History's Number 1 Founder

by Stayrr

He time-traveled and got a system but Lin Feng’s pressure is as big as a mountain. System main quest: Ling Feng creates a school, establishing history’s number 1 sect, Ling Feng himself becoming the number 1 founder. And so to become history’s number 1 founder Lin Feng started to work hard. “Your name is Shi Tianhao? Natural born supreme king but it was stolen by your cousin. No

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Chapter 386: Where is Mount Yujing?

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Hundreds and thousands of the black sword filled with deathly aura flew towards Yu Xintao's ice soul.

The surrounding snow was torn apart instantaneously as the swords approached the ice soul.

Yu Xintao's black ice soul started to shake tremendously, but after being hit by the swords, it was not destroyed. It was still in perfect condition.

The cold aura was emanated again, causing the swords to be frozen too. All of them were converted into black ice crystals. As it tremored, they were crushed and became powder.

As Lin Feng saw this, he pondered, "Without my original self, the power of the Two Elements of Creation is still not at its peak."

Yu Xintao seemed to understand this point too. The cold aura of the black ice soul became heavier and heavier, disrupting the formation.

As Lin Feng saw this, he laughed, "Killing you is a little hard, but trapping you is good enough already."

He clasped his hands and the Two Elements of Creation Formation developed a change again.

Heaven and Earth Change and the Changes of Life and Death surfaced at this point. They intersected and combined to enable the destructive power of the Two Elements of Creation to reach a new high.

Yu Xintao felt the pressure at this point, "Is this the true power of the formation?"

After combining with the Changes of Life and Death, the original Heaven and Earth Change reached one level higher in terms of its power.

The Two Elements of Creation Formation that Lin Feng possessed was still in an incomplete state. The Six Forms of Creation and Destruction and Six Forms of Change were still needed. When they gathered, the interaction and interchange would make the formation complete.

When the complete Two Elements of Creation Formation was formed, every single change of the Six Forms of Creation and Destruction would be able to unleash its true power.

Before this, even with the Purple Clouds, Heaven and Earth Change from the Central Wutu Divine Light, Soul Creator Seal and the Changes of Life and Death of the Deathly Gas Stone, it could only be said to reveal its potential powers.

Even so, when the two different changes were activated, it was much powerful than the previous Heaven and Earth Change and Changes of Life and Death.

As he faced the ferocious Two Elements of Creation Formation, Yu Xintao's black ice soul jerked tremendously.

The heart of the ice soul revealed an ancient book.

When the book appeared, the entire world seemed to plunge into the Ice Age, when all matter was destroyed and everything was barren.

There was only cold in the mortal world. Most of life was destroyed and there was not a single hint of warmth. It was a depressing sight.

"Theorem of Xuanming!" Lin Feng's eyes lit up and recognized that it was the heirloom of the Yu Clan. The Theorem of Xuanming was an Immortal Soul Stage magic treasure that only the head of the Yu Clan could control and cultivate.

This Theorem of Xuanming was where the Yu Clan's Mantra of Xuanming and the Xuanming Primordial Water originated from.

When the treasure was shown, it helped to stop the various changes in the Two Elements of Creation Formation. In the hands of an Immortal Soul Stage elder, the magic treasure would unleash its full potential. Boundless cold aura would be released and drag the world within the Two Elements of Creation Formation into the Ice Age.

Lin Feng clasped his hands and conjured a spell. This caused the power of the Two Elements of Creation Formation to be maximized. The Heaven and Earth Change as well as the Changes of Life and Death bred vast changes, causing great turmoil and reversing life and death.

Both parties entered a stalemate.

However, overall, Yu Xintao's Theorem of Xuanming had an upper hand. Following the shift of time, it was able to eventually freeze the changes in the Two Elements of Creation formation. It was just that it took a little longer.

However, this was nothing satisfying for Yu Xintao. This was because his opponent was Lin Feng's Avatar.

The power of the formation was thoroughly shown on this occasion. For such a powerful formation like the Two Elements of Creation Formation to be brought around, it was a frightening sight, especially when it was the kind of formation that stabilized a sect.

Lin Feng tried to figure out in his heart, "If my original self was here, I can take him on for a longer time. To determine a victor, I fear that may take forever."

"Is this the power of an Immortal Soul Stage cultivator in the first level? It's just that everyone is different and thus it is not good to judge what level he is on based on his avatar. I have to spar with him before I can make an accurate judgment."

Lin Feng thought of Shi Zongyue and felt a little pitiful, "I can only observe. It is unclear what the true power of an Immortal Soul Stage cultivator is in the second level. But I think it should be much better than in the first stage."

Although his situation was becoming more and more precarious, Lin Feng did not panic. He continued to engage Yu Xintao patiently. On the other hand, Yu Xintao became more and more paranoid.

To form the Immortal Soul, one's Determination had to be strong. Furthermore, his sensitivity would be more pronounced. Yu Xintao had an ominous feeling rising from the bottom of his heart.

He could tell that if he was patient, he would eventually defeat Lin Feng However, Yu Xintao still said decisively, "Comrade, things don't seem right. We have to end this battle."

"I have the same thought." An unclear but sharp voice resonated from outside the formation.

The sky was torn apart without any warning. A young man walked out from the broken sky.

Although it was their first time meeting, Lin Feng could recognize that guy.

He was the Heavenly Wind Holy Man, the Aeolus Sect leader who was rumored to have retreated on the Holy Wind Mountain.

This person had been hiding within the Nine Heavens Squall Formation without making a move. On one hand, he was respecting Yu Xintao. On the other hand, he was trying to support the Nine Heavens Squall Formation, so as to take precautions against Lin Feng commanding Mount Yujing to crush the place.

This time, the Yu Clan and Aeolus Sect were serious. Their elders were activated and the two Immortal Soul Stage Elders combined hands to make sure everything went well.

Lin Feng's Mount Yujing and his showing at the Sea of the Northern Winds where he resisted the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation caught the attention of the Heavenly Wind Holy Man and the Xuanming Holy Man.

Just now, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man also felt an ominous feeling. His feeling was even more intense than Yu Xintao.

Yu Xintao's willingness to put down his face in this critical moment was matched by the Heavenly Wind Holy Man's intentions. Since Lin Feng's original self and Mount Yujing had disappeared, they would take care of their opponents right before them first.

Xiao Budian, Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and the rest were also part of the target in this operation.

As he saw the Heavenly Wind Holy Man appeared, Lin Feng revealed a smile on his face, "Heavenly Wind Holy Man, I have long heard of you. This is our first time meeting."

As the Heavenly Wind Holy Man raised his hand, the peaceful skies outside the formation started to be twisted.

Gusts and gusts of shapeless and invisible squalls started to appear, causing space to be disrupted. The brutal and violent Nine Heavens Formless Squall seemed very obedient in the Heavenly Wind Holy Man's hand.

But once it was released, it became a savage beast that tore the skies apart.

The entire sky was shaking and the peaks of Mount Kunlun were flattened by the squall. The grooves were converted into grand canyons as the squall hit.

Initially, it was formless and was used to defend against Mount Yujing, but now the Nine Heavens Squall Formation changed its target. It targeted the internal parts of the Two Elements of Creation Formation.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man said quietly, "How can I let anyone invade into my territory? Furthermore, you killed my disciples. I have to destroy the Celestial Sect of Wonders then."

Lin Feng laughed, "What you said is right. It is the same reasoning for me."

"Yes." The Heavenly Wind Holy Man nodded his head and said honestly, "That is why I must gain the upper hand today."

He waved his hand and wanted to command the attack of the Nine Heavens Squall Formation. But before he made the move, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man was stunned.

Following that, his face revealed a hint of shock.

As he noticed that, Yu Xintao's heart sank suddenly. He knew that something grave must have happened, otherwise the Heavenly Wind Holy Man would not have such a reaction.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man rubbed his hands and a light circle appeared in space. There was an image that made him shocked and furious.

The Holy Wind Mountain was under the attack of a sea of golden fire. Above the sea of fire, there was a blinding sun and a demonic aura filled the skies.

As Lin Feng saw this scene, he pondered, "There are really two sets of the Nine Heavens Squall Formation. From the looks of it, they are equally powerful. This is interesting. How did the Aeolus Sect manage to do it?"

Such a large-scale formation must have required a lot of effort and resources. A large part of the formation was very special and the magic treasures needed in the formation were even more rare. Not to say that it was impossible to form it, but it was too difficult already.

"If there were leftover resources, why did they not strengthen one formation instead?" Lin Feng pondered, "Maybe this is the secret weapon of the Aeolus Sect. The Golden Crow Grand Sage has always missed the Aeolus Sect, don't tell me it's for this reason?"

"Why did that Golden Crow come at this time?" The Heavenly Wind Holy Man turned his head and looked at Lin Feng furiously, "It's you?!"

Lin Feng smiled, "What?"

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man stared at Lin Feng and the deathly aura around him became stronger and stronger. The entire place was filled with the brutal squall.

Lin Feng said calmly, "Without you holding the fort at the Holy Wind Mountain, even with the second Nine Heavens Squall Formation, they can resist an average opponent but not the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

The Nine Heavens Squall Formation was a good formation, but it was not comparable to outstanding formations like the Two Elements of Creation Formation, Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation and the Vairocana Formation.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man took a deep breath and withheld his anger. He stared at Lin Feng coldly and said, "The Holy Wind Mountain is the foundation of the Aeolus Sect for hundred thousands of years. Even without me, it would not be easily destroyed by that Golden Crow. I will like to challenge you to see whose formation will be destroyed first?"

Lin Feng smiled, "Whether you leave or stay, do as you please."

"However, there is not harm guessing, where is my Mount Yujing?"

As they heard that, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man and Yu Xintao's expression changed. It was crashing down like rain!

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Chapter 387: Using the Aurous Core to Kill the Nascent Soul

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Where is Mount Yujing?

Besides Lin Feng, no one knew. But it was not difficult to guess. One just had to think about what was the most beneficial to Lin Feng to guess the location of Mount Yujing.

If Lin Feng brought Mount Yujing along with the Golden Crow Grand Sage to destroy the Holy Wind Mountain, then the Aeolus Sect's foundation would be destroyed without a doubt. If the Heavenly Wind Holy Man remained to kill Xiao Budian and the rest with Yu Xintao, then the Celestial Sect of Wonders' foundation would be destroyed too.

But the question was, would Lin Feng attempt such a gamble?

If Mount Yujing was hidden somewhere close, then Lin Feng would be in a winning position.

If the Heavenly Wind Holy Man did not leave, when Mount Yujing crashed down, it would not be good for him and Yu Xintao. The Celestial Sect of Wonders' disciples would not be placed in a precarious situation while the Holy Wind Mountain would continue to be under attack by the Golden Crow Grand Sage. Without the Heavenly Wind Holy Man holding the fort, it would not be able to sustain for long. The Aeolus Sect was in a crisis.

If the Heavenly Wind Holy Man returned to the Holy Wind Mountain, then Lin Feng did not even have to use Mount Yujing. His original self just needed to rush over to make things difficult for Yu Xintao. If he commanded Mount Yujing to crash down, Yu Xintao would most likely perish.

This reasoning was understood by the Heavenly Wind Holy Man and Yu Xintao, which made their expressions change.

"Please understand, Comrade Yu. I have to return." The Heavenly Wind Holy Man sighed. He looked at the Two Elements of Creation Formation for one last time before disappearing, travelling through space to return to the Holy Wind Mountain.

Since he wanted to go, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man also brought the Nine Heavens Squall Formation along with him. Without him controlling the formation, it would not be able to resist if Mount Yujing crashed down.

Yu Xintao was in low spirits at this point. The Heavenly Holy Man just left, which left him in a disastrous predicament.

The alliance between the Aeolus Sect and the Yu Clan had been cut. Yu Xintao wanted to retreat, but Yu Yiluan and the rest of the Yu Clan Nascent Soul Grandmasters were still stuck in the Two Elements of Creation Formation. If he just left, then all of them would be abandoned there.

For the Heavenly Wind Holy Man, there was a similar problem. Although he returned to the Holy Wind Mountain, all his efforts were wasted, which made him regretful.

Lin Feng looked at Yu Xintao and smiled, "Please try to guess whether you will break through my formation first or will I kill more Yu Clan Nascent Soul Stage cultivator?"

In front of Yu Xintao, a light illusion suddenly appeared. As the final image stabilized, Yu Xintao became even more depressed as he saw it.

The Yu Clan Nascent Soul Stage Grandmaster, Yu Shiling, was fighting Xiao Budian. It was just that Shi Tianhao was gaining the upper hand.

The tides changed. Initially, due to Yu Yiluan's Cosmic Form, Shi Tianhao was under a lot of pressure and was on the losing end. But now that they were stuck within the Two Elements of Creation Formation, Yu Shiling was the one who was pressured and was being defeated by Shi Tianhao.

With the help of the two Nascent Soul Stage magic items, Shi Tianhao's power was only slightly below Yu Shiling. With the geographical advantage that he had, Xiao Budian was at an advantage.

Yu Shiling was extremely down now. Although the power of the Two Elements of Creation Formation was mainly used to deal with Yu Xintao, just separating a portion of it was enough to influence the result between him and Shi Tianhao.

Shi Tianhao looked at Yu Shiling, "You can feel angry. Even though I am in the Aurous Core Stage, I can defeat you in the Intermediate Stage of the Nascent Soul Stage.

As he said, Shi Tianhao extended his head. A light golden hammer appeared in his right hand. He grabbed the hammer and knocked it against the Green Bronze Ding of Emptiness.

Golden ripples that looked like water ripples appeared in space, crushing Yu Shiling's Xuanming Primordial Water.

Yu Shiling's expression changed. Who knew Xiao Budian went even further. He stretched his left hand and revealed a piece of golden silk.

Before his opponent could even react, Xiao Budian pasted the piece of golden silk on himself. His entire body flashed with a golden radiance.

He looked in the sky and roared, emanating a ferocious aura.

Normally, many people judged Shi Tianhao to be like a cub of an Immemorial Demon. This was used to describe him having extraordinary abilities even though he was young.

However, now, after Shi Tianhao pasted the golden silk on himself, he was not like a cub of an Immemorial Demon anymore. He was like a live Immemorial Demon descending in the mortal world, who was extremely fierce.

At least towards Yu Shiling, the person standing in front of him was like a ferocious demon.

During the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, Shi Tianhao shocked everyone. But in truth, because he did not use any magic item and only his own abilities to fight his opponents, that wasn't his or Zhu Yi's strongest self.

This piece of golden silk was obtained when Shi Tianhao, Yue Hongyan, Zhuge Fengling and the rest went to retrieve the Avīci Infernal Gale. Although it looked like a piece of silk, Lin Feng confirmed that it was actually the skin of a Grand Sage in the demonic clan who had an Undying Demon Soul.

It contained a tremendous power as well as deep principles of Taoism. It was only after Xiao Budian promoted to the Intermediate Stage of the Aurous Core Stage did he understand part of the wonders behind it. Now that he put on the skin of the beast, his powers were boosted greatly.

Shi Tianhao's body was converted entirely to a golden color. The surface of his body seemed to carry a continuous movement of runes. He was holding the Hammer of the Yellow Heaven Bell while the Green Bronze Ding of Emptiness was floating beside him. Above him, an ancient, circular mirror that was constructed out of ice soul was floating and the mirror light was pointing towards Yu Shiling.

"Today, I will kill a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator." Xiao Budian said. His tone was calm and he did not seem to hesitate.

Not just killing a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator in the Beginner Stage, but one in the Intermediate Stage!

Yu Shiling took a deep breath and said coldly, "Although it is not worth, I shall exchange my life for your defeat today." As he finished, a huge amount of Xuanming Primordial Water appeared and was converted to countless black water droplets that were extremely cultivated. They circled around him.

They did not continue talking and the battle continued with even more intensity then before.

Yu Xintao saw this scene and had nothing to say. But his black ice soul and Theorem of Xuanming gained even greater powers, sweeping the entire internal world within the Two Elements of Creation Formation.

The Yu Clan was risking their lives. So was the Heavenly Wind Holy Man. His pain was immense at this point in time.

4 Nascent Soul Stage cultivators – 2 in the Intermediate Stage and 2 in the Advanced Stage – were trapped within Lin Feng's formation. If they were all killed, even if the Heavenly Wind Holy Man managed to preserve the Holy Wind Mountain, the Aeolus Sect would also be placed in a precarious position.

Such a large-scale battle had already led to huge losses, and it was not just a simple description of physical injuries or harm towards one's vital energy.

But the Heavenly Wind Hoy Man had no other choice. If the Golden Crow Grand Sage destroyed the Nine Heavens Squall Formation of the Holy Wind Mountain, the entire Aeolus Sect would be wiped clean and years of foundation would come to naught.

"If it can hold for some time, then it will be fine." The Heavenly Wind Holy Man bore a hatred in his heart, "Celestial Sect of Wonders! After this is over, the Aeolus Sect will take its revenge!"

As long as the Heavenly Wind Holy Man could protect the Holy Wind Mountain for some time, the other Immortal Soul Stage Elders of the Divine Lands would not watch as a Great Demonic Saint wreak havoc in the mortal world. This had nothing to do with benefits, but the bottomline between both clans.

"Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, you colluded with the demonic clan. Let's see how you can explain that. I want to watch as your reputation is ruined!"

As he thought of that, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man travelled hundred thousands of miles through space. After a while, he finally arrived at the Holy Wind Mountain.

At this point, the Holy Wind Mountain was covered in a sea of fire. The wave of heat caused the entire world to be razed to the ground.

Only the Holy Wind Mountain that was protected by the Nine Heavens Formless Squall was there and it was attacked continuously by flames.

Above it, there were two suns burning all matter beneath it.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage unleashed all that he had and his entire body seemed to be converted into the Sun. As he burned in the sky, he was like the real Sun.

"Hand it over or the Aeolus Sect would be wiped out today!"

As he saw the Heavenly Wind Holy Man rushing over, the Golden Crow Grand Sage did not bother and laughed loudly.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man snorted, "Just worry about whether you can even return to the Barren Lands."

His figure flashed and he had already returned to the Holy Wind Mountain to hold the fort.

With the Immortal Soul Stage cultivator around, the power of the Nine Heavens Squall Formation experienced a huge change. The ferocious squall was like thousands of sharp spears, attacking the sea of fire outside it.

The squall collided with the sea of fire, causing a huge explosion.

The flames were extinguished by the squall while the squall was destroyed by the fire.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man was stationed in the pavilion within the Holy Wind Mountain. He looked at the two Suns in the sky expressionlessly. He used his hands to conjure a spell.

A loud "boom" rang out. Above the Holy Wind Mountain, a huge gap was formed as space exploded. Over there, there were unlimited squalls blowing.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man used the Nine Heavens Squall Formation to communicate with the Heavenly Squall Layer in the Nine Heavens. Over there, it was filled with countless and the most primitive Nine Heavens Formless Squall. It was very dangerous there. It was also in the same level as the Void Storm that caused many cultivators to be afraid of. Even if an Immortal Soul Stage Elder could enter, he was not safe.

The formation was so frightening because it tapped on the natural power of the Heavens and Earth to gain an advantage.

The Nine Heavens Squall Formation was like the Two Elements of Creation Formation and Nine Luminaries Heaven Crushing Formation, which could shift their positions. This was because the geographical condition that it relied on was not the Holy Wind Mountain but the Heavenly Squall Layer.

Under the guidance of the Nine Heavens Squall Formation, the brutal, primitive squall descended and destroyed the sea of fire surrounding the Holy Wind Mountain almost immediately. It then targeted the Sun in the sky that the Golden Crow Grand Sage converted to. It was a huge battle.

This was the scary part of the Nine Heavens Squall Formation.

Although the powers of the Golden Crow Grand Sage were above the Heavenly Wind Holy Man by not just a level, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man could resist it as he controlled the Nine Heavens Squall Formation.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man heaved a sigh of relief, "Good, as long as I protect it for some time, this demon will know when to retreat. Unless it wants to be surrounded and killed."

At this point, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man had a feeling and he turned his head to look in another direction of space.

Over there, the space seemed to be like boiling water, as it started to vibrate vigorously.

A purple mist started to surface in the sky and expanded in all directions. Suddenly, the entire sky was dyed purple.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man was shocked, "How is this possible?!"

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Chapter 388: Mount Yujing Versus Holy Wind Mountain!

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Purple mist started to surface in the skies, forming a sea of purple mist.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man was shocked as he looked at the sea of purple mist. In the center of it, a huge mountain that was like a white jade appeared.

There was a frightening vibration of mana, that was as vast as the skies and as boundless as the oceans.

Above the mountain, there were six bridges of rainbow clouds which connected six oddly-looking caves.

Some of them were burning with flames, some of them were cold and barren while some of them were snowy.

All six of the caves were filled with the squall and thunderous clouds, that surrounded the mountain as a form of protection!

At the peak of the mountain, there was a huge rainbow treasure tree that covered the skies. Its branches extended into many worlds and connected the entire space.

At the top of the tree, there was a man in purple standing. He looked indifferent and he was smiling. He looked at the Heavenly Wind Holy Man. It was Lin Feng's original self.

Lin Feng looked calm and peaceful, as if he came to the Holy Wind Mountain for a vacation. But as the Heavenly Wind Holy Man saw him, he was shocked.

"Are you betting?" The Heavenly Wind Holy Man asked bitterly. Lin Feng heard it and laughed while shaking his head, "Mount Yujing and I were at the central part of the Mount Kunlun just now. I was watching you and the Xuanming Holy Man quietly.

"In fact, I followed you to the Holy Wind Mountain."

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man looked at Lin Feng skeptically. After a while, he snorted, "The leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders really does hold the Aeolus Sect in high regard."

Lin Feng intention was clear. Wherever the Heavenly Wind Holy Man went, he and Mount Yujing would follow. If he had remained where he was and continued to fight along Yu Xintao, then Lin Feng and Mount Yujing would crash down on them.

But the Heavenly Wind Holy Man decided to return to the Holy Wind Mountain, the crisis experienced by the Steel Tree Avatar and the other disciples were averted. Lin Feng then chased him all the way to the Holy Wind Mountain with Mount Yujing.

"Both our sects are too geopolitically connected. We might have conflicts but we are not arch-enemies." The Heavenly Wind Holy Man looked at Lin Feng weirdly. "But because of Shi Tianhao, the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Yu Clan are bound to have a battle with that man with polycoria.

"Shouldn't Yu Xintao be your main target? You brought Mount Yujing to deal with me. Even though Yu Xintao cannot do anything about the situation there, but you also can't make him stay with just your avatar.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "I didn't plan on keep him."

"You…" The Heavenly Wind Holy Man had a sudden realization, "You want to leave him for the Great Qin Empire?"

Lin Feng laughed. He did not admit nor deny.

Although he could not tell Wu Qingrou's detailed plan, the signs showed that regardless which side Wu Qingrou stood on, the conflict between the central powers of the Great Qin Empire and the aristocratic families were bound to be set off.

Under such a circumstance, getting rid of Yu Xintao was as good as helping the Great Qin Empire. As a strong neighbor to the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Lin Feng would wish that the Great Qin Empire would be in as much turmoil as possible. In this way, there was sufficient space for development for the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Don't think that the Great Qin Empire was treating the Celestial Sect of Wonders well by inviting them to the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai. As the Celestial Sect of Wonders grew stronger, this would cause the Great Qin Empire to be warier. They would then change their mind and try to restrict the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Another reason that was only understood by Lin Feng and could not be told to others was that the Yu Clan was a gift Lin Feng left for Xiao Budian to gain experience.

The right-hand man of his enemy was exactly the stepping stone he needed to rise up. As Xiao Budian achieved success, the Yu Clan would become obsolete. Lin Feng did not need to put in so much effort. He could just wait and watch the show.

Xiao Budian just had to fight his way up level by level. Eventually, he will reach the "boss" level where he would topple the toughest challenger.

What Lin Feng needed was to avoid having the "boss" appearing at the wrong time and finding Xiao Budian, who was not qualified yet.

Whereas getting rid of the Heavenly Wind Holy Man brought about many benefits.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man used his hands to conjure a different spell. He retrieved the squall back from the fight against the Golden Crow Grand Sage and converted it to a shield of squall, using it to protect the Holy Wind Mountain.

Facing the pressure brought about by the Golden Crow Grand Sage and Lin Feng, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man could only defend.

His entire hope was pinned on the human cultivators who heard that the Golden Crow Grand Sage came to the Divine Lands.

"Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, you allow a Taotie on your mountain, which is already a mistake. Now you even collude with a Golden Crow. You are finished in the human cultivation word!" The Heavenly Wind Holy Man stared at Lin Feng coldly, "Let's see how you can explain yourself."

Lin Feng looked at the Heavenly Wind Holy Man and revealed a smile on his face. He thought, "Getting rid of you is the first part to my plan. If not, I will really be charged for colluding with a demon."

He stood at the peak of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree and clasped his hands together to conjure a spell. He said, "How I explain is none of your concern."

Lin Feng achieved a balance between his state of mind, Mount Yujing, Black Heavenly Treasure Tree and the sea of purple mist. They combined.

The sea of purple mist started to surge and surrounded Mount Yujing. Following that, outside of the purple mist, a colorful and flashing light circle appeared, forming a perfect ball shape. It contained Mount Yujing, the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree and the sea of purple mist.

As the Heavenly Wind Holy Man saw this scene, his entire face changed. He looked at the light ball and he could clearly feel a miraculous and magnificent concept from within it.

It was as if he faced a perfect world where hundred thousands of power concept banded and combined.

"Boomboomboom!" The surrounding space around the light circle resonated explosion sounds. It was as if the boundaries between worlds rubbed together, causing wear and tear.

Not only was the Heavenly Wind Holy Man shocked, the Golden Crow Grand Sage was also overwhelmed.

Everyone, including the Great Demonic Saints and Demon Lord, knew about Lin Feng's control of Mount Yujing.

Everyone knew that Mount Yujing was the location where the Celestial Sect of Wonders reside and it could shift its position. As a result, Lin Feng was unafraid of entering enemy territories. He could easily command Mount Yujing to remove the geographical advantage his opponents might have.

But nobody knew what kind of power Mount Yujing possessed.

Previously at Shazhou County, Mount Yujing descended suddenly, crushing two Nascent Souk Stage cultivators in the Beginner Stage. It was like crushing two mosquitoes, and did not reveal its true abilities.

Even till now, Mount Yujing had only revealed a small portion of what it was truly capable of.

"I must take caution. If I am not careful, I may be forced to stay here along with the Aeolus Sect."

This was the first thought in the Golden Crow Grand Sage's head.

However, what made the Golden Crow Grand Sage slightly relieved was the fact that even though Mount Yujing demonstrated its intimidating powers now, there was an obvious conflict between its powers and that of the Greater World. Although its powers were great, it was very rigid.

Using it to attack the Holy Wind Mountain was very suitable. But if it was used to attack the Heavenly Wind Holy Man, who was very flexible, then it was unsuitable.

Overcoming it was difficult, but escaping from it was possible.

Although he was trying to comfort himself, the Golden Crow Grand Sage was also fearful as he saw Mount Yujing attacking the Holy Wind Mountain.

"Boom!"

With the light ball covering it, Mount Yujing came crashing down on the Holy Wind Mountain. Space was torn apart as Mount Yujing went past it, as if a broken mirror.

The boundaries within space were torn apart by Mount Yujing!

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man was shocked and he used his hands to conjure spells up continuously. He continued to use the brutal Nine Heavens Formless Squall from the Heavenly Squall Layer to beef up the defense of the Holy Wind Mountain, pushing the powers of the Nine Heavens Squall Formation to the extreme.

He roared and stripped off his humanly figure, converting himself into a formless and powerful squall, infusing himself into the Nine Heavens Squall Formation.

At the same time, a huge fan appeared above the peak of the Holy Wind Mountain. It fanned away from the mountain, causing a huge storm.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man was putting his entire life on the line. He revealed his Immortal Soul Avatar and whipped out the Heavenly Wind Treasure Fan. All the powers were unleashed at this point.

He knew that if he didn't put everything on the line, he would no longer have the opportunity to.

At this point, the wall of wind outside the Holy Wind Mountain started to be formed by layers and layers of squall. They were forming an entity and lost the trait of formlessness. On the other hand, it became bright and colorful.

The defensive ability was raised to the extreme and the Golden Crow Grand Sage could not break through it. Due to this, he could only look at the Holy Wind Mountain but not get what he wanted.

However, it was useless in front of Mount Yujing.

It was like an all-conquering king and also seemed like the work of the Nine Heavens – that the Celestial Emperor descended.

The entire place was shaking and unlimited spiritual energy was released. The light ball surrounding Mount Yujing crashed hard on the Nine Heavens Squall Formation.

Mount Yujing versus the Holy Wind Mountain!

As the place resonated with a boom, the entire place seemed to descend into chaos. The mountains surrounding the Holy Wind Mountain collapsed and became flat ground!

The vast land was only left with the Holy Wind Mountain. It was the end of the road.

The wall of wind started to flash and it was almost destroyed.

What made the Heavenly Wind Holy Man depressed was that this was only the start of the attack by Mount Yujing.

As the light ball pressed against the wall of wind, an immense power came crashing down hard on the Holy Wind Mountain.

The Holy Wind Mountain was like a grasshopper trying to block a car – failing terribly as it tried to.

The surrounding land started to collapse under the frightening vibration of mana. The resilient ground was converted into powder and dust filled the air. It was as if the place around the Holy Wind Mountain had experienced a sandstorm.

Alas, the light ball surrounding Mount Yujing had retreated and rose to mid-sky.

But before the Holy Wind Mountain could take a break, the light ball came crashing on it again.

Mount Yujing was entirely brutal now. It gathered all its power into doing one thing.

Crash! Crash! Crash!

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Chapter 389: From Today Onwards, There is Only One Voice on Mount Kunlun!

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The Golden Crow Grand Sage stood at one corner and looked as Mount Yujing threatened to knock a hole in the Greater World of the Divine Lands. He shuddered as he thought of it.

"Let him deal with the Holy Wind Mountain. I shall not rush to make a move. Let's wait for the Holy Wind Mountain to be destroyed first." The Golden Crow Grand Sage thought, "If he can kill the Heavenly Wind Holy Man, that would be great. But I don't think he will do that. He just wants to destroy the Holy Win Mountain."

"When everything is over and I return to the Barren Lands, I must think of something to knock Lin Feng down. This is to repress him. Otherwise, if he works with Mount Yujing, it will be very difficult to deal with."

The Golden Crow Grand Sage thought, "If I publicize the content of my communication with Lin Feng, I can create an upheaval within the human clan. In this way, his situation will not be ideal."

During the Golden Crow Grand Sage's time of consideration, Lin Feng commanded Mount Yujing to crash against the Holy Wind Mountain for a second time.

Lin Feng calculated in his heart, "Mount Yujing, Black Heavenly Treasure Tree and the Purple Clouds are all powerful enough, but my cultivation needs to be increased."

"As long as I rise to the Advanced Stage of the Nascent Soul Stage and develop the Cosmic Form, I can command Mount Yujing to destroy the Nine Heavens Squall Formation in just one try."

The second attack of Mount Yujing was fiercer than the first one.

It was like a king who had been defamed and was looking at his protestor.

But the Holy Wind Mountain was in huge trouble. After being attacked by Mount Yujing, the wall of wind formed by the Nine Heavens Squall Formation had already changed its shape and was on the verge of collapsing.

Now that it suffered an even more powerful attack, the wall was crushed and was converted back to the squall. Under the pressure by Mount Yujing, it dissipated.

A shockwave formed by the squall used the Holy Wind Mountain as its center and it expanded in all directions, like a sharp spear that destroyed everything in its path.

During the first attack, the mountain peaks surrounding the Holy Wind Mountain had been entirely destroyed. Now, the shockwave caused an even greater destruction in mountains further away from the mountain.

The Nine Heavens Squall Formation was destroyed totally. The Immortal Soul Avatar of the Heavenly Wind Holy Man was also forced out of the formation. He was hardly hit at the pavilion on the top of the Holy Wind Mountain and converted back to his human form. He looked extremely embarrassed.

He quickly grabbed the Heavenly Wind Treasure Fan and looked in all directions. His eyes were filled with rage.

In the past, the Holy Wind Mountain was protected by the squall. It was very mysterious and others could hardly see the peak of the mountain clearly.

However, now that the squall was dissipated, the mountain peak was clear. The Holy Wind Mountain was now like someone whose clothing had been stripped off.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man stared at Mount Yujing, "Lin Feng!"

At the peak of Mount Yujing and at the top of the treasure tree, Lin Feng said calmly, "Since you colluded with the Yu Clan, you should have expected such a conclusion."

"From now on, there is only one voice on Mount Kunlun."

"The voice of the Celestial Sect of Wonders!"

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man was enraged and almost crushed the Heavenly Wind Treasure Fan in his hands.

Lin Feng did not continue talking nonsense with him, but did not command Mount Yujing to continue attacking. He just remained in space quietly.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage thought that it was a pity. He knew that Lin Feng would not continue attacking, but the Nine Heavens Squall Formation was already broken. Furthermore, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man was also hurt during the process. To the Golden Crow Grand Sage, this was already enough.

Even if he was not hurt, without the Nine Heavens Squall Formation, he was also not as powerful as the Golden Crow Grand Sage. What more now?

As the Heavenly Wind Holy Man was raging in desperation, the Golden Crow Grand Sage used the Grand Sun Primordial Fire to carry away the Holy Wind Mountain.

The Grand Sun Primordial Fire was raging with flames. Under the high temperature, the entire Holy Wind Mountain was slowly being dissolved.

As he watched the entire skies raged with fire, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man almost spat out blood. He knew that the years of foundation of the Aeolus Sect was over!

It was a huge blow to him. As he looked at Mount Yujing, he felt a tinge of regret.

Regret and Hatred. These emotions had not been felt for many years, but at this moment, they had appeared.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man sighed. He fanned the Heavenly Wind Treasure Fan to separate the sea of fire created by the Grand Sun Primordial Fire, preparing to break out.

As the foundation had collapsed and the Aeolus Sect was exterminated, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man felt heart pain. But if he continued to dilly-dally, even he would be implicated.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage could not let him escape and chased after him.

Although he left, the Grand Sun Primordial Fire that he left on the Holy Wind Mountain was not extinguished. Lin Feng watched the sea of fire from Mount Yujing and saw a weird beast struggling in the sea fire. It had a body of a deer, head like a sparrow, had horns and a snake tail. Its entire body was also filled with a green essence.

The Aeolus Sect reared spiritual beasts, the most famous being the Feilian. This weird beast that Lin Feng was looking at was the Feilian Demon King that the Aeolus Sect reared. The other cross-bred Feilians were possible only because of it.

The Feilian was a high-quality, wind-type spiritual beast. Lin Feng had always wanted to make a Feilian in the Demon Lord realm. Along with the Kui Cow King, they wanted to unleash the potential of the Wind and Thunder Parturition Talisman Formation to the fullest.

Although this Feilian had already formed the Demon Soul and reached the realm of a Demon Lord, it was still unable to escape from the Grand Sun Primordial Fire caused by the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

Lin Feng used his mana to grab the Feilian and brought it back to Mount Yujing.

He guided Mount Yujing to break through space and flew in the direction that the Golden Crow Grand Sage and the Heavenly Wind Holy Man went.

"Time is running out. The human clan Immortal Soul Stage cultivator sent to deal with the Golden Crow Grand Sage should be reaching soon." Lin Feng calculated in his head. The Golden Crow Grand Sage and the Heavenly Wind Holy Man were battling in front. As they chased and escaped, they became slower, which allowed Lin Feng to catch up.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man had already been trapped by the Golden Crow Grand Sage's Grand Sun Primordial Fire. He could tap on the Nine Heavens Formless Squall to resist.

If the Golden Crow Grand Sage had not put half his attention on Lin Feng, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man would be defeated sooner.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage stole a glance at Mount Yujing before he looked at the Heavenly Wind Holy Man coldly, "Heavenly Wind, you should know what I want. If you hand it over, I won't make it difficult for you."

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man's gaze flashed. He knew that the Golden Crow Grand Sage was fearful of Lin Feng.

As long as he got what he wanted, the Golden Crow Grand Sage would let things go. He was happy to let the Heavenly Wind Holy Man live and watch as the human cultivators engage in an internal dispute.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man was decisive and whipped out a round pearl, which flashed with a gentle radiance.

From Lin Feng's perspective, it was only a pearl that was as big as an adult's fist. The pearl was half transparent and it was clear that there were balls of fog within it.

A huge portion of the fog was white and only a small portion was flashing with a golden radiance.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man was silent and handed over the pearl to the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage laughed loudly. He was extremely excited and kept the pearl. He retrieved his Grand Sun Primordial Fire elatedly and let the Heavenly Wind Holy Man off.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man did not even hesitate and immediately showed his Immortal Soul Avatar. He converted into a formless squall and escaped quickly.

But Lin Feng did not give him an opportunity to. Mount Yujing came crashing down!

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man tried to dodge, but he was unable to.

Mount Yujing used its entire powers, as if it was an independent world. There was great friction between itself and the Greater World's spatial boundaries.

Although this did not influence its powers, it caused its flexibilities to greatly decrease. It was useful in dealing with an immobile Holy Wind Mountain. But against the Golden Crow Grand Sage and the Heavenly Wind Holy Man, it was less effective.

This was a problem that Lin Feng was also aware of. He wanted to solve it, but it needed him to increase his level of cultivation. After that, he had to be tightly linked to Mount Yujing, the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree and the Purple Clouds and his understanding of the way of Taoism had to be deeper.

But the Heavenly Wind Holy Man was greatly hurt in the previous incident and was also given a good beating by the Golden Crow Grand Sage. As he was gravely injured, he could not dodge Mount Yujing.

As the Heavenly Wind Holy Man saw that he was unable to escape, he could only use his Immortal Soul Stage Avatar to command the Heavenly Wind Treasure Fan to resist the pressure by Mount Yujing.

But even when he was in his peak condition with the Nine Heavens Squall Formation, he could not overcome Mount Yujing. How could he resist it now?

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man's attack landed in front of Mount Yujing with little impact.

As an Immortal Soul Stage Elder, he could only watch as he was destroyed by Mount Yujing.

His Immortal Soul Stage Avatar was a formless squall, but was torn apart by Mount Yujing's brutal force.

The squall was torn into various streaks of gaseous flow and shot in all directions. But each and every streak was further broken down by Mount Yujing. From thick to thin, from thin to even thinner, it was eventually broken down until it did not exist.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Man was getting crushed alive by Mount Yujing!

As the Golden Crow Grand Sage watched this scene, his eyes twitched, "This person is brutal! An Immortal Soul Stage cultivator is killed just like that."

After that, he realized that Mount Yujing was coming in his direction!

The Golden Crow Grand Sage laughed coldly, "You want to leave me here too. You are too greedy. I shall let you run riot today. Some other day, I will teach you a lesson."

After finished speaking, the Golden Crow Grand Sage caused a streak of golden light to appear and caused a hole in the heavens. This opened a spatial door. This was a demonic method, where he received himself from the Barren Lands. Once his mind wavered, he could deliver himself back to the Barren Lands. He did not need a tunnel between the two worlds.

Although this brought about serious consequences, the Golden Crow Grand Sage felt that it was worth it as he thought of his pearl.

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Chapter 390: Repressing the Grand Sage

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As he faced Lin Feng's attack using Mount Yujing, the Golden Crow Grand Sage had to escape.

He had already gotten what he wanted. Since he had fulfilled his goal, the Golden Crow Grand Sage was ready to return to the Barren Lands. He was also secretly calculating how long it would take for the human reinforcements to arrive.

As for his backup plan, the Golden Crow Grand Sage had already prepared beforehand. He set up a receiving spell from his nest at the Barren Lands. As long as his mind wavered, he could return to the Barren Lands through a spatial tunnel that he opened between here and his nest.

The price to pay for setting up this spell was great. Furthermore, it was only one directional. It could only send the Golden Crow Grand Sage back to his nest. After one use, it would be useless.

But the effect was great. It allowed the Golden Crow Grand Sage to leave the Divine Lands anytime he wanted. He did not need to make use of the spatial gap between the two worlds to leave.

As long as he wavered his mind, there would be a golden light appearing above his head. It would open the tunnel and allow him to fly back under the guidance of the golden light.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage was rapid. In just a split second, he had disappeared.

Lin Feng guided Mount Yujing to follow him.

"You will never catch up!" The Golden Crow Grand Sage laughed, "After today, just wait for the internal dispute within the human clan, something that all of you specialize in."

As he said, the Golden Crow Grand Sage's expression changed.

He looked at the opening of the spatial tunnel that the golden light had provided and saw a hand extending in from the opposite side.

The hand did not have a detailed color and it was very chaotic. It was huge, which well beyond a size anyone could imagine. It was so huge that one suspected that it could crush cosmos.

"Heavenly Charms!"

The Golden Crow Grand Sage roared furiously and did not even hesitate. He summoned his entire demonic powers and unleashed all of it.

Even when he was capturing the Heavenly Wind Holy Man and fighting against the Nine Heavens Squall Formation, he did not display such formidable strength.

This was because the Golden Crow Grand Sage was no longer worried about Lin Feng's scheme anymore. Not that he did not want to, but he could not.

The huge hand in front of him was a formidable opponent. If he was distracted, he would be dead.

He released the Grand Sun Primordial Fire which gathered to form a huge golden sun. Under the rays of the golden sun, a three-legged Golden Crow rose.

As the sun was too close, its radiance was even more blinding than the real Sun. It was even burning!

But the hand did not even bother. It just slapped the flaming sun, as if it was hitting a fly.

The hand and the sun collided, releasing a shockwave that was comparable to the time when Mount Yujing crashed upon the Nine Heavens Squall Formation. It caused the surrounding spiritual energy to be dissipated and the entire space collapsed.

The flames in the sky descended from as if they were torrential rain.

The hand trembled for a moment and shrank backwards rapidly. It was as if it was burnt by a flame and the center of the palm was flashing with a golden light.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage was in trouble. He was thrown back by the huge hand and his entire body of Grand Sun Primordial Fire was extinguished. His Golden Crow original self was revealed and his black feathers that were flashing with golden light came off.

Before the Golden Crow Grand Sage could regain his awareness, an immense pressure came over his head, triggering further tearing of his feathers. As he turned his head around, he saw Mount Yujing right in front of him!

After he was blocked by the huge hand, not only was the Golden Crow Grand Sage gravely hurt, his receiving spell was also disrupted and allowed Mount Yujing to catch up to him.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage was depressed. He felt what the Heavenly Wind Holy Man felt previously. He wanted to resist but he was powerless to. He wanted to hide but he was seriously injured.

Especially the fact that his present self was thrown backwards by the huge hand meant that it was almost like him knocking straight towards Mount Yujing.

Lin Feng was pleased to receive such a nice "gift". He did not stand on ceremony and unleash the full power of Mount Yujing, which destroyed everything in its way.

A huge shockwave was felt due to the collision. As a boom resonated out, it was as if a ceramic item had knocked against a hard rock.

The skies were filled with blood and dancing with feathers.

As a Grand Sage who had formed the indestructible soul, his actual body was crushed by Mount Yujing and his flesh was torn apart!

And this was just only a beginning. As his actual body was crushed, the Golden Crow Grand Sage's Demon Soul was also battered and slowly collapsed.

The Great Demonic Saints and the Human Clan Holy Man were all almost immortal. But it was still possible for them to be killed by a strong outer force.

It was the case with the Heavenly Wind Holy Man. Now it was the Golden Crow Grand Sage's turn!

The golden light that was attacked by Mount Yujing finally dissipated and was converted into a radiance.

After the huge hand struck, it did not make any more moves. It just blocked off the escape route of the Golden Crow Grand Sage. At this point, it crushed off the remaining speck of golden light that it spotted in the radiance after the Golden Crow Grand Sage's Demon Soul was battered. After that, it retreated.

Lin Feng did not bother as that was part of the agreement.

After all, the Golden Crow Grand Sage was a supreme demon that had an indestructible soul in the second level. He was much stronger than the Heavenly Wind Holy Man and could not be crushed to death so easily.

But he was absolutely depressed now. This was because when the huge hand retreated from the spatial tunnel, it destroyed the tunnel that was opened by the Golden Crow Grand Sage's receiving spell.

As the receiving spell was broken, the spatial tunnel was closed.

It left the Golden Crow Grand Sage's broken Demon Soul drifting in the mortal world. Mount Yujing was eyeing a second attack.

"Heavenly Charms!" The Golden Crow Grand Sage yelled indignantly, as Mount Yujing came crashing down on him.

As a loud boom resonated, the entire place became dusty and caused a sandstorm. As Mount Yujing landed on the ground, a strong power repressed the battered soul of the Golden Crow Grand Sage underneath the mountain.

After a while, everything seemed to settle and became peaceful.

But looking afar, the surroundings of Mount Kunlun had been destroyed.

Lin Feng stood peacefully on the top of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree. In front of him, a light figure surfaced and was moving slightly.

It was a barefooted young lady dressed in white. She looked charming as she smiled.

It was Long Ye, a talented demon that Lin Feng had met before.

Lin Feng saw her and asked, "I must address you as Long Ye Grand Sage now."

Long Ye laughed lightly and her voice was as nasal as ever, but revealed a different charm, "You are too kind, Master Lin. In front of you, I don't dare to be boastful."

Although she sounded very ceremonious, Lin Feng did not dare to look down on her. She was in the same rank as Yan Mingyue.

Although they were gravely injured previously, they were able to recover in such a short period of time. Furthermore, they became even more powerful. This made Lin Feng suspect that they had something in mind during the battle then.

It seemed as if they both perished, but they both had gained something out of it. They managed to attain a breakthrough.

However, compared to Long Ye, what made Lin Feng more bothered was her master, the Heavenly Charms Grand Sage.

Regarding this demon, Lin Feng's thoughts can be summarized into a word.

Frightening!

It was absolutely frightening. Even the Grand Crow Grand Sage was not his match. Even if it was not an ambush, the Golden Crow Grand Sage would be killed if he faced the Heavenly Charms Grand Sage.

The Grand Crow Grand Sage was fearful of the Heavenly Charms Grand Sage normally. He dared not bump into him. This time, he was tempted by a magic treasure and attacked the Holy Wind Mountain. Eventually, news spread and he was nabbed by the Heavenly Charms Grand Sage. The result was horrifying.

His name as the best among the Ten Demonic Saints was not for show!

Lin Feng guessed that his indestructible soul was in the third level. Fighting the Golden Crow Grand Sage was like fighting a little kid. In the past, he was afraid of the other Great Demonic Saints' reactions and the entire situation in the Barren Lands, otherwise he would have killed the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

This time, the Golden Crow Grand Sage came to the Divine Lands, giving him an excuse to wipe him out. Eventually, he was wiped out.

After cutting off Lin Feng's communication, Long Ye was stunned.

"Are you regretting this after seeing Mount Yujing?" A lady walked towards Long Ye slowly. Her entire body seemed to be covered by a layer of mist, making it difficult for others to see her. It was Long Ye's master, the Heavenly Charms Grand Sage.

Above her head, there was a golden light, as if it was a firefly flying around in space.

Long Ye regained her awareness as she heard it. She smiled as she leaped over to hug her master's arm, shaking it, "Master, you know that I am already regretting it so much, please stop laughing at me. I did not know Mount Yujing was so miraculous previously."

"However, I am curious what kind of heads this leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders will turn in the Divine Lands." Long Ye's gaze flashed, "Our efforts were not wasted, since the Golden Crow Grand Sage was eliminated."

The Heavenly Charms Grand Sage replied, "He brought it upon himself. He was too greedy and ambitious."

Long Ye asked curiously, "Master, what treasure was the Golden Crow Grand Sage getting from the Holy Wind Mountain. I only saw that you retrieve the divine prints from the Golden Crow Grand Sage and nothing else."

"That treasure is useless to us. But it is different for others." The Heavenly Charms Grand Sage revealed a smile. "I shall leave it for the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, let's see what he does with it."

Lin Feng was holding a piece of treasure pearl the size of a fist on the top of Mount Yujing, observing it carefully.

Since the Golden Crow Grand Sage was repressed, his treasure would naturally land in Lin Feng's hands. As to the item he was so interested in stealing from the Holy Wind Mountain, Lin Feng was naturally very interested.

"It feels like the original white fog is slowly turning golden?"

After looking at it for a moment, Lin Feng kept the pearl as a guest had arrived.

Because the Golden Crow Grand Sage had trespassed, the human clan Immortal Soul Stage cultivators were here.

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Chapter 391: The Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl

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Lin Feng sat on top of Mount Yujing as he felt strong, uncontrolled ripples of mana coming straight towards him from the horizon.

Soon, however, the ripple of mana stopped. It appeared to keep its distance from Mount Yujing. They could all feel that the demonic aura of the Golden Crow Grand Sage disappearing.

From the void, a voice came, "Are you the master of the Celestial Sect?"

Lin Feng replied calmly, "No, that's me."

"My fellow Taoist, are you here for the Golden Crow Grand Sage? I had already vanquished him. He is no longer able to continue his evil-doing ways in the Divine Lands. There's nothing to be worried about."

The ripples of mana all halted in that instant neatly and a calm resumed.

Lin Feng could feel many psychic consciousnesses gauging Mount Yujing, but they were unable to penetrate its defences.

Calmly, he released the restraints he had placed on the soul carcass of the Golden Crow Grand Sage and in that instant, a giant violent and oppressive force burst forth.

The group of Nascent Soul cultivators who had come to help nodded their heads in unison. They could ascertain that the Golden Crow Grand Sage had been severely wounded and was indeed being suppressed by Lin Feng and Mount Yujing.

They too saw Mount Yujing in real life for the first time and their emotions were highly complex. They heard tales of its powers, but only today did they witness these powers in action.

While the power of the Golden Crow Grand Sage ranked last amongst the Ten Demonic Saints, he was still one of the great demons that had wrecked havoc across the lands for eons. He had formed his Undying Demonic Soul and controlled the Grand Sun Primordial Flame. His actual battling abilities surpassed many other demonic saints. Who could have predicted that he would now be trapped within the Kunlun Mountains?

Someone asked suddenly, "When I came, the Holy Wind Mountain had already been destroyed. May I ask the master of the Celestial Sect where is the Heavenly Wind Holy Man?"

While they did not see it personally, they could more or less derive from the remnant mana as well as the flow of the Cosmic Vital Spirit what had happened. While the Holy Wind Mountain had been destroyed by the Golden Crow Grand Sage's Grand Sun Primordial Flame, the Nine Heavens Squall Formation had clashed intensely with Mount Yujing.

However, the Nine Heavens Squall Formation was ultimately destroyed by Mount Yujing.

At this point, they knew that the Heavenly Wind Holy Man had been defeated. Before his defeat, he had clashed intensely with Lin Feng and Mount Yujing.

Lin Feng said, "The Heavenly Wind Holy Man tried to do me in. I killed him." Everyone could feel the last bits of aura from the Heavenly Wind Holy Man, so Lin Feng admitted to his action honestly.

However, in that instant, he was able to better understand the true powers of the Heavenly Charms Grand Sage. In the ambush, the Golden Crow Grand Sage had been left half-dead without so much as a scratch on his body.

Upon hearing that Lin Feng had killed the Heavenly Wind Holy Man, Lin Feng could feel an aura of suspicion from everyone.

Lin Feng's expression was calm as he continued, "The Golden Crow Grand Sage invaded the Divine Lands. I believe all of my fellow Taoists will agree that expelling this demon is a blameless act. Hence, he is now crushed under Mount Yujing."

"The Aeolus Sect tried to invade my Celestial Sect of Wonders. Hence, I had to settle this debt with the Heavenly Wind Holy Man. That is all."

Everyone was silent as they did their calculations in their hearts.

Lin Feng felt a tugging in his heart. He summoned the purple wind to transport the soul carcass of the Golden Crow Grand Sage from underneath the mountain into the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World on top of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage's soul carcass suddenly felt a sense of unease, "What are you doing?"

Lin Feng smiled as he turned his head to look at the maiden bearing a giant sword who was walking endlessly around the tree. He then took the soul carcass of the Golden Crow Grand Sage and walked before sword-bearing maiden as he tried to communicate with her with his own psychic consciousness.

Since the last time the giant sword left the scabbard, Lin Feng discovered that the sword-bearing maiden, while expressionless, was imbued with a bit more spiritual energy than before.

It could be because the one-third of the sword had already been sharpened.

Using the good karma he obtained from helping her with sharpening her sword the previous time, Lin Feng tried to communicate with the maiden.

She did not stop walking. However, to Lin Feng's delight, his probing appeared to have received some form of a response.

He brought the soul carcass of the Golden Crow Grand Sage before her before telepathically communicating to her a message.

The sword-bearing maiden suddenly stopped. She looked down at the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage was stunned. He was about to make a last-ditched effort at resistance. With his soul carcass, his strength still rivalled that of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

However, the silver chains binding the giant sword to her back suddenly undid themselves. The giant scabbard came crashing down on the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

"Boom!"

The Golden Crow Grand Sage bellowed in rage. He was crushed under the weight of the scabbard and completely immobilized.

The silhouette of the maiden slowly disappeared. All that was left was the giant scabbard crushing down upon the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

Soon, an expression of pain appeared on the Golden Crow Grand Sage's face. In both confusion and fear, he cursed the scabbard, "This thing..."

He could feel giant, rusty cleaver sharpening itself against his demonic soul, with each slice cutting deep into him.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage was like a whetstone. The giant sword in the scabbard rubbed endlessly on him, borrowing upon his demonic soul to get rid of its rust and imperfection.

Soon, the amount of blemish was reduced and the power of the giant sword increased. On the other hand, the Golden Crow Grand Sage's soul was gradually weakened by the process.

It was a long and slow process.

Looking at it, Lin Feng nodded his head and said, "My prediction was correct. This was the most appropriate way to deal with the Golden Crow Grand Sage."

Despite having only a soul carcass left, the Golden Crow Grand Sage was still immensely powerful. If Lin Feng were to use his own powers to keep it down, then he could not do anything else.

If he were to use the powers of Mount Yujing to suppress him, then it would affect Mount Yujing's mobility and power balance. Mount Yujing would no longer be able to enter and exit the void, which was unacceptable to Lin Feng.

Hence, Lin Feng decided to use the giant sword to suppress the Golden Crow Grand Sage. In the meantime, he was also increasing the powers of the giant sword and bringing it to a next level.

Lin Feng slammed his palms together and cast a spell. With a deafening noise, Mount Yujing lifted itself off the ground and flew in the sky.

The Black Heavenly Treasure Tree on top of Mount Yujing immediately gave off the Seven-Colored Treasure Light as the leaves and branches of the trees began to tremble. The Seven-Colored Treasure Light sliced apart space as the giant white mountain entered the void.

In an instant, the magnificent mountain, the many layers of purple gas and the giant Treasure Tree all disappeared.

Instead, all that was left was a blue sky and white clouds. The wind blew gently and everyone could hear Lin Feng say, in a voice that felt as formless as the breeze, "If the Demonic Clan were to invade again in the future, I would not hesitate to fight them off."

In an instant, the entire area surrounding Mount Yujing appeared to have disappeared.

The many Immortal Soul stage elders in the void were all silent. Thoughts dashed through their heads but they did not dare to do anything.

Lin Feng rode Mount Yujing through the chaotic currents of the void until he heard Yan Mingyue's message, "Master Lin, you really outdid yourself this time."

"The Aeolus Sect and the Yu Family sought to undermine me. All I did was to return them the favor," Lin Feng replied calmly. "However, I still have to thank the Great Void Sect regardless."

In this operation against the Celestial Sect of Wonders, another person had sought to join. It was one of the Mount Shu Six Passages of Sword, the master of the Lixiong Sword, the Lixiong Swordmaster.

During the battle of the sect-opening ceremony in Shazhou City earlier, Kong Chang, the Lixiong Swordmaster, was defeated by Lin Feng. While Lin Feng spared his life, the Lixiong Swordmaster did suffer a major humiliation. For him to bear this grudge was natural.

This time, when the Heavenly Wind Holy Man and the Xuanming Holy Man formed an alliance to defeat the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they too sought to contact the Lixiong Swordmaster. He almost came, but he was stopped by members of the Great Void Sect.

Of course, the Great Void Sect had their reasons for doing so. It was not purely to help Lin Feng.

Yan Mingyue smiled briefly and said, "You are too kind, Master Lin. I won't dare to claim recognition for my actions. The person who made this decision was my Big Senior."

"Oh?" Lin Feng nodded his head. "Is that so?"

Yan Mingyue suddenly asked, "The treasure that the Golden Crow Grand Sage had sought, do you possess it?"

"Correct," replied Lin Feng. "Are you interested in it?"

Yan Mingyue replied, "Not really, but I do want to remind Master Lin that the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl could bring problems for you. Rumors amongst the Barren Expanses had it that the item was a long-lost treasure of the demonic clan. It apparently contained many secrets. However, the rumors could not be ascertained."

"Similar rumors like this are plentiful. Many, however, were actually just lies."

"However, some demonic tribe members would take them seriously. Apparently, the Golden Crow Grand Sage was one of them."

Lin Feng's eyes narrowed as he said, "The Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl? Hm, I have an idea as to what to do right now. Thank you, Taoist Yan, for your advice."

"You are too kind, Master Lin," replied Yan Mingyue with a smile. She then said, "Furthermore, I wish to inform Master Lin that the Xuanming Holy Man had already received news that you had killed the Heavenly Wind Holy Man and suppressed the Golden Crow Grand Sage. Amongst the many Immortal Soul stage elders who had rushed over just now, one of them was the leader of the Shi Family."

"What a pity, we could have met," said Lin Feng calmly. "As for the Xuanming Holy Man, I could feel changes going on within him."

The 'changes' were that the Xuanming Holy Man, Yu Xintao, had been driven into a corner.

He began to bombard Lin Feng's Two Elements of Creation Formation furiously and ceaselessly, not because he wanted to break through the Formation to kill Lin Feng but rather to escape from it.

While he was tens of thousands of lis apart, Mount Yujing could tunnel through the void and close the distance quickly. Yu Xintao could not escape even if he wanted to.

In comparison against the Two Elements of Creation, Yu Xintao was in an advantageous position. At this moment, he did not seek to kill anyone but just to escape, and hence, the difficulty of his actions was massively reduced. However, the crux of the issue was whether he could escape before Mount Yujing returned.

Using the cracked Black Ice Crystal of his Immortal Soul avatar as well as his magic treasure the Theorem of Xuanming, Yu Xintao successfully broke through the Two Elements of Creation Formation. Without pausing, he sought to flee.

He did not even bother to rescue the Nascent Soul stage grandmasters, Yu Yiluan and Yu Shiling, both of whom were trapped in the Formation as well.

This was not because he was heartless. Like the Heavenly Wind Holy Man who rushed back to the Holy Wind Mountain to render assistance, his heart cried out for the losses of his lieutenants. But he had to act decisively.

Reality demonstrated that Yu Xintao's actions were correct. Right after he left, Lin Feng and Mount Yujing reached his location.

Lin Feng turned towards the Two Elements of Creation Formation where he saw Shi Tianhao (Xiao Budian's real name) battling fiercely against Shi Tieling, a mid-Nascent Soul grandmaster who was one whole tier above him.

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Chapter 392: The New Hegemon

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Lin Feng sat quietly on top of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree on top of Mount Yujing. He paid no attention to the ferocious battle within the Two Elements of Creation Formation. Even his Steel Tree Avatar retreated to the mountaintop.

Other than Yu Yiluan and three other Nascent Soul stage cultivators who were being taken care of the Two Elements of Creation Formation, he did not take direct action against the other four Nascent Soul stage cultivators, including Shi Shiling. Instead, he just trapped them within the Formation.

After a fierce fight, the battle within the Formation began to peter off.

Lin Feng, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened both eyes and smiled. He turned to look at the Formation.

The light within it dazzled as a shape emerged from it. His steps appeared unstable and his body trembled. He appeared terribly weak.

However, his eyes burned brightly with a never-before-seen energy.

"Master!" Shi Tianhao (also known as Xiao Budian) emerged from the Two Elements of Creation Formation. He looked at Lin Feng and smiled and said, "I won!"

In that instant, Shi Tianhao's entire body was frozen blue. He was like an ice statue. On his body, spidery cracks were evident. However, one could see neither blood nor flesh from those cracks, only ice crystals that fell non-stop on the floor.

If not for the protection of the Fleece of the Grand Sage, Xiao Budian would have died. His entire body would have become an ice statue, which would then have shattered.

Even now, his entire frame was akin to a fragile clay doll. At that moment, let's not talk about a Nascent Soul stage, Aurous Core stage cultivator, or even a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator or a Qi Cultivation stage cultivator, for an ordinary mortal with enough brute strength could shatter him to bits.

The Nine-Holed Aurous Core within his body, which previously brimmed with spiritual energy, was moribund. It appeared to be hibernating.

The Aurora Polar Mirror and the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness were still in the Two Elements of Creation Formation. Shi Tianhao was unable to retrieve them. Even if he could, the two were badly damaged and had lost their luster.

It could be said this, other than the time when his supreme spiritual altar had been stolen when he was just a baby, was the weakest Shi Tianhao had ever been. He was severely wounded and near death.

Despite his injuries, his expression was buoyant and his eyes brimmed with light.

Because just now, with a mastery of a mid-Aurous Core stage cultivator, he managed to kill Yu Shiling, a mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivator of the Yu Family. He surpassed the limitations of his mastery level to kill a much stronger opponent.

Furthermore, his opponent was no pushover. Yu Shiling practised the Mantra of Xuanming and had mastered the abhijna of the Xuanming Primordial Water. He was indeed powerful. However, after a gruelling battle, Xiao Budian was still able to kill him.

Once the results of this battle spread, Shi Tianhao's name would shock the entire Grand Celestial World. It would be more impressive than his results during the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai.

Everyone's prediction of his upcoming fight against Shi Tianyi completely changed in Shi Tianhao's favor. No matter how famous or powerful the former was, he had never achieved something like this before.

Lin Feng looked at his disciple before him and nodded his head with gratitude before saying, "I've seen it all! Beautiful!" He flicked his finger and a purple gas, containing a drop of the Grand Moon Primordial Water, enveloped Xiao Budian's weakened form.

Lin Feng managed to recall Yang Qing from the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai. He then passed the Celestial Small World with Xiao Budian inside to him before saying, "Bring him back to your residence and prepare enough Grand Moon Primordial water. Submerge your little junior in it and I'll prepare a spell formation."

"Yes, master," Yang Qing carefully took over the Celestial Small World. He looked inside and noticed that Xiao Budian was akin to a fragile clay statue. He felt a painful twinge in his heart upon seeing Xiao Budian in that sorry state, and then he rushed back into his Nirvana World.

After dispatching Shi Tianhao, Lin Feng turned his gaze back in the Two Elements of Creation Formation. In it, Zhu Yi was embroiled in a brawl against an Aeolus Sect cultivator in his mid-Nascent Soul stage. It was hard to tell who had the upper hand.

However, the Aeolus Sect cultivator appeared uneasy. It could be because Kang Nanhua was standing quietly at one side, and aiding Zhu Yi.

Considering that he was stuck inside Lin Feng's Two Elements of Creation with no idea of whether he would survive or not, the immense pressure upon him naturally made him uneasy.

On the other side, Wang Lin had entered the Destructive Stage of the River Styx. He too was battling another mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivator of the Aeolus Sect. While Wang Lin had just ascended into the Aurous Core stage, his battling prowess was terrifying. Similar to Zhu Yi's opponents, his opponent was not in the right mental state too as the Kui Cow King was staring him down.

Kang Nanhua and the Kui Cow King both received Lin Feng's telepathic message and knew that the battle had more or less been won. Hence, they did not seek to intervene in the battle. Instead, they chose to quietly support Zhu Yi and Wang Lin from the side as they battled their Nascent Soul stage opponents to help them accrue experience.

Previously, during Shi Tianhao's battle with Yu Shiling, Miao Shihao too handed a Yu Family mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivator over to Jieyu and Tun Tun to manage before quietly observing the battle between Shi Tianhao and Yu Shiling. He did not interfere in the battle, but he was prepared to step in should anything go wrong.

However, Shi Tianhao was terribly ferocious. Brimming with a dare-to-die spirit, he slew Shi Tieling, leaving Miao Shihao brimming with praises for him.

"Master, I have to say, other than Yang Qing, all of your disciples are terrifying right down to the bone," Miao Shihao sighed as he exited the Two Elements of Creation Formation and returned to Lin Feng's side. "Tianhao is so young but so fierce. This is truly shocking to your Brother Shihao."

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Shihao, you're wrong."

"What do you mean by that?" Miao Shihao was shocked. Lin Feng continued, "Every single of my disciple is terrifying right down to the bones. However, some of them are just better at concealing it than others."

"Furthermore, those who did not expose this side of them but choose to hide it for a lifetime are the most terrifying and ferocious."

Hearing that, Miao Shihao turned to look at the Nirvana World meaningfully.

At this point, Lin Feng took out the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl. He observed it closely and discovered instantly that within the pearl, the milky-white aura would occasionally turn gold.

"Let's not talk discuss if the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl is a relic of the Demonic Clan. It's definitely a treasure, no doubts about that," thought Lin Feng. "The Heavenly Wind Holy Man's ability to cast two Nine Heavens Squall Formation could be because of this treasure."

Lin Feng guessed that the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl possesses the abilities to reflect, imitate and copy. It's possible that the replicas made by the Pearl resemble the original completely.

The oyster was one of the best demonic tribes when it came to the art of illusion.

Lin Feng attempted to communicate with Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl. It vibrated slightly, but it did not respond to Lin Feng.

"Since it's called the 'Golden Pearl', it appears that its true form is only revealed once it turns completely gold." Lin Feng said as he looked at the swirling white aura within the pearl. He came to this understanding at that point.

The duplication abilities of the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl required some time to recharge after being used. Only then could it be used again.

Thinking about it, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man probably used this Pearl to make a copy of the Nine Heavens Squall Formation.

"It's a pity that the Heavenly Wind Holy Man could only manipulate one of the Formations. If he had used both against me simultaneously, I would have required a lot more time to break past his defences."

As Lin Feng played with the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl, he thought, "Once it turns gold, I could use it. I wonder if there is any limit to its abilities."

Could it only replicate lifeless objects? Could the replica's powers be limited? Could its replicas have time limits?

Lin Feng was deeply interested in this, but what made him more concern was the news he'd gotten from Yan Mingyue.

"A relic of the Holy Demonic Emperor?" Lin Feng arched his eyebrow slightly. Amongst the demonic clan, those who had cultivated their Undying Demon Souls were known as Grand Sages and were the equivalent to Immortal Soul stage human cultivators.

Except for a few ancient Grand Sages who chose to hide, the 10 most active demons in that stage would be known as the Ten Demonic Saints.

The Heavenly Charms Grand Sage was universally recognized as the most powerful of the ten. However, even she could not live up to the title of the Holy Demonic Emperor.

The Holy Demonic Emperor was above all other members of the demonic clan. By appearance alone, he or she would be able to command the loyalty of every single member of the demonic clan of the Barren Expanses.

The previous Holy Demonic Emperor fell in the last battle between Man and Demons. Humanity had to sacrifice countless Immortal Soul stage cultivators to kill him. Only with his death did mankind achieve the final victory. However, the cost of the victory restricted humanity's ability to wage war. In the end, it was a Pyrrhic victory.

Since then, the Barren Expanse was akin to China during the Warring States period. The new Holy Demonic Emperor had yet to appear.

The Heavenly Charms Grand Sage was the most likely contender, but she still had a long way to go.

For powerful demons, they loathed being subjugated. Hence, it was likely that the Golden Crow Grand Sage had designs on the title as well.

Hence, upon hearing news about the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl, the Golden Crow Grand Sage became so determined to obtain it.

Lin Feng thought for a while before keeping the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl. "Amongst the various human powers, the Great Void Sect is the most concerned with the operations of the demonic world. They long knew about the Heavenly Oyster Golden Pearl but made no action whatsoever. It's possible that they believed it to be a hoax."

"However, who could say for sure in such matters?" Lin Feng smiled and shook his head. "First, let's settle the matters before us. It had dragged on long enough."

With a single command, Kang Nanhua and others, who had been supporting Zhu Yi and Wang Lin passively from the side, joined in the battle. The enemy was instantly defeated.

Lin Feng expanded his Formation and the three captured Nascent Soul stage cultivators were sent to accompany Yu Yiluan and the three other cultivators, who had been defeated by Lin Feng earlier on.

Collapsing his Formation, Lin Feng looked at everyone and smiled, "Let's go!"

Mount Yujing once again entered the void and disappeared. At this point, the battle provoked by the Aeolus Sect and the Yu Family ended with their resounding defeat.

The leader of the Yu Family, the Xuanming Holy Man, Yu Xintao, fled in defeat. A late-Nascent Soul stage cultivator and two mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Yu Family were vanquished. Many more Aurous Core stage cultivators lay dead.

The Aeolus Sect had been completely obliterated, including its leader, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage, who had taken this opportunity to invade the Divine Lands, now lay defeated at the bottom of the Kunlun Mountains. He was being suppressed by Lin Feng.

This news would soon spread across the world.

Cao Wei, the Icy Fire Holy Man, who resided the Heaven Lake in the middle of the northern icy plain looked to the southwest and was quiet for a long while.

After a long while, his silhouette disappeared. When he appeared again, he was in the sacred territory of the Heaven Lake Sect. In there, there were two strong entities.

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Chapter 393: Far-Reaching Consequences

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Within the holy ground of the Heaven Lake Sect, there was a world made completely out of fire and ice. Half of it was freezing ice while the other half was blazing flames. The two sides were clearly demarcated. While there was no conflict between the two, there was no integration as well.

Cao Wei stood quietly in this world made out fire and ice, silently. The two entities surrounding him too were quiet.

After a long while, a voice came from the world of fire, "No worry, let him come. The two of us shall receive him."

At this point, an old, raspy voice came from the world of ice, "Let us put aside the issues of the Mountain and River Crucible and the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness for the moment."

"Wait for the two of us to leave this place before you take the initiative to attack. Before that, do not act rashly."

Cao Wei's expression was indifferent. He nodded his head and said nothing.

From the world of fire, the voice said again, "The Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness belonged to the little one called Shi Tianhao. Please take note. When the right moment comes, he will surely exact vengeance on the cultivator with polycoria from the Great Qin Empire."

"At that time, the various powers would all participate in this battle. Carefully analyse the battle situation before you act."

Cao Wei then said, "My thoughts exactly. I plan to act at that time too. Uncles (Translator's Note: Familial terms are often used to denote hierarchy in a sect; 'Uncle' here would mean that Cao Wei's master belonged to the same batch as the Elders of Ice and Fire), you have been training behind doors for a thousand year. If our sect is not facing an existential crisis, I would not have asked the two of you to step out."

One of the two Elders of Ice and Fire remarked, "We two will not want all of our efforts to be wasted too."

The other said, "The Mountain and River Crucible is more important, but time is not on our side. If it really comes to that, then we shall have to stop our closed-door cultivation."

Cao Wei nodded his head, "I understand. Please don't worry, uncles."

Exiting the holy ground of his sect, Cao Wei returned to the top of the snowy mountain. He looked towards the southwest and sighed after a long while. He could feel a heaviness in his heart.

"During the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, I was too rash."

In the southeast corner of the Great Qin Empire, on top of the Sword of Radiance Sect's territory, the Xingyun Peak, a few people stood at the edge of the cliff. They looked towards the direction of the Kunlun Mountains.

One of them was a middle-aged man who resembled a scholar. He was the Sword of Radiance Sect's mid-Nascent Soul stage, the Purple Cloud Grandmaster. At this point, his expression was slightly odd. He appeared troubled, happy, and then scared. Most importantly, he was bitter.

Behind him were the other Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Sword of Radiance Sect, including the Red Cloud Grandmaster and the Azure Clouds Grandmaster.

No one dared to make fun of the Purple Cloud Grandmaster's expression as all of them felt the same way.

The Red Cloud Grandmaster smiled bitterly and shook his head, "We were lucky that the Celestial Sect of Wonders did not use all of their powers when they came over earlier on, if not..."

The female Nascent Soul stage cultivators shook her head and did not continue. The other Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Sword of Radiance Sect nodded their head in tacit agreement.

Earlier on, Xiao Yan came up to them and demanded to settle his three years old score with Murong Yanran.

After witnessing Xiao Yan's true powers during the Battle of Shazhou City, as well as being cognizant of Murong Yanran's power as her master, the Azure Clouds Grandmaster knew immediately that Murong Yanran was no match for Xiao Yan.

At that point, the Sword of Radiance Sect considered using other tactics to win that fight. However, as they did not want to worsen their ties with Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they decided against it.

Looking at it now, some of them felt fear while the others felt joy. It was fortunate that they played by the books back then and did not try any dirty trick. If not, the result would have been tragic.

While no one dared to say it out loud, the Purple Clouds Grandmaster and the rest knew in their hearts that the powers of the Aeolus Sect and the Sword of Radiance Sect were similar.

Disciples of the Sword of Radiance Sect were sword cultivators. They were apt at killing and well-versed in swordplay. On the other hand, the disciples of the Aeolus Sect cultivated the Aeolus Formless Mantra and could summon the Nine Heavens Formless Squall. Their powers too could not be underestimated.

The two formations that the two sects could summon, the Cloud-Sky Sword of Radiance Formation and the Nine Heavens Squall Formation, were of similar abilities.

Hence, here came the problem. If Lin Feng could easily destroy the Nine Heavens Squall Formation, then he could destroy the Cloud-Sky Sword of Radiance Formation as easily too.

Had there really been a fight then, the Sword of Radiance Sect would have lost it.

Having obtained this conclusion, the Purple Clouds Grandmaster felt a great sense of futility.

On top of Xingyun Peak, in an exquisite palace, the Supreme Radiance Swordmaster sat cross-legged quietly. However, his gaze was fixated on the Kunlun Mountains as well.

His eyes brightened, then dimmed, before lighting up again. It went on non-stop.

On top of the Purple Clouds Peak on Mount Thunder resided the Purple Clouds Sect.

A turbulent and dark storm enveloped the mountaintop for tens of thousands of years. The sun could never be seen, and one could only see the flash of lightning and the roar of thunder. Dark clouds swirled like waves in a sea.

The disciples of the Purple Clouds Sect were all used to this sight, except for the newcomers. For them, such a sight appeared foreboding and suppressing. They were perpetually afraid that a lightning bolt may strike them from above.

The results of the Battle of the Kunlun Mountains had already spread. The Purple Clouds Sect had received news too.

A girl stood before an abode on the Purple Clouds Peak and looked towards the Kunlun Mountains. She smiled and shook her head, "I could not believe that the one known as 'Xiao Budian' could be so powerful. With the mastery of a mid-Aurous Core stage cultivator, he could kill a mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivator. This is truly an unprecedented feat."

A man smiled, revealing his dimples. It was the disciple of the Purple Clouds Sect who had taken part in Spiritual Conference of Huanghai earlier on, Gu Lei.

The female was naturally his fellow disciple, Li Kuiyin. She sighed and shook her head, "During the Spiritual Conference, we all saw his battle against his senior Zhu Yi. He was terrifyingly strong, but who knew that he was this powerful?"

Within the main hall of the Heavenly Thunder Temple, the Blue Pavilion Holy Man too shook his head and sighed, "Both Heavenly Wind and Xuanming lost, but that's still alright. But he managed to suppress the Golden Crow Grand Sage and blast apart the Holy Wind Mountain. That was unexpected."

Opposite him sat a middle aged man of above-average stature, he appeared unextraordinary, but the aura he gave off was much more terrifying than the Blue Pavilion Holy Man.

From appearance only, he appeared to be a heavy storm cloud that refused to rain. In his silence and calm, he contained a crazy amount of power.

This was the current master of the Purple Clouds Sect, the Thunderclouds Holy Man.

Hearing the Blue Pavilion Holy Man's words, the Thunderclouds Holy Man nodded his head slowly and said, "Big Senior is right."

His enunciation was extremely weird. Every word that he spoke sounded like a rumble of thunder.

Just like what the Blue Pavilion Holy Man said, they were more concerned that the Holy Wind Mountain, guarded by the Heavenly Wind Holy Man's Nine Heavens Squall Formation, was so easily breached by Lin Feng than news of Yu Xintao's escape.

Every single time the Golden Crow Grand Sage invaded the Divine Lands, he would retreat unscathed, leaving charred bones and skeletons in his wake. However, who could foresee that he was stopped this time?

The Blue Pavilion Holy Man may be the Thunderclouds Holy Man's senior, but he respectfully said, "Master, what shall we do next?"

The Thunderclouds Holy Man said slowly, "I think I have to trouble you to make a trip to the Kunlun Mountains."

The Blue Pavilion Holy Man said warily, "Senior, the Celestial Sect of Wonders have many enemies. Not making an enemy out of them is one thing, but should we really get so close to them?"

"Many times, the lines between friend and foe isn't as clear as it seems," said the Thunderclouds Holy Man. "I received news that the Mount Shu Sword Sect's Lixiong Swordmaster wished to participate in the battle this time too, but he was stopped by the Great Void Sect."

The Blue Pavilion Holy Man turned pensive as he asked, "Is the Great Void Sect re-structuring their plan?"

The Thunderclouds Holy Man did not explain any further beyond, "Ever since the Great Thunderclap Temple had been destroyed, the Great Void Sect had been changing their plan. Today, however, their plan is slowly coming to fruition."

The Blue Pavilion Holy Man said, "If that's the case, then I shall make a trip to the Kunlun Mountains."

The Thunderclouds Holy Man said, "Sorry for the trouble."

In the northern quarters of Xiling City of the Great Qin Empire, a 30-years old scholar sat quietly on a rattan chair in the Prime Minister's Residence.

He was clad in white and appeared elegant. His face was clear with refined features. His eyes were deep like the sea and one could not fathom his thoughts by looking at them.

This ordinary-looking scholar was, in fact, the feared Prime Minister of the Great Qin Empire, Wu Qingrou. At that moment, his hand gently tapped on the table before him, while he kept silent.

Next to him stood a young man who said quietly, "The Celestial Sect of Wonders chose to spare the Yu Family, but they destroyed the Aeolus Sect."

"As expected," said Wu Qingrou, his fingers still tapping on the tabletop. He laughed softly, "If it was me, I too would have spared Yu Xintao and left him to be at the mercy of the Great Qin Empire. I'll deal with him after dealing with the Aeolus Sect."

"Who could suffer an enemy so close to one's bed? By getting rid of the Aeolus Sect, the Celestial Sect of Wonders could dominate the Kunlun Mountains. Its influence and power would increase dramatically, not just by twice, but possibly by three times, four times or even more."

Wu Qingrou then said quietly, "After pacifying the entire region and getting rid of opposition, the Celestial Sect of Wonders stand to benefit the most from such an arrangement."

"From a certain perspective, this is similar to the Great Qin Empire's plan of destroying the powers of the major houses. One must get rid of one's internal threats."

The young man then said, "It has been a few days since the incident. The master of the Celestial Sect still hasn't summoned all the smaller sects of the Kunlun Mountains and called for a gathering, particularly those smaller sects that reside in the southern foothill of the Kunlun Mountains ."

Wu Qingrou smiled, "There's no need. After the destruction of the Aeolus Sect, no one could compete with the Celestial Sect of Wonders for control over the Kunlun Mountains. There isn't even anyone who could remotely be their enemy. The Celestial Sect of Wonders now leads the Kunlun Mountains."

"For such an event, it's best to just go with the flow. The middle and smaller powers of the Kunlun Mountains would gravitate towards the Celestial Sect of Wonders. If he were to summon them and asked them to recognize his hegemony, then it would have been most distasteful."

He sighed, "Looking at it now, the master of the Celestial Sect is not so simple."

The young man then asked, "Does that mean we could commence with the second step of our plan?"

Wu Qingrou nodded his head, "Yes, it's about time."

In the capital of the Great Zhou Empire, Tianjin, the Emperor, Liang Pan, sat on his dragon throne, lost in his thoughts. After a long while, he lifted his head to look at the three people before him: the Marquis of Xuanji, Zhu Hongwu, Yan Mingyue and Mei Wulang.

"Your son, Zhu Yi, will be returning to the Great Zhou Empire to take his exams."

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Chapter 394: Digesting the Results of the Battle

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The Emperor of the Great Zhou Empire sat on the dragon throne as he looked at the three people before him, Zhu Hongwu (the Marquis of Xuanji), Yan Mingyue and Mei Wulang.

"Wulang, settle this for me."

Hearing the order, Mei Wulang bowed and said, "Yes, my lord."

Liang Pan looked at the Marquis of Xuanji, Zhu Hongwu, and said slowly, "The Great Qin Empire will soon be in turmoil and we cannot stand idly by. Many people will wish that we do not intervene. Take care of them for me, Hongwu."

Zhu Hongwu bowed and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will not let those with ill intentions affect our plans."

Yan Mingyue suddenly said from the side, "The Fourth Prince is now on his way to Mount Shu. Is it possible that the Great Zhou Empire may face some constraints?"

Liang Pan smiled slightly, "You do not need to worry about that. I have my own plans."

Yan Mingyue's eyes flashed as she nodded silently. However, in her heart, doubts rose. "If the Fourth Prince Liang Kun met with some accident at Mount Shu, then the Great Zhou Empire will definitely be at odds with Mount Shu. It's unlikely that Zhu Hongwu and Liang Pan did not consider this."

Her gaze flitted between Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu, sovereign and subject, and noticed that both of them appeared uncaring. She tried to erase the thought from her mind.

Zhu Hongwu turned his gaze to Yan Mingyue and asked, "Is the Great Void Sect intent on changing their game plan?"

Yan Mingyue ran her fingers through the hair by her ear and smiled, "The Great Zhou Empire has grown too much in strength recently. Coupled with the rise of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, which was unexpected, our sect has now been given an additional choice."

Zhu Hongwu nodded his head and said calmly, "Their efforts would be for nothing. My lord will pacify all under heavens and obtain the Mandate of Heaven. Our rise is unstoppable."

Yan Mingyue smiled but did not respond.

She looked into the void, slightly lost and thought, "Could this be machinations of my Big Senior? What ambition! However, whether or not we could achieve our goals will depend on our individual abilities. I can more or less figure out what is going on with the Great Zhou Empire."

"However, as for the Celestial Sect of Wonders, perhaps they will bring about unexpected surprises? Big Senior, I hope you won't make the same mistake as Junior Pang."

Just as Wu Qingrou had predicted, Lin Feng did not call for a conference after the Battle of the Kunlun Mountains to assert his newfound dominance over the region.

The Aeolus Sect had been completely obliterated. The areas formerly controlled by the Holy Wind Mountain had been reduced to a wasteland. That was enough to show off the Celestial Sect's dominance of the region.

As always, the Celestial Sect of Wonders was unpredictable and mysterious. Mount Yujing remained concealed in the void, formless and shadowless.

Waves after waves of middle to small powers headed towards Shazhou City to meet with the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Many wished to see Lin Feng personally. This could be because many sects resided in the area.

As for Kang Nanhua and Miao Shihao, who often made trips between Shazhou City and Mount Yujing, they had become celebrities in their own rights as people sought to suck up to them.

However, there were certain forces in the Kunlun Mountains that sought to contact other, more powerful forces too. These sects were mainly found in the borderland regions of the Kunlun Mountains.

Lin Feng did not care about them and he made no attempt to stop them.

The Kunlun Mountains themselves were not ideal for cultivation. If not, a major sect would have at least opened shop here.

At this point, the intrusion of external forces did not mean that there would be increased competition for land and resources. It was more of a defensive measure against the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

However, 90% of the sects in the Kunlun Mountains submitted to the Celestial Sect of Wonders' dominance.

Lin Feng was not only the most influential person in the region, but he managed to massively boost his personal and the sect's prestige there too. Respectively, they increased to 85 points and 80 points.

After the battle, the most eye-catching characteristic was the fact that Lin Feng's personal prestige value in the whole world, together with the prestige of the Celestial Sect, increased massively. While there was still some distance from an overall score of 80, this change was most welcome.

Previously, regardless of whether it was the sect-opening ceremony at Shazhou City or accompanying Xiao Yan to Xingyun Peak to fulfil his promise or bringing his entire squad to the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, the increase in his prestige was geographically confined.

While his worldwide prestige did increase, it did so very slowly.

After that big battle, Lin Feng and his sect's prestige massively increased in the entire Grand Celestial World, particularly the Divine Lands and all of its subregions.

"Other than destroying the Aeolus Sect, subduing the Golden Crow Grand Sage must have played a role too."

Lin Feng understood this in his heart. His mood was buoyant as he thought, "If things continue this way, I have a strong chance of completing the system's main quest."

Of course, the difficulty was great too. With the rise of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, there would be many more sects that would become unhappy or even wary of the Celestial Sect. Some may even treat the Celestial Sect as their enemy, like how the Aeolus Sect viewed the Celestial Sect.

The cake is only this big. When a new and much stronger person decides to come in and snatch for cake, more and more cake would be taken away. Others would definitely be unhappy.

The prestige of Lin Feng and his sect rose day after day, non-stop.

But Lin Feng believed that prestige could not rise indefinitely. Once his sect met with some difficulties or challenges, then it was very likely that their prestige would drop. That would be painful.

Hence, after his victory, Lin Feng did not try to bask in the joy of victory too much. He continued to work on improving his own potential.

Digesting the results of the big battle was the best way to increase his own actual powers.

Shi Tianhao (also known as Xiao Budian) was still recuperating. Lin Feng gave the capture Feilian King to the Kui Cow King to manage. He intended to send them, in the near future, to Xiao Budian's Wasteland Valley, where their Wind and Thunder Parturition Talisman Formation's power would be maximised.

Afterwards, he intended to send Shi Tianhao in there. He would need to rest for a long while there.

After Lin Feng had left, Yang Qing devoted all his energy to caring for his Little Junior.

Other than Yu Shiling, who was killed by Shi Tianhao on the spot, the other Aeolus Sect cultivators and Yu Family cultivators had all been captured. All of their Nascent Soul stage magic items that were not destroyed had been given to Kang Nanhua, Miao Shihao, Kui Cow King, Jieyu and Tun Tun as rewards.

Regardless of whether it was a magic item from the Aeolus Sect or the Yu Family, they were all very valuable. In certain ways, they could be said to be more valuable than any random Nascent Soul stage items.

The former group of items were infused with the powers from the Aeolus Formless Mantra and refined through the Nine Heavens Formless Squall. The latter incorporated the powers of the Xuanming Mantra and the Xuanming Primordial Water.

Kang Nanhua, Miao Shihao and the rest could not only use these items to fight their enemies but also test their own powers.

While they were unable to manipulate the Nine Heavens Formless Squall or the Xuanming Primordial Water, they would still be able to use them to increase their mastery and their battling abilities.

For Zhu Yi, Wang Lin, Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing, their greatest takeaway would be for them to familiarize with the different battling styles of their opponents.

As for magic items below the Nascent Soul stage, Lin Feng stowed them all away. He hoped to use them to incentivize his disciples in the future.

However, while Lin Feng did overthrow the Heavenly Wind Holy Man, he massively damaged the Aeolus Sect's most important treasure, the Immortal Soul stage magic treasure, the Heavenly Wind Treasure Fan.

The magic treasure was tightly bound to the Heavenly Wind Holy Man's own Immortal Soul avatar. When the Heavenly Wind Holy Man was crushed by Mount Yujing, the Heavenly Wind Treasure Fan too was wrecked.

The Heavenly Wind Holy Fan was directly crushed by Mount Yujing and hence, Lin Feng could only collect its shattered remains. Piecing them together again would not be a problem, but the original soul of the magic treasure met the same fate as the Heavenly Wind Holy Man.

Even if the shattered Treasure Fan could be reformed, its spirit would have been damaged. It was impossible for it to form a consciousness again. All Lin Feng could do right now would be for him to ascend into the Immortal Soul stage and then fuse it with other treasure and recultivate it. Only then could this magic treasure's powers be realized.

On the bright side, the spell formation for the Nine Heavens Squall Formation was almost intact. While it was slightly damaged, it could be repaired and put to use pretty soon.

However, Lin Feng had more pressing matters to attend to.

Sitting cross-legged on top of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, six balls of purple gas floated before Lin Feng. Six Celestial Small Worlds were before him.

Every single Celestial Small World contained the silhouette of a prisoner. Looking at them carefully, three of them were men of giant stature.

One of them had only one eye and one arm. His eyes gave off an ice-blue glare. The other two of them had the heads of birds and the body of a man. Both of them had wings and as their wings fluttered, a breeze was swept up.

This was the cosmic form of the Yu Yiluan and the two late Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Aeolus Sect.

In the other three Celestial Small Worlds, the chained forms of three 12-13 years old people could be seen. They were the nascent souls of Yu Yiluan and the other two.

Earlier on, having been trapped in the Two Elements of Creation Formation, the three late-Nascent Soul stage elders struggled fiercely. After Lin Feng trapped the Xuanming Holy Man in there too, he needed to concentrate all of the formation's power on him. Hence, he had to take care of the three of them first.

Under the bombardment of the Formation, the three of them had their physical body completely destroyed. Only their cosmic form and their nascent souls were left.

Afterwards, faced with the continued attacks of the Formation, the three of them had their consciousness gradually removed. Only a primal innocence remained. They were akin to newborn babies.

Here, they were unable to create trouble for Lin Feng anymore. Hence, he trapped their cosmic forms and their nascent souls separately.

Lin Feng stared at the six of them trapped in the Celestial Small Worlds as he made his calculations. Soon, he devised a plan.

Extending his finger, he laid it on Yu Yiluan's nascent soul, which then turned into a ray of white light. It dashed into another Celestial Small World, where Yu Yiluan's one-eyed and one-armed giant cosmic form resided.

After the nascent soul had merged with the cosmic form, it appeared to have found a body to reside in. Yu Yiluan's cosmic form began to vibrate violently.

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Chapter 395: To Create a False Immortal

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The Celestial Small World composed of purple gas that floated before Lin Feng was no bigger than a fist, and the scene before it appeared microscopic.

However, it was still a world unto itself. At that moment, the cosmic form of the late-Nascent Soul stage cultivator of the Yu Family, Yu Yiluan, stood firmly between the heavens and the earth. It was 30 meters tall and its feet were firmly planted on the ground, despite the fact that it only had one arm and one eye.

From its one eye, an icy-blue ray of light came forth. Everything that the ray of light touched froze over before shattering.

If not for the continued flow of energy within the Celestial Small World, combined with its self-repairing properties, the Celestial Small World would have completely shattered after being frozen into ice.

This was the power of a cosmic form that acted on its own accord. Had there been someone to properly direct its power, its destructive energy would have been a lot stronger.

Now, after Lin Feng sent Yu Yiluan's nascent soul into its cosmic form, changes happened right before his eyes.

It was as if a soul had found a new body to inhabit.

The nascent soul now had a strong pillar of support, while the cosmic form fell under the control of the nascent soul.

Both the nascent soul and the cosmic form were the crystallizations of Yu Yiluan's mastery earlier on. Naturally, they had some of his memories in them.

Once the two combined, Yu Yiluan's memories surfaced once again.

In a way, Yu Yiluan had been brought back to life.

In that moment, Lin Feng could feel a groundswell of emotions building up: hatred, rage and terror.

Lin Feng smiled and shook his head. He extended a finger and tapped the one-eyed giant on his forehead. With that finger, Yu Yiluan's newly-reformed consciousness was destroyed once again. Even his scattered and disparate memories were lost.

Here, Yu Yiluan as a person no longer existed in this world.

The nascent soul and cosmic form that belonged to Yu Yiluan continued to vibrate. Instead of slowing them, they seemed to vibrate even more intensely.

The 30 meters tall one-eyed giant went through numerous cycles of death and rebirth. His body became contorted and a layer of ice covered him.

An immensely powerful gust of freezing air came forth from the giant's body. The intensity of the gust appeared enough to send the world back to the Ice Age. It was highly similar to the aura of the Xuanming Holy Man, Yu Xintao. However, it was not as strong as Yu Xintao's and nowhere as dynamic. It did not brim with a hidden, arcane power like Yu Xintao's.

Lin Feng thought, "While I did not personally experience it, but drawing upon the experiences of my predecessors, I more or less know that the process to form an immortal soul involved combining one's cosmic form and nascent soul in the late-Nascent Soul stage. If one is successful, then an immortal soul would have been created."

"At this point, Yu Yiluan, while he had already formed a cosmic form, still needed to improve the power of his nascent soul."

A nascent soul at its peak will resemble the cultivator when he was about 16 years old.

"Let's not discuss this first," said Lin Feng as he arched his eyebrow. "The problem is, combining the nascent soul and the cosmic form is only the fundamental step. One must combine it with one's understanding of the Great Way of the Tao to form one's immortal soul."

At this point, it became slightly problematic. The Great Way of the Tao was the supreme secret of the universe. There was no shortcut to mastering the Great Way of the Tao. Let's not talk about the fact that Lin Feng had yet to form his immortal soul. Even if he had reached the level of an Immortal Soul stage cultivator, he was unable to forcefully enter the Immortal Soul stage from the late-Nascent Soul stage without fully mastering the Great Way of the Tao.

If it were that easy, then the Grand Celestial World would be full of Immortal Soul stage cultivators.

Lin Feng sighed, "It appeared that I could only create a 'false immortal' or a 'fake immortal'. Even so, it would still be alright."

He flicked his finger as waves after waves of mana were sent into the Celestial Small World. They continuously bombarded the cosmic form in the shape of a one-eyed giant.

The nascent soul within the cosmic form was was like a silk cocoon. Strand by strand, Lin Feng extracted it and then merged it with the physical form of the cosmic form.

As the two of them became inextricably merged, changes started to appear.

Its form became to change non-stop as it appeared to have been frozen over. Its color changed from an icy-blue to black, but it gave off a dark, icy glow.

The legs of the giant, along with its single arm, started to disappear.

Finally, the giant turned into an ice crystal around 30 meters wide.

The ice crystal is completely black and from its external appearance, it was identical to Yu Xintao's immortal soul avatar except for the fact that it's smaller.

However, the pressure that the ice crystal emanated could not compare with Yu Xintao's.

From its power alone, however, it already vastly exceeded that of Yu Yiluan's. It was way beyond the power of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, and infinitely closer to that of an Immortal Soul stage cultivator.

From its actual battling abilities, the black ice crystal possessed every single one of Yu Yiluan's spells and techniques. However, as it did not possess a consciousness, it was akin to a wooden board.

In terms of pure power, it was way beyond that of Yu Yiluan.

It exceeded the powers of a late-Nascent Soul stage cultivator, but it was not close to the power of an Immortal Soul stage cultivator.

Of course, a 'false immortal' like this possessed its own problems. The main problem was that it was unable to progress any further and reach the true Immortal Soul stage.

Overall, Lin Feng was still content. Not only did he obtain a false immortal that was extraordinarily powerful, he also managed to learn much about the process of merging one's nascent soul and cosmic form. For his own ascent into the Immortal Soul stage, this was a truly valuable experience.

Lin Feng waved his hand, and a rather thick branch fell from the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree. It began to shrink, finally reaching the length of a long stick with the width of a pencil, like a flagpole in dimensions.

Lin Feng then absorbed a large amount of the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds and turned them into a purple banner. Then, he merged the banner with the flagpole to form a proper flag.

The leaves on top of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree were also incorporated on the flag itself, giving off a seven-colored light.

Following that, Lin Feng extended a finger and the giant black ice crystal flew out from the Celestial Small World. Before it could take its actual size, it was wrapped up in the flag.

The black ice crystal disappeared and what replaced it was a black pattern on the purple flag.

As Lin Feng looked at his masterpiece, he raised it in the air and waved it gently. In that instant, a black ray of light flashed and flew out from the flag. It morphed into a giant ice crystal in the sky and gave off a biting freeze as numerous ice crystals began flying in all directions.

Whatever that the ice crystals touched, including the very air itself, froze.

In an instant, the entire world appeared to have returned to the Ice Age where ice and snow engulfed everything.

Lin Feng nodded his head, satisfied. He then waved the banner again. The black ice crystal turned into a black ray of light and he recalled it.

"It still needs improvement," Lin Feng knew this clearly. The Giant Purple Banner still required a long period of cultivation before it could be perfected.

However, it was all worth the effort. According to Lin Feng's prediction, once the banner had been perfected, he could manipulate captured late-Nascent Soul stage cultivators with it even if their memories had not been wiped.

Now, the Giant Purple Banner could only manipulate the black ice crystal. As its powers increased, it would be able to absorb more and more spiritual forms into it.

After a certain level of accumulation, a single wave of the giant flag would summon dozens and maybe even hundreds of spiritual forms of late-Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and even a few false immortal stage cultivators to attack one's enemies.

That's not all. Once Lin Feng entered the Immortal Soul stage, he could even entrap immortal soul avatars into it.

However, Lin Feng would require a lot of materials to cultivate that flag. At the same time, he would need to incorporate a lot more suppressive and entrapment spells into it too. He would have to spend much improving, perfecting and trouble-shooting this item.

As Lin Feng pondered, Wang Lin sought to meet with him. Upon meeting him, Wang Lin quickly told Lin Feng's his intentions: he wished to meet his relatives.

"The disciples under me are slowly getting on track with their training. I wish to meet my parents," Wang Lin said as his eyes betrayed a certain sense of longing.

According to the flow of time of the Greater World, Wang Lin had only left his home for two years. However, for Wang Lin, who had spent most of his time training in the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, he had been away from home for too long.

As time passed, Wang Lin missed his parents more and more.

He could even remember the exact words his parents said to him as he left them to join the Hengyue Faction.

"My son, if it's too difficult out there, just come home. There's no need to become an immortal. What we want is for our family to be safe and happy..."

"What are you talking about? Our son will surely become an immortal. Can I be wrong about my own seed?"

"I don't care if he becomes an immortal or not, I just want him to excel in what he does and be happy. That's the most important thing right now."

"Aiya! If he comes an immortal, then he will be truly extraordinary."

"My son, you have grown too. When you come back, I'll find a wife for you."

"Here's where you are wrong. If our son becomes an immortal, then he must find an immortal wife for himself!"

"Aiya! Then, how would I dare to drink the tea she'll offer me (Translator's Note: The offering of tea to one's parents-in-laws is a gesture performed in Chinese weddings)."

While all of these appeared to be idle talk, Wang Lin's heart ached every time he thought of it. His attachment to his parents was his strongest motivation.

He recalled how he had to enter the Hengyue Faction by threatening suicide. His parents would surely have dealt with many gossips about that. Wang Lin wished he could go back immediately and tell his parents that their son had not let them down. Their son had achieved something.

Wang Lin, who was in the Aurous Core stage, would have surely appeared like an immortal to ordinary men.

Before Lin Feng, Wang Lin could not help but voice out his truest thoughts. Lin Feng too smiled and looked at the normally serious and cold Wang Lin, who suddenly became incessantly chatty. He too began to reminisce about his life back home.

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Chapter 396: Winter to Spring, Zhu Yi Rushes for His Examination

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Lin Feng was patient and politely listened with a faint smile as Wang Lin droned on and on. Wang Lin looked at his master with embarrassment as he realized what was going on.

Lin Feng laughed and said, "Everything else aside, this daughter-in-law still has no home. I have let your parents down."

Wang Lin opened his mouth speechlessly before he laughed frustratedly and shook his head. "Looks like my parents are going to nag at me again when I return." He seemed frustrated, but his heart was filled with warmth.

Lin Feng waved his hands and said, "Okay. Go ahead, and stay safe on the road!"

"Seems like you are in a tough spot. However, from my perspective, I think you are actually very blessed."

Wang Lin bowed down with respect. "Yes, master. I shall make my move first, please take care of your yourself."

Wang Lin returned to the Forest Abode, which was still a simple and plainly constructed wooden house, except the additional room for his disciple Li Xingfei. Li Xingfei was seated in her meditating position when she saw her master. Immediately, she stood up to attention to greet Wang Lin, "Greetings, master."

Wang Lin's emotions were settled down by now and his expression was plain and inscrutable. However, that did not mean that he was cold towards his own disciples.

Li Xingfei was still in the Qi cultivation stage and was practicing the Eight Trigrams Variorum which was a mantra developed by Zhu Yi. Only when she reached the foundation establishment stage could she start practicing Wang Lin's Heavenly Extreme Path Sutra.

After Wang Lin handed Li Xingfei her assignments, he proceeded to pass her a jade letter and said plainly, "I have to leave the mountain for a period of time. During this time, continue to practice diligently. When in doubt, open the jade letter and you will find the answers to your questions."

"I have already spoken to your Second Senior Uncle. If you still are unable to find your answers, you can head to the Heavenly Temple to look for him. (Translator's Note: The Second Senior Uncle is translated as such to remain faithful to the original Chinese text. This refers to a practitioner one generation higher that is from the same sect as the individual's master. The number refers to seniority). He will be able to advise you accordingly."

Li Xingfei hesitated for a moment and said quietly, "Master, can I follow you?" Her voice became softer and softer as she watched Lin Feng with anxious eyes.

Wang Lin did not mind her company, but still shook his head and said, "I do not need you to come with me for now. Just stay here and concentrate on cultivation. The spiritual energy of Mount Yujing is far denser than that of the outside world and will aid you a lot in your journey."

"Yes, master." Li Xingfei.

Wang Lin disappeared into thin air in an instant and left Mount Yujing using Lin Feng's talisman after bidding his farewells to his seniors and juniors. Subsequently, he flipped his hands and took out a token which had a white elephant's mark on it.

The token started to beam with white light and flickered a few times in a air before a white elephant the size of a tiny mountain marched out from the clouds.

Wang Lin rode on its head and the white elephant roared before it started to move forward. The mountains shook and the Earth trembled, and a crack appeared as the white elephant carried Wang Lin within and vanished.

Watching Wang Lin leave from the tree branches of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree from afar, Lin Feng resumed his work on the massive purple banner. He needed to merge the souls of the two cultivators from the Aeolus Sect who were in the advanced stage of the Nascent Soul with the Cosmic Form in order to form the False Immortal. Besides fortification, Lin Feng also made improvements to the purple banner which was then subsequently inserted into the False Immortal. The process of forging a magical device was extremely complex and time-consuming.. For Lin Feng, who was aided by the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds and his masteries of mantra, it still took him a couple of months to forge it successfully. On one hand, it was because he wanted to ensure that the magical item was fundamentally fortified. On the other, Lin Feng was also deeply inspired and driven to forge it to perfection.

During the process of forging, Lin Feng also made advancements in his masteries of mantra.

Many concepts of forging items were devised. They were an extension of Lin Feng's understanding of the universe and individual masteries of mantra as well as the exercise of his reasoning.

Many people were marveled by the nemesis of Shi Tianhao and Shi Tianyi as they were extremely gifted in the masteries of mantra since they were young.

From the moment he entered this world till today, it had only been a little more than ten years. Over the decade, he managed to reach the intermediate Nascent Soul Stage and this speed of ascension was otherworldly and unprecedented.

The system played a huge part in his swift rise in power. Even so, the time he took to reach the intermediate stage of Nascent Soul was still very impressive and formidable.

The reason why Lin Feng could advance at such an impressive pace was because of his strong fundamentals. However, advancing at that pace came with a cost - there were many small things that he did not have the opportunity to savor or study. Therefore, during that process of forging the purple banner, he took the chance to consolidate his knowledge and the tie up the loose ends in his own mantras.

His discoveries were relatively satisfactory. After this process of consolidation, Lin Feng would have a comparatively smoother journey in his path of cultivation in the future.

A few months passed, and Lin Feng managed to obtain several lucky-draw chances but he refused to use a single one and saved everything.

He wanted to give himself time to prepare, and when the opportune moment arose, he would go all in on the gamble.

Other than studying the purple banner in those few months, he was also able to study the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl.

At this point in time, he knew that the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl had no direct relation to the Holy Demonic Emperor. Lin Feng was also close to fully understanding its capabilities, but he there were some things he still needed to test and confirm.

"Not just replication of non-living objects, it can also replicate living objects." Lin Feng pinched the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl between his fingers. He tried replicating himself before and it was a "success" in some sense as the replicated Lin Feng looked the same when he compared it to himself.

The avatar had a will and consciousness of its own, but it was not independent - instead, it shared the same consciousness as the real Lin Feng. It had the same qualities as the Avatar of Ares and the Steel Tree Avatar, but its powers were exactly the same as his original body.

Its physical appearance to its abilities were identical as Lin Feng's original body. Besides Lin Feng himself, nobody would be able to tell which is the avatar and which is the original body.

Lin Feng thought, "Back then the Heavenly Wind Holy Man used this magical item to replicate the Nine Heavens Squall Formation, he unknowingly rendered it unusable for a short period of time. Or else, he could have replicated himself and ran in opposite directions which would then have definitely split Golden Crow Grand Sage and me up to chase him down."

There was a buffer time as to how frequent things can be replicated depending on the life force required by it previous replication. The stronger the life force of a replication, the longer it would take for the next replication to be performed.

Every time it was used to replicate something, whatever that was replicated would eventually return and become white. It would then take another seven days before it can fully return to its glorious bright golden color and became usable again.

There was also a limit to what the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl can replicate. Things like Mount Yujing, Black Heavenly Treasure Tree and Two Elements of Creation Formation could not be replicated.

The Two Elements of Creation Formation lacked some materials and its power could not yet be maximised. However, the level of complexity of this magic formation was also off the charts and the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl was unable to replicate its strength and profundity.

Objects like the Flaming Dragon Celestial Armor, Lin Feng's False God and the Soul Creator Seal however, could all be replicated by the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl. Whereas, things like the massive Sword inside the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World and the crippled soul of the Golden Crow Grand Sage could not be replicated.

His last discovery could be considered a substantial one as it allowed Lin Feng to know the upper limits of the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl.

Even though the Golden Crow Grand Sage's soul was damaged, it was still superior to that of a demonic lord, but it would definitely be weaker than an undying demon soul stage Grand Sage.

From the perspective of power, it was probably equal to that of the False Immortal and weaker than the Flaming Dragon Celestial Armor.

However, the False Immortal and the Flaming Dragon Celestial Armor could both be replicated, but the remnant soul of the Golden Crow Grand Sage could not.

Lin Feng's guess was that the upper limits of the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl could be limited at first-level immortal soul stage power levels. The Pearl was unable to replicate anything above the first-level immortal soul stage.

The powerful Nine Heavens Squall Formation was an exception as it was a special formation which drew support from the power of the Heaven and Earth. Furthermore, the Nine Heavens Squall Formation was not as complex or as powerful as formations like the Two Elements of Creation Formation and the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation.

"Hmm, this is however, still a worthy magical item. If used correctly and to its full potential it would definitely come in handy," Lin Feng said he studied the pearl in front of him once more.

"Instead, it is the connection to the Holy Demonic Emperor that cannot be verified, so I shall leave that aside for now."

Lin Feng carefully kept the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and stood up from his meditative position on the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree while looking at the horizon.

"The winter is almost ending. This year's spring shall be the start of Zhu Yi's examination,"

The Wasteland Valley had been tranquil and quiet for over six months, and was finally restored to its original excitement and liveliness.

Xiao Budian (Shi Tianhao) who had been recovering from his injuries in the Nirvana World's Grand Moon Lake had recently come out of it. Even though he was still weak, there were streams of green light rippling below his skin

Worried that his little junior's body would be harmed and overstrained from the prolonged semi-submergence of his body in the Grand Moon Lake, Yang Qing remained by his little junior's side throughout the whole process and constantly bathed him in the Heaven-Revolving Purple Cloud and Grand Moon Primordial Water.

At that point in time, after having to semi-submerged himself in the Grand Moon Lake, all he had to do was guide the spiritual energy in his body to circulate smoothly. After which, his physical body and mana would be at an even higher level than before he was injured.

However, Shi Tianhao was more concerned about his plants and animals in the valley as Tun Tun could have harmed them while he was recovering.Fortunately, knowing Shi Tianhao, Lin Feng brought Tun Tun out of the Wasteland Valley which left the little Tao Tie cursing and bitter for months, but made Shi Tianhao so emotional until he cried.

He smiled at the sight of Wasteland Valley being restored to its liveliness and he arrived right outside Zhu Yi's Heavenly Temple.

Lin Feng felt a few waves of weak but vigorous mana coming from inside as he entered the ancient temple - it was Zhu Yi's disciple practicing.

Zhu Yi was also present inside the Heavenly Temple. His expression looked warm and amicable, but he was strict and meticulous when advising and teaching his disciples.

Having felt Lin Feng's presence, Zhu Yi immediately walked out and greeted his master, "Greetings, master."

Lin Feng smiled and replied, "Zhu Yi, Winter has passed and Spring has arrived, are you ready for your examination?"

"Although I have been consistently practicing mantra and the cultivation world is infinite, I have never forgotten the principles of being a student and a scholar and I have been waiting for this day to come," Zhu Yi replied joyfully.

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Chapter 397: Towards the Great Zhou Empire

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Before Zhu Yi officially became Lin Feng's disciple, he worked exceptionally hard to pass the county examination to officially become a scholar. This time around, he planned to do the same and try his best in passing the Great Zhou Empire's spring examination to achieve the title of the graduate.

Before he became Lin Feng's disciple, according to Zhu Yi's initial plan in life, he should have participated in the examination three years ago and attained the title of a graduate. With that title, he could have moved out of the house of Marquis Xuanji and lived independently since he would be entitled to own a property. However, ever since he became Lin Feng's disciple, everything was delayed.

There was no need to bring up things of the past anymore. Unless Lin Feng fell out with the emperor of the Great Zhou Empire, Zhu Yi should have absolutely no issues entering and exiting the House of the Marquis of Xuanji as he wished.

Since then, he was already a cultivator of the intermediate Aurous Core Stage. However, truth to be told, he was as strong as an elder of the Nascent Soul Stage. His level could not be matched by any of the other sons of Zhu Hongwu.

In fact, Zhang Hai, who was the household manager and an expert combatant of the House of the Marquis of Xuanji, may not even be his match anymore. Now, the only person in the House of Marquis of Xuanji who could stand a chance against him would be the Marquis of Xuanji himself.

Last year, after the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, the emperor of the Great Zhou Empire had already sent someone to prepare and handed the necessary documents to Zhu Yi for his examinations. All he had to do was to concentrate and focus on the upcoming examinations. After attaining the title of graduate when one had passed the examination in the spring, the next examination to become a palace graduate would be six months away.

He would have the status of palace graduate, which had been Zhu Yi's dream ever since he was a kid.

However, he lost his motivation and interest in becoming one ever since he followed Lin Feng and found out the truth about what happened to his mother. Becoming a palace graduate was no longer that important to him.

The purpose of Zhu Yi's participation in the examination was purely just a personal test of his capabilities and attain a certain level of peace within himself.

At this level, simply meditating and constantly practicing to improve was no longer as efficient and sufficient. He had to rely on long hours of grinding, which was highly ineffective.

Over the course of Zhu Yi's journey in cultivation, the principles of being a scholar and the principles of being a cultivator had always been intertwined with one another. The examination he was about to take was a test of his knowledge as well as a process of grinding for his own mantras and cultivation.

If things were to go as anticipated, he would have definitely made great advancements in his masteries of mantra.

Lin Feng had always supported and encouraged his disciples to be flexible. Instead of rigidly following what Lin Feng taught them, it would be more beneficial if they came up with the individual ways to practice.

The Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Great Zhou Empire were still in the honeymoon phase and there were not much conflicts of interest.

Thus, Lin Feng decided not to visit the capital city of the Great Zhou, Tianjing. Although he was keen on visiting the emperor of Great Zhou Empire, Liang Pan, and Zhu Yi's father, Zhu Hongwu, he felt that it was still premature.

Shi Tianhao, Tun Tun and Zhuge Fengling decided to follow Zhu Yi to Tianjing.

Zhu Yi laughed, "I am worried that the entire city will be turned upside down if you all are to go."

Shi Tianhao giggled, "Second Senior, you do not have to be too concerned about us. Instead, you should be more concerned about yourself. Recently, your life has only revolved around scriptures like Yi Zi's Eight Trigrams Variorum. Would you even be able to pick up the pen and start writing poems and prose again like how you used to?"

Zhu Yi smiled and said, "Easy peasy."

Shi Tianhao gave Zhu Yi a thumbs up and said as he smiled, "The last time I went there was with the master when I was little, but we left after a while. This time around, I am definitely going to take a good look and explore the majestic city!"

"The most important thing is to look for delicious food!" Tun Tun interrupted.

"Besides eating, what other useful things can you do?" Shi Tian Hao rolled his eyes and replied.

"You are the last one in this world who can say such a thing to me," Tun Tun retorted.

Shi Tianhao was upset. "Why not? I used to be a glutton but that was in the past! Now that I have grown up, I am no longer like you!"

Zhu Yi, Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing who were by the side started cracking up. Shi Tianhao pouted a little and said, "Come on guys, if you guys do not believe me, go ahead and check on storage of delicacies in Wasteland Valley. I only occasionally let loose of myself and eat them."

After hearing what Shi Tianhao said, the raging Tun Tun suddenly smiled and gave an ill-intentioned look. "If that is the case, I am sure you would not mind giving me your share right?"

"Dream on! I would rather use them to raise a beast than to give it to you!" Shi Tianhao rudely replied.

Shi Tianhao suddenly became serious and grabbed Tun Tun, "You have to follow Second Senior and I to Tianjing. Or else, I would have to trouble master to look after you again."

"I am not going! I am staying on the mountain!" Tun Tun said as she struggled to break free.

Everyone else laughed and shook their heads as they were entertained by the interactions between Tun Tun and Shi Tianhao.

Jun Zining who was staring into space suddenly turned around, sighed and shook her head.

Shi Tianhao glanced at her for a moment and said, "Are you going?"

Jun Zining thought for a while and hesitantly replied, "I hear that Tianjing is pretty cold and I have never been there before. But..."

Before Jun Zining could finish her sentence, Shi Tianhao interrupted. "Okay, understood. We shall not bring you along then."

Dumbfounded, Jun Zining stared blankly at Shi Tianhao as she was still in the state of disbelief.

"Usually we do not really have to bother with what you are saying if you are adding an adverb such as "but", "then" or "however" in between your sentences. That simply means that whatever you said before those adverbs mean nothing." Shi Tianhao said cheekily.

"You do not have to go if you are not keen on going."

Crushed by Shi Tianhao's words, Jun Zining was tongue-tied and taken aback as she was just trying to show the ladylike side of her.

Looking at Shi Tianhao who was secretly laughing and Jun Zining who was dumbfounded, Yang Qing laughed as he shook his head, "Although Tianhao has been claiming that he has grown up, it seems otherwise.."

Zhu Yi smilingly defended Shi Tianhao and said, "Little Junior is only like that when he is with us. When he is outside, the way he does things really do show some sense of maturity in it."

"Are we not also like that when we are around each other?" Zhu Yi whispered softly.

Yang Qing indisputably agreed and nodded his head.

Remaining silent on the other side, Yue Hongyan was only there to send Zhu Yi off and had no intention of following him.

Lin Feng looked at Yue Hongyan as she remained silent.

"Master, I am afraid that I would not be able to control myself."

Yue Hongyan had been to Tianjing previously but her intentions then were to kill. If she were to go this time around, she definitely would not be able to take action as easily and that would make her extremely frustrated.

Especially when the Great Zhou Empire was getting more robust and united as time went by. This was in contrast to her own nation that had been destroyed - this would only make Yue Hongyan more flustered.

Lin Feng had no intentions of forcing Yue Hongyan to follow them although it could have been a good form of test for her but Lin Feng felt that it was a little too inhumane to do so.

"Whether you want to go is entirely up to you. It is also not a bad thing for you to stay here and continue practicing. In fact, revenge is only possible if you continuously improve and advance in your masteries of mantra," Lin Feng said apathetically.

"Hongyan, you are tough and strong by nature and you have no fear of death. During your test on core formation, the problem of life and death is not going to be an issue for you. As long as you have been consistently practicing your masteries of mana and have a good understanding of your body and soul, you can start trying to break through to the Aurous Core stage."

Yue Hongyan understood Lin Feng and nodded with respect as she was relieved that Lin Feng was not against her taking revenge.

That was enough.

Everything else was like what Lin Feng said. Only if she was stronger in mind and body could she reach her goals.

Meanwhile, the rest came to a consensus that Yue Hongyan was going to stay in the mountains to continue her training along with Xiao Yan, Yang Qing would also stay and rather take care of the spiritual herbs and medicine.

Zhu Yi then entrusted the rest of his disciples and Li Xingfei to Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing while the rest followed him to Tianjing.

Zhu Yi did not know what to feel about their company as the four of them giggled and said, "Rest assured, second senior, you do what you have to do while we carry on with our 'exploration' of Tianjing."

Zhu Yi smiled and shook his head, "Please do not ask me to rest assured. If I do not keep an eye on you guys, trouble will come."

Amidst the laughter, Lin Feng manipulated the void of Mount Yujing and left the Kunlun Mountain Range. Soon, he arrived at within the borders of Great Zhou Empire and left the void at Mount Yujing open for them.

Although Lin Feng did not have to supervise and follow his disciples this time around, he still sent the two demon kings, the Kui Cow King and the Feilian King to follow them.

After domesticating the Feilian King for the past six months, the Feilian King has been fully tamed. Therefore, he voluntarily allowed Zhu Yi and friends to ride on him.

The Kui Cow King was in the Intermediate Demonic Lord stage and the Feilian King who was in the Beginner Demonic Lord stage. Their combined powers boosted the overall strength of their entire company.

Extremely touched by Lin Feng's actions, Zhu Yi bade his farewell. He was elated to be back inside Tianjing City after so many years. Thinking back, he could feel the blood boiling in his veins and the call of his ambitions.

After sending Zhu Yi and friends off, Lin Feng stood on Mount Yujing and thought, "Since I am here, there is a place I must visit."

He manipulated Mount Yujing in the void while allowing his psychic awareness to connect with the world as he distinguished the location of the terrain.

"I am here." Ling Feng came to a stop with Mount Yujing. He was positioned inside the void and his original body was still unmoving on top of the mountain. He used mana to protect himself as he sent the Steel Tree Avatar down Mount Yujing.

An endless mountain range which was extremely majestic appeared in front of Lin Feng as he left the void and back into the Greater World. The mountain range and plain land that appeared in front of Lin Feng were sprawling, endless and magnificent.

Even though it was not as colossal as the Kunlun Mountains, this majestic mountain was located in the hinterlands and possessed a relatively exotic and majestic aura.

Walking amidst the mountains, Lin Feng came to a stop after a long while and took a deep breath.

"Is this the Holy Ground known as the Great Thunderclap Temple?"

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Chapter 398: The Ruins of the Great Thunderclap Temple

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Between the peaks of the mountain range, collapsed walls, statues and shattered tiles and bricks were scattered all around the temple.

The magnificent sight of the massive wooden bridges and pillars in the past were no longer as they were. All that was left now were the rotting and decayed wooden planks.

There used to be a peak that was carved into the shape of a Buddhist statue. However, the upper section of the statue has already been destroyed, leaving only the feet of the Buddha intact.

Simply by inferring from the size of its feet which was at least ten feet tall, the original size of the Buddha was indisputably massive.

It was truly a chilling sight, even for cultivators. Normal people would have gotten on their knees already.

Everything was just a pile of rubble now.

Lin Feng believed that back then when the humongous statue was still intact, it would have inevitably radiated an enormous Buddha nature and power.

Lin Feng felt the sadness of the cruelty of the ever-changing world as he stood in the ruins of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

He sighed at the remnants of the great temple which was as reputable as the Great Void Sect and the Mount Shu Sword Sect. Considered one of the Three Holy Grounds, the temple was worshipped by tens of thousands of believers and disciples of Buddhism, and produced a great many powerful cultivators. In the end, everything was laid to ruin and the future generations could only look on and sigh at the ruins.

While observing the ruins of Great Thunderclap Temple, Lin Feng subconsciously raised his vigilance and stayed on guard.

Lin Feng had to remain vigilant as he was afraid that he would run into the rivals of the Great Thunderclap Temple who once laid siege to the mighty Great Thunderclap Temple and eventually caused its destruction.

The battle of Mount Kunlun was just the beginning.

As Lin Feng strolled through the Great Thunderclap Temple and observed the barren ruins, he started to feel its rise to power and its eventual demise.

"Hall of Vajra, Hall of Divine Emperors, Hall of Arhats, Hall of Great Wisdom, Garden of Enlightenment..." Lin Feng recognized the words on the plaques which have fallen onto the ground. A rough estimation told him that the ruins before him dated back more than a few thousand years.

The Great Void Sect which was one of the three holy grounds with relatively fewer disciples. However, their lack of quantity was made up by their talents. Everyone in the Great Void Sect was admired because of their prodigal talents.

On the contrary, the Mount Shu Sword Sect had many disciples. Their sword mantras were easy to master in the beginning but things became more arduous as they progressed further.

Compared to its large number of disciples, there were only a few powerful sword cultivators that were able to reach the Nascent Soul stage. Those that did were prodigal talents as well with the unwavering will to succeed.

All in all, the structure of the cultivators of the Mount Shu Sword Sect, in terms of capabilities, was like a standard pyramid.

The Great Thunderclap Temple, however, was very lenient towards the recruitment of disciples. All they required from its disciples were their sincerity and loyalty to Buddhism. Thus, the Great Thunderclap Temple had the greatest number of disciples amongst the three holy grounds.

The Great Thunderclap Temple did not have high requirements for its disciple before they joined the temple. The important thing they looked out for was willpower and the individual's state of mind and their ability to learn. This was the reason why there was a relatively impressive number of disciples that became powerful cultivators in the end juxtaposed against the total number of disciples.

The only problem the cultivators of the Great Thunderclap Temple faced was that it was extremely difficult for them to progress to the Golden Form. However, the Nascent Soul stage and aurous core stage cultivators were very powerful.

At its prime, the Great Thunderclap Temple was known to the outside world as the Three Thousand Arhats and Five Hundred Revealers.

"Arhats" and "Revealers" were the statuses of monks in Buddhism. The monks of the Great Thunderclap temple would never call themselves that. Only outsiders would address them like that out of admiration.

The so-called "Three Thousand Arhats and Five Hundred Revealers" was also known as "Three Thousand of the Aurous Core and Five Hundred of the Nascent Soul!"

That may be an over-exaggeration of the quantity of cultivators. However, one could tell how great and mighty the Great Thunderclap Temple was just by taking into account the sheer number of cultivators in the Aurous Core and the Nascent Soul stages.

It was rumored that, "If you were to combine all the cultivators from the different sects on the Divine Lands and compare it to the cultivators of the Great Thunderclap Temple, the Great Thunderclap Temple may still have more cultivators."

Although claimed to be one of the three great holy lands, people would still realistically rank and differentiate the three holy grounds in terms of their power and capabilities.

Since the ancient times, the Great Void Sect was considered the greatest holy ground of all. Following behind was no other than the Great Thunderclap Temple. Although unconvinced, the Mount Shu Sword Sect had no audacity to claim otherwise.

Many felt that the Great Thunderclap Temple should be considered the greatest amongst the three great holy grounds if not for the lack of cultivators in the immortal soul stage.

Back then, the battle with the Demonic World greatly crippled and weakened the Great Thunderclap Temple's capabilities. However, they were still considered a colossal power in the divine lands.

That kind of power and influence inside the territory of the Great Zhou Empire inevitably distressed Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu.

Walking through the ruins of the temples, Lin Feng sighed, "How could the Radical Faction of the Great Void Sect have felt unsafe in the presence of the Great Thunderclap Temple? There is definitely more to this. Why would the Conservative Faction allow such an obliteration of Buddhism to happen?"

Aside from the racial wars with the demonic world, the human race only had two major wars since the divine lands came into existence. One of it was the war between the worlds and the other was the War of Buddha Annihilation. These two occasions changed the structure of influence on the divine lands.

The demons were never powerful enough to overwhelm the humans. Even if they were to "overwhelm" the humans, it was something temporary. The humans would soon fight back and take them down again. It was an act of suicide for the demons when they tried to gain power and influence.

However, for the obliteration of Buddhism, it completely wiped the Great Thunderclap Temple from existence.

It was something that the Great Zhou Empire could not have possibly accomplished alone, and it was extremely difficult even if they received help from external parties. Only when both the Great Void Sect and Mount Shu Sword Sect interfered and provided the Great Zhou Empire with their assistance were they able to take down the Great Thunderclap Temple for good.

Unfortunately, that came along with a heavy cost. An astonishing twenty thousand out of the thirty thousand people from the Divine Martial Army who were trained by Marquis Xuanji, Hou Zhuhong, were sacrificed.

Also, many cultivators of the Immortal Soul stage died as well.

Four immortal soul sword cultivators from the Mount Shu Sword Sect died during the process. One of them was already in the Immortal Stage Second Level.

The Great Zhou Empire also withstood a substantial amount of damage. If it was not for the ingenious and cruel methods of Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu, the Great Zhou would have stumbled and collapsed.

"One of the greatest achievements of war would have definitely been here," said Lin Feng as he looked down on the fallen pagodas and sighed again.

Soon, Lin Feng arrived at the pagodas of the Great Thunderclap Temple. These pagodas were the mausoleums of their most revered monks and also where the sariras of the Great Thunderclap Temple were kept.

Since the pagodas were destroyed, the sariras, also known as relics, that were kept within had since been stolen.

The revered monks who have achieved the highest level of the immortal soul were although technically immortal but were unfortunately still killed by the violence of the battle.

The sariras embodied the essences and spiritual power of Buddhism. However, since they were stolen, no one dared to imagine what could happen if they were to fall into the wrong hands.

Twenty-four prayer beads appeared and levitated in the air as Lin Feng spread out his palms. These prayer beads were obtained from a disciple of the Buddha.

Amidst the silence, a pothole appeared on the ground. Lin Feng guided the prayer beads into the pothole and closed it meticulously.

After everything was done, Lin Feng continued strolling and arrived at the other side of the pagodas. It was there where Lin Feng discovered an enormous pothole.

Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar suddenly trembled. He knew that this pothole was where the Saros Steel Tree once flourished.

Back then, even the Vairocana Formation and Almighty Celestial Destroyer Formation were rendered useless against the Saros Steel Tree.

Although the Divine Martial Army once hackneyed the matured Saros Steel Tree, it still stood strong against powerful formation attacks.

Unfortunately, it was ultimately destroyed and uprooted and left this giant crater in the ground.

Although the Saros Steel Tree was practically dead, its ability to ward off against insects and bugs was still apparent. Therefore, after twenty years, it was still filled with life force and radiated positive energy.

Even though it was weak, it still existed.

Lin Feng sat down and quietly appreciated the radiating energy of the tree. He used the connection between the Steel Tree Avatar and its origins to feel the most delicate transformations.

Time flew by quickly as Lin Feng sat down beside the tree. As Lin Feng opened his eyes, a huge crack emerged in the void. A dense lightning thunder suddenly slashed across the sky and headed towards him.

The Steel Tree Avatar was about to experience the Thunder Tribulations and advance into the Nascent Soul Stage.

Once he was at the Nascent Soul stage, the power of the Steel Tree Avatar would inevitably increase by another level.

He faced the roaring thunder calmly and was not hasty at all.

For the past six months, Lin Feng left his Steel Tree Avatar in the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World for practice. Therefore, it was fundamentally strengthened and filled with spiritual energy. Thus, he was confident that it would definitely survive the Thunder Tribulations and did not display any form of fear as the lightning strike headed towards him.

Besides, Lin Feng himself personally experienced and appreciated the Thunder Tribulations. He only had to tie up the last loose ends of the Steel Tree Avatar and perfect the process completely.

However, just as the Steel Tree Avatar was experiencing the Thunder Tribulations, Lin Feng sensed the presence of evil lurking in the air.

Its presence displayed elements of greed and maliciousness which made people feel disturbed.

Lin Feng ignored it and focused on guiding his Steel Tree Avatar to finish its transformation.

Similar to the demons the transformation of the Steel Tree Avatar required the Aurous Core to be released out of the avatar's body so that it can be directly struck by the Thunder Tribulations.

As the sound of thunder slowly quietened down, the Aurous Core of the Steel Tree Avatar let out a crunch which was similar to cracking an egg and cracks started to appear around the aurous core.

This crack was not from wear and tear or damage, but was charged with energies of new life.

The light was beaming from within the cracks as an aroma of fresh air followed along.

At this point of time, the evil aura lurking in the air became more apparent and was poised to strike.

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Chapter 399: The Great Qin Empire's Diplomatic Party

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A whiff of avariciousness floated in the air from the void. Someone was spying on Lin Feng as he focused on preparing his Steel Tree Avatar for the experience of the Thunder Tribulations.

Under the presence of the Saros Steel Tree crater at the Great Thunderclap Temple, the Steel Tree Avatar started to reveal its foundations.

A Saros Steel Tree would be attractive to anyone, even though it was still immature and was not yet a demon.

However, that guy who was observing from a distance did not pounce forward immediately. Instead, he was just spying from afar.

On one hand, it was because a Steel Tree Avatar would be more valuable after experiencing the Thunder Tribulations as its powers would have risen by another level.

On the other hand, he could tell that there was something unique about the Steel Tree Avatar - even though it was experiencing the thunder tribulations like any demon would, the mana ripples from its body was starkly different from that of a demon, and it was not a Steel Tree demon. He realized that it was an avatar that had been cultivated by a human cultivator.

Therefore, he had to take into consideration the capabilities of the avatar's original owner.

Even though he was more careful and on guard, the greed and domineering aura was still incredibly strong and he made no attempt to cover it.

"Nascent soul stage...human race...at least in the Advanced Nascent Soul Stage..." Lin Feng thought to himself but paid no further attention as he focused on bringing the Steel Tree Avatar through the tribulations.

Suddenly, another powerful wave of mana rippled forth from the far end of the horizon.

The advanced Nascent Soul stage cultivator was taken aback momentarily as he started to emanate fury and emotions of indignation within his aura. The aura trembled for a little while before it was gradually withdrawn and eventually vanished completely.

Lin Feng sensed the powerful ripple of mana and already knew what was going on."A friend. It seems like that person who harbored ill intentions knew him as well and could have possibly been defeated by him before. That is the reason why he scampered away without hesitation."

The power wave of mana suddenly became stagnant in the air, and watched Lin Feng as he proceeded with the thunder tribulations. Lin Feng was still relatively unconcerned as he calmly met the final breakthrough of the thunder tribulations.

The Steel Tree Avatar's aurous core cracked open completely and exuded beams of light as the air was filled with the aromatic smell of nature. A tiny sprout appeared from the mesh of light with multiple shoots and buds.

This young sprout seemed so weak that it would be blown away by a gust of wind. However, it gave off a concept of power that embodied impregnability and eternal life.

Soon, the light illusion slowly vanished back into the head of the avatar. Although it had just experienced the Thunder Tribulations, the Steel Tree Avatar still stood up with ease and appeared to be charged with energy and did not display a single trace of weakness.

Suddenly, a tiny crack emerged in the void and person walked out from it. "Although I have briefly seen this avatar of yours before at the Sea of the Northern Wind, I never expected it to be refined from the Saros Steel Tree."

Lin Feng smiled and replied, "It is my honor to meet you again."

A plump and joyful old man appeared - it was the Vivant Joy Holy Man of the Great Qin Empire. Looks can be deceiving as he was actually a true master and powerhouse of the immortal soul stage.

At the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, he was together with Prince Anliang Shi Zongyue of the Great Qin Empire and the Gambling Holy Man, Zhuge Guang, as the hosts of the conference. He had only met Lin Feng once, but he had a good temper and everyone had a pleasant introduction and interaction.

The Vivant Joy Holy Man took a brief look at the ruin of the Great Thunderclap Temple and sighed, "An ancient temple that was destroyed in such a short period of time. What a pity."

Lin Feng laughed and kept quiet. All over the world, aside from all the disciples of the Buddha, the Great Qin Empire was probably the only other power that did not want the Great Thunderclap Temple destroyed.

Still, all this was with the benefit of hindsight. To the best of Lin Feng's knowledge, the Great Qin Empire had turned a cold shoulder towards the Great Thunderclap Temple during the War of Buddha Annihilation.

To the Great Qin Empire, the best outcome was that the clash between the Great Thunderclap Temple and the Great Zhou Empire destroyed them both.

However, they were helpless as the two lords of Great Zhou Empire, Liang Pan, and Zhu Hongwu turned the table against the Great Thunderclap Temple and ended up victorious. In the end, their power and influence rose instead of deteriorating after the battle and they left the Great Qin Empire in the dust.

"Are you on a diplomatic mission in the Great Zhou Empire?" Lin Feng asked as the Vivant Joy Holy Man nodded his head and replied, "Yes I am."

Lin Feng remained expressionless but made a mental note, "The storms are coming."

Even though the Vivant Joy Holy Man was born into the Great Qin Empire and was at the Immortal Soul stage, he preferred to roam the world and enjoy life and was not to keen on handling official matters.

The Great Qin Empire would not typically trouble him unless it was for something important.

When the Great Qin Empire truly needed help for something would they call up this old man, and the Vivant Joy Holy Man never declined their requests.

During the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, he was present as the host of the event and was already on Lin Feng's radar. The fact that he was in the Great Zhou Empire on a mission proved that the Great Qin Empire was starting to channel all strength that they had.

Following the Vivant Joy Holy Man, Lin Feng arrived at the honor guard thousands of miles away. The Vivant Joy Holy Man was the leader of the diplomatic party from the Great Qin Empire, and was supported by a great many subordinates and subjects of the Great Qin Empire. Besides him, there was another important figure whom he had seen before at the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai as well - Shi Xingyun, princess of the Great Qin Empire.

Instead of being in a formal dress as was typically expected, Shi Xingyun was dressed in simple clothing as she did for the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai. She paid her respects to Lin Feng, " Greetings, senior."

Lin Feng stared at Shi Xingyun with a face full of curiosity. The Great Qin Empire was ruled by cultivators, and the royal family itself had many powerful cultivators. A female member in an executive position meant that her level of mastery was far superior to that of traditional royal empires.

However, it was rare to see a person like Shi Xingyun acting as a diplomat representing a country.

"Could she be marrying into the Great Zhou Empire?" Lin Feng speculated mischievously. The princess of an empire being sent forth for an arranged marriage would have attracted much attention. Even though he hadn't received news previously, it could possibly be a trip to probe its possibility.

Pretentiously, Lin Feng hid his true opinions and thoughts as he conversed jovially with the Vivant Joy Holy Man and Shi Xingyun.

Both Shi Xingyun and the Vivant Joy Holy Man avoided asking about Lin Feng's purpose in being here.

Zhu Yi's return to Tianjing City to take his examinations was no secret. What caught the attention of Shi Xingyun and the Vivant Joy Holy Man was that Lin Feng did not seem like he was going to follow his disciple personally to support him.

Although it was Lin Feng's avatar that they were speaking to, they could tell from his tone and his attitude that he had no intentions of going to Tianjing City.

To the Great Qin Empire, this was a delicate and subtle gesture. Lin Feng was returning the favor to the Great Zhou Empire - during the opening ceremony of the Celestial Sect of Wonders outside Shazhou City, Liang Pan had sent Mei Wulang to deliver a congratulatory gift.

Therefore, Zhu Yi's return to Tianjing City made Lin Feng less somber as compared to his previous visit to the Sword of Radiance Sect when he personally accompanied Xiao Yan.

By doing so, Lin Feng showed a form of respect and trust in the Great Zhou Empire as he hoped that they would be fair to Zhu Yi.

This was not good for the Great Qin Empire.

However, looking at things from another perspective, Lin Feng had never visited the Emperor of the Great Zhou Empire, Liang Pan, before. Both parties still kept a certain distance and was still in the process of probing and testing each other.

After a short conversation with Shi Xingyun and the Vivant Joy Holy Man, Lin Feng expressed his intentions to remain within the remains of the Great Thunderclap Temple and bid them farewell.

Before Lin Feng left, he looked at Shi Xingyun and thought to himself, "Am I seeing things? I can sense that besides having the soul of the Immemorial Celestial Dragon inside her own, there is something else strange about her."

After Lin Feng departed, a middle-aged man who was in thick armor came to Shi Xingyun and the Vivant Joy Holy Man and said, "Missus, Sir, it seems like the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders is indeed not going to appear in Tianjing City."

Similar to a demonic dragon, this middle-aged man was emitting a vigorous and powerful aura. Specialising in the martial way at the peak of the Aurous Core stage, his physical body and soul was oscillating with so much force that it resembled the force of a gap ripping open in the void.

The joyful facial expression of the Vivant Joy Holy Man suddenly changed and he said stiffly while shaking his head, "Do not touch Zhu Yi. The leader of Celestial Sect of Wonder is not a fool."

"Besides, that is the capital of the Great Zhou Empire."

Shi Xingyun then subtly said, "It is not just that. We have to take note that no one else does - someone could be plotting to frame us for that if anything happens to Zhu Yi."

After hearing what Prince Qingyun said, the armored middle-aged man contemplated momentarily and nodded his head. "I understand, ma'am."

Lin Feng returned to the ruins of the Great Thunderclap Temple after he departed from the diplomatic party from the Great Qin Empire. All of a sudden, he felt something as his heart skipped a beat. "Oh, this mana feels familiar."

The Steel Tree Avatar was already in the Nascent Soul stage. He stepped out and pierced through space and arrived at his destination in no time.

He sensed previously that there was a battle going on, and found one of the ripples of mana extremely familiar.

Lin Feng reached the spot and immediately recognized that person. "Dao Zhiqiang - he should be with the Great Qin's diplomatic party. Why is he here alone?"

Dao Zhiqiang was engaged in a fight with a middle-aged man who looked average but was emitting a dense and stable aura - his two eyes were unmoving and displayed unwavering confidence and calmness.

Even though he was at a disadvantage, Dao Zhiqiang was facing off his enemy with composure.

The only problem was that his opponent was just too strong. An Aurous Core stage cultivator versus a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator could not be so smooth-sailing for the Foundation Establishment stage cultivator - Dao Zhiqiang. In the end, it was rare for someone in the Foundation Establishment stage to resist someone in the Aurous Core stage, or even defeat the latter.

The only reason why Dao Zhiqiang was still barely managing was because of his talismans and the magical items and he could feel himself slipping towards defeat.

Lin Feng was not too hasty about interfering as he could feel that there two other people on scene besides Dao Zhiqiang and his opponent.

Both cultivators were in the Aurous Core stage, and one was clearly stronger than the other. They were obscured in the shadows as they watched the disorganized and messy battle in silence.

What piqued Lin Feng's interest was the fact that these two cultivators of the Aurous Core stage did not display their strength and level of mastery, but their mantras and whatnot told him that they were from the Heaven Lake Sect.

"This is about to get interesting." Lin Feng let out a subtle smile at the thought of the Heavenly Lake Sect's obnoxious rules and customs.

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Chapter 400: Come And Have a Seat At My Place

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It was just a simple fight to the death between Dao Zhiqiang and the cultivator of the Aurous Core stage. From their speech, one could tell that it was a simple robbery after murder.

However, the hidden presence of the two cultivators from the Heaven Lake Sect spiced things up.

What made Lin Feng even more intrigued was that these two cultivators who were from the Heaven Lake Sect were there for different reasons; the weaker cultivator was completely engrossed in the fight, was completely unaware of the presence the other cultivator.

The stronger cultivator, however, was fully aware of his surroundings and the presence of another cultivator. It was obvious he was there to clean up as he behaved like an eagle waiting for the right moment to swoop.

"This mana feels familiar." Lin Feng turned around and thought to himself as if he recognized the strong cultivator of the Aurous Core stage.

After careful examination and identification, Lin Feng smirked, "Interesting."

The stronger cultivator of the Nascent Soul was indeed Song Qingyuan, who attended the previous Spiritual Conference of Huanghai.

Being at the peak of the Aurous Core stage and fully mastered the Dual Sword Auras of Ice Fire, Song Qingyuan was indisputably considered as one of the more gifted ones in the younger generation of the Heaven Lake Sect. He was so strong that he could put up a fight against an elder cultivator of the Nascent Soul stage.

At his level, he could have attempted the Thunder Tribulations a long time ago to ascend to the nascent soul stage.

However, Song Qingyuan was born with a surplus of Yin energy in him. It was precisely because of this that he was able to master the Heaven Lake Sect's mantra at an extraordinary pace. Ironically, it was also because of the possibility of disharmony between Yin and Yang that that hindered him from experiencing the Thunder Tribulations.

Therefore, Song Qingyuan did not dare to try the Thunder Tribulations. Thus, he was stranded in the Advanced Aurous Core stage.

The most appropriate solution to his problem was to pair up with Dao Yuting as a 'cultivator couple'.

Dao Yuting was born with a surplus of Yang energy in her body, the complete opposite of Song Qingyuan. She was also unable to achieve a perfect balance between Yin and Yang in her body.

They were considered to be the perfect pair. Dao Yuting and Song Qingyuan complemented each other more perfectly than typical 'cultivator couples' did.

From his past behaviour, Lin Feng was confident that this person was not here to help out his father-in-law.

This meant that the real reason why he was here made things all the more interesting.

Not before long, Song Qingyuan started to act. He crept behind his sect's cultivator who was at the beginner Aurous Core stage. It was only when Song Qingyuan appeared next to him did he notice the former's presence.

The middle-aged cultivator was astonished. He voice-projected a message to Song Qingyuan, "Qingyuan, why are you here?"

Song Qingyuan smiled subtly and replied, "Senior Elder Zhang, this Dao Zhiqiang cannot die yet."

Senior Elder Zhang was even more shocked. "Why is that?" As he was afraid of experiencing the Tribulations of Yin Fire, he was weaker in capacity and masteries although he was one generation older than Song Qingyuan. He had been at the Aurous Core stage for a few hundred years but was stuck in the beginner Aurous Core stage.

This was the reason why he did not dare to wave his seniority around Song Qingyuan, even though he had his own suspicions and doubts.

The instructions of the mission passed down by the sect to cultivator Zhang stated that he had to kill Dao Zhiqiang, but the details were confusing.

He was provided with Dao Zhiqiang's whereabouts, but cultivator Zhang could not assassinate Dao Zhiqiang personally as he could not expose the fact that he was from the Heaven Lake Sect.

After much investigation, the middle-aged cultivator realized that Dao Zhiqiang was working under the Great Qin's minister, Wu Qingrou. So, he concluded that the Heaven Lake Sect did not want to provoke the Great Qin Empire. Therefore, he paid an independent cultivator to kill Dao Zhiqiang to create the whole drama.

However, Song Qingyuan's appearance made things awkward for him. "I am sure these are the instructions for the mission passed down by the sect. It can't be wrong."

"No doubt. That is why I rushed here," Song Qingyuan smiled and said, "Senior Elder Zhang, you have found the right person. This foundation establishment cultivator is Dao Zhiqiang."

"But like I said, it is not Dao Zhiqiang's time to die."

After hearing his words, cultivator Zhang's expression changed. "Qingyuan, you..."

"Going against the rule? I am fully aware." Song Qingyuan nodded while laughing, "That is why I am requesting you to be slightly flexible, Senior Elder Zhang. No worries, I will take full responsibilities of my actions when we are back."

Cultivator Zhang hesitated for a moment and thought, "He is the immediate disciple of the sect. There is no point arguing with him since the leader of the sect would definitely side and protect him. Just let him do as he wishes."

He nodded his head and agreed, "Qingyuan, I will leave this to you then. Do what you want."

Just as cultivator Zhang turned around and was about to leave, he felt a force approaching him from behind - he turned around haze of terror and immediately saw a maelstrom of ice and fire surging towards him.

"Song Qingyuan, you…" Before he could finish his sentence, that stream of ice and fire took his life.

This was the same spell that heavily injured Du Kun of the Royal House of the Northern Tribes, who was also at the peak of the Aurous Core stage. There was nothing else to be said about it being used against a Beginner Aurous Core stage cultivator.

Song Qingyuan cold-heartedly killed his senior elder and said while laughing, "Senior Elder Zhang , after much consideration, I have decided that it would be better if you were to be responsible. However, you no longer have to be worried of getting punished as you will not be returning to the sect."

While unleashing his attack, Song Qingyuan made no effort in covering up his aura.

Naturally, the two of them who were fighting felt the aura and stopped to watch Song Qingyuan who was started strolling towards them.

Song Qingyuan very quickly ended the life of the independent cultivator in the same manner with the same grin on his face - and only he and Dao Zhiqiang were left.

Dao Zhiqiang looked at Song Qingyuan and said respectfully, "Thank you for your aid, Priest Song."

In the Grand Celestial World, those who were cultivators of the Nascent Soul can be addressed as a priest as a form of respect.

"You know me?" Song Qingyuan smiled.

"I have witnessed your elegance and glory at the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai," Dao Zhiqiang said as he nodded.

"The glory of getting defeated by me who was only ten years old back then?" Song Qingyuan asked faintly. Dao Zhiqiang tensed up and replied, "You are indeed very humorous. We have also witnessed how you were defeated by Du Kun of the Royal House of the Northern Tribes and Gu Lei of the Purple Clouds Sect."

Song Qingyuan chuckled and gazed at Zhi Daoqiang, "Everyone has also seen the elegance of your daughter."

Dao Zhiqiang's heart skipped a beat as he realized that his identity had been exposed. He controlled his emotions and confusingly asked, "My daughter? I do not even have a wife, how can I have a daughter?"

Song Qingyuan smiled, "Do you not remember Yuting? I am sure she remembers you."

For those who wanted to enter the Heaven Lake Sect, it was a tradition and rule that they must cut off their ties with their family and kill them. For those who were still young, the sect would secretly do it for them. However, those who ultimately progressed to the chain of command inevitably came to know the truth and would have probably suffered the same fate. Therefore, the sect came up with a lot of different measures which complemented this tradition.

Those who had their ties cut off had to accept a special form of psychological assistance. This form of psychological assistance would ultimately guide them in the "right" way of practice.

After all these assistance and guidance, most of them knew what happened to their parents and chose to ignore it.

That was also one of the reasons why most of the immediate disciples of Heaven Lake Sect were so heartless and cruel.

Eventually, that became something common and natural in the sect that nobody would question about.

Although the sect had received many negative comments on their way of doing things, they chose to ignore them.

However, there were still people who were stubborn and refused to accept the truth that their family had been killed. If that was the case, the sect would use hypnosis to alter their consciousness and soul in order to remove part of their memory.

Song Qingyuan laughed and said, "Yuting still misses you but she does not know that you are still alive."

"What deep affection!"

Song Qingyuan sighed and said, "She still remembers you after her first hypnosis. Can you imagine how sad was it for her to pretend that she does not? This was all just so that she could prevent herself from getting hypnotized again and retain that vivid memory of you."

Fuming with anger, Dao Zhiqiang clenched both of his fists and remained silent.

Looking at Dao Zhiqiang, Song Qingyuan laughed again and said, "Imagine how happy she would be if I were to bring you to her?"

"Would you be as happy if I were to bring you to Cao Wei?"

A voice suddenly came out of nowhere as the sky started to fill with purple clouds.

Song Qingyuan's facial expression suddenly changed as he saw Lin Feng walking out of the void.

After the battle at Mount Kunlun, it was no longer a secret that Lin Feng possessed an avatar of the Saros Steel Tree. Although it was his first time seeing Lin Feng, Song Qingyuan immediately felt his heart sink after hearing him speak and seeing how the sky was filled with purple clouds.

He gathered his attention, smiled and said, "Are you the leader of the Celestial Wonder Sect? Greetings, revered elder Lin Feng."

Song Qingyuan would have definitely put up a fight it was some average person in the Nascent Soul Stage. However, even though it was just one of Lin Feng's avatars, he already dispelled all notions of resistance.

Lin Feng said, "What a coincidence. Allow me to invite you to have a seat at my place."

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Song Qingyuan gazed at Lin Feng deeply. After a beat, he sighed and said, smiling, "I would not refuse an elder. Happily, sire."

He was very receptive, accepting Lin Feng's arrangement calmly.

You're the youngster and he's the elder, so you can try anything you like and the elder will definitely be magnanimous and excuse you – this sort of thinking was foolish to the extreme.

If one wished to be magnanimous, then he will be magnanimous and wave it aside; if one wished to put you in your place, then he will do so without a moment's hesitation. This, was the prerogative of the powerful.

Lin Feng simply put him away into the Celestial Small Worlds, and then, his gaze settled on Dao Zhiqiang, still in shock and speechless. Up until now, this middle-aged man has not yet regained his wits.

"Dao Zhiqiang, Lord Lin." After a few beats, Dao Zhiqiang bowed to Lin Feng. "Thank you very much, Lord Lin, for your help."

Although he was not an advanced cultivator, he was cool-headed and cautious. Obviously, he could tell that previously, Song Qingyuan was not actually harboring benevolent intentions.

After falling into Song Qingyuan's hands, maybe he could indeed find his daughter Dao Yuting, but for father and daughter, it might not end well.

"What are your plans next?" Lin Feng asked.

At this point, Dao Zhiqiang has already calmed down completely. Song Qingyuan's words have unsettled him deeply; right now, he missed his daughter even more. But after he regained his cool, after a pause, he said, "I want to go to a place, to confirm something."

Lin Feng threw him a look. "What place?"

Dao Zhiqiang said the name of a place, situated on a mountain northeast of the ruins of the Great Thunderclap Temple. Lin Feng simply brought him there directly by Void travel.

On the mountain stood an Aurous Core cultivator, looking as if he was waiting for someone. Dao Zhiqiang stood with Lin Feng atop the clouds; after examining the cultivator for a while, Dao Zhiqiang fell into a complete silence, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"He's waiting for you?" Lin Feng asked.

Smiling bitterly, Dao Zhiqiang answered, "Indeed. The reason why I left the main Embassy group and hurried here is to see him as well, in addition to delivering something to him. But from the looks of it now, this delivery route is the road to my grave, which the Right Honorable Prime Minister prepared for me."

"I do know that the Prime Minister has contact with the Heaven Lake Sect. But looking at it now, the Prime Minister knows all about me as well."

Dao Zhiqiang sighed. "I was from a small sect in the Great Zhou's Northern Realms. I was very much in love with a female junior of mine – after we both attained Foundation Establishment, we got married."

"After our marriage, we were a very devoted couple, and she gave birth to a daughter as well. Our family of three was enjoying some halcyon days."

At this instant, Dao Zhiqiang's gaze was filled with remembrance and yearning. "Then, I was even thinking that the true meaning of cultivation would be to enjoy that happiness for longer years."

"My daughter, when she was still a child, she has already exhibited tremendous talent for cultivation." Dao Zhiqiang's expression became progressively more pained. "At first, I was still overjoyed, thinking that this was Heaven's gift to me. But who knows that this would be the start of a nightmare!"

Dao Zhiqiang's daughter was none other than Dao Yuting. Extraordinarily talented at a tender age, she was forcibly inducted into the Heaven Lake Sect after they discovered her.

Faced with the Heaven Lake Sect's rule of severing all worldly connections, Dao Zhiqiang's family was met with disaster. His daughter was abducted, his wife murdered by them as well.

As powerful as the Heavenly Lake Sect was, even Dao Zhiqiang's sect was as insignificant as a speck of dust in front of them, not to mention him.

Dao Zhiqiang managed to escape with his life thanks to luck. If it was just for revenge, faced with such a colossus, he might not even be able to summon the will to fight.

But his daughter was still there.

As a father, even knowing the hopelessness of his path, Dao Zhiqiang will still fight his fight.

So he travelled relentlessly, looking for a great power that could help him fulfill his wish. First he joined the Great Zhou Empire's Divine Martial Army; after the Battle of the Great Swamp of the Ancient Regions, he left the Divine Martial Army and came to the Great Qin Empire, eventually becoming a retainer of the Great Qin's powerful Prime Minister, Wu Qingrou.

However, when he hasn't yet seen the hope at dawn, once again, he fell into the abyss of despair.

Lin Feng gazed at Dao Zhiqiang silently. Suddenly, he smiled. "My Celestial Sect of Wonders still lacks a competent Outer Echelon manager. Are you willing to enter my sect?"

Hearing these words, Dao Zhiqiang was instantly dumbstruck as he looked at Lin Feng blankly, speechless.

After a long pause, he finally realized that this was extremely impolite and said hurriedly, "My Lord, if you are willing to take me in, I am obviously willing. It's just that…"

Dao Zhiqiang's heart was filled with apprehension as he looked at Lin Feng with great care and spoke softly. "My Lord, aren't you worried that I am part of an espionage plot of Wu Qingrou's?"

It was natural for him to have his heart in his mouth. Someone like him might as well as have 'spy' written on his face, especially with his greatest leverage, and greatest vulnerability – his daughter was still in others' hands.

Even if he wasn't a spy now, if Wu Qingrou or Cao Wei were to use Dao Yuting to threaten him later and demand that he betray the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Dao Zhiqiang reckoned that it would be hard for him to hold the line.

Not to mention that he had first pledged his loyalty to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and later left the Divine Martial Army to swear fealty to Wu Qingrou. Now, if he changed allegiances once more, regardless of the reason, he could very well be seen as a slave with three names.

If he were in Lin Feng's position, it would be hard for him to trust such a person as well.

Lin Feng glanced at him calmly as he spoke. "I do not care for whether you're someone else's agent, as long as you carry out your duties to the best of your ability when you're my manager. What I want is your ability, and not your loyalty."

Gazing at Dao Zhiqiang, his lip suddenly twisted upwards. "Actually, I am somewhat hoping that you're Wu Qingrou or Cao Wei's agent."

Dao Zhiqiang was dumbfounded, unable to speak. Suddenly, he felt a chill down his spine. "Previously, I felt that Wu Qingrou was the most frightening person I've ever seen; but the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders exceeds even him."

After a long while, he gathered his wits and bowed deeply towards Lin Feng. Taking a deep breath, he spoke. "I will be my Lord's most humble servant. I only hope that my Lord would one day take pity on me and allow me to be reunited with my daughter Yuting, that those bonded by blood would not remain separated."

"Those that trust me, I have never let them down." Lin Feng said even-temperedly.

"Starting from today, you are the Outer Echelon manager for the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Assorted matters, big and small, on Mount Yujing will be your responsibility. If you complete your tasks well, there will be additional rewards." After finishing his sentence, Lin Feng flicked his finger, sending Dao Zhiqiang to Mount Yujing with a streak of purple clouds.

After sending off Dao Zhiqiang, one of Lin Feng's voice-projecting crystals began glowing. After the transmission was established, Xiao Budian's voice rang out. "Master, Second Senior passed the Imperial (provincial) Exam! And he was first place - Jieyuan!"

"I am more concerned about his work for this exam. Was it the sequel for his previous uncompleted essay – that groundbreaking one?" Lin Feng asked.

"No." Shi Tianhao smiled.

Hearing this, not only did Lin Feng feel no regret, but instead laughed happily. "Good, good. To be able to hide as well as show – his understanding of the Tao is more and more mellow and coherent."

"I asked Second Senior to bring us around the city, and return together a few days later," Xiao Budian said.

Lin Feng nodded. Previously, he has already reached an agreement with Zhu Yi; after this Spring Examination ends, Zhu Yi will not stay at Tianjing, but rather return to Mount Yujing to continue his cultivation. He will only return to Tianjing City for the national exam in autumn, six months later.

After ending the transmission with Xiao Budian, Lin Feng clasped his hands behind his back, gratified. "Now, every disciple has begun to find their own path."

Zhu Yi forged his own path, and Wang Lin did so as well.

This time that Wang Lin returned to his hometown and his family, it was definitely a triumphant return.

His hometown was situated in the periphery mountains of the Great Qin Empire's Southern Realms. Along with Xiao Yan's family in Wuzhou City, Wang Lin's clan received official preferential treatment and protection from the Great Qin Empire as well.

After being informed that all this stemmed from Wang Lin, the one who was a mere clown, the contrast was tremendous for the Wangs.

When faced with the changed attitudes of his clan, looking at those faces full of fawning and hidden fear, Wang Lin did not feel gratified or amused; but rather, simply dealt with them calmly.

It was only when facing his parents that Wang Lin felt genuine joy.

He settled down in his hometown, accompanying his parents and started living a normal life. It was as if everything has returned to the days before he left home.

Wang Lin did this partly to be in the company of his parents, and partly to polish his own Tao.

Lin Feng talked with him afterwards, and knew that Wang Lin was unifying this Concept, of serenity and a return to nature, with the other extreme – Destructive stage of the River Styx, forming a complete Concept of power and polarity.

Not simply replacing the Destructive stage of the River Styx with serenity and return to nature, but pushing both to the extreme and then merging the two.

Compared with when he was erecting the Forest Abode, his understanding of the great universal Tao has now increased further. Now, he was truly perfecting his Heavenly Extreme Path Sutra.

Hearing this, Lin Feng first affirmed the validity of Wang Lin's idea, and felt happy for him as well.

So, this family leave of Wang Lin's stretched out to more than six months; now, he was still resting in his little home village.

Apart from Wang Lin and Zhu Yi, although Xiao Yan accidentally messed himself up, but he has obviously affirmed his future path as well.

After defeating and destroying the Intermediate Nascent Soul Elder, Yu Shiling, Xiao Budian's cultivation and energy have reached new heights as well.

Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing were steadily progressing as well. Generally, Lin Feng has little to be dissatisfied about – except one.

This particular issue was that little girl, Luo Qingwu. It has already been half a year since she returned to the Ancient Yuantian World; after so long, there has been nary a whisper.

Through the Mana that he left in her Heavenly Yin Spiritual Pearl, Lin Feng could sense that the problems with her Heavenly Yin Spiritual Pearl has not improved. Right now, it was only Lin Feng's Dual Polarity Divine Flower petals preventing it from shattering; if she attempts to cultivate Qi, things would go wrong instantly.

In the end, for this half a year, the little girl did stop cultivating completely, with not a single move.

"Could it be that I was wrong?" Lin Feng felt somewhat puzzled. "This little girl's Heavenly Yin Spiritual Pearl physique is useless now, but her family still treats her as a precious treasure, with no changes in her privileges? If it is really true, it would be a good outcome as well."

Lin Feng's brows knotted up slightly. "But why do I have the feeling that the situation has evolved somewhat unexpectedly?"

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Chapter 402: Secret Manual of Kun Peng

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Previously, Lin Feng had left some Mana in Luo Qingwu's Heavenly Yin Spiritual Pearl. Whenever Luo Qingwu wishes, she can contact Lin Feng through this Mana; that was why when bidding her farewell, Lin Feng told her that if she was unhappy at home, she could come visit Mount Yujing.

But unexpectedly, it has been half a year since her return, and yet the wavelengths were still silent – with no activity from her.

Lin Feng could sense that nothing unexpected has happened to the Mana he left in the Heavenly Yin Spiritual Pearl – it has not been erased, nor hijacked.

In other words, it was the little girl's own idea to not communicate with Lin Feng.

This made Lin Feng rather curious – but merely curious. If the little girl was still living a carefree life, then all's good.

Now, Lin Feng's mindset was already changing slowly. He would still eye talents of extraordinary potential when he encounters them, but it was no longer a must.

While he was in thought, Lin Feng suddenly sensed, once again, that evil consciousness that was spying on them while the Steel Tree Avatar was battling the Thunder Tribulations.

Savagery, venom, deceit – these negative emotions pulsated clearly from its Mana.

Lin Feng's eyebrows rose as he turned to see the air stir. A figure walked, slowly, out from the Void opening.

His Mana was extremely strong – facing him, Lin Feng felt, vaguely, that he was facing the boundless sea and sky.

"As expected, Advanced Nascent Soul." Lin Feng smiled slightly, "if this man attains Immortal Soul, his powers will be considerable."

The figure was enveloped, from head to toe, in a layer of faint mist, precluding people from seeing his true form.

But this, naturally, could not stop Lin Feng's vision. Examining him, Lin Feng felt some slight surprise.

The man's form was uncommon, to say the slightest. His appearance was aged, with a hunched back and bowed figure. His face was rather abnormal, bearing resemblances to birds and fishes instead of humans; somewhat like Demons transforming into human form, but incompletely, with many physical traits of beasts remaining.

But from Lin Feng's observation, his Mana obviously bore the signature of human cultivators, and not the Demonic powers of the Demonic Clan.

With much interest, Lin Feng sized up this bird-faced, fish-headed figure. "Perhaps, just like my Steel Tree Avatar, he controlled some Demonic being as an Avatar?"

His gaze made the strange figure rather displeased as he sneered, "Managed to get a Saros Steel Tree as an Avatar? Really good luck – pity it will be for my benefit. You can hand that Avatar over now."

The figure's voice was weird as well; shrill and ear-piercing like Heavenly Squall, and yet low and resounding like waves of the rolling sea.

As his sentence trailed off, the strange figure extended his arm out, grabbing towards Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar.

His hand instantly transformed into a gigantic hand, covering the entire sky. Seeing this, Lin Feng did not panic, but instead feel a light bulb go off in his head. This grab appeared simple, but actually encapsulated many different layers of Concept.

The cover of the hand produced, faintly, an Abhijna effect – Heaven and Earth, contained in a single palm. It embodied profound Spatial powers – all Space under the palm was being drawn towards the center of the palm. It was useless even if an opponent attempted to evade towards another direction – he could not escape the figure's grasp.

In addition, at the center of the palm, it was as if a deep whirlpool was continuously rotating, generating a powerful attractive force. The five fingers extended outwards – countless squall roared, tearing apart space and time.

Under this figure's grab, it would be impossible for any opponent below Advanced Nascent Soul to escape, or even to resist; with no other option but to wait for the inevitable end.

But this does not include Lin Feng, who stood in the same spot leisurely, not even attempting to run, but instead only gazing at the strange figure calmly.

Shock surfaced in the strange figure's brain as he sensed danger, but it was too late.

A flaming, radiant sun rose slowly below his palm. It appeared slow, but contains unimaginable, indomitable strength.

Lin Feng's Fist of the Great Heavenly Sun slammed into the center of the strange figure's palm like the rising morning sun, the unbridled strength shattering his claws outright.

He shrieked with surprise, retracting the hand quickly. The massive, sky-covering hand disappeared, as the strange figure looked at his hand, seeing a patch of charred blackness in the center of the palm.

"How incredibly savage physical strength…also, that golden flame, it is the Grand Sun Primordial Flame? One of the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires?" The strange figure's gaze abruptly lit up as he stared intently at Lin Feng, but much more cautious now.

Lin Feng stared back at him calmly. The strange figure, seeing Lin Feng's composed demeanor, retracted his vicious aura even further.

Previously when the Steel Tree Avatar was facing the Thunder Tribulations, he recognized that this was only one of Lin Feng's Avatars, with the whereabouts of his true body unknown.

Still, this strange figure has always been greedy and brazen, even reckless. A Saros Steel Tree Avatar, was extremely enticing to him, causing him to decide to take the risk without hesitation.

However, he had previously come to grief at the hands of the Vivant Joy Holy Man of the Great Qin Empire; thus, sensing the arrival of the Vivant Joy Holy Man, he was forced to retreat in spite of his unwillingness.

What he did not expect was that after a while, he would rediscover Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar – alone. After the strange figure confirmed that the Vivant Joy Holy Man was not in the vicinity, he made his move.

He originally thought that Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar, having just survived the Thunder Tribulations, should be extremely weak right now. Even if there was no weak period, a mere Beginner Nascent Soul should be child's play.

But he had not suspected that the Steel Tree Avatar's powers would far exceed his expectations.

Without using the Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra, he even suffered a minor setback at the hands of the Steel Tree Avatar. Although the strange figure was confident that if he used the Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra, he could still capture Lin Feng's avatar, but it would not be a swift victory by any measure.

Should Lin Feng's true form be exceedingly strong and appear suddenly at this moment, then the conclusion would be far less favorable for him.

Those thoughts having came to his mind, the strange figure instantly retracted all of his aggressiveness and malice. After staring at Lin Feng for a moment, he suddenly opened his mouth and spoke. "Regarding the previous events, I apologize."

Lin Feng looked at him silently without speaking.

The figure obviously knew, too, that his previous actions weren't the sort that could be easily dismissed with a few platitudes.

Doubtlessly, he could choose to just turn around and leave, but after seeing Lin Feng's Grand Sun Primordial Flame, he has other ideas.

"I know the location of a secret trove, which I am willing to share with you, my friend, as a token of apology," the strange figure said. "I am the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster, and it would be an honor to hear your title, my friend."

Lin Feng's gaze scanned him from head to toe while he spoke. Without answering, he instead asked, "This trove you speak of – you can't retrieve it alone, can you?"

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster did not even blush or appear embarrassed in the slightest, but answered outright, "That's true. But without me, no one could retrieve the trove alone either."

"I mastered the technique to open the trove, but at the periphery, there are spells protecting the trove that I cannot penetrate alone. If you, my friend, are willing to help, success is guaranteed." The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster grinned awkwardly, showing his teeth, "My friend, if you would help me, after we retrieve the trove, we could split it equally. What do you think?"

"In the entire world, I am the only one who knows the precise location of the secret trove."

"What kind of trove?" Lin Feng asked quietly.

"Kun Peng Secret Treasure," the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster chuckled. "The inheritance left by a Kun Peng Grand Sage who once attained the Third Level of Undying Demonic Soul, who passed away in the Divine Lands."

Kun Peng, one of the great Immemorial Demons alongside the likes of the Taotie, the Qiongqi, the Immemorial Celestial Dragon, the Phoenix, et cetera. It has two forms, the Kun and the Peng; in water it was the Kun, when it emerges it was the Peng. When it revealed its true form, it extended several kilometers, being one of the largest Demons in the Grand Celestial World in terms of size.

Its strength was completely proportional to its size, being one of the strongest Demons as well.

In the Barren Expanses, there was currently a Kun Peng Grand Sage as well; however, it seemed that he was only at the First Level of Undying Demonic Soul, such that he has not been listed as one of the Ten Demonic Saints.

Lin Feng's eyes flashed. "Kun Peng Secret Treasure?"

He remembered the days when he has just reached Foundation Establishment, when he went to the Kunlun Mountains to search for Mount Yujing.

That was when Lin Feng first met Yang Qing, when he captured the Fire Crow Young Master and several Aeolus Sect disciples.

One of those Aeolus Sect disciples, named Gao Fan, had tried to tame the Grand Moon Primordial Water with dark techniques, but tragically, was ass-f*ked by the Grand Moon Primordial Water instead.

From him, Lin Feng first heard about the Kun Peng Secret Treasure.

The Kun Peng Secret Treasure lies hidden within the North Polar Sea, and was perennially frozen in Millennium Black Ice. Then, although Gao Fan knew the location and even got his hands on a Spiritual Item, the Scale of Kun Peng, that could open the Secret Treasure, he was unable to break open the Black Ice.

The Black Ice of the North Polar Sea - not even Immortal Soul cultivators could so much as scratch it, let alone Gao Fan. Those were the zenith of ice, the extreme essence of ice that has been frozen for more than ten thousand years. They embody the extremes of coldness in the universe, to the extent that even Space and Time were completely sealed by the freezing cold and one couldn't enter even through Void Travel.

Fortunately, the alternation of Yin and Yang in the universe meant that once a while, the Black Ice would be eroded by positive Yang energy, becoming weaker.

Only when positive Yang energy dissipates in the North Polar Sea and negative Yin energy regains prominence will the Black Ice become solid once again.

It was possible for powerful cultivators, controlling extreme fire powers like the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires, to attempt to break through the weakened Black Ice forcibly.

The Grand Moon Primordial Water, hailed as the Master of A Million Waters and capable of commanding all ice and water in the world, could be used to circumvent the Black Ice as well.

Therefore, the poor Gao Fan was completely oblivious that, even if he did actually obtain the Grand Moon Primordial Water, it would still be impossible for him, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, to break open the Black Ice.

Right now, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster was facing the same problem as well; that was why after seeing Lin Feng's Grand Sun Primordial Flame, he had the thought of inviting Lin Feng to aid him.

When Lin Feng got the information from Gao Fan, negative Yin energy was strong in the North Polar Sea, making the Black Ice was even stronger. In addition, his own cultivation was still inadequate then, so Lin Feng had placed it at the back of his mind first.

Now, hearing the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's proposal, Lin Feng asked, "Positive Yang energy is strong in the North Polar Sea now?"

Hearing this sentence, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's heart sank slightly. Instantly, he knew that Lin Feng was not ignorant about the Kun Peng Secret Treasure.

At this moment, a feeling that he was asking a tiger for its skin rose in the strange old man's heart as he forced himself to continue talking. "That's right. Before this year's summer solstice, positive Yang energy exceeds negative Yin energy, but after summer solstice passes, positive Yang energy will start to dissipate while negative Yin energy grows. For a prolonged period afterwards, negative Yin energy will reign supreme."

Lin Feng spread his palm out. "With this, it seems that I do not need to work with you."

It was a single fish scale, of the size of merely a fingernail, but the Spatial Energy it contained suppressed its physical size; its actual size was probably around a square kilometer.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster threw a glance at it and snickered. "Scale of Kun Peng? I will be forthright with you, my friend. This thing could indeed pinpoint the Kun Peng Secret Treasure, but it would only bring you to the gates. If you want to venture deep into the Secret Treasure, this is not enough."

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Chapter 403: Don't Complicate Easy Matters

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Lin Feng looked at the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster calmly. "Oh? You mean, you have a way to actually enter the Secret Treasure?"

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster smiled with equal parts pride and arrogance. "That's right. To enter the Kun Peng Secret Treasure, you must possess pure Kun Peng blood – and I do."

Lin Feng scanned his bird-faced, fish-headed form, realization coming across him. "So this guy merged the Kun Peng's bloodline into his own body – that's why his physique turned out this way."

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster before him, actually, was no longer just a simple human, but half-human, half-Demon. He used to be human, but after merging the Kun Peng's bloodline with his body, the fusion of blood caused his outwards appearance to incline towards that of the Kun Peng.

The spell he casted previously – the materializing of that immense hand – integrated the Unique Gift of the Kun Peng as well. That palm evoked the deepest abyss of the ocean blue, while the spreading of the fingers bore the resemblance to the giant avians of yore spreading their colossal wings. It wasn't just the physical appearance – they contained esoteric Spatial Mysteries as well.

Displeased by being inspected from head to toe by Lin Feng's unreserved gaze, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster snorted. "Understand now? To enter the Kun Peng Secret Treasure, you have to cooperate with me."

Hearing this, a relaxed smile came to Lin Feng's lips. "My rule of thumb has always been to, as much as possible, deal with complex matters in the simplest ways possible. Don't try to outsmart yourself, and end up complicating simple matters instead."

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster was taken aback for a moment. "What do you mean?"

"I know how to penetrate the North Polar Sea's Black Ice, as well as how to pinpoint the exact location of the Kun Peng Secret Treasure. The only thing I'm missing is Kun Peng blood," Lin Feng said calmly. "So, I just have to capture you and I would have fulfilled all the conditions, right?"

"Such a simple thing, why do you need to make it so complicated?"

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster seethed with the anger, to the extent that he laughed out loud instead. "Those are some arrogant and unappreciative words! I was doing you a favor by willing to give you a share. Since you're foolish enough to refuse, then I'll teach you a lesson on why you shouldn't do things the hard way!"

As he speaks, he did not pause for even a second as he slammed his palms together and then separated them violently. A fierce squall erupted, coming straight at Lin Feng to form a savage slash.

Wherever the squall passed, massive gashes were torn in the air, like ugly, twisted wounds.

Lin Feng's lips curved upwards slightly as he extended his right hand outwards flatly. Black light flickered on his palm; within the glow, the image of a colossal tree swayed. The tree has a trunk of iron and branches that evoke unyielding dragons, betraying a Concept of Strength – indestructible, indomitable, indissoluble.

The squall struck the image of the Steel Tree, violently twisting in the air and finally exploded into thousands of blades of wind, shooting off in all directions.

Those small blades, upon landing within the mountains, carved deep cracks into the stone, with the peaks of some of the smaller mountains being split open entirely.

Even mere ripples, after being diffused, possess such power, tells much about the destructive potential of the initial, intact squall.

However, the image of the Steel Tree in Lin Feng's right hand only swayed violently, like a stone being tossed into the surface of a pond – generating innumerable ripples, but everything still return to tranquility in the end like nothing ever happened.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's face turned dark, but the greedy glow in his eyes grew even brighter.

The Saros Steel Tree – its greatest strength was its impregnable defense. It was the uncrowned king among all Demons in terms of defense, an attribute few could match.

Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar's strength rose significantly after surviving the Thunder Tribulations and attaining Nascent Soul stage, especially its defense – frightening was the only descriptor that came close.

After blocking the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's attack, Lin Feng, unflustered, extended his finger and pointed at him.

Dual Dimension Vaccum Charm!

Lin Feng's spell was instantly activated, the target being the space where the lower half of the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's body resided. The boundary of the interchanged space marked, precisely, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's waist.

Once the spell was activated, this old creep would be chopped cleanly in half.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster quickly realized something's wrong and tried to freeze space with his own Mana, but he realized that there was no effect whatsoever.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster, the great Advanced Nascent Soul cultivator, the two halves of his bodies separated from each other without a fuss. When he came to his senses, he found that his body below the waist has already disappeared!

He gazed blankly into space, to see, in the distance, Lin Feng holding his lower body by one leg.

Lin Feng smiled. "Okay. Now, I have the last thing needed to open the Kun Peng Secret Treasure – Kun Peng bloodline as well."

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's veins bounced as the whites of his eyes turned a pure black. With his Nascent Soul stage abilities, just being cut in half would not kill him – he still has the chance to take over a new body. However, how could a new body match the original one, fused with the bloodline of the Kun Peng?

"You're asking to die!" The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster roared as a ball of light flew out of his head, forming a massive bird – the Peng. Cyan feathers covered the entirety of its body; its beak was golden, and its head was topped with white plumes.

Seeing this, Lin Feng felt some amusement. "Oh, this guy's Cosmic Form is the form of the Kun Peng? But now there's only the Peng here – why would that be?"

The Kun Peng, when in water, was the Kun; when it emerges, it was the Peng. That, was the pure form of the Unique Gift of the Kun Peng race.

Right now, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster was obviously solidifying the Cosmic Form with his own Mana; in theory, it should have both forms, the Kun and the Peng. However, here, there was only the avian form of the Peng.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster let out a severe cry. As the gargantuan wings of the Peng Cosmic Form flapped, gale and tempest filled the entire sky.

It was the first time in his life that Lin Feng had seen such powerful Wind class attack from anyone but the Heavenly Wind Holy Man.

The Cosmic Form was the foundation of the strength of an Advanced Nascent Soul cultivator. As the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster attacked with his Cosmic Form now, his power far exceeded the previous initiation. Despite the Saros Steel Tree's incredible natural defense, it would be hard to have complete confidence when going up against Advanced Nascent Soul as a Beginner Nascent Soul.

However, Lin Feng had no plans to place himself in the passive defense position. Facing the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's Cosmic Form, Lin Feng smiled slightly and extended his right hand outwards. His half-closed fingers first spread, and then clenched suddenly into a fist.

A tremendous sound resonated through the Void and shook the Universe. The entire patch of Void before Lin Feng disintegrated abruptly, forming endless elements – Earth, Air, Fire, Water – that thundered on.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's Cosmic Form had brought countless squalls, roaring with fervor and momentum. However, as Lin Feng clenched his fingers, the Void shattered and boundless elements thundered, evoking the primal state of chaos of the universe before Heaven and Earth were separated.

The chaotic elements of the universe charged at the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster like a raging torrent.

It was only when it came to this point that the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's expression changed completely. "Who the hell are you, exactly?" He did not dare to hesitate further and immediately exposed everything he has left in store.

The vast, blue-green feathered wings of the Peng, flying high above his head, suddenly turned pitch-black.

Once the black wings were extended, the entire world turned bleak and desolate, pitch-black as if it was plunged instantly from the brightest day into the darkest night.

The universe was engulfed entirely in darkness. All light, all objects, all life, completely swallowed up by the darkness.

Lin Feng's eyes lit up. "What a familiar Concept of Strength…the most extreme darkness, isn't this the Origin of Darkness Concept unique to the beast of darkness, Mingdu? Apart the Kun Peng bloodline, you received the inheritance of the Mingdu as well?"

Although the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster has used the entirety of the two great beasts' power, he was still no match for Lin Feng's earth-fragmenting spell. Earth, Air, Fire and Water, chaotic and turbulent, rapidly tore the darkness apart, revealing the world once again.

But having blocked for a moment, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's Peng Cosmic Form snatched up his remaining body and fled, its wings vibrating at maximum frequency.

Having transformed into Peng form, the Kun Peng's speed was one of the fastest in the entire Demonic Clan. At full power, the speed, if nothing else, of the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's Cosmic Form has already matched the speed of a typical Immortal Soul elder.

Such great speed was completely impossible for Nascent Soul cultivators to catch up to.

Seeing this, Lin Feng laughed as he waved his hand. A large purple flag appeared before him; grasping it, he waved the flag and instantly, two shapeless, formless squalls charged out, traversing infinite space and chasing towards the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster was disdainful at first but he soon realized that the speed of the two squalls was even faster than him.

In addition, these two shapeless squalls were extremely powerful. Forming a cross, they struck the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's Cosmic Form and instantly split it into fragments.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster collapsed, drained. He attempted to resist, but by this time, Lin Feng has already caught up and waved the purple flag again. A gigantic Black Ice Crystal emerged, radiating a blood-curdling chill as it froze the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster over.

The mighty strength of the freeze made it impossible for the Advanced Nascent Soul Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster to even self-destruct his own Soul. He could only watch as he was frozen and captured, completely incapable of resisting.

This Black Ice Crystal was the False God Lin Feng has forged by fusing the Cosmic Form of the Yu Clan's Advanced Nascent Soul cultivator, Yu Yiluan, with his Soul. Its strength vastly exceeded Nascent Soul stage; in a contest of strength, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster was no match.

The two squalls that chased up to him previously were no ordinary squalls either, but False Gods forged by Lin Feng as well. With the Souls and Cosmic Forms of the two Aeolus Sect Advanced Nascent Soul cultivators as raw material, the essence of a lifetime's worth of mantras was fused with the Nine Heavens Formless Squall. Although they were False Gods, in terms of speed, they were of Immortal Soul-level as well.

Lin Feng captured the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster with the Black Ice Crystal False God, incapacitating his Soul and extracting his memories. As expected, much was derived.

"He has been rather fortunate, but it was all for my benefit now," Lin Feng thought. "Apart from the Kun Peng Secret Treasure, he even knows of the location of a complete Mingdu corpse. Its value is not much lower than that of the Kun Peng Secret Treasure – to me, maybe even more important."

Among the Six Forms of Creation and Destruction of the Two Elements of Creation Formation, there was one Change known as the Change of Light and Darkness. If Lin Feng was able to obtain the Mingdu corpse, he might be able to satisfy one of the two core criteria of the Change of Light and Darkness.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster has one more secret that slightly surprised Lin Feng; that what he just captured was only an Avatar of his.

This old creep's actual body was at Advanced Nascent Soul stage; the Avatar he forged was also Advanced Nascent Soul stage. He mastered two Cosmic Forms, one the Kun form of the Kun Peng, the other the Peng form.

When he attained Immortal Soul stage in the future, unlike others, he will combine the four – two Souls, two Cosmic Forms – into one with a secret technique.

But there were still many difficulties involved, which was why the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster cared so much about the Kun Peng Secret Treasure. If he obtained the complete inheritance of the Kun Peng, he could safely take the next step, attaining Immortal Soul.

Now that his Avatar was capture by Lin Feng, his actual body was naturally alerted, simultaneously angry and frightened.

Lin Feng shook his head, smiling, as he stowed the purple flag and hurried towards Mount Qingyang, not far outside the city of Tianjing. After the end of his examinations, Zhu Yi will go to pray before his late mother, Meng Bingyun, and sweep her grave.

It so happened that Lin Feng wanted to verify something as well.

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Chapter 404: Graveside Meeting

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Lin Feng arrived at Mount Qingyang; at the foot of the mountain, Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao and the others were already waiting for him.

Knowing that they were going to sweep the grave of Zhu Yi's late mother, even the always-rambunctious Tuntun was now just standing erect quietly, let alone Shi Tianhao.

Lin Feng, seeing Zhu Yi, nodded slightly. "Your examination results, Tianhao has already told me. Good job. If your mother knows about it beyond the grave, she would no doubt be gratified as well."

"I had planned to come here to pray and bring comfort to Mother's soul in paradise only after the autumn Huishiis over and my name is on the golden billboard," Zhu Yi said. "Still, remembering that it has been some days since I came to sweep the grave, I was troubled that Mother's grave might not be in the best of shapes, and so I could not help but come early, today."

Lin Feng nodded. "That would be a reasonable thing to do."

After a moment's hesitation, Zhu Yi spoke quietly. "Master, I would like to move Mother's grave to the Sect. I hope that you would grant my request."

"Granted." Lin Feng answered in the affirmative. "I am fine with this, you can go on ahead."

A smile appeared on Zhu Yi's face. "Thank you, Master."

The party walked on towards the slope of Mount Qingyang. On the way, Zhuge Fengling quietly straggled to the back; she tugged on Tuntun and asked, "Zhu…Brother Zhu's mother, was she really a previous Divine Feminine of the Great Void Sect?"

Tuntun stole a glance at Zhu Yi stealthily and said in hushed tones, "True as it can be."

Beside them, Jun Zining's face was overcome with shock. "Divine Feminine of the Great Void Sect? Isn't that the All-Under-Heavens Strider? I heard from my dad that the Great Void Sect is the first and foremost Holy Land in the world, and the All-Under-Heavens Strider is the leader of the Great Void Sect disciples experiencing the mortal world."

"If Brother Zhu's mother was really the Great Void Sect Divine Feminine, then she should have been transported back to the Great Void Sect for burial. Why was she buried in such a small, forlorn place?"

Tuntun curled her lips, "She violated rules of the Great Void Sect and was thus expelled from the Sect."

Before the last notes of her voice even fell, in front of them, Zhu Yi turned around, face expressionless as the dead of the night, and directed a look at her.

Tuntun, the Taotie who would charge into hell before admitting in the slightest that she was afraid, was chilled to the bone by this one look from Zhu Yi. She quickly feigned a cough, not daring to continue talking.

But she still quietly spoke to Zhuge Fengling and Jun Zining, by way of Mana Voice projection, "His mother cultivated the Mantra of the Great Oblivion, from the Great Void Sect's Supreme Path – the two sutras, Great and Void. You feel emotion, and then you obviate emotion. What it avoids most is emotional entanglement with another."

"In the end, Meng Bingyun was not only emotionally entangled with the Marquis of Xuanji, Zhu Hongwu, but she left her Sect for him, which was the reason for her tragic end."

Jun Zining frowned, the features on her petite face scrunching up. "This Zhu Hongwu…truly a heartless man!"

Zhuge Fengling, meanwhile, moved the corner of her mouth without speaking. She has seen more people and things, and did not feel this to be particularly extraordinary.

"Hmm?" Lin Feng, walking at the front of the party, suddenly halted very slightly in his pace as his gaze fell on the hillside in the distance.

Zhu Yi, following Lin Feng's gaze, felt an involuntary tightening in his chest. "Master, is there something wrong? That's the location of my mother's grave."

Lin Feng shook his head. "Not really anything wrong. It's just that there is someone there already."

"Someone else?" Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao and the others were all astonished. Their senses could all be considered sharp, but none of them could sense even the slightest hint that there was anyone else present.

Even though Lin Feng has already told them that there was someone there, their Awareness, scanning the area, still found nothing.

Lin Feng, actually, had only vaguely sensed that there was someone there. Who? What mantra? Doing what? He couldn't see clearly either, as if he was peering through a thick haze.

"If my actual body is here, with a stronger Awareness, maybe I could have a clearer view," Lin Feng shrugged. Looking at Zhu Yi, whose face was now visibly darker, he said comfortingly, "It's not grave-robbers, you can be sure of this."

Zhu Yi, taking a deep breath, nodded as he took the lead, striding towards Meng Bingyun's grave.

From a distance away, you could already see the grave of Meng Bingyun, but Zhu Yi's pace has halted.

Because, as Ling Feng said, before his mother's grave stood a person. That person stood there silently, without emitting the faintest aura.

He was clearly standing there, but he gave observers a fuzzy feeling - as if he was there, but simultaneously not there. It was as if his entire person has already melted into the universe, being one with it and not leaving a trace.

But if the naked eye was to see him, all attention will be attracted to him instantly – as if this person was the center of the entire universe.

This person was clad in fine brocade, with a purple-gold hat atop his head. His temples were turning white, while his hands were spotlessly clean and white as the purest jade, giving the feeling of holding immense power.

Zhu Yi's breath halted slightly. His mental state, true to his heart and never wavering ever since he started his journey of cultivation, was starting to simmer at this moment.

Because this person was none other than his father, the Grand Advisor of the Great Zhou Empire, the Marquis of Xuanji, Zhu Hongwu.

Zhu Hongwu turned around slowly, his gaze briefly falling on Zhu Yi. "Zhu Yi, you're here to pay homage to your mother's grave."

His gaze swept past Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao and the others, finally falling on Lin Feng.

"Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Lin Feng?"

Lin Feng looked at Zhu Hongwu calmly. Beside him, Zhu Yi's gaze was fixated on this Marquis of the Great Zhou Empire as well. Lin Feng tilted his head slightly. "Yi?"

Zhu Yi's stare abruptly became steady once again, back to its meaningful and reserved state. Looking at Zhu Hongwu, his gaze was restored to its calmness.

Zhu Hongwu's eyebrows tossed slightly as he looked at the suddenly composed Zhu Yi with some visible surprise.

He looked at Zhu Yi again, before his gaze moved away yet again and returned to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng said, emotionless, "Marquis of Xuanji, you did not come at the right time."

This was a gentlemen's agreement; Lin Feng will not enter Tianjing, and the Zhou Emperor, Liang Pan, and Zhu Hongwu will not make things difficult for Zhu Yi.

Meanwhile, the two parties have not reached the point to meet, face-to-face. Now, the time wasn't right.

Zhu Hongwu said calmly, "I will obey His Majesty's decree. This is the duty of His Majesty's subject. I have no intention to be your enemy; I came today to verify a matter. My private matter."

Lin Feng's eyes flickered slightly. "If so, there is no time like the present. It would be good if some things are settled today."

Hearing this, Zhu Yi took a step forward as he gazed at Zhu Hongwu calmly and spoke. "Zhu Hongwu, today, I came just to ask you one question. How exactly did my mother die?"

After he completed his sentence, Zhu Yi's mental state became completely different.

It was a sort of transcendence, similar to the freedom Xiao Yan had felt that day, when he finally shattered the obstacles in his heart after defeating Murong Yanran on Xingyun Peak.

In those times in the Marquis's Residence, despite having doubts about his mother's death, he dared not utter them when facing Zhu Hongwu.

Because without strength, you could not back up reason even if it was on your side. Against Zhu Hongwu's violence, abundant in strength but lacking in justice, he could only swallow his pride and keep his head down.

No matter what, reason was above all. People with strength, acting with reason – that was the correct path.

At this instant, Zhu Yi's mental state was lucid and his heart carefree. He felt that his mind and spirit were elevated like never before – to the extent that he could almost attempt the Tribulations of the Yin Wind now and attain Advanced Aurous Core.

Hearing Zhu Yi's accusatory question, Zhu Hongwu only lifted his brows. "What did you call me just now? You're an educated man, a scholar as well – where did your education go? Did you not study your etiquette and rites? Do you not understand the Three Cardinal Guides and the Five Constant Virtues? Do you not understand ethics and morals? Why did you call my name directly?"

Zhu Yi said quietly, "Ethics and cardinal guides are for those with hearts. For a heartless person like you, why do I need to follow any ethics or guides whatsoever?"

"How you treated Mother, how you treated me, both of us know very well. We don't need to go through things one by one, do we?"

Zhu Hongwu's eyes were fixated on Zhu Yi, his gaze crackling with lightning. After a beat, he turned to look at Lin Feng and said coldly, "Lin Feng, is this how you teach your disciples? No sense of etiquette, no sense of rules."

Lin Feng smiled faintly as he spoke, composed. "How I teach my disciples is not a matter for others to criticize. The same goes, even to you."

"Although you're related to Zhu Yi by blood, you have not fulfilled your duty of guidance, not even for a single day. You only restrain others with etiquette and rules, to satisfy your personal desire for control – you are not much of a father or a husband."

Lin Feng's gaze swept past the grave of Meng Bingyun as he said calmly, "Whatever entanglement you have with Meng Bingyun, I do not know, but you continued this entanglement to involve the next generation. If you see Zhu Yi as a speck of dust, then do not blame him if he sees you as an enemy."

"There could be an effect only if there was a cause. The causality you started will definitely end with you – this is the way of Heaven, and there can be no exceptions."

Zhu Hongwu's gaze settled on Meng Bingyun's headstone as well. Suddenly, the coldness and severity disappeared and he said quietly, "Then, you involve yourself in the causality of us, of father and son, husband and wife…do you think you can remain out of this?"

Lin Feng said calmly, "I involved myself…so what?"

The spring chill is clear in the air as the cold draught made its presence known. After god knows how long, Zhu Hongwu's voice sounded in the air. "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Lin Feng, you're not far from your destruction."

"You unfilial son, you think if you lean on the Celestial Sect of Wonders, you can do as you wish? You should know that, after all, you are not your master!"

Zhu Yi said calmly, "And you too should know that the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness."

Zhu Hongwu suddenly unrolled a portrait. The portrait was of a lady, a lady of a grace and beauty unparalleled in an entire generation.

The brushwork of the artist was not exactly smooth; in fact, it even appeared somewhat cold and rigid. However, it emanated an invincible manner – similar to Zhu Hongwu himself.

Zhu Yi, seeing the lady in the portrait, felt his breath halt slightly – because he recognized that the person in the portrait was none other than his mother, Meng Bingyun.

Zhu Hongwu unrolled the portrait and after gazing at it silently for a moment, said, "The Great Void Sect, it habitually uses people as chess pieces, to complete its own grand design. They do not know, however, that there are far more than one player in the chess game."

"However, Bingyun, I must admit that you made a good move, one that I had not expected. This might be the proudest move of your entire life."

He suddenly turned and looked at Lin Feng. "I heard that you and Bingyun were old acquaintances?"

Lin Feng's expression did not change in the slightest. "That's right."

Zhu Hongwu gazed at the portrait, and then at the grave at the side. He let out a long sigh. "Good move."

His emotions quickly became calm again, and the look he directed at Lin Feng contained a strange quality. "You should know, too, that the Great Void Sect's overall design has had changes?"

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Chapter 405: The Great Void Sect's Grand Design

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Lin Feng looked at Zhu Hongwu, his face impassive as ever. Both men's faces were oases of calm.

The others, though, were still caught in the trap of confusion. Zhu Yi was displeased about what Zhu Hongwu had previously said about Meng Bingyun, but he also realized that there were much that he had not known about before.

About his mother, he still knew much less than there was to know.

Lin Feng, however, has came to know much of the secrets of the Great Void Sect through his previous interactions with Yan Mingyue, Miao Shihao and Chen Gang, and so he understood the implied meaning of Zhu Hongwu's words.

Although the Great Void Sect was split internally into the Conservative Faction and the Radical Faction, but comparatively, it was the Conservative Faction that has the upper hand – or else the Great Void Sect wouldn't have laid low until even now.

The guiding principle of the Conservative Faction of the Great Void Sect was to, as much as possible, diminish the conflicts among the major powers of the Human race, so as to preserve the strength of Human cultivators for the coming Great War with the Demonic Clan of the Barren Expanses.

Purely from this perspective, they were actually well-intentioned. However, the problem was that, even though the Great Void Sect was the foremost Holy Land of the Human world, it was impossible even for them to resolve each and every conflict with mere words.

So while striving to mediate conflicts, the Great Void Sect has many tricks up their sleeves as well.

Among those, the main one would be continuously updating their design and maintaining the balance of power between major powers.

From a certain point of view, the doings of the Great Void Sect appeared similar to using the world as a chessboard. Even the Great Thunderclap Temple and the Mount Shu Sword Sect – also among the Three Great Holy Lands – were part of the Great Void Sect's plot.

Before the War of Buddha Annihilation, the grand design of the Great Void Sect was for the Great Thunderclap Temple to check the Great Zhou Empire and the Mount Shu Sword Sect to check the Great Qin Empire.

Two Great Holy Lands, checking the two great empires. This, was the check and balance between the strongest powers of the Divine Lands. For the weaker powers, there were other ways as well – for example, Great Void Sect involvement was suspect in the standoff between the Royal House of the Northern Tribes and the Heaven Lake Sect.

The Great Void Sect will not allow one party to totally annihilate the other, but rather, provide help to the weak at the expense of the strong to attain an overall balance, so that both sides will have reservations and would not actually go the extent of all-out war.

Since the previous Great War with the Demonic Clan, the power structure of the human world has been tending towards equilibrium. All major powers were preoccupied with recovery; apart from the occasional evil cultivator who would cause a disturbance before being wiped out, the overall situation in the Divine Lands was rather calm.

Everything changed as a result of the War of Buddha Annihilation.

As a result of a multitude of elements, with the Great Zhou Dynasty taking the lead, multiple powers, including the Mount Shu Sword Sect, formed an alliance and together, annihilated the Great Thunderclap Temple. The Radical Faction in the Great Void Sect even participated personally, with the Formation Bursting Drum aiding the Almighty Celestial Destroyer Formation to smash open the Vairocana Formation.

As for the Conservative Faction of the Great Void Sect, peculiarly, they remained silent on the sidelines during the war for some unknown reason.

After the War of Buddha Annihilation, the Great Zhou Empire – who was almost headed for mutual destruction with the Great Thunderclap Temple – successfully controlled most of the warring states, to the extent that its strength instead increased further.

This directly resulted in the demise of the Great Void Sect's original design. With the loss of hindrance from the Great Thunderclap Temple, the Great Zhou Empire's growth was even more rapid. As it eradicated sects and clans within its borders while invading and annexing small neighboring states, its power grew greater by the day.

Now, it was already looming over the once-stronger Great Qin Empire, even eyeing it with avarice.

This sort of situation would naturally be a source of much worry for the Great Void Sect.

But now, a new, rising power has appeared in front of the Great Void Sect and the world – Lin Feng, and the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Especially the Battle of Mount Kunlun, when the Celestial Sect of Wonders formalized its hegemony over Mount Kunlun and became a significant power in the Divine Lands, one that was now impossible to overlook.

According to the usual principles of the Great Void Sect, something like the complete destruction of the Aeolus Sect would draw its ire the most; the death of the Immortal Soul cultivator, Heavenly Wind Holy Man, was especially intolerable.

In the war with the Demonic Clan, every single Immortal Soul cultivator was an uncountable treasure. The greater the scale of the war, the more precious high-end forces become.

This, Lin Feng certainly understood. This was why, when choosing between the Heavenly Wind Holy Man and the Xuanming Holy Man, Yu Xintao, he chose the Heavenly Wind Holy Man – because with the Heavenly Wind Holy Man as bait, he could hook a big fish, the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

The final result, from the macroscopic perspective of Human and Demon, would be equivalent to the Human side losing the Immortal Soul First Level Heavenly Wind Holy Man in exchange for the loss of the Undying Demon Soul Second Level Golden Crow Grand Sage, one of the Ten Demonic Saints, on the Demon side. Overall, a significant net profit for the Human side.

To put it another way, the Heavenly Wind Holy Man and the Golden Crow Grand Sage perished together.

It was with this result as the premise that the Great Void Sect tacitly sanctioned the fait accompli of Lin Feng eliminating the Heavenly Wind Holy Man.

Or else, they wouldn't have helped Lin Feng stop the Lixiong Swordmaster of the Mount Shu Sword Sect.

However, Lin Feng would not thank the Great Void Sect, because this was only part of the Great Void Sect's grand design. After the rise of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, it became a useful pawn as well in the eyes of the Great Void Sect. Still, the Celestial Sect of Wonders needed to grow further – and that was why the Great Void Sect rendered assistance.

After the Celestial Sect of Wonders has matured fully, the adversary that the Great Void Sect prepared for her was none other than the Mount Shu Sword Sect!

Lin Feng, Zhu Hongwu and a few others in the know have already recognized that the Great Void Sect has started a new round of shuffling the board.

In this new design, the two most important points were new adversaries for the Great Zhou Empire and the Great Qin Empire.

The Mount Shu Sword Sect, who had previously been checking the Great Qin Empire, was allocated to the Celestial Sect of Wonders in the Great Void Sect's new arrangement. Meanwhile, the Great Qin Empire would be taking the place of the destroyed Great Thunderclap Temple to oppose the Great Zhou Empire.

There was room for adjustments as well. For example, when the Celestial Sect of Wonders has not yet demonstrated sufficient strength to fight to the end with the Mount Shu Sword Sect, maybe they will first lay the ground for a showdown between the two current champions, the Mount Shu Sword Sect and the Great Zhou Empire.

All in all, there was only one ultimate principle for all the machinations and designs of the Great Void Sect – overall strategic balance in the Divine Lands.

Of course, whether it were the Great Zhou Empire, the Mount Shu Sword Sect, the Great Qin Empire, Lin Feng's Celestial Sect of Wonders, or maybe the Heaven Lake Sect, the Royal Houses of the Northern Tribes, and other powers, no one was happy to be a willing pawn of the Great Void Sect. Everyone has their own calculations, their own goals.

The Great Void Sect was not infallible either. Without need to talk about the past, in a sense, the War of the Buddha Annihilation was the best example.

Who would win, who would lose; who would be the player and who would be the piece; who could attain its expectations and plans; this, would be dependent on their individual strength and machinations.

Zhu Hongwu gazed at Lin Feng silently. Lin Feng, unperturbed, cracked a slight smile. "The Great Void Sect has its own design, but every single person has their own goals and plans as well. You and Liang Pan should be aware of this the most."

"It is the culmination of prevailing trends and the will of fate for the Son of Heaven of the Great Zhou to rule the world," Zhu Hongwu said calmly. "This, is the unstoppable momentum of the universe. It is not something that can be decided by some particular sect. Crooks and heretics, trying to manipulate the world and hold the yoke of the people…but a joke!"

As he was saying this, Zhu Hongwu's gaze was incredibly indifferent, as if arguing with detractors was totally beneath him.

Zhu Yi, hearing this, felt his body shake as he gaze was fixated on Zhu Hongwu.

Although Zhu Hongwu did not lay it out in black and white, but the meaning between the lines has already revealed the cause of Meng Bingyun's death.

Despite the existence of true love, the day of parting ways was inevitable. Because, if for nothing else, both of them had their own faith and goals – and for which they can both sacrifice their entire lives and passions, that far transcended love between man and woman.

Zhu Hongwu took a final look at the woman on the portrait in his hand. With a grip of his hand, fiery blood spirit exploded in a passionate blast; the rice paper of the painting turned a charred black, and then started burning.

He did not generate flame with his Mana, nor did he gather the surrounding Fire Spiritual Energy. He just ignited the portrait with the high temperature generated by the blood spirit of his own body, his own flesh.

The vigorous blood spirit evoked the fiery sun hanging in the sky; its brilliance was such that no man dared to look upon it directly.

Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. The Marquis of Xuanji, Zhu Hongwu – the Martial Way of his physical body was even stronger than that of the Royal Houses of the Northern Tribes' Prince Xian of the Left. Of all the people he has met since he came to the Grand Celestial World, he, was the strongest Martial Way cultivator.

Zhu Yi, seeing Zhu Hongwu incinerating the portrait, has his fists clenched tight as fury radiated from his eyes.

He could sense that Zhu Hongwu, by burning the portrait that he had painted himself in former days, was signifying a clean break with the past – signifying a complete severing of the threads tying him to Meng Bingyun.

This caused Zhu Yi to feel some confusion amongst the fury. He sensed clearly that after burning the portrait, Zhu Hongwu's mental state was completely different.

It was similar to when Zhu Yi half-questioned, half-accused Zhu Hongwu; it was a feeling of the breaking of old shackles, of physical and mental transcendence that brought incredible freedom and joy to the heart.

All bounds of the heart were now clear, as no thought can give him further pause.

In front of Lin Feng and the rest, Zhu Hongwu raised his head and gazed at the Heavens. The pores and xueof his body opened and shut together, as if breathing in synchronization with the stars of the sky.

Infinite, boundless strength exploded out. Previously, when Zhu Hongwu's blood spirit was agitated, his blood spirit was almost solidifying, just like the Prince Xian of the Left of the Northern Tribes. It seemed as if a faint red halo surrounded his body, fiery hot like the blazing sun.

But at this instant, the red glow has disappeared. In Lin Feng's senses, Zhu Hongwu's body seemed to have became a bottomless abyss, or maybe the still, tranquil night sky. Only his pores and xue were incessantly flickering, like the countless stars in the sky.

Facing Zhu Hongwu, was like facing a miniaturized universe of stars.

Shi Tianhao's face was solemn, while Zhuge Fengling, Tuntun and the rest appeared alarmed and frightened.

Before them, Zhu Hongwu was like the King of Gods, ruler of all that is divine in the universe, descending on the mortal world. He possessed a seemingly magical glow from head to toe, as if he has the most frightening force in the universe within his grasp.

Zhu Yi turned to face Lin Feng and asked gravely, "Master?"

Lin Feng nodded slowly. "Right now, at this very minute, before all of us, he transcended his previous bottleneck and attained Immortal Soul Second Level. Immortal Soul Second Level of the Martial Way cultivators."

When he first laid eyes on Zhu Hongwu, Lin Feng has sensed that this man, in terms of pure strength, was already standing at the very peak of Immortal Soul First level. He was only separated from Immortal Soul Second Level by the width of a piece of paper; once that paper was broken, he was immediately Immortal Soul Second Level.

Looking at it now, that piece of paper was the final blemish on Zhu Hongwu's soul. The blemish, caused by Meng Bingyun.

After this blemish was made up for, Zhu Hongwu immediately attained Immortal Soul Second Level.

In addition, Lin Feng could sense clearly that the actual combat prowess of this man was incredibly terrifying. Although he only just broke through his bottleneck to be promoted, his strength was considerably stronger than even veteran Immortal Soul Second Level cultivators like Shi Zongyue.

Even the Golden Crow Grand Sage would, very possibly, not be a match for him. This man, Zhu Hongwu, was also someone capable of fighting those of a higher level. While he was at Immortal Soul First Level, he was already able to match up to the Golden Crow Grand Sage and Shi Zongyue.

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Chapter 406: A Single Sentence That Would Destroy Your Bluster

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Normal cultivators, as they ascend to the Immortal Soul stage, would have had merged his nascent soul with the Cosmic Form. The nascent soul as the essence and the Cosmic Form as the complement and, together with the power of the Great Taoist Mantra and ultimately realize the avatar of the immortal soul.

Most cultivators who had obtained the avatar of the immortal soul would leave behind his or her old physical body. The immortal soul avatar, along with the mental state and the soul, would be vastly different from before. The merger of the soul and the essence, even if the old physical shell was no more was unimportant. In the end, the ascended individual transcended all boundaries and could roam free in the world.

However, Prince Xian of the Left and Zhu Hongwu in front of him attained the immortal soul stage by means of pure physical prowess. Their physical body had gone through great tribulation and training and the strength of the former is unimaginably immense. During the advanced level of the nascent soul stage, they would not be awakened even with the completion of the Cosmic Form.

Individuals with pure physical strength, at the advanced levels of the nascent soul stage they would have begun imbuing their own body with the power of the Cosmic Form and, with the immense power of the latter, continue to increase the essence of their physical form.

Zhu Hongwu was also a prodigy with extraordinary talent. When he was still in the first grade of the immortal soul stage, his battle power could be said to match that of a second-grade immortal soul stage cultivator. Now that he had ascended to the second grade, he was like the descent of Satan upon the wretched Earth.

Zhu Yi, Shi Tianwu, Tun Tun and the others could feel the intense pressure coming from Zhu Hongwu.

In reality, even though Lin Feng was in his Steel Tree Avatar form, he could still feel the uneasiness around Zhu Hongwu.

However, he felt more happiness rather than distress as he watched the Marquis of Xuanji. Lin Feng nodded in approval and said, "It's better this way. If not, you'd be pinched by the Great Void Sect way too easily. It's hard to Liang Pan to survive all by himself and the Great Zhou Empire would have a hard time afterwards."

Lin Feng was completely unafraid of the Great Zhou Empire's power expansion. The reason was simple – the Great Void Sect was still pressuring from up top, and the main sacred mission of the Great Void Sect was to protect the weak against the strong.

In other words, regardless of whether it was the Great Zhou Empire, the Mount Shu Sword Sect, the Great Qin Empire, the Celestial Sect of Wonders, the Heavenly Master Sword Sect, the Great Void Sect had the habit of intervening and hammering down the biggest nail.

The Great Void Sect viewed the world like a game of chess. For the same reason, they were also a very useful piece of chess in the eyes of everybody else; especially so when they were the disadvantaged ones and the opponents they were facing were getting stronger and stronger. The Great Void Sect would make a fantastic ally.

The mutual usefulness and manipulation was complicated and delicate. In the end, whoever was the one that manipulated the other would change in the blink of an eye and the one that survived to the end would have the last laugh.

Of course, there was a preamble to all this. That would be the great compass that guided the actions of the Great Void Sect, the head of the Conservative Party. If it were the Radical Party in charge, then the scenario would be vastly different.

However, if the Great Void Sect was taken over by the Radical Party, then they had a high chance to become the public enemy and the scourge of the community.

The Great Void Sect's inner circle was also incessantly fighting it out with one another and playing intense politics.

Zhu Yi had mixed feelings Looking at Zhu Hongwu burning the painting and eventually breaking the bottleneck to the second grade of the immortal soul stage.

What was happening in front of him was self-explanatory. Zhu Hongwu and Meng Bingyun were not completely left in the dark. Over the years, he had been teetering on the edge of advancing beyond the first grade of the immortal soul stage and was only a hair's breadth away from it.

After that tiny step was an immediate ascension to the second grade of the immortal soul stage.

The last hole in his mental state that he needed to plug was the drama between him and Meng Bingyun. If not for this last string holding him back, he would probably have already reached the second grade immortal soul stage.

In Zhu Hongwu's heart, there was always a corner for Meng Bingyun to reside in. No matter what happened between them or if they went their separate ways, even to the end where Zhu Hongwu's actions directly resulted in the death of Meng Bingyun, there was always an emotional connection between the two.

Knowing the aforementioned fact, Zhu Yi should be happy for them but now he could only feel his body going cold.

From this moment on, in front of the Meng Bingyun's tombstone and in front of Zhu Yi, Zhu Hongwu cut off the emotional connection once and for all.

From this moment on, Meng Bingyun would have vanished from Zhu Hongwu's heart for good. She would become a normal passing individual in his life and his memory and was no different from everybody else.

Zhu Hongwu's breakthrough was a sudden and abrupt item. Very quickly, he let of his majestic and grand disposition completely and his whole being returned to calmness and peace. He stood there like any typical middle-aged person would.

However, Lin Feng knew that the Zhu Hongwu of current could leap in front of him in an instant and at a speed faster than any spell. It was possible that his speed could be faster than that of thought. His opponent would not even have enough time to think about a response let alone make one.

Zhu Hongwu's pupils seemed to flicker with the reflections of a thousand stars, which subsequently disintegrated into stardust and shooting stars.

He stared at Lin Feng with glowing eyes and shook his head after a long while. "Now is not the time. Lin Feng, you need to thank the Great Void Sect. Otherwise, you would never be able to step out of the Mount Qingyang today. This includes not only your avatar but your original body."

"The Great Zhou Empire becoming the pillar of the world is our divine destiny. Anybody trying to stop that from happening is wasting his or her time. The Great Void Sect is as such, and anybody else who doesn't recognize true power is as such."

Zhu Hongwu's voice was calm and composed as if he was simply recounting a fact of life that everybody knew. The tranquility in his voice displayed an unwavering belief and immense self-confidence.

Lin Feng glanced at Zhu Hongwu and suddenly laughed. "You don't have to beat about the bush. I know who are the people that the Great Zhou Empire rely on. Your ascension to the second grade of the immortal soul stage may have boosted your ego and your self-confidence, but everybody is acutely aware that the advancement of your mastery has no impact whatsoever on the bigger picture."

"If Liang Pan could advance to the next grade, then the Great Zhou Empire would have a much more reliable backing."

Zhu Hongwu's face remained unchanged and replied quietly, "Seems like Yan Mingyue has told you a lot."

Lin Feng smiled in return and said, "Yet the things you know are getting lesser and lesser."

"Pay more attention to the Great Qin Empire. There is a prodigious individual over there – though still a work in progress – and he's almost done with his training."

"Oh?" Since the beginning of the conversation, it was the first time Zhu Hongwu's face changed. The aura around him seemed to tremble along with his emotions, and the temperate of the entire Mount Qingyang seemed to plummet. The air around him began to solidify and even the dust particles were frozen in the air.

Only the space behind Lin Feng and the camp of Celestial Sect of Wonders disciples were unaffected. Zhu Yi witnessed the drastic change in Zhu Hongwu's expression and reacted with a smile.

Since the start, Lin Feng was mostly uninvolved in the matter. He left the autonomy of speech to Zhu Yi and let father and son resolve their knots and whatsoever by themselves.

Even though Zhu Yi was much stronger than before, compared to Zhu Hongwu he still had quite a considerable gap to bridge. Therefore, it was always Zhu Hongwu who maintained the dominance and guided the direction of the conversation. Afterwards, the moment he broke the bottleneck and advanced to the next grade of the immortal soul stage, he raised his aura of dominance and influence to a maximum.

But now, one sentence from Lin Feng repelled the Zhu Hongwu's dominance.

Zhu Hongwu remained the Marquis of Xuanji of the Great Zhou Empire and was most powerful individual after the emperor himself and was still a second-grade immortal soul stage superpower. Even so, he could not revert back to the original aura of divinity that he attained during his breakthrough.

"The Great Qin Empire, huh?" Zhu Hongwu's losing his cool was only a momentary thing and he quickly recovered. He was still expressionless as he continued, "They want to reveal their old ancestral weapon, eh? The last time there was a great battle between the human race and the demon race, they were pretty much ruined and a couple of thousands years later what's lost is yet to be fixed. They couldn't have been doing this by themselves – somebody must be helping them."

Lin Feng wore a casual look on his face and calmly replied, "Liang Pan has the idea of becoming the divine emperor of the human and unite the mainland. He wants to rule the world and be the king of today and tomorrow. Then again, who doesn't have such thoughts?"

Zhu Hongwu said in response, "One cannot stop what's coming."

And with that he was gone. Zhu Hongwu opened his stride and was about to leave when Zhu Yi opened his mouth and said quietly, "I will bring back mother's coffin to Mount Yujing."

Zhu Hongwu did not turn his head and neither did he stop walking. "That's up to you. She can't enter the family tomb anyway. If she's going to be buried outside it doesn't matter where."

Zhu Yi was still calm as he heard Zhu Hongwu's reply. In fact, he smiled and replied, "In the future, I will take my mother's coffin into the Zhu Ancestral Tomb myself."

"Oh?" Zhu Hongwu abruptly stopped in his tracks but did not turn around. He asked coldly, "What did you say?"

Zhu Yi laughed at Zhu Hongwu's reaction and said, "Do not misunderstand me. It's not because I think entering the Zhu Ancestral Tomb is extremely glorious and neither am I trying to make up for past wrongs. I'm saying this only because I know if I do it your expression will be priceless."

"If my mother's soul – may she rest in peace – saw this scene she may think that I'm being childish and throwing a tantrum. Still, she would be laughing?"

Zhu Hongwu was still rooted to the ground. On the other hand, Zhu Yi smiled but it was one devoid of warmth and friendliness as he stared at Zhu Hongwu's back.

Lin Feng watched on with mild amusement and thought to himself, "Tsk tsk. Zhu Yi, your grudges have really been placed well. Even though I squeezed him just now but in the end, he's still a skilled cultivator and he would rather break than bend. His temper is also shorter than most other cultivators and may even start fighting now."

As per Lin Feng's predictions, Zhu Hongwu did look like he wanted to make a move and pinch Zhu Yi and send him to hell. However, his brows shifted and he turned around with an intensely condescending look before turning back and striding into the horizon. It was not long before he completely disappeared.

Lin Feng shrugged as he watched Zhu Hongwu disappear over the horizon. He kept the Sky-Shielding Umbrella that he had pinched in his hand just in case.

The smile on Zhu Yi's face immediately disappeared as he peered in the direction that Zhu Hongwu went with a rather plain expression. He did not say a word for a long time.

After paying his respects to Meng Bingyun, Zhu Yi garnered a wave of mana and dug up the coffin – a hundred feet around the coffin to be exact. He did not want to tarnish the remains of his mother in any way, and with the help of Lin Feng, he brought his mother back to Mount Yujing. Eventually, he settled her down and buried her behind the Heavenly Temple.

Lin Feng was observing Zhu Yi quietly and discovered that his mental state of mind, as stable and resilient as it is, was more vibrant and sharper than before. Breaking the bind that Zhu Hongwu had on Zhu Yi seemed to improve his mastery of emotions.

After greeting Lin Feng and arranging the rest of the disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Zhu Yi entered the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World and shut himself in and began combing through the harvest from their visit to the city.

"Oh?" After Lin Feng sent Zhu Yi through the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, he was preparing to analyze the Kun Peng blood vessels of Kun Yue Grandmaster when a thought triggered in his mind. He extended his consciousness and swept his surroundings and discovered a shady Tun Tun wondering around. Instead of returning to the Wasteland Valley, Tun Tun was up on Mount Yujing and sneaking around towards Hu Yanyan's residence.

Lin Feng's mouth curled as he muttered under his breath. "What are you up to now, troublemaker?"

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Chapter 407: Xiao Yan's Experience of Ice and Fire

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The little Taotie Tun Tun looked left and right and sneaked towards with Hu Yanyan's residence as if she was a weasel trying to steal a chicken.

Hu Yanyan was initially Xiao Yan's neighbor, but ever since Xiao Yan had his independent Inferno Precipice, Lin Feng did not pursue the matter and Hu Yanyan remained on the main part of Mount Yujing at the original area.

Lin Feng watched Tun Tun with amusement and thought to himself, "A while child after all. Are you trying to take advantage of the fact that Hu Yanyan is stuck with the Heavenly Fire Tribulations and exact your revenge?"

Indeed, after Tun Tun snuck in to Hu Yanyan's stone room, she stared at the fire fox with unfriendly intentions.

She scrutinized Hu Yanyan up and down and pouted, with a look of unhappiness and envy and said, "All you foxes are the same!"

Even if it were a female from the demon race, and even though Tun Tun had not yet matured, she had a decent idea of how to appreciate the beauty of her own gender. Se had to admit that the fire fox in front of her was breathtakingly beautiful.

Her physical appearance was flawless and her disposition was the same. However, her expression was cold and plain and this created a sinister contrast as she withdrew the special attraction that only beautiful females from the Fox Race possessed. This gave her a demeanor of silent hostility and aggression.

She looked at Hu Yanyan but subsequently lowered his head as he looked like a little potato. Tun Tun was extremely displeased and her little face immediately scrunched up and bloated into a bun as she ground his teeth and glared at Hu Yanyan. "What goes around comes around! You bullied me on behalf of Hu Fen the other day, I'm here to return the 'favour'!"

Hu Yanyan still had a look of plain coldness. She leaned against the wall of the stone room and seemed extremely weak, but still displayed a special kind of elegance and lazy beauty.

She did not even look at Tun Tun as she replied coldly, "You haven't had enough beating?"

As he heard this sentence, along with the fact that Hu Yanyan seemed to disregard her completely, she exploded. It seemed quite apparent that the Hu Yanyan in front of her was extremely weak, but she could already feel sores all over her body.

Back in the Barren Expanses years ago, when Tun Tun was in the beginner stages as a demonic lord, she met Hu Yanyan who was already in the advanced stages as a demonic lord. Back then, she was completely unable to retaliate and had her butt kicked on multiple occasions. In each and every occasion, he was in bad shape after the fact and it was only because Hu Yanyan was wary of the Taotie Grand Sage that he was still alive.

Even though she had remade her body and was no longer in her original physical form, she could still feel the sores from the bruises he sustained from Hu Yanyan all those years ago.

The little Taotie jumped up and blurted out, "I can't kill you hear on Mount Yujing, but I can still cut off a few of your tails to make a few fox-skin scarfs for my mother!"

Hu Yanyan replied, "It's okay if I destroy your current physical body, right? It will be like the Dark Aqua Xuanming – leaving behind remnants of the soul is fine."

As she finished her sentence, six blinking spheres of flames emerged from behind her back, like six tails of a fox, and were dancing in the air.

Tun Tun witnessed the scene and a look of shock instantly took over her face. She almost choked on his saliva and exclaimed, "Six tails?! You have already recovered to the beginner stages as a demon king?"

In her days in Mount Yujing, Hu Yanyan did not step out a single time. She shut herself in the stone room and was quietly training to control the Heavenly Fire Tribulations within her body."

As more and more instances of the Heavenly Fire Tribulations were suppressed and subsequently mastered to become a force of strength that Hu Yanyan could control and less and less wild instances remained, Hu Yanyan could gradually identify the mana that was subdued before and her powers recovered day by day.

As of current, she had already recovered to the standard of a beginner level demonic lord.

Tun Tun's heart was pounding in her chest. She had battled Hu Yanyan so many times before and knew that the fox was one of the new-generation prodigal talents of the Fox race. She had exemplary battle skills and she had mastered the multiple mantras and Abhijnas of the Fox Race. The power of the aforementioned probably exceeded that of the human counterparts.

"But now I have the Grand Sun Primordial Flame and my physical body is bigger than before. Even though I could not re-form the Demon Soul, my powers are definitely not as weak as my standards back then. I shouldn't be afraid of her."

As Tun Tun was thinking to herself, she began to realize that something was wrong. Upon closer inspection, she abruptly realized that the six meandering flaming tails behind Hu Yanyan were flickering with a highly murderous and hostile black flame.

"Heavenly Fire Tribulations!" Tun Tun finally realized what was going on and a chill was sent down her spine. Her adversary's mastery certainly exceeded her own, and by virtue of mantra and abhijna the fox already had an advantage. If they had to fight it out for real, she would probably end up on the losing end.

Her face was once again scrounged up into a mess as she hesitated. She was unsure of what to do and thought to herself, "However, if I go back just like that then I will be greatly humiliated. I will be laughed at by the little shit Shi Tianhao again – to think I said before that I would share one of the fox tails with him."

Just when the little Taotie was in trouble, a shadow appeared outside the stone room. The arriving party was clad in a skin-tight purple suit and wore a long black robe. Both of the individual's hands were cupped behind his head and he walked in shakily. When he saw Tun Tun, he looked shocked and said, "Why are you here?"

The arriving party was the Lin Feng's eldest disciple, Xiao Yan. Upon seeing him, both Tun tun and Hu Yanyan were taken aback as well.

Tun Tun instantly reacted in anger and scoffed at Xiao Yan's statement. She stared at him with an unfriendly look and replied, "I should be the one asking you. What are you doing here? Sneaking here like a thief as if you are going to do something wrong?"

"All you males are the same. Once you've had one thing you just want more… Don't forget, you still have a fiancé waiting for you. You're truly letting her down by sneaking around to another girl's room!"

Xiao Yan flashed his eye whites and retorted, "A load of nonsense. Master ordered me to send something to her."

Tun Tun was still suspicious. "What are you delivering, pray tell? If it was just a simple delivery, why does it have to be you? The little servant kids can do it. Heck, even I can do it. Why does it have you be you and not someone else?"

Xiao Yan was clearly upset and grunted in response. "That's because I have to do a demonstration." As he finished his sentence, his mana rippled and a sphere of purple energy appeared with a few drops of water much like tiny crystals.

When Hu Yanyan and Tun Tun saw what was happening, their eyes lit up as they could feel the ice-type energy contained within the item. The coldness was not sharp and piercing. Instead, it was ironically warm and peaceful and Tun Tun began to understood what was in front of her. "Is this the Ice Amber from the Heavenly Lake Sect?"

Xiao Yan nodded his head. "This is the prize that Junior Wu won from the competition during the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai. He was concerned about the primordial flames that were plaguing my body so he gave a large amount to be to try. It was indeed effective."

"Master projected his voice to me and requested for me to share a little bit with this fox girl. Since experience is required in handling and training with it so I have to be here in person to demonstrate. That's why I'm here."

"Share some with me too." Tun Tun eyed the Ice Amber with a greedy look but quickly recovered and grunted in disapproval. "Hmph, why would Master give this to the fox? Has he grown affectionate towards her?"

Xiao Yan glanced at her with a look of mild amusement and replied, "Perhaps it's because Master discovered that somebody is harboring mischievous intentions and sent me here to get in the way?"

Tun Tun withdrew her neck for a moment with a look of guilt and glanced in Hu Yanyan's direction. She took the opportunity as an excuse to retreat and said, "Hmph, count yourself lucky. If not, you would have gotten what's coming to you!"

Hu Yanyan's eyes were once again cold and indifferent. She replied quietly, "If you don't get out of my sight right now, you can prepare yourself another physical body."

Tun Tun exploded in fury. "You…"

Xiao Yan interrupted her and said, "Tun Tun, go back to the Wasteland Valley."

Tun Tun was still furious. "Stop it. You're in no state to scare anyone."

Xiao Yan chuckled and replied, "Looks like someone misunderstood my current state. It's not that I can't engage in battle against people, instead it's the opposite. My body contains three types of primordial flames at the moment, and I'm also unable to fully control them at the moment. In the event that I lose control I will harm both my adversary as well as myself. Therefore, before I learn to control the primordial fires I will not fight anybody."

"But where are we? We are at Mount Yujing and Master is not away on business. When I engage in battle, Master can suppress my power when I lose control. Whether or not I fight anyone depends on whether or not I feel like it."

Even though he was laughing, one could tell that his smile was charged with aggression and an acute ferocity.

Xiao Yan was never the soft type. The plague of the primordial fires rendered him unable to engage in battle and the fact bored him to death. He even had to sit out the battle of Mount Kunlun, which was of great importance to his Sect, and become the cheerleader instead. He had a lot of frustration pent up within him.

Hu Yanyan glanced at Xiao Yan. Even though the flaming tails behind her body were still extended outwards, the power of the Heavenly Fire Tribulations were withdrawn and the black flames disappeared.

Even though Xiao Yan's little speech was directed at Tun Tun, it was also positively directed to her as well.

"Helping outsiders bully me. Hmph!" Tun Tun replied with clear disapproval but Xiao Yan simply shrugged his shoulders. "I don't like people who take advantage of others when they are weak. If the two of you were in peak condition, I will stand aside and watch the show."

Tun Tun opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something but nothing came out. She already had the experience of fighting Hu Yanyan when both of them were in peak condition and she was destroyed every single time.

"If you have the ability you can try protecting her everyday!" Tun Tun stamped her foot and turned to leave.

Xiao Yan chuckled at her reaction and said, "You speak as if you have the courage to come back a second time. The other party's abilities will only get better by then, alright?"

"A little child's folly. Please forgive her." He turned around to look at Hu Yanyan and noticed that she had withdrawn her flaming tails as well and was staring at him in silence.

Hu Yanyan still had the hot red cloak on her body and was expressionless.

Xiao Yan coughed dryly and said, "Uhm… If you don't mind, do you mind turning back into your fox form?"

Hu Yanyan did not say anything in response and did not change back to her original form as per Xiao Yan's request. She just sat there staring at him in silence with an extremely cold and apathetic look. It was one without a single tinge of warmth and friendliness. She seemed like she was simply staring at a non-living thing – a table, or a rock.

Xiao Yan tilted the corner of his mouth and realized he was just mocking himself. He resolved to display the method of handling the Ice Ambers and Hu Yanyan was also just looking on in silence without a hint of response and accepted the gift from Xiao Yan afterwards.

At the end of everything, Xiao Yan left the stone room as if he was running away from something inside.

"Master, don't look for me for this kind of thing next time. I felt like I was cooked on both sides by the coldest tundra and the hottest oven – truly an experience of ice and fire! This is not something a normal person should need to experience." Xiao Yan was extremely upset.

Lin Feng, even though he was being complained to by Xiao Yan, was only smiling at the furious little Taotie in front of him.

"I don't care, I will defeat that Hu Yanyan some day! I want to be stronger than her, and one day I will pinch off a few of her tails to make collars for myself!"

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Chapter 408: The Tribulations of Tun Tun

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As she watched Xiao Yan swiftly exit the stone room, Hu Yanyan withdrew her body backwards and curled up her legs, wrapping her arm around them and leaned back on the wall behind her.

She looked up at the ceiling of the stone room and started to daydream.

Even though she rarely left the stone room over the past few days, Hu Yanyan was secretly observing the people atop Mount Yujing, especially those that she had been in contact with.

The leader of the whole mountain, the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, was a mystery to Hu Yanyan. When she was faced with Lin Feng, she felt like she was standing in front of her own mother, the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox Grand Sage.

At face value, it seemed like Lin Feng was a very casual person when he was with his disciples. Yet, it was this man that, not too long ago, defeated the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

The Golden Crow Grand Sage was, along with her mother, one of the ten demons also known as the Ten Demonic Grand Sages. It was not their first or second entry into the Divine Lands, and every time they did the human world saw devastating mayhem and chaos. Furthermore, they managed to return to the Barren Expanses in one piece as well. Except this time, they took a fall at the hands of the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Shi Tianhao was one of Lin Feng's young disciple and also somewhat of a Satan spawn. It was all because of him that she was taken back to Mount Yujing.

As for the little Taotie Tun Tun, Hu Yanyan knew her the best compared to anybody on Mount Yujing. Back in the old days in the Barren Expanses, the two of them had fought each other multiple times and every time Tun Tun was looking to disturb Hu Fen, it was always Hu Yanyan who came forth and chased her away.

When she thought about Hu Fen and the rest of her siblings, Hu Yanyan heaved a heavy sigh. Those foxes were a bunch of troublemakers and were always out to disturb others and cause trouble. Sometimes, they would bring their troubles back home. She did not want to bother the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage with those trivial items, so she usually handled things herself.

She was the eldest daughter of the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage, and she took care and covered for her siblings. Every time her siblings were in trouble she would have to wipe their asses after them and sometimes she even became the scapegoat. All this had become a part of her life.

As she contemplated her life, Hu Yanyan subconsciously glanced towards the entrance to the stone cave as if Xiao Yan's shadow was still just around the corner.

From what she understood, that guy was also a senior riddled with burdens.

Hu Yanyan shook her head and ingested a drop of the Ice Ambers and began to meditate and continue training the Heavenly Fire Tribulations within her.

On the other side, the 'mysterious' Lin Feng was watching, with a smile on his face, the little Taotie jump around him with irritation.

"You used to say that you wanted to fight the Dark Aqua Xuanming, but I've never heard of such an enemy."

When she heard Lin Feng's ridicule, Tun Tun pouted and replied angrily, "The Dark Aqua Xuanming is only a normal enemy, but Hu Yanyan is my arch-nemesis!"

Seeing her like this amused Lin Feng even though he knew what exactly was going on.

The battle between Tun Tun and the Dark Aqua Xuanming almost ended in mutual destruction. Their standards were actually quite similar.

However, when she faced Hu Yanyan, Tun Tun was almost helpless and was pretty much a punching bag for Hu Yanyan. Hu Yanyan beat Tun Tun countless times all in the name of helping the little fox Hu Fen.

Tun Tun seemed to hate Hu Yanyan, but it was more accurate to describe her feelings as being afraid.

If not for the fact that Hu Yanyan was under duress from the Heavenly Fire Tribulations, Tun Tun would never dare to even think about taking revenge.

When she finally had an opportunity to take revenge, she was forced to witness Hu Yanyan's recovery and the return of her strength. One could understand her exasperation as this rare chance was slipping away in front of her eyes.

Lin Feng shook his head and laughed. "Forget it, forget it. You've been looking for food by yourself these few days. I haven't fed you well enough so today I will make it up to you."

He waved his sleeve and half a corpse landed in front of Tun Tun. It was the remains of the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster.

Tun Tun's eyes sparkled and she twitched her nose as she circled a few rounds around the corpse and muttered to herself, "Oh, this smells funny. There's the blood of a demonic tribe but I can't identify exactly what it is at the moment. It should be because I have never eaten this before."

Lin Feng replied, "Your nose is rather sharp after all. The blood of the Kun Peng runs in the veins and should be originally considered a very authentic bloodline. However, it can only be considered mix at this point."

"Kun Peng?" Tun Tun huffed and puffed. "I have never eaten this before. This is great!"

She circled the corpse a few more times and stars were almost shooting out of her eyes. "By the standard scale of the human race, it is the advanced level of the nascent soul stage. By the scale of the demon race, this should be considered the advanced level of the demonic lord stage. How fantastic, I managed to pick up food of the advanced level demonic lord stage!"

"Even in the Barren Expanses, I have only come across such fantastic food when I am stealing from my father's mouth. Even then, it probably is only a little bit. How about now – this whole piece belongs to me and me alone!"

Tun Tun could feel her chest swelling with happiness and elation and was extremely close to burst out in tears of joy on the spot.

She leapt in front of Lin Feng and shook his sleeve violently. "All of this belongs to me, right?"

Lin Feng laughed and nodded his head, sending Tun Tun into another fit of elated spasms. Subsequently, she flew up into the air and landed on top of the corpse like a tiger pouncing for a sheep.

Within the blink of an eye, she reverted back to her original Taotie form and let loose a wailing banshee-like howl and began to feast.

Halfway through her meal, she suddenly stopped and morphed into her human form. She wiped off some saliva and watched the remains and, with her mouth half open, swallowed the rest of the corpse for storage rather than ingesting everything right away.

Lin Feng watched on with amusement and asked, "Why did you stop eating?"

Tun Tun swallowed a ball of saliva and replied, "I can't bear to finish such good quality food all at once. I mean to store it and continue sometime later."

She glared at Lin Feng fiercely and grunted, "Don't think I have no clue that it will be a long time later before you give me something good to eat again."

Lin Feng looked at her with a half-smiling expression and said, "The food on Mount Yujing – that you steal all the time – is still not enough?"

"The amount of Grand Moon Primordial Water at the Nirvana World decreased by a considerable amount. Who did it? Some of the herbs and pills in the valley of medicine were even plucked out along with their roots. Who did it? The purple energy around Mount Yujing have also declined in volume. Who did it?"

Tun Tun withdrew her neck and laughed sheepishly. "I only ate a bit, a little bit…"

All of a sudden, she changed her expression and immediately bowed down in front of Lin Feng. "Sir, I want to go through the Thunder Tribulations and form the demon soul."

"I thought so," Lin Feng nodded his head and said, "You've eaten so much – it's time to digest a little bit."

Tun Tun howled once again and returned to her Taotie form. Her shiny and radiant demonic core rose from the top of her head.

In the void above Mount Yujing, distant sounds of thunder could be heard.

Under Lin Feng's guidance and protection, Tun Tun began experiencing the Thunder Tribulations and renewed her journey to the demonic lord stage.

The commotion did not go unnoticed, however. The Kui Cow King and the Feilian King were with Xiao Budian in the Wasteland Valley, and the only big demon left on Mount Yujing was the Black Dragon Jieyu. He arrived beside Lin Feng and watched Tun Tun experience the Thunder Tribulations in silence.

Streaks of lightning from the void repeatedly stuck the demonic core on Tun Tun's head. It seemed as if she did not have much trouble resisting the assault and the Jieyu knew that Tun Tun's foundations were solid. The experience of the Thunder Tribulations was going to be a breeze.

"Master, you really show so much care for us demons." Jieyu was boosting Lin Feng's ego with flattering words. "With your guidance, this girl will definitely complete the Thunder Tribulations and advance to the demonic lord stage."

Lin Feng smiled and turned to face the elder dragon. "How's progress with the Xuanming Sail that I have given?"

The Jieyu hurried replied, "Refining is complete. I still have to thank you for the gift."

Lin Feng laughed and shook his head. "You have put in so much effort for the Sect and I recognize all that. This is just a form of reward you deserve."

The Jieyu appeared happy as he nodded his head. "This is all possible thanks to your magnanimity and the fact that you care about your subordinates."

Lin Feng's original body was watching over Tun Tun and protecting her during the thunder tribulations. The Steel Tree Avatar was, however, at the Yang Qing's Nirvana World.

Yang Qing's expression was one of defeat and exasperation. Lin Feng cringed and shook his head. Originally, he thought Yang Qing's first big bottleneck would be right before he formed the core, but from the looks of it, the consolidation and support of the crucible was already a great obstacle for him.

The problem was the same, however. Once he was past this stage, then forming the core later on would not be so difficult anymore.

Li Feng smiled and flicked a ray of light into Yang Qing's eyebrows. Yang Qing looked stunned as the ray of light flowed into his body. It was not mana or anything but simply a stream of Lin Feng's consciousness, which recorded the coordinates of a certain location.

"Yang Qing, this is the location of your Third Senior's old house. He's currently living there as well. On one hand, he's visiting his parents and on the other hand he's undergoing a form of special meditation." Lin Feng continued to explain, "You can go and find him there and undergo a similar form of training and meditation. I believe this will be of great help to the current bottleneck that you're facing."

Yang Qing took a deep breath and nodded his head. "Yes, sir."

Lin Feng opened his palm, and at the center was a jade talisman. The mana ripples from the item were sharp and poignant – it was a nascent soul stage magic item. He obtained it from the nascent soul stage grandmasters from the Aeolus Sect.

"You have yet to form the core, so a nascent soul stage magic item would not be very useful. This magic item is also not very suitable for you." Lin Feng handed the jade talisman to Yang Qing and continued, "I will hand it to you first as a gift in advance. When you form the core, I will bestow upon you another nascent soul stage magic item that is more suitable for you."

Yang Qing accepted the gift with gratitude and, under Lin Feng's guidance, absorbed the item and memorized the spell to activate it. Subsequently, he took his leave and Lin Feng sent him down with his mana to the Greater World.

He held up the jade talisman and it mediately burst out into streaks of green light. A Feilian hologram appeared from within and Yang Qing landed on top of it. At his bidding, the Feilian hologram ripped open the void and disappeared into it.

With the help of a nascent soul stage magic item to travel through space-time, even though Wang Lin's old home was near the Southern borders of the Great Qin Empire and was vastly distant from Mount Kunlun, Yang Qing reached his destination in no time.

Once he reached his destination, he was taken aback by what he say.

Previously, on top of Mount Yujing, he had a chat with Wang Lin and knew that his old neighborhood was a small village in the parish.

But now, the location that Lin Feng had pointed out, brought him to what was clearly a huge and bustling town.

Naturally, the size and level of activity could not compare to that of a normal city. However, people were moving around and the town was alive with activity. This was nothing like a poor little village.

Yet, the location that Lin Feng had given him could not be wrong. This was also the reason why Yang Qing was so perplexed. He was just about to pinch the voice-projecting crystal to contact Wang Lin before he felt a great aura of power appear in the immediate vicinity – and it was bearing down upon him.

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Chapter 409: One Person's Success to the Benefit of His Whole Family

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Yang Qing could feel ripples of mana coming closer and closer. They were bearing down on him fast and they were all foundation establishment cultivators.

There was a faint trace of an aurous core stage cultivator nearby as well but he did not come near and seemed to be quietly observing at the side.

Once they were near, the several foundation establishment stage cultivators all stopped in their tracks. Most of them remained hidden in the shadows while only one individual stepped out in front of Yang Qing. He got a good look at Yang Qing and his eyes sparkled as he asked a probing question, "May I ask if you are the direct disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Yang Qing?"

Yang Qing replied with caution. "Yes. I am Yang Qing. Who are you?"

The foundation establishment stage cultivator heaved a sigh of relief while the other cultivators hidden in the shadows, who were originally wary and on guard, became a lot more relaxed as well.

The foundation establishment stage cultivator in front of Yang Qing placed his hands together in greeting and said, "Hello, Yang Qing. We are all cultivators from the Great Qin Empire, and we are under orders to protect Wang Lin's family from sneaky troublemakers."

"Wang Lin came back home half a year ago, so we don't have to be too concerned about the safety of the place, but we are under orders from above so we still have remained here since then."

Back at the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, even though Yang Qing was not as eye-catching or outstanding as compared to Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao, Wang Lin or Yue Hongyan, he still received widespread admiration and respect from the outside world. Even though he was still in the foundation establishment stage, he had already fallen under the radar of the great powers of the world.

It was for no other reason than the fact that he was one of the six renowned direct disciples of Lin Feng. For that reason alone, he was already well-known by the world.

At this moment, the other foundation establishment stage cultivators in hiding stepped out and respectively greeted Yang Qing.

In the eyes of immortal soul stage and nascent soul stage grandmasters, Yang Qing was still a little child but to these foundation establishment stage cultivators, Yang Qing was worthy of their respect. At the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, Yang Qing was only in the intermediate level of the foundation establishment stage yet he defeated Fang Zhong of the Heavenly Lake Sect, who was already in the advanced level of the foundation establishment stage. This was enough to prove his standard and strength as well as the fact that all of Lin Feng's direct disciples were supernaturally talented and prodigious.

As a person, Yang Qing was casual and polite. In front of everybody's greetings, he did not harbor a single trace of arrogance or self-centeredness and this pleased the rest of the foundation establishment stage cultivators.

All of a sudden, a middle-aged man with three strands of beard appeared in front of Yang Qing. This was the aurous core stage cultivator assigned by the Great Qin Empire to stand guard.

Yang Qing greeted him with the same tempered attitude and this impressed the middle-aged man.

"The reason why I'm here is to find my senior Wang Lin, Do you know if…" Yang Qing glanced at the sprawling town in front of him. The middle-aged man smiled faintly and replied, "This place is an important part of our power expansion from the southern borders."

"The population here is becoming more and more dense and businesses have been thriving as well. The Great Qin Empire is already planning to convert this place into a city – in fact, they intend to begin work not long from now."

Yang Qing's mouth gaped open but he did not say anything.

The middle-aged man was not very clear about it, but Yang Qing knew that all this was brought about by Wang Lin. In other words, it was the effect of Wang Lin's arrival by his association to the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

One person's success to the benefit of his whole family was but as such.

As normal individuals enter sects to learn skills and practice their mantra, to be able to return home to visit or to become the pillar of development for the community was already something extremely commendable.

Put more bluntly, the particular individual's family would now be able to receive more respect and power by mere association with that person.

Wang Lin's neighborhood, however, was currently undergoing drastic and epic changes. A small village had upgraded itself to the status of "bustling town in the southern border of the Great Qin Empire" overnight, and was destined to become one of the grand cities of the Great Qin Empire.

The lives of people for miles and miles around would change as a result.

The aurous core stage cultivator pointed to the busy town and said, "Wang Lin's family is located at the eastern end of the town and Wang Lin is currently residing with his parents."

Yang Qing nodded his head and said, "Thanks you. I will head over to look for him right now."

As he watched Yang Qing leave, one of the cultivators of the Great Qin Empire shook his head. "Lucky he is still of the foundation establishment stage. If not, I would have been utterly convinced that I have wasted all these years of cultivation."

All the others present, including the aurous core stage cultivator, nodded their heads with understanding and contemplation.

Wang Lin's return half a year ago, after confirmation of his ascension to the aurous core stage, stunned everybody. They all felt as if their experiences from all those years of cultivation had been wiped clean and the world before them was foreign and new.

At the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, not long before he returned home, he was only at the foundation establishment stage. However, when he returned home he was already an aurous core stage cultivator.

In the span of just two months, his cultivation mastery explosively jumped from the foundation establishment stage to the aurous core stage and this was absolutely incredible and unbelievable to everybody else.

Some said that he was hiding his mastery, but that did not make sense as there were nascent soul stage grandmasters at the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai and a whole bunch of immortal soul stage grandmasters as well. Whether or not Wang Lin was in the aurous core stage or the foundation establishment stage was no mystery to people like them.

It was because of this that led to the disbelief of many.

When the news reached Xiling City of the Great Qin Empire, everybody began to watch the Celestial Sect of Wonders and Wang Lin immediately skyrocketed in the important-people rank.

The person that most powers' intelligence factions paid the most attention to was undeniably Lin Feng.

Among the rest of the people, the people that were accorded the most attention after Lin Feng was naturally his direct disciples.

Even though the two law enforcement officers, Miao Shihao and Kang Nanhua were nascent soul stage cultivators, their backgrounds were not difficult to find out and their relationships with Lin Feng were naturally not as close as the Xiao Yan, Wang Lin and the rest.

In the whole gang of disciples, the attention accorded to Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao was the greatest as the influence of their families were the greatest.

As for the eldest disciple, Xiao Yan, his level of attention was fundamentally similar to that of Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao. The main difference was that his family background was not as complicated. However, his standards were high enough and even though he did not participate in the Spiritual Conference of Huang Hai, his battle with Prince Chongyun atop Xingyun Peak was enough to make him name known to the world.

The next tier of reputation belonged to Yue Hongyan. The history and background of the Arctic State and the Covenant of Liefeng was not difficult to figure out either. Her relationships, both positive and negative, with the Great Zhou Empire was worthy to be point of focus to many concerned individuals.

Even though Wang Lin was the third in the seniority hierarchy, the attention accorded to him was not proportionate.

However, at this point, the level of people's focus on him had overtaken that of Yue Hongyan and was borderline greater than that of Xiao Yan. In fact, he was catching up with Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao.

For disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, everybody was being watched from the shadows. They came to realize that everybody they were watching from the Sect had frightening potential and talent.

The cultivators that were assigned to protect Wang Lin and his family were clearly aware of this fact.

The understanding of the other foundation establishment stage cultivators were not as profound, but the aurous core stage cultivator saw a lot more. Back when Wang Lin returned home, even though he looked like just a plain and normal person, everybody could feel the pressure.

The middle-aged aurous core stage cultivator sighed inside. "What kind of sect is the Celestial Sect of Wonders, exactly? What is the legendary leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders actually like?"

Even though Yang Qing was unaware of what the cultivators were thinking about, Wang Lin's extraordinary progress no longer came as a surprise to people in the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

…The reason was simple. Initially, the time that Wang Lin took to advance from the beginner stage of the foundation establishment stage to the aurous core stage was so incredibly short that even his seniors and juniors were shocked.

Typically, what he did was usually unsurprising or unimpressive. But in the next moment he achieved something bordering on supernatural; Wang Lin was living this exact statement.

As Yang Qing walked along the street, he politely inquired the local citizens about exact location of Wang Lin's residence. He followed their directions the whole way and walked towards Wang Lin's home.

In the process of his inquiries, Yang Qing overheard many topics of gossip.

"Rumor has it that Wang Lin is of divine origin. I don't see him doing anything impressive on usual days – he's not that much different from my own son."

"I think it's true. Even Wang Lin's family admits it. I'm sure you're not aware that previously, Wang Lin's father had no position in the local social hierarchy. But now, even the elders and the most senior people in the family are extremely polite with him."

"But aren't the saints all-powerful or something? Wang Lin is just helping with his parents with household chores every day. If his family wanted to, they can afford to hire some servants to help out. I can still understand if his parents are not used to that kind of life, but why is Wang Lin doing all those kinds of rough chores?"

"Ah. You do not understand. He's trying to be filial to his parents. All this simply shows that the man is filial and has not forgotten his roots. I'm sure you all have heard that it is because of Wang Lin that our town is thriving – we are even on the road to becoming a proper city."

"Even if Wang Lin is not a saint, he must have found an amazing teacher whom he can really rely on. If not, the other members of the Wang family have also found their respective sects and masters as well, so if Wang Lin's master is not one of extreme power or importance, why would everybody accord so much respect to him?"

As he heard all these discussions, Yang Qing chuckled and shook his head. He mostly ignored them and continued to walk.

He walked past a big mansion when, all of a sudden, a streak of aurora light surged over his head. Yang Qing looked up and thought, "This person looks familiar. Oh, I remember now – I've seen him before at the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai. He looks like one of Wang Lin's younger cousins."

The ray of light was in fact a long knife, and atop the blade stood a grey-clothed youth. He was Wang Zhuo, one of Wang Lin's cousins, and was only in the Qi Cultivation Stage.

When Wang Zhuo spotted out Yang Qing, a look of shock came over his face as if he was wondering why Yang Qing was walking along the streets like a normal person.

Still, the long blade stopped in its tracks and he greeted Yang Qing. This was his respect for Yang Qing as a foundation establishment stage cultivator and a direct disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Yang Qing put his hands together and returned the greeting. Wang Zhuo's lips moved a little bit but his eyes told a more complicated story and he eventually rode away into the distance on his blade.

Ever since the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, Wang Zhuo knew that he was not on the same level as Wang Lin anymore. However, this time he wanted to look up to Wang Lin.

Not long after Wang Lin returned home to visit his family, Wang Zhou returned. When he saw Wang Lin again, he shockingly realized that while he was still looking up to him the last time, now he could not even see the bottom of Wang Lin's feet.

Yang Qing watched Wang Zhuo leave and shook his head. He opened his stride and continued to walk when he suddenly felt something. He looked up and immediately saw Wang Lin watching him in silence from the side of the street.

The Wang Lin of current did not have a single tinge of coldness or solemnity. One could not even feel the ripples of mana from around him. Based on disposition and demeanor alone, he was no different from a normal youth.

This look – it was no wonder that those who did not know the truth would question his real level of mastery.

When he saw Yang Qing, Wang Lin nodded his head and said, "Master has already told me your intentions of coming here. Follow me."

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Chapter 410: Sadistic

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After Yang Qing met up with Wang Lin, he used the voice-projection crystal and established a connection with Lin Feng to inform him of his safe arrival for his peace of mind.

Yang Qing's problems with cultivation lay in his inability to achieve a true balance in his mental state of mind. The destruction of the Cloud Water Cave, the glory of the Celestial Sect of Wonders were among the many pressures that weighed down on him. Strength of mind was never Yang Qing's strong suit and all this stressed him out and made him emotional.

On one hand, he could not let go of the destruction of the Cloud Water Cave, but he did not know the identity of the perpetrator. With no target for revenge, emotions like anger and guilt were since then rooted into his being.

On the other hand, as a direct disciple of Lin Feng, the people around him such as Xiao Yan, Shi Tianhao, Zhu Yi and Wang Lin all had their stories of extraordinary and supernatural talent. This loaded intense pressure on Yang Qing as he was afraid he would embarrass the Celestial Sect of Wonders along with Lin Feng, or that outsiders would laugh at Lin Feng for not knowing how to choose his disciples.

Under all the pressure, Yang Qing seemed to be chained down with locks and his emotional burden only became greater.

Lin Feng knew what was going on, so he sent him to Wang Lin so that he could live the normal life with Wang Lin, so that he could go back to the basics and the plain way of life. The idea was to placate his messy and upsetting emotions.

Yang Qing was naturally talented and he picked things up fast. At his current standard of cultivation, if he found the path to cultivation he should not face much difficult. The only thing limiting him was his mental strength and resilience – therefore, if he could achieve equilibrium and stability with his emotions then the consolidation of the crucible would be extremely easy.

Wang Lin was, however, trying to go back to the basics while living the opposite life at the same time. If he could get past that stage, he could even make progress with his cultivation and even attempt the Tribulations of the Yin Fire to break through to the intermediate level of the aurous core stage.

Still, this was destined to be a long and difficult process.

Lin Feng ended his communication with Yang Qing and returned his focus to other tasks at hand.

The soul and memory of the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster had already been extracted completely. As for the Secret Manual of Kun Peng, this elder's understanding would undoubtedly surpass that of the youth Gao Fan.

Lin Feng took the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's nascent soul and his Cosmic Form into custody for now as he was not in a hurry to refine it into an False Immortal.

He began to contemplate. "When summer arrives, the positive Yang energy from the Northern Polar Sea will gradually dissipate and the negative Yin energy will take over as the superior one. Even with the power of the primordial fires and waters, the infinite layers of black ice would still be relatively impenetrable. There's no time to waste, I should try to retrieve the Secret Manual of Kun Peng as soon as possible.

"I did not destroy the inheritance of the great demons of the third layer of demon soul mastery – surely that is a great favor?"

Lin Feng thought again, "However, as for this Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster, I have only captured his avatar. His original body is still at large. Furthermore, his original body is aware of the goings-on with the avatar. He has suffered such a great loss at my hands, he could not possibly not be thinking of taking revenge."

"I have to be wary against this demon causing trouble. Still, I'd be happy if he comes up to my doorstep after all."

Lin Feng laughed. Through interrogating the avatar of the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster, Lin Feng discovered that this individual had actually took after the Ming Du, the Dark Beast. The only problem was that his favors were incomplete as he only obtained it after accidentally entering a Middle World.

What piqued Lin Feng's interest was, according to the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster, the original inhabitants of that Middle World belonged to a certain demon race and the demon race had a set complete remains of the Dark Beast, Ming Du.

To Lin Feng, this set of Ming Du remains was actually more attractive than the Secret Manual of Kun Peng.

In the Six Forms of Creation and Destruction of the Two Elements of Creation Formation, there was a particular Change called the Change of Light and Darkness. If Lin Feng could obtain the set of remains, he could use it as the source of power for the "Darkness" in the Change of Light and Darkness.

Similar to the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds, which represented the sky, and the Central Wutu Divine Light represented the earth, the integration of the two led to a complete and perfect process of the Change of Sky and Earth.

The Soul Creator Seal represented life and the Deathly Gas Stone represented death, so the integration of the two led to a formidable and explosive force of the Change of Life and Death.

Even though he was unsure whether the Ming Du Remains could achieve the end that he had in mind, it was still an extremely attractive item in his eyes.

However, that particular Middle World was, after all, was accidentally stumbled into by the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster. He was unable to provide the exact location of it within the Space-Time Turbulence.

Without knowledge of its physical location, even if you were all-powerful that particular world could never be found.

The fortunate thing is, Lin Feng understood from the avatar that Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's original body was in possession of a certain magic treasure which would bring the user straight into the Middle World in question. Therefore, Lin Feng was looking forward to the old hag showing up at his doorstep to take 'revenge'.

Even so, when Lin Feng first set foot upon the Northern Polar Sea, his emotions instantly took a turn for the worse.

The Northern Polar Sea used to be vast and sprawling, but the ice-cold and quiet Northern Polar Sea of today was no different from the outdoor swimming pool of Lin Feng's previous life. Uncountable streams of mana enveloped of the area and the number of cultivators squeezed together in the vicinity was much like a pot full of dumplings.

Shi Tianhao witnessed the scene with gaping mouths. "I thought the Northern Polar Sea was quiet, vast and a place of tranquility? How are there so many people?"

Lin Feng curled his lip in annoyance while he understood what was going on with a single turn of his mind.

The news of the Secret Manual of Kun Peng was not that widespread within the Divine Lands. As for the people that knew of its existence, even though they themselves were temporarily unable to retrieve the item they would undoubtedly keep it a secret and minimize knowledge of it to prevent other individuals from retrieving the manual.

After all, even though the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires and the Grand Moon Primordial Waters were exotic and rare the world was big and there were bound to be people who could control them.

For example, the Golden Crow Grand Sage who recently suffered defeat at the hands of Lin Feng was innately able to control the Grand Sun Primordial Fire. If he knew about this, he would have arrived at the Northern Polar Sea in no time to retrieve the treasure.

From the looks of it, it was clear that somebody deliberately spread knowledge of the news on a much greater scale.

To attract such a big crowd of people to come to the Northern Polar Sea to try their luck seemed to suggest that the perpetrator did not reveal the true conditions of retrieving the Secret Manual of Kun Peng. It was because of this reason that even the bottom feeders were here.

The aim of this particular individual was obviously to create a commotion and stir things up so the people that actually had the ability to retrieve the manual would be hindered.

Lin Feng could guess the identity of this person even if he used his knee. He knew that such a sadistic person could only be the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster.

The goal he was trying to achieve was undeniable – his target was Lin Feng.

Lin Feng, who was in possession of the Scale of Kun Peng, would therefore know where the exact location of the Secret Manual would be. Lin Feng was also in possession of primordial fires that could break open the infinite layers of black ice. On top of that, he captured the avatar that the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster forged from the Blood of Kun Peng so he had a real chance of obtaining the Secret Manual.

One could even say that Lin Feng had the highest chance of returning home with the Secret Manual.

The reality was, once Lin Feng fetched Zhu Yi back to the mountain he wasted no time and immediately left for the Northern Polar Sea.

When the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster took a fall at the hands of Lin Feng, he tried to gather information about Lin Feng from all around and realized that if he did not take action now, the Secret Manual was bound to fall into Lin Feng's hands. The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster had relatively good judgement and was decisive; he could not beat Lin Feng in a head-on fight and it was because of this reason that he resorted to this method to hurt both Lin Feng and himself at the same time.

Even though the Northern Polar Sea was bustling at this moment, it could not really be considered an overpopulation. The reason was only because those who were closer to the Northern Polar Sea arrived first.

Most of the other people who had received the news were probably still on their way here.

This was also the reason why Lin Feng decided to come immediately. Once the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster started to spread the news, any delay would mean a much greater crowd.

At the very least, Lin Feng had yet to detect any grandmasters of the immortal soul stage. Even so, based on the travelling abilities of immortal soul stage grandmasters, those who had received the news would not take that long to reach the destination.

With Mount Yujing in possession, if Lin Feng really wanted to shove his way through, unless there were third-grade immortal soul stage cultivators the others could only suck it and move and aside.

However, no matter how dominant and intimidating this method was, it would create too many enemies.

One person – unless he really had the ability to oppress the world with his own power – becoming the public enemy would only be restricting his own autonomy. Of course, Lin Feng wanted to reach the top of the world, but before he attained the power to do so he had to consider strategy and tactics.

As he thought of the troublemaking Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster, Lin Feng laughed coldly to himself, "Win-win situations – where's the fun in not doing it? Sadistic items however, while it may not be forbidden those who partake in them must have something wrong in their heads."

"Brilliant Lunar, you old bastard, you really don't have a conscience. Do your parents know?!"

Lin Feng could guess what the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster had in mind. He simply wanted to stir things up so he could benefit from the chaos and disorder.

Besides the fact that he had no way of breaking through the layers of black ice, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster had nearly the same advantage as Lin Feng in his chances to obtain the Secret Manual, which far exceeded everybody else.

If Lin Feng was determined to retrieve the magic item, he was bound to be hindered by the throng of people here. The moment when both parties became tangled up would be the chance that Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster was waiting for.

In the end, if Lin Feng withdrew from his expedition and forwent his only chance at retrieving the magic treasure this year, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster would have obtained valuable time to strategize and plan his next move.

As for this duck-faced and fish-headed old bastard, the worst outcome would be nothing less than denying Lin Feng a peaceful retrieval of the Secret Manual.

Lin Feng pondered for a moment and a radiant smile broke out across his face. "Old bastard, you may not know but I'm just waiting for you to come to my doorstep."

Shi Tianhao, Tun Tun, Zhuge Fengling and the others seemed upset and even Zhu Yi and Yue Hongyan were frowning.

Lin Feng laughed and called them over to explain what was going on.

Tun Tun immediately exploded. "Is this guy not too much?!"

Zhu Yi frowned once again and said quietly, "This level of sadism… If he is unable to obtain something he just had to ruin the chances of us obtaining it as well."

Shi Tianhao loosed a cold laugh and said, "Master, we should just open the Northern Polar Sea for them. Then we should wait before retrieving the treasure and hide somewhere. The others do not have the Blood of Kun Peng so they would be unable to open the secret manual."

"Without the hindrance of the black ice, the old bird would be able to retrieve the treasure. I do want to see if he can hold himself back? Then, whoever is the clam and whoever is the fisherman will be clear and it will no longer be up to him."

Lin Feng laughed in response. "Don't worry, don't worry. I will find this guy and after I take care of him we can slowly investigate the Secret Manual of Kun Peng."

Tun Tun asked, "How do we find him?"

Lin Feng turned his gaze towards the bustling Northern Polar Sea and said, "Even though everybody is gathered here now, they must be wary towards one another so they must maintain a certain distance between themselves."

"This place is big – possibly thousands of miles in surface area, perhaps? Yet, only one person can enter the Secret Manual of Kun Peng. It is destined that the majority of them are only wasting their time and they have no part in the Secret Manual of Kun Peng. The volume of people are only simply hindrances to us."

"This Brilliant Lunar… He must know where the entrance to the Secret Manual is, so he wants to take advantage of us. He's definitely near the entrance playing spy, so I'm sure we will find him if we look for him there."

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Chapter 411: The Unwelcome Troublemaker

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The tranquility and the peace of the Northern Polar Sea was no more and was very happening at this point. Uncountable streams of mana were rippling through the air as everybody was trying to search this ice-cold world while maintaining a safe distance from everybody else to prevent conflict.

The currently active people in the Icy and Snowy Lands were either locals inhabiting the area or powers near the border of the Northern Polar Sea.

It was quite frequent that these people met each other in daily life, and many of them had old grudges amongst themselves. Now, everybody was rushing down to the hiding spot of the Secret Manual of Kun Peng and this only served to inflame their past differences.

They were unable to determine the exact location of the Secret Manual of Kun Peng within the Northern Polar Sea, and everybody was just subconsciously moving closer to the center of the frozen sea.

A slovenly-clothed and seemingly unkempt elderly figure stepped out from the void. He was counting with his fingers and muttered under his breath, "Don't be afraid. It's not in the area around the center of the sea. It should be around here. The problem is that the surface area of the Northern Polar Sea is way to big – even I can't find the exact location of the item."

He calculated for a moment longer and scratched his head in defeat. With a wave of his sleeve, a good dozen people fell to the ground.

Amongst these people, there were strong and weak cultivators; the stronger ones were of the aurous core stage and the weaker ones were only of the Qi cultivation stage.

When the Qi cultivation stage cultivators fell onto the ice, they immediately began to shiver all over and instantly pulled out a talisman-paper. Only when they managed to distribute the mana around their body did they regain their warmth.

A couple of foundation establishment cultivators also picked up their talisman-papers respectively to resist the cold. Even the aurous core stage cultivators were no different. Although they had the option to rely upon their own strength to counter the extreme cold, they chose to do otherwise because the former would consume a huge chunk of their mana.

After a long time, when all their mana had been used up, they would ultimately perish in this frozen land. Therefore, they forged talismans to fight the cold and saved up on their own mana so they would still have the strength in case they ran into a fight or a conflict.

The throng of cultivators began to greet the unkempt old man respectively. "Master!" No matter their level of mastery, they were all disciples of the old man.

This elderly man was the River Map Grandmaster and was a nascent soul stage cultivator. He was adept in the ways of magic formations and brought his disciples travelling south of the frozen sea, and coincidentally overhead news of the Secret Manual of Kun Peng. And so they were here to try their luck as well.

The Secret Manual of Kun Peng was hidden beneath infinite layers of black ice and its exact location was not easy to fix. However, the Secret Manual itself was forged with the last ounces of power that Kun Peng had before he died to preserve his remains. The changing of the power within was in itself an extremely unique and complex magic formation.

The River Map Grandmaster was adept in the arts of magic formations, thus he had a unique perspective of the complexity and profundity of magic formations. The number of magic formations that he had seen was uncountable, and once he reached the Northern Polar Sea, by feeling the spiritual energy flowing underneath it he could at least make some headway.

Still, without any concrete leads and relying solely upon himself to determine the location of the Secret Manual of Kun Peng was a statistical improbability.

The old man's mood was pretty good despite all this. He was not worried and treated this as a learning experience for his disciples.

This was the reason why he let all of his disciples out and said, "The Secret Manual of Kun Peng is indeed attractive. If I find it then it's my good fortune but if I don't then so be it. The lot of you don't have to be so stubborn. Just treat it as a form of training and experience so that you have a chance to use the things that I have taught you. Consider it a hands-on lesson – take heed and learn."

"Who knows, one of you might get lucky today and find the location of the Secret Manual."

The group of disciples answered him at once. "Yes, Master."

The entire company immediately began to concentrate and feel the movements and changes of the spiritual energy beneath the frozen surface.

Once the River Map Grandmaster sent out his disciples, he did not slack off and continued to investigate the ripples of spiritual energy. At the same time, he was paying attention to the changes around him to prevent anybody from creating trouble with them.

Even though his mastery was high, he did not help his entire bunch of disciples battle the cold with his own mana as doing so would hinder their experience with the environment's flow of spiritual energy as it became a kind of barrier.

Amongst the group of disciples, a Qi cultivation stage cultivator shivered. His mastery was relatively low after all, and even though he had a talisman to help protect him from the cold, he still felt like the cold was almost unbearable so he retrieved another talisman from his pocket.

A person beside saw what was happening and frowned slightly. "Don't waste talismans. We don't know how long we're going to have to spend at this frozen place. There is a great number of powerful people around the area. If something big comes and master is not there to take care of us, we have to rely on ourselves. Every extra piece of talisman is an added advantage."

This individual was young and he had a very attractive look. His eyes flared with energy but his expression was plain and stoic. At first look, he had the feel of a really experienced old man.

The Qi cultivation stage cultivator heard the words and became furious. "Li Yuanfang, of course you can say such things now that you're in the foundation establishment stage."

What Li Yuanfang just said did not really make sense as everybody around them were also conserving their own energy and mana and drawing upon the talismans for warmth.

Both he and Li Yuanfang were formation cultivators. The physical gap between Qi cultivation stage and the foundation establishment stage was not great, and if one did not use his or her own mana the cold that they experienced were very similar.

Li Yuanfang did not retort in a similar manner but only replied quietly, "I also feel the cold and I feel it more acutely than you do. This is because I have concentrated the mana from my talisman to increase the area that it covers. The talisman that you are using is still useable for a little more than six hours, while mine can still be used for another eight and a half."

The Qi cultivation stage cultivator was still slightly upset. "Are you trying to show off to me?"

The two of them were one of the more junior disciples under the River Map Grandmaster. Their levels of mastery were originally quite similar, but Li Yuanfang's recent successful ascension to the foundation establishment stage threw the other into the dust.

Li Yuanfang was still calm. "This is for your own good. One person's success can be ruined by a tiny detail that you overlooked, and once the little mistakes stack up then you will find great trouble at your hands."

An aurous core stage cultivator beside him frowned and said, "Quiet, all of you. Focus on the magic formation. More bullshit is useless."

What was just said seemed to show a play on rank. Even though he was clearly reprimanding the two of them, it was directed more towards Li Yuanfang.

The Qi cultivation stage cultivator exclaimed in response. "Yes, Senior!" Subsequently, he shot a gleeful look at Li Yuanfang.

Li Yuanfang nodded his head silently and said no more. Except, he eyed the formation map that the aurous core stage cultivator drew on the surface of the ice.

The "Senior" closed his eyes into a squint. "What? Li Junior, you have something else to say?"

Li Yuanfang's expression remained unchanged and replied, "Big Senior, the fourth and seventh glyph on your map is flipped and the thirteenth glyph has been wrongly drawn."

The people around them flashed their eye whites and revealed expressions of "Oh, it was true."

Even though Li Yuanfang entered the sect relatively late compared to his mates, he was prodigally talented on magic formations and was doted upon by the River Map Grandmaster.

However, he had several problems with his personality. For one, if one were to put it nicely, he was serious and meticulous. If one were to put it more negatively, he loved to point out other people's errors.

Li Yuanfang was down-to-earth and was something of a perfectionist.

If it was only this, other people could still accept it as it was nothing much but what made people even more upset was that his attitude did not simply apply to himself but he imposed it upon others with no chance given. He gave no chance to whoever he was talking to.

Initially, his seniors and juniors thought he was just intentionally showing off and was just a naturally egotistic and arrogant individual.

However there was once when he obtained a formation map from the River Map Grandmaster when the latter was younger and mercilessly pointed out the mistakes on the map in front of everyone. Everybody at the scene was immediately rendered speechless as they realized this individual was not extremely arrogant or anything – he just simply had a poor emotional quotient.

Still, this attitude of his was somehow aligned with the tastes of the River Map Grandmaster. After the initial shock in response to his audacity, the River Map Grandmaster burst out in laughter back then.

So, his eldest senior, whose face was red as a lobster and faced with everybody else's piteous eyes, subconsciously shifted his standing position to block the original formation map with his body.

Li Yuanfang's expression was still calm while his eldest senior glared at him with flaming eyes. He had already "greeted" all of Li Yuanfang's ancestors from eight generations ago. "If not for the fact that master is looking out for you, I will definitely teach you a lesson."

There was somebody else that was laughing sadistically at the eldest senior. "This is your fault for trying to stir it up with that annoying dude. You like finding trouble for yourself, eh?"

The River Map Grandmaster favored Li Yuanfang's natural talent but also knew that his personality made him gullible and others would easily take advantage of him. Even the other disciples from his own sect could not stand him, let alone outsiders.

Even though the River Map Grandmaster could protect him like that, and the other disciples did not dare to really take 'revenge', they could still ostracize and marginalize him.

Therefore, when the River Map Grandmaster was passing on his mantra to Li Yuanfang he warned him to change that bad habit of his.

When Li Yuanfang detected mistakes in his seniors' or his juniors' formation maps, most of the time he would remain silent. However, every man's ego could not be denied and especially for disciples that entered the sect before Li Yuangfang did – such as his eldest senior. They were always so confident that they did not make any mistakes.

Yet, most of the time they would end up getting "whacked" by Li Yuanfang, much like what just transpired.

The whole group of them were watching the drama when the River Map Grandmaster suddenly said, "All be quiet."

Everybody recovered and followed their master's gaze towards the horizon. After a long while, a few streaks of aurora light, some red and some blue, surged across their heads.

"They're from the Heavenly Lake Sect." The River Map Grandmaster said slowly. Once Li Yuanfang and the others heard the news, their hearts skipped a beat. Due to the fact that the Northern Polar Sea was way too barren, there were not that many big cultivation powers within the area. The Heavenly Lake Sect could be considered to be the sect that was the furthest away from here.

The Heavenly Lake Sect was inherently cruel and demanding. Now that the exact location of the Secret Manual of Kun Peng had not been determined, the moment it was found there was a possibility that they would resort to cleaning out their competitors.

The River Map Grandmaster continued, "Let's not care about the outsiders first. Focus on our own tasks at hand. The magic formation emanating from the Secret Manual of Kun Peng is complex and profound. If you all can just understand and fathom a tiny part of it then your time here will not have been wasted."

Everybody acknowledged aloud, but the majority of the people present began to fantasize about obtaining the Secret Manual of Kun Peng. If they obtained the power from the Secret Manual, how powerful would they become?

Their lives would change so drastically.

Li Yuanfang did not share their fantasies, however. He followed the River Map Grandmaster's instructions with obedience and was concentrating on understanding and unraveling the changes in spiritual energy around him.

Suddenly, a dragon roar pierced the sky and the River Map Grandmaster, along with everybody else, turned around to the horizon.

Most of the cultivators on the Northern Polar Sea watched the sky in shock as well. Where the focus of their gazes were appeared a gap in the void, and the head of a gigantic black dragon emerged from it. On top of its large head sat a purple-robed scholar and a purple-robed girl with flowing red hair.

Most of the people did not recognize them, but individuals from the Heavenly Lake Sect scrutinized them for a moment and their expressions instantly changed. "It's the Celestial Sect of Wonders!"

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Chapter 412: Red Herring

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Of the cultivators from the Heavenly Lake Sect, there were people that participated in the previous Spiritual Conference of Huanghai. Therefore, they could recognize with one look that the people sitting atop the head of the black dragon were Zhu Yi and Yue Hongyan.

The gigantic body of the black dragon emerged from the crack in the void and, immediately following, was a beast the size of small mountain. It was grey all over, did not have any horns, had only one leg and looked like a bull.

A pretty-looking youth sat atop the head of this giant beast. Long black hair were flowing behind him and his skin was white and pale, and the contrast in his eyes were clear while they were spinning around.

Once their identities were loudly revealed by the Heavenly Lake Sect, everybody knew that the people that just appeared in front of them were from the Celestial Sect of Wonders. When the young man appeared, they also knew at once that this was the renowned prodigy from the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Shi Tianhao.

Previously, at the battle of Mount Kunlun, of all his disciples the one with the most outstanding performance was Shi Tianhao, also known as Xiao Budian. He exceeded everybody's expectations and defeated Yu Shiling of the Yu Family with but intermediate mastery in the aurous core stage, compared to the latter who was an intermediate level nascent soul stage grandmaster. Everybody present was bedazzled by his brilliance.

Some people lauded his performance and were full of compliments, while others were suspicious that it was because of his master Lin Feng's help that he could achieve what he did. However, what people could not doubt was that Xiao Budian truly shocked the world to the point where even immortal soul stage holy men had to pay attention to his existence.

Of course, the youth sitting on top of the Kui Cow King was none other than Shi Tianhao. Beside him sat two other ladies – an older one and a younger one.

The older one looked like she was only eighteen or nineteen, and was curiously peering at the borderless frozen sea beneath her. There was a little golden mouse perched on her shoulder, and its ears were perked as it scanned the frozen sea beneath it as well.

The younger one looked about the same age as Shi Tianhao at about eleven or twelve. She was resting her cheeks on her palms and was simply staring ahead, daydreaming. She had a face of extreme boredom. Her eyes, though, were spinning round and round in their sockets as if she was cooking up some crazy idea in her head.

The young ladies with Shi Tianhao were Zhuge Fengling and Jun Zining. The three of them sat together on top of the Kui Cow King and were close behind the Black Dragon Jieyu as they surged across the void together and descended upon the Northern Polar Sea.

Once Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao and the rest appeared, there was an instant commotion amongst the cultivators nearby. The reason was not just because of the recent reputation of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, it was also because the cultivators heard rumors that the Celestial Sect of Wonders was coming to retrieve the Secret Manual of Kun Peng.

The whole bunch of people were already getting headaches searching for the Secret Manual of Kun Peng but could not find any kind of headway. Now that Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao showed up, their eyes sparkled as they immediately felt like a beacon of hope and guidance had appeared.

The legendary leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders was not at the scene but the current lineup was not much less intimidating and formidable.

Two demonic lords, two "monsters" that could rival the battle strength of nascent soul stage grandmasters was equivalent to four nascent soul stage cultivators teaming up.

Fearful of their strength, the surrounding people did not dare to do anything much. However, they began to gather to follow behind Zhu Yi and company as they wanted to rely on them to discover the precise pathway to the entrance of the Secret Manual of Kun Peng.

It was not before long that the throng of people following behind Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao swelled even more in size. Gradually, there were so many people in the group that they resembled a flowing river. They kept a considerable distance behind Zhu Yi and company, much like a group of sharks which smelled blood in the ocean.

At this moment, everybody temporarily put aside their conflicts and followed the steps of Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao in silent harmony. Even if the future brought those people more bloodshed and conflict, along with the fact that they just had a bloody fight, they still put their animosities aside for the moment. They could be very close to their adversaries but they still ignored each other.

The desire to obtain the Secret Manual of Kun Peng had suppressed everything else at this moment.

After a moment of hesitation, the River Map Grandmaster also brought his group of disciples to follow behind them. However, the more they walked the more he felt like something was wrong. "They are moving towards the center of the frozen sea. Could it be that my calculations were wrong? I don't think so…"

The black dragon Jieyu and the Kui Cow King flew side by side in the air while Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao sat on them respectively. There was a considerable distance between them but they glanced at each other and smiles appeared on their faces.

Far away from the area where the River Map Grandmaster was active, another gap opened in the void. What came out of it looked like a little girl of only five or six years old. She was cute and pretty and she still had a little bit of baby fat.

The little girl had two pony tails and her big eyes were rolling about mischievously. She glanced around the icy lands, which had returned to its original tranquility, and laughed. "A little extraordinary standard is just different. This is great for me."

The little toddler girl was the little Taotie Tun Tun, who was currently in her human form. She clapped her hands and a ball of golden flame appeared in the middle of her palms. It was burning bright like a miniature sun, and needle-like spikes flickered around the edge with blinding brilliance.

Tun Tun had successfully completed the thunder tribulations and formed the demonic soul and had returned to the demonic lord beginner stage of her days in the Barren Expanses. Her standards had since then improved and she was now able to control a greater volume of the Grand Sun Primordial Fire.

The golden ball of flame landed upon the surface of the ice. The layers of ice began to melt with breathtaking speed as the needle-like radiance from the Grand Sun Primordial Fire exploded repeatedly to destroy the layers of ice.

The outer layer of ice was melted by the Grand Sun Primordial Fire in the blink of an eye, but the deeper she went the slower it became while the chilly energy became stronger and stronger.

Tun Tun's eyebrows furrowed. "I'll be damned. So this is the Million Star Black Ice. No wonder even space and time can be frozen at this place. This is indeed the coldest thing under the sky… Even the Xuanming Primordial Water and the Nine Nether Draught pales in comparison."

Below the surface thousands of miles around the Northern Polar Sea were all composed of this kind of black ice. The exact volume was so great that it was impossible to count and they were all lumped together. The amount of ice energy was naturally incredibly vast.

Towards the end, Tun Tun felt that controlling the Grand Sun Primordial Fire became more and more challenging. She grew upset and channeled her primitive energies and even began to use her Engulfing Theurgy. The two sources of power worked together to melt the Million Star Black Ice.

The engulfing theurgies of the Taotie tribe were indeed strong, and they could swallow everything even if it were Million Star Black Ice. They consumed it like normal people eating a popsicle.

However, the problem was that when a person consumed a dozen kilograms of popsicles in one go that person would definitely collapse.

In the end, Tun Tun had to give up her engulfing theurgy and reverted to using the Grand Sun Primordial Fire to melt the black ice.

"If only I could master the Undying Demonic Soul… Then I would have no trouble melting everything with the Grand Sun Primordial Fire." Tun Tun thought to herself in frustration. "If that old man Golden Grow knew about this earlier he would have no trouble retrieving the Secret Manual. However, if that happened we would have gotten nothing."

Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat and she spun around and realized that four shadows had appeared behind her.

The first individual looked old and exotic with a hunched back. His face was extremely weird – a bird face and a fish head and looked nothing like a human being. He looked at Tun Tun and laughed coldly, "So, surely all of you believe my words now?"

The old man was the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster. One of his avatars was captured by Lin Feng, so the being that appeared in front of her now was his original body.

The three people beside him were helpers that he had hired to help him hunt for the treasure, and were all in the advanced level of the nascent soul stage.

A scholarly-looking middle-aged man beside him was called the Black Frost Grandmaster, and was one of the strongest individuals amongst the local inhabitants of the Northern Polar Sea. He had an independent cultivator's background, thus his standard as an advanced level nascent soul stage cultivator was relatively impressive.

The Black Frost Grandmaster said, "Those other disciples from the Celestial Sect of Wonders were indeed simply distractions."

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster continued proudly, "I have perused over materials on the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Besides the leader of the sect, the only two people that can control the power of the primordial fires were the eldest disciple Xiao Yan and this infant Taotie."

"These two were not in the ranks of the group of people just now, so naturally I knew it was a red herring."

Of the other two people, one of them was big, burly, and had a big talon-like nose, was born of the demon race and was called the Nine-Talons Condor King and was the human form of the Nine-Talons Golden Condor.

The original form of the Nine-Talons Condor King was already incredibly strong, but paled in comparison to the person beside him. The other guy was more than ten feet tall, and was a demon whale from around the Northern Polar Sea. His reputation around the area was also impressive and he was known as the Northern Sea Whale King.

"Why did the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders not come to retrieve the magic treasure himself?" The Nine-Talons Condor King had a shrill voice, much like that of an eagle. The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster replied, "I have already received news that Lin Feng is busy handling the immortal soul stage grandmasters who have come to retrieve the treasure as well."

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster began to laugh villainously. "If that wasn't the case, then he wouldn't have simply sent his disciples to retrieve the treasure. The only reason is because he had other things to do."

The Northern Sea Whale King began to make grunting noises and said, "I thought he captured and killed your avatar?"

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's lip curled momentarily and he scoffed. "I can guess that his avatar must be hiding nearby as well and is simply waiting to ambush us."

"That's because he knows that I can determine the exact location of the Secret Manual of Kun Peng."

As he said those words, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster took out a talisman. "Therefore, I have spent a great sum of money to obtain this Original Magical Mirage Talisman. The purpose of it is to avoid the eyes and ears of that leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Even though the strength of his avatar is formidable, ultimately, it's only a nascent soul stage avatar and not at the immortal soul level yet. He can't bypass the Original Magical Mirage Talisman's cloaking spell on our location!"

The Northern Sea Whale King nodded his head and said, "Then let's stop wasting time. Let's capture this little girl. We can't kill her because then we won't have anymore Grand Sun Primordial Fire."

The Black Frost Grandmaster laughed and said, "Come and accept your fate." Subsequently, he use his mana to conjure a huge frost hand and made a grab at Tun Tun.

Tun Tun's eyebrows shuddered and channeled the Grand Sun Primordial Fire onto the giant frost hand. The flames crackled upon contact, and she opened her little mouth and channeled the world-devouring theurgy at the same time. The mana from the giant frost hand, which was already weakened by the Grand Sun Primordial Fire, was immediately swallowed by Tun Tun.

The Black Frost Grandmaster's move was repelled into nothingness by Tun Tun just like that.

Taoties were an ancient race of demon, and they were naturally stronger than other individuals of the same level of mastery. The Tun Tun of now was back on the path of forming the demon soul and was about to ascend to the Demonic Lord Stage. In truth she was stronger than her days in the Barren Expanses.

A moment of carelessness by the Black Frost Grandmaster almost incurred a great loss. Murder flared in his eyes as he felt intense embarrassment suffered at the hands of Tun Tun. He channeled his mana once more, and the fading giant frost hand regained its strength and became much more powerful than it was, then it came bearing down on Tun Tun once more.

He was, after all, an advanced level nascent soul stage being and even if he did not display the Cosmic Form, he was still extremely strong.

Tun Tun was still very calm however and smiled mischievously at the Black Frost Grandmaster, then at the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster behind him, then at the Nine-Talons Condor King and lastly at the Northern Sea Whale King. Her eyes were a greenish-black, as if she was looking at her food.

The four of them were intensely upset at being shot with such a gaze from a little girl at the beginner level of the demonic lord stage. Still, alarm bells went off in their minds – something was wrong!

The same thought surfaced in their minds at the same time. However, before they could do anything in response, purple energy charged the heavens and a shadow appeared from the gap in the void – it was Lin Feng!

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster at Lin Feng for a long while and said with a hysterical look on his face, "This is your avatar of the nascent soul stage mastery, how could you have seen through the cloaking spell of my Original Magical Mirage Talisman?"

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Chapter 413: Capture Everyone

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The being that appeared was indeed only the Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar and not his original body.

Lin Feng's pinched a round and golden pearl in his fingers and a look of amusement came across his face as he stared back at the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster. "Oh? The Original Mirage Oyster Talisman? From the looks of it, it probably originates from the Mirage Oyster demon tribe from the Barren Expanses."

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster could already feel the bitterness in his mouth. "Since you can already locate us from the start, why did you still let your other disciples to distract everybody?"

Lin Feng smiled but did not respond. He was not obliged to give the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster an explanation.

In reality, he miscalculated and did not expect that the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster and the others had a magic treasure like the Original Mirage Oyster Talisman. However, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster did not expect that Lin Feng had a Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl in his possession, which countered the effects of the Original Mirage Oyster Talisman by nature.

As for him letting Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao and the others gather together to draw most of the cultivators away, the reason was simple.

There was a saying that justice was a timid little girl, and only when many people were present would it appear. It was a little extreme, but for the majority of people and the majority of circumstances this saying was highly accurate.

After all, evil was sometimes a coward as well. The less people there were in the proximity, the more likely it was to appear.

If the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster and company had the ability to defeat the entire host of people there, then they did not have to be wary of anybody – they could just fight them head-on.

But the problem was that they did not, and if Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao did not draw everybody away, then the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster could just hide amongst the throng and wait for his opportunity to show himself.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster was taken aback, and the three old men beside him reacted the same away. Still, they recovered relatively quickly.

Ferocity shot out of the Nine-Talons Condor King's eyes and he turned to the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster. "You're sure that his original body cannot come here?"

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster recovered and stared at Lin Feng with a sinister smile. "At least it's impossible in a short period of time."

The Nine-Talons Condor King exclaimed, "Then let's destroy his avatar before anything else! No matter how powerful he is, he cannot possibly defeat us if we work together. Once we have retrieved the Secret Manual of Kun Peng and received its teachings, even if his original body is here he won't be able to do anything to us!"

After his exclamation, the Nine-Talons Condor King howled and loosed his human form and reverted back to his real demon race form. He morphed into a giant golden condor with feathers of steel. He had nine sharp talons below his stomach a ferocious radiance emanated from his eyes.

Tun Tun melted open a tunnel with her Grand Sun Primordial Fire right where they were located. The space within the tunnel was small and narrow, and the surrounding was all tough layers of black ice. When the Nine-Talons Condor King revealed his true form, it as naturally not his real size – right now, he seemed like a normal hunting eagle.

Yet, his strength remained the same. The Nine-Talons Golden Condor howled again and rays of light began to concentrate around his head, and an illusion of a golden condor appeared. It was his Cosmic Form, and the illusion was also a miniature one. The Heaven and Earth Appearance was naturally a powerful abhijna with the autonomy to alter its size.

The Nine-Talons Condor King made his move and the others did not sit around and watch. The Black Frost Grandmaster slapped his head and a completely crystallized and transparent statue appeared from within the light. The statue stood on the surface and instantly lowered the temperature of the icy tunnel even more.

The Black Frost Grandmaster's mantra originated from snow and ice, and in an environment of such extreme coldness, even though he could not directly channel the power of the infinite layers of black ice, the battle prowess was undoubtedly boosted in such an environment.

The logic was the same for the Northern Sea Whale King and the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster.

The Northern Sea Whale King was a whale that became a demon in the ocean, and in the water he could increase the power of his abilities two-fold. The glaciers beneath his feet could be channeled in battle and deep below the surface of the Northern Polar Sea, it was especially cold from by nature.

His Cosmic Form was a gigantic whale. The illusion was also minimized within the small space of the icy tunnel. Even though it was less visually intimidating, the strength of the ripples of mana was no less formidable.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster began to work his mantra and integrated the teachings from Kun Peng. The fact that both he and his avatar were of the advanced level of the nascent soul stage was already impressive.

His original body and the avatar could attain the Cosmic Form gave him the benefit of having two forms of Kun Peng. The Cosmic Form of his avatar was the form of the Peng while the Cosmic Form of his original body was the form of the Kun.

In the water, Kun Peng was a Kun and the length of its body was thousands of kilometers long. It had the biggest physical size amongst the water-type demons and its strength was ferocious and vast.

The second form of Kun Peng, the form of the Peng had the fastest speed amongst the demonic tribes while the form of the Kun had unrivaled strength.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's original body Cosmic Form was that of a giant fish. Like the Northern Sea Whale King, he had to reduce the size of the Heaven and Earth Mantra. However, the vast and formidable ripples of strength were surprisingly the strongest amongst the four of them.

Even though the four of them formed a circle to brawl, it was a circle of four advanced level nascent soul stage cultivators encircling a beginner level nascent soul stage being. Yet, when the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster and company faced Lin Feng they subconsciously unleashed their anchoring abilities.

The force of four advanced level nascent soul stage grandmasters unleashing their Cosmic Form was undoubtedly one to be reckoned with. The sheer pressure of the fact forced Lin Feng and Tun Tun to retreat continuously.

Lin Feng watched them, laughed and thought to himself. "This must have a lot to do with my reputation in the Northern Polar Sea region – or rather, the lack thereof. Back at Mount Kunlun, even if it were cultivators of the advanced level nascent soul stage, upon seeing my avatar their first reaction would be to turn around and run."

"However, it's going to change real soon."

He touched the spot between his eyebrows with his finger, and a bright red ray of flame shot out in an instant and landed on the surface of the ice. It was an item clad with armor from head to toe. The strength of the mana ripples shook even the infinite layers of black ice beneath it.

This was the magic item that Lin Feng forged, the Flaming Dragon Celestial Armor. Once this magic treasure was released, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster and the others' Cosmic Form quivered like a sheep to a wolf and were immediately crushed beyond repair.

In the battle of Mount Kunlun, his opponents were immortal soul cultivators and yet Lin Feng did not use the Flaming Dragon Celestial Armor. The reason was not because it would not have been useful but it would reveal its existence and the truth to its ability. Lin Feng would be placed at a disadvantage if the word was out about its existence.

However, faced with the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster and company, the circumstance forced his hand. Even though the Flaming Dragon Celestial Armor was opportunistically forged by Lin Feng and was a replica, the power stored within it rivaled even the original magic treasure and was equivalent to that of a grade-one immortal soul stage cultivator.

The Avatar of Ares was not withdrawn but rather integrated with the Celestial Armor. With the height of more than two meters, it was charged with explosive power much like a volcano on the brink of eruption.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster and company only had the "luxury" of helpless awaiting capture. The Nine-Talons Condor King tried to rely on his natural ability of being able to fly and his speed to escape.

As a result, Lin Feng placed his Giant Purple Banner in front of him and a Squall False God emerged. The Nine-Talons Condor King took after the fate of the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster's avatar and suffered a heavy and injurious blow by the Squall-like False God.

However, Lin Feng did not take his life and he also showed mercy to the Northern Sea Whale King, although he had also been mortally wounded. Once he was sure they could cause no further trouble, he imprisoned them each separately into one Celestial Small World.

"My disciples are growing up, it's time I prepared mounts for them," Lin Feng sighed inside. "Obtaining family property is really not easy."

The Black Frost Grandmaster did not have such luck and was murdered on the spot.

The old bastard Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster was also killed by Lin Feng. He originally intended to take advantage of Lin Feng, but he ended up relinquishing everything in his possession to Lin Feng.

After interrogating the soul and memory of the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster, Lin Feng began to ponder. "Has he obtained the teachings from the incomplete remains of the Dark Beast, Ming Du from one of the Middle Worlds already?"

According to what the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster said, the Middle World in question was extremely barren and was overtaken and currently inhabited by demons from the Barren Expanses. The power of the adversary was vast as it was a Great Demonic Saint who had formed the Undying Demonic Soul.

There were not much resources for cultivation in that particular Middle World and the spiritual energy was also rare. What few local inhabitants before the arrival of the demon were also completely eradicated afterwards.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster accidentally entered the Middle World and nearly perished at the hands of that Great Demon. He quickly submitted to the Great Demon and agreed to doing its bidding.

The Great Demonic Saint seemed to have intentions related to the Divine Lands, but it was inconvenient for himself to enter so he used the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster to travel the Middle Worlds and to the Divine Lands. On one hand, the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster was to gather information and on the other hand he was tasted to obtain some exotic treasures from the Divine Lands.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster also benefited from the deal. He managed to obtain some teachings from the power of the Dark Beast, Ming Du from the Greater Demon.

The Great Demonic Saint was not Ming Du itself but he definitely had a set of complete remains, and it was definitely not missing a tooth and not even a single finger bone.

The Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster was scrutinizing and studying the set of Ming Du remains from the side, and managed to figure out a little bit of Ming Du's power, which originated from the pits of extreme darkness.

However, the Great Demonic Saint removed the set of remains from his sight before he could attain any other form of progress. This frustrated the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster as he was on the brink of learning more, thus he had no choice but to repeatedly help the Great Demonic Saint so he could gain more benefits.

Furthermore, from the experience of the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster, the strength of the Dark Beast, Ming Du when it was still alive was incredible and unrivaled and was undoubtedly a Great Demonic Saint with mastery of the Undying Demon Soul. Except, it was unknown how he took a fall and how his remains fell into someone else's hands.

When Lin Feng found out about all this, he was initially excited and elated but his brows began to furrow and realized something was wrong. "Even though I don't know the level of Undying Demonic Soul that this Ming Du mastered before its death, the fact that its remains could be preserved perfectly is an extremely rare occurrence."

"The Secret Manual of Kun Peng has already sent everybody into a hysteria. The most valuable item should be the set of Kun Peng remains that is buried within." Lin Feng's expression grew solemn and gloomy. "The Great Demonic Saint has a complete set of the Dark Beast, Ming Du, but why did it not assimilate its strength?"

Lin Feng continued to contemplate. "Unless, the Ming Du Remains on his hands has other purposes, with which it has a much greater potential and effect."

"The Sun and Moon Stone, the Ancient Flaming Soul, the Ancient Millenia Willow Root…" Lin Feng recalled in silence. These exotic items were all gathered and retrieved by the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster from the Divine Lands for the Great Demonic Saint.

The Original Mirage Oyster Talisman that he used to cover his tracks was also obtained from the Great Demonic Saint. It was connected to the fact that the Great Demonic Saint dominated a barren Middle World and the fact that he paid attention to the Divine Lands. In Lin Feng's mind, he could faintly see something linking all the clues together but it was disconnected and still inconclusive.

"It's a pity that I don't know the real identify of the Greater Demon. I could have obtained much more useful intelligence otherwise."

Lin Feng shook his head, and glanced at the talisman he obtained from the Brilliant Lunar Grandmaster. "No matter what, I have to make a journey to that Middle World myself."

Through the spiritual talisman, Lin Feng could determine the exact location of the Middle World and distinguish its position from the Space-Time turbulence.

"However, that's for later," Lin Feng laughed to himself. "Let's complete the task at hand first."

Lin Feng sent a voice-projection message to Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao, who were still bringing the throng of people around for a spin, and told them to meet him where he was.

Once Shi Tianhao and company arrived on scene, the people following behind him showed up and once they figured out what was going on by the looks of the scene they cursed on the inside. "The Celestial Sect of Wonders is so cunning!"

Some of the more temperamental ones even cursed them out loud.

One of the intermediate level nascent soul stage grandmasters from the Heavenly Lake Sect pointed at Zhu Yi and cursed aloud, "You little bastard, are you playing everybody here like monkeys?"

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Chapter 414: Who's Teaching Who Manners?

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As they heard the profanation from the elder from the Heavenly Lake Sect, everybody else started to frown.

The younger cultivators began laughing on the inside. What the nascent soul stage grandmaster said was as good as scolding himself.

Although it seemed like that particular nascent soul stage grandmaster from the Heavenly Lake Sect looked particularly furious and was careless with his speech from indignation, he had an ulterior motive. He wanted to fan the flames of everyone's fury so that they would group together against the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao and company shared a look but were completely unfettered.

Zhuge Fengling giggled and said, "We were simply sightseeing and taking in the great scenery. But you, senior, wanted to follow us around. We were curious, and still are, as to the reason you did so?"

The intermediate level nascent soul stage grandmaster from the Heavenly Lake Sect erupted with anger. "You've got some balls saying that! Die, b*tch!"

With a wave of his arm, scattered streams of icy blaze surged towards the little girl on top of the Kui Cow King.

The expressions on the other cultivators from the Heavenly Lake Sect behind him were highly unpleasant as well. They released their mana and directed them towards Zhu Yi, Xiao Budian and the others.

One of them was an advanced level nascent soul stage grandmaster. Even though he didn't really do anything, his gaze was fixed on the Kui Cow King and the Black Dragon Jieyu – his role was to prevent them from escaping.

As reputable as the Celestial Sect of Wonders were, their influence around the Northern Polar Sea region was nothing in comparison. Therefore, even though the throng of people were wary, they were not afraid, especially when they realized that the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Lin Feng, was absent. Furthermore, with the Heavenly Lake Sect taking point, they were riled up and ready to act.

Zhu Yi watched the incoming trail of Icy Blaze quietly. He flew straight up, away from the head of the Jieyu, and met with the Icy Blaze head on.

He advanced through space with stable steps – not too slow and not too fast – and he was filled with unshakeable confidence.

Along with his advance, streaks after streaks of black and white mana billowed forward and formed a gigantic alter below his feet of an intricate mix of both colors.

The altar resembled the Mandala flower, yet not really. Rays of blinding light intertwined with pitch-black lines of darkness to form what seemed like the trails of star rotations in the sky.

Zhu Yi perched on top of the altar and faced the Icy Blaze coming towards him. Suddenly, his eyes began to change.

His right exhibited a dazzling radiance – yet the light was not one of warmth. It was pure, primitive and the brightest kind of light.

In his left eye, however, it was total darkness. His eye whites vanished and a hollow socket of pure darkness remained, much like the deepest and emptiest abyss without a single trace of light.

In the next moment, the light in Zhu Yi's right eye suddenly dissipated and morphed into endless darkness. The scene was similar to the arrival of never-ending darkness, descending upon the world to consume it all.

The Birth of Light from Ultimate Darkness, Polar Reversal! The interchanging of light and darkness morphed in the sky to form mottled letters. The mix of light and darkness seemed disorganized and messy, but the interaction between light and darkness was delicately disconnected – light did not interfere with darkness and vice versa – while the brightest light and the quietest darkness integrated into one body while remaining distinctly separate.

The characters made of light and darkness were under Zhu Yi's control and quickly transformed into vibrant prose. It was filled with grand essences about the theories of life and the revolutionary progression of humanity from history to a confident future. Going against the flow, those characters exploded forth to dissipate the Icy Blaze.

Once this spell was cast, the mass of Northern Sea cultivators that were ready to act suddenly felt defeated and their spirit faded.

Legend was one thing, but to see the legend for real was another. No matter how detailed the legends or the rumors were, the impact on people could never compare to perceiving those legends in real life.

They all saw that Zhu Yi could rival a cultivator of the intermediate level of the nascent soul stage. The people present began to hatch a surreal feeling. "Surpassing one entire level of mastery…"

"I thought the rumors had it that it as Shi Tianhao who achieved that? How could Zhu Yi accomplish this as well? Can it be that everybody in the Celestial Sect of Wonders are this powerful?"

The grandmaster from the Heavenly Lake Sect who engaged in battle with Zhu Yi was called the Snow Peak Grandmaster. He was not very old – not yet a thousand years old – therefore with his level of mastery, one could say that he still had great potential and was one of the alphas of the Heavenly Lake Sect's middle generation.

Having just suffered a blow under the hands of Zhu Yi, the Snow Peak Grandmaster already felt humiliated. He laughed coldly and said, "You little shit, know your limits and what you can do or cannot?"

Even though he was furious, his disciple in battle was not compromised and he retained his precision as well as his ferocity.

The Icy Blaze that was dissipated by Zhu Yi flared up again and returned with a more brutish and fiery vengeance.

The Icy Blaze had expanded to a point whereupon all the white flames that looked as if they were solidified, though they still looked like flames, one could not really see their movements anymore.

The Icy Blaze, now seemingly solidified, quickly transformed into a giant cube and encaged Zhu Yi within like a prison cage.

The special ability of nascent soul stage cultivators, to restrict time and space, was being unleashed at this moment and firmly enclosed Zhu Yi within. Inside the cube of Icy Blaze, it was like a separate space, and completely independent from the outside world.

Inside here, Zhu Yi felt that he could not longer channel the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and lost his connection with the life of the cosmos.

The spiritual energy, which was one of heat and coldness intertwined together and was a complete product of the Icy Blaze's transformation, began to repeatedly assault his body.

Zhu Yi witnessed the scene and silently approved of what he saw. "The standard of an intermediate level nascent soul stage grandmaster is indeed different from their beginner level counter-part."

He began to cast a spell and waved his hands. A sphere of brilliant lightning flew up into the air and morphed in the sky into a white electric web that was flickering with thunderbolts.

This was the nascent soul stage magic item that he obtained from Lin Feng, the Desolate Nine Thunder Divine Web.

The electric web expanded quickly in the sky and, in the end, it became a web so vast that it eclipsed the sun and blanketed the sky. Explosive thunderbolts surged along the webbing and made the giant web look like it was formed from a collection of thunder dragons intertwined with each other.

Within the white lightning, the air seemed to crystallize and began to fold over each other. They were trembling and meandering non-stop, and exploded and crackled as it clashed with the Icy Blaze of the Snow Peak Grandmaster.

At this point, the air and space that was originally arrested by the Icy Blaze began to loosen.

With the aid of the nascent soul stage magic item, Zhu Yi was about to unlock the cage of Icy Blaze conjured by the Snow Peak Grandmaster.

The surrounding cultivators of the snowy lands started to point around. The Snow Peak Grandmaster, however, cooled off and his face began to show signs of a smile.

His right hand began to cast a strange spell.

In the next moment, the cage created by the Icy blaze began to emanate thick clouds of white mist. When the white mist came into contact with the mana from Zhu Yi's Desolate Nine Thunder Divine Web, they erupted into gigantic walls of flame with forceful ferocity and explosiveness.

The Heavenly Lake Sect's secret mantra: the art of Burning Ice!

This spell could be said to be famous after all and many people recognized it. Even though they were not the target of the Snow Peak Grandmaster, they could already feel their skin crawling and their hearts beating out of their chests.

The Burning Ice Spell could draw on the power of the target's mana to use as its own fuel and continuously increase the strength of its fire. The stronger the adversary's mana, the greater the power of the Burning Ice Spell.

Any more mana injected by the adversary to resist the Burning Ice Spell would end up like dry branches thrown to the flames, and would only increase the strength of the Burning Ice Spell. That individual would only send his or her own mana to boost the strength of the enemy.

Upon witnessing the display of this spell from the Snow Peak Grandmaster, their expressions became much more solemn.

They witnessed the Burning Ice Spell before. During the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, Dao Yuting used the same spell. The difficulty of mastering this spell was particularly great, and the general assumption was that even aurous core stage cultivators would not be able to master it and only nascent soul stage cultivators could properly control it.

Dao Yuting mastered the spell as a foundation establishment stage cultivator and impressed the world, and her talent became famous overnight.

The general praise for her talent was only because her level of cultivation was low but she could still grasp the complexity of the spell. However, to say that she attained a high level of control and understanding of the Burning Ice Spell would be highly unrealistic – all she achieved was akin to scratching the surface.

After all, as one of the most powerful spells of the Heavenly Lake Sect, the high difficulty of the Burning Ice Spell was undeniable.

However, when unleashed from the hands of the Snow Peak Grandmaster, one could see that he had almost full control and the practice was mature – so much so that one could say he had understood the spell to the very core.

Regardless of whether it was Zhu Yi's light and darkness characters or the white thunderbolts from the Desolate Nine Thunder Divine Web, the power of his spells were all ruthlessly negated and destroyed by the white mist from the Snow Peak Grandmaster as they were used as fuel for the spell itself.

Zhu Yi's expression was still calm despite all this. He waved his arms casually and remade a magnificent essay with his light and darkness characters. Only this time, Zhu Yi continued to compose the second stanza of his essay!

Once the second stanza was complete, on top of the foundational meanings of the original text flowed a greater, transcending and limitless truth. Every obstacle, every shackle and every difficulty and hindrance were no more – they were all overcome and defeated!

The enemy was soon to be conquered, the difficulty was soon to be overcome, time was soon to be overtaken and the boundaries of the world was ultimately soon to be transcended. Only the unstoppable greatness of humanity marched on!

The Desolate Nine Thunder Divine Web transformed into a patch of pure white lightning and wrapped itself around the magnificent essay composed of the light and darkness characters, much like mounting the text on paper.

The strength of the new power seemed to transcend all obstacles, so much so that even the Burning Ice Spell could not destroy it.

The lively essay transformed into rolling rays of light and seemed to gallop around the scene as it dissipated the mist and fire of the Burning Ice Spell and subsequently vanquished the Icy Blaze and unlocked the space that was initially arrested, and ultimately displayed all it had achieved to the world.

At the end of the flowing rays of light, Zhu Yi stepped out of it slowly. With every step, streaks of light and darkness extended forward to form a pathway.

The cultivators from the Heavenly Lake Sect were astounded, let alone the Snow Peak Grandmaster. Nobody expected Zhu Yi's mastery of the mantra and abhijna to be so great. The Snow Peak Grandmaster, who was an intermediate level nascent soul stage grandmaster, could not do a single thing to him and even his most powerful spell was broken in the process.

The other cultivators from the frozen sea were even more astonished. "Zhu Yi got the upper hand?! Intermediate level aurous core stage facing off an intermediate level nascent soul stage, and it is the aurous core stage cultivator that ended up with the upper hand. Can this disciple from the Celestial Sect of Wonders be that terrifying?"

As he watched Zhu Yi saunter towards him, the Snow Peak Grandmaster began to feel a chill down his spine.

Over at the camp of the Heavenly Lake Sect, an elderly man with flowing white beard walked out and said, "Enough. Young man, it is the appropriate time to stop. Don't crave mile when you've already been given an inch."

Zhu Yi replied plainly, "That statement would be more accurate if it was directed towards the Heavenly Lake Sect. Ever since the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, you guys have been repeatedly harassing and challenging the Celestial Sect of Wonders. When have you guys known when was the appropriate time to stop?"

The white-bearded old man's face sunk. "Perhaps then I have to teach you some manners. The Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders doesn't know how to disciple his disciples, so I shall teach you a lesson on his behalf."

Zhu Yi replied plainly once again, "If you don't respect yourself as an elder, then nobody will respect you."

"Heh!" The white-bearded old man said no more, and with a chilly laugh he began to unleash a fierce and vast pool of mana – his mastery was surprisingly at the advanced level of the nascent soul stage!

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Chapter 415: Shameless

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Meanwhile, at the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, the Leaders of the Heaven Lake Sect, Cao Wei and Lin Feng were constantly at odds with each other.

Cao Wei was the one who initiated this unnecessary conflict.

However, there was a deeper purpose to Cao Wei's actions but only he knew it personally, no one else in the Heaven Lake Sect knew about it.

Still, this did not prevent them from being loyal to their master and marching in cadence with the tunes that he sung.

Furthermore, the outcome of most of the conflicts between the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Heaven Lake Sect usually ended up with the Heaven Lake Sect suffering losses of some kind, and this pissed off the cultivators from the latter.

The Celestial Sect of Wonders, on the other hand, were looking to surpass the Royal House of the Northern Tribes and come out on top to establish their superiority. The Celestial Sect of Wonders were already first runners-up, and were well in position to chase the Royal House of the Northern Tribes, who were number one.

Cao Wei could not have possibly stopped his followers from provoking the Celestial Sect of Wonders as it would not only hurt his reputation but at the same time show that he was cowardly.

The white-bearded old man was one of the elders of the Heaven Lake Sect and was at the advanced level of the Nascent Soul stage. Even though he was dissatisfied with the Celestial Sect of Wonders, he still managed to control his emotions, unlike the Snow Peak Grandmaster who got physical as soon as he stepped in.

Surprisingly, for someone who was in the intermediate level of the Nascent Soul stage, the Snow Peak Grandmaster was losing his battle against Zhu Yi, who was only in the aurous core intermediate stage. From the perspective of bystanders, it was a massive disgrace to the Heaven Lake Sect and was something white-bearded elderly man deemed intolerable. Therefore, he made a move.

Aurous core stage cultivators from the Heaven Lake Sect were afraid to face off Zhu Yi and the others, thus requiring a nascent soul intermediate stage cultivator to step up – but even the nascent soul intermediate stage cultivator was no match, forcing a nascent soul advanced stage to take over. This was utterly embarrassing.

Even if Zhu Yi and the others lost at the hands of the white-bearded old man, he would retain his dignity in defeat.

However, the white-bearded old man could not admit defeat just like that. Even if he was to be accused of bullying weaker youngsters, it was much better than being completely humiliated with a loss.

The white-bearded old man immediately cast a spell as he weaved multiple hand signs. Rays of light beamed at the top of his head and from it emerged a snow mountain over several hundred feet tall.

At the peak of the mountain, the accumulation of snow started melting. Black smoke started to fume and was soon accompanied by raging flames with molten lava that were erupting at its peak.

To settle them with haste, the white-bearded old man flashed out his Cosmic Form.

The white-bearded old man's Cosmic Form was not human, but a gigantic active volcano.

When the aura of this active volcano came into existence, a majestic and overpowering spiritual power was released. The power unleashed was so strong and dense that everyone in the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Kui Cow King of the intermediate stage of the Demonic Lord and Jieyu of the beginner stage of the Demonic Lord could not endure its aura.

The onlookers, while the opportunity arose, did not have the intention to take advantage and lay siege to the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The majority of them discovered a problem after some mental calculations. Yue Hongyan, Zhuge Fengling and Jun Zining were not yet at the aurous core stage, so they were not part of the calculations.

The rest of the Celestial Sect of Wonders had two demons, one of which was equivalent in power a human who was in the intermediate stage of the nascent soul stage and the other was equivalent in power of a human who was in the beginner stage of the nascent soul stage. Besides them, Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian who were also present. Although they were only at the intermediate stage of the aurous core stage, their prowess in combat rivaled even those grandmasters who were at the intermediate stage of the nascent soul stage.

The Kui Cow Tribe and the Dragon Tribe are both exotic breeds of the Immemorial era. They were extremely powerful and could be considered as superior to most other demons of their world.

All things considered, even if the white-bearded old man were to take on all four of them at once, it may not be so easy.

Even cultivators from the Heaven Lake Sect were slightly anxious, let alone others from the audience.

They had no doubt that the white-bearded old man would emerge victorious in the end. However, to achieve elegant and graceful victory would be a long shot.

The Snow Peak Grandmaster eyes flared a blood red. Flames poured out of his eyes as he glared at Zhu Yi and roared, "You little bastard! Only you or I shall exist in this world – never both!"

After Snow Peak Grandmaster finished his sentence, he charged forward and made it a two-man fight against the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The white-bearded old man understood the Snow Peak Grandmaster was simply putting up an act. His intention was to help him secure his victory.

He did not react to it and closed his eyes to focus on his Cosmic Form. With a loud bang, the mountain crashed towards Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao and company.

The Snow Peak Grandmaster may seem reckless and was it felt as if he was being consumed by his own anger, but he was very calm and collected. He knew the standard of Zhu Yi's powers as he had just crossed paths with Zhu Yi.

He could extrapolate his knowledge to make a rough gauge of Shi Tianhao's abilities.

Thus, the Snow Peak Grandmaster went all in the moment he stepped up. A golden ray emerged from out of nowhere as Snow Peak Grandmaster was casting his spell.

This ray of golden light drifted in the air, and an immense burst of mana that was fundamentally from the Buddhist sects exploded from within. Uncountable Buddhist glyphs were released and sounds of their gospel and nature immediately permeated throughout the space around it. Rays of golden light floated in to sight and made shiny reflections upon the icy regions of the North Pole.

Even as it was next to the white-bearded old man's Cosmic Form, this vigorous and majestic Buddhist aureole did not lose its ferocity.

Everyone's attention shifted to the center of the Buddha light. At the center was a fist-sized pill and was emanating with powers of the Buddha.

Space-time seemed to scar wherever the Buddha light passed through and that particular area seemed to shatter into pieces.

"A Sarira?" Zhu Yi frowned slightly, "Its power is equivalent to a sarira left behind by a deceased monk at the nascent soul advanced level stage."

Everybody was stirred into a commotion as they all took a cold breath.

Since the destruction of Great Thunderclap Temple, the stupas were destroyed and almost every other sarira in the Buddhist world was stolen and kept by the Great Zhou Empire, while a few were left scattered amongst the outside world.

The Snow Peak Grandmaster, however, had in his possession a sarira and was able to instantaneously refine it, and eventually made it into his own magical item.

As the Snow Peak Grandmaster flashed out his magical item, Shi Tianhao, who was sitting on Kui Cow's head and quietly observing suddenly stood up and exclaimed, "Not bad!"

The crowd was rendered speechless by Shi Tianhao's comment. Of course, it was 'not bad' – it would be even more so when your body is on the receiving end.

The Snow Peak Grandmaster smiled despite his indignation. He said nothing more as he began to cast a spell. The sarira unleashed another wave of brilliant light. Within the blinding radiance, the sarira began to gradually transform into a golden ancient Buddha statue.

This Buddha statue's eyes were slightly squinted and its legs were crossed atop the void. Both its hands were full of expression and its face was one of warmth and amiableness.

However, when Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao and the others first perceive the Buddha Statue, they felt a feeling tranquility – as if the golden Buddha had been through all of life's experiences and all the obstacles of the world. It remained unmoved and unchanged in the past and would remain so in the future. It was free and forever would be.

It felt as if it was the most righteous existence in the world, and could remain unmoved as it beat down all evil!

"The Acalanatha Tathagata Mantra! When this Buddhist cultivator was alive, he mastered the most powerful technique in the Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass – the Acalanatha Tathagata Mantra!" Zhu Yi said softly.

The most supreme scripture of the Great Thunderclap Temple was, in fact, the Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass.

Lin Feng and Zhu Yi had come across the Endless Brilliance Tathagata Mantra back at Shazhou City by chance, and took the opportunity to study it.

Even though it was not the complete text, the benefits they reaped after the fact was immense.

Rumour had it that the Acalanatha Tathagata Mantra was slightly more superior to the Endless Brilliance Tathāgata Mantra. It was the most powerful mantra of the Great Thunderclap Temple. Its significance to the Great Thunderclap Temple was comparable to the significance of the Mantra of the Great Oblivion and the Yin Yang Mantra of the Void to the Great Void Sect.

Being able to master the Acalanatha Tathagata Mantra shows that this particular cultivator was a core character of the Great Thunderclap Temple at that point in time.

Unfortunately, after that cultivator died, his tomb was raided. The sarira which was buried together with him was stolen and refined to become a magical item of immense power.

Shi Tianhao gazed at the golden ancient Buddha for a long time and said, "It's not just 'not bad'…"

The onlookers did not know whether to laugh or to shed tears for this poor kid. He finally understood that it was not just 'not bad', and that if this thing managed to strike him he would definitely be all over the floor in exquisite agony.

What Shi Tianhao said next almost made everyone vomit blood. "… I want it even more now!"

Everybody's mouths seemed to cramp up from his comment. "What a wild child!"

The levitating golden ancient Buddha clenched his fist as if he was also infurirated by Shi Tianhao's comment. With that and another loud bang, the surrounding spiritual energy converged into the buddha's fist.

Slowly but steadily, he stretched his arm out and punched forward. This motion seemed slow but yet ironically fast and swift at the same time.

The punch he threw out contained so much force that a mysterious trajectory was formed in the sky.

With that punch, the entire void began to crack and split apart!

Space became a patch of nothingness as the air all around it began to crackle and erupt as energies tugged and pulled at one another.

Shi Tianhao was completely calm as he laughed and said, "Second Senior, I want this thing, please don't spoil it."

Zhu Yi replied with a smile. "As you wish. But I need to say this now – I am also interested."

Everyone, including the white-bearded old man and the Snow Peak Grandmaster, were stunned by the two brothers' conversation as they stared at the two of them.

"What are they thinking about? How could they not know that they are currently faced with attacks of the nascent soul advanced stage? An uproar from the crowd came, " The crowd was in an uproar. "The Nascent soul advanced stage is very different from the nascent soul intermediate stage!"

"Such hubris! Your victories as disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders have blurred your judgments of your own abilities and buffed your egos to the high heavens."

"Are both them treating themselves like the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders? They are sure to suffer a great loss today, and will definitely be defeated and captured. It's a pity that the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders will have to get them out with a little bit of his pride."

Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao turned a deaf ear to the commotion from the crowd. Shi Tianhao returned onto the head of the Kui Cow King arrogantly and resumed his posture of 'watching the show'.

Zhu Yi calmly waved his hand and a light spot emerged and ascended into the sky and subsequently expanded into a complex formation.

The Two Elements of Creation Formation!

Different glyphs and runes started to ripple within the magic formation and formed a pattern, with distinct black and white regions, which eventually covered the entire sky.

The reason why Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian were so confident was because Lin Feng bestowed upon them the Two Elements of Creation Formation for use when they were faced with great adversaries.

Everyone was stunned and impressed at the same time by the giant formation formed over their heads. Some of them even began to feel dizzy.

The white-bearded old man, the Snow Peak Grandmaster along with the other cultivators of the Heaven Lake Sect almost all fainted on the spot.

Shameless!

Besides carrying around their own Sect mountain, they were also carrying around their *ing Mountain Defense Spell Formation like accessories.

The Celestial Sect of Wonders, how much more shameless can you guys get?

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Chapter 416: Gathering of Immortal Soul Stage Elders

Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations

The Two Elements of Creation Formation landed in Zhu Yi's hands. Naturally, its powers were not the same as it was when it was in Lin Feng's hands. Furthermore, he did not really control it, but was just guiding it under Lin Feng's help.

But even so, the Two Elements of Creation Formation could not be resisted by the white-bearded elder or the Snow Peak Grandmaster.

All the Heaven Lake Sect disciples were cursing, but as Zhu Yi guided the formation, there was a sudden turmoil.

The Cosmic Form of the white-bearded elder and the sarira that was released by the Snow Peak Grandmaster were blown away by the Two Elements of Creation Formation.

The Snow Peak Grandmaster was heartbroken. The sarira was cultivated by him for very long and its powers were even above his own actual body. Even the summary of his entire family was not as valuable as the sarira. But now it was taken away by Zhu Yi unceremoniously.

As compared to the Snow Peak Grandmaster, the white-bearded elder was even more depressed.

The Cosmic Form was the summary of a cultivator's mana and the source of one's dominance. It was also the foundation to reach the Immortal Soul Stage.

Now that it was taken away, the white-bearded elder could feel the connection between his heart and the mantra being cut. He spat out blood and both his soul and flesh were damaged.

His Nascent Soul shook and almost left his body.

The eyes of the white-bearded elder were filled with blood. No matter how valuable the sarira was, it was after all an external item. But the Cosmic Form was like half a life.

This was because he sustained these injuries not because he fought with someone else, but because the mantra was stolen from him.

The Cosmic Form was ever-changing and resourceful. If it was slightly damaged, it could be repaired easily.

But if it was destroyed, although the white-bearded elder's cultivation would not fall from the Advanced Stage to the Intermediate Stage, his vital energy would still be greatly affected. His powers would then be below that of an Intermediate stage cultivator. He had to spend a lot of time to re-cultivate the Cosmic Form.

Only when he cultivated a Cosmic Form would he recuperate fully. This time taken to cultivate had a correlation with the time he had used to cultivate previously.

This was because the first Cosmic Form was like an entire life's worth of cultivation. If the first one was destroyed, re-cultivating another one would take much lesser time, but would still at least be half the previous time.

The white-bearded elder was giddy just thinking about it. That would take around a thousand years. That means within that thousand years, he could not do anything but cultivate a second Cosmic Form.

Although he was furious, the white-bearded elder could not take revenge. On the other hand, he had to try to escape.

If he did not leave, he would be dragged away by the Two Elements of Creation too. When that happened, his entire life would be lost.

Not only was this the case for the white-bearded elder and the Snow Peak Grandmaster, it was also the same for the rest of the Heavenly Lake Sect disciples, who were afraid of landing within the Two Elements of Creation Formation.

Everyone of them just had a thought.

Screw the Celestial Sect of Wonders!

It's fine if their sect location can shift. But now even the formation protecting the location could also be moved around. How was that possible?

On average, a formation was the strongest among all everything in the same realm. But it had its own restrictions too, such as the conditions and materials.

Between formations, there were similarities and differences between their powers. The stronger a formation, the more reliant on geography it was.

Normally, relying on the geographical environment would allow the tapping on the huge powers of the Heavens and Earth to the greatest extent. From there, the powers can be unleashed.

For example, there were the Great Void Sect's Supreme Yin-Yang Void Formation, the Great Thunderclap Temple Vairocana Formation and the Mount Shu Sword Sect's Immortal Heaven Universal Sword Formation.

Precisely because of this reason, among all the outstanding formations in the demon clan, the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation was the most frightening formation.

It might not be much stronger than the other outstanding formations, but the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation could shift itself. As long as the formation map and materials were available, the formation could be set up anywhere. At that point, as it tapped on the powers of the Nine Luminaries, it could attack anywhere it wanted.

Right now, the Two Elements of Creation Formation was also a strong formation that could shift its position.

With huge powers and ability to shift its position, the Heaven Lake Sect were helpless when facing this formation.

As the other cultivators saw this scene, they were also awed by it, "The Celestial Sect of Wonders is indeed formidable!"

"The disciples were already so powerful. What about the Celestial Sect of Wonder leader?"

As a group of North Polar Winds cultivators thought of that scene, they were stoned in their position.

When the River Map Grandmaster first saw the Two Elements of Creation Formation, his eyes lit as if he saw a precious treasure.

That look was like a Taotie looking at delicacies or a pervert looking at beauties.

He regained his awareness. Without a care about being implicated in the dispute between the two parties, he wriggled his sleeves and released his mana, putting his disciples on an ice surface. After that he pointed to the skies and said, "This is a huge opportunity! All look at the formation and try to figure out. If you have even a little understanding, it will benefit you."

Li Yuanfang and the rest looked at the Two Elements of Creation Formation and were stunned.

They were very far from the formation and could barely feel the immense power of the formation. But in an instant, all of them felt giddy and their souls became unsteady. They suffered minor injuries.

The River Map Grandmaster was excited and overlooked something.

Letting his disciples observe the Two Elements of Creation Formation was like throwing them into an ocean that was experiencing a tsunami and letting them face the huge waves. But at the same time, he wanted them to figure out the movement of each drop of water.

Although the Two Elements of Creation Formation did not treat them as enemies, its mana vibration was enough to rattle them.

Only Li Yuanfang eyes brightened up, although his face was pale.

He stared at the Two Elements of Creation Formation, mumbling, "The materials needed to build this formation are incomplete. This present power is only just the tip of the iceberg. The person guiding the formation also does not comprehend the secret within.

"But even so, it is still very strong. Such a miraculous formation is very difficult to comprehend fully."

All the sect members around him all fell to the ground. All the senior disciples of the River Map Grandmaster bore the instability of their souls and snorted, "And you understand?"

"I don't, I don't" Li Yuanfang answered him, but seemed to be talking to himself. "Although I can't comprehend it, but it is indeed too miraculous!"

After he finished speaking, Li Yuanfang walked unsteadily before collapsing to the ground. But he was still staring hard at the Two Elements of Creation Formation.

The River Map Grandmaster was in the Nascent Soul Stage, thus the Two Elements of Creation Formation did not target him. He just observed at one side and did not experience the same pressure as the rest.

As he observed, he tried to calculate the changes in the formation. But after a few steps, he could not continue. He sighed, "Such a strong formation. I have only experienced such a feeling in the past when I observed the Vairocana Formation secretly."

"Although I have not seen the Supreme Yin-Yang Void Formation or the Immortal Heaven Universal Sword Formation, I don't think they are that great? The Great Zhou Empire's Almighty Celestial Destroyer Formation might be ferocious, but it is not as wonderful as this formation."

In just a blink of an eye, Zhu Yi had already used the Two Elements of Creation Formation to trap the white-bearded elder's Cosmic Form and the Snow Peak Grandmaster's sarira. As he used it again, he covered the entire place and almost fitted the entire Heaven Lake Sect disciples in.

A loud snort resonated suddenly. Space started to crack and unlimited Icy Blaze started to spread. Pale-white flames appeared and a figure emerged from it. It was the leader of the Heaven Lake Sect, the Icy Fire Holy Man, Cao Wei.

The Icy Blaze engulfed half the sky like a wave and surged towards the Two Elements of Creation Formation.

On the other side of the sky, a sea of Purple Clouds appeared. Lin Feng's actual body slowly walked out. He used his right hand to grab and the Heaven Earth Destroyer abhijna was activated.

This mantra was used by his actual body and its power was much higher than when it was used by the Steel Tree Avatar. The entire sky had collapsed and the unstoppable torrent of the 4 elements collided with Cao Wei's Icy Blaze.

The Icy Blaze continued to froze space and stabilized space. But its strength was slowly depleting and it could not proceed anymore.

The Two Elements of Creation Formation rapidly shrunk and converted into a light spot, flying back to Lin Feng's brows. Behind him, within the sea of Purple Clouds, an awe-inspiring white-jade mountain seemed to appear.

The space around his body cracked and a chubby elder walked out from it. He looked at Cao Wei and laughed, "Master Cao, we have discussed the appropriate things to do previously. Let's not create any more problems."

This chubby elder was the Vivant Joy Holy Man from the Great Qin Empire. Beside him, there was a tall and big middle-aged man, who was dressed like he was from a foreign tribe from the Northern side and whose body was raging like the Sun. He was Cao Wei's arch-enemy, Prince Xian of the Left.

On Lin Feng's other side, there were three others. Firstly, it was the Blue Pavilion Holy Man.

Beside the Blue Pavilion Holy Man was another Immortal Soul Stage Elder, who was surrounded by faint white gas. He was worshipped by the Great Zhou Empire. His name was Li Yao and he was also nicknamed as the Deity of Cheng Yun, also known as the Cheng Yun Holy Man.

Beside the Cheng Yun Holy Man, there was a man in blue. He looked quaint, rustic and lean. When he appeared, a bunch of North Polar Sea cultivators were shocked. They did not know anyone else but they knew this man.

This man was called the Polar Sea Holy Man and was the only Immortal Soul Stage Elder in the North Polar Sea. But he did not set up a sect. He had always been reclusive and interfered very little with the affairs of the North Polar Sea. But he was always revered as the leader by the North Polar Sea cultivators, the king of the North Polar Sea.

As the Polar Sea Holy Man appeared, he remained quiet. He did not speak and had a strong mana vibration. It suggested his Immortal Soul Stage cultivation.

After the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, a group of Immortal Soul Stage Elders gathered once again. Without a doubt, their goal now was the Secret Manual of Kun Peng.

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