Becoming an Immortal and Ancestor, Starting from the Clan-protecting Divine Beast

100: Chapter 100: Shu Xuan’s Scheme, the Weapon Forging Conference Begins!Pivot Profound? Pivot Profound!

A shocking tidal wave rose in Chen Zhuxiao’s heart. How could he not know who Pivot Profound was?

The person in charge of the Great Qi Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, a Peerless True Monarch at the Golden Core Peak, who had injured True Monarch Slaying Halberd, a Late Stage Golden Core Cultivator, down to his Origin, causing the Xuan Yuan Sect to seal its mountain gate and remain hidden.

”It seems that the moment I descended the mountain, I had already fallen into the scheme and become a chess piece.” Chen Zhuxiao gave a bitter smile, feeling an indescribable complexity.

The Jade Book he had acquired in the Tianyu Cave Mansion was titled miscellaneous talks on questioning thunder by shu xuan. It not only recorded True Monarch Shuxuan’s insights into the Thunder Dao but also contained a Sixth-grade Cultivation Method belonging to the Divine Thunder Path, the Divine Thunder That Shakes the Universe Sutra!

”It really is one link after another. Is this the terror of a Golden Core True Monarch?” Chen Zhuxiao was terrified upon careful thought. From the moment his father went to the commandery city to buy him a Cultivation Technique, this game of chess had already begun.

No, perhaps, this game of chess had started long ago, but it lacked a crucial chess piece and couldn’t be played out continuously.

Now that he, this vital chess piece, had appeared, True Monarch Shuxuan’s game of chess could proceed, and might even lead directly to a checkmate!

”If True Monarch Shuxuan can achieve Nascent Soul, it will also be a good thing for my Chen Family. With a Nascent Soul Earth Immortal as a backer, my Chen Family can develop more securely.” In just a moment, Chen Zhuxiao understood, prioritizing his Family.

If he could exchange this for the support of a future Nascent Soul Earth Immortal, Chen Zhuxiao would naturally spare no effort in seizing the incomplete Immortal Artifact of the Thunder Palace!

Even if he didn’t succeed, True Monarch Shuxuan, at the Golden Core Peak realm, would still be one of the few prominent existences in the Great Qi Cultivation Kingdom, second only to the various Nascent Soul Venerables.

”True Monarch has excellent methods.” After thinking for a long time, Chen Zhuxiao finally let out a soft sigh.

Su Qingyu moved away from the wooden window and walked straight toward him. A burst of fragrance wafted over, calming his restless mind considerably.

”I’ll just call you Zhu Xiao. And don’t call me Fairy Qingyu or Miss Qingyu anymore, just call me Qingyu.”

Chen Zhuxiao nodded blankly: ”Alright, Miss Qingyu.”

Su Qingyu smiled sweetly: ”Zhu Xiao, don’t let your guard down.”

Then, her tone shifted, and her expression became serious: ”The Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion has many enemies, and my father has quite a few foes, especially those involved in the Dao conflict. They will not stand idly by and watch my father obtain the Thunder Palace Immortal Artifact.”

”This time, you and I must work together and support each other. If we fail to obtain the Immortal Artifact, it doesn’t matter; just do your best and leave the rest to Destiny Dao.”

”You don’t need to worry too much. This won’t implicate the Chen Family. The struggle behind this involves my father and other entities interested in the Thunder Palace Immortal Artifact. Purple Mansion Cultivators are not qualified to participate.”

Hearing this, Chen Zhuxiao cupped his hands and said: ”I hope Miss Qingyu... can keep her word and not implicate the Chen Family.”

Su Qingyu put her veil back on, returned to the desk, picked up an ancient book, and began reading it with great interest.

”There is still some time before the Artifact Refining Assembly begins. You should Cultivate in peace here.”

Chen Zhuxiao was tense all over and cautiously asked: ”Fairy Qingyu, are you sure?”

It is very easy for trouble to arise when a man and a woman are alone in the same room.

”What, are you afraid I’ll eat you?” Su Qingyu said with a playful tone.

Chen Zhuxiao’s voice caught in his throat, and he looked embarrassed: ”Not exactly.”

He got up and walked to a bookshelf, his gaze sweeping across it. He spotted a Thunder Dao essay, took it into his hand, and flipped through it carefully.

”By the way, Qingyu, what Dao do you Cultivate?”

”Taiyin.”

”Taiyin?” Chen Zhuxiao was surprised. Su Qingyu’s behavior just now did not resemble that of a Taiyin Cultivator, giving him a strong sense of contrast.

The last person to ascend the dao position in the Taiyin Dao was Fairy Guanghan of the ancient Guanghan Palace. She was cold-hearted, ascetic, aloof, and noble, so Taiyin Cultivators generally possessed these characteristics.

Every action of a figure on a dao position affects that Dao, and the resulting impact is permanent.

For example, Cultivators of the Li Fire Dao are prone to anger and irritability, and only a tiny fraction of Cultivators can overcome this influence stemming from their Cultivation path.

”What, do you think I’m lying to you?” Su Qingyu glanced at Chen Zhuxiao, her tone unfriendly.

”Haha, no, no, Fairy Qingyu is overthinking it.” Chen Zhuxiao quickly laughed it off, then stopped talking and focused on reading the Thunder Dao essay.

Su Qingyu quietly put down the ancient book in her hand, rested one hand on her cheek, and looked at Chen Zhuxiao with great interest, making the latter, who was reading, feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

”He certainly looks good. Is it because he Cultivates the Divine Thunder Path? I remember that the last Dao Lord of this Dao was renowned as the most handsome man under heaven, even more refined than ninety-nine percent of the women in the world.”

”Ptooey, ptooey! Su Qingyu, what are you thinking? You are the future Taiyin True Monarch, Taiyin Fairy Maiden. You must be reserved, dignified, and elegant.”

...Time passed quickly; half a month went by.

The entire Changli Commandery City became bustling. A wide platform, hundreds of miles across, had been erected in the center of the commandery city’s plaza. Built from Fine Gold Iron Stone, it was specially prepared for the Artifact Refiners participating in the Artifact Refining Assembly.

Thousands upon thousands of Cultivators from all over Great Qi had gathered below the platform. Some were Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivators, some were Disciples of Purple Mansion forces, and some were Disciples from Golden Core Upper Sects, all coming for the Artifact Refining Assembly.

Some of them were Artifact Refiners themselves, coming this time to observe and learn the Artifact Refining techniques of the participants, thereby improving their own Artifact Refining standards.

There were also some Cultivators who came for Magical Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts. After the Artifact Refiners participating in the Artifact Refining Assembly finished refining their Magical Artifacts and completed the evaluation, they would gift these Magical Artifacts to those with Destiny Dao, taking no money in return.

Most Cultivators came with this mindset, hoping they might even snag a Third-tier Spiritual Artifact and become instantly wealthy!

Naturally, with the influx of more and more Cultivators, Changli Commandery became more chaotic than before, and even the Governors Office found it difficult to cope.

Fortunately, the local Purple Mansion forces of Changli Commandery did not stand idly by but contributed labor and effort to help the Governors Office maintain stability within the commandery.

Despite this, many bloody conflicts still broke out, and there were even major battles at the Purple Mansion level, resulting in the deaths of several Purple Mansion True Persons.

Among them, Yuan Feng suppressed and killed a Purple Mansion True Person with Three Divine Abilities, who hailed from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

This old fellow had taken a fancy to Yuan Feng’s Bloodline and potential, wanting to capture Yuan Feng and subdue him as his Spirit Beast. In the end, Yuan Feng directly hammered him to death, causing his body to perish and his Dao to vanish.

Later, a Five Laws Great Zhenren from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect descended, intending to bully the weak, use the power of a Great True Person to capture Yuan Feng, and escort him back to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

Fortunately, the mysterious Master of the Red Dust Tower intervened. The False Core Great Power, possessing boundless Divine Might, slapped the Five Laws Great Zhenren of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect flying a hundred thousand miles, finally ending this farce.

As one of the Golden Core Upper Sects in the Great Qi Cultivation Kingdom, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect naturally had a Golden Core True Monarch presiding over it, but facing the Great Qi Mortal World Immortal Sect, which had a Nascent Soul Earth Immortal, they could only admit defeat and submit.

Moreover, a False Core Great Power is not some common cabbage; they are existences superior to Purple Mansion True Persons. Furthermore, the Master of the Changli Commandery Red Dust Tower is not an ordinary False Core Great Power but a False Core Cultivator who has integrated a genuine Golden Core Essence. His strength is significantly greater than that of False Core Cultivators who formed Golden Nature from a Purple Mansion failing to Break through to Golden Core.

With such a figure as a backer, no short-sighted force temporarily dared to target Yuan Feng again.

Yuan Feng secretly took note of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. When he reached Golden Core, he would definitely make a personal trip to pressure the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and see if their Golden Core True Monarch dared to take him as a Spirit Beast!

Besides these events, a tragic and horrifying incident occurred in Changli Commandery City: the entire He Family, a Purple Mansion Family, was annihilated. The two He Family Immortal Masters died miserably, their blood essence drained, suspected to be the work of a Purple Mansion Devil Head from the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect.

Such actions naturally enraged the Changli Commandery Governor, who invited a Golden Core True Monarch of the Great Qi Imperial Family, stationed in Xuan Prefecture City, to descend. Using Golden Core level methods to reverse the Karma, they finally locked onto a renegade Disciple of the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect, Blood Calamity.

This person was originally a True Disciple of the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect, with exceptionally high Aptitude. He Cultivated the Sixth-grade Blood Fiend Cultivation Method, the Blood Origin Crossing Heaven Scripture, and forged a Sixth-grade Blood Fiend Immortal Foundation called Crossing Heaven Origin.

Later, Blood Calamity lost the competition for the Demonic Son position against the previous generation’s Blood Fiend Demonic Son, and he also injured his own Foundation, making Purple Mansion difficult to achieve. Therefore, he was abandoned by the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect and became a renegade Disciple.

However, this person also possessed Destiny Dao. Not long after being expelled from the Blood Fiend Demonic Sect, he stumbled into an ancient ruin and obtained the Legacy of a Blood Fiend Nascent Soul, which not only consolidated his own Foundation but also helped him achieve the Blood Fiend Purple Mansion in one fell swoop.

Now, over a hundred years later, Blood Calamity, who already had supreme Aptitude, coupled with the Legacy of a Nascent Soul Earth Immortal, had long since inscribed five Blood Fiend Divine Abilities, becoming a Great True Person of Five Dharma Manifestations.

Furthermore, Blood Calamity had also practiced the Immortal Techniques passed down by that Blood Fiend Nascent Soul. His methods were extremely profound, placing him among the strongest tier within the ranks of Five Dharma Manifestations.

According to the speculation of that Great Qi Imperial Family Golden Core, Blood Calamity should be preparing for his pursuit of Golden Core.

Cultivators in this realm pursuing Golden Core must first inscribe five Divine Abilities onto their Purple Mansion, implicitly aligning with the endless circulation of the Five Elements.

Next, the inner landscape must unify, and the Purple Mansion Dao Foundation must completely merge and become one entity. Reaching this step is considered true Purple Mansion Perfection, standing at the Peak of the Purple Mansion realm.

After that, they must pass the Heart Demon Tribulation and settle the Karma on their body, reaching the point of clearly understanding their own Dao, allowing them to perceive the Primary Position and Secondary Position in the ethereal realm.

Thus, they can enter seclusion, attempt to connect with the position they need to attain, and, utilizing the power of the dao position, condense their own Golden Nature.

Finally, they must use the Golden Nature as the primary component and the unified inner landscape as the auxiliary, refining an indestructible Golden Core. The moment of success signifies stepping into the realm of a Golden Core True Monarch!

Blood Calamity’s action of exterminating the He Family was likely to settle Karma and prepare for crossing the Heart Demon Tribulation.

After the Great Qi Imperial Family Golden Core True Monarch departed, the Changli Commandery Governors Office issued a Passage Token of the highest specification. Anyone who provided Blood Calamity’s whereabouts would be rewarded with one top-grade spiritual qi item and one hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones.

If someone could kill Blood Calamity, they would be rewarded with a pseudo-magic treasure, a portion of Golden Nature, and the right to make rubbings of three Sixth-grade Cultivation Methods!

Such rich rewards naturally made many Purple Mansion Cultivators envious, but they were also self-aware. A Purple Mansion Grand True Master who was about to cross the Heart Demon Tribulation, Cultivated a Sixth-grade Cultivation Method, achieved a Sixth-grade immortal foundation Purple Mansion, and had learned Immortal Techniques, was simply not someone they could deal with.

Unless the Dao Sons and Dao Daughters of Nascent Soul Immortal Sects took action, there would likely be no chance of capturing this fearsome Blood Fiend Purple Mansion Grand True Master.

Alternatively, if a False Core Great Power was willing to act, using their superior power to bully the weak, they could also capture him.

However, existences of this level generally do not act easily. Moreover, the Great True Person Blood Calamity had obtained a Nascent Soul Legacy, and might possess a Nascent Soul Immortal Artifact. No one would want to get involved.

On this day, Chen Fufeng and Yuan Feng arrived at the central plaza of Changli Commandery City, where countless Cultivators were gathered.

Streaks of bright rainbow light descended from the sky, revealing figures with powerful Aura. The weakest among them were Purple Mansion Cultivators with Four Divine Abilities, and there were seven or eight Great True Persons of Five Dharma Manifestations, who all took their seats.

Some came from the local Purple Mansion forces of Changli Commandery, and others came from major forces in other commanderies.

As a Purple Mansion level force, the Chen Family naturally had a seat, and a relatively forward one at that, meaning they did not have to stand below the platform to watch like ordinary Cultivators.

After taking his seat, Yuan Feng surveyed the powerful Purple Mansion Cultivators sitting in front, comparing the gap in strength between them.

He could suppress ordinary Purple Mansion Cultivators with Four Divine Abilities, but if they came from a major Sect and had a solid Foundation, they would not be so easy to suppress and would require a significant expenditure of energy.

As for the Great True Person of Five Dharma Manifestations, he was currently no match. Once he finished inscribing the third Divine Ability, he should be able to contend with existences of that level.

Just as Yuan Feng was deep in thought, three figures with terrifying Aura stepped out from the void and landed on the three foremost seats.

They were Artifact Inscription, the False Core Old Ancestor of the Qi Xuan Sect; the Master of the Changli Commandery Red Dust Tower; and Yiyu, the False Core Enshrinement of the Governors Office, whose Daoist name was Yiyu.

These three were all False Core level existences. Especially the Master of the Red Dust Tower, who was a False Core achieved by consuming Golden Core Essence. His strength could only be described as overwhelming, and he was subtly the leader among the three.

After taking their seats, none of the three spoke, seemingly waiting for someone.

Not until the sun was high in the sky did Artifact Inscription open his eyes. He rose and came to the highest point of the platform, sweeping his gaze over the sea of Cultivators in the plaza, and loudly announced: ”Everyone, the 3,572nd Artifact Refining Assembly has begun!”

”Please, participants, enter and refine the Magical Artifacts you wish to refine. The time limit is three months.”