Chapter 313: Chapter 240: Collaboration of the Seats, a Single Soul within the Bridge of Helplessness

The intentions of all seats are difficult to discern.

It is inevitable that the High Skies and the High Heaven Association will be investigated; they had all anticipated this,

yet none expected that the first to face calamity would not be an ordinary member of the High Heaven Association, but rather a grand seat from the High Skies!

Besides Yuan Tiandao, who has not yet joined,

everyone else has undergone some transformation, thanks to the High Skies,

and has developed a certain sense of belonging to this High Skies, where the ’Supreme’ presides.

At this moment, there is a shared sense of unity against a common enemy.

Their emotions soon calmed.

The seats briefly explained the rules of the High Skies to the newly arrived ’newcomer’.

Yuan Tiandao listened quietly, his expression growing increasingly complex,

The Heavenly Path, to diminish the excess and supplement the deficient?

The High Heaven Association and the High Skies followed such a principle in their actions.

His gaze fell upon the mysterious Celestial Venerate, rumored to be from the Old World,

As the others said, with every cost comes a blessing.

In that case…

Could he afford an extra price, requesting this Celestial Venerate to resolve his questions and doubts?

The True Man spoke at this time:

“Would you be willing to join the ninth seat?”

The voice, like a morning bell and evening drum, echoed throughout the vast Taoist Palace,

Yuan Tiandao nodded solemnly, feeling the gaze of these mysterious seats,

His thoughts raced, and he clenched his teeth:

“I have cultivated an Old World secret technique for over seventeen hundred years, and now I wish to offer it, to seek a grand seat!”

A secret technique from the Old World, spanning seventeen hundred years?

The seats were slightly surprised, even Miss Mingyue glanced over; a Dharma Gate cultivated for over a thousand years…

This implied a lot—this newcomer to the ninth seat was at least a Celestial Human.

With an innate lifespan of eight hundred, only a Celestial Human possesses a lifespan of five thousand years.

Moreover, was it a technique from the Old World?

In the Chaos Fog, the Great Celestial Venerate’s eyes shone brightly,

while the True Man beside him nodded indifferently and said:

“Permitted.”

With those words,

The True Man sketched a brilliant light and shadow, voice resonant as a great bell:

“One contribution, one seat.”

The Contract was established.

Yuan Tiandao could feel that the [Celestial Calculation] he had been practicing for over seventeen hundred years,

was gradually being forgotten—not just forgotten,

but the past memories and even this cultivation experience were being stripped away from the river of time!

He was alarmed, but his expression did not change, and he remained calm in his breathing.

On the other side.

Zhang Fusheng sensed the additional light mass in the contract, and with a slight touch of thought, he suddenly understood.

Celestial Calculation, a great secret technique of divining the heavens, practiced by people of the Old World.

No wonder Yuan Tiandao was willing to offer it up… in the current era, there is no longer a true [Heaven].

The so-called Heaven, Old Man Heaven, has become an extreme remnant,

even inferior to the New Heaven worshipped by the Celestial Principle Sect.

However…

The Path of Divination is largely similar.

Zhang Fusheng had always wanted to learn this path, believing that with his high position in divination, the results might be frighteningly accurate.

After pondering for a moment, he quietly integrated this technique into himself.

In a trance, in an instant,

memories of seventeen hundred years roared in his mind,

In a breath, he transformed from a complete novice into a Grandmaster of divination with seventeen hundred years of cultivation!

Celestial Calculation, Celestial Calculation.

Not only seeking aid from Heaven to perform calculations, but also being able to divine Heaven.

Zhang Fusheng, having undergone a great transformation, could distinctly sense his affinity with the Power of Heaven and Earth increasing a hundredfold, thousandfold!

Skill Marvel, Hexagram, Calculation Principle…..

The Celestial Calculation of Great Success had already been achieved.

Opening his eyes again.

Just a breath.

The chaotic fog continued to roll, and the True Man chanted:

“Then, now the ninth seat can be added.”

The seats performed a salute towards the newly arrived ninth seat, and Yuan Tiandao returned the gesture.

“Let us continue the discussion.” The True Man’s voice came again, with the seats sharing useful information and intelligence.

Chen Nuanyu, Huang Qiuxian, and Du Mingsheng silently listened, while nothing unusual occurred at Shi Zhengyuan’s end, choosing not to speak,

The first to speak,

was instead the Buddha Son of the fifth seat.

The Buddha Son pondered for a moment and solemnly said:

“I recently encountered a novice monk in Hangu City, who is likely from the Ling Mountain Lineage, carrying an unknown divine statue.”

Pausing briefly,

he continued:

“Although I did not explore it specifically, I could sense that the divine statue is extraordinary, majestic, and grand.”

Yuan Feidao abruptly raised his head, his eyelids twitching, while the seats cast their gaze towards the fourth seat.

Shi Zhengyuan blinked and shrugged:

“It has nothing to do with me. Though I am a Ling Mountain Remnant, I have long been in seclusion, currently recuperating.”

After a moment of silence,

Yuan Feidao coughed lightly:

“I do know something….. is that novice monk still in Hangu City?”

The Buddha Son cast a surprised glance, shaking his head:

“He has disappeared without a trace. Although I am from the Mandala Lineage, having joined the High Skies, I am not interested in sectarian disputes, hence I did not pursue it further.”

Yuan Feidao released a breath of relief, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke honestly:

“The novice monk is indeed carrying a Buddha statue, which contains one of the Great Celestial Positions of my Ling Mountain Lineage.”

Great Celestial Position?

The elderly man, whose eyes briefly regained vision, was astonished, gaining a deeper understanding of this mysterious High Skies,

casually involving a Great Celestial Position in their conversation!

How many Great Celestial Positions are there in total?

The Buddha Son of the fifth seat nodded:

“In that case, I will not report this matter to the Mandala Lineage and will help conceal any traces.”

Yuan Feidao gratefully nodded and cupped his hands:

“Thank you.”

“No need, you and I are both in the High Skies, and mutual assistance is as it should be.” The Buddha Son spoke solemnly, then sighed lightly:

“I just wonder, how is the Seventh Seat doing over there…”

Everyone fell into silence again.

All were ’friends’ from above the High Heaven, and when one was in trouble, others felt a sense of shared danger,

especially since the True Man said this was an ’ordeal’ they were destined to face.

Today it is the Seventh Seat, what about tomorrow?

What about the day after?

In the silence, Chen Nuanyu, who always chose to remain silent, bit her lip and spoke in a low voice:

“Although I cannot go to rescue the Seventh Seat personally, I can provide some Venerable Talismans here.”

The Great Celestial Venerate looked at Chen Nuanyu with surprise, this girl, it seems she is getting along well in the Western Sect, truly gaining the appreciation of the Venerates and even Great Powers.

In the corner,

Yuan Tiandao’s eyes flickered, finally making up his mind:

“Though new here, as the Fifth Seat said, today’s Seventh Seat ordeal might also happen to me tomorrow.”

He surveyed the mysterious figures around him and softly said:

“If necessary, I can also provide some assistance; anything under the Divine Spirit, I can slay.”

The other seats looked at each other and nodded in thanks to the new Ninth Seat,

Chen Nuanyu, Huang Qiuxian, and others all felt a sense of unreality.

In such a short time, how did it progress to this level above the High Heaven?

The new members were increasingly frightening…

The matters they discussed casually involved Celestial Humans and Divine Spirits!

The True Man timely spoke:

“In that case, everyone please take a look.”

All eyes turned, seeing the True Man serving beside the Celestial Venerate extend his hand, gently brushing his fingers, seeming to pinch an invisible thread.

Most members had no reaction, but the Sixth Seat Yuan Feidao, the Eighth Seat Mingyue, and the newly arrived Ninth Seat were all startled.

Others couldn’t see, but they could faintly perceive it,

that True Man, amidst smiles, actually grasped [Cause and Effect]!!

Yuan Tiandao was shocked.

Cause and Effect, intangible and elusive, always admired but unattainable,

yet now…

The True Man gently cast it forward, and the cause and effect extended, reflecting a phantasmagoric image of a colossal beast corpse, swimming in the sky, resembling both a whale and a peng.

“Jingpeng Ship?”

The Buddha Son was astonished, and then he suddenly realized:

“It should have been thought of earlier, people from the Capital would likely come for the High Heaven Association.”

His expression slightly condensed:

“The Jingpeng Ship, in a certain sense, is equivalent to a Divine Spirit. Even if a Celestial Human exerts all their power, breaking through its barrier would be incredibly troublesome…”

The seats were lost in thought, pondering.

“The Seventh Seat must be rescued.”

Miss Ming Yue spoke lightly:

“No one can offend the Tao Ancestor—even if the Tao Ancestor does not care.”

All gazes fell upon the Eighth Seat,

She continued:

“I need an altar and a grand-scale ritual—no blood or souls required, just the appropriate ritual, and I can bring down a Divine Technique.”

Sixth Seat Yuan Feidao spoke:

“I can prepare the altar, and I will also assist with a special puppet, capable of Celestial Human Realm’s cultivation.”

First Seat Chen Nuanyu stood out:

“I can provide three Venerable Talismans!”

The Buddha Son also said:

“I can provide nine Divine Artifacts at once, if necessary, I can have a Mandala Lineage’s Walking Under God take action—but only as a last resort.”

The eight present members, even the newly joined Yuan Tiandao, were helping strategize,

In a sense, this was the first genuine cooperation over the High Heaven.

The target was the ’people from the Capital’ with unclear motives.

Those with power offered their power, those with artifacts offered their artifacts.

Zhang Fusheng, who was contemplating [Celestial Calculation], paused slightly, quietly observing the scene and the heated discussions among the seats,

He was lost in thought, filled with sentiment.

As a [Celestial Venerate], he indeed couldn’t personally intervene—lest he expose the reality.

The True Man couldn’t personally enter the fray either.

And in reality, the real him could not possibly charge against the Jingpeng Ship—a ship comparable to a Divine Spirit.

In the beginning, he even briefly considered whether to give up on Shen Baobao, give up the Seventh Seat.

But he didn’t expect that the seats would all be willing to rescue.

Amidst his sentiment.

“Cough, cough.”

Yuan Tiandao carefully cleared his throat, waiting for everyone’s attention before continuing:

“I have one more thing, I wish to pay a price to request the Celestial Venerate’s blessing, to answer some of my confusions about the Old World, I wonder…”

The crowd with spinning thoughts was taken aback,

The True Man lifted his head slightly, calmly saying:

“All things balance themselves, the greater the secret the question involves, the greater the price—which might surpass your imagination.”

Yuan Tiandao took a deep breath and nodded heavily:

“I understand.”

He considered for a moment, finally asking:

“What I want to ask is…”

“The Nine Netherworld.”

The seats were surprised, Du Mingsheng raised his head abruptly, Miss Ming Yue’s gaze flickered,

then,

They heard the Ninth Seat continue:

“I want to know, within the Nine Netherworld, is there a Yellow Springs River, is there a Bridge of Helplessness?”

The Great Celestial Venerate abruptly opened his eyes,

The True Man nodded:

“If it’s just this question, I can answer—naturally, there is.”

After a pause, the True Man gazed at Yuan Tiandao, calmly saying:

“But, since you ask, what purpose do you have?”

Yuan Tiandao’s heart pounded, the Bridge of Helplessness was real.

The Bridge of Helplessness was real!

He inhaled, considering, then bowed:

“In the Old World, there was a great personage who traversed the Nine Netherworld, crossed the Bridge of Helplessness, and left a fragment of their soul buried in the bridge.”

“If there is truly a Bridge of Helplessness in the Underworld, if there is truly a Nine Netherworld.”

“I dare to ask the Celestial Venerate, where is the Bridge of Helplessness, where is the Nine Netherworld?”

Chaotic fog swirled, and the Celestial Venerate was in deep thought.

How come my Bridge of Helplessness has a soul fragment buried in it?

Whose soul fragment is it?

(It’s slightly late, I’m guilty—but I still want to ask for the guaranteed monthly vote of this month, hehe)

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