I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

Everything in the mountain was unmistakably reflected on the Cloud Mirror at the center of the Cloud Platform.

The Cloud Mirror was clear and transparent, dozens of scenes rolling in unison, real-time reflecting all the trial takers’ information.

The true inheritance trial was a grand event of the Daoist School, where all disciples could enter the Cloud Platform to watch.

The purpose was to motivate and inspire, letting all disciples see the elite heroes within the Daoist School!

”Shu Tianzhi from Celestial Spirit Peak, truly lives up to his reputation, his speed is incredibly swift.”

”Star Body, so daunting, able to harness such powerful Star Power even at the Foundation Establishment Stage, every gesture brimming with immense strength, able to slay the Late Stage Earth Demon Jade Water Fire-Eyed Ape with mere mana!”

On the viewing platform, many disciples were watching the scenes on the left side of the Cloud Mirror, eyes fixed.

There, a young man clad in a blue Daoist Robe, with an upright nose and thin lips on a long face, was leisurely walking towards the mountaintop.

With every step he took, starry brilliance fell from the sky, transforming into shadowy figures of various weapons behind him.

Swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, whips, hammers—in a haze, he seemed to have three heads and six arms, wielding countless weapons, suddenly launching them forward.

Whether it was the Late Stage Earth Demon Jade Water Fire-Eyed Ape or three Late-stage Foundation Establishment Tribulation Cultivators, they shattered within the starry illusions, none could last a single bout against him.

He strode forward gracefully, eliciting awe from countless disciples.

”Su Yongzhen is also so fast!”

”Ten Thousand Laws Dao Body, supremely insightful, truly extraordinary!”

Beside Shu Tianzhi’s Cloud Mirror reflection, was a handsome youth dressed in a red Brocade Robe, wearing a golden crown.

Beside him, densely packed, were hundreds of Dharma Seals floating, countless Spiritual Light blooming brilliantly, rushing skyward, the glow of techniques dazzling and overflowing.

Facing demon beasts and tribulation cultivators, with a flick of his fingers, the Dharma Seals shot out like meteors, drawing Spiritual Qi, transforming into either correct or strange techniques overwhelming them.

Exotic Demon Beasts and tribulation cultivators’ ambushes, in his eyes, were but mere jokes.

The crowd on the Cloud Platform continued to marvel.

At that moment, the crowd noticed in one scene, flames filled the sky, any demon beast or tribulation cultivator facing this endless fire were powerless to resist, all burned to ashes.

”Is that, Bian Family’s girl, Bian Chuyao?!”

”This girl is in late-stage Foundation Establishment already?”

”Such terrifying firelight, is it Tier Three Spirit Fire, Purple Gold Flowing Flame?!”

But after marveling, a wave of discussion followed.

”No wonder she’s the Bian Family Ascendant’s favorite granddaughter, this Purple Gold Flowing Flame, if said without Golden Core assistance, merely relying on Foundation Establishment cultivation to subdue it, I would never believe it...”

Though they were astonished, it was not like the admiration for Shu Tianzhi and Su Yongzhen.

After all, Tier Three Spirit Fire was considered a unique external object.

It inevitably gives rise to a feeling of ”If I had a Golden Core grandfather, I could do it too” misconception.

Once this impression forms, it’s difficult to remove.

The reactions of many disciples on the Cloud Platform were seen by the Golden Core Cultivators above.

Master Yanming’s gaze dropped slightly, sighing softly.

The rest of the Golden Core cultivators had faint smiles in their eyes.

”Wait, such powerful sword light!”

”One, two, three, four, five... fifty sword lights!”

”Fifty sword lights unleashed in unison, Sword Qi manifested, amplifying over tenfold, no less?”

”Hiss!!”

At that moment, a scene in the Cloud Mirror suddenly showed brilliant, dazzling sword light skyrocketing, seemingly able to blind the crowd’s eyes through the Cloud Mirror.

All the disciples raised their heads to look, only to see a tall and handsome Daoist calmly walking on a stone path in the mountain.

On either side, dozens of sword lights were swirling around him like two Sword Qi dragons, hovering and circling him.

Facing demon beasts and tribulation cultivators, thunder, and toxic miasma, his pace didn’t falter, just calmly advancing, but any malicious miasma, as long as it approached, was immediately ground into powder, dissipating into nothingness.

”The might of a Sword Cultivator, terrifying indeed, not slower than Shu Tianzhi and Su Yongzhen!”

The crowd on the Cloud Platform watched intently.

Among thousands of Dharma Seals, only the Sword Seal was the most moving.

With a single thought, sword light emerged, taking the enemy’s head from miles away.

The most gallant and fierce.

”Senior Brother Gu truly insightful, we cannot match it, but I heard Senior Brother Gu is just a Five-Aperture Body, lacking in talent, how could he cultivate to late-stage Foundation Establishment within several decades?”

After the marveling, someone looked at Gu Yuan’s celestial-like elegant figure and couldn’t help asking those beside him.

They were all cultivators, deeply understanding the difficulty of mana accumulation.

Even with excellent root bone, wanting to cultivate to late-stage Foundation Establishment within several decades was as hard as ascending to the heavens, let alone a Five-Aperture Body?

”Senior Brother Gu’s deep fortuity and favored by Sword Fox Immortal, surely has Mysterious Techniques, you and I share the same school but different fates, pondering such things is only futile and exhausting!”

A disciple shook his head, speaking helplessly.

”Indeed, we were just daydreaming!”

The disciple sighed deeply.

If they were like Shu Tianzhi and Su Yongzhen with Dao Bodies, they would naturally only feel amazed, but seeing Gu Yuan with a Five-Aperture Body have today, naturally stirred a bit of discontent, similar to facing Bian Chuyao.

”If an Ascendant favored me, maybe I could also cultivate to late-stage Foundation Establishment!”

Someone naturally had this thought arise in their mind.

The reactions of all disciples were seen by the Golden Core Cultivators above the floating clouds.

”Junior Sister Fox, I’m also curious, did you perhaps find him a Body Seal? Otherwise, how could his cultivation be so swift?”

Master Su asked with a smile.

”Senior Brother needn’t be anxious, all will be revealed in time.”

Sword Fox Immortal smiled slightly but didn’t directly answer.

Master Su hesitated slightly, seeming to sense a bit of ill omen in his heart, but with Master Yunyang beside him, he couldn’t ask more, only suppressing his doubts and continuing to watch.

...

The trials within the Cloud Mirror were ongoing.

Gu Yuan and others were moving swiftly, seemingly leisurely strolling, but it wasn’t so for others.

Just the Heart Inquiry Pass filtered out nearly ten people.

After that, there were the Demon Beast Pass and Tribulation Cultivation Pass, all requiring to slay ones of the same realm, even against multiple foes, slightly weaker methods would lead to defeat.

The true inheritance of the Daoist School selects the finest among the finest, if one cannot even rival ordinary cultivators of the same realm, how can they become true inheritance?

That would be a laughing stock, throwing the Daoist School’s reputation away!

After the Tribulation Cultivation Pass, there were Thunder Pass and Miasma Pass, all were perilous places, within containing countless thunder, miasma, poisonous snakes, and insects, testing not only the cultivators’ magical combat abilities but also survival skills.

But all this for Gu Yuan was merely trivial.

Wherever sword light reached, nothing remained unslain.

No obstacle could hinder his steps.

Inquiring Heart, demon-slaying, breaking tribulation cultivators, storming thunder caves, dispelling toxic miasma.

Entering the cold pond to retrieve the Golden Pearl, climbing the volcanic mountain to seize the Vermilion Fruit.

Various trials kept coming, but Gu Yuan overcame them all one by one.

Eventually, the stone path also came to an end.

Vaguely visible was the mountaintop with white clouds floating leisurely, a meditation mat suspended in air.

But at the end of the stone path, stood a grand tiger sculpture carved from gold stone, crouched and standing firm, its round tiger eyes fixedly gazing at Gu Yuan.

Though this tiger was lifeless, its aura was profoundly terrifying, seemingly already at the Golden Core Realm.

Gu Yuan was vigilant.

But the tiger did not attack, only speaking human words, softly asking, ”If one day you become the Dean, how would you govern the Daoist School?”

This question seemed senseless, Gu Yuan frowned, ready to ponder how to answer.

But the tiger’s eyes suddenly emitted an enchanting red light, he was instantly struck by a soul-captivating force, unconsciously voicing his innermost thoughts:

”Seize their damn possessions!”

”Conquer surrounding sects, unite the domains, recreate heaven...”

He hadn’t finished speaking when an even more overwhelming force interrupted, and he then found himself resting on the mountaintop meditation mat, afterwards vanishing without a trace.

Faintly, there seemed to be an elderly voice resounding.

”Truly a rogue demeanor, could he be tribulation cultivator offspring?”

”True Person, pardon him, he had a troubled youth, never bathed in the wonders of Daoist techniques, not knowing the peace of Spirit Mountain meditation, let me teach him more.”