Perfect World: Dream of the Immortal Era

"Hehe, who can predict the future? However, in this era, there's indeed great hope for achieving kingship.

Conquering a grand realm and plundering its fortunes and Dao fruits greatly enhances a cultivator's progress. Historically, every successful invasion of an ancient realm has led to immense benefits, with many leveraging such opportunities to prove their path as eternal kings. Such cases are numerous and endless." Luo Mo mused thoughtfully.

Mentioning the realm extermination, the gaze of the Immortal King of the Five Elements turned solemn and grave. "The primal ancient realm is unlike the ancient domains we've conquered before; its strength is beyond imagination.

Recently, in a probing attack, our realm suffered significant losses, losing an eternal king. It's known that the birth of each eternal king requires the accumulation of one or even several eras to succeed.

Although the fall of an eternal king isn't enough to cause severe harm to our realm, it's still a huge loss and damages morale. From this perspective, pressing forward directly is unrealistic; this matter requires careful planning."

"Though a comrade has fallen, we made the primal ancient realm pay a bloody price, eliminating a particularly troublesome entity.

According to An Lan, they witnessed that person being hit by the Blood Curse of Origin. Once cursed, no matter how supreme or formidable, all will turn to dust in time.

It's a pity the curse couldn't be placed on a few prominent beings; otherwise, the blow to the primal ancient realm would be heavier," sighed Luo Mo regretfully.

"Yes, those beings are crucial to the primal ancient realm, seen as representatives and leaders. Were we to kill one, this realm would collapse without a fight," agreed the Immortal King of the Five Elements, also feeling a sense of regret.

"The time for a full assault isn't far. Now, we just need to wait for companions like Emperor Kun to emerge, then establish contact with the dark beings and coordinate our efforts.

We should be able to annihilate the primal ancient realm in one fell swoop. Hehe, since they refused to let us harvest seeds in their home realm, we'll slaughter them all, making the awakening of the ancient artifact's seeds an effortless task," Luo Mo smiled with murderous intent.

"Indeed, the great reckoning approaches. Although we were initially reluctant to wage a grand war, for the secret to breaking kingship and becoming emperor, we're willing to make sacrifices."

Two eternal kings discussed the foreign invasion plans of the primal ancient realm, while before the Five Elements Dao Furnace, on the stage within the void, Heng Jin and the Dao-born essence's confrontation reached its final stages.

A quarter of an hour passed swiftly; relying on his formidable physical strength, Heng Jin held his own against the Dao-born essence, displaying astonishing combat prowess—though this was partly due to the reservations in how the Immortal King of the Five Elements set up the Dao essence.

Had he endowed it with a battle consciousness at an Immortal King level, Heng Jin would have been defeated long ago, as no prodigious imperial line heir could withstand even a quarter of an hour.

Given the vast disparity, the settings left by the Immortal King of the Five Elements automatically adjusted to the challenger's cultivation level, ensuring the Dao-born essence's combat power slightly surpassed that of the imperial lineage successor, without being excessively superior, to maintain suspense.

"Phew!"

Heng Jin exhaled lightly, retreating to a safe distance, observing the suddenly motionless golden Dao body before him with quiet contemplation.

Before long, a cold, mechanical voice informed Heng Jin that he had passed the trial, granting him the qualification to advance to the Five Elements Dao Furnace for cultivation.

Scarcely had the voice faded when his vision blurred momentarily; the next thing he knew, he was no longer on the arena but standing before the Five Elements Dao Furnace.

He could now clearly see the scene within the furnace: five great Dao rules materialized, quietly floating and drifting inside. Whether it was an illusion or not, Heng Jin felt that if he were to jump in, he would be instantly reduced to ashes by this natural Dao furnace, completely obliterated.

After all, this was the site of an Immortal King's ascension, a place fraught with dangers beyond words.

As Heng Jin pondered how to proceed, Luo Mo's voice resonated in his ears.

"Cultivating with this scripture will render your Organ-Refining Stage unprecedentedly powerful."

With those words, simple ancient characters began to appear in Heng Jin's mind, radiant and resplendent like stars shining brightly.

Astonished, Heng Jin looked upon these seemingly simple ancient Dao characters, deeply shaken, as they embodied profound Dao truths. One ancient character alone could be enough for him to comprehend over centuries.

Undoubtedly, this was a supreme scripture of an Ancestor level, countless times more defiant than the Immortal Ancient Scripture.

"This scripture is not created by me but by the friend of the Five Elements. Cultivating his scripture during the Organ-Refining Stage will make your Organ-Refining Stage flawless."

"However, this scripture is not given freely. I have agreed to make you his registered disciple. Are you willing?" Luo Mo asked.

Heng Jin was slightly stunned. Where else could he find such fortune, becoming a registered disciple of an Immortal King and receiving one of their scriptures? Immediately, he nodded eagerly.

"Very well, you are about to step into the Organ-Refining Stage and must focus your attention, diligently cultivating this stage. Thus, for now, I will only give you the Organ-Refining Chapter. Once you finish your cultivation in the Five Elements Dao Furnace, I will provide you with the remainder."

"Additionally, here is the Organ-Refining Stage part of the Luo Mo Scripture I created, which I shall pass on to you as well."

"These two Immortal King Scriptures are sufficient to cultivate your Organ-Refining Stage to flawlessness; you may choose between them.”

“Thank you, Master, for bestowing these scriptures. I will remember your teachings,” Heng Jin expressed his gratitude, bowing toward the direction where Dao principles surged.

“Go forth; I will await your return after your cultivation. Conveniently, this game has become quite challenging," Luo Mo commented.

The moment these words were uttered, an immortal glow enveloped Heng Jin, allowing him to establish a foothold within the Five Elements Dao Furnace while shielding him from the overwhelming force of the Five Elements Path.

This treatment brought warmth to Heng Jin’s heart. Just moments after accepting him as a disciple, Luo Mo showed such high regard for him that it was natural for anyone in his place to feel both honored and astonished. Heng Jin could feel that Luo Mo was genuinely dedicated to nurturing him.

If it weren't for the blood feud, they could have been teacher and friend, achieving greatness together—a revered tale of master and disciple becoming rulers.

Unfortunately, reality allowed no such possibilities. Their different stances ultimately made them adversaries.

With mixed emotions, Heng Jin ascended the stone steps and gradually entered the expansive world within the Five Elements Dao Furnace.

The space inside didn’t initially seem vast—it felt more like an open-sky room. However, once Heng Jin settled at the center of the furnace, everything transformed.

The forces of the Five Elements surged like a boundless ocean, and Heng Jin felt as if he had plunged into a vast realm of nothing but the Five Elements Path. Instinctively, his organs resonated with the energy, each emitting a radiant light.

“Boom!”

Above him, the forces of heaven and earth gathered into a massive lid, sealing the natural furnace, preventing essence and path energy from escaping.

At the base of the furnace, in a place unseen by Heng Jin, the Five Elements Path roared into life. With a “bang,” fierce flames ignited, crackling loudly, furiously roasting the structure of the furnace.

Immediately, terrifying heat overwhelmed Heng Jin, catalyzing the transformations of the Five Elements paths within, endlessly cycling through the profound principles of birth and destruction.

Even a mere fraction of this was enough to torment Heng Jin, causing his organs to tremble as if on the verge of charring to ash.

His heart tightened; he dared not delay and promptly began practicing the organ tempering chapter from the Five Elements Dao Scripture created by the King of Immortality.

Initially, Heng Jin struggled, as this was, after all, the scripture of an Immortal King—deep and unfathomable, difficult to comprehend. Yet, as time passed, his understanding of the Five Elements Path deepened, and slowly, the fruits of his cultivation began to surface—vastly superior to what the ancient scripture of Gu Mo had achieved.

“Boom!”

A thunderous roar emanated from within Heng Jin, as he achieved the Great Perfection upon reaching the Swallowing Mist Realm, broke through the shackles, and entered the Organ Refinement Realm.

It was only at this moment that his training in the Organ Refinement Realm could be considered truly underway.

“Buzz!”

Endless scriptures resonated as the dense symbols of the Dao enveloped Heng Jin, all concentrating on his organs.

His organs seemed to hover like five brilliant suns, intensely scorching, continuously emanating the power of the path's rules.

The vast potential buried within the five vital organs erupts like countless volcanoes stacked together under the nurturing guidance of the Immortal King's ancient scripture and the Five Elements Dao Furnace.

The power increase is so exponential that even Heng Jin finds it a bit exaggerated.

Truly, the Five Elements Immortal King is unparalleled in the path of the Five Elements; even someone as accomplished as Luo Mo falls short in comparison.

Heng Jin feels fortunate to have acquired this scripture, as it fits him perfectly.

"Boom!"

The roar is incessant as the potential from the five organs gushes out with incredible speed, transforming into overwhelming combat power and flowing through his limbs and bones.

These five areas significantly bolster a cultivator's overall strength; any transformation is akin to being reborn.

Eventually, Heng Jin even experiences a sense of weakness, as though his five organs have been emptied.

However, the symbols formed by the Immortal King's ancient scripture and the Five Elements Dao Furnace continue to extract, unceasingly.

Pain surges through him, and despite Heng Jin's steadfast Dao heart, he can't help but let out a low moan, as if five massive hands are squeezing his organs, the force growing ever stronger.

"Ah!"

He cries out in agony as a "bang" resounds; his organs burst, and the Five Elements Dao Furnace and ancient scripture extract explosively.

Heng Jin's eyes widen, veins bulging on his forehead.

Still, there is no panic in his eyes, for this process is an essential step recorded in the Five Elements Dao scripture.

As his organs burst, they do not disappear, nor is there any bloody mess to be seen—only endless Dao principles encircle them, resembling vast, unfathomable nebulae.

At this stage, Heng Jin has stepped into the mid-stage of the Organ Refinement Realm.

The Five Elements ancient scripture and the Five Elements Dao Furnace undergo a transformation, ceasing to forcefully extract potential and instead injecting Five Elements mystic power and Dao principles into the nebulae.

The five nebulae, like bottomless pits, voraciously devour the accumulated Dao principles and mystic power from the Dao Furnace, seemingly without end.

It's unclear how much time passes, but eventually, the five nebulae reach saturation, no longer consuming, and a quantitative change triggers a qualitative transformation.

Heng Jin can clearly sense an indescribable change occurring within the nebulae of his organs.

Vaguely, there seems to be a mystical chant, ancient and overlapping, filled with the passage of time.

It's incredibly mysterious—the organs, from fullness to emptiness, then to bursting and recreating—have undergone an unknown transformation.

Heng Jin's heart was filled with curiosity as he continued to investigate the situation within the stellar cloud of his organs.

Finally, he saw it. Deep within the nebula, enshrouded in heavy mist, seemed to be five towering figures seated at the very core, chanting mystical scriptures.

The organs have deities!

At this moment, Heng Jin thought of the Dao Palace in the secret realms law, finding an ingenious similarity between the two. However, instead of a palace, this was a nebula.

As the mist within the stellar cloud of the organs gradually dispersed, the deities seated within became increasingly clear. Just as they began to appear distinct, Heng Jin's cultivation advanced to the late stage of Organ Refining, stepping into a brand new realm.

Heng Jin did not cease his progress, employing the power of the Five Elements Dao Furnace to continue impacting the next domain.

At this time, the five stellar clouds could only be considered as separate entities, each standing alone, each mastering one of the paths of the Five Elements. According to the ancient scripture written by the Immortal King of the Five Elements, only when the organs are interconnected, distinct yet mutually reinforcing and counteracting, forming a whole, could the Organ Refining be deemed consummate.

This realm might sound simple, but when truly attempting it, one realizes its difficulty.

To grasp the profundity of the mutual reinforcement and counteraction of the Five Elements at the early stage of the Human Dao realm is truly challenging, almost impossibly advanced.

Fortunately, Heng Jin possessed extraordinary comprehension abilities, already exhibiting talent in this area back in the Primal Ancient Realm. Now, situated within the ultimate terrain of the Five Elements Dao Furnace, it provided substantial assistance to him. Therefore, for Heng Jin, this was not an unattainable state.

Outside the Dao Furnace, deep within the terrain, inside the cave abode of the Immortal King of the Five Elements.

The two Immortal Kings continued their game of chess. If they became serious, a few millennia were nothing between two strengths that bore little disparity.

“This youngster’s talent is truly astounding. No wonder I bestowed the ancient scripture upon him. You know, as one era after another passed, I've never taken a disciple. He remains my only one.

Since the creation of the Five Elements Dao Scripture, besides me, only he knows its content.

Generally speaking, the organs having deities already signify the limit of the Organ Refining realm. Rarely can someone cultivate their deity of the Five Elements. Even if they do, it's tentative and indistinct, leading to limited achievement.

However, the mutual reinforcement and counteraction of the Five Elements, fusing into one, belongs to the realm beyond the limit. In my younger days, as an incarnation of the Five Elements Dao Gold, I naturally mastered the profundity of the Five Elements, achieving this realm.

I never thought there would be a second being in this world able to accomplish it. Truly astounding,” remarked the Immortal King of the Five Elements.

“Oh? How about it? A single scripture in exchange for such an exceptionally named disciple,” Luo Mo chuckled lightly.

At this moment, within the Five Elements Dao Furnace, Heng Jin completed the final breakthrough. He succeeded. The stellar cloud of his organs interconnected, forming an expansive world.