?" Jiang Yue asked.
"The meaning is different for everyone. However, the core lays in comprehending a trace of heavenly laws."
"Heavenly laws? In that case, shouldn’t XiaoYue and I have already felt the barrier to the immortal king realm?" Yu Nianzhen asked and his brows creased in a frown.
After all, he and Jiang Yue had a more than standard understanding of their related dao.
"Heavenly laws are part of the dao but they are different from the dao you pursue." Ao Tian clarified but the other two were still at a loss.
"Basically, heavenly laws define everything’s relative place as part of Great dao. What is the place of mortals? What is the place of immortals? What is the place of demonic beasts? What about plants? Stars? Stones? Rivers? Everything is part of the dao but the dao imposes different restrictions and laws on each thing. If you comprehend a trace of the heavenly laws, your cultivation will improve towards the immortal king realm."
"Is there a threshold for how many heavenly laws we should comprehend before we can advance to the immortal king realm?" Yu Nianzhen questioned and Ao Tian almost rolled his eyes.
"Don’t take the heavenly laws too lightly." The dragon said and continued before the other two could question it.
"In ancient times, there were many immortal realm cultivators but few above this realm. This is because comprehending a trace of heavenly laws is extremely difficult."
After saying that, Ao Tian looked at the two and sighed.
"There are nine heavenly laws. As long as you can comprehend one law, you will be able to advance to the immortal king realm."
"Will living as mortals help us comprehend a heavenly law?" Jiang Yue asked but Ao Tian shrugged.
"In ancient times, some cultivators used to seal their cultivation and live as mortals for a period of time. As far as I know, this method worked for some but failed for others."
Hearing that, Jiang Yue frowned and looked at Yu Nianzhen.
"We can try it." The swordsman said.
At the moment, he and Jiang Yue were stuck at the peak of the immortal realm and didn’t know how to take the next step.
Since Ao Tian had shown them the way, they could at least try it to see if their breakthrough opportunity lay in the mortal world.
"Tian’er, how many heavenly laws are required to advance to the immortal emperor realm and the saint realm?" Jiang Yue asked and Yu Nianzhen also looked at the dragon with a trace of curiosity in his eyes.
"You need to comprehend four heavenly laws to advance to the immortal emperor realm and nine laws to advance to the saint realm. However, comprehending the nine heavenly laws is not enough to break through from the immortal emperor realm to the saint realm."
"What else is needed?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
Although he and Jiang Yue experienced a lot of past life memories during their reincarnation tribulation, some of the details were obscured.
As a result, their knowledge base wasn’t as deep as they wanted.
"Tian’er, please tell us." Jiang Yue urged when he saw Ao Tian was hesitating to say more.
"It’s not conducive to your cultivation to look too far into the future. You should take one step at a time."
"We are not asking for details. We just want to have a rough understanding."
Hearing that, Ao Tian looked at the two and finally nodded.
"Other than nine heavenly laws, you need to condense a source of divinity." Ao Tian said and when he saw the two wanting to question him more, he lifted his hand to stop them.
"I won’t say more." He said and the two couldn’t help but be a little disappointed.
However, they didn’t continue to insist.
In the end, Ao Tian was Yu Nianzhen’s contracted beast and his fate was closely tied to his master.
Since he felt it wasn’t beneficial to reveal all the details, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue chose to trust the dragon.
"When the time is right, I will not hide anything." Ao Tian said and Yu Nianzhen nodded.
"Let’s talk about the resources you need to take to Earth." Ao Tian reminded and Jiang Yue immediately came to life.
"We need a lot of immortal stones, elixirs, spiritual food including vegetables and demonic beast meat, weapons, cultivation techniques, clothes..." Jiang Yue quickly rattled a list of things and the other two carefully listened.
"Earth is a mortal world and there is a chance that most of our relatives can’t practice. We should prepare longevity pills and other life-prolonging items." Yu Nianzhen stated.
"Nianzhen is right but there is no need to worry about your relatives being unable to practice." Ao Tian said.
"Why not?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Everyone in the Cangxing world has an origin. As long as you bring your relatives to the cultivation world, the Cangxing world will naturally transform them to adapt to their new environment."
"As long as they can practice, it won’t matter even if their aptitude is not good. Azhen and I know many ways to prolong the life of a cultivator." Jiang Yue said.
"What resources should we trade with the will of Earth?" Yu Nianzhen looked at Ao Tian and asked.
"Pills and such won’t work on the will of the world. You need to find natural resources. The better the heaven and earth resources, the more precious they are to the will of the world." Ao Tian said and the other two frowned.
At the moment, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue had some natural resources.
However, none of them were precious since they were prepared for low-realm cultivators.
"Natural resources are not easy to find." Jiang Yue said with a frown on his face.
"The Cangxing world is now a mid-grade world. If you work hard, you can still find some suitable natural resources." Ao Tian said.
"We have no other choice." Yu Nianzhen nodded and said.
After that, two men and a transformed dragon once again travelled around the Cangxing world.
For three hundred years, they searched the land, sea, and various secret realms.
Finally, they accumulated a sizeable treasury of resources which was more than enough for their expected needs.
On this day, Yu Nianzhen, Jiang Yue, and Ao Tian stood just beyond the large archipelago guarding formation.
"XiaoYue, do you want to reconsider?" Yu Nianzhen asked with a frown on his face.
After centuries of preparations, the two were finally ready to leave the Cangxing world.
However, Jiang Yue was concerned about leaving their new home.
As a result, he and Yu Nianzhen refined more than one thousand puppets to guard the archipelago but Jiang Yue was still not assured.
In the end, he decided to leave XiaoLan to guard the archipelago.
However, this decision made Yu Nianzhen a little worried.
After all, XiaoLan was Jiang Yue’s contracted beast.
If they left and something happened to XiaoLan, Jiang Yue would also be affected.
"Azhen, don’t worry." Jiang Yue said with a smile on his face.
"XiaoLan is no longer young and weak. She is also at the peak of the immortal realm and won’t be easily hurt. Even if a batch of people return from the Reincarnation World, they won’t pose a problem for XiaoLan."
Hearing that, Yu Nianzhen nodded.
He also knew XiaoLan was not weak.
His worry was only because he didn’t know if unexpected things would happen while they were away.
"We shouldn’t be gone for more than two hundred years." Ao Tian assured with a confident look in his eyes.
"Okay, let’s get ready to leave." Yu Nianzhen said and Jiang Yue smiled.
"Tian’er, how long will it take to reach Earth?" Jiang Yue suddenly asked and Ao Tian fell into thought.
After a few moments, the dragon nodded to himself and looked at the two.
"It should take at least ten years to travel from here to Earth." Ao Tian said.
"Remember to protect yourself." Jiang Yue reminded with a solemn look in his eyes.
With Ao Tian’s physique and innate abilities, it wasn’t difficult to travel to Earth.
However, they would likely encounter many space storms and dangers along the way.
Considering that Ao Tian was the key party for the travel, he would have to endure most of the damage.
"Azhen and I will help where we can but most of the time, we won’t be able to help." Jiang Yue said again.
