"Seeking death!"
In the Sea of Consciousness, Jiang Chen's Yin spirit looked at the incoming black-robed elder, and couldn't help but reveal a touch of mocking smile.
Even if a Quasi-Saint were to possess his body, they wouldn't be able to. Not to mention this unknown black-robed elder.
Whoosh...
The black-robed elder was swift, and in a blink of an eye, he pounced on Jiang Chen's Yin spirit, intending to devour it and completely take over his body.
At the instant this happened, Jiang Chen stood in place, stunned as if he had been scared silly, with no reaction whatsoever.
However, even when facing such a Jiang Chen, the black-robed elder retreated at a speed faster than when he approached, the moment he got close to Jiang Chen.
On his face, an extremely frightened expression emerged, as if he had seen something terrifying. His body was even trembling.
"Ancient Martial Arts!"
"You are actually practicing Ancient Martial Arts!"
"Damn it, in this era, how could anyone choose to practice Ancient Martial Arts?"
"Madman, a real madman!"
During his retreat, the black-robed elder was still roaring in disbelief.
He was scared!
Truly scared!
He didn't expect to see a practitioner of Ancient Martial Arts in this era of flourishing Immortal Dao. This is the strongest cultivation system in the world, second to none.
"Want to leave?"
"Can you leave?"
Seeing the black-robed elder trying to escape, Jiang Chen chuckled coldly and stimulated the Martial Dao will deep within his Sea of Consciousness.
Rumble!
As if Heaven and Earth were rumbling, a person-defying-heaven spirit spread out, stirring within Jiang Chen's Sea of Consciousness, evolving into a grand Human Path flood, roaring and surging, sweeping towards the black-robed elder.
In the face of the boundless Human Path flood, the black-robed elder didn't even have time to scream before he was instantly engulfed and completely annihilated in the Human Path flood.
Martial Dao, namely the path to becoming stronger!
And Ancient Martial Arts is the original Martial Dao, and is the path to pushing strength to its extreme.
To the point of giving up everything!
Compared with practitioners of Immortal Dao, Buddhism Dao, Demonic Way, and even the present Martial Dao, practitioners of Ancient Martial Arts are undoubtedly more powerful.
Not to mention being invincible among peers, even fighting across realms is commonplace for practitioners of Ancient Martial Arts.
However, the strength of Ancient Martial Arts does not come without a price.
The lifespan of practitioners of Ancient Martial Arts is extremely short. Even the mighty Taiyi Golden Immortal, their lifespan is at most a little over ten thousand years.
How long is ten thousand years?
To mortals, it does indeed seem long, almost equivalent to immortality.
But for cultivators, an Earth Immortal can live for ten thousand years, a Heavenly Immortal can live for twelve hundred and ninety-six hundred years of a Yuan, and a Golden Immortal can truly achieve immortality without restrictions on lifespan.
By comparison, the lifespan of practitioners of Ancient Martial Arts is frighteningly short.
Exchanging endless lifespans for immediate great power, this is like the secret method of burning longevity, only that Ancient Martial Arts is slow in this process.
From a certain perspective, the strength of Ancient Martial Arts is entirely exchanged with lifespans.
In fact, this has a lot to do with the environment of the time.
Ancient Martial Arts was born in the Great Ancient era. At that time, the Demon Clan was wantonly slaughtering the Human Race to refine the Witch Slaying Sword. In order to protect themselves, the human sages exhausted their minds and finally created the cultivation system of Ancient Martial Arts.
Using their own will to bear the weight of the Human Path, making the will vast and able to carry the weight of the Human Path. Using the Original Source as fuel, it radiates unmatched combat power, can easily fight across realms.
This is the discarding of endless lifespans in exchange for momentary invincibility.
It was because of the strength of Ancient Martial Arts that the Human Race could still preserve a trace of bloodline under the slaughter of the Demon Clan.
However, despite the great contributions of Ancient Martial Arts to the Human Race, it cannot conceal its short-lived drawback.
In adversity, everyone might be able to bear it. But once the Human Race rises, Ancient Martial Arts will naturally be eliminated.
The replacement is the new Martial Dao, which is countless times weaker than Ancient Martial Arts, but can live forever.
No one can resist the temptation of immortality.
During the era of the Three Emperors, perhaps there were still humans who chose to practice Ancient Martial Arts, but by the era of the Five Emperors, hardly anyone practiced it, as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
In the Xia and Shang periods, hardly any cultivator practiced Ancient Martial Arts. By the Zhou Dynasty, Ancient Martial Arts had become a legend.
And now, Ancient Martial Arts is buried in the dust of history. Ordinary people haven't even heard of it, let alone practiced it.
That's why, when the black-robed elder learnt that Jiang Chen was practicing Ancient Martial Arts, he was so terrified and shocked.
The prerequisite for practicing Ancient Martial Arts is to connect one's will with the will of the Human Path to bear the weight of the Human Path.
In this way, it is as if one has the protection of the Human Path. Anyone who wants to possess him must first have a conflict with the Human Path.
Contending with the Human Path, how many people in the Prehistoric World could do that?
Therefore, practitioners of Ancient Martial Arts can be killed, but they can never be possessed.
If the black-robed elder had made a move on Jiang Chen outside, Jiang Chen might not necessarily be his match. But him entering Jiang Chen's Sea of Consciousness is seeking a dead end.
Under the Human Path flood, all life ceases to exist!
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...
The Human Path flood came quickly and left quickly. With Jiang Chen withdrawing his Martial Dao will, the Human Path flood disappeared in an instant.
And with the disappearance of the Human Path flood, a light group emitting colorful rays of light appeared in Jiang Chen's Sea of Consciousness.
This was the black-robed elder's Original Source!
Whoosh...
The silent Dao Judgement emerged, shooting a divine light onto the Original Source, swallowing it.
Then, like watching a lantern show, countless scenes appeared in front of Jiang Chen's eyes. It was the sinful life of the black-robed elder, illuminated by the Dao Judgement.
After an unknown amount of time, the scenes ended, and Jiang Chen also woke up. At the same time, the memories, divine abilities, spells, and cultivation insights of the black-robed elder were all inherited by him.
It could be said that the current Jiang Chen, if willing to change and cultivate the Immortal Dao, could achieve the same realm as the black-robed elder in an instant.
However, once you step onto the Ancient Martial Arts path, there is no turning back, you can only walk to the end.
Of course, Jiang Chen wouldn't be willing to change either.
Despite knowing the drawbacks of Ancient Martial Arts, he still dared to choose this path, not only because Ancient Martial Arts is strong enough, but also because he is confident of solving the drawbacks of Ancient Martial Arts.
Ancient Martial Arts is not incapable of achieving immortality, it's just difficult to achieve.
Once you reach the realm of Innate Great Luo Golden Immortal, surpassing the River of Destiny, even practitioners of Ancient Martial Arts can achieve immortality.
Innate Great Luo Golden Immortal, that is the Great Luo Golden Immortal of the Innate Great Ancient era, completely different from today's Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
Jiang Chen is not quite clear about the specific differences.
He only heard that the Innate Great Luo Golden Immortal is more powerful and difficult to achieve. Those Innate Saints, such as Sanqing, Nuwa, Di Jun Taiyi and others, have all reached this realm.
Therefore, those who reach this realm are referred to as Dao Sovereigns by the world.