The First Immortal of Destiny

This newly opened Spiritual Garden was not wasted by Shen Mo.

After being meticulously leveled and harmonized by him and Mi, along with the decomposition of over a thousand spiritual tea trees of various ages, it even nurtured a fifteen-thousand-year-old Enlightenment Tea Tree, making it very suitable for the growth of such spiritual tea trees!

Thus, he instructed Mi to use the newly acquired ancient tea tree as the mother plant, and through tea seed sowing, cuttings, and other methods, they cultivated over a thousand saplings, which were planted in this Spiritual Garden.

Subsequently, Shen Mo would have the sect send disciples to take care of it. In a few decades, they would be able to harvest spiritual tea leaves... Although these leaves do not have the effect of enlightenment and the mana contained is ordinary, they are great spiritual items for Body Tempering Realm and Qi Gathering Realm disciples. At least, unlike low-class elixirs that are full of pill’s poison, drinking more spiritual tea wouldn’t cause any harm!

Later, the newly sprouted Enlightenment Tea Tree, fostered by the Time Dao Law during the time at Death’s Jaw, was also transplanted back to Jade Pool Zone.

The old Enlightenment Tea Tree, after forty or fifty years, will be returned to the Ancient Vine Sect;

However, during this period, thanks to the ”time flow rate being ten times that of the Outer Realm” characteristic of Jade Pool Zone, at least sixty pounds of new Enlightenment Tea leaves can be harvested every year!

Even after returning the old tea tree, there will still be a new tea tree in Jade Pool Zone producing Enlightenment Tea, enough for the daily use of Shen Mo and his companions, with even enough surplus to help more Red Flame Sect Members open their Spirit Seas, condense their Golden Cores, and birth more Divine Bridge Realms!

The Drunken Immortal Pot remaining in Jade Pool Zone, after this period of brewing, had completely transformed the Grade VII Yanshen Tonghui Pill and precious spiritual medicine within into a fine wine liquid.

A slight shake would emit melodious sounds of ”ding, ding, dong, dong”!

”The elixir’s grade is too high, the pill’s poison has not been thoroughly eliminated, and the properties of different spiritual medicines have yet to be fully integrated. Brewing for another ten years will yield better results,” the spirit of the Drunken Immortal Pot communicated to Shen Mo through a mental connection.

The ten years it mentioned refers to time within the Jade Pool Zone, which equates to just a year in the Outer Realm, something Shen Mo can easily wait for.

Shen Mo placed the Drunken Immortal Pot back in its place, summoned the sect disciple managing the Jade Pool Zone’s spiritual plants, and instructed them to timely harvest the newly grown buds from the two ancient tea trees, lest the new leaves grow old and lose their enlightening effect!

Afterward, he left the Jade Pool Zone with Flower Fairy Ami.

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It had only been a few days since Shen Mo returned to GuanYun Mansion when a talisman message from the Hall Master of the Immortal Welcoming Hall arrived, saying that Dao Xuan Zhenjun from Azure Heaven Cave sought an audience.

In fact, during Shen Mo’s journey to Dayu Mountain in Dongjie Continent, Dao Xuan Zhenjun, who had disappeared for years avoiding tribulation, had returned to Five Dragon Mountain with his disciples and the billions of creatures from Azure Heaven Cave, visiting the Red Flame Sect multiple times!

Unfortunately, Shen Mo was absent from Phoenix Continent, and his Standing was hidden in the secret chamber of GuanYun Mansion, making it unreachable even for the sect’s senior members;

As a result, Dao Xuan Zhenjun’s several visits were handled by the Immortal Welcoming Hall, responsible for external affairs, but he never received a satisfactory outcome. Upon hearing of Shen Mo’s return to the mountain, he immediately came over.

Shen Mo took the time to meet Dao Xuan Zhenjun at the outer mountain gate, within the Mountain Protection Array but outside the Fairyland, and quickly understood the situation.

This Azure Heaven Cave Master came specifically for matters about the Azure Heaven Cave Dungeon and its surrounding area, hoping to return to Five Dragon Mountain after wandering with the creatures from Azure Heaven Cave for years without finding a suitable place to settle!

During the time when Mingpeng and other demons occupied Five Dragon Mountain, although the Dungeon of Azure Heaven Cave was not shattered, its spiritual plant fields were destroyed, and its underground minerals were brutally excavated by the demons, leaving it utterly devastated with demonic qi breeding, making it uninhabitable for at least a hundred years.

Dao Xuan Zhenjun wished to enclose a land of several thousand square miles outside the Dungeon’s entrance as his own cultivation site and to settle the creatures from Azure Heaven Cave!

Now that Five Dragon Mountain falls within the territory of the Red Flame Sect, anyone wishing to establish spiritual medicine fields or excavate underground resources, or even to build mountain gates needs to provide substantial offerings of spiritual item resources to the Red Flame Sect.

However, over the years, Dao Xuan Zhenjun and his disciples have been homeless, with little to no income and having consumed most of their reserves, urgently needing to recuperate...

Therefore, he approached Shen Mo!

Clearing Five Dragon Mountain of demons and monsters was not only due to Shen Mo’s efforts, but many of the Red Flame Sect disciples also contributed significantly, so the sect couldn’t just give away the territory they had fought for.

Nonetheless, considering their past camaraderie in fighting against enemies, Shen Mo offered Dao Xuan Zhenjun substantial privileges, returning the original Dungeon intact, and drastically lowering the resource contribution rate required for the designated area of Azure Heaven Cave compared to other forces.

Having reached an agreement, Dao Xuan Zhenjun left satisfied, using the Taihua Mirror to return to Five Dragon Mountain.

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Time flew by.

Shen Mo returned to his daily cultivation rhythm, while the Red Flame Sect continued to operate as usual, growing stronger.

One day, after Shen Mo had just finished practicing ”The Sutra of Cloudy and Rainy from Wushan” with Zhao Lingyin and was about to use the method of sensing to enter the Dreamland, he suddenly felt a throbbing sensation in his heart. Upon careful sensing, a puzzled and surprised expression appeared on his face!

”I’ve only been at the Divine Bridge Peak for a few years, and the opportunity for enlightenment in the Formless Realm has arrived?”

With this sudden inspiration, Shen Mo perceived that his cultivation was about to step into the Formless Master Realm, accompanied by the enlightenment tribulation of advancing to this realm.

Unless he willingly reduced his cultivation level, he couldn’t suppress it at all!

Reaching the peak of a certain Dao Realm meant being able to advance to the next Dao Realm at any time, which wasn’t particularly surprising.

What surprised Shen Mo was that despite not having encountered any opportunities recently, the chance for enlightenment in the Formless Realm appeared suddenly and without warning; upon pondering it deeply, he believed there were two possible reasons: one was his own deep accumulation, and the other was having recently broken through several bottlenecks, completely sweeping away obstacles on the ”path to the Formless Realm”!

”The arrow is on the string and must be released! In three days, I will overcome the Formless Tribulation.”

A trace of lofty fighting spirit flashed in Shen Mo’s eyes, and after briefly explaining some things to Zhao Lingyin on the jade couch, his figure disappeared from the dwelling.

He originally intended to listen to an Immortal Master’s discourse before advancing to Formless, thereby increasing the certainty of a smooth advancement, and also to better understand how to proceed on the future path; however, despite years of planning, he never encountered such an opportunity, Jade Spring Fairy remains in the cultivation world without returning, and in the Dreamland, he missed the chance to hear an Immortal preaching!

Even so, he still prepared to attempt the tribulation and advance to Formless...

Firstly, it was impossible for him to willingly reduce his cultivation level just because he hadn’t yet heard an Immortal preaching, pushing the breakthrough opportunity to a later date.

Secondly, if he missed this opportunity, he wouldn’t know when a similar occasion might arise again to trigger such a seamless advancement!