Chapter 116 Wall of Immortals

The Mountain Lord of Maoshan was about to bid farewell to Ji Xiang, but Ji Xiang didn't pay attention because his attention was completely drawn into the True Spirit Rank Chart before him.

Like a bottomless vortex, the world in Ji Xiang's eyes gradually darkened, accompanied by the chanting of Daoist scriptures. Those illusory figures of heavenly deities detached from the True Spirit Rank Chart in the dimness, walking out of it one after another.

These illusory figures of heavenly deities walked towards Ji Xiang. The faces of each deity were blurred, with facial features that were not clear, but their eyes radiated light. In the dark illusion, they appeared even brighter and more intense.

These illusory figures of heavenly deities began to bow to Ji Xiang.

As if paying homage to a deity of high status.

"Are they worshiping the Four Sages of the North Pole, or the Zhenwu form and spirit within me?"

Ji Xiang was muddled at this time, his mind drifted to some unknown world. He only saw the gods make way for him, with several deities appearing in front to guide him. He was even more unaware that a faint white light was manifesting on his body.

The white light released by the blank divine tablet covered Ji Xiang's body. At this moment, Ji Xiang's image seemed to blur as well.

Suddenly, Ji Xiang had an epiphany and leaped forward!

This step was crucial.

The Mountain Lord of Maoshan had just turned around when a gust of wind suddenly blew past him. He turned his head to look and was immediately shocked!

In his sight, Ji Xiang suddenly took a step forward and leaped, his figure gradually shrinking until he became like a figure in a painting. Finally, he turned his head to look at him, and in the next moment, he merged into the painting, transforming into an immortal on the wall!

As if he had never been in the human world!

"Senior?!"

The Mountain Lord of Maoshan walked to the True Spirit Rank Chart, his eyes shaking violently, because this painting had undergone tremendous changes!

Originally, the gods arranged in the seven ranks of heaven and earth all retreated to the sides. The gods were no longer holding their heads high, holding jade tablets and divine weapons, but had all become bowing figures. Their eyes looked at the clouds beneath their feet, and the jade tablets and divine weapons in their hands were offered forward.

The main gods of the seven-tiered sky were still sitting in place, but their eyes were also lowered, no longer looking directly ahead.

In the painting, there was an additional person.

Ji Xiang stood in the painting, becoming like a divine statue.

The Mountain Lord of Maoshan was greatly astonished!

The *Book of Northern Qi* once recorded such a story: a man named Cui Ziwu stayed overnight in Yangzhou, and in a dream, he had a tryst with a woman. Later, in the shrine of the mountain god, he saw a painting, which was exactly like the woman.

Stories of people in paintings have existed since ancient times, but they are mostly about objects coming to life, or created by divine charm, or souls trapped in paintings and unable to leave. But he had never heard of a physical body entering a painting, let alone causing the gods to give way!

"Unbelievable... what exactly is this...?"

The Mountain Lord of Maoshan wanted to continue watching the next development, but the talisman sent a second message, saying that Daozi's condition had worsened again. He had no choice but to say a word to the painting, then take his leave and depart from the Great Yuan Treasure Hall.

However, Ji Xiang at this time was completely unaware of anything happening in the Treasure Hall.

The world in the painting was a sacred realm of immortals, with immortals coming and going, flying clouds floating in the sky, immortal lamps and colorful music, goddesses playing zithers, and seven tiers of heavenly deities progressing layer by layer. There was a vast and boundless power of wishes here, which seemed to be the source of this immortal realm.

Ji Xiang was in a state of almost losing himself. He had already forgotten where he came from, only feeling that he seemed out of place with these immortals.

"I seem to have forgotten something important. No, why am I here?"

"The power of wishes... the power of wishes is an important factor in the birth of gods..."

Ji Xiang clutched his head, gradually forgetting even what he was thinking about. The Inner World Divine Tablet also resonated strongly with this world, as if it wanted to melt from the inner world and then merge this world together.

This power made the surrounding immortals tremble with fear. Their originally indifferent expressions became somewhat frightened.

Those immortals dared not approach, but they pointed out a path to Ji Xiang. In the distance, among the deities of the seven celestial tiers, there seemed to be a Dao Comprehension Assembly being held. The deities emerged from the clouds in all directions, and then arrived at a certain part of the sky, sitting cross-legged to comprehend the Dao.

The other immortals strongly urged Ji Xiang to go to that place.

At this time, a towering staircase leading to that sky also appeared.

Ji Xiang had forgotten many things, but his basic judgment still existed, so he hesitated.

It was this hesitation that made Ji Xiang stop.

"Immortals, you must not continue walking!"

A woman's voice came from the immortal realm, accompanied by the sound of a bell, shaking the world awake. When the immortals heard this voice, they immediately disappeared without a trace, and the staircase collapsed and melted away.

And Ji Xiang also woke up as if from a great dream. All the things he had almost forgotten were recalled!

"That was close!"

Ji Xiang had not felt so dangerous for a long time. He went from clarity to confusion, and this change seemed to be brought about by his Inner World Divine Tablet, not from external forces here.

Did the Inner World Divine Tablet resonate with this place?

What's going on?

"I don't know who you are, but you are not a member of my Shangqing Sect. When you go to that highest place of Dao Comprehension, the moment you comprehend the Dao, you will merge into this world and then be assimilated by it."

"All the powers of wishes in this world are also influencing you. Do not be influenced by them, or you will really become a painting on the wall."

The voice that had awakened Ji Xiang before reappeared.

"Thank you. I don't know who you are, why are you here?"

Ji Xiang thanked him and asked about the other party's identity. At this time, the clouds surged, and a female immortal appeared in the immortal realm, dressed in white, flawless clothes, with a purple belt and golden hairpin, holding a small green bell.

"You ask me why I am here? That's funny. If you were to talk about seniority, I am considered a Shangqing ancestor. You are not a member of Shangqing, yet you ask me why I am here?"

"I am a disciple of Qing Tongjun, Donghua Jade Maiden Yan Jingzhu."

Ji Xiang was amazed.

"In the legends of the Shangqing Sect, when Madam Wei was granted spells, the Northern Cold Jade Maiden Song Lianjuan played the Proud Tune of Nine Qi, the Donghua Jade Maiden Yan Jingzhu struck the Bell of Western Fullness, the Cloud Forest Jade Maiden Jia Quting blew the Phoenix Flute, and the Flying Xuan Jade Maiden Xianyu Lingjin struck the Nine Harmonious Jade Joints."

"The legendary Donghua Immortal Maiden? Are you formed from the power of wishes, or do you really exist?"

"You are a legendary figure, even earlier than Shangqing. How could you appear in the treasure map created by the Nine Shangqing Ancestors?"

Yan Jingzhu said, "I am already dead. What remains here is just a remnant soul. As for the treasure map, this map was originally transformed from a page of immortal scriptures, which Tao Hongjing used to create the True Spirit Rank Chart."

"After my death, my soul returned to the immortal scriptures. The Nine Shangqing Ancestors created the treasure map to exist in the world, to pass on Daoist arts to future generations, and to ensure that the Shangqing lineage would not be cut off."

"I am only waiting for the day when I can pass on this page of immortal scriptures, but unfortunately, many people who have entered here in previous generations were not qualified to see it."

Ji Xiang was shocked: "Could it be the Shangqing Ancestral Scripture?"

Yan Jingzhu chuckled: "That's not it. I am not qualified to protect the Shangqing Ancestral Scripture, but the origin of this True Spirit Rank Chart is the *Donghua Jade Scripture* that I and my master cultivated."

Ji Xiang thought to himself that Qing Tongjun was a well-known figure among the ancient immortals, but where did this immortal scripture come from?

The ancient immortals were all scattered people, without a great book of heart scriptures to cultivate. Could this scripture have been created by Qing Tongjun himself?

Yan Jingzhu blinked her eyes: "So, can you answer me now? You are not a member of Shangqing, why did you enter my sect's True Spirit Rank Chart?"

Ji Xiang shook his head: "I don't know. I just had an epiphany and leaped towards the painting, and then came to this place."

Yan Jingzhu: "It has been several hundred years since anyone entered here. I thought that Shangqing Dharma was no longer practiced by anyone. It seems that you have a connection with this place. It was I who should not have stopped you."

"I thought you had mistakenly entered this place, but I didn't expect you were actively summoned in... Is the Dao Diagram sentient, those immortal phantoms are greedy for your reality, trying to use your true form to descend to the human world... But why are they keeping away from you?"

"You, seem to be a little different from the many people I've met?"

Ji Xiang raised his head and looked sideways at the high sky of Dao Comprehension:

"Go up and take a look, and maybe you'll know."

Yan Jingzhu chuckled and educated Ji Xiang:

"I have to tell you in advance, although you seem to be a little different from the people of the past, you are not a member of Shangqing. Even if you really comprehend the Dao in the Heaven of Dao Comprehension, I will not pass on this *Donghua Jade Scripture* to you. The importance of the *Donghua Jade Scripture* is different from other scriptures. It is not something that is easily given."

"And if you go up by yourself, if anything happens again, I will not save you."

Ji Xiang noticed: "Oh? So, to get the *Donghua Jade Scripture*, you have to go to that Heaven of Dao Comprehension? It seems you mean that you can't get the *Donghua Jade Scripture*, but you can get other scriptures?"

Yan Jingzhu was stunned, then turned her head and covered her mouth.

Oops, she let it slip.

So she frowned slightly and said angrily, "Even if I let it slip, you won't comprehend anything!"

Ji Xiang looked at the sky: "That's not certain."

Then the two of them stared at each other. Yan Jingzhu asked strangely, "Why aren't you going up yet? Why are you looking at me?"

Ji Xiang was very frank: "I can't fly. Fairy, why don't you give me a ride?"