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

181: Chapter 183 Ten Years ApartOver these ten years, the Chen family developed steadily, keeping a low profile. They did not use the reputation of Yuan Feng, the Dou Zhan Demon Lord, to bully the weak, nor did they suppress the Purple Mansion Factions within Xuan Prefecture like the Xuan Yuan Sect had done previously.

Instead, they allowed them to develop, and some Five Methods Purple Mansion Cultivators who had restrained themselves for a long time saw the Opportunity and began seeking the golden core.

Dao Shi, the Great True Person of the Taiyuan Sect, and Luo Xiao, the Great True Person of the Luoyun Sect, also chose to enter closed-door cultivation for seeking the golden core; whether they succeeded or not was secondary, as just being able to catch a glimpse of the scenery from the heights was worth a lifetime.

As the saying goes, ”If one hears the Dao in the morning, one can die in the evening without regret,” and this was precisely that.

If this had been in the past, the Xuan Yuan Sect would inevitably have suppressed any faction with a Five Methods Purple Mansion Cultivator in every possible way.

When necessary, they would even have their Golden Core True Monarchs step in to bully the weak, disrupting Karma and causing them to fail in seeking the golden core, turning them into golden ash.

This was also part of the reason why the Xuan Yuan Sect had such a terrible reputation.

This Sect had long since rotted away over the long years.

If it were not for the protection of the immortal artifact, it would have been wiped out long ago.

The Purple Mansion Cultivators of Xuan Prefecture had suffered under the Xuan Yuan Sect for a long time.

After Yuan Feng learned about the Heaven Mending Plan, the connection between Luoyun Mountain and Xuan Prefecture City became much closer.

The traffic between Xuan Prefecture City and Luoyun City also became much more frequent than before.

Driven by True Monarch Qiusha, the two great cities established a cross-domain Teleportation Array, allowing the resident Cultivators of the cities to quickly reach the other great city.

In terms of atmosphere alone, Luoyun City was no longer inferior to Xuan Prefecture City and could be mentioned in the same breath as the prefecture city.

The Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion of Great Qi even specifically opened a prefecture-level branch in Luoyun City, with a status equivalent to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion in Xuan Prefecture City.

In addition, the Wanbao Sect of Xuan Prefecture also held its first Disciple recruitment in these ten years.

Although this Sect preached that it taught without discrimination and that everyone could Cultivate and seek the Dao, one still had to undergo selection to enter.

Many Disciples of the Chen family went to participate in the selection, but a large number were screened out, and only a small portion managed to pass and become official Disciples.

As for those who were screened out, they could choose to leave or become Utility Disciples.

As long as they served as Utility Disciples for ten years, they could be promoted to official Disciples.

Even so, among those who failed the selection, only a portion refused to become Utility Disciples, while the majority accepted.

There was no other reason; even the treatment of a Utility Disciple of the Wanbao Sect was better than that of an official Disciple of a large faction.

However, one does not receive rewards without merit; the treatment of the Wanbao Sect’s Utility Disciples was not bad, but they had to do a lot of work.

If they did not meet the standards, a certain portion of their benefits would be deducted according to the regulations.

For the batch of Disciples including Chen Zhuxiao, those at the Purple Mansion Realm were Elders of the Xuan Prefecture Wanbao Sect, and those at the Foundation Establishment Realm were Deacons.

Behind the mountain, at Wangyue Cliff.

Yuan Feng opened his eyes, like a primordial beast waking from a deep slumber. The Aura he inadvertently emitted caused the space of the entire Wangyue Cliff to become incredibly solidified, such that even a Purple Mansion True Person using all their strength could not break it.

The Golden Core Realm was already close to being an immortal, and a Cultivator possessed all sorts of incredible means.

For instance, a single drop of Yuan Feng’s blood was as heavy as an Ancient Mountain; if it fell to the ground, it would be enough to form a vast lake thousands of miles wide.

Any territory where a Golden Core True Monarch fell would be permanently altered by the nature of their Golden Nature.

If True Monarch Lu Ge had been killed by Yuan Feng within the Luotian Realm, the place of his fall would inevitably have become a battlefield filled with the Geng Metal Qi of weaponry, capable of giving birth to Spirit Treasures and Spiritual Artifacts of the Geng Metal Path.

Yuan Feng looked inward; the six paths of Dou Zhan Wushuang Qitian Golden Nature, which seemed to be cast from immortal gold, were arranged in a very profound way, like six heavenly pillars supporting the heavens and earth, containing unparalleled energy within them.

With the activation of the Golden Nature, thick, arm-sized Golden Core Dao rules emerged, like golden dragons circling, possessing absolute Divine Might that surpassed the Purple Mansion.

”Fifteen years, three Golden Natures; three more and I can advance to the Middle Stage Golden Core.”

Yuan Feng whispered.

Ever since he learned about the Heaven Mending Plan, a sense of urgency had also risen in his heart.

If Cultivators above the Golden Core Realm in the Luotian Realm went around plundering other Realms, and they happened to run into a tough opponent, they wouldn’t be able to take them down and would instead be invaded by them; that would be a joke.

Over these ten years, he would occasionally step out of the Luotian Realm and roam the outer starry sky to see if he could find an undiscovered star suitable for the Human Race to inhabit.

Unfortunately, all the valuable stars in the Star Domain near the Luotian Realm were already occupied.

To find a suitable and ownerless star, one had to go to more distant Star Domains.

After careful consideration, Yuan Feng decided to put it aside for now.

It would not be too late to consider these things after he reached the Nascent Soul and attained the Earth Immortal status.

Regarding how to plunder the Origin of other Realms, Yuan Feng had gone to consult True Monarch Qiusha.

According to True Monarch Qiusha, to plunder the Origin of another Realm, one must first eliminate the high-end combat power of that Realm and weaken its living forces.

After completing this step, one needed to use the Heaven Mending Secret Technique created by several Dao Lords to summon the Heavenly Dao of the Luotian Realm to descend.

Once the Luotian Realm successfully devoured the Origin of the other Realm, the conquest of that Realm would be considered a success.

There were two ways for the Luotian Realm to devour the Origin of another Realm: one was direct violent devouring, which would cause the world to collapse, lead to widespread death, create immense karmic sin, and result in being entangled by karmic fire.

The second was to integrate the other Realm into the Luotian Realm; while expanding the area of the Luotian Realm, the Origin of the other Realm would naturally be devoured by the Luotian Realm.

Most Golden Core True Monarchs would choose the latter; the first method required manually transferring the living beings of the other Realm, which was extremely troublesome.

Even a Golden Core True Monarch would frown at this; the living beings of a Realm were not a small number, and furthermore, migrating across the starry sky was not worth the loss.

Of course, some ruthless people could not care less; as long as they could let the Luotian Realm devour the Origin, what did the life or death of others have to do with them?

Entangled by karmic fire? That was nothing.

Yuan Feng took the Opportunity to ask True Monarch Qiusha how many worlds he had invaded.

This Golden Core Peak True Monarch smiled mysteriously and held up four fingers, representing that he had invaded four worlds.

Before he was sent to Xuan Prefecture, he had invaded three worlds with the other Golden Core Cultivators of the Great Qi Imperial Family, which was how he was able to Cultivate to the Late Stage Golden Core in just a few hundred years.

After arriving in Xuan Prefecture, he accidentally discovered a medium-sized world that had several native Cultivators equivalent to the Golden Core Realm.

While confronting True Monarch Lu Ge, he extracted energy to scheme against that world.

It took him over two hundred years to successively kill the native Golden Core Cultivators of that world, and just before True Monarch Lu Ge launched the Blood Sacrifice, he integrated that world into the Luotian Realm, thereby achieving the Golden Core Peak.

If he had been any later, facing Chihui with his Late Stage Golden Core Realm would have been a great disadvantage, or even resulted in his Golden Nature being cut down.

Even if a Cultivator of the Solar Path was mediocre, their combat power was extremely terrifying.

When Yuan Feng asked True Monarch Qiusha how he had killed those native Golden Core Cultivators, the Golden Core Peak True Monarch blushed and stammered a bit.

Under Yuan Feng’s questioning, True Monarch Qiusha reluctantly told him.

The projection he cast into that world had attached himself to one of the native Golden Core Cultivators; simply put, he was a kept man living off a woman.

Then, through his sowing of discord, the native Golden Core Cultivators turned against each other and fought, resulting in the fall of two Golden Core Cultivators.

At the critical moment, he successfully activated the Teleportation Array, transported his true body over, and settled the situation in one fell swoop.

As for the fate of the native Golden Core Cultivator he had attached himself to, True Monarch Qiusha did not say.

However, looking at True Monarch Qiusha’s expression, it was not hard for Yuan Feng to guess that this True Monarch was likely... hehe.

”Zhuxing and Zhuyuan have both broken through to the Purple Mansion, and that kid Jiang Yunlei has also broken through, not bad.”

Yuan Feng cleared his mind and began to check the System logs; the Chen family had three more Purple Mansion True Persons, which was very good.

”Zhu Hong has engraved her third Divine Ability and entered the Middle Stage Purple Mansion; Zhu Xiao is not bad either, having also engraved his third Divine Ability.”

”Old Chen, your children, except for Zhuyun, have all entered the Purple Mansion. You must be very happy in the afterlife.”

Luoyun Mountain, Council Hall.

Chen Xianlin put down the pen and paper in his hand, felt something in his heart, walked out of the hall, passed the White Jade Plaza, and came to the edge of a cliff.

He looked into the distance, watching the clouds roll and unroll, looking at the clear sky for ten thousand miles, feeling the rhythm of heaven and earth and nature.

”It is time to enter closed-door cultivation to break through to the Purple Mansion and see a higher and farther world.”

A few days later, Chen Xianlin announced his closed-door cultivation, and all affairs, big and small, of the Chen family were handled by the Affairs Hall.

If there was an important matter, they could make a decision on their own; if they could not, they could contact Gui Li, and unless it was absolutely necessary, they should not disturb Ancestor Yuan.

Not long after Chen Xianlin entered closed-door cultivation.

Southern Border of Great Qi, Mu Prefecture.

”Tingting, are you sure we should go?”

”Sister Lingling, we spent a lot of money on this; if we don’t go and take a look, wouldn’t we be losing out greatly?”

Two beautiful-looking female Cultivators were standing on a small hill, looking at a yellowed and curled map.

”But how does this look like it was deliberately made to look old? Look, the ink hasn’t been dry for long.”

Chen Xianling pointed to a corner of the map, her words carrying a hint of helplessness.

In the ten years since they came down the mountain, the two had set off from Luoyun City, stopped and went along the way, and finally arrived at Mu Prefecture in the Southern Border.

A day ago, the two found someone selling a map of an ancient Cultivator’s Immortal Cave at a Cultivator market in Mu Prefecture, and the asking price was extremely expensive.

When Chen Xianting saw it, she took out Spirit Stones and bought it without a word.

Such behavior left Chen Xianling speechless, but she didn’t say anything; if her younger sister wanted to buy it, then let her buy it.

Then, the two followed the map’s guidance to this place, a desolate small hill.

On the way, they encountered many Robber Cultivators who came specifically for them.

Chen Xianting’s extravagant behavior made them large, fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Fortunately, both were at the Foundation Establishment Peak cultivation level, practiced a Sixth-grade Cultivation Technique, and had Spiritual Artifacts to protect their path.

Those Robber Cultivators were all killed by the two of them, and not a single one was let go.

”Sister Lingling, everything has a connection; maybe this is where our Opportunity lies.”

Chen Xianting put away the map, blinked her large eyes, and pulled Chen Xianling’s hand, acting like a spoiled child.

”If Uncle Zhu Xiao finds out, he will definitely scold you.”

Chen Xianling reached out and rubbed Chen Xianting’s hair.

”He wouldn’t dare!”

”With Aunt Mo here, my dad wouldn’t dare to scold me.”

Chen Xianting jumped up like a rabbit, hands on her hips, looking like she wasn’t afraid.

”Alright, Tingting, shouldn’t we set off?”

Chen Xianling said sternly.

”Let me see, we still have to go south for about one hundred and twenty thousand miles, and then find a mountain shaped like an elephant’s trunk; the entrance to that ancient Immortal Cave is there.”

Chen Xianting took out the map again, carefully checked it, and after confirming there was no problem, pulled Chen Xianling and flew to the south.