Chapter 1 Immortal Ancient Within the Perfect World

Inside the Immortal Ancient of the Perfect World.

Jiang Xuan sat cross-legged in the center of five divine springs. Crystalline treasure liquid gathered in the spring eyes, with misty, precious energy rising and immortal energy falling, making the scene even more sacred.

But on the periphery, the original scenery comparable to a pure land, filled with immortal energy, had long changed. Hidden killing formations faintly lurked in the void, and the originally pure white immortal energy was also stained with five colors, revealing an eerie aura within the splendor.

Now, the immortal mist had become poisonous fog. Although this poison was not refined by Jiang Xuan himself—after all, since the sharing began, he had been working hard to open the Eight Gates of the Eight Inner Gates, and only had less than half a month left to prepare.

However, he spent a great deal of money and consumed many resources, exchanging them for many god-level poisons, coupled with several killing formations he had specifically learned in the past, directly enveloping this area.

At the same time, he also laid down some sensing formations. If anyone dared to enter despite the poisonous fog, he would be able to know immediately.

Time passed. After the first month, Ghost House Jiang Xuan and the others deduced the method for the Fourth Gate. Previously, Perfect World Jiang Xuan had forcibly broken through, and although he suffered heavy damage, he also gained a lot of insights. Therefore, the deduction of the Fourth Gate was very easy, and it was successful in one month.

Jiang Xuan deduced it himself again and found no flaws. Then, he received the power of the five divine springs, gathered it in the palms of his hands, and at the same time began to operate the deduced method to break through.

The position of the Injury Gate (Shangmen) was in the palm of the hand, or rather, it could be said to be two gates, one in each hand. Under the constant scouring of the divine spring energy, the Injury Gates in Jiang Xuan's palms were constantly impacted by energy, and the shackles became increasingly weak.

"Break!"

On the seventh day, Jiang Xuan shouted loudly, and his palms burst open suddenly, with two streams of blood shooting into the sky. At the same time, the palms of Jiang Xuan's hands were also like being pierced by sharp arrows.

According to the *Chaos罡斗 Sutra* (*Hun Dun Gang Dou Jing*), the word "injury" in the Injury Gate (Shangmen) itself contains the implication of a double-edged sword. Opening the Injury Gate will cause damage to oneself.

Of course, its improvement was also significant. After Jiang Xuan's injuries recovered, his own combat power increased by nearly 10%. He was already standing at the peak of the Venerable realm, and an increase of 10% was incredibly astonishing.

Now, he had truly reached the peak in the realm of the First Generation (Chudai). Even the First Generations from the famous great forces of the Three Thousand Provinces, such as the Immortal Palace, the Heaven Mending Sect, and the Underworld, were at most comparable to him.

However, he didn't have much feeling about this. The First Generation was definitely not the strongest in Immortal Ancient. Countless First Generations had been beheaded in Immortal Ancient throughout history. Only by being comparable to those ancient heroes and freaks could one be considered a true top talent.

So he chose to continue his seclusion, deducing the method of opening up the world within his body with the Jiang Xuan of Martial Extremes, Desolate, and Capital Repairing worlds.

Three months later, the method for the Fifth Gate, the Open Gate (Kaimen), was finally successfully deduced. This gate involved the brain domain, so they had to be cautious. Every small detail was deduced countless times, so it took three months.

Opening the Open Gate would give rise to inner demons and illusions. This gate would not cause damage to the physical body, but it was the easiest gate to get lost in. The moment he broke through, he felt that his sea of consciousness had introduced a world. The starlight, morning light, and the light of the sun and moon in the sky poured in, overwhelmingly shining into Jiang Xuan's sea of consciousness.

At that moment, Jiang Xuan felt that his mind was like a universe, endless. He himself seemed to be swimming in an infinitely vast space, and the starlight shuttled through infinitely distant distances, reflecting his body.

This was an illusion, using the most beautiful and ultimate fantasies to influence the state of mind. If one could not break through the illusion, one would be lost in this endless space and would never be able to find a way out.

"Will should exist forever, the physical body can move mountains and split the earth, and the flame of life should also be like the scorching sun in the sky, burning everything!"

Jiang Xuan knew that the most important thing about this gate was Nirvana. Martial Extremes Jiang Xuan had already experienced it, so there was naturally no hesitation in opening it this time. He directly received the Supreme Treasure Liquid in the sea of consciousness and transformed it into golden flames of the void, burning the entire endless space.

The flames were滔 Heaven, filling the entire endless space. At that moment, Jiang Xuan's sea of consciousness shook violently. In the滔 Heaven flames, it seemed to truly merge with this endless space in the sea of consciousness.

After ten days, after consuming one-tenth of the Supreme Treasure Liquid, this Fifth Gate, the Open Gate (Kaimen), was finally opened. At this moment, Jiang Xuan's sea of consciousness was equivalent to being reborn from the ashes. His comprehension, soul, will, and so on all skyrocketed, reaching a terrifying level.

After sharing, although the Jiang Xuans of various worlds did not improve their realm, their mental power increased greatly, and the deduction of the method was even faster.

A month later, the Sixth Gate, the Scenic Gate (Jingmen), was successfully deduced, corresponding to the back, in charge of defense. Jiang Xuan spent half a month, nearly reforging his back, and opening this gate, his defense was no weaker than the top First Generation.

Two months later, the Seventh Gate, the Life Gate (Shengmen), was successfully deduced. With the help of the divine spring, he constantly impacted and reforged his blood, and the flame of life was also burning, constantly tempering.

This transformation lasted a full month. During this period, Jiang Xuan's heartbeat had been echoing in the world, getting louder and stronger. From the beginning, it was like a heavy drum, then like thunder, and finally, every heartbeat could even cause the earth to tremble.

His whole person was shrouded in a bright flame of life. Although it was not a divine fire, it had even more amazing power, as if it could burn through the sky, but also as if it could nurture all things in the world, with endless vitality.

When Jiang Xuan opened it successfully, his whole body had been tempered countless times. At this moment, in his physical body, the blood was like a rushing river, and every pulsation of his heart was like a thunderclap.

This was extremely astonishing. The total increase after opening the previous six gates was not as amazing as opening the Life Gate (Shengmen). Now, Jiang Xuan, even among the ancient freaks, was definitely not bad, and could be comparable to the heroes who had won multiple championships.

Of course, the price was also very high. Even the five divine springs had been absorbed by more than half, and one-tenth of the Supreme Treasure Liquid in his body had also been consumed. Perhaps he could still open the Eighth Gate, the Death Gate (Sǐmén), but he was afraid that he would have no chance to open up the world within his body.

"Now, all that's left is the Eighth Gate. The essence of the Death Gate (Sǐmén) is 'to be reborn from the brink of death.' It seems that the remaining poison will eventually have to be eaten by myself."

Jiang Xuan shook his head and smiled wryly. To open the Death Gate, he had to let his physical body be annihilated and die, leaving only his spiritual body, swimming in the spiritual world, to comprehend the location of the Death Gate.

This was a gate where one would either succeed or fail. If he could not open it, then everything would return to ruins, and he would die and disappear. But if he succeeded in opening it, he would be able to be reborn from Nirvana and regain his vitality.

He could not possibly cut off his own head, as even if his vitality recovered, there would be no cure. So using poison was the best way. As long as he successfully opened it and his vitality reappeared, even if there was still residual poison in his body, he could take medicine to detoxify it.

"Moreover, the method of opening up the world within the body has also been somewhat successful. This time, it will be the ultimate leap. Whether it succeeds or fails, it will all depend on this one move." Jiang Xuan was looking forward to whether he could be comparable to the Ten Crown King, the Banished Immortal, the Heavy Pupils, Desolate, and those other most powerful evildoers. It all depended on this one move.