CHAPTER 1968: CHAPTER 1237: OPPORTUNITIES OF THE NEW ERA

From life to death, this is reincarnation.

From human to object, it is also reincarnation.

Through their research, the Ancient Martial Artists discovered that regardless of the method of prolonging life, it essentially changes one’s form, elevating the level of life to draw closer to the Great Dao.

Therefore, based on this theory, they developed the Samsara Method. By continuously changing their form, they could transcend life and death and unite with the Dao in truth.

Practicing the Samsara Method involves transforming oneself into an object at the brink of life’s end, becoming Dao Artifacts like cauldrons, bells, towers, and so on, to carry the Great Dao.

Turning from a person into Magic Treasures, that is, from a living being to a dead object, is a cycle of reincarnation.

And in this cycle, if one can understand the Great Dao they embody, they can revert to human form and smoothly break through to the Daluo Realm.

Besides this, there is another Samsara Method: letting oneself perish and then cultivating again in the form of a corpse, seeking life within death.

From life to death, and from death to life, completing this cycle also allows one to break through to the Daluo Realm.

Moreover, those who break through with the Samsara Method maintain their battle prowess without any impact, considered the highest form of breakthrough.

Of course, despite its benefits, this method carries significant risks. But compared to powerful strength, such risks are trivial. Hence, most Ancient Martial Artists choose the path of cultivating the Samsara Method.

To increase the success rate of breakthroughs, these Ancient Martial Artists choose to transform at the same location.

Hundreds of Ancient Martial Artists gather together, simultaneously shedding their forms and converting their shapes, their emitted power converging to form a profound Dao domain.

Here, hundreds of Innate Great Daos interweave, transforming into various Dao Artifacts, perpetually resonating together, evolving towards higher realms.

On the other side, those Ancient Martial Artists seeking rebirth through death find this place so mysterious that they use it as a place to nurture their corpses.

Whenever death approaches, they bury themselves with vast treasures here, using future animated corpses to reestablish the Dao.

As time passes, more and more Ancient Martial Artists come here, either altering their form or nurturing their corpses, hoping to leverage this special environment to aid in their own transformation.

Among them, some succeed, while others fail. The successful leave behind a Dao Rhyme and transcend, whereas the failures are eternally buried here.

Whether successful or not, they all leave behind their Dao Rhyme. Over time, these Dao Rhymes coalesce, gradually turning from illusion to reality, becoming an immortal and imperishable Divine City.

This is the Immortal Imperial Court before Jiang Chen, formed by the Dao and principles of countless Ancient Martial Artists. It embodies the Great Ancient Martial Arts and the yearning for immortality from countless Ancient Martial Artists.

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"The embryo of a treasured relic!"

"As time goes by, this Immortal Imperial Court is bound to become a valuable treasure of the Human Race, with infinite power."

Watching the Immortal Imperial Court, feeling the power contained within, Jiang Chen was moved.

This is a treasure beyond his expectations, a treasure borne from the Human Race of the New Era, and a symbol of the Great Ancient Martial Arts. As long as the Great Ancient Martial Arts persists, it will only grow stronger over time.

Even now, without anyone activating it, the power contained in this Immortal Imperial Court is already sufficient to easily suppress a Quasi-Saint.

"The era of Innate Spiritual Treasures has indeed passed. In this new era, what will lead the times will be Dao Artifacts, or Clan Artifacts."

"Artifacts carrying the fate of the Dao, or artifacts carrying the fate of a race."

At this moment, Jiang Chen suddenly realized, with the weakening power of Innate Spiritual Treasures, that in this new era, the Innate Spiritual Treasures adored by countless cultivators in the Old Era might gradually be phased out.

Replacing them will be Magic Treasures like the Heaven Court and the Immortal Imperial Court, special Dao Artifacts.

Yes, in essence, the Immortal Imperial Court and the Heaven Court refined by Jiang Chen are treasures of the same nature.

With the power of all beings, which is the power of the Human Path as the form, and fate as the core, they carry the Heaven and Earth’s Great Dao, unleashing infinite power.

These kinds of Magic Treasures are each incredibly large, as vast as worlds. In terms of power, they have far surpassed Innate Spiritual Treasures, even transcending cultivators of the same realm.

In this new era, only such Magic Treasures can indeed lead the times.

"This is the true Heritage Treasure, unlike cultivators but surpassing them, capable of protecting a race’s immortality. It’s far more mystical than Merit Treasures."

Jiang Chen recalled previously, those Great Divine Transcendents who were about to enter Supreme Heaven, in order to ensure the safety of their doctrines, brought out all their merits to refine Merit Treasures, to protect their doctrines.

At the time, this idea seemed without fault. But after seeing the Immortal Imperial Court, Jiang Chen realized that compared to Dao Artifacts like the Immortal Imperial Court, Merit Treasures are indeed somewhat lacking.

At least in terms of power, the gap is significant. Merit Treasures can only barely withstand a Taoist Master, yet the Immortal Imperial Court can easily suppress a Quasi-Saint.

The disparity between the two is thus evident.

However, for Dao Artifacts like the Immortal Imperial Court, though their power is great, they are extremely hard to create. Even a great race like the Human Race cannot produce many of them.

This is also why Jiang Chen refers to them as Heritage Treasures, for even with the power of the whole race, they can only craft one or two, what else could they be but Heritage Treasures?

"In the new era, the Human Race has seized the opportunity, taken the lead, and henceforth, I no longer need to worry."