Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree-Chapter 363 - 176: The Origin of Nine States, The Second Blade, Infinite Tribulations

Divine Temple, Main Temple.

"Where is Ji? Why hasn't he come out yet?"

Everyone stared intently at the Trial Gate, waiting for Ji Jingqiu to emerge, but his figure was nowhere to be seen for a long time, finally prompting someone to quietly ask.

There was a subtle shift in the atmosphere among the crowd!

Logically, Ji Jingqiu should have come out by now.

West Emperor seemed to guess something, his face turned pale with shock, and he stepped forward to tentatively touch the Test Gate, only to discover that he could directly enter, and Ji Jingqiu was not inside.

This discovery suddenly made everyone present exchange looks.

"Could it be... that the rumor is true?" Ku He suddenly thought of something and murmured, "Was it previously impossible because no one could surpass the Ninth Ring?"

Hearing this, Yue Wukong's expression drastically changed.

No way, brother, can one really directly enter the Main Temple?!

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In the Void Pure Land.

Hearing the words of the woman in black, Ji Jingqiu was astonished.

Ten thousand years ago?

He suddenly realized something.

Had Marshal Mu entered the Cangqing Temple ten thousand years ago?

But wasn't the last time Cangqing Temple opened a million years ago?

How did Marshal Mu enter ten thousand years ago?

Could it be that the legendary enlightenment place of Marshal Mu was within Cangqing Temple?!

No wonder the Mu Family had searched for ten thousand years and couldn't find it.

In an instant, countless thoughts flooded into Ji Jingqiu's mind.

According to the historical records, Marshal Mu's character was the most kind-hearted among the Seven Marshals, who in his life only saved people and never killed, contrasting with Marshal He's unrestrained style.

And from the other party's words, could it be that ten thousand years ago, Marshal Mu had refused the inheritance of Cangqing Temple...?

Thousands of words, converging into the last, were just four words:

Marshal Mu is awesome!

"Senior, what I mean is, is there any legacy left by the predecessors here?"

Facing the woman in black's eyes, which seemed to smile yet not, Ji Jingqiu changed his tune, not awkward at all, and stopped speaking about inheritance, not wanting to disappoint the honor of the World Venerable Lineage!

The woman in black did not mind the young man's thoughts; her gaze turned, and the many divine peculiarities in Ji Jingqiu's body were clear in her eyes.

She wanted to delve further, to see the Bodhi within Ji Jingqiu, but remembering some past events, she regretfully stopped.

And it was these past events that made her eyes soften as she looked at Ji Jingqiu and she slowly said:

"You are quite excellent, possessing more potential than your predecessors at the same realm."

"But don't be arrogant, because they had no path ahead in the beginning and had to forge their path step by step. I look forward to you finding your own path in the future."

Ji Jingqiu's demeanor turned serious, earnestly consulting the woman about how far Marshal Mu had reached in the True Seed Realm.

"His path was different from yours, there is no comparability," the woman shook her head, "you only inherited his Dao and laws; there's no need to pursue his path, nor should you deliberately search for it, because his path has already failed."

"I really want to know how exactly Senior Mu died," Ji Jingqiu whispered.

This was a question Ji Jingqiu had always kept in his heart.

The more he understood about the past of the Seven Marshals, the more puzzled he became: as strong as Senior Mu and the others were, why did their brilliance vanish after only a few hundred years?

Who in this world could possibly kill them?

This question's answer, the Dragon Tiger Dojo could not give him, and even the Four Directions God couldn't provide an answer.

The Daoist Collection and messages left by Marshal He also never mentioned anything related to their disappearance.

They only mentioned that once his Martial Arts achieved success, he should by himself go to the deepest part of Spirit Ocean and climb to the summit of that mountain.

"I only know that Mu Shitian chose to delve into the Nether Sea at the end, but I'm also unclear about the specific cause of death," the woman in black, her eyes gazing into the void as if penetrating millennia, whispered softly, "Perhaps, he didn't lose to anyone, but only to the path he chose himself."

Ji Jingqiu was deeply moved, remembering the Withered and Flourishing Bodhi in the Spirit Ocean.

Could it be possible that Marshal Mu perished due to his failure in transcending a breakthrough?

"Don't think too much, some things are too far away from you. When you reach a certain height in the future, you can then pursue the footsteps of your predecessors."

The woman advised.

Afterwards, Ji Jingqiu earnestly inquired whether there was still room for his improvement.

"Are you planning to participate in the Inheritance Ancient Road of the Nine States?"

"Indeed, it is a good path for honing oneself; the splendor of the civilization of the Ten Thousand Clans of the Nine States far surpasses the contemporary Great Universe," the woman explained, "after all...those who could move their clans into the Nine States were originally the overlords of their respective eras."

Ji Jingqiu was shaken, the Ten Thousand Clans of the Nine States, they moved there? Where were they originally located?

An astonishing answer formed in his mind—

The Great Universe!

"You didn't know?" the woman in gray said softly, "This isn't really a secret that can't be told. The Nine States were initially discovered by alliances of overlord civilizations from several Great Universes, looking for a sanctuary to avoid the final Infinite Tribulations."

"Subsequently, during each emergence of the Nether Sea, a part of the newest top-tier civilized races choose to move into the Nine States to escape the disaster. Over time, this has developed into the current Ten Thousand Clans of the Nine States."

"Cultures accumulated era by era, their flourishing civilizations, naturally, are not something that the current Great Universe can compare with, essentially gathering the top groups from various eras of the Great Universe."

"Of course, some of them may now realize that they indeed safely passed through several eras because of this, but this is merely lingering on in a dying state. Cutting off their connection with the Great Universe is cutting off their last chance of survival."

At this point, Ji Jingqiu clearly heard the sarcasm and schadenfreude in the elder's voice of the woman in gray.