Chapter 463

Inside the ice cave, Shi Xuan opened his eyes, got up, and walked out. Wherever he passed, the ice walls, pillars, and stalagmites all dissipated, and the dense cold air drilled into the restriction.

Along the way, he spread out his immortal sense. Penglai Zhenren, the elders, and the disciples were all busy as usual and didn't notice anything. Whether it was the Deva's Blight, whether it came or passed, it was in the body or Yuan Shen. Unless others saw it with their own eyes, they basically couldn't sense it. It wasn't as grand as the Heavenly Tribulation, where the fourth Heavenly Tribulation could be seen or felt within a million kilometers.

As Shi Xuan walked toward the Heaven Receiving Palace, he felt his natal spirit treasures, the Tai Chi painting and the second layer of the Yin Yang Twin Qi Bottle. As his Primordial Spirit and the Great Dao became more harmonious, the moment his body merged with his Primordial Spirit, they all turned solid and became a tribulation supreme spirit treasure.

"Congratulations on passing the first Deva's Blight, Master." Qing Suo and Zi Ying, who were originally nourishing in Shi Xuan's Yuan Shen, slowly raised their sword tips to congratulate him. They were both at the point of their Blight.

Among them, Zi Ying had improved by leaps and bounds after recovering his memories. After just two hundred years of nourishing by Shi Xuan, he had reached the level of compatibility with the Great Dao to refine the second layer of the Illusory Spirit Restriction. After that, in less than eight hundred years, he had also refined the Illusory Spirit Restriction to perfection. In another one or two hundred years, he was confident in triggering the first Deva's Blight. Zi Ying didn't want to delay, so he began to nourish it now.

As for Qing Suo, under Shi Xuan's nourishment, he was more and more confident in triggering the second Deva's Blight. He planned to nourish it for another five or six hundred years before triggering it ahead of time. It might be lazy, but it was still a flying sword spirit treasure. Its sharpness couldn't be concealed.

Shi Xuan smiled, "I already had a lot of confidence in the first Deva's Blight. If it wasn't for building a solid foundation and accumulating for the next few blights, I would have been able to go through it three or four hundred years ago."

Although there was a time limit of ten thousand years pressing on his head, it was useless to be impatient, especially when the Decline of Dharma power was the second most difficult of the Five Decays of the Heavenly Beings. However, once he passed through it, the third Decays of the Heavenly Beings, the Decline of Primordial Spirit, would be relatively simple for an orthodox Lord of Heaven of Taoism like him. Therefore, the pressure should be turned into motivation instead of causing an anxious and impatient state of mind.

"But this way, master, you probably won't be able to beat Shi Jingren when you attend the banquet." Zi Ying had a deep impression of Shi Jingren's Minor Art of Destiny. Coupled with his master's great enmity, he could not help but ask worriedly. After all, there were only eighty-eight years until the Taixu Temple Assembly. Not only did Shi Xuan not have enough time to cultivate all of his immortal arts, he did not even have enough time to refine the Tripartite Spell Extinguishing Sword to the peak of Class 6.

Qing Suo said eagerly, "Master, should I go through the tribulation in advance?!"

Shi Xuan laughed involuntarily: "Why bother, the Void Temple only fights and doesn't harm lives. Not to mention that there are so many exceptional geniuses, it's hard to meet Shi Jingren, even if I meet him, how could my years of training in the Heavenly Cycle Stars Sword Technique be for nothing? Shi Xuan laughed involuntarily, "Why bother? The Taixu Temple only fights and doesn't harm lives. Not to mention there are so many geniuses, it's hard to meet Shi Jingren. Even if I meet him, how could my years of cultivation in the Heavenly Cycle Star Sword Technique be for nothing? Especially after obtaining the cultivation method of the Yin and Yang Dao Destruction Sword, Shi Xuan had learned a lot from it. He had gained a lot in balancing the core forces of the Solar System, Lunar System, and Ziwei Star Formation, just like Shen Yimo in the past.

While talking, Shi Xuan walked to the Heaven Receiving Hall. The hall was empty, only the sect leader Ning Feng was meditating.

As he spoke, Shi Xuan walked to the Reception Hall. The hall was empty, and only the sect leader, Ning Feng, was meditating and cultivating.

Shi Xuan didn't hide his aura. Ning Feng opened his eyes and asked in disbelief, "Immortal Shi, you've passed the First Heaven's Blight?" As far as he knew, Ancestor Shi had only been in the First Heaven's Blight for 51 years! According to the records he had read, it was usually around two hundred years old! Qingsuo said, "I just have a lot of experience and enough secret techniques." Shi Xuan said with a smile.

Qingsuo said, "I just have a lot of experience and enough secret techniques." Shi Xuan said with a smile.

Ning Feng was one of the most promising Yin God Venerables in this generation, so he quickly calmed himself down and bowed respectfully. "Congratulations on passing the first Celestial's Blight, Patriarch." He knew that this was because Immortal Shi was very confident in passing the Celestial's Blight. It had only taken him 51 years, yet he was already 80% certain that he would be able to pass the tribulation. Moreover, he had only become a Celestial 1,500 years ago. It was truly a respectable and terrifying feat that made people yearn for him.

Shi Xuan nodded slightly and was about to head to the Ends of the World Tower. In his immortal senses, Perfected Lord Xu and Pan Zikai were guarding.

Qingsuo said, "Qingsuo, do you want to spread the news that you passed the first Heaven's Blight?" Qingsuo said.

"There's no need to do it on purpose. After I stabilize my Natal Spirit Treasure, I'll give a lecture." In the current situation where the Lord of Heaven came and went, and the Penglai Sect did not have a Three-tribulation Heavenly Spiritual Treasure to suppress it, the matter of Shi Shuan passing the Blight test could make the sect more cohesive and give the disciples more confidence, so there was no need to hide it as before.

Qingsuo said, "Yes, Qingsuo."

After a pause, he said, "Qingsuo, thank you for teaching Chenghui and letting him get a pair of jade hooks."

"Haha, we are fated to meet in the first place." Shi Xuan waved his hand, indicating that Ning Feng did not need to thank him. He took a step forward and arrived outside the Ends of the Earth Restaurant.

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When Shi Xuan walked out of the ice cave, Xu Zhifei, who was giving pointers to Pan Zikai in the Ends of the Earth Inn, suddenly stopped. He raised his head slightly and looked in the direction of the Reception Palace with a complicated gaze. There was nostalgia, yearning, lofty sentiments, and sorrow.

Pan Zikai was a bit slow and only sensed it. He smiled happily and said, "Qingsuo, you passed the first Heaven's Blight!"

"Only fifty-one years, only fifty-one years." Xu Zhenjun said with self-mockery and surprise, "Maybe Shi Xuan can open the Grotto-Heaven of our sect."

"Qingsuo, your cultivation speed is as fast as ever." Pan Zikai had heard all kinds of legends about Shi Xuan since he was a child, so he wasn't surprised at all.

While the two were talking, Shi Xuan walked up. Pan Zikai stood up and bowed to Shi Xuan. "Greetings, Qingsuo."

"I'm glad that you can reach the Primordial Spirit." Shi Xuan nodded with a smile. Pan Zikai was the most promising person to reach the Primordial Spirit in Penglai's thousands of years. He finally broke through the Hidden Latch of Life and Death more than 400 years ago and returned from other worlds with the help of Shi Xuan, who was in the Blight Tribulation.

Pan Zikai said gratefully, "Qingsuo, thanks to your guidance, I was able to find an opportunity in the confusion. Besides, I didn't break through until I was more than 1,100 years old. Xiao Zhenzi of the Yingzhou Sect has already passed the second Heaven's Tribulation, and Qin Sheng of the Blood Demon Sect has just passed the first Heaven's Tribulation." These two people were as famous as him in the past, but they were far ahead of him, which made Pan Zikai a bit depressed.

"Zikai, you don't need to feel ashamed. As long as you reach the Primordial Spirit, it's a new beginning. Besides, you just haven't found an opportunity yet, and your accumulation is far beyond what you need. Maybe you can make great progress in the future." Xu Zhenjun comforted him gently.

Shi Xuan nodded in agreement. He thought of something and said with a smile, "And Qin Sheng might be a bit strange. I suspect that he has inherited the Taishi Heavenly Devil Book."

Although Qin Sheng was cautious and showed most of the spells and Taoist techniques of the Blood Demon Sect, there were a few times when he was in life-threatening danger. He used some strange and terrifying Devil's Way, which was seen by others and spread. Most cultivators, even Zhenren and Qingsuo, didn't care about this. After all, the Blood Demon Sect was a branch of the Taishi Demon Sect, so it was reasonable for them to have some Taoist spells of the other parts of the Taishi Heavenly Devil Book.

However, there was an old senior who was familiar with the cultivation methods of the Taishi Demon Sect who was still alive!

Currently, Granny Yu was traveling in other regions. Since they were far away from each other, it was quite troublesome for her to communicate with Shi Shuan across realms. However, she had never stopped contacting Shi Shuan. The last time they contacted was a few decades ago. Granny Yu had some guesses about the Supreme Spiritual Treasure that was lost in the cave of the Lower House of the Primal Beginning Devil Sect.

"There were only two Supreme Spiritual Treasures that could use the Taishi Heavenly Devil Qi, the source of all evil. One was the Taishi Illusory Magic Zither, which had reached the level of half-step Golden Immortal. If it was it, Meng Nishang and the others would never have been able to escape, even if it had been suppressed for many years. The other was called the Evil Heavenly Devil Order, which was refined from a celestial device after the Taishi Demon Ancestor reached the Tao Integration. It had gone through three Blight Tribulations."

Shi Xuan was a little confused about this, because it was too incredible for the Jinxian Daoist to refine a celestial device. Even the Five Elements Divine Light Shield would be a Supreme Spiritual Treasure once it was refined.

"Actually, it's easy to guess. It's either refined as a legacy of the sect's cultivation methods, or it's helpful for one's own cultivation, such as sublimation of the Tao Seed, fusion of the opposite Tao Seed, or resurrection." Lady Yu answered leisurely.

With Lady Yu around, how could the origin of these cultivation methods be hidden from Shi Xuan? However, considering that he might have the Evil Heavenly Devil Order secretly following him, and that he and the Blood Demon Sect had been keeping a low profile and not making enemies with Penglai and Guo Han, they had to put this matter aside for the time being. Moreover, Shi Xuan suspected that Xue He Laozu, another person who was familiar with the cultivation methods, should have found out and shared the benefits. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone through the third Heaven's Tribulation so smoothly even if he had a thorough understanding of his heart.

"The Taishi Heavenly Devil Book?!" Hearing Shi Xuan's words, Xu Zhenjun and Pan Zikai couldn't help but blurt out in shock. This was the Supreme Genuine Method of the Diabolism.

Shi Xuan said with a smile, "Even if it's a Supreme Genuine Method, they need to be able to cultivate it. Besides, our sect will have a Supreme Genuine Method soon, and it's better than the Taishi Heavenly Devil Book. On the road of cultivation, there are endless enemies. Except for some enemies that can't be avoided, there's no need to worry about this and that. In the end, it still depends on one's own cultivation. "

Pan Zikai didn't understand, but Xu Zhenjun was very clear that Shi Xuan should be referring to the one that Chu Wan 'er cultivated. It seemed that Lady Yu was about to make up for the omission.

Shi Xuan then said to Xu Zhenjun, "I haven't congratulated you yet, Xu Zhenjun, for crossing the third Heavenly Tribulation. You're only one step away from becoming a Celestial Being again."

Xu Zhenjun, the reincarnated almighty, had passed the third Heavenly Tribulation in less than a thousand years. He was also very confident in passing the fourth Heavenly Tribulation, as he needed less time to accumulate. After all, unlike Granny Yu, who needed to comprehend another Great Dao, she had just touched the essence of the Innate Great Dao of Destruction. She needed at least six or seven hundred years to be confident in passing the fourth Heavenly Tribulation. However, among the five Heavenly Blight tribulations, only the fifth Heaven's Blight could be considered dangerous and difficult for her.

"Then Lao Dao has to congratulate you, Shi Xuan, for crossing the first Heaven's Blight." Xu Zhenjun chuckled, then sighed slightly, "In this way, Shi Xuan, you're the first person to cross the first Heaven's Blight since Penglai opened the sect."