The World that Tao Rules, Volume 18, page 1
The World that Tao Rules, Volume 18
Translator: xianxiaengine
Author: Ye Xing Yue
Publisher: Gravity Tales
Table of Contents
Chapter 961: A Greeting
Chapter 962: Walking Towards Death
Chapter 963: Making Mistake After Mistake
Chapter 964: It's Mine
Chapter 965: The Desolation of the Desolate World Tribe
Chapter 996: End
Chapter 967: Deputy General
Chapter 968: The Mysterious Commander
Chapter 969: Goodbye, Master
Chapter 970: Reality Illusion
Chapter 971: Breaking Down Desolate Mark
Chapter 972: Leaving the Desolate World Tribe
Chapter 973: Journey to Thunder Lake
Chapter 974: The Seal of Reincarnation
Chapter 975: Strange Sounds
Chapter 976: The Reason for the Annihilation of the Clan
Chapter 977: Realm Beast Encounter
Chapter 978: Since Then
Chapter 979: Dazzling Descent
Chapter 980: A True Master
Chapter 981: I Will Protect Him
Chapter 982: A Slight Disturbance
Chapter 983: Final Preparation
Chapter 984: The Power of Demon Transformation
Chapter 985: Reversing Time
Chapter 986: Demonic Life-Death Seal
Chapter 987: Forgive Me for Being Nosy
Chapter 988: The Land to Fight For
Chapter 989: Making Thoughts Reality
Chapter 990: Lonely and Reluctant
Chapter 991: My Name Is Hun Tian
Chapter 992: A Strong Person Faces Difficulties
Chapter 993: Three Bows From the Desolate World Tribe
Chapter 994: Good Fortune
Chapter 995: Power Comparison
Chapter 996: Human Nature
Chapter 997: Chaos Yang Energy
Chapter 998: The Army of Godslayers
Chapter 999: Balance of Power
Chapter 1000: Ancestral Origins of Brother Hei
Chapter 1001: The Great Battle Begins
Chapter 1002: Free Movement
Chapter 1003: Reinforcements Arrive
Chapter 1004: Not Worthy
Chapter 1005: A New Day
Chapter 1006: Nine Old and One Young
Chapter 1007: The Breaker of the Formation
Chapter 1008: Taoist Lord Appears
Chapter 1009: A Thousand Miles Away
Chapter 1010: Follow Me to Kill the Enemy
Chapter 961: A Greeting
Before Jiang Yun embarked on The Great Wilderness, everyone had to climb each step, regardless of their strength or tribe.
No one could skip two steps at once!
However, with just one step, Jiang Yun effortlessly leaped over seven steps.
Every nine steps formed a checkpoint, intensifying the shockwaves. Thus, everyone paused before moving to the next checkpoint.
Astonishingly, Jiang Yun not only surpassed seven steps but also crossed a multiple of forty-nine.
This sight stunned everyone, making them stand up and gaze at Jiang Yun, questioning their own eyes.
Even the priest's expression changed drastically, with a surge of coldness in their eyes.
As a priest, with a special status, they knew better than others that throughout Desolate World tribe's history, there had been individuals who could skip multiple steps at once.
Ever since the birth of the Desolate World tribe, three of their people have successfully climbed 99 steps!
One of them even jumped 30 steps in one go.
Apart from these three, no one else from the Desolate World tribe has been able to do this.
However, Jiang Yun, an outsider, managed to achieve the same!
This made the priest of the Desolate World tribe wonder if Jiang Yun could also climb the 99 steps!
If that's the case, then the bet between themselves and Jiang Yun was not just about pride anymore.
Because at that moment, Jiang Yun could not only be honored by the Desolate World tribe but could even easily replace the position of their priest.
It may seem impossible for an outsider to become the tribe's priest, but the Desolate World tribe's tradition has a rule about it.
As long as someone can climb the 99 steps of the sacred monument, even if they are an enemy of the tribe, all their demands must be met to keep them in the tribe.
Only someone like that can truly unleash the greatest power of the Desolate World tribe's sacred item!
So, if Jiang Yun does complete all the steps, then he must die by himself!
Thinking back to when Jiang Yun stepped onto the third step, I had almost used all my power to control the sacred item to stop him, but it was easily eliminated by Jiang Yun's Desolate Mark...
At that moment, the priest of the Desolate World tribe experienced a hint of fear for the first time in his life, and the object of his fear turned out to be a foreign cultivator who had never been taken seriously by him.
"It's impossible, I must have overthought it. The three ancestors who reached the summit in the past were all not foreigners, and their cultivation levels were at least in the Nine Desolates Realm."
"Even if Jiang Yun's strength is high, it still cannot surpass mine!"
Despite the priest constantly trying to find reasons to comfort himself, the fear in his heart remained, and he couldn't shake it off in any way.
Besides the priest, Huang Junyan and Elder Huang were also equally shocked.
Even Elder Huang, who had remained silent the whole time, finally spoke out, "How did he do it!"
Huang Junyan looked at Elder Huang and said, "It's a shame that our tribe's sacred object has no spirit, otherwise we might have known something."
Yes, it's a great regret for the Desolate World tribe that their sacred object has no spirit.
If the sacred object had a spirit, its power would be even greater, and they wouldn't have needed to send out a recruitment notice or seek help from foreign cultivators when facing the Hall of Deicide.
At this moment, standing on the thirty-seventh step, Jiang Yun remained expressionless, his body steady like a mountain, unmoved as if there was no counterforce within the steps.
However, his wildly flying long hair let everyone know that there was still a counterforce within the steps!
It's just that this counterforce was unable to shake Jiang Yun's stance.
"It's not that it can't shake him, but Jiang Yun has already uncovered the secret of the Desolate World tribe's sacred object!"
Lv Lun's voice echoed once again in Lv Piaomiao's mind.
And this time, his voice carried a hint of envy and even faint jealousy.
Being the spirit of the sacred item of the Samsara clan, he naturally knew all the secrets of The Tree of Reincarnation, so only he could roughly judge Jiang Yun's current situation.
And if he could have entered this illusion like Jiang Yun did for the first time back then, then he wouldn't have fallen to the point of becoming a spirit of an item, so he truly envied and was jealous of Jiang Yun.
Although Lv Piaomiao really wanted to ask what secrets were hidden in the sacred items of the Desolate World tribe, he did not speak up.
Because he knew very well that even if he asked, Lv Lun wouldn't say, so he just remained silent, silently watching Jiang Yun.
Actually, Jiang Yun could take one step across seven steps, he himself couldn't explain the specific reason.
Simply because, after he comprehended three more strokes of the Desolate Mark, a breath surged out from the five peaks of The Great Wilderness, enveloping his body.
This breath was completely different from the one that had given him insight before.
It did not contain any power within, but made him feel a kind of familiarity!
This breath was like a greeting!
It felt like he had climbed the five peaks of The Great Wilderness before, yet as he stepped onto the peak again, the mountain did not immediately recognize him.
Only after he understood the three Desolate Marks did the mountain recognize him, and thus greeted him warmly, welcoming him back.
Under this feeling, Jiang Yun vaguely felt that in the distant past, he had indeed climbed the five peaks of The Great Wilderness.
He had even taken a single step across multiple steps.
So, he had the confidence to make a bet with the priest, and after reaching an agreement, he tried to take as many steps as possible in a single stride.
And he succeeded!
Now, standing on the steps, the welcoming air had vanished, replaced by powerful shockwaves.
Although these shockwaves were strong, they were within Jiang Yun's ability to endure.
Because the previous shockwaves and storms he faced were all caused by the priest's mischief, while the shockwaves he felt now were the normal state of the five peaks of The Great Wilderness.
Just like the strength of the impact force Lie Ye felt when he got to this spot before.
With the power of this strength, even though Jiang Yun had already revealed the Vajra Demon Body, it couldn't shake his body at all, and was completely resolved by him.
Looking at the five peaks of The Great Wilderness under his feet, Jiang Yun thought to himself, "After saying hello, this Desolate World tribe relic will return to its original state."
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"However, it seems like I already understand the rules of the relic."
"The great power contained in the Desolate World tribe relic is not meant to stop others from reaching the peak, but to help them unleash various powers within their bodies!"
"The power it emits is like a flood. When it flows into the body, simply trying to resist or block it forcibly is not a long-term solution."
"The right approach is to clear, guide, and disperse the flood, allowing it to merge into different parts of the body and continuously unleash its power."
"The more power in the body that is unleashed, the more recognition one receives from the Desolate World tribe relic, allowing them to walk higher on it, and even reach the peak!"
"This is the way of the Desolate World tribe!"
Thinking about this, Jiang Yun lifted his head and looked at the peak not far away.
"If you want to know if my guess is right, try it and you'll see."
Chapter 962: Walking Towards Death
Looking at the steps below, Jiang Yun lifted his foot again, this time stepping up just one step.
A strong force suddenly surged from the steps into Jiang Yun's body.
Jiang Yun felt as if if he didn't resist, he would be torn into pieces mercilessly.
To confirm his guess, Jiang Yun gritted his teeth and forcibly dispersed all the defenses in his body, guiding the power as quickly as possible using his spirit energy and divine sense.
In an instant, Jiang Yun's hair danced wildly again, his calm face turned red, his clothes almost torn to pieces, and his once steady body began to shake violently.
At this moment, Jiang Yun looked like he couldn't handle the force pushing back at him, and it seemed like he was about to get seriously hurt, maybe even pushed away from The Great Wilderness Peaks.
But in his unseen eyes, a dazzling light suddenly sparkled!
Everyone was even more puzzled by Jiang Yun's current state.
Just a moment ago, Jiang Yun confidently crossed seven steps, but now, after just one step, he couldn't withstand the force pushing back at him.
However, the Desolate World tribe's priest secretly breathed a sigh of relief and with a cold expression said, "Even though we don't know how you did it, with your current state, you definitely won't be able to make it past sixty-seven steps."
Hearing this, the priest couldn't help but glance at Huang Yongfeng in the distance, feeling a bit annoyed. If he knew Jiang Yun would be so difficult, he wouldn't have helped Huang Yongfeng.
Jiang Yun, at this moment, paid no attention to what others were guessing or thinking about him. He was completely focused on guiding this powerful force.
As he let the force spread out and flow into different parts of his body, he felt intense pain and saw scars appear. But this kind of pain was something he was very familiar with.
It was just like when he was a child and soaked in medicinal baths, the sensation of the medicine stimulating his body causing pain.
And this made Jiang Yun even more certain that his guess was correct.
Because under this painful stimulation, he could clearly feel a subtle change silently happening in his body.
This change is powerful!
His body is becoming even stronger.
It may sound like anyone can learn from Jiang Yun's current approach to refine themselves with the power of the Desolate World tribe's sacred object. But in reality, very few people can actually do it.
When the shock force enters the body in an instant, everyone instinctively tries to resist, nobody dares to guide these forces into different parts of the body.
Moreover, this shock force is indeed very dominant, to disperse it, one needs to control it properly.
It is necessary to ensure that different parts of the body are not directly destroyed, and not to be injured too severely, staying within a bearable range.
More danger means not enough, less danger is still not adequate.
This might be hard for others, but for Jiang Yun it was not difficult at all.
What surprised Jiang Yun even more was that as his body grew stronger, a tiny bit of energy flowed from different parts of his body, converging towards the six Desolate Marks on his forehead.
"This is... the Desolate Mark!"
Suddenly, Jiang Yun realized that these energies would gather to form the Desolate Mark, and this was the correct way for the Desolate Mark of the Desolate World tribe to manifest!
First, understand and awaken one's own Desolate Mark, then use the power of the sacred objects from the Desolate World tribe to cleanse the body.
This would release a faint feedback force within the body, gathering together to form the Desolate Mark.
"I see it now!"
With Jiang Yun's complete understanding, and feeling the gradual formation of the feedback force beneath the six Desolate Marks on his forehead, he continued to step forward.
This time, his steps were slow, almost crawling. Not to mention the seven steps he took in one stride earlier, it was even slower than when he first set foot on the steps!
This scene, seen by the onlookers, made them shake their heads in disbelief.
"It seems like after the outburst of power on the seven steps earlier, Jiang Yun has nearly used up all his strength, so his speed has slowed down now."
"Yes, now every step he takes is no different from anyone else, let alone surpassing the achievements of the Desolate World tribe's priest, I'm afraid he won't even exceed Lie Ye's achievements."
"Now he is definitely going to lose, and judging from the priest's appearance, it seems they won't spare him, they are going to decide his fate!"
"Not necessarily, with Lv Piaomiao and Lv Ze by his side, they should be willing to do anything to protect him!"
The Desolate World tribe priest obviously thought the same, so his face completely relaxed, with a hint of pride in his eyes.
Even Huang Junyan and Elder Huang and others believed that Jiang Yun seemed to have reached his limit and couldn't hold on much longer.
However, none of them spoke, they just remained silent.
But gradually, the crowd noticed that something was amiss.
Because Jiang Yun had walked up forty-six steps and passed another checkpoint, even though he was still not moving fast, he kept a steady pace.
It seemed like he would keep walking at this speed, continuously moving forward until he reached the peak of The Great Wilderness with five peaks!
Fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five!
When Jiang Yun's score surpassed Lie Ye's, the people's faces showed seriousness again, especially the Desolate World tribe priest, whose face darkened once more.
As Jiang Yun climbed more steps, a slight illusion appeared in everyone's eyes.
On the hundred-foot high peak of The Great Wilderness with five peaks, Jiang Yun seemed to transform into an elderly lonely man, slowly walking along these steps that represented his life, heading towards the end of his life, towards death!
