Immortal through Beast Taming

Chapter 713 73: Contracting the Heavenly Dao!

Demon tribe, alien god tribe, descendants of the Shanhai Immortal Emperor...

Among them, the Demon Lord will be dealt with by myself; the Immortal Emperor of the alien god tribe is dead, and the descendants of the Shanhai Immortal Emperor are the easiest to solve, as long as the Dugu Immortal Emperor doesn't obstruct.

Whether it's because he has already ascended to the rank of Immortal Emperor and doesn't want to be my enemy, or he truly doesn't care about the Shanhai Sect anymore, the choice of the Dugu Immortal Emperor has saved Lin Jing a lot of effort.

Through the left-behind Immortal Artifact, resonating with his descendants' bloodline, it was confirmed that it was indeed the Shanhai Immortal Emperor who invaded the Celestial Court back then, and Lin Jing acted directly.

Under the mighty power of the Immortal Emperor, descendants of the Shanhai Immortal Emperor vanished from the world; innocence didn't matter anymore, they could only bear the consequences of the seeds sown by their ancestors.

This is the Cultivation Realm, it leaves no room for turning back.

Though Lin Jing felt that in a world that is an illusory dream easily shattered, hatred and life and death lost their meaning, he still had to account to the Empresses of the Celestial Emperor's Tomb.

The Shanhai Sect was thus disbanded, Lin Jing and Liuli Immortal Emperor split apart, and the pet beasts followed Lin Jing, presenting their requests.

"Squeak!?!"

"Bo bo bo..."

One by one, the pet beasts looked at Lin Jing with big eyes.

Now that this side is finished, it's time to help the original self.

"Hmm, go ahead."

The pet beasts' request was simple—they hoped to descend to help the original self. Now wanting to descend was undoubtedly difficult; even if they gave up their cultivation in the Immortal King Realm, cut their own realms, and fell into mortal bodies, it would come at a great cost.

The avatar now can sense the state of the original self in another time and space through the Celestial Dao Treasure, and the pet beasts should be able to lend some small assistance when they descend.

With this in mind, the avatar didn't wish to reject their goodwill.

Only cultivation realms, once lost can be cultivated anew.

"The Beast Taming Immortal Emperor..."

Watching Lin Jing personally cut his cultivation to forcefully descend, each pet beast, many Immortal Emperors had complex expressions.

Among them, the Eastern Wilderness Immortal Emperor felt the most disoriented inside.

It was he who "personally" sent Lin Jing, gravely ill and near death on Earth, to the Cultivation Realm, initially just to cultivate a bearer of Celestial Destiny, invincible in the underworld, who could balance the Demon Lord below.

Who would have expected that ultimately, a newly ascended Immortal Emperor would slowly rise, truly surpassing his expectations.

"Sit."

For those observing him and hesitating to speak, Lin Jing conjured a tea table, indicating for the Immortal Emperors to sit and converse across the expanse.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Lin." The Eastern Wilderness Immortal Emperor raised a cup and sat, Lin Jing smiled faintly.

Regarding the destiny given by the Immortal Emperors to fight the demon tribe in the underworld, Lin Jing was actually indifferent.

Indeed, as dictated by the Eastern Wilderness Immortal Emperor's arrangement, he could enjoy many opportunities along the cultivation path.

If it wasn't for being a pawn against the demon tribe for the Eastern Wilderness Immortal Emperor, how could he have early access to Celestial Destiny, how could he have obtained precious resources sought after by countless Immortal Kings?

These precious resources allowed the avatar, the pet beasts, even the original self below, to quickly become stronger.

Without these resources, if Lin Jing ascended normally, he might end up like other ordinary ascenders, soon disappearing in the Immortal Realm, becoming a regular Immortal.

However, since there is an opportunity to regain control over his own destiny and break free from predetermined plans, Lin Jing naturally wouldn't always choose the established path.

He will resolve the demon tribe, no matter the means.

But from now on, everything belongs to his own decision.

No one wants to live forever along someone else's arrangement.

"To what stage has the underworld battle truly progressed?"

The Eastern Wilderness Immortal Emperor asked a question that greatly concerned all the Immortal Emperors.

Lin Jing spoke: "Due to reincarnation, the Demon Lord is exceptionally weak; unsurprisingly, he will not be the match of the original self and will soon be defeated."

"Especially since my contract pet beasts have also descended..."

"With their assistance, the death of the Demon Lord will only be accelerated...but..."

"But? But what?" asked the master of Tian Yao Mountain.

Lin Jing shook his head and said: "The current key actually no longer lies with the Demon Lord."

"Why don't you all wait with me, perhaps it won't be long before we know everything."

Regarding Lin Jing's enigmatic behavior, all the Immortal Emperors were quite frustrated; a junior speaking mysteries to them?

However, as Lin Jing didn't wish to divulge, they had no power to compel him and could only wait quietly.

It's unclear how much time passed.

The Demon Lord, under the relentless pressure from the original self, felt his own limits and couldn't help but sigh to the sky.

"Right and wrong, success and failure, all turn to emptiness in the blink of an eye..."

"Lin Jing, is this the ending you desire?"

"If so, I'll oblige you. Let's see how you solve it."

"The moment I die, this world will also... accompany me in death!"

Boom.

Sensing Lin Jing's resolve, even the Demon Lord didn't foresee that Lin Jing, despite the world being buried with him, would insist on annihilating him. Now, the Demon Lord regretted his hastiness to invade the lower realm, provoking such a mad dog.

The Demon Lord self-destructed, activating his contingency plan.

The sound of the Heavenly Dao permeated the Immortal Realm. This sound could only be understood and comprehended by those with Immortal Emperor Cultivation, conveying an extremely terrifying message.

The Immortal Emperors sitting opposite Lin Jing finally understood what Lin Jing was having them wait for.

"This is..."

It was the Demon Lord's memory, the entire truth about the Taoist Master and the universe. As Lin Jing's true self suppressed it, the Demon Lord decided to go down with him, directly sharing the cruel reality with the few individuals closest to the truth within the dream.

Initially, the Immortal Emperors completely rejected the absurd claims transmitted by the Demon Lord. But as the Celestial Destiny, born of the Heavenly Dao, instinctively began to reject these memories, the Immortal Emperors broke out in a cold sweat, their expressions swiftly changing.

It was at the moment when the Immortal Emperors started to slightly believe this claim that the myriad worlds suddenly began experiencing more intense upheaval than the previous struggle for the Celestial Dao Treasure. The entire world felt like a rapidly expanding bubble on the brink of bursting, constantly teetering on the edge of destruction.

When the dreamer begins to understand the nature of the dream, the path to awakening has already begun.

"Lin Jing!!! Why did you let the Demon Lord reveal these things!!!" The master of Tianyao Mountain exclaimed in shock.

He simply didn't want to know!

The fragmentation of the world, not even the Immortal Emperors can stop it.

One after another, the Immortal Emperors now appeared exceedingly fragile.

Lin Jing regrettably said, "If the Demon Lord fails, the world will be destroyed, and you will all die; but if the Demon Lord succeeds, perhaps the world will remain, yet you will still perish, along with me."

"To me personally, my death is equivalent to the disappearance of the world. Since no matter the choice, the outcome is the same, might as well not let the Demon Lord have it easy either."

The Immortal Emperors' hearts were in turmoil, completely shocked to find that the Demon Lord was such a troublesome existence.

Had they known this earlier, they should never have nurtured Lin Jing, the supreme of the lower realm, and let the Demon Lord proceed on his own. Perhaps then, this world might have lasted much longer.

"Lin Jing, quickly tell us. Since you've decisively dealt with the Demon Lord, you surely must have a solution," spoke Liuli Immortal Emperor.

"Yes." Lin Jing replied, "This world is not destined for immediate destruction."

"What do you mean?" asked Jidao Immortal Emperor hurriedly.

"At such a critical time, quit holding back, it's infuriating," reprimanded Linglong Immortal Emperor.

Lin Jing gazed toward the lower realm.

"Using the Celestial Dao Treasure, the Demon Lord deduced a method to use the magic clan's innate talents to seize the Heavenly Dao's will, achieving symbiosis with the universe... and even created the ultimate secret technique for seizing the Heavenly Dao."

"In this way, even if the dream wakes, he wouldn't dissipate but would become part of the universal will. Even if unable to transcend the illusion, when the universe falls back into slumber, he could resurrect in a new dream, as the very identity of the Heavenly Dao's will."

"Achieving... an alternative form of immortality, using that eternal time to search for the true path of transcendence."

"The key to everything lies in the 'Heavenly Dao's will.'

"Seizing and replacing the Heavenly Dao's will is a method of transcendence, but during my confrontation with the Demon Lord, through my deductions..."

"Contracting the Heavenly Dao's will is also a glimmer of hope!" Lin Jing spoke. After realizing the Demon Lord's countermeasures, Lin Jing was initially despondent because even if he won, the world would perish, making it all pointless.

Yet fortunately, within those seven seconds, through the deductions of the Great Dao's Bell, Lin Jing found a means... to ensure the dream wouldn't shatter even if many knew the truth of the dream.

That is, when Lin Jing guarded the lower realm, he already had the intention... to contract the lower realm.

Contracting the Heavenly Dao's will, lacking the extremity of seizing it, wouldn't replace the Heavenly Dao's will nor transcend the illusion, but through the deductions of the Great Dao's Bell and fragments of Heavenly Dao rules, Lin Jing discovered that contracting the Heavenly Dao's will had another function.

And that is, maintaining stability.

If the current universe were seen as an infant about to awaken, then the contractual power would serve as a soothing hand, gently caressing her, allowing her to remain in slumber.

Upon awakening, the beings within the dream would vanish, but when the beings within the dream forcibly bind with the consciousness of the dream, the stability of the dream would significantly enhance, sparing the world from the fate of destruction.

At the moment the Demon Lord initiated his backup plan, Lin Jing's true self contracted the Heavenly Dao of the lower realm, utilizing the decades of beast-taming cultivation achievements, piling numerous contract powers together, to contract the now crumbling Heavenly Dao!!

This was an extremely difficult feat as well, its success rate no lower than the Demon Lord's attempt to seize the lower realm's Heavenly Dao, but due to the dream nearing fragmentation, the affected Heavenly Dao's instinct also sought stability, and Lin Jing's contractual power provided such a strength at the perfect time.

Before the Immortal Emperors could inquire in detail, the tremor of the myriad worlds subsided significantly due to Lin Jing's completed contract with the lower realm's Heavenly Dao.

Feeling the world's tremors abate, gradually returning to stability, the anxious expressions on the faces of the Immortal Emperors finally eased somewhat.

"It's not over," Lin Jing spoke: "Contracting the lower realm's Heavenly Dao by my true self doesn't count as completely stabilizing the dream realm, the lower realm's Heavenly Dao is only part of the dream, there's still the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Dao."

"Only by completely contracting the Heavenly Dao's will can I become the maintainer of this universe, entirely stabilizing our illusory realm."