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

177: Chapter 179 A New BeginningLuoyun Mountain, Chen Family.

With Chen Zhuhong and others recuperating, Chen Zhuyun, the eldest son of the old Patriarch, naturally stepped up to take charge.

Within nearly one hundred thousand li of the area surrounding Luoyun Mountain, apart from the Luoyun Blessed Land and Yunxiao Blessed Land, the remaining territory had been beaten into the ground, and the Luoyun City that had been built over dozens of years had turned into dust.

If not for Yuan Feng reshaping the mountains and rivers with the mighty power of a Golden Core, the Chen Family, with their current capabilities, would have needed at least several months to perform even initial repairs.

Because the power that caused this level of destruction came from two False Core Great Powers, it was a power at the False Core level, which could persist for a long time.

If one were to accidentally trigger the residual False Core mana, even a Purple Mansion True Person would risk being injured.

Fortunately, Yuan Feng had broken through to the Golden Core Realm, becoming a True Monarch, and had even killed two Golden Cores in succession, forcefully crushing the Xuan Yuan Sect. This brought the Chen Family’s prestige to an unprecedented Peak, and no one with a functioning brain dared to kick the Chen Family while they were down at this juncture.

Half a month later.

The collapsed buildings on Luoyun Mountain had all been repaired and looked brand new.

The Cultivators of the Chen Family Main Lineage, including Chen Zhuhong, had finished their recovery and had each taken on a fair amount of responsibilities.

After this battle, more than half of the Chen Family Cultivators had been killed or injured, and even Great Master Heaven Forger, the Great True Person who had just achieved the Five Methods Purple Mansion, had fallen.

The members of the Chen Family held Great Master Heaven Forger in high regard. If it hadn’t been for this Great Master stepping forward at the critical moment to sacrifice himself and block the full-force attack of the two False Core Great Powers, they would definitely not have held out until Yuan Feng came out of seclusion.

The Giant Bronze Cauldron left behind by Great Master Heaven Forger was taken by Chen Zhuyuan and brought to Wangyue Cliff for Yuan Feng to examine.

Yuan Feng looked at it for a long time but couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

Great Master Heaven Forger seemed to have truly fallen, the kind of death that was very thorough.

It was Gui Li who noticed something.

Great Master Heaven Forger might not have died, but rather replaced it, becoming the artifact spirit of this pseudo-magic treasure, the Giant Bronze Cauldron.

If this Giant Bronze Cauldron could be sublimated into a true Magic Treasure, Great Master Heaven Forger would be able to revive and live another life as an artifact spirit.

It is worth mentioning that after a pseudo-magic treasure accommodates three strands of Golden Nature, it only needs to withstand the Magic Treasure Heavenly Tribulation to transform into a real Magic Treasure.

The Lifebound Treasure forged by a Golden Core True Monarch is basically sublimated from a Lifebound Spirit Treasure. At the moment of advancement, it will naturally give birth to three strands of Golden Nature.

This has the same effect as the forging of ordinary Magic Treasures, except that a Lifebound Treasure does not need to have external Golden Nature infused into it; it will be born on its own, complementing the path of the Golden Core True Monarch, and can greatly enhance the strength of the Golden Core True Monarch.

Whether it is the improvement of a Golden Core True Monarch or a Magic Treasure, it is inseparable from Golden Nature.

Nine strands of Golden Nature correspond to the Middle Stage Golden Core and Medium Grade Magic Treasure, twenty-seven strands correspond to the Late Stage Golden Core and High Grade Magic Treasure, and eighty-one strands correspond to the Golden Core Peak and top-grade Magic Treasure.

This classification exists because Golden Nature undergoes a qualitative change at nine, twenty-seven, and eighty-one strands.

The Golden Core Dao principles that are born with Golden Nature as their foundation will also become stronger accordingly.

In short, the foundation of a Golden Core True Monarch lies in their own Golden Nature; this is the most fundamental reason why a Golden Core True Monarch can transcend a Purple Mansion True Person.

Of course, Golden Nature is not eternal and indestructible; it can be worn away.

For instance, True Monarch Lu Ge having his Realm dropped after being beaten by True Monarch Shuxuan was because his own Golden Nature had been worn away significantly by True Monarch Shuxuan, leading to the drop in his Realm.

Golden Core True Monarchs are hard to kill, but that does not mean they cannot die.

If one’s Primordial Spirit is extinguished, even if the Golden Nature is still there, it is no different from having fallen.

The reason people say Golden Core True Monarchs can endure for a long time is based on the fact that after the Golden Core True Monarch’s lifespan ends, their Primordial Spirit can be entrusted within the Golden Nature.

If the Primordial Spirit is gone, where is the talk of enduring?

Another half a month passed.

Chen Zhuxiao returned from the Wanbao Sect in Xuan Prefecture and immediately learned the terrible news of his father’s death, bursting into tears instantly.

The palpitation in his heart that day had a reason; with a close relative passing away, even across a vast distance, there was still a sense, so how could he not be heartbroken?

But Chen Zhuxiao did not have time to grieve. As the Patriarch of the Chen Family, he had to stand out at this moment and act as the backbone, allowing the Chen Family, this large ship with multiple holes, to be reborn from the ashes and face the future with a more resilient and powerful stance!

After Chen Zhuyun returned, he took Ruan Zhirou to Liyuan Commandery.

This commandery city had not suffered much impact, as most of the beast tide that came to Liyuan Commandery had been aimed at the Chen Family.

After the False Core level battle broke out on the Chen Family side, the beast tide besieging Liyuan Commandery dispersed on its own.

True Person Jieyang of the Jieyang Sect learned of Chen Fufeng’s death and Yuan Feng’s attainment of the Golden Core, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

”The sky of Xuan Prefecture is about to change.”

This old True Person of the Late-stage Purple Mansion looked in the direction of Luoyun Mountain and sighed.

Chen Zhuyun did not stay long in Liyuan Commandery. His purpose in coming to the commandery city was to determine if the Disciples left in the martial arts hall were okay.

After confirming they were fine, Chen Zhuyun hurried back to Luoyun Mountain without stopping.

A few days later.

Luoyun Mountain, Chen Family cemetery.

The Chen Family members were all here, and Yuan Feng was also present. They set up a... cenotaph for Chen Fufeng, the old Patriarch.

Doing this was a last resort. Under the Bloodline Annihilation Great Art, Chen Fufeng’s remains...

No, they couldn’t even be called remains.

Let’s just consider it turned into dust.

Subsequently, Chen Zhuxiao enshrined Chen Fufeng’s spirit tablet in the Chen Family’s ancestral hall, right in the center, in the highest position.

There, a lifelike portrait was placed.

In the painting, there was a man wearing a crimson robe, with a smile on his face, a long sword at his waist, and a black bird spreading its wings and soaring behind him, as if an Immortal were riding a bird into the world, elegant and refined.

The Chen Family genealogy recorded at the beginning:

”Chen Fufeng, the ancestor who founded the Luoyun Chen Clan. Born into a Mortal Family in a remote village, the Family was poor.

At age fifteen, the first ancestor Fufeng fell off a cliff and obtained an Immortal Opportunity, stepping onto the path of immortality.

After experiencing all kinds of hardships, starting as a Loose Cultivator, he later bought Luoyun at age thirty-five, establishing the foundation of the Chen Family.

With the aptitude of a seven-inch three-Spiritual Root, he entered the Foundation Establishment at age fifty-three, becoming the second Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator of the Chen Family.

At age eighty-six, he died from the curse of the Great Witch of Tianwu Mountain.”

...

On Luoyun Mountain, everything was in mourning white.

Within the Xuan Prefecture, all the forces that could be named sent people to mourn.

The Taiyuan Sect and Luoyun Sect even had two Great True Persons come in person.

The Qi Xuan Sect sent a False Core Great Power. After paying respects to Chen Fufeng, he went to Wangyue Cliff to see Yuan Feng and conveyed some words on behalf of their Ghost Axe.

Afterward, Yuan Feng left Luoyun Mountain with this False Core Great Power and arrived at the Qi Xuan Sect to meet Ghost Axe.

After handing over the Giant Bronze Cauldron and the three strands of Golden Nature left behind after True Monarch Lu Ge’s fall, Yuan Feng left.

With Ghost Axe’s attainments in Artifact Refining, it was enough to turn the Giant Bronze Cauldron into a real Magic Treasure in a short time.

One month later.

Yuan Feng used great mana to integrate the Yunxiao Blessed Land into the Luoyun Blessed Land and refined four strands of Geng Metal Golden Nature within it, turning the Luoyun Blessed Land into a Medium Grade Blessed Land.

Immediately after, the Luoyun Mountain Chen Family relocated, moving from Liming Town to the former site of the Xuan Yuan Sect, abolishing this great Sect that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years and becoming the new Dominator of Xuan Prefecture.

This was the Xuan Prefecture Chen Clan!

On the same day, Yuan Feng took out the immortal artifact and informed the Chen Family members.

Since then, the immortal artifact, the immortal artifact, has been the clan-protecting Immortal Artifact of the Xuan Prefecture Chen Clan.

The artifact spirit inside, Gui Li, was revered as Ancestor Gui Li.

Afterward, with the help of the immortal artifact, the Luoyun Blessed Land swallowed the Xuan Yuan Blessed Land, leaping to the Peak of Medium Grade in one fell swoop.

Just waiting for Yuan Feng to step into the Nascent Soul Realm, it would be possible to turn this blessed land into a High Grade Blessed Land and give birth to Immortal Qi!

Three months later.

A giant city spanning tens of thousands of li was built around the Luoyun Blessed Land, named Luoyun, belonging to the Xuan Prefecture Chen Clan!

It was also on this day that Chen Zhuxiao stepped down from the position of Patriarch, and Chen Xianlin, the eldest son of Chen Zhuyun, took over as the third-generation Patriarch of the Chen Family.

Not long after, Chen Zhuxiao and Mo Li went down the mountain for a long journey.

Chen Zhuyuan and Liu Luojun gave birth to a daughter, named Chen Xianjun.

Not long after, Huang Shanrou gave birth to a son for him, named Chen Xiandi.

Chen Zhuhong also went down the mountain on this day, heading towards the Western Territory of Great Qi. She wanted to measure the world, starting from Xuan Prefecture, crossing the east and west territories, and entering the Zhiyang Sect to practice.

Half a year after she left, Chen Xianting and Chen Xianling went down the mountain together to seek their own Purple Mansion Opportunity.

Chen Zhuxiu did not choose to go down the mountain but stayed on Luoyun Mountain to accompany Ji Wanqing.

This old Matriarch, after witnessing Chen Fufeng’s passing, had her spirit damaged, and her health was not as good as before.

Just like that, time passed quickly.

Five years later, the newborn Chen Family was flourishing, and Luoyun City had also become extremely prosperous, with many Cultivators coming and going, surpassing even the three great commanderies.

In the same year, Chen Zhuxiu had a sudden inspiration and went down the mountain alone.

Not long after, the news of his promotion to Purple Mansion appeared on Yuan Feng’s Panel.

Another year passed, and Chen Zhuxiu returned to the mountain, coming to Wangyue Cliff to find Yuan Feng for the first time.

”Uncle Yuan, I think I have discovered the ruins of an Immortal Sect.”

Volume One Complete!