Cultivating Immortality in Two Realms

Chapter 429 The Palace of the Divine Ray

Chapter 430 The Palace of the Divine Ray

In the cultivation world of the East Sea, there is the Heavenly Frost Sect.

Zhong Lingxiu sat cross-legged, and a powerful magical force suddenly emanated from her body.

His eyes brightened slightly, a cold wind suddenly rose around him, and he silently circulated the "Mysterious Ice Technique" to begin his breakthrough to the late stage of Core Formation.

finally----

Time passed without his knowledge, and with a cracking sound from his dantian, the snow-white true pill became even more crystal clear, radiating a terrifying power.

"Late stage of Core Formation—achieved."

Zhong Lingxiu immediately knelt down: "Thank you for your help, young master!"

His aptitude was considered average among True Core cultivators. He had previously gone into seclusion to attempt a breakthrough, but he didn't have high hopes.

But at the crucial moment, a powerful magical force suddenly appeared in his dantian, forcefully helping him break through the bottleneck of the late stage of Core Formation.

Clearly, this is the young master helping out from afar!

On Blood Fiend Island, Fang Qing watched this scene and sighed.

After using many disciples in the Qi Cultivation Path to pull off some outrageous moves as a Buddhist disciple, he began experimenting with Qi Refining Path.

The result, however, was not as expected.

"Ultimately, the ancient and new methods are different systems—even a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot bear supernatural powers—"

"Someone like Zhong Lingxiu couldn't even withstand the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Instead, when he was in seclusion breaking through, I gave him a wisp of the same source power as the late Core Formation stage, which had the effect of stimulating the bottleneck and aiding the breakthrough. This required me to first cultivate the same ice-attribute technique, and then use the 'Dao Sheng Pearl' to transform and bestow it upon him."

He closed his eyes and carefully experienced the differences between the new method of breath cultivation and the ancient method of breath refinement.

"That's right—even those Buddhist disciples I promoted on the other side of the Qi Dao are actually the [Female Earth] Dharma Kings of the Secret Realm, using the [Female Earth] True Treasure, and their cultivation is inherited from the same lineage, thus minimizing their losses—"

Fang Qing had tried before to use the "Dao Sheng Pearl" to descend upon his disciples and boost their strength, but in reality, he could only operate within the secret system; other external supernatural abilities and techniques were ineffective.

Later, he advanced all the way to the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm and then to the Perfection realm—his rank was repeatedly promoted, and he became more proficient in refining the Dao-Born Pearl. With the help of "Great Sun Tathagata" as an ally, he opened a back door in the Great Snow Mountain program, which finally allowed him to barely be promoted to a Great True Person of a different system.

At this point, it's almost the limit.

Even if Xu Hei achieves the [Female Earth] Purple Mansion in the future, he can only become a [Female Earth] Buddha.

Even though Fang Qing possesses other gold-attribute treasures, such as [Low Earth], it is difficult to make Xu Hei become the [Di Earth] envoy!

"However, it's hard to say—Sangji is currently visiting various esoteric temples. As long as I use the esoteric supernatural powers, I can descend upon my disciples without any loss—if I can gather all four esoteric [Earth] supernatural powers, it will be incredibly easy to transform a disciple into a [Earth] Four Laws Great True Person. If I also find a [Earth] Metal element, then that will be another Yuanpi Envoy."

"In practice, even the Great Sun Tathagata cannot be as shameless as me, able to promote disciples at will and then have them take over other people's roles—this is naturally due to the Dao-born Pearl's ineffable status and all-encompassing advantages—"

"Since we have an advantage, we should make full use of it."

"I'll send Sangji to the Great Snow Mountain another day to seek the path of reincarnation—I, the master of the Little Snow Mountain," truly, the more I do, the more hopeful I become—"

at the same time.

Somewhere in the cultivation world of the East Sea.

Splash!

The boundless seawater was twisted by a beam of light, soaring into the sky and crashing down like a deluge.

Rumble!

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The wind howled, the rain poured down, and the sky was shrouded in darkness.

A streak of emerald light flew away ahead, while two terrifying demonic auras pursued from behind.

Three beams of light occasionally swept across the island, and the rippling magical energy caused the Core Formation cultivators on the island to cower like turtles within the formation, not daring to venture out even half a step: "It's a Nascent Soul cultivator—a Nascent Soul old monster! And a fourth-tier great demon!"

"Are they two mid-grade fourth-tier demonic beasts chasing after a Nascent Soul stage monster?"

"Disaster has struck!"

Within the emerald light, Zhan Hongxiu looked equally frustrated: "Old Turtle—didn't you say before that it would be foolproof?"

"Ahem—I entrusted you with retrieving the treasure before, wasn't that foolproof? Who would have thought that the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Peng Blood Fruit" had another hidden restriction besides the root restriction? Your escape from the deep sea was already thanks to my great efforts—"

The old tortoise's voice came, sounding somewhat exasperated: "I never imagined that the Kunpeng True Spirit would have such a pure-blooded descendant left behind. That 'Divine Ray' must already be at the fifth rank, right?"

The "ray" has the body of a fish and the wings of a bird, and is regarded as a descendant of the Kunpeng in the cultivation world of the East Sea.

However, during her travels through the cultivation world of the East Sea, Zhan Hongxiu encountered a powerful demon clan force—the Divine Palace.

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Among them are even several fourth-tier high-grade demonic beasts guarding the area, as well as countless rare treasures.

Zhan Hongxiu set her sights on a "Ten Thousand Year Peng Blood Fruit," but when she couldn't get it, she had no choice but to conspire with the Turtle Elder to steal it.

It went smoothly at first, but just as they were about to escape the "Divine Palace" area, they were chased by two great demons!

Her eyes shone with a vibrant green light, emitting two beams of divine light that pierced through the demonic clouds behind her.

Within the thick, demonic clouds, two great demons could be seen.

One of them was clad in golden armor and had a ferocious expression.

The other one was covered in crimson scales, had horns on its head, and two fish whiskers that floated down from its mouth.

"As expected, they are two mid-grade fourth-tier demons. They're treating me like an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

Zhan Hongxiu said with some regret, "I heard that there is a fourth-tier high-grade demon king in the Divine Palace, and it is also a dragon species, but it is on the verge of death and we did not pursue it. It is truly a pity."

"Now that we've returned to the East Sea cultivation world, we can easily kill these two mid-grade fourth-tier demonic beasts; they'd be quite valuable resources."

Old Turtle chuckled.

"That's certainly true—these two demons are courting death, but the changes in the outer sea—I'm afraid the next great beast tide isn't far off."

Zhan Hongxiu suddenly stopped her escape, and a golden cage flew out from her sleeve.

The cage was struck by her magic, and instantly it shone with golden light, transforming into countless fences with countless runes flowing inside, covering the heavens and the earth.

"Hmm? Not running away anymore?"

The fish-whiskered demon sneered, then glanced at the golden cages around him: "I've long wanted to taste the flavor of a human Nascent Soul cultivator again—"

"Hmph, stubborn as a mule!"

"If it weren't for the fear of that divine ray, would I have waited until now to make my move?"

With a wave of her hand, Zhan Hongxiu sent out the Azure Emperor Wood Nail, its momentum astonishing. The sky was filled with shimmering azure light, which transformed into countless green leaves, each leaf bearing golden runes, before crashing down.

"not good!"

The armored demon pressed the breastplate on its chest, and a beam of light flew out, transforming into a thick light curtain.

Wave!

A blue wooden nail pierced through several layers of light and stabbed into the arm of the fish-whiskered demon.

"ah----"

It let out a miserable cry, and several crimson scales fell off, stained with bright red demon blood.

"Be careful, this person is not an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator—if he drags us into the hands of other human monsters, it will be quite troublesome."

The armored demon shouted, and two giant hammers appeared in his hands. After a slight clash, purple lightning burst forth, the sound reverberating for miles, its power astonishing.

The fish-whiskered demon stared at its wound, noticing streaks of eerie green spreading across it, and even its magical power beginning to weaken. It roared in fury, "You poisoned me?!"

It was even more astonished.

Demons are tough and thick-skinned. As a fourth-order great demon, his physical body alone can make him immune to many rare poisons in the cultivation world. Even among fourth-order demons, there are extremely rare poisons that can instantly weaken his magic power.

"This is troublesome; this doesn't seem to be an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator—"

After a while.

Zhan Hongxiu slowly retracted a deep cyan flying sword, dismembering the two enormous, mountain-like fourth-tier demonic beasts and taking their essence.

Dan————

"Tsk tsk—this Crimson-Bearded Dragon's bloodline is truly rich, but it's a pity it's a little lacking—if it were a fourth-grade high-quality one, its true spirit bloodline could be extracted for medicinal use—"

The old tortoise pointed and gestured within Zhan Hongxiu's sea of ​​consciousness, appearing exceptionally active: "—Now that you possess the ten-thousand-year-old Peng Blood Fruit, reaching the Nascent Soul stage in your future cultivation should not be a problem. The only thing you need to consider is the Heavenly Gate of Deity Transformation! This Heavenly Gate has troubled countless great cultivators in the East Sea cultivation world, and no Deity Transformation cultivator has appeared for ten thousand years. You should know its difficulty—"

"Of course I know."

Zhan Hongxiu's expression also became very solemn: "The Yuanji Five Saints Pill is already the best solution that Zhou Tian Star Palace has given us—I believe in the alchemy skills of that Island Master Fang."

"In this light, this beast tide truly presents an excellent opportunity—"

The old tortoise chuckled a few times: "If we can capture a few more high-grade fourth-tier demons—then there will truly be hope of refining the Primordial Five Saints Pill. Once you reach the Nascent Soul stage, and obtain the ascension coordinates from that island lord, your future ascension to the Immortal Realm will be no empty talk—"

"Ascension to the Immortal Realm —"

Zhan Hongxiu pondered this sentence for a moment, and couldn't help but smile bitterly to herself.

Back then, she was just a rogue cultivator in Xiao Huanhai; how could she have imagined such a thing?

"However, before ascending, we still need to deal with the Water Moon Palace and the Thunder Sound Temple—"

The old tortoise changed the subject: "This great beast tide will last for at least several decades, which is truly an excellent opportunity. With your supernatural abilities, as long as you break through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage, you will be able to fight against ordinary great cultivators—at that time, I will also lend you a hand."

"Yes."

Zhan Hongxiu readily agreed.

She owes a great debt to Mr. Gui in her growth to this day. The two are not only teacher and friend, but she also owes a debt of gratitude to him for saving her life.

These are the only two things that Old Man Gui is thinking about now, and she will definitely do them for him.

Moreover—once she advances to the mid-Nascent Soul stage, revenge won't be difficult.

"Hehe—After breaking through the Water Moon Palace and Thunder Sound Temple, the resources you obtain will be more than enough for you to cultivate to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm—"

"Look at that great chaos before, six of the nine major forces in the East Sea cultivation world perished—who ultimately benefited the most?"

The old tortoise sneered, "That's how we cultivators are. If a man doesn't look out for himself, he'll be punished by heaven and earth. Now that it's difficult to reach the Nascent Soul stage in the East Sea, we must seize the Nascent Soul resources from those two families in order to have any chance of advancing further."