Eternal Life Begins with Taking a Wife

Chapter 1079: Who’s Controlling the Chess (2)
Editor: Henyee Translations

Under the lead of the elders, Shen Ping came to the Confucius Temple to undergo the baptism of incense and power of faith. The so-called baptism was to see if the body could withstand the incense. If it couldn’t, then his title would automatically disappear.

The reason why the Third Madame wanted to destroy Shen Ping’s foundation was for this baptism. As long as the baptism fails, he could choose a new successor. As the elder took out a seal, a surging power of incense rose from the Confucius Temple and gathered on Shen Ping.

There was no movement from the impact of the incense offerings, but in the eyes of Shen Ping, who was a Spiritual Master, he could see invisible energy that had been transformed quickly cleansing his body. As long as there was the slightest flaw in every inch of his bones and meridians, it would be found by the incense offerings.

The elder put away the seal, stroked his beard, and said with a smile, “Very good. It seems that you have been very hardworking these years. The medicinal liquid that you’ve eaten has made you suffer. Alright, go to the clan school later. You have to study well with the Great Confucianist. Don’t be naughty and waste it just because you are conferred the title of Spiritual Master.”

Xin Xiang was very happy. At noon, she told Madame Qing Yan the news.

…

The clan academy mainly talked about the essays of the various families in the Imperial Court. There were also basic studies. Other than these, they cultivate for an hour every day.

The Huai Family did not walk the path of Daoism or Buddhism. Instead, they walked the path of Confucianism. They used zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, ink, sword, spear, and other aspects to enter the Dao while refining their bodies and grasping the energy of heaven and earth.

To be honest, be it Dao, Buddhism, Confucianism, or the military, they all used the Dao of Heaven and Earth to improve themselves, there were just some differences in the process. However, the Qi Practitioners in this world still walked the most orthodox methods.

This was what Shen Ping was cultivating now.

Apart from that, there was also the Divine Path of Incense, which was also a major orthodoxy. The Imperial Court inherited the Heavenly Court and could govern the various Divine Paths of Incense in the Nine States, but they could not interfere with anything else, just like the imperial conferment. It was not that the Imperial Court could confer it just because it wanted to. It had to have a certain amount of Heavenly Dao contribution, strength accumulation, reputation, and so on.

As long as these were achieved, even the Imperial Court would not be able to stop the conferment.

Huai Lian and the other children did not know this kind of information. However, Shen Ping had already read all kinds of ancient books in the clan. His understanding of this world could be said to be comparable to the heroic souls of his ancestors.

While the other children were studying, Shen Ping had already started the counterattack mission.

[You have consumed 200 energy points to start a new counterattack mission.]

[The Huaishan Prefecture has been invaded by unorthodox sects. They control half of the Huaishan Prefecture and have touched the foundation of the Huai family. Please eliminate the unorthodox sects in half a year.]

[Mission completion reward: Universe in the Sleeve]

[There will be no rewards for failure.]

Seeing this mission, he couldn’t help but be surprised. From the counterattack simulation, this kind of evil sect was only a moss disease, far inferior to the danger brought by the crocodile ancestor. Even without his interference, the Huai family could annihilate the evil sect.

However, since the counterattack mission had appeared, Shen Ping felt that things were not that simple. So he expended energy and began to simulate.

[At five years old, Huai Lian, the legitimate son of the Third Madame, awakened the crocodile ancestor bloodline.]

[At ten years old, traces of demons appeared in Huaishan Prefecture. Mountain Lord Huai went to investigate, but he returned empty-handed.]

[At 25 years old, the power of the crocodile ancestor descended and tried to corrode your magic powers. It failed. In the same year, you cultivated to Perfected Lord Dao.]

[At the age of 30, an evil spirit parasitized a village and town, causing a large number of people to die. Mountain Lord Huai went to investigate again, but he still returned empty-handed.]

[At the age of 31, Mountain Lord Huai used the Imperial True Seal to investigate and discovered the invasion of the evil sects and went to eliminate them.]

[At 50 years old, the power of the crocodile ancestor corroded again, but it still failed.]

[At 100 years old, Huai Lian becomes the disciple of the Sword God. In the same year, you cultivate to the Earth Immortal Realm.]

[At 133 years old, the evil sects revived. Mountain Lord Huai went to eliminate them and returned with serious injuries.]

[At 152 years old, Mountain Lord Huai has fallen.]

[At 200 years old, you will become the new Mountain Lord and went forth to eliminate the evil sects and completely eliminate them.]

[At the age of 400, Huai Lian returned to Huai Mantion to challenge you and lost, he also failed in the fight for the title of Mountain Lord, in his fury, his crocodile ancestor’s bloodline erupted, but were suppressed by the heroic souls.]

[…]

[At 1,800 years old, you experienced three calamities and nine disasters and became a Heavenly Immortal.]

[At the age of 2,800, you were conferred the title of the Heavenly Lord of Changzhou.]

[…]

[At the age of 13,5000, you have reached the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit. You want to completely destroy the Crocodile Ancestor Altar. A terrifying demonic energy rushed over. You will use the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth to fight it and ultimately die.]

The overall counterattack simulation did not change much, but the details were different.

This time, the death of his father, Mountain Lord Huai, had appeared, which had never happened before.

Shen Ping immediately took it seriously. He knew very well that none of the words displayed in the counterattack simulation were superfluous. For example, when he exterminated the great demons in the past, they did not appear. This meant that those things were trivial and could not affect his future direction at all.

He took a closer look again, then noticed that when the last line reached the Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, it revealed the origin of that power!

“Demonic energy… Could it be that the Almighty behind the crocodile ancestor is a demonic creature, or an Almighty from the demon race?”

Although there were demons in this land, demon lords were mainly born from demonic thoughts and often appeared with evil spirits. He had never heard of any powerful demons. At most, it was cultivators from Daoism, Buddhism, and other magic lineages who were disturbed by their inner demons, which led to a demon disaster.

“And why did this evil sect appear so early? Why didn’t it appear in the previous simulations? Could it be that my recent series of actions changed the future direction? Or did it affect the arrangements of the almighty behind the crocodile ancestor altar?”

Thinking of this, Shen Ping was shocked. He had a virtual frame that could counterattack and simulate, allowing him to see the future. But what about those powerful experts? They grasped the methods of heavenly luck. Some Dao Lords even comprehended fate, karma, and other top-notch Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

As long as there was a slight change in the world or an uncertain direction, it would arouse their vigilance and interfere. Now, it was different from the virtual frame he had obtained when he was weak, where it could slowly grow, and there were no mighty figures prying into the secrets of the heavens.

But this world is different. It seemed that the Imperial Court was stable. Although there were signs of chaos everywhere, there was no chaos. In fact, be it the Heavenly Court, the Netherworld, the Buddhist Sect, the Daoist Sect, and so on, they had probably been infiltrated.

Shen Ping had heard from Lord Yin that this huge yellow hall world had existed in the hands of that Dao Lord for a long time. Clearly, there were already many Dao Lords, including some geniuses in the Dao Origin Realm who reincarnated and descended here. Forget about those geniuses as they only had one chance. Dao Lords, on the other hand, were different. They could descend frequently.

Now, it was equivalent to saying that he used his life to compete with the many lives of Dao Lords. Most importantly, the game of chess between heaven and earth had already entered a certain level. Although it did not look like it was the time for them to fight fiercely, there were definitely all kinds of clashes.

“If I still think that I can rely on the virtual frame to grow steadily like before, I’m afraid I’ll be devoured until there’s nothing left!” Shen Ping stared at the display on the virtual frame and pondered for a moment. He decided to get into the game first.

When one was weak, there was no choice, they could only fight within the rules. Now that Huaishan Prefecture had an Almighty’s arrangement, he could only fight with this Almighty with his wits. At the very least, the other party did not dare to appear for the time being. Otherwise, there was no need for the crocodile ancestor to step forward. Unless absolutely necessary, the other party would never come out.

“This is most likely an old shady,” he sighed in his heart. In fact, if it were him, he would have done the same. After all, fighting for the last supreme stone tablet was a battle of attrition. Without knowing his opponent, the better he hid, the more benefits he could reap.

He suppressed his emotions. Shen Ping continued to listen to the lecture of the family scholar.

In the dead of night, he used the 72 Thaumaturgy Transformations and secretly left the clan academy. Then, he condensed his magic power in the clouds and observed the entire Huaishan Prefecture.

Look further! He activated his Divine Eye. Coupled with the Spiritual Master’s imprint, he checked the entire Huaishan Prefecture, but unfortunately, there was no result. He doesn’t care, but checks like this every night.

Three months later, he finally found a clue. These evil cultivators had infiltrated Huaishan Prefecture from outside.