In the Last Days Land.
In the Southern Border, on a hidden altar at the edge of a swamp, a skinny man dressed in colorful clothes was sitting cross-legged and meditating. Around him were Gu insects of all shapes and sizes buzzing. He suddenly opened his eyes and a bright light flashed in his eyes. His whole body shook and all the Gu insects were sent flying about a foot away.
"I actually broke through the bottleneck of the Great Elders' cultivation," he said to himself in surprise, "It seems that there is still a way ahead!"
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In a martial arts club in Lianyun Province of the Central Plains, a man in his thirties was waving his sword under the admiring gazes of the crowd. His movements were exquisite and amazing.
All of a sudden, his sword flew out and hit the wall, causing the disciples to be dumbfounded. This was just an ordinary iron sword, but the walls of the martial arts dojo were made of hard marble. Normally, even if the iron sword was broken, it wouldn't be able to make more than an inch of cut on the wall. "Could it be that Master's cultivation has made another breakthrough and surpassed all the swordsmiths in history?"
The middle-aged man looked at his palms and was stunned for a moment. In the end, he murmured to himself excitedly, "After the strength penetrated the bone marrow and connected it step by step, I can actually produce Inner Qi. My predecessors did not deceive me!"
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In a dilapidated Taoist temple near the capital city, Wu Wang Lao Dao was bored after he finished practicing the Returning Truth Scripture. After he obtained the Immortal's true inheritance, he was very excited. So he sat cross-legged and learned the way of visualization to meditate.
Thanks to his many years of focus on Dan Dao, his determination and clarity, it did not take long for him to enter the visualization and see his own soul. Unfortunately, he had not reached the advanced level of body forging and Inner Qi had not been produced. Even if he successfully visualized the transparent glaze described in the Returning Truth Scripture, he could not nourish and strengthen his soul.
Even so, after waking up from meditation, the wonderful feeling of visualization made Wu Wang Lao Dao reflect again and again. He was very happy. "If I continue to practice according to this Immortal's true inheritance, I might be able to cultivate Inner Qi one day. I can write talismans and draw seal scripts, my soul can leave my body, and my supernatural power will be naturally formed."
"Haha, when the time comes, the Lao Dao will have to record this in the ancient books. On the sixth day of the seventh month in the thirty-eighth year of the Jinghai Era, Daoist Wu Wang met an immortal at the Temple of Longevity and obtained the Dao of Immortality."
Above his head, Shi Xuan smiled and casually glanced down. With his hands clasped behind his back, he leisurely walked through the clouds with Mo Jingqiu. In just two or three steps, they had reached the exit of the desert.
After being suppressed for many years, after the Natural Spirit Foundation was taken away, the Land of the Last Days would definitely welcome a period of flourishing development. Perhaps it would be completely different when he entered it again in the future.
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Yu Yutian, Penglai, Shi Xuan's cave residence.
After teleporting back, Shi Xuan had just pushed open the door of the quiet room when he saw a brown monkey running towards him happily. "Master, you're finally back!" It was Qing Suo.
Shi Xuan was slightly surprised. Qing Suo was a lazy monkey. Since when did she become so enthusiastic?
When Qing Suo came close, she suddenly realized something and turned into a little girl. She was so excited that her face was flushed. "Master, you're back. Does that mean I can eat the Momentary Amnesia Fruit?!"
So it turned out that this monkey had been eyeing this for a very long time.
In fact, Perfected Cultivator Penglai and the Perfected Cultivators were teasing Qing Suo. After the Momentary Amnesia Fruit ripened, cultivators above the Primordial Spirit Realm would be able to taste it immediately. After all, the Great Dao it displayed included "lightning" and "time". They could also use the "hundred years of forgetfulness" to temper their minds. As long as they weren't lacking, eating the Momentary Amnesia Fruit would more or less have some gains. If they accumulated enough, they could even use it to touch a trace of the essence of the Great Dao of Lightning.
For example, Mo Yuan, after experiencing the third Heavenly Tribulation for more than three thousand years and tasting the Momentary Forgetfulness Fruit, he was one step closer to touching the essence of the Great Path of Lightning. Compared to other Perfected Ones who were still at a loss, he was a lot ahead. Of course, whether or not he could successfully touch the essence of the Great Path of Lightning in the end depended on his own Taoist Heart, tempering, and opportunities. Chu Wan 'er, a Perfected One who had undergone three tribulations and cultivated time techniques, had also gained a lot.
This matter was of great importance, so there was no need to wait for Shi Xuan to return. Otherwise, in these two hundred years, if the Heavenly Tribulation descended or they encountered danger, it would be a great waste if they almost died. As for Qing Suo, her Dao heart needed to be tempered slowly. Her Primordial Spirit had yet to pass the Decline of Time, so there was no need for her to use the Momentary Amnesia Fruit to sense the passage of time. Therefore, everyone was happy to tease Qing Suo.
Although Qing Suo was lazy and liked to cause trouble, she was actually quite honest. After hearing what everyone said, she felt that it was right. As a monkey that only had a master, she naturally had to wait for her master to return before she could eat. Therefore, she was very excited to see Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan shook his head with a bitter smile and touched Qing Suo's head. "You can eat now."
Qing Suo cheered and turned to fly to the Ends of the Earth Restaurant, leaving Shi Xuan standing at the door of the quiet room.
Green Wolf, who had returned to the Yuanmang Great World to pass the second Heavenly Tribulation more than a thousand years ago, came to greet him. "Welcome, Master." He had been in Penglai for many years, so he had a good understanding of Shi Xuan's life. However, this strengthened his view that Master must have been a Heaven Immortal Perfected Lord in the past. It was just that he had to start all over again to cultivate the secret technique. Otherwise, how could he have advanced so quickly!
"Very good. You did not pass the second Heavenly Tribulation with difficulty. Your foundation is quite solid. However, the Nine Fire Burning Heart Tribulation is considered difficult. You don't have to rush. You can slowly temper your Dao heart. Anyway, with your Moon Howling Heavenly Wolf body, you can still delay it for twenty to thirty thousand years. "Shi Xuan nodded and gave some pointers. Then, he scanned with his immortal senses." Where's Ao Gu? "
Green Wolf was very happy to be praised by Master. He hurriedly said, "Ao Gu has been cultivating hard for more than three thousand years. He swore to achieve the body of the Dragon King. Now, he has gone out to travel and temper his Dao heart."
As he said this, Shi Xuan could not help but have some strange thoughts, "On a certain day, Mount Penglai's Tian Xuan Perfected Lord went out to travel. In the cave abode, the divine beast Ao Gu took the opportunity to escape to the lower realm. He stirred up trouble and brought disaster to the human world."
After a moment of calculation, Shi Xuan found that Ao Gu was still quite decent. However, it was not so easy for him to achieve the body of the Dragon King. Fortunately, he still had five to six thousand years of lifespan left.
Shi Xuan nodded and spread out the Heaven and Earth Mountain River Diagram. Nine Spirits flew out and shook their manes. They looked around and saw that Green Wolf was only at the second Heavenly Tribulation. There was disdain in their eyes.
Green Wolf felt the unrestrained aura of Nine Spirits. He felt a chill in his heart. Where did this Three Tribulation Demon Saint come from?
"This is my new mount. Green Wolf, take Nine Spirits to settle down." Shi Xuan ordered and went to the Ends of the Earth Building.
Green Wolf felt a lot of pressure. After figuring out that the Green Rope was a supreme spiritual treasure and not a Demon Saint, it was quite lucky. However, now there was such a real Three Tribulation Demon Saint with an arrogant attitude.
So it instantly understood how Ao Gu felt in the past. No wonder Ao Gu could restrain his laziness and cultivate hard. He went out to temper his Dao heart. Zi Ying, as a second-tribulation supreme spiritual treasure, will naturally descend in at least hundreds of thousands of years. He is also tempering himself outside all year round.
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In the Ends of the Earth Building.
When Xia Jing saw Shi Xuan coming, she hurriedly stood up and bowed. "Disciple greets Master."
"Although you don't advance by leaps and bounds like many peerless geniuses, taking nearly 3,100 years to pass the Nine Fires Burning Heart Tribulation, it doesn't mean that your chances are slim. The audience is a half-step Golden Immortal, Daozu. Most of his cultivation speed is not amazing. Instead, he is steady and steady, taking one step at a time to strengthen himself. On the path of cultivation, the Dao heart is the key. As long as you can control yourself, stick to your nature, be firm on the path, accumulate enough, and slowly improve, you can achieve Dao even if you are not talented. So, Jing 'er, you don't need to belittle yourself. "
As a third-tribulation expert, Shi Xuan had deduced some of the problems in Xia Jing's heart the moment he saw her, so he directly gave her a few pointers.
Xia Jing had been guarding the sect and cultivating immortal techniques for the past few years. She heard that Xiao Zhenzi and Qin Sheng had each touched the essence of the Dao hundreds of years ago and were preparing for the fourth Heavenly Tribulation. They were really peerless geniuses. Thinking about her master's life, her Dao heart was inevitably a little unstable. But as soon as they met, her master directly pointed it out. She was stunned on the spot. The haze in her heart slowly dissipated with her master's words. In the end, she smiled. "Thank you for reminding me, master."
"Preaching as soon as we meet. Shi Xuan, you really have the posture of a teacher." Perfected Jiang, who was also in the Ends of the Earth Building, joked. Qing Suo was happily tasting the Instant of Forgetfulness Fruit.
Shi Xuan smiled slightly and joked. "At least I have two primordial soul disciples."
Perfected Jiang smiled bitterly and shook his head. He carefully looked at Shi Xuan. "Shi Xuan, you haven't passed the fourth Heaven's Blight yet, right?"
Shi Xuan didn't understand what Perfected Jiang meant. He shook his head. "Not yet."
Perfected Jiang continued solemnly. "Then, Shi Xuan, are you preparing to pass the fourth Heaven's Blight after recuperating?"
"I'm still one step away from the fourth Heaven's Blight. I don't know when I'll have enough temperament." Shi Xuan was even more puzzled.
Perfected Jiang immediately laughed. "In the past, Shi Xuan, every time you came back from traveling, you would either have reached the primordial soul realm or passed the Heavenly Tribulation and Blight. You would have accumulated enough and only needed a few decades or centuries of preparation to trigger the Heavenly Tribulation and Blight and successfully pass it. Everyone was very shocked. This time, it's finally normal."
Shi Xuan was embarrassed. It turned out that he was teased by Perfected Jiang.
However, this teasing made Shi Xuan's mind completely relax. The atmosphere in the sect was really suitable for rest. Moreover, with Perfected Jiang's temperament, he didn't see any depression, decadence, and anxiety from being trapped in the third Heaven's Blight for more than 5,000 years. This made Shi Xuan feel relieved.
After chatting for a while, they talked about the Penglai Dharma Assembly. Perfected Jiang consulted Shi Xuan. "How many years later? It's not easy to preserve this kind of spirit fruit. Even with the secret method given by Senior Han Jing, it can only be maintained for 360 years at most. "
In the past 2,000 years, Penglai had produced another two primordial soul Perfected Ones. However, among the previous Perfected Ones, there were also people who began to fall. Even if the sect was suppressed by the Lord Of Heaven, he couldn't let all the Perfected Ones survive the tribulation outside the fourth Heaven's Blight. At most, he could send them to reincarnate in time.
Among them, the one that Shi Xuan felt the most pity for was Yang Zongzhi. Originally, among all the Perfected Ones, apart from his master Mo Yuan, he was the one with the greatest hope of surviving the fourth Heaven's Blight. However, it was easy for him to die. It was similar to the nature of a sword cultivator — there was no turning back. In the end, he died during the third Heaven's Blight.
In addition, there were two new primordial soul Perfected Ones who had survived the first Heaven's Blight. They died during their travels. One of them fought with someone of the same level. Penglai did not seek revenge. The other was killed by a Perfected Three Tribulation, and Xu Zhenjun personally sought justice for him.
Therefore, including Ge Chenghui, Hua Qianluo, and Hu Buhui, Penglai currently had a total of 11 primordial soul Perfected Ones from orthodox Daoism. There were also three external primordial soul Perfected Ones. Excluding the primordial soul cultivation that was conferred as a deity, together with Xu Zhenjun, the two supreme spiritual treasures under Shi Xuan, and a great demon, a total of 18 Instantaneous Forgetting Fruits had been consumed. Including Shi Xuan himself, the nine spirits, and the Immortal-Slaying Flying Saber, there were only 60 Instantaneous Forgetting Fruits left for Penglai's Dharma Assembly.
"Keep three for yourself, just in case. We've invited 57 fellow Daoists. Apart from the Lord Of Heaven whom we're familiar with, Perfected Yu Yutian will be the leader. It can be considered as helping the younger generation advance. "Shi Xuan nodded and answered," Let's set it for ten years later. "
After saying that, Perfected Jiang's expression suddenly turned serious. "Lao Dao intends to reincarnate."
Shi Xuan's expression was solemn as well. Whether such reincarnations that were afraid of the Heavenly Tribulation could form an Essence Soul again was another matter.
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