Aspiring to the Immortal Path-Chapter 1290: A Changing of Epochs

The Violet Robe Wanderer froze as if someone had pressed Pause.

There was even a hint of fear on his face.

"You…" he called out in surprise.

"Are you surprised at how I can know all this?" Tang Jie smiled. "It's not actually that weird. After all, I saw with my own eyes how a Saint Immortal ascends… Becoming a Dao-proving Saint Immortal is really just merging with the world one is in, right? Once you do that, you're basically bound to the world you're located in, which means that there's no chance of surpassing the Heavenly Dao. This is why Yu Cheng has been unwilling to advance to Saint Immortal while the Three Sages Ancestor and Nine Disaster did all they could to try and thwart his plans. Even the Western Heaven Buddha Ancestor, though he may have chosen to help Yu Cheng, personally had no interest in surpassing the Heavenly Dao. I'm guessing that his objective was that by helping Yu Cheng surpass the Heavenly Dao, he could find a way to undo his link to it, yes?"

The Violet Robe Wanderer wildly laughed. "Nonsense! Three Sages and Nine Disaster had no world restrictions on them and were still able to enter this place. So why do you think that I can't leave?"

"Because you didn't leave," Tang Jie simply replied.

The Violet Robe Wanderer froze.

Because you didn't leave!

This was Tang Jie's evidence.

Yes, who would be willing to spend their entire life in this closed dimension if they had a choice?

There was no need for any theories or arguments. The presence of the Violet Cloud Couple here was answer enough!

It wasn't that they didn't want to leave, but that they couldn't leave!

This was the result of proving their Daos. Tang Jie didn't know why it was like this, but knowing the result was enough.

The Violet Robe Wanderer silently stared at Tang Jie.

"Now, can you tell me the truth?"

"'The truth'?" the Violet Robe Wanderer softly said, and then he chuckled. "If you want to know the truth, isn't it very simple? Go to the top of that tower and get the opportunity, and then you will know the truth."

Tang Jie frowned.

He could tell that this was not helpless laughter, but laughter born from confidence and anticipation.

As if the moment he had been waiting for had finally come.

He didn't know what was behind it, but it unsettled him.

He shook his head. "No! That's not an opportunity, only a trap."

He began to withdraw the Heavenly Dao Realm, and the space began to fold back in on itself.

His plan was to return to the hall and stop Yu Cheng and the others. He was strong enough to do this.

The Violet Robe Wanderer snarled, "I've been waiting ten thousand years for this opportunity! You aren't going to ruin this! DIE!"

A punch thundered out!

The collapsing space suddenly began to expand once more.

Tang Jie punched back to try and stop him, but he was far weaker than the Violet Robe Wanderer and was sent flying, streaking like a shooting star.

"Tang Jie, I gave you a chance to give up. You have been opposing us from the very start, and you still insist on doing so. Since you will neither prove your Dao nor stand with us, then you are our enemy! So DIE!"

The giant axe cleaved through the firmament, and at the same time, the Scarlet Cloud Fairy sighed and swung her bone sword. The sword sent ripples through the void from which a chaotic storm erupted, seeking to devour Tang Jie.

His steely body was rapidly corroded by the storm and then was swiftly regrown, barely maintaining itself.

Tang Jie was in grave peril, and only then did he realize that the taciturn Scarlet Cloud Fairy was far more dangerous than the Violet Robe Wanderer.

When two Saint Immortals worked together to kill someone, even the heavens themselves wouldn't be able to take it, let alone Tang Jie.

But Tang Jie was unafraid.

He was smiling.

"Nothing but a trick."

The golden halo once more lit up with a dazzling radiance.

Tang Jie stared, and that terrifying storm disappeared. He reached out, seizing that stone axe.

"How could this be?" the Violet Robe Wanderer said in shock.

"Nothing is impossible!"

Tang Jie roared, his body rising to a height of one hundred thousand feet.

This wasn't because he had ascended to Saint Immortal, but because in his realm, he could ignore all bottlenecks, reaching higher levels without the need for ascension.

This meant that he had the power of a Saint Immortal while still being at Gold Immortal.

No, he even surpassed it.

Tang Jie's body continued to grow, only stopping at 130,000 feet.

Looking down, Tang Jie rumbled, "Talk! What is your scheme?"

The Violet Robe Wanderer wildly laughed. "This still isn't enough! Heaven Cleaver, cut him down!"

The stone axe's Dao Runes flashed, and a giant phantom axe manifested. But mixed into this phantom axe was an inconspicuous sword energy, the true lethal blow.

"RAAA!" Tang Jie bellowed. His enormous form had unleashed the wild nature deep within him.

The Sovereign Blade also took the form of the Heaven Cleaver, and as he swung it at his foe, it seemed like the Martial Lord had been reborn.

"BREAK!!!"

The energies of three individuals clashed.

There was a massive shockwave as if planets had collided, tearing through the void and annihilating all existences in its path.

But this was not a single impact.

The three of them continued to wildly trade blows, sending one shockwave after another through the void.

Domains shattered into asteroids, and the asteroids were obliterated into dust.

Nothing physical could exist in front of these shockwaves, and only the void was left.

Even when empowered by the Heavenly Dao Realm, Tang Jie had no upper hand against two Saint Immortals, particularly as their Dao armaments were more compatible with the Daos of this world. Their attacks were imbued with the laws of the cosmos, and it made him feel like he was going up against the entire universe.

Tang Jie knew that this wasn't just a feeling. He really was contending against the entirety of this void—the Violet Cloud Couple had mustered the power of the entire void against him.

But Tang Jie had no plans to concede.

If this world wouldn't accept him, he would go against the entire world!

Suddenly, Tang Jie was enlightened.

He threw his head back and roared, his cry shattering the heavens.

With this roar, the Heavenly Dao Realm shone once more.

This realm covered the entirety of the void, unleashing all of its power.

At that moment, a very special scene began to play.

Tang Jie found himself in the middle of an even larger world.

Stars were everywhere, each star representing a domain.

There were also several never-before-seen species living in this world. They all exuded ancient and powerful auras, each one possessing world-annihilating power. They wandered through the void, each one the size of a domain. At that moment, a word came to Tang Jie's mind: Gods!

Incarnate Gods!

These existences were no longer mere Gods, but Gods in flesh, so powerful that the world could no longer contain them.

After maturing in domains, they entered the void and constantly absorbed the energy among the stars.

As they grew stronger and stronger, the free energy of the cosmos grew sparser and sparser.

These lifeforms did not know, or perhaps did not care about this.

They just kept cultivating and cultivating in this world where cultivation had no upper limit.

They cultivated, bellowed, ran rampant, and battled.

They freely did whatever they wanted, destroying all other things and absorbing their energy.

The entire chiliocosm became deathly still.

The cruelty of the Gods drew the wrath of the heavens.

Thus, Tang Jie saw a light in the heavens.

In that light, a tower could be seen.

As Tang Jie's gaze fell on that tower, he realized: wasn't that the tower he was in right now? But at this moment, this tower was majestic and sacred, tangled around with chains of the Great Daos.

"This is… the Heavenly Dao… Tower?" Tang Jie muttered.

He was so used to talking about the Heavenly Dao Law Wheel that calling it a tower instead made him somewhat uncomfortable.

Those powerful beings in the chiliocosm also sensed the Heavenly Dao Tower's appearance, and they raised their heads and bellowed in anger.

They did not fear the heavens, had no respect for the heavens. No matter how the Heavenly Dao reacted, they would do as they wanted.

For they were Gods!

They continued to greedily devour the world's energy.

The world continued to degenerate, and as the energy dried up, the Gods grew stronger and stronger.

But they didn't know that a great danger was born from this.

One day, things finally changed.

The energy in the cosmos had become so sparse that it started to collapse inward.

It was just a single point at the start, but as more and more space collapsed, it gradually turned into a black hole that devoured its surroundings. As this black hole devoured more and more, it grew larger and larger, eventually growing so massive that it started to devour domains. At this moment, the Gods began to panic.

But it was already too late to stop it.

The black hole grew larger and larger, eventually covering the entire chiliocosm. The Gods had nowhere to run and began to wail in fear.

They finally felt regret, too late.

As they were devoured, they finally saw that at the end of the black hole was a tower.

The Heavenly Dao Tower.

The entire chiliocosm had been devoured by the tower, the void become a true absolute void.

There was no Time, no Space.

But there was soon a new development.

Tang Jie saw a round plate appear in this absolute void.

The Heavenly Dao Law Wheel.

It started to glow.

It radiated endless light.

It was a white hole, constantly spewing out matter.

Thus, a new chiliocosm was born.

The Great Stellar Chiliocosm.