Innate Immortal Seed

Chapter 380: Chapter 378: Where to Find the Overseas Immortal Mountain

If Ge Cang hadn’t explicitly stated that he had been tested in the Central Domain and found to possess no special bloodlines, Spirit Bodies, or Sacred Bodies, Bai Zichen would have suspected that this Brother Ge, like himself, possessed a Thunder Dao Holy Body. There was no other way to explain his god-like Cultivation speed with Thunder Skills.

Ge Cang had only obtained the Profound Nether Qi Formless Divine Thunder, which Lii Guizhen had offered up, a few years ago, yet he had already achieved a high level of mastery.

One had to know that the tier of this Thunder Skill was even higher than that of the Qiantian Primordial Yang Divine Thunder Net.

Furthermore, as a Water Element Divine Thunder, its Cultivation path was completely different. It wasn’t as if his previous experience with other Thunder Skills could be directly applied.

All one could say was that if Ge Cang had been born in the Five Thunders Sect, he would have had a very real chance of becoming the first Cultivator in history to master all seventeen Supreme Thunder Techniques.

The only Divinity Transformation Ancestor Master in the history of the Five Thunders Sect had cultivated nine Supreme Thunder Techniques, eventually mastering and fusing them into a single Divine Thunder to refine his own body.

With this, he transformed his Realm from illusory to real, condensed a Thunderbolt Grotto Heaven, and ascended in a single step.

To this day, that Grotto Heaven Secret Realm filled with lightning still exists within the Five Thunders Sect, serving as a training ground for Core Disciples.

’The Transmission Hall really does have orally transmitted secret lore. I thought it was just baseless nonsense from Senior Brother Wei...’

Bai Zichen seized on this useful piece of information.

”The first Hall Master of the Transmission Hall was Ancestor Qingfeng’s closed-door disciple. His cultivation aptitude was average, but he was an avid reader who loved to collect all sorts of texts. He even collected miscellaneous essays, travelogues, and legends, as long as they had value... He grew up by Ancestor Qingfeng’s side, so it’s very likely he knew more than the other disciples through constant exposure.”

As a Sect Ancestor, Ge Cang had only learned these things by taking the initiative to ask.

It wasn’t that the Transmission Hall intentionally hid it, but rather that successive Hall Masters never took these few orally transmitted sentences seriously.

It was more like a maxim from the succession ceremony, passed down from one generation to the next.

Ge Cang felt that besides himself, it was necessary for Bai Zichen to know as well.

After all, within the entire Qingfeng Sect, the two of them were likely the only ones who would have a chance to use this secret lore.

”Overseas Immortal Mountain, Penglai Immortal Island. Ten Provinces Continent, Eight Directions Sea...”

To an ordinary Cultivator, these words chanted by Ge Cang would sound like a myth. It described immortal islands deep in the Outer Sea and several continental regions as vast as the land beneath their feet. It even suggested that the endless Outer Sea, which intimidated even Nascent Soul True Monarchs, was merely one of the Eight Directions Sea.

Only the upper echelon of the Qingfeng Sect, who knew their Ancestor’s origin and the lineage of his techniques, would know that this description was very likely true.

After all, Ancestor Qingfeng himself had come from across the sea. After the Middle Ancient period, all Super Long-Range Transmission Arrays in the Cultivation Realm were destroyed for unknown reasons.

The Cultivators on this continent were thus cut off from the outside world. Gradually, the vast majority came to believe their region was the only one in this realm, refusing to believe that equally impressive cultivation lineages existed on other continents.

The depths of the Outer Sea were a paradise for countless Sea Beasts, a place no Human Race Cultivator could set foot in.

Further beyond, even if there were human cultivators, they would only be Low-Tier Cultivators practicing crude Cultivation Techniques and using basic Magic, serving as slaves to Transformed Great Demons.

This had become the mainstream view in the Cultivation Realm.

Even among Nascent Soul True Monarchs, there were many who held this opinion.

But when Bai Zichen heard it, his heart trembled. This was not the first time he had heard of an Overseas Immortal Mountain.

’Could Penglai Immortal Island be Ancestor Qingfeng’s homeland?’

”It’s very possible. After all, it points out a method to reach Penglai Immortal Island through a Water Eye.”

Ancestor Qingfeng was only at the Core Formation Realm. How he managed to cross the sea to reach Liang Country back then had always been a mystery.

This secret, passed down orally in the Transmission Hall, besides pointing out the existence of the Overseas Immortal Mountain and the Ten Provinces Continent, only mentioned that a Ten Thousand Feet Water Eye deep in the Outer Sea could lead directly to Penglai Immortal Island.

One needed to be at the Nascent Soul Realm and possess a Water-Resistant Treasure to safely pass through the Water Eye.

This still didn’t explain how Ancestor Qingfeng had managed to get through.

Ge Cang felt that Bai Zichen would sooner or later meet the requirements to pass through the Water Eye, so it was necessary to inform him.

The other disciples lacked the strength. It would be useless for them to know, and it might even cause them to become overly ambitious.

”I once found an Ancient Bronze Broken Leg in Black Mountain. It had two Flower Bird Talismans on it, and the content was related to an Overseas Immortal Mountain. I don’t know if it was referring to Penglai Immortal Island.”

Bai Zichen took the Ancient Bronze Broken Leg out of his storage bag and handed it to Ge Cang for appraisal.

Overseas Immortal Mountain, at the Water Eye’s end, endless flowing sand, a hundred-zhang glacier.

”Judging by the artifact’s style, it really could be from overseas. But since it’s damaged and incomplete, I can’t figure out its original purpose.”

Ge Cang turned it over and over but couldn’t make heads or tails of it, so he handed the Ancient Bronze Broken Leg back.

”In any case, we know too little about this so-called Overseas Immortal Mountain. We can only explore it through fragments of information, and the unknowns are too great... This old man thinks it’s better to travel through the Central Domain first. We should only consider that Water Eye once we have enough power to protect ourselves. Not to mention the large number of Sea Beasts that would certainly block the way, we can’t predict what the scene is like on the other side of the Water Eye, or whether the cultivators there are friend or foe. The risk is immense.”

”You are right, Brother Ge. Now is not the time to explore overseas.”

Bai Zichen politely declined the notion. That would require crossing the entire Outer Sea, which meant passing through the Dragon Monarch’s territory.

It was unclear if, after so many years, the Youlong Sect had finished their investigation into the incident and identified him as the successor of the Fish Dragon Sect.

But to carry Holy Beast Essence Blood and willingly run into the territory of a Tier Four Top-Grade Great Demon... especially out on the vast sea where there was no chance to escape or hide, and where the opponent could mobilize countless Sea Beasts and even other Tier Four Shapeshifting Great Demons...

Wouldn’t that be walking right into a trap, asking for an early grave?

Even Bai Zichen’s greatest trump card at the moment, the Qing Emperor Longevity Sword, might not be very effective against the Dragon Monarch.

He couldn’t begin to fathom how much lifespan a Tier Four Great Demon with a dense Dragon Race bloodline possessed.

But he was certain that a mere two hundred years of life would not be enough to fundamentally harm the Dragon Monarch.

Otherwise, when the Fish Dragon Sect was destroyed, that Nascent Soul True Monarch wouldn’t have let the culprit go and instead turned his attention to the Nine-Headed Xuan Turtle, dragging the Tier Four Great Demon down to the Yellow Springs with him.

The Qing Emperor Longevity Sword, when unleashed by a Nascent Soul True Monarch, possessed the might of the original Supreme Divine Power. It was no longer the shortcut version, the Sword of Time, that it had become after being broken down.

A single swing of the sword could directly sever the opponent’s River of Time—it wasn’t as simple as just cutting off two hundred years of lifespan.

A Tier Four Nine-Headed Xuan Turtle has an incredibly long lifespan; having one or two thousand years of life remaining would be completely normal.

If one sword swing really only cut off two hundred years, he wouldn’t even know how many times he’d have to swing the Qing Emperor Longevity Sword to kill the Nine-Headed Xuan Turtle.

The only reliable way to deal with such a long-lived Demon Race expert was to sever the River of Time at its source, cutting off all possibilities of past, present, and future. Against that, all defensive Treasures and escape Secret Techniques would be useless.

Expecting Bai Zichen, who was only at the Core Formation Realm, to confront the Dragon Monarch—something even the last Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Fish Dragon Sect couldn’t do—was simply a fantasy.

While on the mainland, Tier Four Great Demons from overseas would still be wary of Human Race experts and wouldn’t dare to act recklessly, especially against major figures like the Peak Master of the Moral Sect’s Celestial Punishment Peak.

That person was domineering and powerful, showing no mercy to Alien Races and fiercely upholding the rules of punishment.

The Dragon Monarch could certainly use Transformation to conceal his Cultivation and come to the mainland without issue. But as soon as he unleashed the Demon Power fluctuations of a Tier Four Demon Beast, he would be quickly discovered.

And if he were to attack a Human Race Cultivator, other human experts—not just the Celestial Punishment Peak Master—would intervene.

His chances of returning to the Outer Sea smoothly would be slim.

But if Bai Zichen went to the Dragon Monarch’s territory of his own volition, he would be purely gambling that the Ten Thousand Stars Islands still hadn’t figured out the cause of death of their sect members near Zengguang Immortal City all those years ago.

It wasn’t as if he had been explicitly told there was some Heaven-Defying Supreme Treasure on Penglai Immortal Island that he had to risk everything for.

If he was just seeking opportunities, there were many other places he could choose. There was no need to put himself in such a perilous situation.

As they spoke, the two had already returned to the main mountain, landing together on the Cloud Platform.

They issued an Ancestor’s decree, summoning Wei Dao and Zhou Suqing, and at the same time, convening the sect’s upper echelons.

The others had to be notified about this matter. Otherwise, the sect’s development direction would be affected, with everyone still foolishly preparing a caravan for Zengguang Immortal City and waiting for the auction.

”Greetings, Ancestor Ge. Greetings, Ancestor Bai.”

The sect’s upper echelons were scattered throughout the Mountain Gate and were the quickest to arrive after receiving the notice.

After the formal greetings, Tong Huan came forward alone and performed a deep bow with the etiquette of a disciple.

Bai Zichen then realized that all the Five Halls Masters had been replaced by disciples from his own generation, or even younger ones. He didn’t even recognize two of them.

’So much time has passed without me realizing it. My age is no longer considered young among Foundation Establishment Cultivators. The new generation is truly full of outstanding talents...’

Among the current upper echelon of the Qingfeng Sect, the Sect Leader was his eldest disciple, Tong Huan.

The Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall was Longx Longx, and the Talisman Hall Master was Su Li. The Artifact Refining Hall was managed by an elderly man in his eighties, though everyone knew that as soon as the disciple who had received the Tier Four Refining Inheritance matured, the position would be his.

The acting Hall Master of the Alchemy Hall was Liuu Sanshui, who was originally just an ordinary Tier Two Alchemist in the sect.

During the exchanges with the Danxia Sect, his talent was discovered. His Alchemy skills improved by leaps and bounds, and he had already become a Tier Two Peak Alchemist.

Tong Huan had once reported to Bai Zichen that he was preparing to request the use of a precious Elixir from the Secret Vault to help Liuu Sanshui break through to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment.

For a dignified Nascent Soul Sect to not even have a single Tier Three Alchemist was truly unjustifiable. They had to commission the Danxia Sect for even slightly higher-tier Elixirs.

As the foremost of the Hundred Skills of Cultivation, Alchemists who showed Tier Three potential could indeed enjoy some preferential treatment.

If it were a Tier Three Refiner or a Tier Three Talisman Master, they would absolutely not receive such special consideration and treatment from the sect.

As for the remaining Transmission Hall Master, Lian Liangpu, Ancestor Bai had truly never heard of him. He had only just taken the Hall Master position in recent years.

What was rare was that he actually had a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivation, making him an official Hall Master, not an acting one.

Lian Liangpu had a mature face with defined features. His Daoist Robe was immaculate. After entering and paying his respects, he sat upright with his gaze fixed forward.

”Greetings, Ancestor. Greetings, Senior Brother Bai.”

Zhou Suqing arrived a moment later from Feiyue Lake. After paying her respects, she sat in the seat below Bai Zichen.

She didn’t dare to address Ge Cang as a peer, which resulted in this somewhat contradictory form of address.