Chapter 1 The Eight Regions

The Eight Regions of the lower realm can actually be called a cage. It's a place where the great sects of the upper realm harvest human medicinal herbs. Every so often, they descend to reap the harvest. At the same time, it's also a place of sealing, with many dark creatures sealed within the Void God Realm.

It is divided into eight regions: Heaven, Earth, Black, Yellow, Universe, Vastness, Flood, and Desolation. According to Jiang Xuan's speculation, this is Earth in the Shrouding the Heavens era and the Saint Ruins era. In the future, the Corpse Immortal Emperor will also set up schemes here.

Of course, besides these, the most famous thing about the Eight Regions of the lower realm is the Void God Realm. There are too many powerful figures hidden there.

For example, the True Dragon, Kun Peng, and God-Striking Stone among the Ten Vicious, as well as the ancestral sacrificial spirit Liu Shen (Willow God), and the two great Immortal Kings, Number Two in the World and Immortal Gold Daoist, in the Void God Realm, plus the masters of the forbidden zones, and so on. Any one of them at their peak was a being standing at the pinnacle of the world, but in the end, due to various special circumstances, they remained in the lower realm.

Coming to the lower realm, the first place Jiang Xuan went to was naturally the Chaos Zone, where he found the True Dragon's Nest. There was still a True Dragon egg that had lost a lot of its essence being nurtured inside. However, Jiang Xuan didn't find any trace of the True Dragon here, only a wisp of obsession remaining on a broken dragon horn.

Moreover, this wisp of obsession was already very weak, and could dissipate at any time; it was almost at its limit. Therefore, Jiang Xuan didn't activate it. He only looked at the still-living True Dragon egg. He knew that this was the future disciple of the Desolate Heaven Emperor, a True Dragon cultivating the True Phoenix precious technique.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan smiled. Looking at the True Dragon egg, which had not yet developed intelligence, he pointed out a finger. Divine patterns appeared in the void, turning into a divine formation that devoured vitality and continuously poured it into the True Dragon egg to make up for its deficiencies. After the formation was set up, the True Dragon egg became even more magical. A celestial light enveloped it, making it even more mysterious and dazzling. A young dragon shadow swam in the egg, already faintly showing the extraordinary nature of a True Dragon.

"I hope that after you are born, you can make up for the deficiencies and awaken the True Dragon inheritance," Jiang Xuan patted the egg and thought to himself. Although Crimson Dragon relied on his own talent to master the True Phoenix precious technique and eventually undergo nirvana, repairing his deficiencies and obtaining the True Dragon precious technique inheritance.

But that did take too long. What Jiang Xuan was doing now was to make up for it as much as possible, hoping that when he was born, he could directly inherit the True Dragon precious technique.

After this, Jiang Xuan also left the True Dragon's Nest, and also traveled in the Eight Regions, occasionally leaving some inheritances. If someone could obtain them and reach the upper realm in the future, showing talent, then Jiang Xuan might also bring them into the Tianshen (Heavenly God) Academy.

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Time flew by, and many years passed in the blink of an eye. Jiang Xuan, who was originally traveling, suddenly saw ten thousand divine thunderbolts falling in the Barren Region. In the midst of it, he could vaguely see a figure, like an ancient tree, falling from the nine heavens.

Naturally, not many people would notice such a scene, because the area involved was very small, only tens of thousands of miles around, and it quickly disappeared without leaving any traces.

But Jiang Xuan felt a great threat from the divine thunder. Although it was thunder, it contained supreme laws. Ordinary Supreme beings would find it difficult to see the clues, let alone the creatures of the Eight Regions of the lower realm.

"Immortal King Ao Sheng and the others?" Jiang Xuan thought in his heart, looking at the depths of the sea of thunder, where there seemed to be a supreme being standing, overlooking the myriad realms and sentient beings, with endless rules and order added to him.

However, Jiang Xuan didn't say it out loud. Now he was too close. If it was really an Immortal King, once he recited his name, he would definitely be sensed by him.

"Liu Shen has also fallen into the lower realm… it's about to begin."

Jiang Xuan thought to himself. He naturally knew what this was. After the battle of the Immortal Ancient, Liu Shen underwent nirvana in the chaotic void, but was eventually discovered by the two great Immortal Kings of the Immortal Domain, Ao Sheng and Yuan Chu, who wanted to kill her.

Liu Shen tried her best to break through the encirclement and eventually ended up in the Eight Regions. Today's anomaly was caused by Liu Shen breaking through the void and falling into the lower realm. The divine thunder covering tens of thousands of miles was just a trace of the aftermath; otherwise, with the means of an Immortal King, the Eight Regions of the lower realm could be destroyed in an instant.

After the thunder dissipated, Jiang Xuan crossed the void and found the ancient tree that fell from the sky. It was a willow tree that had been scorched black by the divine thunder, as if it had lost its vitality, but it was faintly recovering.

Undoubtedly, this was indeed Liu Shen. Even though her vitality was almost extinguished, Jiang Xuan could still feel endless daos within it, like the incarnation of the Great Dao, evolving the principles of heaven and earth.

However, this ancestral sacrificial spirit of the Immortal Ancient Era, a giant standing in the Immortal King domain, was now extremely weak. She was already undergoing nirvana, and encountered an Immortal King's killing intent, being struck down by supreme thunder, almost destroyed. It would not be easy to recover and return to her peak.

But it was precisely because of this that Liu Shen would become the sacrificial spirit of Stone Village by chance, and that there would be the Desolate Heaven Emperor in the future.

Concealing his figure, Jiang Xuan walked to the area where Liu Shen was rooted, and took out a kind of divine spring to irrigate it. It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with it, but the current willow tree was too weak, and because it was returning from nirvana, its realm had not yet recovered. Too much energy would harm it instead.

After a long time, a green willow branch grew out, as if carved from divine jade, crystal clear, and emitting a brilliant glow. Although it was newly born, it was extraordinary.

"You… who are you?" Intermittently, a voice that could not distinguish gender entered Jiang Xuan's ears. Liu Shen woke up, but had not yet recovered. Suffering from Dao wounds, she was reborn in destruction. This was a difficult path.

"A cultivator of later generations, Jiang Taixuan," Jiang Xuan said slowly. Liu Shen was the ancestral sacrificial spirit of the Immortal Ancient Era. The Immortal Ancient Remnant within the Immortal Dao Flower contained traces of her three thousand divine kingdoms.

In the past, he had also found her remnant branches in the Burial Realm. Later, in the Nine Nether Hound Secret Realm, if it hadn't been for Liu Shen's revival and re-emergence, he might have lost his life in that secret realm long ago.

Now, sending out some treasures to help her recover can also be considered settling a karmic debt. Moreover, Jiang Xuan also knew that Liu Shen, like the master of the forbidden zone, was proficient in all methods. Now, she was even extending and nirvana-ing her own Dao and Dharma, transforming into a new Dharma. This lifetime's her would only be stronger, surpassing the Immortal Ancient Era. Making a good connection with her was not a bad thing.

"Jiang Taixuan…" Liu Shen remembered this name. "Thank you."

Being attacked and killed by an Immortal King was something she had never expected. She encountered a great calamity and almost died. Fortunately, she met Jiang Xuan, who extended her life with divine spring, temporarily stabilizing her and preventing her from dying.

"You… why are you in the lower realm?"

Liu Shen asked. This was the point she was puzzled about. She came to the Eight Regions of the lower realm because she was attacked and killed by an Immortal King, and had no choice but to do so. But Jiang Xuan was a Supreme being, and in his peak state, his strength was unpredictable. Why would he also be in this lower realm?

"To confirm something," Jiang Xuan said. He came to the Eight Regions of the lower realm mainly to verify whether ancient history had changed because of him. At the same time, he also wanted to see what would happen if he let the Desolate Heaven Emperor directly cultivate the Shrouding the Heavens method.

After all, he still remembered that the He Transforms into Freedom Method was once passed down from the Emperor Fall Era. However, when Huang achieved the Immortal Emperor position, he deduced the ages and ultimately created the He Transforms into Freedom Method. This meant that He Transforms into Freedom was originally created by Huang, but it traversed the ages and eventually returned to Huang's hands, which included a paradox in time.

So Jiang Xuan also wanted to see, if he passed the Shrouding the Heavens method, which was also created by Huang, to him, would his future change, or would the Shrouding the Heavens method change because of him?

Liu Shen didn't ask any more questions. Although she was once a giant Immortal King, she was now also half-crippled, with all her cultivation gone and not yet successfully undergone nirvana. Even if she knew what Jiang Xuan was going to do, she might not be able to help.

However, Jiang Xuan didn't think so. Other than anything else, Liu Shen's own method was extremely extraordinary. If he could learn it, it would be of great benefit to Jiang Xuan.

Of course, he has now obtained many Immortal Sutras and Ancient Secrets. The many Jiang Xuans in the Chaos Space are also working together to deduce them. For the time being, whether he can obtain Liu Shen's method or not is not important.

However, while waiting, Jiang Xuan was still happy to have such an existence to point out the way, and also, through Liu Shen, Jiang Xuan could also know more secrets, and some doubts could be resolved because of this.

Time passed slowly, and Jiang Xuan would occasionally ask Liu Shen for advice, or go to the Life Forbidden Zone to ask the master of the forbidden zone.

And on a certain day, a couple came here with a weak young child, asking Stone Village to take care of this child, while they went deep into the wilderness to find medicine for this child to help him recover.

"Born with supreme bones, but the bones were dug out, alas…" In Stone Village, Liu Shen was rooted here, and several willow branches moved with the wind, crystal clear and containing immortal vitality.

At this time, she was also sighing softly. This was still a young child, but his supreme bones were dug out, his origin was taken away, and his vitality was fading. Even if he was temporarily stabilized now, whether he could eventually survive was still unknown.

"It's finally here…" Jiang Xuan sighed softly, his eyes calm but deep. He had already discovered the birth of Shi Hao, but he had not affected his fate, letting nature take its course.

Of course, the appearance of Shi Hao did not make Jiang Xuan feel surprised, but brought him more doubts. However, with his current cultivation realm, he was still far from understanding the truth.

"Is he the one you are waiting for?" Liu Shen was slightly startled. Jiang Xuan stayed here for a long time, and would talk about other things more or less. In addition, Liu Shen and the master of the forbidden zone now knew that each other were still alive and would communicate from time to time, so Liu Shen also knew a lot about Jiang Xuan's affairs.

"Yes…" Jiang Xuan nodded, looking at the weak child. It was hard to imagine that he was the Desolate Heaven Emperor who would dominate the ages in the future.

Liu Shen looked back and also looked at Shi Hao. He was a born supreme being whose supreme bones had been dug out, but she had overlooked the years and seen too many geniuses, many of whom were countless times better than him, but those geniuses eventually passed away, becoming a wave in the long river of time.

And this child in front of her had encountered a great calamity before he even rose. The road ahead would only be more difficult. Would he really be the person who should face the calamity that Jiang Xuan spoke of?

However, she also had hope. She was also reborn in nirvana, perhaps this child could be like her, rise in destruction and be reborn in destruction.

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The sun rises, all things begin, Stone Village, located in the vast mountains, surrounded by high peaks and deep ravines, vast and majestic mountains.

A willow tree, with sparse branches, but each one emits the breath of life, the breeze blowing, the willow branches dancing with the wind, dotted with green light, adding a touch of vitality to Stone Village.

"Sacrificial spirit, please bless the people, let the children hunt fat prey and return safely. We will use sincere hearts to worship and support you for generations." This willow tree, called the sacrificial spirit, is Liu Shen, who has existed in Stone Village for a long time. At this moment, Liu Shen has recovered a lot of vitality, but he still hides a lot, not fully revealing his power. In the eyes of the people of Stone Village, except for those few verdant branches, the rest are scorched black.

The sacrificial spirit is the most mysterious existence in the wilderness. Every sacrificial spirit has incredible means. Even some great powers are unwilling to make enemies with the sacrificial spirit. Although Liu Shen has never had a conversation with the villagers, he is still regarded as a sacrificial spirit. The villagers of Stone Village often worship and pray for peace.

The old patriarch Shi Yunfeng said softly: "The sacrificial spirit is the spirit we worship and support. It is important to be sincere. If we treat it sincerely, it will protect and bless our village."

The old and young in the village all nodded. Although Liu Shen had never shown any miracles, Stone Village had not suffered any external disturbances because of his existence.

However, in this sacrifice, there was an exception, that was Little One, whose dark eyes showed confusion. If you look closely, you will find a figure in his eyes, as if he is practicing some mysterious scriptures. Between the vague, there are more chanting sounds ringing in his ears.

After the sacrifice, the figure in this little dot's eyes dissipated, and he seemed to be tired from a day's work, very tired, gently grabbed the patriarch Shi Yunfeng, called out "patriarch grandpa", and then fell into a deep sleep.

"Little One?" Shi Yunfeng looked at the sleeping Little One, sighed softly, picked him up, and sent him back to the house.

Many people in the village know about Little One's situation. This is a poor child. At a young age, his bones were dug out and he suffered unimaginable pain. It is already a miracle that he is still alive.

"You passed that method to him?" Liu Shen said, she also knows the Shrouding the Heavens method, and once asserted that this is a supreme road. If you go to the extreme, it will be extremely amazing.

She also exchanged her own Dao and Dharma with Jiang Xuan, and Jiang Xuan would naturally not refuse. The Dao and Dharma of the Immortal King level, in exchange for the imperial scriptures in Shrouding the Heavens, no matter how you calculate it, it is not a loss.

Moreover, the Shrouding the Heavens method is special to Liu Shen and others, but in Jiang Xuan's eyes, as long as they are scriptures of the same level, no matter which era they are from, their value is no different.

"That was originally created by him." Jiang Xuan said, he once answered the question of the master of the forbidden zone with "Reincarnation", and now it can be regarded as a road to the dark, and this is the truth, there is nothing to hide, what's more, he passed the Shrouding the Heavens method to Shi Hao, also has his own purpose.

Of course, the current Shi Hao is still too weak, and has almost no concept of cultivation. Every day, he just follows the older children in Stone Village to practice boxing. As for real cultivation, it is still a long way off for him.

It is precisely because of this that Jiang Xuan only passed on to him the bitter sea part of the Wheel and Sea chapter of the Dao Sutra, and after he has a certain foundation, he will pass on the follow-up chapters to him.

He wants to see, after passing on the strongest chapters of the later generations of the imperial scriptures to Shi Hao, what kind of path he can take.

If you want to make some money, the original Shi Hao walked the path of taking the body as a seed, the Shrouding the Heavens method is a weakened version of his own Great Dao, you don't need to take the body as a seed, you can directly cultivate it.

But conversely, this also means that the Shrouding the Heavens method is the basis for taking the body as a seed. After successful cultivation, taking the body as a seed may be much easier.

So Jiang Xuan is very much looking forward to, what kind of path will Shi Hao, who first obtained the Shrouding the Heavens method, take on this basis?