Eternal Emperor's Path to Ascension

Chapter 379: The Might of a Immortal God

The news spread throughout the Eternal Peak with astonishing speed.Within less than half an hour, nearly every cultivator in the Eternal Peak had already heard about it.

"The Peak Master is making a move?"

"Against Senior Yun Jiang?"

"A Nascent Soul Realm challenging an Immortal?"

"Quick! Hurry over!"

In the recent decade, Yun Jiang had interactions with quite a few members of the Eternal Peak, thus, everyone naturally knew that this was a newly ascended Nascent Soul Realm cultivator from outside the Eternal Peak who knew the Eternal Lord.

Upon hearing that he had actually challenged the Eternal Lord, countless cultivators immediately rushed toward the designated location, even some cultivators who were in the middle of secluded cultivation temporarily stopped what they were doing.

Opportunities to witness the Eternal Lord personally take action were simply too rare.

For disciples who had been born in recent decades, they had never even seen Tian Yongheng before, much less witnessed him fight.

To them, he existed more as a legend than an actual person.

...

Before long, a vast area within the Dao Field had become crowded with cultivators.

Qi Condensation Realm, Foundation Establishment Realm, Acquired Realm, Innate Realm, Golden Core Realm, Void Refinement Realm, Nascent Soul Realm, and even the young Acupoint Opening Stage cultivators came over excitedly.

Both Wei Yusheng and Qing Yunzi quietly observed from afar.

The atmosphere was incomparably lively.

At the center of everyone’s attention, two figures floated high above the ground, one wore white robes, while the other wore gray robes.

At this moment, Yun Jiang took in a deep breath.

His expression was slightly nervous, but there was no hint of fear or hesitation on it.

For him, in this battle, victory was impossible; he knew that much.

Forget victory, even touching Tian Yongheng’s clothing was probably impossible.

The difference between them was simply too great.

However, he had never cared about victory or defeat.

He only wished to witness a higher realm and personally experience the methods of an Immortal; that alone was enough.

At this moment, Tian Yongheng looked at him and smiled faintly.

"Use your strongest move."

Yun Jiang nodded.

He did not waste words or refuse.

The instant Tian Yongheng finished speaking, Yun Jiang moved.

*Boom!*

A vast Buddhist aura erupted from his body, golden light illuminating the heavens as countless Buddhist runes appeared around him.

The peaceful monk suddenly transformed into a blazing sun.

A powerful pressure swept outward, causing many younger disciples to widen their eyes.

"So strong!"

"This is a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator?"

"The pressure alone is terrifying!"

Even many Void Refinement Realm cultivators became serious.

Although Yun Jiang had only recently entered the Nascent Soul Realm, his foundation was extraordinarily solid, and his combat power far surpassed ordinary cultivators.

At this moment, countless Buddhist scriptures appeared behind him.

Golden lotus flowers bloomed throughout the sky as a gigantic Buddha image slowly emerged.

The Buddha’s eyes opened, spreading boundless light in every direction.

Even Sun Hao’s expression became serious.

This attack was no joke; if Yun Jiang had challenged him instead, he would need to fight seriously.

At this moment, Yun Jiang’s voice echoed throughout heaven and earth,

"Great Compassion Buddha Palm!"

The enormous Buddha image raised its hand.

*BOOOOOOOOM!!!*

The sky seemed to shake, a gigantic golden palm covering the heavens.

Countless disciples felt their scalps go numb.

The attack hadn’t even landed yet, but they already felt immense pressure.

This was the strongest move Yun Jiang currently possessed, a technique refined through hundreds of years of cultivation, a culmination of everything he had learned.

Facing an Immortal, he naturally held nothing back.

The giant palm descended closer and closer as the distance rapidly shortened.

Everyone stared without blinking.

However, just then, the stronger cultivators noticed something unusual.

The closer the palm got to Tian Yongheng, the smaller it became.

Not because he had blocked it or used some shocking technique.

It simply continued to reduce in size and dissolve, as if an invisible boundary existed around him, like snow beneath sunlight or a dream fading away.

The Buddhist light disappeared, the runes vanished, and the enormous Buddha image crumbled into countless particles.

Everything dissipated completely.

From beginning to end, Tian Yongheng never moved, not even a finger of his did so.

Absolute silence fell across heaven and earth.

Many disciples rubbed their eyes, wondering if they had hallucinated.

Even several Wei Yusheng and Qing Yunzi, the individuals with the highest cultivation present aside from Tian Yongheng, revealed shocked expressions.

"What happened?"

"I didn’t sense any Spiritual Energy fluctuations."

"Neither was there any Divine Sense..."

"Did the Peak Master even use a technique?"

Nobody knew, not even Yun Jiang.

The attack had simply ceased to exist.

At this moment, Tian Yongheng smiled faintly.

To him, the explanation was extremely simple.

The attack was fundamentally too weak.

The moment it was "registered" by his very existence as an attack, it naturally collapsed.

It was similar to a mortal attempting to throw a snowball into the sun.

An ordinary Immortal would still unconsciously have to dispell the attack, but for a True Immortal, it was as simple as that.

The difference in existence itself was too vast.

The attack never had the qualifications to reach him.

However, such a thing was naturally impossible for ordinary cultivators to understand; even many Immortals and Gods probably wouldn’t understand.

At this moment, Yun Jiang slowly lowered his hands.

No disappointment appeared on his face, but instead, his eyes shone brighter than before.

It was because he had witnessed something, something completely beyond his comprehension.

That was a realm he could not understand, a realm he could not touch, yet it undeniably existed.

Although it was said that the Immortal Dao was infinite, seeing it directly with his own eyes today, the path ahead suddenly seemed truly infinitely broader.

At this moment, Tian Yongheng smiled.

"Now, my turn."

The crowd instantly became excited.

The Peak Master was finally making a move!

Even Yun Jiang straightened subconsciously.

At this moment, Tian Yongheng slowly raised his right hand.

No terrifying aura or heaven shaking phenomenon appeared.

Everything remained completely ordinary.

Tian Yongheng extended his index finger and gently pressed forward.

The movement appeared incomparably slow, to the point even a mortal could clearly see it.

But the moment the finger moved, Yun Jiang’s expression changed drastically.

For the first time since becoming a cultivator, he felt something indescribable.

The entire world vanished, heaven and earth disappeared, the crowd disappeared, the Eternal Peak disappeared, and even Tian Yongheng seemed to disappear, leaving everything blank.

Only that finger remained.

A simple finger, yet it seemed to contain all things. It was as if it contained the secrets of eternity.

Everything appeared condensed within that single motion.

Yun Jiang suddenly discovered a horrifying fact; he couldn’t move.

Not because he was being suppressed, but rather, in this place, movement itself no longer possessed meaning.

Before that finger, every concept seemed insignificant.

Resistance, defense, counterattack, escape...

It was all meaningless.

At this moment, Yun Jiang finally understood something.

This wasn’t a technique, a Divine Power, or even any use of abilities.

It was simply Tian Yongheng extending a finger, nothing more, nothing less, yet, the difference in the very state of existence transformed this ordinary action into something incomprehensible.

For the first time in his life, Yun Jiang truly understood what the word "Immortal" meant.

Not strength, power, or destruction, but transcendence, a completely different level of existence.

This was indeed not because of Tian Yongheng being a True Immortal, but every Immortal was like this.

At this moment, the finger stopped less than an inch away from Yun Jiang’s forehead.

The world returned, the Eternal Peak reappeared, and the surrounding spectators returned as well.

Everything became normal once more.

Yun Jiang stood frozen, cold sweat covering his entire body, his breathing slightly ragged.

Immortal Cultivators do not normally sweat upon achieving the Foundation Establishment Realm, yet Yun Jiang did as a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

For a long time, he remained motionless.

The spectators looked confused.

From their perspective, Tian Yongheng had simply raised a finger and stopped; nothing else happened.

Not even Wei Yusheng could understand what was going on.

Only Qing Yunzi and Wei Qiushan seemed to sense something unusual, their expressions extremely solemn.

At this moment, Tian Yongheng withdrew his hand, a faint smile still on his face.

"How was it?"

Yun Jiang remained silent for several moments, then, he slowly clasped his palms together.

His expression carried unprecedented respect.

"Amitabha."

His voice trembled slightly.

"I understand."

Tian Yongheng smiled.

"You understand?"

Yun Jiang nodded, "At least a little."

At this moment, everyone became curious.

What exactly had happened?

What did he understand?

Even Sun Hao couldn’t help asking, "What did you see?"

Yun Jiang looked at him, remaining silent for a few seconds before he eventually shook his head.

"I don’t know how to explain it."

The onlookers were even more confused.

Suddenly, Tian Yongheng let out a soft laugh.

Yun Jiang truly had gained something.

It was perspective, the realization of why Immortals were Immortals.

Such comprehension was more valuable than many opportunities.

At this moment, Yun Jiang suddenly bowed deeply.

"Thank you, Senior."

His voice carried extreme sincerity and reverence.

Tian Yongheng accepted it calmly with a faint smile.

"Looks like this challenge wasn’t meaningless after all."

Yun Jiang agreed, "Indeed."

For hundreds of years, he had wandered throughout the world.

He had battled countless opponents, experiencing many victories and defeats.

Yet, none of those experiences compared to this single moment.