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Chapter 1039: Listening by One Side

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Li Xingfei understood in her heart that the test Wang Lin set for her was not going to be simple. Besides targeting the problem that she always had, it also formed another test unwittingly.

In the face of doubts of others, she maintained her state of mind and stability, continuing to pursue her goals without backing down. This was no small feat.

Not being confirmed as the First Disciple all this while also formed psychological pressure for her, which also affected the test that Wang Lin set for her.

Especially since she had failed so many times, this pressure just kept on growing and growing. Overcoming it would have to depend on herself.

However, all the hard work that she had put in was not wasted now. She was finally able to reap the rewards of her labor.

"Keep all these things well." Wang Lin pointed and a few streaks of flowing light appeared before Li Xingfei.

Li Xingfei looked over and saw four things floating in space. They revealed strong vibrations of mana, which were particularly strong in three of them. They were all Nascent Soul Stage magic items.

One of them was an Aurous Core Stage magic item, which was a sword. It was no longer than one feet and was not as sharp as most swords. But it revealed a sense of flexibility and flashed with red light.

"Crimson Scarf Sword…" As she looked at this sword, Li Xingfei had a strong feeling.

This sword was passed down in the Forest Abode and was not one that was cultivated from any art of swordplay. This sword allowed the cultivator to unleash his or her spells more rapidly, while also increasing the might of the spells unleashed. It possessed a supplementary effect and did not have any true offensive power on its own.

As an Aurous Core Stage magic item, it could not attack on its own and was only purely for supplementary purposes. This supplementary effect that it brought was immense though.

Under normal conditions, this magic item would be held by the First Disciple of the Forest Abode. If the disciple was conferred the position of First Disciple during the Foundation Establishment Stage, then the disciple would receive this Aurous Core Stage magic item during the Foundation Establishment Stge.

As it was passed down, it was passed from a preceding First Disciple to the succeeding First Disciple.

This was a tradition of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Not only the Forest Abode, this was also something that existed in the other abodes.

Wang Lin, Xiao Yan and the rest cultivated the items that Lin Feng gave to them when they were of lower cultivations to make them items to be passed down from generations to generations.

When Wang Lin was only in the Foundation Establishment Stage and Aurous Core Stage, the magic items that Lin Feng gave to him, which were the Dual Polarity Circle and Cloud Elephant Seal, had been completely destroyed in the Void Battleground.

That's why Wang Lin went to ask Lin Feng for two more magic items, one in the Nascent Soul Sage and one in the Aurous Core Stage.

To Wang Lin then, cultivating a Nascent Soul Stage or Aurous Core Stage magic item was within his means, but he still asked Lin Feng for them.

Just from this, Li Xingfei could tell that the importance of the magic items that Wang Lin was going to passed down.

And one of them was the Crimson Scarf Sword.

To Li Xingfei right now, it was still suitable to be used. But compared to Huang Zhengting who got the Tiger Soul Golden Plate at the Advanced Foundation Establishment Stage, Tang Jun who got the Black Cloud Flag during the Intermediate Foundation Establishment and other First Disciples, Li Xingfei obtained this Crimson Scarf Sword late.

But Li Xingfei had all this in mind, "It's not too late to receive this now. I will use this well and pass this on to the next generation First Disciple in the future."

She turned to look at the other side, at a spiritual stone that was no bigger than a fist and was pale-white in color. The surface of the spiritual stone revolved with streaks and streaks of black ropes that intersected with one another.

Li Xingfei sized it up carefully and saw that the surface of the stone appeared with many red incantations.

"This is the Rope Curse Stone?" Li Xingfei guessed. Although she had not seen it before, she had heard Wang Lin mentioning it before.

The Rope Curse Stone was given by Lin Feng to be used as a Nascent Soul Stage magic item to be passed down.

When Lin Feng gave magic items to his Immediate Disciples in the past, he pondered over them carefully before giving them out. He wanted it to fit the actual condition of disciples, to achieve the best effect.

Now that he gave the Rope Curse Stone, it was naturally not for the use of Wang Lin. He consider what would be the traits of Wang Lin's successor or what kind of disciples he would nurture.

While Lin Feng did not train the junior disciples, he roughly knew their conditions.

Wang Lin's Successive Disciples in the Forest Abode followed his style, meaning that they were purely into cultivating spells and mantras.

Even if there were disciples that cultivated their flesh, they were only for supplementary purposes. They were not like Xiao Yan, Shi Tianhao or Yue Hongyan who had disciples that specialized in different physical martial arts mantras.

With this, what kind of situation would the Forest Abode disciples detest to meet?

Opponents like the Jade Dragon and Peacock tribe that contained restrictive spells and the Heavens Gate that contained spells that could reverse the effects of a spell.

Lu Yuan's Ten Thousand Mirror Appearances and the Demonic Shadow Sect's Dark Shadow Ancient Mirror followed the same logic.

In light of this, Lin Feng decided to give Wang Lin the Rope Curse Stone as the Nascent Soul Stage magic item.

This stone could restrict the powers and spells of others and break them. And in the face of restrictive spells of others that aimed to restrict the Celestial Sect's spells, the Rope Curse Stone could reverse it and change defeat to victory.

Of course, while the Rope Curse Stone had some devastating effects, it was still limited. It would depend on the cultivator to unleash the powers of the stone effectively.

Wang Lin looked at Li Xingfei and he thought of something. Following that, the Rope Curse Stone and Crimson Scarf Sword landed in Li Xingfei's hands, "From the looks of it, you seem to know it already? Not bad, these are the magic items that will be passed down in the Forest Abode. Since you are the First Disciple of the Forest Abode, I will pass to you now. You will then pass this on to the third generation in the future."

"The Crimson Scarf Sword is for the Foundation Establishment Stage while the Rope Curse Stone is for the Aurous Core Stge."

Li Xingfei received the items over and nodded her head. Wang Lin pointed and the other two Nascent Soul Stage magic items landed in Li Xingfei's hands.

"These two pieces of magic items are given specially to you since you are the First Disciple of the Forest Abode. They will increase your powers and make it more convenient for you to travel outside."

Li Xingfei looked at both pieces of magic items. They both belonged to her now. She did not have to pass it down to anyone else. New magic items would be catered for the future generations.

Of course, if she reached the Nascent Soul Stage, she might even play a part in making the new magic items.

If she wanted to pass them down to her First Disciple in the future, she could do so to. It was up to her.

The two Nascent Soul Stage magic items that appeared in Li Xingfei's hands were a yellow robe and a pair of circular rings.

These two magic items were made by Wang Lin himself. The name of the robe was called the Yellow Springs Robe. It could receive the River Styx Primordial Water and it could be used both offensively and defensively.

In the most urgent of times, this robe could be worn and the wearer would be converted to the River Styx Undying Body in a short span of time. This would provide an extremely powerful defensive effect. In a battle, it was a potential trump card to. But after one use, it would take time to restore to its full powers.

And the pair of circular rings were only as huge as a palm. One of them was black and the other was white. The black ring was carved with the sculptures of demons, while the white ring was sculpted with countless images of the Heavens. As both rings combined, they could inspire the two extremes of life and death.

The black ring controlled death and could be used to hurt the enemy. It was extremely powerful. If the enemy could not defend in time, he would be stained with deathly gas and would face with an ominous ending.

The white ring controlled life, which was useful toward one's cultivation. If the cultivator was injured, this white ring could help in recovery.

This pair of black and white ring were called the Life and Death Rings, and they were also created by Wang Lin personally.

Li Xingfei kept all four magic items and thanked Wang Lin. She was now in the Advanced Aurous Core Stage and her battling powers were extraordinary too. With these magic items, her powers grew further.

Wang Lin shook his head, "This is the result of your hard work. You are stable and calm. If you don't panic, I have nothing to say either."

"But you must remember what you learn today. Use it as a guide and you must always reflect on yourself."

Li Xingfei replied hurriedly, "I will remember your advice, Master. I will also keep in mind what I have learnt today."

Wang Lin said, "Very well, now let's talk about the second thing."

Li Xingfei nodded her head, "Master, please continue."

"I will follow your few elder uncles out to analyze some mantras. Listen by the side. It will be useful to you." After Wang Lin spoke, Li Xingfei was both happy and frightened, "Master, your interaction with the elder uncles will be too high level for me. I am scared that I can't understand."

She was naturally happy. With Xiao Yan, Wang Lin and the rest's current cultivation, just a few words from them would be useful to her cultivation.

Rather than just training, it was more of a beneficial experience for her. But the prerequisite was that she could understand. Since Wang Lin told her to listen by one side, this meant that she could not pose questions. Wang Lin would not explain specifically either. How much she could absorb would depend on her.

Wang Lin said, "They are not our mantras, but the mantras of the other sects. We are trying to deduce them."

Li Xingfei was curious, "Are they the Buddhist scriptures from the Tripitaka Block as well as the mantras of the Heaven's Gate, Hall of the Dead and Samsara Sect?"

"They will be included. Besides, we are also going to try to deduce mantras that we have no records of." Wang Lin said, "Say the Mantra of the Great Oblivion of the Great Void Sect and many others."

Li Xingfei nodded her head, "I will do my best."

Wang Lin brought her down the mountain and returned to the Forest Abode. As they walked, he said, "Besides you, there will be others. After listening finish, all of you can also try to use the mantras of our sect as a foundation to figure out the mantras of the other sects. It will be useful."

"But your own cultivation is more important. Thus, you can only listen in occasionally."

Li Xingfei's current cultivation, and even that of Yue Hongyan, were still not suitable to deduce the mantras of other sects on a large-scale like how Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and Shi Tianhao were going to do.

However, since their foundations were quite solid, they could further their knowledge and get exposed to newer things.

Li Xingfei replied, "I understand, please rest assure, Master."

Wang Lin nodded his head before saying, "From today, you can start picking your First Disciple from the third-generation disciples."

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Chapter 1040: Master and Disciple Who Act Like Enemies

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"If there are no surprises, I believe the First Disciple from the third-generation will be Fangge." Li Xingfei said.

She was talking about her Successive Disciple, Chen Fangge. Although he did not join the sect early, he possessed considerable influence. Among the third-generation disciples, he had some reputation.

With regards to this guy, Wang Lin knew him. He nodded his head, "He needs to be tested and polished more."

Li Xingfei nodded her head in acknowledgement, "Yes, I understand."

Wang Lin said, "During the next internal competition, if he displays an exceptional performance, give him the position of the First Disciple of the third generation disciples in the Forest Abode. You can then pass the Crimson Scarf Sword to him."

Chen Fangge was already in the Advanced Foundation Establishment Stage. After he became the First Disciple, the Crimson Scarf Sword would be handed over to him.

And when he formed the Aurous Core, the Rope Curse Stone would also be handed over to him. At the same, the magic items prepared as accessories to the First Disciple would also be given to him ahead of schedule.

Even though Li Xingfei had just obtained these magic items, she was about to pass them down soon. This was rather depressing too, but Li Xingfei did not seemed to be bothered by it. She was calm and so was Wang Lin.

Li Xingfei followed behind Wang Lin and did not break through void space. The both of them walked towards Mount Yujing through the rainbow bridge that connected the Forest Abode and the main mountain peak of Mount Yujing.

As they walked, a dim yellow path appeared beneath the feet of the Great Satanic Avatar. It was the Road to River Styx.

As Wang Lin walked one step, the path beneath his feet regained normalcy. But as Li Xingfei stepped forward, the path became the Road to River Styx again.

Li Xingfei remained calm, but she was trying to understand the way concept within. Although she followed Wang Lin the longest among all the disciples, she rarely encountered such situations. Thus, she had to grab hold of the opportunity to learn.

After the both of them ascended Mount Yujing, the Road to River Styx and Biliang Slope disappeared. The both of them then headed towards the Tripitaka Block.

As they walked, they met with a thin and tanned youth. This youth had the characteristics of a person who lived in a prairie. He was the disciple of Zhu Yi, Ying Luozha.

Behind Ying Luozha, there was another lady. She looked charming, but there was a hint of indifference in her expression as well as a sense of resilience to her.

This lady's cultivation had reached the Beginner Aurous Core Stage.

Ying Luozha's voice could be heard, "Within 7 days, go and gather one stalk of the Nine Revolutions Morning Butterfly Orchid, ten of the Tail-less Red Fishes and a hundred of the Duyuan Worm. If you don't complete this, don't bother returning."

That lady replied indifferently, "I don't even need 7 days."

Li Xingfei heard it and sighed. If no one mentioned anything, no one would have known that they were a pair of Master and disciple.

They were like enemies. And as the Master, Ying Luozha always tried to make it difficult for his disciple. In the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they were one of the few with a strained relationship.

The Nine Revolutions Morning Butterfly Orchid was a spiritual herb in Mount Kunlun which was very rare. It also bloomed in areas that were more difficult to find.

Ying Luozha did not make it too difficult though. Right now, it was the flower blooming period. But for a Beginner Aurous Core Stage cultivator to find this flower in the huge mountains, it would take some effort.

Finding it would not be difficult. But doing it within 7 days was quite a task.

Especially since Ying Luozha's task was not just about finding the orchid.

The Tail-less Red Fishes and Duyuan Worms were also not easy to find.

Finding one or two of them was easy, but finding ten and a hundred respectively provided some difficulty.

The most annoying thing was that they could be found in the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Ying Luozha did not have to appoint her to find them.

But the indifferent lady did not seem to object.

She was the Immediate Disciple of Ying Luozha and was called Meng Honglou. She joined the sect during the Third Sect-Opening Ceremony 7 years ago in the Greater World. After she passed the test of the Successive Disciple, she became a Successive Disciple of the Heavenly Temple. Her Master was Ying Luozha.

She did not become a second-generation Successive Disciple but a third-generation Successive Disciple. She once said that if she knew, she would have chosen Yang Qing's Nirvana World.

That was because the strongest Successive Disciple in the second generation came from there. He was Zhou Yuncong.

This was just her personal complaint that she muttered to herself. That time, Ying Luozha was in the Advanced Foundation Establishment Stage and was about to form the Aurous Core, but she had no cultivation to herself. Thus, even if she muttered to herself, Ying Luozha could hear her.

After Ying Luozha heard her, he was not enraged, but called her out to interrogate her.

Meng Honglou was silent for a moment and said to Ying Luozha directly that she would like the strongest person to be her Master.

After Ying Luozha heard her, he did not turn angry but laughed instead, "A disciple can choose her Master, but the Master can also choose the disciple. Since you are not the most outstanding, why do you need a Master who is the most outstanding?"

"I want to be the most outstanding." Meng Honglou answered him.

Ying Luozha laughed, "Anyone can say that."

Meng Honglou pursed her lips and did not speak. Ying Luozha stared at her, "Say anything you want boldly. There's nothing you can't say in front of me."

"People may think that you are being disrespectful and may think that you don't think before speaking. Or they may even think that you have become an eyesore of your Master on the first day you became a disciple."

"But I won't. I will only see if you are being boastful. I will only see if you can live up to your words."

Meng Honglou heard this and took in a deep breath. After that, she repeated, "I want to be the most outstanding one."

Ying Luozha stared at her before nodding his head, "I shall wait and see. Since you are my disciple, I will pass everything I know to you. But how much you can learn will depend on you."

After this, Meng Honglou concentrated on learning under Ying Luozha.

But what person was Ying Luozha like? Meng Honglou suffered greatly under him and experienced a lot of torment. She was probably the one who suffered the most among all the third-generation disciples.

But Meng Honglou was a tough cookie. No matter how much Ying Luozha made it difficult for her, she gritted her teeth and carried on. Not only did she want to attain her target, she wanted to become even better than what Ying Luozha expected of her.

And Ying Luozha was not selfish either. He passed everything he know to her. He even went to Zhu Yi to request to test Meng Honglou earlier and passed on to her the Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtue.

As the earliest Successive Disciple in the third-generation, Meng Honglou did not disappoint Ying Luozha. She became the earliest among the third-generation Successive Disciples to form the Aurous Core. Her powers were exceptional too.

This pair of Master and disciple then interacted like this for many years.

At the start, Yang Tie, Tan Yunqing, Zhuge Wanqiu and even Li Xingfei were slightly concerned about Ying Luozha's teaching style. But as Zhu Yi did not interfere, Ying Luozha continued with his style. Meng Honglou also did not make any noise or object to his style. She just followed his instructions.

At this point, Li Xingfei was already used to them already. If there was one day they started to become friendly towards each other, she would feel that this world was no longer real.

Ying Luozha set a new mission for Meng Honglou. As he heard Meng Honglou's reply, he did not even look back and only said indifferently, "Oh, that's good. Then you shall bring them back in 6.5 days."

Meng Honglou's expression did not change and she said, "Okay."

Ying Luozha continued to walk forward with Meng Honglou. After he saw Wang Lin and Li Xingfei, he greeted them, "Third Junior Uncle."

Meng Honglou bowed too, "Greetings to Third Junior Granduncle and Elder Aunty Li."

"Spare the formalities." Wang Lin looked at them, "Are the both of you proceeding towards the Tripitaka Block?"

Ying Luozha nodded his back, "I picked a manual for her to cultivate to improve her powers. I decided to choose the Nine Heavens Formless Squall."

In the sect, Wang Lin was in charge of the Tripitaka Block. But Ying Luozha did not have to report to him specifically. He was only so specific because he wanted the advice of Wang Lin.

Wang Lin looked at Meng Honglou before nodding his head, "You are very sharp, let's go."

Ying Luozha and Meng Honglou gave way to Wang Lin and Li Xingfei as they walked in the direction of the Tripitaka Block. Wang Lin went first as Li Xingfei followed behind him.

After seeing Meng Honglou, Li Xingfei communicated with Ying Luozha, "She is outstanding. Your hard work these years are not wasted after all."

Ying Luozha laughed, "I love dealing with difficult people like her. But she is quite tough. It is not easy to make her quit. But the more she is like that, the more interested I am."

"If she was some soft person, I won't even bother with her."

All these years, Ying Luozha only had Meng Honglou as his Immediate Disciple. On one hand, his teaching style made a lot of junior disciples back away from choosing him. On another hand, he was not to the liking of many of the disciples who entered the Heavenly Temple.

"You…" Li Xingfei shook her head without speaking. Among the second-generation disciples, Ying Luozha was probably the most difficult to handle.

Han Yang's rebellious attitude was hidden underneath his slyness, thus no one could really deal with him.

Huang Zhenting was no longer like he was in his younger self as he grew up, even if he still remained as a direct person.

Only Ying Luozha remained as he was. He could listen to the elders, but deep in his bones, he was still a troublesome person.

Li Xingfei was suddenly reminded, "Oh right, how's Miaoying? I retreated all this while and have not seen her ever since I exited my retreat."

This person she was talking about was Xu Yunsheng's sister, Xu Miaoying. After she followed Zhu Yi and Xu Yunsheng back to the mountain, she also joined the sect.

But in the sect, she became her own brother's niece. Eventually, she became a third-generation Successive Disciple and came under Yang Tie in the Heavenly Temple.

"We all know how good Yang Tie is at teaching disciples. Her progress is good so far." Ying Luozha creased his brows as he said, "But Xu Yunsheng still has not contacted her. We still don't know where he is."

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Chapter 1041: No Longer the Same After Joining the Celestial Sect

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There was a time when Xu Yunsheng and Ying Luozha were two of the most outstanding characters among the second-generation disciples.

During then, the only opponent of the arrogant Ying Luozha was only Xu Yunsheng.

And beneath Xu Yunsheng's humble appearance, he had a proud heart that recognized Ying Luozha as the only one who could put him under pressure.

The both of them competed all the time and each had their own victories and losses. Their competition was one of the most exciting scene in the Celestial Sect of Wonders during then.

But as time passed, the Celestial Sect of Wonders grew bigger and attracted more and more talents. Xu Yunsheng and Ying Luozha remained outstanding characters, but they were no longer alone anymore.

This was a good thing for the Celestial Sect of Wonders. But to the both of them, they had to adjust their mindsets. Otherwise, they would be disappointed and their state of minds might even become unbalanced.

Dao Yuting was still fine. She was in the Foundation Establishment Stage when she first joined the sect, but they were only in the Qi Cultivation Stage.

But Tang Jun, Han Yang, Huang Zhenting, Zhou Yuncong, Yang Tie, Lin Tong and others who came after were more outstanding.

Xu Yunsheng and Ying Luozha were both very proud people. In the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they were also the ones who led the charge among the junior disciples. But after that, they were soon caught up or overtaken by others. This was an obstacle to them.

Out of the two of them, one went missing and the other one became from the strongest to one of the strongest.

However, right now, Ying Luozha was in a stable condition. Even when he was criticized by Meng Honglou back then, he did not rage.

Although Ying Luozha continued to remain rebellious all these years, he was no longer as wayward as before.

If it was before he joined the Celestial Sect of Wonders, he would have flipped if he was criticized like this by someone else. He might even get violent. But now, Ying Luozha did not mind.

It's not because he was not inspired to improve and lost this sharpness to him. But it's because he managed to guide them on the correct path.

During the Spiritual Conference of Kunlun Mountains, he knew as he faced Zhou Yuncong, it was likely that he was going to lose. But he was not jealous of Zhou Yuncong. Rather, he set his mind to work even harder and improve himself.

In the past, he was only inferior only to Dao Yuting in the formation of the Aurous Core. Right now, he had risen to the Advanced Aurous Core Stage and was even faster than Liu Xiafeng and Li Xingfei.

Meng Honglou became the strongest among the third-generation disciples. Naturally, Ying Luozha had the intention to become the best among the second-generation disciples.

Even if people like Tang Jun, Han Yang, Zhou Yuncong and others kept on appearing and displayed potentials greater than Ying Luozha, Ying Luozha did not have the intention to give up. He worked extremely hard to attain his goal.

He was still as competitive as ever and as proud as ever. This was his belief and he never wavered from it.

Right now, Ying Luozha did not want to be like he was in the past and only see Xu Yunsheng as his opponent. Apart from that, he had no other goals.

And while he still felt that it was pity that there was no longer any news from Xu Yunsheng, it had nothing to do with cultivation. But it was because of someone else.

The romantic interest that Zhuge Wanqiu had for Xu Yunsheng might not have been detected by Ying Luozha then, but he certainly knew now.

With Ying Luozha's personality, this was something that did not leave him feeling fine.

He never once expected that he would compete with Xu Yunsheng in other areas apart from their cultivations. Right now, he had to compete with him in terms of his love life.

Li Xingfei looked at Ying Luozha and sighed in her heart. She then said, "Second Elder Uncle said before that Senior Xu's condition is within his grasp. But it's just that he can't return in the short-term."

Ying Luozha looked a little down, "I know that. I asked Master a few times before already. But Master never once told me where he is and what he is doing."

"Maybe, he is on some special mission or training." Li Xingfei guessed, "That's why it's not convenient to tell us and he can't contact us either."

Ying Luozha snorted and did not speak any further.

As the bunch of them walked, two figures walked past them. As they saw Wang Lin and the others, they bowed respectfully.

"Greetings to Third Senior Granduncle, Elder Uncle Tian Bi, Elder Junior Aunty Tian Chi." The figures who approached greeted Wang Lin, Ying Luozha and Li Xingfei.

He was a tall youth who had a refined temperament and was very friendly. His facial features were sharp, but what was more special was that his hair and brows had the color of ice.

And beside him was a young lady that looked like him. Her brows seemed to have been drawn and she looked pretty. Her gaze was filled with activity and she greeted Wang Lin and the others too.

She had the same color of ice on her hair and brows like the youth.

Wang Lin had an impression of the both of them. They were biological siblings. The brother was called Ye Xinhui, who was the disciple of Yang Tie. The sister was called Ye Xinxuan, who cultivated under Zhuge Wanqiu in the Wasteland Valley. The both of them were like Meng Honglou, as they joined the Celestial Sect of Wonders during the third Sect-Opening Ceremony 7 years ago in the Greater World.

The brother was only 15 years old then and the sister was only 8 years old. During that time, they did not look like they were now. The both of them had black hair and brows.

Right now, their icy-looking hair and brows were a result of their cultivation.

The both of them had the rare wood-type bodies, which was called the Jade Tree bodies, or also known as the Jade Tree silver appearance bodies.

Besides their Innate Talents that were not ordinary, the both of them were very hardworking in terms of their cultivations. Among the third-generation disciples, they were also one of the few that improved extremely quickly.

"Spare the formalities." Wang Lin said before proceeding forward.

Li Xingfei looked at them and laughed, "You are secretly bringing your sister to the medicine valley to use the stove?"

Ye Xinhui smiled cheekily, "I don't dare to. I asked permission from Master before coming." Ye Xinxuan, who stood beside her, lowered her head suddenly.

The medicine valley was originally helmed by Yang Qing. Some time before, Yang Qing left the mountain to treat others elsewhere and knew that he was only going to return some time later. Thus, he told Lin Feng about it.

Lin Feng wanted to pass this role to Xiao Yan. After all, there were many disciples from the Inferno Precipice that cultivated pills. Eventually, Xiao Yan accepted this task. He knew his disciples well. If they had to manage the medicine valley, it was similar to throwing a bunch of goats to a wolf to manage.

Eventually, matters in the medicine valley were handled by Zhu Yi. As the junior disciples increased, the junior disciples took on more roles in the medicine valley naturally.

Ye Xinhui had a wood-type body, thus he was close to plants and wood. Among the third-generation disciples, he was mainly in charge of the medicine valley.

Li Xingfei laughed while nodding her head. She walked with Wang Lin to the Tripitaka Block. Ying Luozha then looked at Ye Xinhui and nodded his head. Both of them were from the Heavenly Temple, thus Ying Luozha knew a lot about Ye Xinhui. Ye Xinhui was very outstanding, but his personality was not to Ying Luozha's liking.

Meng Honglou remained indifferent and greeted the Ye siblings back. After that, she left with Ying Luozha.

The Ye siblings interacted with her before. They naturally knew what she was like and were not bothered by her indifferent attitude. After bidding Wang Lin and the rest goodbye, they continued to proceed towards the medicine valley.

"Brother, did Elder Uncle Tian Bi give Senior Honglou some impossible task again?" Without the elders around, Ye Xinxuan became more active. She laughed as she asked her brother.

Ye Xinhui poked her head slightly, "He knows what he's doing. Let's not talk about this."

Ye Xinxuan scratched her own head and made a clown face at her brother.

Seeing his sister's carefree expression, Ye Xinhui revealed a smile on his face. After that, he said softly, "It's nice to have a family."

When he was eight and his sister was one, their parents passed away and they were left to fend for themselves. He worked for others to survive and brought his sister up. When his sister was a little older, he continued to work by washing the clothes of others.

He did so in a huge family in the Great Qin Empire. At the start, the owner of the family was still very generous. But as the young daughter of the owner grew up, she started to bully Ye Xinxuan. Ye Xinxuan did not confide in Ye Xinhui and he only discovered all this on his own.

If this was the case, the both of them could just tolerate and continue with their lives.

But who knew that there was a lecher in the family that had a liking for young girls. He preyed on Ye Xinxuan, which enraged Ye Xinhui. He then injured that person.

As they got into trouble, they had no choice but to escape and hid in the forest.

On a certain day, Ye Xinhui left the forest to sell some of the firewood and medicine he gathered from the forest. As he heard of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, he decided to try his luck and went to the third Sect-Opening Ceremony with his sister. They then passed the test and entered the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Before they entered and after they entered the sect, the experience was extremely different. They were like two different worlds. Ye Xinhui was nostalgic as he thought of the past.

He could not help but to turn to look at the huge Black Heavenly Treasure Tree on Mount Yujing. The huge tree that covered a wide expanse was like the sect, helping to protect everyone from the sect from troubles and gave them a new life to live.

"It's so nice to have a family." Ye Xinhui mumbled. Ye Xinxuan turned to look at him, "Brother, what are you mumbling about?"

Ye Xinxuan regained his awareness and laughed, "I'm saying that you better not eat the entire medicine valley herbs later. Otherwise, I can't account to Master of Grandmaster."

"Brother, what nonsense are you spouting!" Ye Xinxuan was pissed off, while Ye Xinhui laughed non-stop.

In the Tripitaka Block, Xiao Yan looked at Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao as he watched the siblings disappear into the medicine valley, "Not bad."

Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao could not help but grin, while Wang Lin also smiled.

"Very well, let's continue." Xiao Yan clapped his hands and looked at his juniors, "Let's put the Mantra of the Great Oblivion aside. What Third Junior mentioned earlier is interesting."

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Chapter 1042: Wang Lin's Three Life Stones

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Xiao Yan looked at Wang Lin and said, "Even so, the core of what karma means is that with a cause, there's an effect and with an effect, there's a cause?"

"Once the conditions, factors, internal rhythm and connection of something is known, the result of it can be deduced. Or perhaps whatever information there is can be used to find the cause of something, tracing back to exactly what happened?"

"Similarly, the cause of something can be used to deduce what will happen in the future. The future that is so unpredictable can become predictable and everything will seem to become destined. Destiny is only being fulfilled. The anomalies and coincidences that we experience is only normal in the perspective of this world?"

"We can't see things because we are ignorant and possess insufficient knowledge?"

Wang Lin nodded his head, "I received the guidance of the Virtuous Zen Master in the past and I also analyzed the true meaning of the cycle of Samsara. Eventually, I managed to comprehend the last world of the Four Appearances Boundary Spell, the Cause and Effect World."

"Buddhism has a powerful move called the Three Lifetimes Karmic Curse. It uncovers the truth behind the past, present and the future. It can be mentioned in the same breath as the Vairocana Zen Palm Fist Print and the Nirvana World Palm. Although it's not a move that one would use in a real battle, it still possessed its own miraculous uses."

"The intention of it is to use the matters of the past as a cause to present the current effect and replicate the matters of the present as the cause to lead to the effects of the future. Once karma is propagated, the cycle of life and death repeats continuously."

Wang Lin's expression turned a little weird, "Buddhism has its nine senses, or also known as the Wisdom of the Nine Consciousnesses. The ninth wisdom of consciousness was called the Amala Consciousness.

"In an instant, everything about the past, present and future can be known, completely transcending the existence of time and space."

The expressions of everyone else present turned weird. Shi Tianhao looked around him and said, "In other words, if someone cultivates this move to its extreme, he does not have to be in the same era as or stand in front of us to know what we are thinking, what we are going to do, how we look and what we did before?"

"It has been recorded in the Buddhist scriptures that the Buddha once reached this level before." Zhu Yi said gently, "But that should be exaggerated, in order to put their own master up a pedestal."

"According to the core concept of Buddhism, no one in this world can be without any opponents. Only karma is eternal. As long as the Buddha remains in this world, he will be restricted by karma and will be unable to reach that sacred level. Unless he manages to transcend destiny one day. When that happens, it may be possible for him to know everything in the three lifetimes."

"But if someone can actually do that, he does not have to attain the way of karma like the Buddha in order to become omniscient and omnipotent."

Among all the disciples in the Celestial Sect of Wonders, with Zhu Yi's and Wang Lin's understanding of Buddhist mantras, they had the greatest expertise and knew the most.

Zhu Yi shook his head, "That's why it's been acknowledged in Buddhism that among the three lifetimes, the past and present are the easiest to control. But the future is the difficult one."

Wang Lin said, "But they also reckon that this is because of insufficient cultivation or an unclear understanding of the rhythm of karma. Once the way of karma was completely understood, everything can be transcended and known."

Li Xingfei listened to Wang Lin and the others conversing and tried to figure out what they were saying. But as she heard till here, she was lost, "If everything in the world is within karma, doesn't that indicate that everything is predestined. The past, present and future are all predestined?"

As she thought till here, Li Xingfei felt a streak of desolation and desperation.

While she was normally stable and respectful, she interrupted at this moment, "Since everything is predestined, doesn't this mean that we should not do anything?"

Xiao Yan and the others were not offended and turned to look at her. Wang Lin answered unhurriedly, "That's because if you don't do anything now, you will get a certain result in the future. If you do something, you will achieve a different result. The result is different because the cause is different."

"Knowing the cause, the result is definite."

Li Xingfei heaved a sigh of relief, "So what I do now still affects my future."

Wang Lin nodded his head without changing his expression, "Indeed so. But what determines your current actions?"

Li Xingfei blinked, "My own thoughts."

Wang Lin followed by asking her, "If you have a thought now and materialize it into actions, achieving a desired result in the future, then what made you develop this thought in the first place?"

Li Xingfei opened her mouth to answer him, but she was stuck and could not say anything. She was both enlightened and frightened at the same time.

"Have you thought of it?" Wang Lin nodded his head, "The experiences in the past, growth environment and other factors created your current personality and train of thought. And your current personality and train of thought now also involves the current environment and other factors, deciding your opinion when dealing with a particular thing. And this opinion of yours involves countless factors in the future that will garner a result."

"In the past, present and future, the other factors apart from your own thoughts are just like your own thoughts, as they contain their own karma within."

Wang Lin then ended with, "As karma continues, life and death follows and the cycle of Samsara carries on. As they intersect and are layered on one another, they form a huge and complicated world. This is the way concept that is being conveyed by the Three Lifetimes Karmic Curse, which is also the way of karma as preached in Buddhism."

"In more layman terms, this is also known as fatalism.

Li Xingfei was lost for a moment, "This…is particularly…"

"There was a time when I first comprehended the Cause and Effect World which left me feeling as sorrowful and indignant as you are right now. I was even hateful." Wang Lin's Great Satanic Avatar brought Li Xingfei to the Tripitaka Block before going to find Lin Feng to open the gate to the Starry Sea. After entering the Starry Sea to cultivate, his actual body looked at his own disciple, "Tian Chi, you have only just understood today. Whereas I have been comprehending this logic all these years."

Wang Lin turned to look at Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao. The gazes of the three of them flashed and turned a little serious. But they were all very calm.

Buddhist mantras are indeed miraculous. The way of karma is omnipotent and omniscient when it reaches it peak, but they were unwilling to be superstitious.

These concepts came from the Buddha, and the Buddha didn't represent all things accurate.

If they cultivated Buddhism till this point, they would be unquestioning towards the validity of this and see it as their belief and source of their zen minds.

But it's a pity that they did not. Even for Zhu Yi and Wang Lin, they were only using this as a reference.

"My fifth spell of the River of Styx is starting to take shape." Wang Lin said. Xiao Yan and the others were excited as they heard him, "Oh?"

Wang Lin's Secret Manual of River Styx had already birthed its fourth spell before he reached the Immortal Soul. It was the Yama Imperial Pavilion.

Now that Wang Lin had already achieved the Immortal Soul for quite some time, the fifth spell was taking shape too.

Wang Lin turned to look upwards. A stone appeared above his head suddenly. The stone was flat and its surface was smooth. It reflected a human figure subtly, as if it was a mirror.

"This spell shall be name the Three Life Stones." Wang Lin said.

The Narakade Bridge led to the Yama Imperial Pavilion, while the Yama Imperial Pavilion judged Yin and Yang.

The cause of the past led to the result in the present. The Three Life Stones reflected the future.

As they heard the name of this spell, Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao roughly knew what it was going to be like.

This was bound to be a move that Wang Lin could not comprehend or unleash fully even if he created it.

That's because if this spell was perfect, it was probably another description of the Three Lifetimes Karmic Curse. To reach its peak, the amount of calculation and control of information was immense. In the Grand Celestial World, this was too overwhelming.

Wang Lin's attention turned back to Li Xingfei, "But when I comprehended this move, I had a lot of doubts, doubts about the way of karma, doubts about the concepts of the Heavens and Earth, doubts about the Three Lifetimes Karmic Curse and doubts about my own Three Life Stones."

Li Xingfei lifted her head to look at Wang Lin, Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao, who were all excited as they looked at her.

Wang Lin said, "Many things can't be explain using karma. I had an experience when I was younger. It sounds ridiculous if I say it out."

"During then, I was just some bloke who had just become an adult. I was still not on the path to cultivation. With regards to love and yearning, I was unclear."

"Right now, it was just a fleeting memory for me. In my blurry state, I missed someone. But as I thought in my heart, I realized that I did not do anything. Only I knew what it felt like. I also did not know that person or interact with that person before. I could not have done anything to influence her actions, nor did she know about my existence."

"I did not wait for her and we were even extremely far apart. And as I think about it now, I can confirm that I did make any subconscious action that would have connected me to her."

Right now, Wang Lin's awareness was very strong. As he reflected on his memories, he could confirm that this type of situation was a very simple matter.

"One day, I was very eager to meet this person. But this eagerness only stayed in my heart. I still did not do anything. But at this point, she appeared in front of me without any warning. She walked past me."

Wang Lin's attention turned to void space in the distance, "This person came before me for her own reasons, but I did not influence her in any way. But I managed to fulfil my desire."

"These few years, I once tried to find out all the karma that could have been involved in this matter. But I finally confirmed that her actions were completely not influenced by anything that I myself or anyone around me did."

Now that Wang Lin had understood things better, even if things had gone by for decades, it was not difficult for him to comprehend stuff.

Li Xingfei muttered, "Sincerity brings about good things?"

"This may seem like a coincidence, but this is different from the coincidence as preached in the way of karma. From what happened, the current result is not because of the past cause." Wang Lin said, "If there's a cause, it must be something that I thought of. But the ideas of a normal person, do you think they can influence the way of karma and create a result?"

"Although this is rare, it has happened a couple of times in history. What I experienced has happened to others too."

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"As compared to the life of a normal person, this kind of experience may not be very common. For most, they will not even experience it in their entire life. However, in the course of history, it was more common."

Wang Lin said, "Does this flout the rules of karma? If it doesn't, how can you explain this? This is what I am perplexed about."

Xiao Yan said, "This is indeed so. I once heard that there was a pair of twins that were in two different places, separated by hundreds of miles. One day, the elder twin drowned. At the same time, the other twin that was in his home found it difficult to breathe and was suffocated to death for no reason."

Shi Tianhao nodded his head, "I also heard before that there was an elderly couple that travelled faraway on their own. They met with some trouble outside and at the same time, a piece of jade that they both loved cracked for some reason."

"If they were cultivators, it was still possible for them to develop some resonance with each other through their powers. But how is this possible for an ordinary person? That jade is also not some spiritual item."

Xiao Yan followed by saying, "What we have heard may just be legends. We are also not as serious as Third Junior who wants to get rid of all interfering influences and factors. But such occurrences do not just happen once or twice. They happen quite commonly and cannot just be described in terms of pure coincidences."

"And all these things that seem so coincidental do violate the way of karma to varying degrees. We can't use the way of karma to change coincidences to definite occurrences."

Zhu Yi pondered for a moment before looking at Wang Lin, "Third Junior, while your Cause and Effect World is in line with the Buddhist karmic thinking, but it seems to shake the foundation of the way of karma in itself."

Xiao Yan and Shi Tianhao also turned to him.

Wang Lin's Cause and Effect World might have infused the way of karma within. But as the gate to the Cause and Effect World closes, the karmic line becomes inverted. This is contradictory to the Buddhist's Three Lifetime Karmic Curse.

As karma did not operate properly, after the cause led to the effect, reversing its effects would change the past.

Although it was just a gentle interference, it did rock the concept behind the Three Lifetime Karmic Curse.

Wang Ling was a silent for awhile before he said, "It's precisely because of this reason that I became more and more doubtful as I figured the Three Life Stones."

"The Cause and Effect World and Three Life Stones were moves that I created on my own. But both of them contradict each other." Wang Lin said, "I closed the gate to the Cause and Effect World, which will reverse karma to some extent. But I haven't understood the logic behind this yet."

"I can only make a preliminary deduction that the concept of the Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtues caused this result." Wang Lin commented, "I must determine the cause of this, thus I referred to that incident when I was younger. I returned in order to corroborate things."

Shi Tianhao laughed, "Fortunately, the Virtuous Zen Master is not here."

Not to even mention that their discussion was questioning the way of karma, Wang Lin's words revealed a hint of suppression towards the Buddhist thinking by the Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtue.

Wang Lin heard this and could not help but grin, "I have not told the Virtuous Zen Master of what I think."

Xiao Yan rubbed his brows, "There must be some reasoning why there's a conflict. More accurately speaking, I don't think there's a loophole in the way of karma. I can only say that there are many other concepts aside from karma in the Heavens and Earth. Whatever that karma can't explain, it may be possible for other concepts to do so."

"However, Buddha's thinking that the powers of karma are omniscient and omnipotent and that the way of karma described the natural law of the world is bound to be overthrown soon."

Zhu Yi said, "Emperor Ru achieved Buddha status, which is indeed exceptional. The way of karma is special on its own. In fact, while the validity of it is questionable, it is very tolerable to many schools of thoughts. It can describe the workings of many manuals. Many of the concepts of the Heavens and Earth can be converted into the way of karma for an explanation to be made."

"To some extent, if it can achieve its fullest, much of the Grand Celestial World will be within its boundary. But it will not be everything."

"Thus, cultivating it will may allow one to reach a high level. But to transcend this world, it will not be possible based on the past foundation."

Zhu Yi straightened his look, "When the Buddha went to the Dead Sea, did he think of this too?"

"For one to maintain his zen mind even as his understanding of the way of karma had wavered, I believe it can only be the Buddha himself who is capable of that."

Wang Lin said, "It's hard to say what happened. It might be because of this, but something else might have happened too."

Xiao Yan thought for a while before saying, "Let's not bring these things up to the Virtuous Zen Master yet. Once we clear things up and have an idea of what to do, we can then tell him."

In Buddhism, the most powerful external move was the Vairocana Zen Palm Fist Print. But in terms of the zen arts of Buddhism, it was only a spell used to suppress any external demons.

The core of Buddhism was ultimately the way of karma. And the Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass had always been tightly linked to it.

Regardless whether it was cultivating the Acalanatha Tathagata Mantra or the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra like the Virtuous Zen Master, it involved the way of karma within. If this was affected, the zen minds of the Buddhist cultivators might also waver too.

This was the foundation of Buddhism. Once it shook, it might not be as pathetic as a crushed Dao heart like the Mantra of the Great Oblivion did, but it would not be nice.

Ever since the Virtuous Zen Master became a honorary elder of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, he did much work and was very friendly normally too. Even after Xiao Yan and the rest formed the Immortal Soul, they were still very respectful towards him.

Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and Shi Tianhao heard this and nodded their heads, "This is rightfully the case."

Li Xingfei bowed hurriedly, expressing her consent not to leak information out after hearing Xiao Yan's instructions.

"The countless concepts of the Heavens and Earth are all brilliant!" Xiao Yan could not help but compliment, whereas Zhu Yi and the others had the same expression.

In the future days, besides teaching their own disciples, Zhu Yi and the rest focused on cultivating their own Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtues. After that, they used this is a foundation to deduce the Mantra of the Great Oblivion and Yin Yang Mantra of the Void. They figured the way of karma and analyzed the mantras of other sects.

The four of them reaped various benefits. Apart from their increased powers, their cultivations and understanding of the Heavens and Earth also experienced improvements.

Lin Feng saw all this and was comforted by their achievements.

What left him most comforted was that all four of them had their own understandings of the Two Elements Origins-Returning Scripture.

Their understandings were not necessarily the same as Lin Feng's. They infused their own understandings of the Heavens and Earth, which left Lin Feng excited about their future progress.

After leaving the Thunder Dragon Avatar and Avatar of Ares on the mountain, Lin Feng's actual body stood up and stepped across void space. He eventually arrived at the East Sea.

He passed through the opening of the Ying Sea passageway. As he entered the Ying Sea, he walked through the various illusory realms.

As Lin Feng thought of something, the white fog in front of him dispersed. A sea of black seemed to float in mid-space. It was extremely vast and raged with tidal waves. They protected a celestial mountain in the center of the black sea. It was the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

The celestial mountain had already been cultivated by Lin Feng. The surrounding Dark Sea was no longer an obstacle to him. Lin Feng seemed to be stepping on level ground as he ascended the mountain and came to the pavilion on the mountain.

In the empty pavilion, there was a tall, huge youth who sat cross-legged. He was cultivating quietly.

This youth was Big Luo Hades.

A layer of glow flashed over his body and his flesh was still not his true flesh. It was converted from the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl, but after years of polishing it, Big Luo could control this transformation on his own.

Although he was still restricted by time, Big Luo's movement was freer than ever. Just like right now, he turned his appearance to that of a human, and was no longer like a Hades beast.

Even though he accepted his background and even recalled many things, Big Luo was still very reminiscent of his days when he was a human.

He turned to the human form now, which resembled his 15 or 16 years old look in the Greater World 7 years ago, when his body did not experience any changes yet.

As he saw Lin Feng entering, Big Luo stopped what he was doing and greeted him, "Master Lin!"

"Spare the formalities." Lin Feng waved him off and sized him up. Right now, Big Luo changed his body appearance with the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and he was still in the cultivation of the Demon Lord realm.

If he wanted to form the Undying Demon Soul, he had to possess a true body on his own.

Lin Feng and Big Luo both knew that to Big Luo, the best way was to construct a new Hades body for him.

But this was not easy. Especially since it was not easy to find a second Hades beast in the Greater World. Even if they wanted to replicate one, they could not even find a reference.

But Lin Feng and Big Luo both knew that the Hades beasts were not extinct yet. On the contrary, they could descend in the Greater World anytime.

Thus, Lin Feng and Big Luo were not anxious. Although Big Luo had no chance of forming the Undying Demon Soul temporarily, he still cultivated patiently to consolidate his powers and stabilize his foundation. He was preparing for the future.

As compared to the temporary obstacle he faced in his cultivation, Big Luo's biggest problem was actually his loneliness and his confusion towards how his future was going to pan out.

To this, Lin Feng had no good solution either. He once proposed that Big Luo moved to Mount Yujing, but Big Luo rejected his proposition. He did not want to be lonely, but before he was clear about his future, he rather be lonely.

Fortunately, cultivating on Penglai Celestial Mountain was beneficial to him. This sort of lonely training was beneficial to his mind and allowing him to learn more about himself.

Lin Feng provided some advice to Big Luo and started to cultivate again.

And Lin Feng clapped his palm lightly before the entire Penglai Celestial Mountain jerked violently. Nine streaks of clear celestial gas revolved around the mountain. They were extremely pure and gathered towards the main pavilion on the mountain.

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The nine streaks of celestial gases gathered in front of Lin Feng in the main pavilion. As the nine streaks of gases were added onto his body, it seemed as if he had a layer of nine-colored glow around him.

He clasped his palm and conjured a spell. After that, he stepped back and the coated nine-colored glow on him was removed.

But a dim projection of himself was still left over at the original spot. This projection intersected with the glow and they developed a tendency to combine together.

This projection was dim and could not be seen clearly. It could only be subtly seen that it had an appearance similar to Lin Feng's actual self.

As the eyes of the projection shut, it maintained a calm expression and stood where he was quietly as his palms were clasped together. The nine streaks of celestial gases revolved around him continuously and eventually converted into a streak of nine-colored divine light.

This was the special Nine Energies True Sky Divine Light of the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

This divine light combined with the projection of Lin Feng, causing the projection to become more and more cultivated.

The nine streaks of celestial gases on the Penglai Celestial Mountain gathered towards this projection continuously, as if they were nine huge chains of locks that were tied around the projection. At the same time, they were like nine paths that connected to the Heavens and Earth.

Lin Feng sat cross-legged and as he transformed his spells, streaks and streaks of mana were shot into that projection.

The height of the projection grew significantly and reached almost 10 feet rapidly. The rate of increase soon slowed down, but there was still an increase.

"I used the nine streaks of true energies that were developed from the essence of the Heavens and Earth on the Penglai Celestial Mountain to cultivate this avatar." Lin Feng thought, "If this is similar to what I expected, it means that what I deduced earlier was accurate."

But cultivating this avatar needed a longer time and could not be completed so soon. Fortunately, Lin Feng was not pressed for time.

In the process of cultivating this avatar, his cultivation would be boosted significantly too.

The cultivation of this avatar would occur mainly on the Penglai Celestial Mountain. When it was on the right track, Lin Feng could leave the Penglai Celestial Mountain for a period of time without disrupting this cultivation.

After Big Luo ended his own cultivation, he looked at the projection of Lin Feng curiously, "Master Lin, this is…"

Lin Feng smiled, "This is an avatar that I cultivated using the nine streaks of celestial gases from the Penglai Celestial Mountain. But I'm still in the process of understand it, thus there are things which are still incomplete."

He looked at Big Luo and smiled, "When this is over, I shall pass it to you. You can use the same method to cultivate an avatar. This method should not just be restricted to your current condition, without a true body. Cultivating such an avatar will make it simpler for you to move around."

Big Luo replied embarrassedly, "Master Lin, don't joke around. I am fine how I am now."

"Using your demonic powers to figure this thing out, it will be good for your cultivation too." Lin Feng laughed as he shook his head. He then turned his attention back to the projection right in front of him.

Although they were halfway between a Master and disciple now, their relationship did not seem to be any different from that between a true Master and disciple.

Big Luo remained seated on the ground and unleashed a streak of his demonic mana that revolved around Lin Feng's avatar. He was trying to sense this avatar.

After a brief moment, he revealed a shocked look. He shut his eyes decisively and tried to comprehend things to the best of his ability.

As time passed, Lin Feng's projection had reached above 30 feet. Lin Feng smiled and combined the spells on his hands before pushing forward.

The projection jerked a little before settling down again. Whereas Lin Feng's actual body stood up.

"Master Lin, are you about to leave?" Big Luo opened his eyes and looked at Lin Feng. Lin Feng nodded his head, "You will only need slight powers to effect the rest of the changes. When this avatar reaches 90 feet, I will come back to cultivate it once more."

He turned to the exit of the pavilion and walked out, "Just continue to work hard from now on."

As he reached the exit, he stopped and turned to look at Big Luo. Then, he said softly, "The opportunity may arise any moment. When it appears, you need to have enough confidence to grab hold of it."

Big Luo took in a deep breath and replied, "I understand. Master Lin, please do not be worried."

Lin Feng exited the pavilion and walked in void space. As he peered down at the Penglai Celestial Mountain, he saw nine streaks of formless gases gathering within the pavilion of the mountain. And above the pavilion, there was a subtle nine-colored divine light that formed a connection between the Heavens and Earth.

"Everything in this world is indeed filled with secrets." Lin Feng grinned, "The more you know, the stronger you will feel about this."

He then turned and left, traversing within the Ying Sea.

After moving through an unknown distance, a huge celestial mountain appeared in front of Lin Feng. In the twisted space around the mountain, there seemed to be countless, transparent jade pieces that were floating. They were extremely bright and smooth.

Each of these jade pieces were very huge and were rectangular in shape. As they stacked together and opened up, they engulfed the celestial mountain in a ball shape.

Lin Feng pointed with his finger and the jade pieces started to shift. They formed an opening that was like a gate that allowed Lin Feng to enter.

This was the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

As compared to the hidden Penglai Celestial Mountain, everyone knew that the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain landed in Lin Feng's hands. Some of the resources produced in the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain were the same as those from the Celestial Wonders World. They became powerful chips in Lin Feng's hands. On many occasions, they were even influential than Lin Feng's own powers.

And among them, a huge amount of resources was invested into the use of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. This had the effect of increasing the powers of the sect.

Among the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea, there were the most illusory realms in the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. Besides being a resource-rich area, the mountain was also the most important venue for the disciples of the Celestial Sect to train.

The illusory realms over here were very useful in the strengthening of the disciples of the Celestial Sect.

As Lin Feng's gaze scanned the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, it flashed and a few streaks of flowing light shot out from the mountain. They then landed in front of Lin Feng.

He rolled his sleeves and picked them up. After that, they landed beside a spring.

This was naturally the Jade Nectar Spring on the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, which served to nourish magic treasures. Right now, inside the spring, there were two huge, black figures.

"According to normal standards, this is already sufficient." Lin Feng laughed as he shook his head, "But waiting a while longer will be fine too."

As he finished saying, he turned around and left the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

Lin Feng left the Ying Sea and travelled above the East Sea. He turned his attention to the northeast direction. Over there, it was another passageway between the Divine Lands and Barren Expanses, "Time waits for no man. I wonder what will cause the War of the two Worlds this time?"

He turned to the west now and walked across the huge sea. He then landed on the ground again, travelling across the territories of the Great Zhou Empire before arriving at the old site of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

Looking at the debris, Lin Feng maintained his indifference, "Emperor Ru, you managed to increase your powers after comprehending the way of karma and became a Buddha on your own. You then created the Great Thunderclap Temple. You are indeed a rare talent in your era."

"To you, can the countless believers of Buddhism and your own Buddhist mantras survive the changes of nature?"

Lin Feng shook his head and he looked away towards the clear sky in the southeast direction. He then said quietly, "I still have things that I'm busy with. I shall not go over to Comrade Liang's place to visit now. I apologize for that."

The sky in the southeast direction remained empty, but a voice resonated, "Your words are too serious. The Great Zhou Empire and I will always welcome you here."

Lin Feng nodded his head, "Comrade Liang, you are too kind."

After he finished speaking, he placed his hands behind his back and walked forward, before disappearing into void space and continued towards the west.

In the capital of the Great Zhou Empire, Tianjing, Liang Pan was sitting on the dragon throne in the main palace. He rubbed his fingers on the handles of the throne lightly and did not speak for quite some time.

All these years, the Great Zhou Empire became more and more low-profile compared to the rapid expansion it made previously. The empire was no longer as dominant as before.

To say that they were tied, it might sound very exaggerated. But undoubtedly, they acted with more caution. Now that they were facing the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they had no choice but to do so.

It was not possible for them to give in all the way, which would have affected the cohesion and the morale of the people in the Great Zhou Empire. However, the style of the empire had become more conservative.

Against the Great Qin Empire and other powers, the Great Zhou Empire remained hard-headed. They only reduced the pace of their expansion, and became from offensive to defensive.

Over the years, they had been planning carefully. Slowly, the Great Zhou Empire was stabilizing itself.

But till now, the Great Zhou Empire maintained its restraint when dealing with external powers.

However, this did not signify that they were completely uninterested in rising further. They were just biding their time to ascend again.

"The next War of the two Worlds will be a good chance. No one can control anything in the world." Liang Pan looked far, "If I don't grab the opportunity during the War of the two Worlds, I can only wait till the Celestial Sect of Wonders and Great Void Sect clash."

"But if I am unable to even take these two chances, it will be very worrying."

A light projection surfaced in front of him. In this projection, here was a middle-aged man who wore a golden crown and looked charming who sat cross-legged. He was Zhu Hongwu, the Marquis of Xuanji of the Great Zhou Empire.

Zhu Hongwu opened his eyes, which flashed with radiances. He said calmly, "There is bound to be a battle between the Celestial Sect of Wonders and Great Void Sect."

Liang Pan replied, "When the opportunity arises, I must be capable of grabbing hold of it. In the past, I wished for the war to come later, so that the Great Zhou can prepare. The opportunity would have been greater in this way."

"But now, I hope that the War of the Two Worlds will come sooner, otherwise our opponents will rise faster than us. Only this kind of uncontrollable situation will be able to bring about opportunity." Liang Pan remained calm, "This is sad and humiliating, but it's a truth we have to face and accept."

Zhu Hongwu lowered his head and said, "I am guilty."

Liang Pan shook his head, "It's not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself. But you need to quicken your pace to reach the Immortal Soul Third Level. The stronger we are, the more confident we will be able of grabbing the opportunity when it arises."

Zhu Hongwu answered, "Your Majesty, I will reach the Immortal Soul Third Level soon."

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Chapter 1045: Zhu Hongwu's Self Confidence

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Liang Pan looked at Zhu Hongwu, "Hongwu, you have been delaying in the Immortal Soul Stage for too long, but this has also increased your accumulation. With your talents and the resources of the Great Zhou Empire, it is only a matter of time before you reach the Immortal Soul Stage."

"But if you have to push now to reach the Immortal Soul Stage, you may fail."

Zhu Hongwu said, "Your Majesty, please rest assure. I know my condition very well. To me, pressure is only a form of motivation. The more pressurizing it is, the faster I will be able to overcome the barriers."

"Without the pressure brought about by the Celestial Sect of Wonders, I feel like I will spend more time and effort to reach the Immortal Soul Third Level."

Zhu Hongwu's face was like a piece of white jade, as it flashed with a bright glow. His gaze looked deep at the same time.

He said peacefully, "My unfilial son formed the Immortal Soul and helped Lin Feng to achieve victories in Mount Shu and the Barren Expanses. But he can't forget about doing the same to me and climb all over my head."

"In the past five years in the Greater World, he will return to my mansion once every year, hoping to carry out some unfilial action. But because I have been cultivating in retreat, he returned empty-handed on every occasion."

"Whenever he comes, he is very disrespectful to his elders, step-mother, brothers and acts very arrogantly. For someone like him, I feel like he deserves death as a punishment."

Liang Pan said, "I know about this naturally. But you have been retreating for the past few years, thus I did not inform you because I did not want to disturb you."

Zhu Hongwu stood up and bowed, "I appreciate Your Majesty's thoughtfulness. Although I did reap great benefits during my retreat, I was stuck in the last step. But after I heard this news, I managed to overcome my bottleneck. I am only one step away from the Immortal Soul Third Level now. He must not have expected this."

His fingers opened wide apart in a seemingly miraculous rhythm, "If that unfilial child returns again, I will capture him and teach him a good lesson."

Liang Pan said, "All these years, Zhu Yi must not have stagnated. I believe he would have improved too."

"Now that the situation is delicate, Hongwu, tolerate a little first. Reaching the Immortal Soul Third Level is more important."

Zhu Hongwu answered, "If I capture that unfilial child, my mind will be clear and I can reach the Immortal Soul Third Level. I shall take care of him one-on-one. And with Lin Feng's character, I don't think he will interfere."

Liang Pan shook his head, "We have to prevent any incidents from happening, especially since Lin Feng's attention is on the Great Void Sect and demon clan now. This is our chance."

"I know that Zhu Yi came to find you time and time again, disrespecting you and making you unhappy. But the War of the Two Worlds may erupt and we have to be prepared."

Zhu Hongwu was silent for a while before he replied respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Liang Pan asked, "Hongwu, will this affect your bid to reach the Immortal Soul Third Level?"

Zhu Hongwu shook his head, "Your Majesty, your instructions and the development of the Great Zhou is more important than my dignity. Although I am indignant, I won't let this affect me."

"Even without killing Zhu Yi, I am confident of reaching the Immortal Soul Third Level. And I don't think I will take a long time either. But I just need to reference to some concepts and will not be able to succeed immediately.

A light projection was revealed over his head and it consolidated to form real entities. They were like real worlds in the shape of wheels. Amidst these worlds, there seemed to be Buddhas holding the fort and chanting the way of Dao.

The countless worlds then formed a bigger wheel that spun over Zhu Hongwu's head.

Countless worlds and countless Buddhas.

Zhu Hongwu gripped his fist and the wheel above him spun even faster. He seemed to be controlling the wheel of destiny on behalf of the Heavens and Earth.

That huge wheel represented Zhu Hongwu's physical martial arts will, the principles of the Heavens and Earth and the destiny of countless lives. It couldn't be doubted or resisted.

Liang Pan looked at the physical martial arts will of Zhu Hongwu and nodded his head, "Using karma to understand life, using the wheel of the Heavens to propel all life, using the might of the Heavens and Earth to control all life and helping all life to spin the wheel of destiny. Hongwu, you are about to succeed."

Zhu Hongwu knelt down, "I am helping Your Majesty to dominate the world and spin this wheel to support the Great Zhou."

"It's not easy to combine Buddhism, mantras of the Heaven's Gate and Emperor Tai together." Liang Pan said, "However, as I sense it now, I can discover some discrepancies that still need to be adjusted. You still need more time indeed."

Zhu Hongwu answered, "The mantras of these three powers are indeed special and I'm not exactly in a position to combine all of them together. However, I don't need to do so either. I just need to pick the concepts that are suitable for myself."

Liang Pan said, "That should be the case."

He then looked at the wheel above Zhu Hongwu's head and creased his brows, "The problem seems to lie in the way of karma that originates from Buddhis?"

Zhu Hongwu nodded his head, "The way of karma is more complicated. When the Great Thunderclap Temple was destroyed, the Vairocana Sutra went missing. The Acalanatha Tathagata Mantra also lost its outline, the Seal of Acalanatha Supreme Secret Manual of Mantra Origins. Thus, I am still not fully in control of my understanding of the way of karma."

"However, after obtaining the Seal of Acalanatha Supreme Secret Manual of the Mantra Origins from the Great Void Sect, my understanding of the way of karma has improved significantly. With more time, I can succeed. That will also be the time when I will reach the Immortal Soul Third Level."

Liang Pan sighed, "It's a pity that the Vairocana Sutra had completely disappeared ever since the last War of the Two Worlds. I heard that even the Golden Cicada Master does not have the complete version. He lacks the Vairocana Zen Palm Fist Print."

"With it, your powers can be upped by another level. Also, with the Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass around, it will be much easier for you to reach the Immortal Soul Third Level."

Liang Pan was calm, "The Cang Heaven Spell Blade has also landed in the hands of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. It should also contain the Great Nine Heavens Holy Sword Technique. If you can obtain it, it will be beneficial in your comprehension of countless mantras in the Heavens and Earth."

Zhu Hongwu said, "There will be an opportunity in the future, Your Majesty."

Liang Pan gestured, "Regarding Zhu Yi, you will have to tolerate for a while more."

Zhu Hongwu bowed his head and replied, "Since you have instructed me specifically, that unfilial son is lucky to live longer."

"Continue with your cultivation. When you succeed, I will celebrate for you." Liang Pan nodded his head and Zhu Hongwu's light projection also disappeared from in front of him, "Thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty."

Liang Pan sat on the dragon throne and remained silent.

After a moment, he said, "Come in."

A monk with the look of a middle-aged man and was flashing with Buddhist lights appeared. He clasped his palms together and greeted Liang Pan, "Da Kong greets Your Majesty."

He was Monk Da Kong, a powerful cultivator from the Great Thunderclap Temple who was in the Golden Form Second Level.

His expression was gentle and the Buddhist lights around him were glowing. He revealed a deep understanding of Buddhism, but in front of Liang Pan, his current weakness was exposed.

Seven years ago, in the Greater World, Monk Da Kong was struck repeatedly in the Scramble of the Ying Sea. His Amoghasiddhi Spell Body was even almost crushed.

Previously, he managed to comprehend the Zhi Guang Zen Master's Sukhavati through the illusory realm of the celestial mountain. Following that, if Monk Da Kong put some effort into figuring things out, he would be able to form the Golden Form Third Level.

But as he was repeatedly struck by injuries, it was already his fortune not to fall back into the Golden Form First Level.

But if he wanted to reach the Golden Form Third Level, his hope was all but extinguished. In the short-term, it was definitely impossible. In the long-term, it was almost impossible, unless there was a miracle.

This was a huge loss for him.

Liang Pan asked, "Is there anything, zen master?"

Monk Da Kong said, "My senior from before, the Virtuous Zen Master, is now an honorary elder at the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

Liang Pan did not speak. Regarding this, he was naturally kept in the loop. After the Virtuous Zen Master joined the Celestial Sect of Wonders, he contributed greatly to them. When Lin Feng destroyed the Yu Family's ancestral ground, the Virtuous Zen Master aided him in stopping the leader of the Shi Family, Shi Wu.

After the Celestial Sect of Wonders controlled the Celestial Wonders World, the Virtuous Zen Master had always been holding the fort there. During the Anti-Celestial Sect War after that, he was even hurt by Jie Luoshi, the Supreme Elder of the Great Void Sect.

Monk Da Kong continued saying, "All these years, Senior Virtuous Zen has also been actively finding the rest of us. I received news that he managed to establish connection with another senior of mine, the Da Ning Zen Master.

"Da Ning?" Liang Pan's expression did not change, "I remember that he was the First Disciple of the Tripitaka Pavilion? He's like you, as he is also in the Golden Form Second Level. The both of you were the frontrunners to reach the Golden Form Third Level first."

Monk Da Kong nodded his head, "Senior Da Ning's cultivation is above mine. He is obsessed with Buddhism. Normally, he will always be in the Tripitaka Pavilion and is unconcerned about the matters of the world. He has always been very dedicated, trying to restore the Vairocana Sutra."

"However, he has always been carrying a grudge regarding the destruction of the Great Thunderclap Temple. I have been contacting him all these years. Over these years, he has softened his stance by a lot."

"But now that he has been discovered by Senior Virtuous Zen, it has added a lot of variables into the equation."

Liang Pan thought for a while before shaking his head slightly, "Don't intercept him. Let him do what he wants temporarily. I believe that the DA Ning Zen Master won't make decisions rashly. After this, you will tell him about the Golden Forms of two disciples that we have been keeping. With these two Golden Forms, it will be easier for him to restore the Vairocana Sutra."

Monk Da Kong clasped his palms, "I will carry out your orders, Your Majesty."

And right now, on the peak of Mount Baiyun, a few human figures were shaking.

The leader of them was an elder with his eyes shut. He was he Tai Yi Holy Man. Opposite him, it was another elder who had white hair too. He was the Zheng Yi Holy Man.

The Zheng Yi Holy Man's body was shining with the miraculous yet indescribable Cheng Heaven Great Void Celestial Light.

The spells in the hands of the Tai Yi Holy Man kept on changing and he looked serious too. It seemed like he was going to try something.

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Chapter 1046: Great Void Sect's Disappointment

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The spells in the hands of the Tai Yi Holy Man kept on changing, but they also formed a mess without actually creating a particular spell.

If anyone in the Grand Celestial World actually saw this scene, they would be very shocked. The highly skilled Tai Yi Holy Man was acting like a Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator now, appearing to be very immature, inexperienced and even a little clumsy.

That's right. If there was a word to describe how he was like now, that would be clumsy.

But the Zheng Yi Holy Man had no intention of trying to play a fool in front of the others. His expression was even more serious than the Tai Yi Holy Man.

The streaks and streaks of mana of the Tai Yi Holy Man landed on the Cheng Heaven Great Void Celestial Light of the Zheng Yi Holy Man. But no reaction occurred.

After a long while, the Tai Yi Holy Man stopped what he was doing and shut his eyes. Whereas his snow-white brows raised.

The Zheng Yi Holy Man had the same expression and asked, "Even Senior Tai Yi can't figure out the brilliance within?"

"No, there's no clue at all." The Tai Yi Holy Man shook his head, "However, just like what you said, this spell comes from the same source as the Great Void Pavilion Shaking Spell of Lin Feng."

He "looked" at the fog surrounding the peak of the mountain and sighed, "Lin Feng is moving further and further on this dangerous path."

"The Great Void Pavilion Shaking Spell targets the Cheng Heaven Great Void Celestial Light of our sect. Whether this is intentional or not, it's not easy to tell. But if this continues on, it will not be nice to imagine the result."

The Tai Yi Holy Man's face flashed with worry, "I wonder if Lin Feng inherited it from someone? If he created this on his own, he is indeed some genius. But this talent of has been used recklessly."

The Zheng Yi Holy Man did not speak after hearing what he said. A third light projection appeared beside the both of them. It was Yan Nanlai, the Qing Yi Holy Man and the Xuan Yi Holy Man.

The Tai Yi Holy Man looked at them, "Come and take a look too."

After hearing everything about it, Yan Nanlai and the others were silent. After a brief moment, the Qing Yi Holy Woman said slowly, "I suggest that we change the classification of the Celestial Sect of Wonders from an unstable power to an enemy power."

The rest did not speak. The Tai Yi Holy Man was silent for a while before he said, "After the War of the Two Worlds, we shall then re-look into that."

"The Hades tribe is still alive and the Origins Celestial Dragon has reached the Second Tribulation of Destiny. Waves are surging in the Divine Lands. Whatever happens in the Divine Lands next can't be controlled by us anymore."

As they heard this, everyone was silent. The Qing Yi Holy Woman nodded her head slightly, "What Senior Tai Yi says is right."

She turned to look at the Zheng Yi Holy Man, "I remembered that Senior Zheng Yi once mentioned that the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation's formation map was heavily damaged during the downburst at the Starry Sea?"

The Zheng Yi Holy Man nodded his head before shaking it again, "It was indeed damaged, but Lin Feng is an expert in this aspect. He may have a way of fixing it.

No matter how he felt about Lin Feng personally, he still made an objective comment.

"This formation is extraordinary, but the magic treasures used to set it up are very difficult to find." The Xuan Yi Holy Man said, "Senior Tai Yi once tried to deduce it using the fractured pieces of the formation map that Nanlai brought back. Among the nine magic treasures used to set it up, even if only one of the magic treasure's quality is inferior to the rest, the powers of the formation will be seriously affected."

Yan Nanlai pondered before saying, "Thinking about it, Lin Feng's Two Elements of Creation Formation does not seem to have this disadvantage."

The Xuan Yi Holy Man shook his head, "Every mantra in the Heavens and Earth is special in its own way. After all, the two formations are totally different. For the Two Elements of Creation Formation to reach its peak, it's not easy. Whereas for the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, it's almost impossible for it to do so anymore."

"In terms of Mercury and Saturn, our sect has the required magic treasures to align with these two planets. For the magic treasure of Mercury, we can get the crystals formed from the One Heavenly Primordial Water. For the magic treasure of Saturn, we can retrieve the Grand Celestial Rock, formed as the Grand Celestial World split into two. They are both of the utmost qualities."

The Xuan Yi Holy Man creased his brows, "But as for the others, it's harder to say."

"For the magic treasure of the Sun, it's best to use a magic treasure in the Mahayana Realm cultivated from the Grand Sun Primordial Fire or Divine Sunlight, or the skeleton of a Golden Crow with the syncretic star soul."

"For the magic treasure of Jupiter, it's best to use the pith of the four spiritual trees in the Heavens and Earth, and they must possess the syncretic star soul in order to be considered outstanding."

"For the magic treasure of Mars, it'll be best if we had the Heart Origins Fire of the Pure Yang Primordial Fire, or the heart of a demon phoenix with the syncretic star soul."

"For the magic treasure of Ketu, it will be good to use the Netherworld Mirror from the Demonic Shadow Sect, which is also a Mahayana level magic treasure that was cultivated by the Dark Emperor."

"As for the magic treasure of Venus, the best would be the soul essence of the Extreme Heavenly Magnet. But that item only occurs naturally and our powers will be unable to summon it. Only a piece of it is produced every ten thousand years. The last time it was produced, it was 6000 years ago. There's still 4000 years to the next piece."

The Xuan Yi Holy Man shook his head, "All these items are still possible to be obtained. The Grand Sun Primordial Fire, Divine Sunlight and the mantras of the Demonic Shadow Sect are not extinct yet. Even while there's no Mahayana level magic treasure now, there's the possibility of cultivating one."

"Even if the Ginseng Fruit Free gives us nothing, the Celestial Jade Tree, Saros Steel Tree and Divine Parasol Tree Wood will have something for us for sure. The Golden Crows and Demon Phoenixes are not extinct yet too. As for the soul essence of the Extreme Heavenly Magnet, at most we'll wait patiently for another 4000 years, but…"

Beside him, Yan Nanlai said, "But it's harder to find the magic treasures of the Moon and Rahu."

"The Mingdu beasts are almost extinct. Almost a year has gone by without one live Mingdu appearing. As for their skeletons, there are hardly any around which exists in the Undying Demon Soul Stage. If we are talking about those with the syncretic star soul, it's almost impossible."

"The ores of the mines of the Moon Luster Stone have also disappeared completely. Right now, in the Grand Celestial World, the Moon Luster Stone mines are all useless in terms of producing these ores."

The Xuan Yi Holy Man said, "These two items can't be found already. But the magic treasures of the Sun, Jupiter, Mars, Ketu and Venus are also very difficult to find. Not to even mention obtaining the Extreme Heavenly Magnet which will take 4000 years at the very least, even cultivating the magic treasures of the Sun and Ketu will take a huge amount of time. When we will succeed is unknown."

"If we don't use these items and use more inferior ones, the powers of the formation will be discounted greatly. E Chi's magic treasures are already pretty decent. According to what Senior Tai Yi says, there's even the wood essence of the Celestial Jade Tree. But it's a pity that it was destroyed during the downburst."

The Tai Yi Holy Man shook his head, "For this Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, a slight discrepancy in the magic treasures will affect the powers of the formation greatly."

The Zheng Yi Holy Man said, "Lin Feng should possess the Heart Origins Fire of the Pure Yang Primordial Fire, as well as the pith of the Divine Parasol Tree Wood with the syncretic star soul. But whether it's equally as good as the Grand Celestial Rock, it's hard to say."

"In fact, for the magic treasure of Ketu, the most suitable is none other than the Ketu Wild Domain that was cultivated by the Dark Emperor. It's only one step away from the destiny realm. The Dark Emperor was killed by Emperor Jue and the Ketu Wild Domain was also completely destroyed. Whereas the Ketu Spiritual Spring that the Dark Emperor used to cultivate the Ketu Wild Domain was also entirely seized away before it was shifted to the Black Se."

"The crystals formed from the Ketu Spiritual Springs can also be used as the magic treasure of Ketu in the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation." The Zheng Yi Holy Man said indifferently. "If Lin Feng is willing to enter the Black Sea to find it, it'll be the best."

"The ore core of the Moon Luster Stone and Mingdu skeleton with the syncretic star soul are also destined not to be found. As for the crystallization of the One Heavenly Primordial Water, our sect will also delay him. To find the other outstanding magic treasures, it's also impossible to find them in the short-term, not to even mention mending the formation map of the formation."

Everyone nodded their heads, as the Tai Yi Holy Man "looked" in the northwest direction, "Although it seems that we don't have to be worried now, Lin Feng is an exceptional person. He has given us and the Grand Celestial World too many surprises already."

Yan Nanlai, the Zheng Yi Holy Man, Qing Yi Holy Woman and Xuan Yi Holy Man acknowledged in silence.

The Tai Yi Holy Man gestured, "We shall follow our original plan. Junior Zheng Yi and I will try again."

The rest nodded their heads and the light projections that they projected using their mana disappeared. The Tai Yi Holy Man re-initiated his process of deduction once more, while the Zheng Yi Holy Man helped him from the side.

But as time passed, the both of them made no headway.

After a long while, the two of them revealed complex expressions and they sighed at the same time, "Are the powers of the Celestial Sect of Wonders really above us…"

Tianjing and Mount Baiyun were both in tense states now. Whereas Lin Feng had returned to Mount Yujing at this point.

After returning to the mountain, he received news of the Virtuous Zen Master calling on him.

"Master, my junior, Da Ning, wants to take a look at the Buddhist collections that we have. I hope that you will grant him this wish." The Virtuous Zen Master explained his reason for coming.

Although Lin Feng ever mentioned that he (referring to the Virtuous Zen Master) would be in charge of all the Buddhist collections in the sect, they were still the overall collections of Lin Feng and the entire sect. Furthermore, they were kept in the Tripitaka Block in the Celestial Sect of Wonders. No matter who borrowed the books or brought others into the block, they had to seek permission from Lin Feng first.

The Virtuous Zen Master was an amiable person and had no quarrels with anyone else. While he was Buddhist, he was still able to maintain his understanding of the workings of the world. He had always been able to react appropriately according to different situations.

Lin Feng laughed as he shook his head, "I ever said before that you will be in charge of all our Buddhist collections. Thinking about it, it has been due to your generosity that our disciples are able to analyze so many Buddhist collections. I have to thank you instead."

"Amitabha, your words are too serious. If not because of you, I wouldn't have known how to gather all these collections." The Virtuous Zen Master smiled, "I shall not bring Junior Da Ning here, but I will bring some of the collections from the Tripitaka Block to him instead."

"Junior Da Ning has always been roaming around outside these few years. I only managed to contact him recently. After knowing that our sect contains the entire Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass, he expressed his interest to join the sect. I hope that Elder Lin will allow him to do so."

The Virtuous Zen Master sighed, "His greatest wish is to see the complete Vairocana Sutra again."

Lin Feng laughed and said, "If that's his wish, I shall welcome him."

The Virtuous Zen Master clasped his palms together, "Thank you Elder Lin. I shall take my leave now."

After bidding goodbye to Lin Feng, he came to the Tripitaka Block. As he just reached the door, he could feel the vibration of a will that was abnormal.

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Chapter 1047: Virtuous Zen Master's Premonition

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The vibration of will in the Tripitaka Block felt very miraculous, as if it contained countless secrets within.

Naturally, a sense of immutability, unchangeability, omnipotence and omniscience was revealed.

The Virtuous Zen Master was very familiar to this will. Before he even got close to the Tripitaka Block, he could already subtly feel it.

"Way of karma?" The Virtuous Zen Master was a little surprised, "Is it Wang Lin or Zhu Yi? The understanding of the way of karma is already very deep."

His aura was not revealed, but his zen mind's interaction with the will of the person in the Tripitaka Block allowed the other party to sense his presence.

That person then retracted his own will and Wang Lin's voice rang in the ears of the Virtuous Zen Master, "Please enter, Virtuous Zen Master."

The Virtuous Zen Master pushed open the door and entered the Tripitaka Block and went up three levels. As they met, he laughed and said, "Comrade Wang's understanding of the way of karma has become deeper and deeper."

But as he saw Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao all present, the Virtuous Zen Master could not help but feel curious, "This is…"

Xiao Yan coughed dryly before saying, "Zen Master, we are all analyzing the way of karma now. Our thoughts are still undeveloped."

Shi Tianhao nodded his head repeatedly too, "That's right, they are still undeveloped."

Wang Lin and Zhu Yi stood at one side and did not offer any objections to that statement. They all smiled as they looked at the Virtuous Zen Master.

But it was because that they were acting like this which caused alarm bells to ring in the heart of the Virtuous Zen Master.

It was probably because the four of them were normally very confident. But now that they were acting so abnormally, the Virtuous Zen Master had a premonition.

Connecting to Wang Lin's deduction of the way of karma, the Virtuous Zen Master thought of something that had always been on his mind.

Five years ago, in the Greater World, during the Anti-Celestial Set War, he might have been hurt by Jie Luoshi, but he still continued to battle on when the enemies arrived on Mount Yujing.

Wang Lin and the rest arrived at the battlefield and were trapped by Shi Tianfang, the leader of the Samsara Sect. But when Wang Lin formed the Immortal Soul, he managed to reverse the situation.

But it was during that battle that Wang Lin used a spell to curb Shi Tianfang's Red Lotus Fire.

The battle was very messy then and the Virtuous Zen Master had his own enemies to deal with. From the side, he could not see clearly, but he could subtly feel that the spell Wang Lin used had something to do with the way of karma.

Over these years, the Virtuous Zen Master had never asked Wang Lin about this before.

That was because he had a feeling that it would not be something good.

This matter was buried in the heart of the Virtuous Zen Master and no one knew about it. Normally, the Virtuous Zen Master would choose to forget it, but now he felt that whatever Xiao Yan and the rest were prepared to tell him had something to do with what happened before.

Xiao Yan and the rest were also a little uncomfortable too. But as Lin Feng went to the Ying Sea, the four of them devoted a lot of time trying to figure out the way of karma and developed a deeper understanding of it.

His previous conception was starting to take shape. If the Virtuous Zen Master knew about it, he might still be affected, but it shouldn't be too serious.

If the Virtuous Zen Master could straighten out his thinking, he might be able to improve and comprehend something new.

The Virtuous Zen Master was also someone with the highest Buddhist cultivation level the four of them could interact with. If he could join them, he would contribute greatly to their understandings of the way of karma.

"Comrade Xiao, you can be direct with me. I may not be the most outstanding, but I have analyzed Buddhism for many years. Maybe I can give all of you some advice." The Virtuous Zen Master focused and said after taking in a deep breath.

After Xiao Yan and the others looked at one another, Wang Lin said, "Zen Master, in the past, I asked for advice about the way of karma from you. After that, I gained some ground in my understanding of it, but in my subsequent cultivation process, I developed a few oppositions to the current school of thought."

"Some of them came from my own experience, while some were derived from the experiences of others." Wang Lin related the discussion of the four of them previously, "Besides my own experience, we also went to verify some of the rumors that we stumbled upon personally."

"Besides those that happened too long ago and can't be verified, we checked all those that could be."

"Among them, there are some ridiculous ones, but they do have their reasons behind them. These reasons can be hidden from others, but not us."

Wang Lin said slowly, "Some of the things resonate with my experience when I was younger. I can't use karma to explain it, and this happens quite commonly too."

He looked at the Virtuous Zen Master, "In fact, just my experience alone is enough to confirm that using the way of karma to describe how things work in the world, based on the three lifetimes of the past, present and future, is impossible. At least it's not complete."

"The way of karma isn't the only concept in this world. It does not explain Dao, nor does it form the foundation of destiny. It's not the eternity that all life in the world would point towards eventually."

After Wang Lin finished speaking, Xiao Yan and the rest looked at the Virtuous Zen Master. The Virtuous Zen Master was calm and said slowly, "Comrade Wang, whatever that you just described, I have heard it for as long as I have lived."

"Buddhism has existed for a long time. In such a long history, there are such occurrences that you have described."

"The skilled monks from the preceding generations had their own doubts too and they even investigated the reason behind all of this." The Virtuous Zen Master clasped his palms, "After investigating a few of them, we can confirm that they are just nonsense, or otherwise, it's because some have a limited understanding of our world and hence developed misunderstandings."

"Whereas for some things, we are still unsure. But because of this, it demonstrates the brilliance of karma. Our powers are beneath that of karma. For many things, even if we try to understand them, we can't find out the truth still. It's not that the truth doesn't exists, but it's because we can't see them."

Around the body of the Virtuous Zen Master, Buddhist lights revolved and revealed the wisdom of perfect enlightenment.

While he was always friendly, cheerful and maintained his calmness, he never once revealed his Buddhist light aura around Wang Lin, Xiao Yan and the others.

Right now, his attitude was friendly, but he was more serious than ever. Whatever they were discussing involved his entire life of belief and faith. In the face of even the Celestial Sect of Wonders, his zen mind must not waver.

This had nothing to do with his respect for Wang Lin, Xiao Yan and the rest, and even for Lin Feng. But this was an attitude that a monk in the Golden Form Second Level should possess.

The four of them were also not concerned by this. In the process of seeking Dao, this was only natural.

"Just like how ordinary people were limited in their knowledge, that's why some facts and truths would be wrongly passed down. They changed the truth that karma preached into some ridiculous story." The Virtuous Zen Master said, "Cultivators in my generation have knowledge and powers that are much beyond the ordinary person. But this does not mean that we are omniscient. We are also exploring the concepts of the great Dao. There are things that we don't know or don't understand too."

"Just because we are still unclear about some concepts doesn't mean that they are wrong."

The Virtuous Zen Master shook his head slightly, "The different mantras in the Heavens and Earth are all different. But even as things change, all paths will converge and everything all points to the same path of Dao."

"Everyone follows the guidance of the laws of the Heaven. But to me, the Heaven also possesses karma. The laws of the Heaven is thus the way of karma."

"There are many concepts in the world, so how do we understand all of them? To exist in this world, it's already a form of karma. Karma represents Dao and it is also the perspective that we should view our world from. With cause, there's effect. With an effect, there's a cause. Thus, we can then analyze, know, understand and comprehend the way things are in our world."

Wang Lin nodded his head, "Zen Master, you are wise. I understand what you mean. But, if we are unclear about concepts, how do we know whether they are right or wrong?"

"Zen Master, please take a look." Wang Lin's finger drew the outline of a flat stone that seemed like a mirror. Its surface was smooth and reflected the figure of a human.

The Virtuous Zen Master stared at the stone and tried to figure out the way concept within. After a brief moment, he was frightened, "Although it's just nascent, it seems to be very similar to the Three Lifetime Curse of the Great Thunderclap Temple. They seem to come from the same source."

"Comrade Wang, you are indeed an exceptional talent. Just by reading and referencing to the Buddhist scriptures, you can analyze the way of karma to this level. You are even to infuse within your own cultivation."

The Virtuous Zen Master sighed, "If you cultivate Buddhism, you will be someone."

Wang Lin replied, "Zen Master, your words too kind. Please take a look at this too."

He kept the Three Lifetime Stones before showcasing the Cause and Effect World. The Virtuous Zen Master looked at the gate to the Cause and Effect World, seeing lines of lights coming out from a light spot. These lines extended to the next light spot and then to the next light spot and this cycle continued on. The Virtuous Zen Master then nodded his head, "Karmic Line…"

The starting point was the cause and ending point was the effect. With cause, there's effect. As something started, it would change continuously along the way. When it stopped, there would be an effect.

In the next moment, the gate to the Cause and Effect World shut. The extending lines returned to the starting point from the ending point.

The past formed the future. With an effect, there's a cause. The future could be traced to a cause.

The Virtuous Zen Master turned to look at Wang Lin and he said in a deep voice, "Zen Master, please calm yourself down."

The gate to the Cause and Effect World opened once again and the starting point extended out with a line of lights again. The line of light stopped and the ending point consolidated to form a second light spot. The second light spot then extended the second line of light. When the line of light stopped, a third light spot appeared.

Amidst doubt, the Virtuous Zen Master opened his eyes wide.

That's because he saw that Wang Lin's Cause and Effect World appeared with a fourth light spot. It was an isolated light spot, and had nothing to do with the third light spot. It also did not connect with any other thing.

"You!" The Virtuous Zen Master turned to look at Wang Lin. Because it was such a serious matter, he turned all his attention to Wang Lin's spell.

Whatever that was going on in the Cause and Effect World was not real, but it revealed the concept behind it.

Thus, the appearance of this light spot was not tampered by Wang Lin, nor did he use any other spell to create it. It was the result revealed by the Cause and Effect World.

According to the Cause and Effect World, this was something that happened without any reason. It just appeared out of nowhere.

The first light spot of the Cause and Effect World appeared at the gate. Only this light spot was created by Wang Lin. Although it was the start of everything, the light spot also had a cause, which was the gate to the Cause and Effect World.

Whereas the fourth light spot did not exist because of a cause.

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Chapter 1048: Injured Dao Heart is Difficult to Mend

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There was no cause and effect. Wang Lin's Cause and Effect World produced such a scene in front of everyone.

This was the result developed from the concept contained within the Cause and Effect World, and it was not just a projection using Wang Lin's mana.

The Virtuous Zen Master's attention was fixed on the Cause and Effect World.

Right now, if they fought, the Virtuous Zen Master would not be the match for Wang Lin. But his understanding of the way of karma was very deep, such that it was impossible for Wang Lin to try any tricks in front of him.

Furthermore, Wang Lin did not have the need to trick him. He had no need to humiliate the foundation of Buddhism either.

The Virtuous Zen Master looked at Wang Lin, "What's going on? How did you do this?"

Wang Lin did not speak and only turned to Shi Tianhao, "Let him tell you. This is developed from the combination of my understanding of the way of karma and his discovery as he studied the mantras of our sect."

Shi Tianhao replied, "Simply put, this is a resonance between one's mind and reality. The emotions of one and the scenario in reality intersects at a particular instant, causing a coincidence between one's internal world and the external world."

The Virtuous Zen Master's brows raised. Shi Tianhao looked at him and said slowly, "The world developed from one's feelings and the reality of the world outside coincided at the same time."

"This coincidence cannot be explained by karma easily. Because of the alignment of the internal and external world, thus such a coincidence appeared?" Shi Tianhao shook his head, "That becomes karma happens because of karma. In reality, the alignment of the internal and external world exists simultaneously with the weird occurrences. There's a cause and there's an effect. There's no cause and there's no effect. And it's certainly not because there's no cause, thus there's no effect."

Wang Lin retracted the Cause and Effect World and said, "If one were to say karma is part of one's lives, then I will classify my reasoning as blasphemy."

"But the person committing blasphemy is not overthrowing the original idea. He is rebelling against the concept of the original idea, meaning that the concept of the original idea cannot explain things."

He looked at the Virtuous Zen Master, "I have only attained a little understanding of this concept thus far. I still need more time to analyze it."

The Virtuous Zen Master seemed to have grown older in an instant, but the Buddhist lights around him became brighter and brighter. They were extremely pure, as if the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra had revealed its brilliance.

"Not because there's no cause thus there's no effect…not because there's no cause thus there's not effect…without a cause, where will the effect come from…" The Virtuous Zen Master mumbled and lifted his head up to look at Wang Lin, "This move of yours…"

Wang Lin understood what he meant and nodded his head steadily, "That's right, the foundation of this move of mine may contain grave errors too. Thus, the concept within may be erroneous, but…"

After pausing for a moment, Wang Lin said, "But, no matter how hard I try, when the Cause and Effect World carries out the blasphemy, I am unable to exhibit the Three Life Stones."

The Buddhist lights around the Virtuous Zen Master jerked suddenly. Wang Lin did not explicitly explain things, but he understood.

The two different reasonings were independent and were not entirely polar opposites of each other.

If Wang Lin could understand both reasonings clearly and develop a combined reasoning from these two reasonings, then he could unleash both the Three Lifetime Stones and Cause and Effect World. He could then continue to develop even more higher level moves.

But before this, both reasonings would find it difficult to co-exist together.

However, precisely because of this reason, there's some form of verification that something else that clashes with the way of karma that existed.

The fact that karma existed in everyone's life was not exactly the same as the way of karma, but doubts about the former did affect the latter.

Karma was the truth in Buddhism and was the highest level concept that existed. It could explain the ideas of the past, present and future, but now, its reliability was questioned.

Before today, while Buddhism never once ruled the Greater World and the Essentials of the Great Void Tao of the Great Void Sect was recognized as the collection of mantras that was the closest to the great Dao, Buddhist cultivators continued to believe that everything in the world could be attributed to karma.

The Essentials of the Great Void Tao, Saintly Celestial Sword Qi of the Mount Shu Sword Sect, Great Heavenly Mantra of the Heaven's Gate, Ancient Satanic Mantra of the Ancient Satanic Sect…and even the moves of the demon clan could be explained with karma and the way of karma.

But because people's cultivations were not sufficient, they could not see the entire truth. Even the Buddha was stuck in karma and his powers were beneath karma. He could not transcend it.

And if there was one day that the way of karma could be understood completely, all suffering would be gone and nirvana would be achieved.

This was the common zen mind that the Buddhist cultivators shared. But at this point, the Virtuous Zen Master was starting to develop doubts.

The Buddhist lights around his body became brighter and brighter, but they became more and more unstable too.

If the people in front of him were not Xiao Yan, Wang Lin and the others, the Buddhist lights that the Virtuous Zen Master revealed were enough to cleanse and engulf many cultivators below the Immortal Soul Stage.

"When the Great Thunderclap Temple was destroyed, I was still able to stabilize myself and get rid of my inner demons. But now, my inner demons have been summoned…" After a while, the Virtuous Zen Master shook his head while laughing bitterly, "I have sinned. I have sinned!"

Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and Shi Tianhao turned serious.

Zhu Yi said, "Zen Master, I'm sorry. We didn't have the intention to offend you or anything to do with Buddhism."

"It's just that whatever that is going to come will come. To attain freedom, it's only through understanding the path of Dao that we are walking on. Otherwise, the path will only get narrower and narrower, and the sufferings that we will receive will only become greater and greater."

The Virtuous Zen Master calmed himself down and asked them, "Have all of you reported your findings to Master Lin? What did he say?"

The four of them looked at one another and Xiao Yan replied, "Very long ago, I reported this to Master. That happened when I developed a little doubt and conception about this matter. But now, I have a deeper understanding of it, although it's still very preliminary. I haven't reported this to Master yet though."

The Virtuous Zen Master looked at Xiao Yan, "What did Master Lin say then?"

"He did not comment, and only asked us to explore further." After Xiao Yan spoke finish, the Virtuous Zen Master did not seem to relax and the bitter smile on his face turned even more bitter, "Don't tell me Master Lin has already known about this?"

The four of them were silent and the Virtuous Zen Master shook his head repeatedly, "Don't worry, my zen mind won't be crushed. Although I find it difficult to accept what all of you are saying, I still feel guilty."

He smiled slightly, "During then Anti-Celestial Sect War, I saw the Cause and Effect World from afar. Although it was unclear, I had a premonition then. But I didn't expect that it actually came true today."

He sighed, "Because of what happened then, I was already prepared. As I just heard all of you, I can still control myself. Otherwise, it'll be even worse. I may even run amok and my zen mind may even be crushed."

The Virtuous Zen Master walked out of the Tripitaka Block in a shaky state. It was such a rare sight to see a Buddhist cultivator in the Golden Form Second Level acting like this

Although his zen mind was not crushed, he was still in a disastrous state. The Amitabha Spell Body subtly appeared, but it was filled with crack marks. It was like a ceramic piece that was heavily struck and was about to crack into many pieces.

Xiao Yan followed him, but he did not speak. He was only being an escort.

Whether the Virtuous Zen Master could overcome this barrier, it depended on him. If he could, he might even become stronger than ever. If he couldn't, his Amitabha Spell Body could be crushed and falling back to the Golden Form First Level would even be a blessing.

In terms of cultivation, the way of karma was not an erroneous concept. On the contrary, it was a concept that was very deep.

But to a Buddhist cultivator, what just happened was undoubtedly a huge blow to him. The deeper one was in his cultivation of Buddhism, the more difficult it was for him to overcome this barrier.

They would develop doubts about themselves, which would carry on into doubts about the way of karma. From a slight doubt, it would slowly develop into a major doubt.

The shaking of one's beliefs could only be handled by a cultivator himself. From the start, he had to remove all doubts from his zen mind. After stabilizing his state of mind and facing the initial barrier again, he would be in a better position to overcome it.

But if he couldn't, he had to start over again.

If something wrong happened in this process, it would be disastrous, signifying years of cultivation going down the drain.

The more skilled one was, the worst the result of a crushed Dao heart.

The Mantra of the Great Oblivion was an exception. A cultivator with a crushed Dao heart could normally cultivate other mantras, but those who cultivated the Mantra of the Great Oblivion had no such choice to make.

"Comrade Xiao, please return. I am fine. I wish to descend the mountain and take a walk." The Virtuous Zen Master gestured and Xiao Yan replied while shaking his head, "Let me follow you, Zen Master."

The Virtuous Zen Master grinned, "There's no need to do so. You don't have to worry about me. I will not leave the Mount Kunlun region. The furthest I will go is only Shazhou County."

Since he was determined, Xiao Yan could only let him do what he wanted. After bidding Xiao Yan goodbye, the Virtuous Zen Master came to Shazhou County. He watched as the people walked on the streets.

After a long while, he sighed and sat above a small mountain in the Mount Kunlun region. He looked at everything in front of him quietly.

His normally peaceful and wise look was now filled with confusion.

Although the Virtuous Zen Master looked like an old man, his pupils flashed with light and glowed brightly. He did not seem old at all, but now his eyes looked just like a frail old man.

"Way of karma…blasphemy…nothing to do with karma…then what concept does the Heavens and Earth follow? Does everything originate from the same source? If Dao isn't based on karma, what is it based on then?" The Virtuous Zen Master's body flashed with Buddhist lights, which jerked tremendously.

The Buddhist lights gathered to form a huge Buddhist spell body. It was entirely golden and flashed with red light. This spell body sat on a lotus flower and full Moon. There were eight peacocks lifting it up. On the right hand of this spell body, it held a lotus. On its left hand, there was a bell. This was the appearance of the Amitabha Spell Body.

Right now, the body of the Buddha flashed with light, which shone brightly in the world.

But at this point, this spell body that the Virtuous Zen Master revealed kept on distorting. It was also filled with cracks on its body, as if they were spider webs.

Void space broke open and an old monk appeared. As he saw the Virtuous Zen Master, he was shocked, "Senior Virtuous Zen, what is going on with you?!"

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Chapter 1049: Celestial Sect of Wonders, Satanic Sect?

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The body of the Virtuous Zen Master did not move. He sat on the top of the mountain, but the Amitabha Spell Body above him kept on distorting. The cracks developed more and more.

As the old monk revealed himself, he was extremely shocked as he witnessed this scene. He did not even bother speaking and just clasped his palm. Above his head, Buddhist lights surged too.

The lights above this old monk gathered to form a huge ancient Buddha, which was pure-golden in color. Blue lights flashed around the body of this Buddha and it sat on a seat lifted by eight elephants. The Buddha held a vajra and bell. This was the Acalanatha Spell Body that cultivated the Acalanatha Tathagata Mantra.

"Stabilize!" As this old monk roared, the Buddhist lights around the Acalanatha Spell Body engulfed the body of the Virtuous Zen Master.

But this action of his could not stop the Amitabha Spell Body of the Virtuous Zen Master from trembling. It seemed like it could shatter any time.

"You are not hurt by anyone, but your zen mind has wavered. But, how is that possible?!" The old monk creased his brows and the Acalanatha Spell Body above him did the same.

In the next moment, a weird and miraculous seal was formed, which landed on the Virtuous Zen Master.

The Amitabha Spell Body of the Virtuous Zen Master was on the verge of crushing, but this stopped suddenly.

The seal formed by the old monk was the strongest seal spell in the Acalanatha Tathagata Mantra. It was the Seal of Acalanatha Supreme Secret Manual of Mantra Origins.

After being suppressed by the seal, the Amitabha Spell Body of the Virtuous Zen Master stabilized. But the look of confusion on his face became greater and greater, "Without the understanding of karma, how can we talk about spells and mantras? But beyond karma, is there anything else…"

The old monk was shocked, "Senior Virtuous Zen, what are you talking about?!"

Before he even finished speaking, the Virtuous Zen Master snorted. The stabilized Amitabha Spell Body cracked suddenly!

Right now, boundless lights shone on the Heavens and Earth. For thousands of miles, only white light could be seen.

The mountain beneath the Virtuous Zen Master was turned to nothing. Without the protection of the old monk, the surrounding mountains would have been destroyed too.

As the lights dissipated, the confusion in the look of the Virtuous Zen Master subsided temporarily. But the expression of the old monk was filled with sorrow and trepidation.

That's because the Amitabha Spell Body of the Virtuous Zen Master had been completely crushed!

This highly skilled monk had fallen from the Golden Form Second Level to the Golden Form First Level.

The Virtuous Zen Master only regained his awareness now and looked at the old monk in front of him. He then laughed bitterly, "Junior Da Ning, it was tough on you previously."

"Senior, what's going on?" The Da Ning Zen Master looked at the Virtuous Zen Master unbelievably, "Your zen mind was shaking just now! What happened exactly?"

The Virtuous Zen Master sighed, "Junior, don't ask anymore. I will deal with it myself. But I forgot to bring the Buddhist collections out for you. Wait for me here, I shall go and retrieve them for you."

The brows of the Da Ning Zen Master rustled as he looked at the Virtuous Zen Master. He said in a deep voice, "Senior, you have always been very clear in your state of mind. In the past, among all of the disciples, your talent was only average, but your state of mind was the most outstanding among everyone."

"Although you improved slowly, you took each step steadily. Although Da Kong and I improved quickly and were touted to be the first two to reach the Golden Form Third Level, I have always reckoned that you will be more successful than both Da Kong and I eventually."

"Having heard that you reached the Golden Form Second Level and cultivated the Amitabha Spell body, I was even planning to congratulate you." As he said till here, the Da Ning Zen Master was filled with anger, "But what happened? Your zen mind was actually shaken and was even on the brink of collapse. The Amitabha Spell Body is now destroyed?"

The Virtuous Zen Master shook his head, "I'm fine, there's no need to worry about me. This is probably another obstacle in my cultivation. Once I overcome it, things will be fine."

The Da Ning Zen Master lamented, "This obstacle must not have come for no reason. You weren't hurt by someone else. For your zen mind to waver, something big must have happened."

He straightened his gaze and turned to the depths of Mount Kunlun, "Since you don't want me to interfere, I believe it has something to do with the Celestial Sect of Wonders?"

The Virtuous Zen Master said, "Junior, do not make wild guesses."

"Monks like us don't lie. Senior, you don't have to lie to me." The Da Ning Zen Master said in a deep voice, "For someone to shake your zen mind, he must have rocked the foundations of Buddhism. You should know that I can't just sit around if this is the case."

Before the Great Thunderclap Temple was destroyed, he was the First Disciple of the Tripitaka Pavilion. He spent his entire life trying to organize the Buddhis scriptures and preach the beliefs of Buddhism. He also tried to re-create the missing Vairocana Sutra, allowing the Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass to be formed once again.

To the Da Ning Zen Master, the scriptures of the Buddhist collections were the most important thing and they were something that he firmly believed in. By getting rid of this staunch belief of his, with his cultivation, his future was bright.

Regarding this, the elders of the Great Thunderclap Temple ever warned him before. Even the Virtuous Zen Master also warned him before. The Da Ning Zen Master was also clear himself, but he was never regretful about it.

The Da Ning Zen Master stared at the Virtuous Zen Master, "Senior, if you won't tell me, I will find the Celestial Sect of Wonders myself."

The Virtuous Zen Master laughed bitterly, "It's not that I don't want to tell you. But before I understand things, I won't want to drag you into the mud with me."

"Are you afraid that my zen mind will be crushed too?" The Da Ning Zen Master shrunk his pupils and his expression turned serious, "You should know that my belief in the Buddhist mantras of our temple is unshakeable. Because of this, rocking my zen mind has to come from the foundation of it…"

As he said till here, the Da Ning Zen Master stopped speaking. He seemed to have been enlightened and was even more furious, "The Celestial Sect of Wonders question our way of karma?!"

The Virtuous Zen Master was silent and the Da Ning Zen Master could only feel extremely enraged, "Even the Great Void Sect can't question the way of karma, this Celestial Sect of Wonders…Celestial Sect of Wonders…"

He calmed himself down, "Is it Lin Feng?"

The Virtuous Zen Master sighed, "No, it's his four most powerful Immediate Disciples. They…comprehended the way of karma and interpreted it differently."

The Da Ning Zen Master raised his brows even further, "The few of them cultivated the own mantras of the Celestial Sect of Wonders and are extremely powerful. But what do they know about the great Dao?"

He looked at the Virtuous Zen Master, "But without any practical discovery, they shouldn't be able to waver your zen mind. What did they tell you exactly?"

The Virtuous Zen Master shook his head and the Da Ning Zen Master said loudly, "Senior, do you want me to go there personally and lecture them about the meaning of Buddhism?"

"Da Ning, your mind is in a state of confusion now!" The Virtuous Zen Master said deeply. The Da Ning Zen Master stared back at him, "Senior, tell me, or I'll go there myself!"

After remaining silent for a moment, the Virtuous Zen Master pointed and his mana converted into a light projection, which revealed what Wang Lin showed him just now.

The light projection depicted whatever that was shown to the Virtuous Zen Master previously and the Da Ning Zen Master was not afraid that the Virtuous Zen Master would trick him. Right now, his powers were above the Virtuous Zen Master. Whether it's a trick, he would know just by seeing.

But as time passed, the Da Ning Zen Master became more and more appalled, "Impossible…impossible…lack of cause doesn't mean lack of result…how can this even exist? Something must be wrong with their mantras!"

"But, two different concepts can't co-exist, how do we explain this then? Is this a sham? It must be, it must be…but…way of karma, blasphemy…what is this…"

The Buddhist lights around the body of the Da Ning Zen Master started to tremble greatly too. The Acalantha Spell Body above him appeared at this point. The supposedly most stable spell body started to be filled with cracks!

The cracks were huge and thick, and were even more frightening than the ones on the Amitabha Spell Body of the Virtuous Zen Master.

What was even more scary was that the own skin complexion of the Da Ning Zen Master turned golden. He was like a Buddha statue that was coated with gold at this moment. But this Buddha statue was entirely filled with cracks.

The Virtuous Zen Master quickly shouted, "Junior, form the Seal of Acalanatha Supreme Manual of Mantra Origins!"

The Da Ning Zen Master was totally lost and he was struggling too, "Acalanatha…Acalanatha Supreme Manual of Mantra Origins? Yes, I should…but, without understanding karma, how can we talk about mantras?"

The Virtuous Zen Master was filled with desolation now. Whatever that he was fearing most was happening now.

The belief and faith in the way of karma by the Da Ning Zen Master was even greater than him and even more unshakeable. But once it shook, the result was worse than him.

And right now, he was also immobile. He could not even help the Da Ning Zen Master if he wanted to.

"Impossible! Impossible! There's nothing beyond the way of karma. Everything is within karma. How can there be anything else except for karma? Satanic concepts! Ridiculous, satanic concepts!" The Da Ning Zen Master was struggling even more and more. He refuted Wang Lin's discovery, but could not stabilize himself.

Even he himself could not believe what he was saying. But he could not control himself. As a highly skilled monk, when it came to relying on his own words to stabilize himself, he was in a mess.

His understanding of Buddhism was even greater than the Virtuous Zen Master. But the doubts that he had were more difficult to dispel. His zen mind was hurt even worse.

After a cry of desolation, the Acalanatha Spell Body was crushed!

"Celestial Sect of Wonders, Satanic Sect!" He roared and turned into a streak of golden light before flying away.

The Virtuous Zen Master was helpless and he sighed.

On Mount Yujing, Lin Feng and his disciples saw this scene. Xiao Yan creased his brows, "Master, the Virtuous Zen Master and…"

Lin Feng shook his head, "Even if I advised them, they still have to go through this. This is the only way that they can progress. Let them think through it. If they can get over their past notions, they will learn even more."

"If they can't understand, I can still advise them. If the Golden Form of the Virtuous Zen Master is not crushed, it's fine."

"Xiao Yan, I shall leave the task of watching over the Virtuous Zen Master to you. Zhu Yi, find out the whereabouts of Da Ning."

Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi bowed, "Yes, Master."

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Chapter 1050: Heated Discussion, Huge Uproar

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The sudden change in the area of Mount Kunlun attracted the attention from elsewhere.

After all, as the current heavyweights of the Divine Lands, any slight movement from the Celestial Sect of Wonders was enough to attract everyone's attention.

At this stage, the Celestial Sect of Wonder was capable of shaking the Divine Lands even with the slightest of movements.

Furthermore, whatever that just happened was no small matter.

The spell bodies of two Golden Form monks were crushed and they fell back to the Golden Form First Level. This was no small matter.

In an instant, everyone's attention was drawn to the Mount Kunlun region. Many great powers were trying to investigate what was going on.

The figure of the Virtuous Zen Master disappeared into the depths of Mount Kunlun. The rest of the powers were afraid of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, thus they were not really in the position to investigate things. Thus, they put all their attention to the other person who escaped.

After a few rounds of investigation, everyone was shocked to find out that that person they were looking for was actually the First Disciple of the Tripitaka Pavilion of the Great Thunderclap Temple, the Da Ning Zen Master, who was initially in the Golden Form Second Level.

It was obvious that he went to a pay a visit to his senior in the past, but for some reason, his Amitabha Spell Body was crushed.

At this point, rumors were rife about what was going on.

Some said that the Virtuous Zen and Da Ning Zen Master had clashed, which caused both to suffer heavy injuries.

There were also those who propagated that the Celestial Sect of Wonders punished the Da Ning Zen Master for being crude towards them. To protect his junior, the Virtuous Zen Master's spell body was also crushed in the process.

There were even those who linked this to the War of Buddha Annihilation, guessing that there might be some insider information.

Just like the aforementioned guesses, different other types of guesses caused an uproar in the Divine Lands.

As different conceptions were proposed, they were refuted by those who were more cultivated. Whereas among the lower-level cultivators, there was a ridiculous amount of rumors being spread.

In the area of the Hengduan Mountains, southeast of Mount Kunlun, void space broke open and a human figure descended down. He landed on a mountain and crushed it.

The tall mountain was turned into a deep valley in an instant. At the bottom of the valley, there was an old monk who looked lost and seemed to be struggling.

This old monk was flashing with a layer of golden light. His entire person was like a live, golden Buddha statue.

It's just that on the surface of his flashing golden appearance, there were several cracks, which resembled spider webs.

This was not a result of him falling from the sky and crashing on the mountain. Rather, it was because his zen mind was hurt and his Golden Form had cracked.

This old monk was the Da Ning Zen Master. His eyes were filled with torment, "There must be something wrong…Something, somewhere must be wrong…"

If he was only just an ordinary monk or Buddhist believer, he wouldn't be in so much pain. But as a cultivator who had formed the Golden Form, he was filled with confusion and struggle now.

In an instant, the Da Ning Zen Master could only feel that his entire world had turned false and his own cultivation in the Golden Form had become unreal. He even felt that his existence had become an illusion.

"Senior Da Ning, what exactly happened?" A middle-aged monk broke through void space and came in front of the Da Ning Zen Master.

The Da Ning Zen Master looked up to him, "Junior…Junior Da Kong?"

It was Monk Da Kong. His normally calm face was filled with surprise now.

Everyone else had to keep on guessing, but as a highly skilled monk in the Golden Form Second Level, witnessing this scene for himself enabled him to deduce that he was not harmed by anyone. Rather, his zen mind had wavered and crushed.

The Da Ning Zen Master struggled to stand up and shook his head, "Da Kong, do you believe that there's no cause and effect in this world?"

Monk Da Kong opened his eyes wide, "What are you saying?!"

As he was in his state of shock, the Da Ning Zen Master opened up his palm and revealed a small Buddha statue. This Buddha statue was flashing with radiance. This radiance covered the Da Ning Zen Master before dissipating soon after.

Monk Da Kong regained his awareness and looked at the Da Ning Zen Master, "Did Lin Feng tell you something? He questioned the way of karma and broke your zen mind?"

The Da Ning Zen Master shook his head in torment, "I have not seen him. I did not even see his disciples. I only saw Senior Virtuous Zen. After that, both our zen minds were crushed…"

"It's the disciples of Lin Feng – Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and Shi Tianhao. It's them…no! Everything originates and ends with karma, they must be wrong. The Celestial Sect of Wonders must be wrong! However…where are they wrong at…I don't get it, I don't get it…"

Monk Da Kong said in a deep voice, "Senior, return to the Great Zhou with me. There are the Golden Forms of Buddhist disciples there. Let us analyze things and seek the truth. We shall prove the Celestial Sect of Wonders wrong and you will have the chance to re-create the Vairocana Sutra!"

The Da Ning Zen Master clasped his palms with difficulty, "No, I have to think things through carefully on my own, I need to understand…the way of karma, blasphemy…there's not cause and effect…how are all these possible?!"

Following his deep and painful muttering of words, the Da Ning Zen Master's figure disappeared along with the Buddhist lights.

Monk Da Kong stood where he was expressionless and did not stop the Da Ning Zen Master from leaving.

He could see that his senior's zen mind was on the brink of collapse. Previously, there were those from other powers that tried to stop the Da Ning Zen Master and he had already expended a lot of his energy. If he had to deal with more, his life might be in more danger.

"What did Senior Da Ning see? What's there in this world that has nothing to do with karma?" Monk Da Kong's gaze became unstable.

While he committed to the Great Zhou Empire, it did not mean that he had betrayed his own Buddhist background. What happened to the Great Thunderclap Temple was because he believed that his own sect had walked the devil's path and betrayed the teachings of the Buddha. And what he did was to make things right again.

As a disciple that was highly rated, Monk Da Kong's current cultivation was not inferior to that of the Da Ning Zen Master or the Virtuous Zen Master.

But as he heard the words of the Da Ning Zen Master, he felt that it was very ridiculous.

Because he did not witness the light projection projected with the mana of the Virtuous Zen Master like the Da Ning Zen Master, Monk Da Kong was both furious and confused at this point.

"Celestial Sect of Wonders…Lin Feng…Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Wang Lin, Shi Tianhao…all of you are trying to shake the foundation of Buddhism? What right do you all have? Based on your little understandings of Buddhist mantras of the Great Thunderclap Temple?"

After being hurt by Zhu Yi and the rest in the Ying Sea, which almost cut off any hopes of progress in the future, Monk Da Kong was never as triggered as today.

But as he calmed himself down, a different type of emotion was spawned in his heart.

It was of…fear?

Monk Da Kong was stunned by this. He had never felt such an emotion in a long time.

This emotion originated from the Da Ning Zen Master and the Virtuous Zen Master. With regards to these two seniors of his, Monk Da Kong had a deep understanding of them. He knew that their zen minds were very stable.

But the zen minds of the two of them were hurt now. Their spell bodies were also crushed!

If there was nothing serious, it would not have caused a reaction.

This left Monk Da Kong curious, "What did Wang Lin, Zhu Yi and the others discover and what did they prove?"

"Whatever it is, there must be some mistake." The gaze of Monk Da Kong became determined slowly, "Senior Virtuous Zen and Da Ning must have been misguided. But they will learn the truth soon. This is also a form of karma."

"Previously, the Great Void Sect once questioned the Buddhist mantras of our temple before. But it turned out to be nothing in the end."

The Virtuous Zen Master clasped his palms, "I'm not here, you're not here, he is not here, but the way of karma still remains. Karma still exists. People may not understand karma, but it's not because it is non-existent."

He returned to the Great Zhou Empire and reported everything to Liang Pan. After that, he retreated and did not speak for many days.

When Monk Da Kong awoke from his meditation, he lifted a Buddhist pearl and this pearl flashed with light, revealing a human figure. It was that of the Da Ning Zen Master.

The Da Ning Zen Master looked even more lethargic than before. Monk Da Kong looked at him and said, "Senior Da Ning, what did you see exactly that day. Please tell me. I will also like to test the mettle of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. I will like to see what they have to say about the way of karma."

The Da Ning Zen Master had a glimmer of hope in his eyes, amidst the confusion and struggle he felt.

He did not wish to believe that the way of karma was false. But he could not argue against Wang Lin's evidence. In the depths of his heart, he wished that others would also refute what he saw and prove the other party wrong.

A light ball was passed to the Buddhist pearl of Monk Da Kong from Da Ning Zen Master's own pearl.

As the light projection disappeared and connection was cut, Monk Da Kong looked at the Buddhist pearl in front of him quietly. He extended a finger and pointed.

"There have been many powerful cultivators from the Great Thunderclap Temple in our history. Whatever that we have learnt has been passed down since time immemorial. In the Grand Celestial World, we are considered quite exceptional too. No one has ever shaken the foundation of the way of karma, but now, it's being questioned by a few juniors? Ridiculous!"

At this point, someone appeared in the chamber that he was retreating in and stopped him.

"Your Majesty?" Monk Da Kong was shocked as he looked at Liang Pan. Liang Pan shook his head towards him, "With due respect, Zen Master, please stop what you are doing now."

Monk Da Kong remained calm, "The empire is trying to get in touch with the Celestial Sect of Wonders. I understand that and I will respect your wishes."

"However, are you worried that I will become like my seniors Virtuous Zen and Da Ning? Do you also believe that the ridiculous theory of the Celestial Sect of Wonders will rock the foundation of the way of karma?"

When it came to such matters, even in the face of Liang Pan, Monk Da Kong would not step back easily.

Liang Pan shook his head easily, "With regards to your cultivation, I will not interfere. But if you want to go to Mount Kunlun to discuss things with the Celestial Sect of Wonders, I don't think it's necessary."

Monk Da Kong looked at Liang Pan and Liang Pan continued saying, "Over these few days that you have retreated, a heated discussion has ensued in the Divine Lands. A huge uproar has been caused."

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Chapter 1051: Bunch of Monks Goes to Mount Kunlun!

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Right now, in the Divine Lands, a huge commotion was going on.

There was news that spread that the spell bodies of the Virtuous Zen Master and Da Ning Zen Master were crushed not because they were injured by anyone, but because someone broke their zen minds.

The blame was shifted onto the Celestial Sect of Wonders, and more specifically, Lin Feng's four Immediate Disciples – Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and Shi Tianhao.

The rumors propagated that the four of them shook the foundation of the way of karma. This caused the zen minds of the Virtuous Zen Master and Da Ning Zen Master to be hurt and they were on the verge of crushing.

After a period of silence, a greater uproar was created in the Divine Lands again.

10 years after the Great Thunderclap Temple was destroyed, this sacred ground had become the focus of the Divine Lands once again.

To many of the later generation cultivators, the Great Thunderclap Temple was a place that belonged to history. They no longer had any practical use in the current era.

No matter how glorious it once was, it was now nothing.

But for those with higher cultivations, the Great Thunderclap Temple was a significant part of the history of the Divine Lands. It could not be underestimated.

If not for the fact that it was dealt a huge blow by the Hades Emperor 4600 years ago during the War of the Two Worlds, it might still be present in the Divine Lands now.

Although the first Holy Ground of the Divine Lands was the Great Void Sect, in the ordinary world, the scale of the Buddhist believers was the greatest.

The way of karma that it always preached was also recognized in the Divine Lands as a supreme concept to be followed.

However, many also reckoned that it was a difficult path to tread. They believed that no one was capable of transcending it.

Even though the Buddhist collections mentioned that the Buddha had comprehended the past, present and the future, anyone who understood things knew that it was exaggerated.

However, although the Great Void Sect and other powers had their own mantras, no one had actually rocked the foundation of the way of karma ever.

Regardless whether it was the Hades Emperor who cut off the Buddhist fortunes or the War of Buddha Annihilation, whatever that was destroyed were only people and matter. The concept of Buddhism was never once threatened.

Right now, as such a news spread, that the Celestial Sect of Wonders' disciples had destabilized the foundation of the way of karma, which led to the crushing of the zen minds of the two Golden Form Second Level cultivators, the entire Divine Lands was in shock.

There were those who were stunned, while there were also those who were doubtful. In fact, there were so many types of reactions to what just happened.

Some believed that this was just a sham and that the news was not true. There were also some who thought that Lin Feng found out a loophole in the way of karma. To protect himself, he used his disciples to test what the reaction would be if news spread.

Not long after, more news spread that there were Buddhist disciples that made a trip to Mount Kunlun.

Ever since the War of Buddha Annihilation, the Great Thunderclap Temple fell and many monks escaped. But many of them were also unfortunate, especially those who were of lower cultivations. Right now, they had disappeared from the Divine Lands.

Some of them escaped to Middle Worlds or alternate planes of spaces to hide themselves, whereas some chose to live secretly as they concealed their real names.

But this time, many of the Buddhist disciples who were of lower cultivations had actually come out of their hiding to proceed to Mount Kunlun.

It's not that they wanted to join the Celestial Sect of Wonders. On the contrary, they wanted to discuss with the Celestial Sect of Wonders, with Wang Lin and the rest about their theory. They wanted to protect the concept of Buddhism.

To the human cultivation world in the Divine Lands, while this matter caused a huge uproar, it did not directly affect their lives.

But to many Buddhist monks, the challenge against the relevance of the way of karma was in a way another War of Buddha Annihilation to them.

Without the temple, they could still cultivate wherever they wanted as long as Buddha was in their hearts. To these helpless monks who could not stop the annihilation of the Great Thunderclap Temple in the past, they still had this last glimmer of hope in their hearts.

If they cultivated properly, there would still be a day that they could rise again.

But whatever that just happened wavered their beliefs. This caused many monks to be lost, which propelled them to proceed towards Mount Kunlun. They needed to find out what was going on.

There were those in the Nascent Soul Stage, Aurous Core Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage and even Qi Cultivation Stage among these monks.

As compared to a small power, their strength was relatively great. But compared to a great power, they paled in comparison. Against the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they were even more insignificant.

But they still went to Mount Kunlun of their own accord. This was like a pilgrimage.

Ever since the Great Thunderclap Temple was destroyed, there were no longer any news about them. After they had separated from one another so long ago, they were finally reuniting at Mount Kunlun.

Seniors and juniors, elders and juniors, grand-elders and grand-juniors. There were even Masters and disciples.

When they met one another, there were no longer any formalities. They greeted one another and continued to move together on the road to Mount Kunlun.

Perhaps out of other considerations, concerns about the Celestial Sect of Wonders' theory about the way of karma or even pity for the beliefs of this bunch of monks, the various powers in the Divine Lands did not make it difficult for these monks.

Even the powers that took part in the War of Buddha Annihilation did not trouble them. Even the Great Zhou Empire adopted a 'close one eye' attitude as they passed through.

Only Monk Da Kong and a few monks under the Great Zhou Empire did not proceed towards Mount Kunlun, as they were restricted by the Great Zhou Empire.

But they were still suppressed emotionally. They discussed heatedly and reflected on the way of karma.

Regardless whether it was the Buddhist disciples in the Great Zhou Empire or the ones who went to Mount Kunlun, they were adamant about the accuracy of the way of karma. But they still felt a tinge of fear in their hearts.

The Virtuous Zen Master and Da Ning Zen Master ran amok at the same time and their zen minds were affected. This was something that could no longer be explained by coincidence.

Did the way of karma really possess a loophole, or was there an inherent problem with it?

This thought rose in the minds of all the Buddhist disciples. They swept it off their minds, but this thought returned again.

Monk Da Kong did not go to Mount Kunlun himself and stopped his own disciples too. But he went into retreat again with news from the Da Ning Zen Master.

He wanted to find out what discovery the Celestial Sect of Wonders made. After that, he wanted to debunk whatever they theorized. Although he couldn't go to Mount Kunlun now, there would be a day that he would clarify things with Wang Lin and the others.

On Mount Baiyun, a lady in green stood at the bottom of the mountain and looked at the bunch of monks. She said softly, "Reverend Yuan Xin, are you really going to go?"

In front of her, there was a middle-aged monk. He was in the Nascent Soul Stage and behind him, there were a bunch of monks who varied in their cultivations. But they all looked very serious now.

The middle-aged man who was called Yuan Xin nodded his head, "This is related to my Buddhist mantras. We have no choice but to do this. We need to see what ridiculous reasoning the Celestial Sect has come up with!"

The monks behind him clasped their palms together and chanted a Buddhist scripture.

Yan Mingyue looked at the disappearing back figures of the bunch of monks and looked worried, "Senior, I feel that the Celestial Sect of Wonders is not spouting nonsense.

A youth appeared beside her. He was Lin Daohan.

Right now, Lin Daohan looked as ordinary as ever. But he gave off a weird feeling, as if he was more charming than before.

And this change seemed to be occurring all the time. Every instant, he was changing, although the change every instant was very minor.

"If this is the act of Lin Feng, I fear that this may be true. But if this came from his disciples, I'm am a little unclear." Lin Daohan replied, "But for the zen minds of the two monks to be crushed, I believe that a loophole must have been discovered. But whether there's a mistake, there's still a need to verify."

Yan Mingyue sighed, "Our ancestors once did the same thing with the Great Thunderclap Temple, but nothing was changed. Right now, the Celestial Sect of Wonders…"

Lin Daohan's gaze flashed, "In reality, studying the Buddhist scriptures have also increased my doubts slowly. But like the elders, my doubts remain as doubts. I have had no practical progress."

"From what I sense, this time, it may really be another round of Buddha annihilation."

He said gradually, "And to the Celestial Sect of Wonders, if they don't handle this well, the impact of it will be far-reaching. It's not just about Buddhism."

Yan Mingyue nodded her head, "Today, they can destroy the way of karma. Tomorrow, they can do the same to the others too. In the long-run, they may be isolated. Even those who are friendly with them may start to keep their distance."

"Not to even mention about profits or the fear of their powers, this matter concerns the foundation of every sect. It's enough to make the various powers develop a fear towards the intentions of the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

In fact, many of the great powers were keeping tabs on the progress of these bunch of monks.

Logically speaking, they hoped that the Celestial Sect of Wonders had gotten it wrong. Whether the Celestial Sect of Wonders lost its face was unimportant. The key thing was that this form of pressure by the Celestial Sect of Wonders towards the mantras of others undoubtedly led to the development of fear towards the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The way of karma was already an outstanding concept in the Divine Lands. Even the Great Void Sect could do nothing about it for so many years.

Inside the imperial palace in Xiling City of the Great Qin Empire, Prince Gunyang snorted, "If Lin Feng was the one who suggested everything, it's still fine. But his disciples won't have much understanding about the great Dao even if they are exceptional. How dare they try to refute a concept that has been around for years?"

Prince Nanming shook his head, "Maybe it's all because of Lin Feng. But it's just that he wants to protect himself, thus he implicated his disciples, so that he will have an alternate route to take if things go south."

Prince Anliang then added on hesitantly, "But even the Virtuous Zen Master and Da Ning Zen Master were…"

Prince Gunyang said, "While their cultivations are considered impeccable, they are only in the Golden Form Second Level. They are not representative of the highest level of Buddhism! Not to even mention if the Buddha is still around, even if only one of his ten disciples are around, he will be able to refute the ridiculous theory by the Celestial Sect of Wonders!"

"Even for the Great Thunderclap Temple before it was annihilated, they possessed Golden Form Third Level cultivators that can stand their ground against the Celestial Sect."

Prince Jingfang spoke suddenly, after remaining quiet for so long, "What if Lin Feng was the one who advised them?"

The entire palace went quiet.

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Chapter 1052: Dao Heart Crusher

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As Prince Jingfang spoke, everyone went silent.

In fact, in their hearts, they half-believed whatever that was going on.

After all, for the zen minds of the Virtuous Zen and Da Ning Zen Master to be hurt and their spell bodies to be crushed, they must have met with a traumatic experience that was so great that it could rock their foundations.

Even while Prince Gunyang sounded very assured, he was not so confident in his heart. Otherwise, he would not have been so agitated.

On many occasions, Lin Feng turned the impossible possible, which rang the alarm bells in the hearts of all of them around.

During the battle at Mount Shu, Lin Feng managed to point out the problem that even the Mount Shu Sword Sect was unaware of. Eventually, the Immortal Heaven Universal Sword Formation was turned to the Heaven-Destroying Sword Formation. This caused the sword wills of the Mount Shu Sword cultivators to be crushed.

Today's matter seemed like the repeat of what happened in the past.

Shi Yu, who was on the dragon throne, opened his mouth and said, "Regardless of what we say, from what it seems now, the Celestial Sect of Wonders' losses will be greater than their gains."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. Whatever that the Celestial Sect of Wonders did this time had pushed them to become the opposition of Buddhism.

If it was ten thousand years ago, the Great Thunderclap Temple might have declared war on the Celestial Sect of Wonders already. Even if they did not clash heavily, they were bound to be enemies.

While the Buddhist movement had weakened and the Great Thunderclap Temple had ceased to exist anymore, Buddhism was not eradicated yet. The Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass was still an exceptional Buddhist manual in the entire Grand Celestial World.

During the War of Buddha Annihilation, out of the last four Golden Form Third Level cultivators, three of them lost their lives, but one of the supreme elder, the Zhi Heng Zen Master, managed to escape.

Although the Great Thunderclap Temple was destroyed, a part of it was still alive. But because of the environment before, it had to maintain a low-profile.

And now that the Celestial Sect of Wonders had risen quickly and Lin Feng had been treating the Virtuous Zen Master very well, collecting sariras and Buddhist collections, the other powers in the Divine Lands all thought that the remaining powers of the Great Thunderclap Temple then might have committed to the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Thus, the powers of the Celestial Sect of Wonders managed to become greater and greater.

But now it seemed like the Celestial Sect of Wonders had shot themselves in the foot.

Even the Da Ning Zen Master was tempted by the Virtuous Zen Master to join the Celestial Sect of Wonders. But now, they seemed to have become enemies instead.

Whereas the Virtuous Zen Master was heavily injured because of this. His powers had declined and his future was unknown.

Disregarding any external influence, the influence of the Celestial Sect of Wonders was negatively impacted.

These were losses that could be calculated. The intangible losses that were difficult to be measured were bound to be greater.

The Virtuous Zen Master, who had contributed greatly to the sect, was reduced to such a state. For Zhuge Zhan, Miao Shihao, Kang Nanhua and the rest, how would they think?

The Dual Polarity Heavenly Mountain, Xuan Heaven Seal and the Cang Heaven Spell Blade, how would these Mahayana level magic treasures with some degree of freedom think?

As for others who want to commit to the Celestial Sect of Wonders, would they not develop their doubts now?

Maybe everything was just an accident. The Celestial Sect of Wonders would not wish for something like this to happen, but if it happened again, who could ensure that he was not the one who was going to be implicated?

And to the Great Qin Empire, Purple Clouds Sect, Royal House of the Northern Tribes, Sword of Radiance Sect, Lightning Sword Sect and other powers, they might have the same misgivings too.

Thus, it was not only Shi Yu, Shi Zongmao, Shi Zongtang and the other Great Qin Empire that were monitoring the situation now. The rest of the human cultivation race were also watching the developments on Mount Kunlun.

Maybe it's because they did not receive news, could not free themselves or perhaps even out of other considerations, the bunch of monks that headed towards Mount Kunlun now did not involve any Golden Form cultivators.

The highest cultivated of them all were only Monk Yuan Xin and Monk Yuan Cheng, who were both in the Advanced Nascent Soul Stage.

Under their leadership, the bunch of monks gathered together. Without making a sound, they broke through space and flew towards the north foot of Mount Kunlun, where the Yun Peak and Mirror Lake were.

Although none of them were in the Golden Form, they still possessed some stature on their own.

The slightest movement in the Mount Kunlun area could be detected by the Celestial Sect of Wonders. As the monks gathered, Lin Feng and his disciples would be informed naturally.

Zhu Yi and Wang Lin stood on Mount Yujing, as their vision transcended void space, landing on the mountains of Mount Kunlun.

"Tian Tai, Tian Chi, remember to proceed with in proper sequence." Zhu Yi said. Behind him, Yang Tie and Li Xingfei bowed and acknowledged, "Yes, Master."

The two of them left the mountain and proceeded towards Yun Peak. Zhu Yi then turned to Wang Lin, "Although what's happening now is expected after what happened to Da Ning Zen Master, we did not expect things to develop till this stage at the beginning."

"However, the logic has become clearer and clearer. This is a path we have to tread."

Wang Lin nodded his head, "Let me take a look at the Virtuous Zen Master."

Yang Tie and Li Xingfei descended Yun Peak and came to the Mirror Lake. The bunch of monks came before them and greeted them as a form of respect.

Although the lack of appearance of Wang Lin, Zhu Yi and the rest left these monks slightly displeased, they could do nothing about it. After all, the only ones befitting of the status of Wang Lin and the others were only characters like the Da Ning Zen Master and Monk Da Kong.

And while Yang Tie and Li Xingfei were only in the Aurous Core Stage, their statuses were now low. They were both the First Disciples of Zhu Yi and Wang Lin respectively.

There was a young monk who thought, "If we rile the both of you, I wonder if your Masters can still hold back?"

Yuan Xin remained calm, "We are here for no other reason than to discuss about the way of karma after hearing that your sect has a different interpretation."

Yang Tie turned to Li Xingfei and Li Xingfei nodded her head. She answered calmly, "We are aware of your intentions. Thus, we are here to receive all of you."

"I wonder if all of you are paying a visit to the Virtuous Zen Master, or are all of you going straight to discuss about the matter?"

Yuan Xin and Yuan Cheng shook their heads, "We can discuss straightaway. Things are not in a hurry with regards to Elder Virtuous Zen."

In fact, some of the monks thought that the Virtuous Zen Master deserved what he got for asking for trouble. But the Virtuous Zen Master was a respected figure, thus they were not in a position to comment too much.

Yang Tie said, "Please forgive us for our unpleasant hosting." After they finished conversing, the bunch of monks were guided to Yun Peak and came to the main pavilion.

After entering the pavilion, they took their seats and faced Yang Tie and Li Xingfei. They did not cause any trouble and they only spoke to Yuan Xin and Yuan Cheng.

"With regards to your words, I'm afraid that I can't agree with them." Yuan Cheng clasped his palms and recited a Buddhist phrase, "There are many weird occurrences in this world. We are also not ignorant individuals."

"Over these years, I have been living in the rural areas. I have seen many of such things too. While they may seem ridiculous and without reason, they actually conceal the truth and ordinary people just can't figure the truth out."

Yuan Cheng continued saying, "For example, there was a guy that had a dream. He was bitten by a huge worm, which caused him to be jolted from his sleep every night. Because he couldn't sleep well, he became more and more frail."

"Once, he was killed in his dream by that huge worm. After he awoke, he found a small worm that was around the size of his thumb and which looked like the one in his dream by the side of his window. The worm was already dead and the man no longer had any nightmares."

"There were stories that he killed the worm in his dream, but the worm was nothing more than a demonic matter. It could only enter dreams to harm people and their souls, but it was in fact very weak. If it was hurt by others in their dreams, its own soul would be destroyed and it would die for real."

Yuan Cheng looked at Li Xingfei and Yang Tie, saying, "Some things can't be explain using karma because we don't understand karma. It's not that karma doesn't exists."

Yuan Xin opened his palms, "Please take a look. These are two steel balls with roughly similar weights."

He was holding a steel ball in each of his palm. They looked the same too. Yuan Xin then said, "To a normal person, these two steel balls cannot be differentiated in terms of their weight. Even with the most accurate scale, the difference can't be told."

"Even for a Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator and even a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, he can't sense nor weigh them accurately."

"But this does not mean that they are of the same weight." Yuan Xin said, "I myself, or even the both of you, can sense the slight difference in weight between both balls."

Li Xingfei and Yang Tie looked at each other before smiling. Li Xingfei said, "But when we are looking in the perspective of a normal person, or even a Qi Cultivation or Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, we can't tell the difference in the weight of the two balls."

Yuan Xin smiled too, "You are right. But it's hard to find such steel balls. Most of the steel balls can be weighed now."

Li Xingfei shook her head, "But there is also another situation. That is, if we keep using the same method, then no matter when, there will be some steel balls that can't be differentiated in terms of their weight."

The bunch of monks shook their heads, "That's impossible."

Someone was even laughing in his heart, "For so long, no one shook the foundation of Buddhism, not even the Great Void Sect. If you want to make noise, wait till the Celestial Sect of Wonders has been around for thousands of years first!"

Li Xingfei remained calm and pointed, causing a light projection to appear.

A while later, on Mount Yujing, Lin Feng thought of something and he turned towards void space at the bottom of the mountain. He then picked his brows.

"Firstly, Mount Shu's fragile heart was broken by me. Now, it's the turn of Buddhism. But seriously, I'm not here to crush the Dao hearts of others."

"Don't tell me that I'll be associated as a Dao heart crusher in the future. This is not a nice nickname to have."

He shook his head and looked at the Virtuous Zen Master, "Zen Master, let's continue."

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Chapter 1053: Many Unbelievers Around, But They Were In a Conundrum

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Right now, in front of Lin Feng, the Virtuous Zen Master revealed his Golden Form like the Da Ning Zen Master before.

He turned entirely into a golden Buddha statue and his body flashed with golden radiance.

But on his golden body, there were also web-like cracks, but they were not as serious as that of the Da Ning Zen Master.

But the state of mind of the Virtuous Zen Master was vastly different from before.

His gaze was filled with thought and enlightenment, and he was not as lost and troubled as before.

While his Golden Form was still filled with cracks, it did not give a feeling of desolation anymore. That's because the Buddhist lights that he emitted were calm and steady, while containing a sense of freedom.

Lin Feng laughed, "Zen Master, you are indeed wise and courageous!"

The Virtuous Zen Master clasped his palms, shaking his head and said, "Master Lin, your words embarrass me. If it not were for your advice, I wouldn't know when I will break out from my previous state. If I delay any further, my Golden Form would have been crushed."

"Zen Master, your words are too serious." Lin Feng shrugged, "It's best that you can understand the concept on your own. For others to tell you, it beats the purpose."

"This is the reason why I never interfere previously. Although I did discuss things with you after that, I felt uncomfortable and I was afraid of delaying your cultivation."

Lin Feng revealed a smile on his face, "But you are indeed a wise monk. Although I did interfere a little, I did not delay your cultivation. This leaves me very pleased."

He shook his head and said, "Actually, from the start, if a Buddhist disciple can be enlightened about the brilliance of both the way of karma and the blasphemous theory, it will be the best. Now that I have been implicated, I am still a little off. I will still need you and the various skilled monks to put in more effort."

The Virtuous Zen Master smiled and was filled with wisdom, "Without your help, I would not have been able to get out of the well that I was in."

"Getting out of the well is nothing compared to acknowledging that you are in the well. I may possess minor wisdom, but I am lacking in major wisdom."

Lin Feng looked in the direction of void space below Mount Yujing, "It's just that what's happening today is not what I wish for."

"How can I blame them?" The Virtuous Zen Master laughed, "It's my fault. If I did not say anything to Junior Da Ning, none of this would have happened."

Lin Feng replied, "You can't put it this way. You were just trying to avoid a conflict between your junior and the sect. However, your junior is not part of the sect. He can do whatever he wants and we can't interfere in his decision."

"If he came to reason it out with us, we will not avoid him too. As long as no one is harmed and nothing is destroyed, we won't put him in a spot."

"If the Da Ning Zen Master leaves and converses with anyone on his way, we cannot stop him either. I sent my disciple to escort him only to ensure his safety, in case he's ambushed by anyone with ill-intentions. Once he is safe at his destination, the escort will leave."

Lin Feng placed his hands behind his back and said, "Although my disciples and I have explored the way of karma, we have no intention of offending Buddhism. I revealed everything to you in the hope that you can benefit from it."

"We won't leak information out on purpose. But if they do really leak out, we won't conceal the truth completely. With regards to something like this, I consider it unworthy to do so."

"As the concept becomes clearer and clearer, it won't change because of one's perception, nor will it just disappear. If someone can prove that we are wrong, we are glad to accept our mistake. We are all just trying to explore this path of cultivation."

Lin Feng said, "Just like how I have benefitted following my discussion with you today."

The Virtuous Zen Master creased his brows and said, "But it's just that the impact of this matter will not be good. It may lead to a misunderstanding by the other powers towards the sect and can also initiate their fear towards us."

Lin Feng laughed, "There's no harm in that. In fact, this is quite common in the history of the Divine Lands. However, it's because it's about the way of karma this time that the reaction has been so intense."

The Virtuous Zen Master laughed bitterly as he heard that.

He looked at void space below Mount Yujing too and he sighed as he looked at the pavilion above the Yun Peak, "If we can get through this ordeal, better days will come. If we can't, suffering will await us."

"For us Buddhist disciples, jumping out of the 'well' is the way to attain freedom. Otherwise, there will be another day where we will be trapped in another 'well'."

Right now, in the pavilion on the Yun Peak, it was like a vicious battleground.

It was a vicious battleground that saw no blood or stains.

The bunch of monks were all very serious now. They did not speak and seemed to be stoned in positions.

Those who were of lower cultivations were acting more normally, but they were still cursing Li Xingfei and Yang Tie in their agitated states. But when they were invited to preach their concept, they stammered and could only look to their elders.

But in the eyes of Yuan Xin, Yuan Cheng and the other more highly cultivated monks, they were only filled with confusion now. Their lips were trembling, but they did not speak.

Especially those in the Nascent Soul Stage. Right now, they were all flashing with bright Buddhist lights. It was obvious that they could no longer control themselves.

Yang Tie creased his brows and clasped his palms together. He exhibited the Central Chaotic Heavens Sealing World Spell, which engulfed all the monks.

As they were triggered, the monks started to attack Yang Tie. Yang Tie did not speak and combined his spell with the Shield of Turning Heaven's Will, resisting the attacks of the monks.

Yuan Xin and Yuan Cheng reacted, quickly stopping their fellow disciples, "All, please stop what you are doing. Comrade Yang is doing this to prevent your Buddhist lights from losing control and engulfing the disciples of lower cultivations around you."

Not long after the situation was kept under control, the atmosphere in the pavilion became extremely impatient.

Li Xingfei said, "Whoever wishes to join in the discussion can remain."

Many of the monks looked very distracted and lost. They stood where they were. Some of them revealed to be deep in thought. They sat cross-legged and started to meditate. There were also those who couldn't calm themselves down.

They were unable to accept that the way of karma was being questioned and that there were things that the way of karma couldn't explain. But they were not in the mood to debate, thus their minds were in a mess. Their inner demons started to surface and the Celestial Sect of Wonders felt like hell to them. Subconsciously, they wanted to escape.

"Everything is nothing except karma!" Someone shouted before bursting out of the pavilion. He descended Yun Peak and rushed towards Mount Kunlun faraway.

After him, other monks started to rush out of the pavilion. They wanted to keep their distance from the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Li Xingfei and Yang Tie were speechless. As long as they did not cause any destruction, they didn't bother with them.

The actions of these escaping monks only brought about a single conclusion – leaving the various sects and powers in the Divine Lands petrified.

Their hope now was placed on Virtuous Zen, Da Ning and other Golden Form cultivators. They placed their greatest hope on the only surviving supreme elder of the Great Thunderclap Temple, the Zhi Heng Zen Master, who was in the Golden Form Third Level.

After the Zhi Heng Zen Master escaped, news of him appeared very rarely. The last time he was seen was more than a few decades ago in the Greater World. Some claimed to have seen him in the Void Battleground, but since then, there was no longer any news about him.

For those who knew about Monk Da Kong, they also placed their hopes on him. After all, he was an exceptional figure in the past.

Liang Pan was also monitoring the situation of the retreating Monk Da Kong. If the mistake in the Celestial Sect of Wonder's theory could be pointed out, a huge blow could be dealt to the Celestial Sect of Wonders even if it's not now.

"Oh?" Liang Pan's gaze flashed. In the next moment, he had already came to the chamber where Monk Da Kong was retreating in.

In front of him was a frightening scene. Monk Da Kong sat cross-legged on the ground. While he was calm and peaceful, his forehead was filled with perspiration!

Above his body, Buddhist lights gathered to form the Amoghasiddhi Spell Body. The spell body held a vajra on his right hand and bell on his left hand. The seat that the spell body was sitting on was lifted by a bird with a human body and long horn.

This spell body started to surface with cracks, like a dry plot of land or a broken piece of ceramic.

The huge spell body kept on distorting and was on the verge of breaking.

Liang Pan was extremely stunned and extended his palm out to protect the Amoghasiddhi Spell Body of Monk Da Kong. But the cracks that surfaced on the spell body came from internally and not effected externally.

Even Liang Pan could not suppress this collapse of the spell body. This change was brought about by the damaged zen mind of Monk Da Kong. No one hurt him, thus the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai and Great Heavenly Wheels could not do anything to help him.

"Im…Impossible! How can there be something that the way of karma cannot explain? How can there be the existence of anything without any cause or effect? If something like this exists, then other…" Monk Da Kong opened his eyes suddenly. His eyes were filled with a look of torment and struggle, "Celestial Sect of Wonders! The blasphemous theory that you have proposed must be flawed and problematic!"

"Satanic concept! Satanic concept!"

Liang Pan turned pale. He opened his eyes wide as he saw the spell body of Monk Da Kong being crushed and converted to flowing light!

As the spell body of Monk Da Kong was crushed, a thunderstorm raged in the surrounding, threatening to flatten everything nearby. But Liang Pan was around and he wouldn't let the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai face any harm.

But even as Liang Pan was protecting his own Imperial Palace, his face looked a little uncomfortable. He could only watch helplessly as things unfold, which left him extremely down!

And this was only the start!

After the Amoghasiddhi Spell Body was crushed, Monk Da Kong revealed his Golden Form. His Golden Form also surfaced with cracks. The once indestructible Golden Form of him was about to collapse anytime.

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Chapter 1054: Bright Radiance on Mount Kunlun!

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Monk Da Kong, who was gravely injured in the Ying Sea, no longer had any way to improve further.

And right now, his zen mind was damaged and spell body was crushed. There was a huge possibility that it would be difficult for him to even reach the Golden Form Second Level now.

Even his Golden Form was filled with cracks. His current condition was extremely precarious.

But Liang Pan was helpless even in the face of this. He could only watch from one side. This helplessness he felt right now was even worse than seeing an Immortal Soul Stage cultivator under him being killed.

Monk Da Kong neglected the fact whether he could re-form his spell body in the future. He was entirely focused on the way of karma and the blasphemous theory propagated by the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The cracks on the Golden Form mended themselves, but soon after, they cracked once more. As they cracked again, the cracks became even more serious than before.

"Way of karma…blasphemy…no cause and no effect…false! Tracing back the karmic line of time, there must be a reason! All life and matter in the world must be within karma! But…where's the reason…where is it!" Monk Da Kong's brows were raised. He was not only lost, but also filled with anger and ferocity.

He turned to look at the sky, shouting, "Celestial Sect of Wonders!"

However, it's a pity that this roar could not alleviate the situation that he was in. On the other hand, his Golden Form opened with an even bigger and more frightening crack. It was about to tear him into half.

News about Monk Da Kong's zen mind on the verge of crushing was covered up by the Great Zhou Empire.

But as the monks in the Great Zhou Empire kept their silence, it subtly allowed the other powers to discover that something was amiss. This left them perplexed about what was going on.

A lot of them had heavy hearts, as there were no monks who could refute the theory of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Did this prove that the Celestial Sect of Wonders was actually right?

"Is the Buddhist following so weak that no one can stand up for them?" In Xiling City, Prince Gunyang brows were raised and he sounded a little impatient.

While he said that, in the bottom of his heart, he was also doubtful. "Are the mantras of the Celestial Sect of Wonders so powerful? Besides having cultivators with immense powers, do they really possess cultivators with a deep comprehension of the great Dao too?"

Shi Yu remained silent and his expression was unclear. In his eyes, a complex radiance was flashing.

Prince Nanming, Prince Anliang, Prince Jingfang and all the powerful men in the Great Qin Empire were all silent.

At this moment, they were all doing the same thing. They were analyzing their own Secret Manual of the Five Imperial True Dragons!

They were analyzing chapter by chapter, using different angles to question it. They wanted to make sure that there was no flaw in the manual.

If a flaw was discovered, it could affect the Dao hearts of the cultivators if it was a foundational problem. But this was still better than the problem being discovered by outsiders.

"Do not be distracted by the unessential things. We must reflect on the foundation of the manual!" Shi Zongmao looked at Shi Zongyue, Shi Lin and the others, as he instructed.

He was doing the same thing too.

If there were flaws in the less critical aspects, the Dao hearts of the cultivators wouldn't be affected. In fact, every mantra of a sect would have problems that occurred in less critical areas.

The bigger the power, the more outstanding the mantras were. The more it was like this, the more the mantras were being perfected as they were passed down.

With regards to mantras, exploration of the countless great Daos, improving them and perfecting them, this was a path that they had to take.

But if the foundation of a mantra was rocked, it would be like a building with a structural problem. This would cause the entire structure to be placed in peril.

After hearing Shi Zongmao's words, Shi Zongyue and the rest turned gloomy. They nodded their heads but did not speak.

At this point, Shi Yu stood up and said slowly, "Let's go to the Immortal Dragon City.

Shi Zongmao, Shi Zongtang, Shi Zongyue and the rest nodded their heads in unison. Shi Yu unleashed a talisman, which shone brightly in mid-space. Very soon, it turned into a light door, which revealed countless streaks of red lights.

The bunch of Great Qin Elders walked into the light door together.

This same thing happened in many places in the Divine Lands at the same time.

On the Purple Clouds Peak in Mount Thunder, where the Purple Clouds Sect was located, thick thunderclouds covered the peak of the mountain. Light could not pass through these thunderclouds and only the sound of thunder could be heard. They made some waves amidst the gloomy clouds.

In the main pavilion of the Purple Clouds Sect, the Thunderclouds Holy Man remained silent. In front of him, there was an elder, who was the Blue Pavilion Holy Man.

The both them looked at each other without speaking for some time. After a while, the Blue Pavilion Holy Man broke the silence and said, "Our Great Way of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder has always been incomplete."

The voice of the Thunderclouds Holy Man sounded like rumbling thunder, "While it may incomplete, it doesn't mean that Grandmaster Hongdu's mantra is flawed."

The Blue Pavilion Holy Man laughed bitterly, "The problem lies in its incompletion. If we reflect on the foundation of it, I believe we'll find some loopholes."

The Grandmaster Hongdu was an independent cultivator during the Antiquity Age and was known as the Thunder Lord. Although he was an independent cultivator, he was very reputable during the Antiquity Age.

In terms of his thunder spells, only Emperor Tai in the human cultivation world could match up to him.

The Purple Clouds Sect was created by the Purple Clouds Holy Man, who was the eldest disciple under the Thunder Lord. As the Purple Clouds Holy Man created the sect, he developed the current lineage of mantras of the Purple Clouds Sect. But including the Purple Clouds Holy Man, the Purple Clouds Sect recognized the Thunder Lord as the original founder of the Purple Clouds Sect.

As the Thunderclouds Holy Man heard this, he was speechless. After a long while, he said softly, "We shall look at it again."

The Blue Pavilion Holy Man sighed, "We can only do that now."

They turned to the west, which was the direction towards Mount Kunlun. Right now, they looked at Mount Kunlun with complex expressions.

Yearning, Awe, Respect, Fear, Terror, there were countless emotions that gathered together.

Royal House of the Northern Tribes, Sword of Radiance Sect, Lightning Sword Sect and many of the friendly allies to the Celestial Sect of Wonders were clouded by the same gloom as the Purple Clouds Sect. As for the other sects, they felt even more repressed.

There were even a few who went to Mount Baiyun to know more about the Great Void Sect's attitude towards the matter.

Among the monks who went to Mount Kunlun, a portion of them remained on Mount Kunlun to debate with the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Whereas another bunch of them could not handle the stress and escaped Mount Kunlun in terror.

Through this bunch of monks that escaped, the other powers obtained news from them. This left them even more confused. That's because they could subtly sense that the Celestial Sect of Wonders was not spouting nonsense. The theory of the Celestial Sect of Wonders had indeed shook the foundation of the way of karma.

Even the powerful cultivators who had some understanding of Buddhism could resonate with the ideas of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

In the Samsara Sect, Mo Xiuluo, Shen Qifeng and a few others from the Path of Hell looked very perplexed.

"The perspective of the Celestial Sect of Wonders seems to be right." Shen Qifeng sighed, "Karma is not the only thing that exists. Besides the way of karma, there are others."

"Fortunately, we don't view karma as the only thing like those Buddhist cultivators. Otherwise, our Dao hearts would be damaged too and may even be crushed."

He sighed, "The Buddhist disciples will not accept defeat so easily. Now it seems like, besides being sharp in their battles, the Celestial Sect of Wonders is also very wise in terms of their understanding of the great Dao. They are not as shallow like how a new sect is normally like."

"This Celestial Sect of Wonders is truly terrifying. They are complete. They won't fall even if they somehow meet with a fall in their talents. As long as they can handle external pressure and come up with a few other exceptional talents, they are able to rise to the top again."

Mo Xiuluo and the others did not speak, but they had the same opinion.

And on Mount Baiyun, Yun Yuanzhen and Yan Mingyue appeared very serious too. Yun Yuanzhen raved, "What a theory of blasphemy. The conundrum that has bugged the Divine Lands for ages has finally been solved by the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

"All these years, our sect could discover the irrationality in the way of karma, but we have never made any significant progress and were unable to rock the foundation of it. I must say that the Celestial Sect of Wonders is something else."

"The Celestial Sect is even more frightening than the Mount Shu Sword Sect back then."

Yan Mingyue said, "The thing is that the Celestial Sect is too terrifying that everyone has started to become very wary of them."

The both of them were confused too. Acknowledging that the Celestial Sect of Wonders was right also meant that they recognized the powers of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. This also meant that the fear of the other powers in the Divine Lands towards the Celestial Sect of Wonders was also going to be common.

"Overall speaking, the Celestial Sect of Wonders has lost more than it has gained. While their mantras are powerful, they are in danger of being isolated. They have sparked the fear and hatred of others towards them." Yun Yuanzhen said, "The situation is very delicate now. To the Celestial Sect of Wonders, the best-case scenario is for everyone else to stay away from them and keep cautious of them. The worst-case scenario is that everyone will view the Celestial Sect of Wonders as a common enemy."

An indifferent lady appeared beside Yun Yuanzhen and Yan Mingyue. She was the Yu Yuan Holy Woman. She said coldly, "If the Great Thunderclap Temple was not destroyed, those who went to Mount Kunlun wouldn't be these bunch of monks anymore. It will be the powerful ones."

"Even if news didn't spread, the Virtuous Zen Master had also suffered a setback. This is also a form of harm to the Celestial Sect of Wonders." The Yu Yuan Holy Woman shook her head, "Lin Feng's powers are boundless. He has always been a double-edged sword. Finally, he has hurt himself."

"He needs to self-reflect and think about the wrongdoings he did in the past before he harms himself and everyone else!"

As they were speaking, the Yu Yuan Holy Woman, Yun Yuanzhen and Yan Mingyue were slightly stunned. Their gaze transcended void space in the direction of Mount Kunlun.

Over there, among the mountains of Mount Kunlun, a boundless light shot into the sky and shone in all directions!

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On Mount Kunlun, a bright radiance shown at this moment.

On Mount Baiyun, the Yu Yuan Holy Woman, Yun Yuanzhen and Yan Mingyue could not see things clearly. But very soon, above their heads and Mount Baiyun, the light projection of a circular mirror appeared.

"Supreme Heavenly Mirror!" The Yu Yuan Holy Woman and everyone turned to the mirror.

Beneath the mirror, on the peak of Mount Baiyun, Yan Nanlai and Lin Daohan stood beside each other. Yan Nanlai adjusted the mirror light of the Supreme Heavenly Mirror. The mirror light was pointed in the direction of Mount Kunlun.

The light projection revealed an image soon. After everyone saw what was in the image, their breathing stopped for a second.

Amidst the mountains of Mount Kunlun, where the Yun Peak and Mirror Lake were, the figure of Mount Yujing could not be seen. And on a mountain not far from the Yun Peak, a radiance was shooting in all directions.

That radiance was neither hot nor warm. It was just pure and did not carry any temperature and degree of hotness.

A sea of white engulfed the entire place. Besides the radiance, nothing else seemed to exist.

As the radiance shone, an ordinary person could not open his eyes, what more see clearly anything in front of him. But for the Great Void Sect cultivators, this was not an obstacle as they had the Supreme Heavenly Mirror.

They could clearly see that on the mountain peak in the center of the radiance, there was an elderly monk who wore a white monk robe. He clasped his palms and sat cross-legged.

His body seemed to be coated with a layer of gold, as if he was a Buddha statue. He was the Virtuous Zen Master, whose Golden Form was still filled by the cracks from before.

But at this moment, these cracks were healing. The Golden Form of the Virtuous Zen Master became flawless once again slowly.

As the Virtuous Zen Master opened his eyes, his face was filled with peace and delight. He no longer looked lost and troubled as before. Right now, he revealed a sense of enlightenment, as if he had understood everything that he did not before.

The Virtuous Zen Master might only be in the Golden Form First Level now, and his Golden Form might not even have been fully restored, but his wisdom, enlightenment and freedom seemed to be even greater than before.

"Good indeed! Good indeed!" The Virtuous Zen Master smiled as he chanted, "The experiences I have went through have removed all obstacles."

"Forever-Bright Light and longevity is blessed upon us. I shall the Forever-Bright Light to enlighten everyone, enabling everyone to obtain wisdom and achieve freedom."

"Good indeed! Good indeed!"

As he chanted, the cracks on his Golden Form disappeared rapidly and it once became pure and flawless again. The golden Buddhist lights were domineering, bright, but revealed themselves to be abnormally gentle. They were filled with the concept of freedom.

His Golden Form was pure and there were no impurities within at all. Enlightened, bright, resilient, cultivated, tough!

And outside of his Golden Form, the boundless radiance became brighter and brighter, as well as more eye-catching.

Amidst this boundless radiance, there seemed to be a huge Buddha that revealed himself.

This Buddha was entirely golden and flashed with red radiance. As he sat on a lotus and full moon, the seat he was on was lifted by eight peacocks. He held a lotus in his right hand and a bell in his left hand. This was the image of the Amitabha Spell Body.

As this scene landed in the eyes of Yan Nanlai and the rest, they were all appalled, "He is reforming the Amitabha Spell Body?"

It was possible for the Virtuous Zen Master to reform the Amitabha Spell Body, but this possibility was not high. Especially since his spell body had crushed earlier and his zen mind was affected, it was already very fortunate if his Golden Form did not crack completely.

The current scene explained that the zen mind of the Virtuous Zen Master had stabilized again. It was once pure and enlightened again.

"Did he find out the mistake in the theory of the Celestial Sect of Wonders and proved the relevance of the way of karma again?" Yan Mingyue creased her brows, "But this also doesn't seem to be the case…"

The Buddhist disciples on Yun Peak all ran out to look at the bright mountain peak.

Even though the radiance was so bright that it pierced their eyes and they could not even see clearly, they could still tell that this was a highly skilled monk that had cultivated the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra and the Amitabha Spell Body.

In the Mount Kunlun area, the only person capable of doing so was only the Virtuous Zen Master.

This gave them a glimmer of hope amidst their confused and tormented states right now. A bunch of them had the same idea as Yan Mingyue. They were desperate to know that the Virtuous Zen Master had proven that the theory of the Celestial Sect of Wonders was wrong. They were desperate for the Virtuous Zen Master to prove that the time and effort that they have spent to learn about the Buddhist mantras were not wasted.

The boundless radiance was slowly retracted and the figure of the Virtuous Zen Master could be seen again. Above his head, the Amitabha Spell Body unleashed a bright radiance which shone on the Heavens and Earth.

"Buddha is merciful!" All the monks cheered, but before they could greet the Virtuous Zen Master, the situation changed again.

Above the head of the Amitabha Spell Body, the Buddhist lights gathered again and revealed a huge light ball.

The Amitabha Spell Body revealed a never-ending radiance that supplied this light ball. Whereas the Amitabha Spell Body became more and more subtle.

Everyone opened their eyes wide and saw that there seemed to be a land of nirvana within the light ball. Where the light ball, where the land of nirvana was, there was no suffering.

On Mount Baiyun, the Yu Yuan Holy Woman shouted, "Nirvana Land!"

After a Buddhist cultivator cultivated the Amitabha Spell Body in the Golden Form Second Level before cultivating the way of nirvana, he could transform the kleshas and cleanse the five skandhas, achieving Buddhist wisdom and would be able to cultivate the Golden Form Third Level. (Translator's Note: Kleshas are mental states in Buddhism that cloud the mind and manifest in unwholesome actions. Skandhas are the collection of compositional elements of our existence.)

The nirvana obtained was like the Dao fruit of the way of the virtual entity.

Cultivating the Amoghasiddhi led to the Nirvana of Industry, while cultivating the Amitabha Spell Body led to the Nirvana Land. No suffering was heard of and felt in the Nirvana Land.

This Nirvana Land transformed the Klesha of greed and cleansed the skandha of perception. This allowed the cultivator to change greed into a form of wisdom known as the undifferentiated cognition, representing the peace and comfort in the cultivator's mind as he is stripped off suffering and reached the world of nirvana.

After the Virtuous Zen Master reformed the Amitabha Spell Body, he did not take a break. He wanted to achieve his own Nirvana Land.

Once he did so, the Virtuous Zen Master would be able to rise to the Golden Form Third Level.

Yan Nanlai stared at the light ball. In the center of the projection of the Nirvana Land, there seemed to be a small radiance flashing.

"That is the Forever-Bright Light of Amitabha, the core of the Nirvana Land. Once this light is achieved, the Nirvana Land will be achieved too." Yan Nanlai said, "Forever-Bright Light of Amitabha is also the strongest move that can be achieved with the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra. It's much stronger than the Zen Light of Great Liberation, but…"

As he said till here, he did not continue. He had ever met a Buddhist monk that had cultivated the Nirvana Land.

But although the Virtuous Zen Master's Nirvana Land had not been completely cultivated, the concept contained within was much more complete than anyone he had ever seen before.

It was more miraculous and exquisite too.

Lin Daohan stared at the Virtuous Zen Master and smiled, "It doesn't seem that he has found a flaw in the Celestial Sect of Wonders' theory, which allowed him to understand the way of karma again and re-stabilized his Dao heart. It seems like…"

"Epiphany!" Yun Yuanzhen, the Yu Yuan Holy Woman and Yan Mingyue all came to the mountain at this point. They stood beside Yan Nanlai and Lin Daohan, "In Buddhism, it means that one has a sudden revelation."

Yan Mingyue muttered to herself, "Because of the theory of the Celestial Sect of Wonders? Not only did he not collapse in the depths of suffering, he managed to rebuild himself, sweeping all the obstacles in front of him and attaining freedom once again. He has rose another level."

Yan Nanlai nodded his head and said, "This is not impossible too. But this is too rare. After all, the discovery of the Celestial Sect of Wonders shakes the foundation of Buddhism. Even if he did not collapse, rebuilding himself is almost an impossible thing."

"Basing on one's own understanding, the hope is too slim. I believe he must have received the advice of the Celestial Sect of Wonders that allowed him to comeback."

Yun Yuanzhen sighed, "If this is the case, he must be repaying their favor by deliberately reforming his spell body on Mount Kunlun and pushing to cultivate the Nirvana Land. He wants to enlighten the Buddhist disciples, while proving the brilliance of the Celestial Sect of Wonders to everyone."

"If he was enlightened on his own, he could have find somewhere to cultivate slowly. Or he could just retreat on Mount Yujing."

Yu Yuan Holy Woman stared at the Virtuous Zen Master and shook her head. She did not speak.

"Master, Elder Zheng Yi." Yan Nanlai turned back and saw the Zheng Yi and Tai Yi Holy Mans standing behind him. Their attention was also on the light projection shown by the Supreme Heavenly Mirror. They were extremely silent.

Yan Nanlai, Yun Yuanzhen, the Yu Yuan Holy Woman and the rest stopped talking too, as they watched the Virtuous Zen Master.

Above the Virtuous Zen Master, the Amitabha Spell Body and Nirvana Land light projection turned bright and dim alternately. When the light projection lit up, the spell body turned dim and vice versa.

As this scene landed in the eyes of everyone, those who were knowledgeable knew that the Virtuous Zen Master had not met with any problems.

They knew that this meant that he was ready to push for the Nirvana Land now. But his accumulation of powers was still lacking a little. After all, strictly speaking, it had only been a few years since the Virtuous Zen Master had rose from the Golden Form First Level to Golden Form Second Level.

In a few years, a lot of things could change for an ordinary person. But to a cultivator, especially for someone in the same level as the Virtuous Zen Master, a few years was negligible in his cultivation. One retreat would already have meant that hundreds or even thousands of years passed.

Thus, the current situation of the Virtuous Zen Master was that he had a good grasp of his state of mind, but his accumulation was not sufficient enough.

After the Mount Shu battle, Lin Feng destroyed the Saintly Celestial Sword with the Heaven-Destroying Sword and the Heavenly Master Swordmaster formed the way of the virtual entity on the spot. His accumulation was sufficient but his state of mind was not there yet.

Because the destruction of the Saintly Celestial Sword managed to remove the last barrier, the Heavenly Master Swordmaster managed to form his own Dao fruit.

And right now, the situation was the reverse for the Virtuous Zen Master.

And at this point, void space was filled with purple gas. Around the purple gas, Buddhist lights flashed too and surrounded the gas. After that, they landed on the body of the Virtuous Zen Master!

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Chapter 1056: Master of This Generation

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As the streak of purple gas descended, the Virtuous Zen Master focused.

At his current level, it was rarely the case that his powers would be depleted as he absorbed spiritual energy from the Heavens and Earth.

But there were always exceptions. Although spiritual energy from the Heavens and Earth was usually limitless, according to the powers of a cultivator, there would be differences in the efficacy and frequency in the absorption of it between cultivators.

During a set period of time, if the depletion of one's mana was greater than the rate of absorption of spiritual energy, even an Immortal Soul Stage cultivator would not be able to hold on.

When a cultivator wanted to reach the next level, he would need sufficient mana accumulation.

Cultivating different types of mantras would require different levels of mana accumulation. And the Virtuous Zen Master's current situation was that his powers had depleted much faster than they were replenished.

But as this streak of purple gas descended, the Virtuous Zen Master sensed that there was something very different. It was not Lin Feng injecting mana into him. Rather, under the engulfment of the purple gas, the efficacy and frequency in which the Virtuous Zen Master turned spiritual energy into his mana was greatly increased.

To be able to do so, not only must Lin Feng's powers be sufficiently strong, his understanding of Buddhism must also be deep enough.

As they witnessed this scene, Yan Nanlai, Yun Yuanzhen and the others could confirm that Lin Feng must have played a big part in the Virtuous Zen Master's comeback. He was likely the one who advised the Virtuous Zen Master.

As expected, the Virtuous Zen Master clasped his palms when the purple gas landed on him, "Previously, I relied on Master Lin to understand karma, which allowed me to overcome all my sufferings. Now, I am relying on you again. I am very guilty."

In void space, Lin Feng's voice rang, "Zen Master, you are too kind. This is only right of me."

"For you to achieve nirvana today, it will be a joyous thing. I am only providing you with a little help, as a way of congratulating you."

Lin Feng's voice was very soft, such that only the Virtuous Zen Master could hear him. And while the Virtuous Zen Master's voice did not seem loud, it actually travelled very far.

The Buddhist disciples on Yun Peak were stunned at this moment. They looked dazedly above the Virtuous Zen Master, where the concept of nirvana was become clearer and clearer. They were all speechless at this point.

They could only feel that their minds were in a mess. Yuan Xin and Yuan Cheng looked very lost, "Did Elder Virtuous Zen betray Buddhism, or are we really wrong?"

"If he has really betrayed Buddhism, then how was he able to reform the spell body and cultivate nirvana?"

"Are we really wrong?"

The bunch of Buddhist disciples were all silent and there were those who seemed to be enlightened. But there were those who became more and more doubtful.

Beside Yun Peak and the Mirror Lake, amidst the mountains of Mount Kunlun, the Nirvana Land started to take shape. It unleashed a forever-bright light, which shone on the Heavens and Earth.

On Mount Baiyun, the Tai Yi Holy Man shut his eyes and "looked" at the light projection quietly. As he saw till here, he lifted his hands and pointed, causing the projection to disappear.

The Zheng Yi Holy Man, Yan Nanlai and the others did not object to what he did. That's because the result was unpredictable, thus there was no need for them to watch on anymore.

To them, their concern over whether the Celestial Sect of Wonders would lose an Immortal Soul Second Level cultivator had become a concern over whether the Celestial Sect of Wonders had gained another Immortal Soul Third Level cultivator.

Of course, the presence of an Immortal Soul Third Level cultivator was not something that could be ignored. But to the Tai Yi Holy Man and the rest, there was something else that was more deserving of their attention.

After learning about the detailed situation and understanding the doubts the Celestial Sect of Wonders had about the way of karma, the Great Void Sect started to agree with the Celestial Sect of Wonders. After all, they had their own disagreements with the Great Thunderclap Temple over the way of karma before.

But a critical point to note was that being able to find the problem was something that was commendable. But the person who found the flaw would never be welcomed.

One would only be welcomed if he could solve the problem after pointing out the problem. After finding the flaw, he should have a way of mending it.

While giving advice to the other party after recognizing that he made a mistake was a good thing, this wasn't useful for the other party to improve. This might even lead the other party into a state of confusion and he might even regress.

But to be able to guide someone on the wrong path back to the correct path and allow him to progress on this correct path, this would be helping that person to rectify the foundation of his problem.

In the past, the Celestial Sect of Wonders acted like the former. But now, the Celestial Sect of Wonders acted like the latter.

The difference between the former and latter was very huge. And the impacts that they brought were naturally different.

The former would invite wild guesses and fear from other powers, which would lead to enmities and isolation. Once unwary, it might even be a situation of one against the world.

On the other hand, the latter was very attractive to other powers and would push others to commit towards itself. The latter was likely to become a leader, commander and a guide with a supreme position.

Of course, the latter might invite ill-intentions from others. But in the case of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they were extremely powerful now and shouldn't be worried about this point.

As compared to the Virtuous Zen Master reforming his spell body and cultivating the Nirvana Land, this possible impact of the entire matter was what caught the attention of the Great Void Sect.

Posing the problem and solving the problem were two different concepts to be understood.

If the Celestial Sect of Wonders could solve the problem, it made them more powerful than the side of themselves which could only pose the problem.

The previous situation was that the Virtuous Zen Master's zen mind was crushed by his own sect, which led to the destruction of his Amitabha Spell Body. This would have driven the honorary elders and sect guardians of the Celestial Sect of Wonders to feel terrified, and also discourage other powers from committing to the Celestial Sect of Wonders in lieu of various concerns.

But now, the situation now was that the Virtuous Zen Master had managed to improve more than what he could possibly achieve on his own with the help of Lin Feng. Not long after reaching the Golden Form Second Level, he was now preparing to push for the Golden Form Third Level.

Even if Lin Feng did not help him today, the Virtuous Zen Master would have gained a lot even if he had failed to reach the next level. In the future, when his accumulation was sufficient, he would still have great hope of reaching the Golden Form Third Level.

The influence of a role model was far-reaching, regardless whether if the role model was positive or negative.

After this matter, the attractiveness of the Celestial Sect of Wonders to independent cultivators and other powers in the Divine Lands would have increased.

While the cohesion within the Celestial Sect of Wonders would also have strengthened.

When the entire matter developed from the start, the potential losses or gains would have outweighed the actual losses or gains in front of everyone.

With regards to the current opinions of the other powers, the Tai Yi Holy Man and the others did not have to guess either. They could expect it.

Even with Lin Feng's help, the Virtuous Zen Master would still take some time to cultivate the Nirvana Land now. And the elders of the various sects who received news all rushed towards Mount Kunlun. They stopped outside the boundaries of Mount Kunlun, as they looked at the formation of the Nirvana Land.

At this point, whoever attacked would cause the efforts of the Virtuous Zen Master to be wasted. He might even be hurt

Whoever was along the boundaries of Mount Kunlun did not dare to entertain this thought, as they knew that they were only seeking trouble for themselves if they went along with the thought.

Prince Gunyang stood quietly in void space and looked at the Virtuous Zen Master expressionlessly. But his gaze flashed with flowing lights and radiances.

He was analyzing the Nirvana Land and Forever-Bright Light of the Virtuous Zen Master, trying to figure out how different it was from that of the monk in the Golden Form Third Level that he had met.

The more he sensed, the more shocked he was, "Disregarding the difference in their powers, the key lies in that the Virtuous Zen Master's grasp of the concept seems to be more complete."

Even if two people from the same cultivation level cultivated the same manual, there would still be a difference in the result.

But differentiating the understanding of concept between two cultivators, it represented the difference in foundation of the two cultivators.

At this stage, Shi Zongmao was clearly aware that the Virtuous Zen Master had made a comeback after understanding the true concept behind and recognizing himself. He improved even further and did not only stabilize his zen mind, but even restored his past cultivation.

"I heard that he said that he managed to understand the way of karma because of the guidance of Lin Feng, which allowed him to transcend all suffering." Shi Zongmao took in a deep breath, "Maybe he can successfully comprehend the true meaning of the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra and overcome his original bottleneck. The path was mainly carved by his own Buddhist cultivation and essence, but Lin Feng did point out the way for him…"

Shi Zongmao felt perplexed at this point. Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders did not just help the Virtuous Zen Master by guiding him, allowing him to break his bottleneck and overcome the barriers he faced.

Rather, they corrected the wayward path that he was on and changed any pre-existing notions that he had. This removed the bottleneck that was supposed to be around and remove all obstacles he faced.

Of course, the great Dao was miraculous and unpredictable. It didn't mean that changing things up would ensure that the cultivator would be relieved of any sufferings.

But at least, it was more probable than before.

Perhaps it might not be much greater. But the way of karma was already a very high level concept to be grasped. To even improve a little on that, it was very difficult and was practically unachievable by many cultivators.

Besides Shi Zongmao, the Lord of the Royal House, Thunderclouds Holy Man, Lightning Swordmaster, Heavenly Master Swordmaster, Vast Sea Swordmaster, Mo Xiuluo and other powerful cultivators all wore complex expressions on their faces as they stood in void space.

The suppression of this bunch of Immortal Soul Stage cultivators were enough to cause the Heavens and Earth to change shape. But right now, in Mount Kunlun, everyone retracted their auras. They watched quietly as the purple gas engulfed the Virtuous Zen Master. They were also looking at where the purple gas came from – somewhere unknown in void space.

Although they could not see it, they knew that Lin Feng was there.

The same thought arose in the mind of everyone, "The way of karma is already the deepest level of Dao in the world. But he can make it even better. Then, what about the others…"

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Chapter 1057: Zhu Hongwu Wants to Try Too

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The monks who left Mount Kunlun passed news of what happened at Mount Kunlun to the external world.

Very soon, news of the Virtuous Zen Master reforming the Amitabha Spell Body and even trying for the Golden Form Third Level spread across the entire Divine Lands.

Those who were not present at the scene also used different methods to learn of what happened.

At the north foot of the Hengduan Mountains, where Huangmang Peak was, that was the location of the Great Barren Sword Sect.

In the pavilion at the top of the mountain, the Great Barren Swordmaster was silent. He faced the bunch of elders from the sect who looked gloomy.

One of the elder looked at the Great Barren Swordmaster and asked, "Master…"

The Great Barren Swordmaster turned around and said, "What?"

The elder could not express his words and the others were also speechless at this point, but they felt extremely heavy in their hearts.

"Whatever that all of you are concerned about, I am also thinking about it." The Great Barren Swordmaster said, "But today's matter can't be influenced by us. We can only observe and see what happens."

An elderly voice resonated, "The actions of the Celestial Sect of Wonders are too domineering. The Great Thunderclap Temple has been destroyed and they are only left with a few disciples. If the same thing happens to us, the result won't be delightful. Whatever that has been passed down from the ancestors of our sect will be destroyed then."

"Exactly, exactly!" Everyone nodded in agreement. They also revealed a look of fear and trepidation on their faces.

The Great Barren Swordmaster remained calm and his expression did not seem to change. He said, "If the Celestial Sect of Wonders wants to destroy us, they don't have to go through so much to do so."

"Even Lin Feng's disciples can flatten the Huangmang Peak."

The tone of the Great Barren Swordmaster was very calm, but no one was displeased with what he said. That's because whatever he said reflected the truth.

Although it sounded like he was demeaning the sect, it was necessary for every one of them to accept the truth.

Moreover, with the current abilities of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, the words of the Great Barren Swordmaster did not humiliate the Great Barren Sword Sect.

The Great Barren Swordmaster looked at all the elders and said, "If our foundation is rocked and our lineage is destroyed, there could be some of us who will escape just as some disciples of the Great Thunderclap Temple did. They will then carry on the lineage of our sect. In that case, the authority doesn't lie with us anymore."

"If the Celestial Sect of Wonders really wants to annihilate our sect, I don't think anyone from our sect will be fortunate enough to survive. This is no different from destroying the foundation of our sect."

The Great Barren Swordmaster said, "With the current situation in the Divine Lands, it's no longer the same as it was in the Greater World 10 years ago, during the Battle of Xiling City. Even I'm unsure whether the Great Void Sect will be able to protect us anymore. Even if they wish to protect us, it's a different matter whether they are capable of doing so in the face of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

"Thus, we can't change anything now. We can only wait and see what happens. In my opinion, the Celestial Sect of Wonders doesn't really have the intention of picking on Buddhism."

An elder spoke with worry, "Even if they are not doing it intentionally, who knows if the next time they do something like this, we won't be the victim?"

He looked at the Great Barren Swordmaster, "We have been interacting with the Celestial Sect of Wonders quite frequently in terms of the cultivation of magic items, even till the extent that some of the contents of the Great Barren Sword Code have been made known to them. Of course, we have benefited greatly too, but Lin Feng is a genius. No one can confirm whether he can deduce an entire line of mantras just from the slightest of clues. If…"

The depth of the mantras of the Celestial Sect of Wonders were greater than that of the Great Barren Sword Sect. Whether Lin Feng was interested in the Great Barren Sword Code was another matter. They were afraid that Lin Feng and his disciples would deal with the Great Barren Sword Code like how they did with the Buddhist mantras.

The Great Barren Swordmaster raised his brows. As he was about to speak, his heart fluttered a little.

He pondered for a moment and after a while, his peaceful look turn into a look of shock.

The elders of the Great Barren Sword Sect stared at one another and their hearts beat rapidly at this point. They were stunned and unsure as they looked at their own sect leader.

"The latest news is that the Virtuous Zen Master unleashed a bright radiance on Mount Kunlun and revealed his wisdom. In a short span of time, he managed to reform the Amitabha Spell Body." The Great Barren Swordmaster regained his awareness and looked at everyone, "Not only this, he even managed to take a step towards the Golden Form Third Level and cultivate the Nirvana Land!"

"What?!" Everyone was shocked as they stood up. Even if they had lived more than a thousand years, they could not calm themselves down at this point. They were all appalled as they looked at the Great Barren Swordmaster.

An elder asked hurriedly, "Master, did the Virtuous Zen Master discover the flaw in the Celestial Sect of Wonder's discovery, which allowed him to stabilize his zen mind and restore his cultivation?"

"If this is the case, why would Lin Feng guard him as he re-cultivated and help him push to the next level?" Someone rebutted instantly. But someone else supported the initial guess, "We can't be sure too. Lin Feng is very generous towards those under him and he is also very magnanimous. Even if the Virtuous Zen Master caused him and his disciples to lose their faces, he won't take it to heart."

The Great Barren Swordmaster shook his head, "News from the Lightning Swordmaster states that the Buddhist cultivation of the Virtuous Zen Master did not just heal simply. He managed to become even more powerful than before!"

"That was due to the guidance of Lin Feng, which allowed the Virtuous Zen Master to be enlightened. The Nirvana Land that he formed seemed to be superior than those that the ancestors of the Virtuous Zen Master once formed."

When everyone heard this, they sat on their seats in a daze and were a little lost.

After a while, someone looked at the Great Barren Swordmaster, "Master…"

The Great Barren Swordmaster looked at that elder, who was trying his best to calm himself down. At the same time, he tried to look calm too. But it was still easy to tell that this elder was very agitated.

When the others sensed his agitation, they were fired up once again.

Whatever this elder was thinking, the rest of them were clearly aware. However, they were hesitant and had many doubts regarding this, including the Great Barren Swordmaster.

Similar scenarios were being played out in different parts of the Divine Lands at the same time. Everything was developing according to how the Great Void Sect expected things to be, but they were not pleased by it.

Everything was developing according to expectations, but compared to before the re-formation of the Amitabha Spell Body and cultivation of the Nirvana Land by the Virtuous Zen Master, the situation had reversed.

The situation in the Divine Lands was very delicate now. Although the other powers were very active at this point, it was pertinent to note that many of them had lineages that they were very proud of, thus whether to go to Mount Kunlun was a very tough decision for them to make.

The Celestial Sect of Wonders possessed a huge collection of Buddhist mantras, which gave them an objective view on things. Furthermore, the status of the Virtuous Zen Master was also special too.

As compared to the lineages of the other powers, Lin Feng might not use the same method to deal with them.

Furthermore, the Great Void Sect was still very proud. For the might of the Essentials of the Great Void Tao to remain, this left many sects with doubts.

Although the competition between the two great powers of the Celestial Sect of Wonders had not become obvious yet, in the eyes of those were involved, this was something that they had to be cautious of right now.

It's just that the delicate situation also made it a fragile one. If such a thing happened again in the future, it might spur the great powers to come up with a decision.

After all, the Celestial Sect of Wonders did not just offer pure benefits now. Their value was immeasurable at this stage.

In the imperial palace of the Great Zhou Empire in Tianjing, Liang Pan turned abnormally serious and dismal.

In his quiet chamber, the Golden Form of Monk Da Kong was already filled with cracks. This was even after Liang Pan had helped him to suppress the cracks, otherwise, the Golden Form of Monk Da Kong would already have been completely crushed.

Liang Pan said slowly, "Zen Master, please contact your senior, Da Ning. After that, please try to obtain the exact advice that the Celestial Sect of Wonders provided to the Virtuous Zen Master. Otherwise, you will continue to suffer."

Monk Da Kong turned up to look at him and his eyes were filled with confusion. After a long while, he managed to regain focus and he laughed bitterly, "I fear that…it's too late…"

"You still have the chance to rise up again. Don't give up hope. The Great Zhou and I will provide whatever resources that we can to you." Liang Pan replied him. Monk Da Kong shook his head with difficulty, "I…will try…"

After exiting the quiet chamber, Liang Pan returned to the main palace and sat on his dragon throne. His brows creased.

A light projection appeared in front of him suddenly. The projection revealed the figure of Zhu Hongwu.

Zhu Hongwu bowed towards him, "Greetings to Your Majesty."

Liang Pan's brows creased further and further, "Hongwu, please focus on your cultivation and try to reach the Immortal Soul Third Level soon. Don't be distracted."

Zhu Hongwu answered him calmly, "I felt uneasy when I was cultivating, thus I came here to pay you a visit specially."

As Liang Pan heard him, he was silent. After that, Zhu Hongwu said, "When I was figuring out the way of karma, I felt a sudden tremor in the great Dao, as if something had suddenly changed. I thought that it might have been related to the way of karma. Do you have any news, Your Majesty?"

"It seems like after the Virtuous Zen Master was enlightened and understood the concept, his zen mind was cleared and he managed to achieve progress in the way of karma. This caused you to be affected too." Liang Pan shook his head and explained everything to Zhu Hongwu. But he did not talk about the Celestial Sect of Wonders' doubts about the way of karma.

He looked at Zhu Hongwu and said, "I have already instructed Monk Da Kong to think of a way to obtain the full explanation of the way of karma from the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Please wait patiently, Hongwu."

Zhu Hongwu's gaze flashed. After a long while, he finally opened his mouth and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I will like to hear what are the doubts of the Celestial Sect of Wonders towards the way of karma. As to how Lin Feng advised the Virtuous Zen Master, it can wait till later."

As Liang Pan heard him, he did not seem surprised but turned gloomy instead.

He did not tell Zhu Hongwu about this before to prevent something like this from occurring. But because of Zhu Hongwu's own cultivation, he discovered the problem.

Without getting any enlightenment on this, Zhu Hongwu would be troubled during his cultivation. Not only would he be unable to form the way of the virtual entity, he would also be wasting his time.

If he could comprehend the concept within, the way of the virtual entity would be within grasp.

He was different from the Virtuous Zen Master. He suffered greatly in the hands of Lin Feng in the past. With his personality and will, if he had to rely on Lin Feng's advice to overcome this obstacle in front of him, it would weigh on his mind, which would then prevent him from reaching the Immortal Soul Third Level.

Knowing that there's a wall in front of him, Zhu Hongwu had to knock it down based on his own abilities. There's no room for him to back down.

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Chapter 1058: Digging a Hole Unintentionally

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Zhu Hongwu looked at Liang Pan, "My Dao heart and physical martial arts will are not based on Buddhism as the foundation. I am only using the way of karma to suit my cultivation. Shaking the foundation of the way of karma doesn't mean that I will be shaken too."

"Virtuous Zen, Da Ning and Da Kong's zen minds were damaged, but it doesn't mean that mine will be damaged too. Your Majesty, please grant me my wish."

Liang Pan looked worried at this point, "Hongwu, you were not built from Buddhism, I am clearly aware of that. But the Celestial Sect of Wonders did not trash the way of karma."

Zhu Hongwu creased his brows, "Oh? Then how did he waver the zen minds of Da Kong and the rest?"

Liang Pan stared at him for a while before saying, "The Celestial Sect of Wonders proved that it's not the case that karma is everything."

Zhu Hongwu said, "This is not a novel idea."

Liang Pan spoke slowly, "The key lies in the way that the Celestial Sect of Wonders proved their point."

Zhu Hongwu clasped his fist and palm together, "Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."

"In the explanation of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they posited that there are existences of things that has nothing to do with cause and effect. There's no prior cause or resultant effect. There's no way to deduce or trace things back to their source." Liang Pan finished with, "There's no way to use karma to understand the past or future for these things."

As Zhu Hongwu heard this, he creased his brows and his fists beside his body gripped tighter, "What proof do they have?"

Liang Pan unveiled a light projection. Zhu Hongwu focused on the light projections and he turned gloomy. At the very end, he looked entirely dismal, "There's actually something like this. In this way, there's no way of using the way of karma to comprehend the fortunes of all life. There are unexpected and unprecedented things that will appear."

"I can't believe that something like this actually exists." Zhu Hongwu shut his eyes, "Can this theory of blasphemy be controlled? How can it be controlled? If both the way of karma and this blasphemous theory is comprehended, can we understand the past, present and future of all matter?"

Liang Pan looked at Zhu Hongwu and sighed. What he was worried about was happening.

To Zhu Hongwu, the way of karma was not the foundation that built him. He wouldn't believe that the way of karma was the greatest concept either.

But Zhu Hongwu's physical martial arts did use the way of karma to combine with the Great Heavenly Mantra to form his foundation.

The way of karma explained the reasoning of all matter, while the Great Heavenly Mantra propagated the will of countless mantras. As both of them combined and infused the concept of dominance of the Spell of the Emperor, the wheel of destiny of all life could be controlled.

Zhu Hongwu valued the way of karma because understanding karma could allow him to understand the three lifetimes – the past, present and future. This would allow him to control the destinies of all life.

Zhu Hongwu's situation was different from Buddhist cultivators, in that his cultivation was developed half with Dao concepts and half with spells. On one hand, he believed that karma could explain all concepts. On another hand, he used this concept as a toll to perfect his physical martial arts will.

But the problem now was that when Zhu Hongwu discovered that there were things that the way of karma was unable to explain, he would only develop more doubts for himself.

How could this way of karma help him complete his physical martial arts and allow him to reach the expected goal that he aimed for?

Before Zhu Hongwu even understood the key behind the way of karma, he was unable to absorb it into his own physical martial arts anymore.

To a certain extent, his physical martial arts pursued perfection. Before he comprehended the relationship between the way of karma and theory of blasphemy, which could also be known as the Acceptance of Fate and the Way of Defiance, it was very difficult for him to continue cultivating his physical martial arts.

It was fine for him to continue cultivating, but this matter would prick him throughout the way and he would be troubled by it.

Under such a condition, even if he was supremely talented, he would still find it difficult to form the way of the virtual entity.

This was similar to the past when he was stuck in the Immortal Soul First Level because of Meng Bingyun.

"If the way of karma is insufficient, then what mantra will allow one to understand all life and matter?" Zhu Hongwu stood at where he was and his aura became more and more brutal. After that, he turned peaceful again. But soon after, he turned violent again. This cycle went on and on.

Liang Pan did not speak and only watched Zhu Hongwu.

Only after a long while did Zhu Hongwu finally calm down completely. He knelt down before Liang Pan, "I am guilty!"

"Although I can't understand what's going on in an instant, I have been pointed in a particular direction."

"I did develop some doubts in my process of cultivating the way of karma. Now that my guess has been verified, it's just that…"

His eyes did not opened as he shut them tight. As his hands gripped into fists, he seemed like a statue, "To understand the entire concept, it's not something achievable in the short run. I need more time to think. I don't think I can form the Immortal Soul Third Level in any time to come soon."

"I am guilty for messing up your plans, Your Majesty."

Liang Pan sighed, "It's okay if you take more time. I hope that this will not affect your Dao heart."

Zhu Hongwu went silent and did not answer him. He remained kowtowed on the ground. Although he did not speak, Liang Pan knew what he was thinking.

This was not the first time that the both had suffered in the hands of Lin Feng. Especially since Zhu Hongwu ran into a wall on his own this time.

If the wall was broken down, it would be a whole new thing from then on. Not only could Zhu Hongwu reach the Immortal Soul Third Level, his powers could even rise a level.

But time does not wait for man. If Zhu Hongwu could comprehend things quickly, everything would still be fine. But if he dragged it too long and was influenced by external pressure, Zhu Hongwu would be filled with too much pressure apart from developing a tendency of making mistakes. Turning pressure into motivation was good, but if he couldn't, the barrier in his heart would only become more and more detrimental to his progress.

Now that he ran into the wall on his own, it also meant that he had failed. He did not knock down the wall but injured himself only.

But to Zhu Hongwu, he had to do this. After this, he would still have a chance to start afresh.

He knew that this was a choice that he had to make. Because of Liang Pan, he already had to curb his authority. If his cultivation had to stagnate further because of Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonder, his powers would be greatly curbed too.

Especially since the first group of people that questioned the way of karma came from the Celestial Sect of Wonders, which also included Zhu Yi.

To Zhu Hongwu, this was a tough decision for him to make. Since he could not retreat, he might as well advance forward decisively.

Even with a wall in front of him, he could just use his strength to knock it down. This would remove any obstacle in front of him. This was another showing of his physical martial arts will.

A physical martial arts cultivator had to try his best to understand his own physical martial arts will. Suppressing oneself would only bring harm. Not only would that impede progress, it could even catalyze a decline.

Liang Pan knew that the situation was not positive, but he still allowed Zhu Hongwu to try. This was the reason why.

After experiencing this sense of helplessness once again, Liang Pan felt extremely humiliated and depressed. But he could only suck it up.

But things never went according to the will of people. The result of facing the obstacle this time caused Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu to be filled with bitterness.

Zhu Hongwu was confident in himself, but he was very sharp too. After pondering for a moment, he could tell that if he wanted to overcome the doubts that the Celestial Sect of Wonders had on the way of karma, he could not do so in a short period of time.

He might even have to rely on Monk Da Kong to obtain the essence of the understanding of the Virtuous Zen Master.

This was something that Zhu Hongwu could not accept. Because of this barrier in his heart, not only was it non-beneficial, it was even harmful.

At this stage, Zhu Hongwu could choose to forsake the way of karma and restart again. But in this way, it was even more difficult to predict when he could form the Immortal Soul Third Level. This might even affect his Dao heart and self-confidence.

One's personality decided his fate. This sentence might not always be appropriate, but it was very apt in the case of Zhu Hongwu now.

The both of them then looked at each other. After a short while, they squeezed out four words from in between their tooth, "Celestial! Sect! Of! Wonders!"

After unintentionally digging a hole that sent Zhu Hongwu into the depths of desolation, Lin Feng and his disciples were now seated on bamboo chairs in the Tripitaka Block on Mount Yujing.

Lin Feng smiled at Wang Lin, "Very good, Wang Lin. After analyzing the Two Elements Origins-Returning Scripture, you managed to come up with the Acceptance of Fate and Way of Defiance."

Wang Lin replied, "It's all thanks to you, Master. Not only did you advise the Virtuous Zen Master, you also helped me understand many concepts."

Lin Feng waved him off, "I brought all of you in, but your cultivations depend on your own selves. This is the result of your own hard work. I am very happy for you."

He looked at Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao, laughing, "The three of you have done well too. You are all finding the directions for yourselves in the future. Continue to work hard and cultivate well."

Xiao Yan and the other two laughed as they nodded their heads, "I will remember your advice, Master. I will work hard in my cultivation."

"This matter has been really unexpected, but its influence is indeed far-reaching." After bidding goodbye to his disciples, Lin Feng entertained a slightly evil thought in his mind, "Hehe, after all, they belong in two different worlds. I wonder if the original knowledge can be used?"

"I wonder if I came up with an unconfirmed principle or if I delayed this experiment, would those who believe the way of karma become more debilitated or will they understand more things? I wonder if these things can be verified in the Grand Celestial World. When I am free, I can try. This is interesting."

Lin Feng laughed while shaking his head. Very soon, he threw all of this to the back of his head. He turned his attention to his own cultivation again.

And in the future days, Lin Feng received more and more good news. For example, Tang Jun managed to overcome the Void Lightning Tribulations and became the 15th disciple under him that managed to form the Nascent Soul within 50 years.

It wasn't even 50 years yet, but the percentage of disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage, Aurous Core Stage and Nascent Soul Stage had already fulfilled the mission target. The only problem for him was that he did not have more than 1000 disciples yet.

If he wanted to complete the mission, Lin Feng could already so.

But he was thinking how he should handle this main mission of his.

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Chapter 1059: Countless Opportunities in the Celestial Sect of Wonders

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If he wanted to submit the assignment, Lin Feng only had to conduct another Sect-Opening Ceremony in order to increase the total number of disciples to above a thousand. After that, he could just stay at the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World.

But with regards to the special reward of this main mission, Lin Feng had a lot of ideas. But whether his wishes could be fulfilled, it was still an unknown. He also wanted to take this opportunity to verify it.

Thus, Lin Feng did not rush to complete the mission to exchange for his reward.

Among the second-generation Successive Disciples, besides Tang Jun, Han Yang, Zhou Yuncong, Huang Zhenting, Yang Tie and Ying Luozha were all closing towards the Nascent Soul Stage right now.

Liu Xiafeng and Li Xingfei had already successfully reached the Advanced Aurous Core Stage, and they were also likely to overcome the Void Lightning Tribulations in the near future. Besides, Tan Yunqing, Zhuge Wanqiu, Zhao Huan, Sun Xueer, Ke Jing and Yan Wuwei were all also capable of doing so.

If Lin Feng did not enter the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, he could even witness the rise of an exceptional talent in the third-generation disciples. With the help of the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, this talent might be able to reach the Nascent Soul Stage in 50 years.

If there were no surprises, with the current structure, the number of disciples forming the Nascent Soul within 50 years in the sect was bound to be above 20.

As for the number of Aurous Core Stage disciples, there were bound to be more than a hundred of them if Lin Feng had 1000 disciples at the very least. There's a huge possibility that this number could go beyond 2000 too.

Lin Feng was curious that if he attained a target that was beyond what the mission set for him, what kind of reward would he get?

Besides the junior disciples of the sect that managed to improve significantly, the other members of the sects had also witnessed their own progress too.

The Virtuous Zen Master managed to cultivate the Nirvana Land and reach the Golden Form Third Level, which was a good thing. He was now retreating to nurture his own Nirvana Land. And besides the Virtuous Zen Master, the North Sea Whale King had also formed the Undying Demon Soul recently.

There was another demon with the Undying Demon Soul in the world now, which left the Nine-Talons Condor King, Kui Cow King, Feilian King and even Jieyu envious of the North Sea Whale King.

The North Sea Whale King was already in the Advanced Demon Lord stage a long time ago. After he entered the Celestial Sect of Wonders, he cultivated quietly and protected the Mirror Lake dutifully.

Lin Feng also treated him well. He provided the North Sea Whale King with some resources in the Celestial Sect of Wonders that were useful for the North Sea Whale King's cultivation. After Lin Feng returned from the Spirit Sea, he understood the Demonic Book of the Heavenly Tao and also gave his advice to the North Sea Whale King when he could.

Now that the North Sea Whale King had formed the Undying Demon Soul, he was naturally very grateful towards Lin Feng and even more loyal towards the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

He had entered the Celestial Sect of Wonders for only a little over a decade. Although he was already in the Advanced Demon Lord realm, it was unknown whether he could form the Undying Demon Soul if he was still in the North Polar Sea.

Even with a rare opportunity, no one knew how long it would take for him to successfully cultivate the Undying Demon Soul.

At times, a small difference could lead to a vastly different result. For a human trying to cultivate the Immortal Soul and a demon trying to cultivate the Undying Demon Soul, the difficulty level was much greater than any other obstacle faced before. "A world of difference" was an apt phrase to describe this.

With regards to his own talent and cultivation condition then, the North Sea Whale King was clear about them. Thus, he was even more grateful now.

After he was captured by Lin Feng then, he submitted and harbored no ill-intentions. He did what he was supposed to do, more because he was afraid of the powers of Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

At the very start, the North Sea Whale King naturally felt humiliated and indignant. But now, those negative emotions had disappeared. What was left were only feelings of joy and gratitude.

In the heart of the North Sea Whale King, he was even feeling a little fortunate. He was actually thankful that he faced the ordeal in the past, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

The Nine-Talons Condor King was captured along with the North Sea Whale King. After he was brought back to the mountain, the two of them had a working relationship then. They were not very close yet. But after a period of time, the two of them became more and more familiar with each other.

Now that he saw his old pal become a Demonic Sage, the Nine-Talons Condor King was excited and envious at the same time.

All these years, he had also remained in the Celestial Sect of Wonders to cultivate diligently. Because he could flew fast, he had more opportunities to leave the sect for different taskings as compared to the North Sea Whale King.

At the very start, the Nine-Talons Condor King had the intention to escape too. But he managed to suppress that intention and he slowly got used to the life on Mount Kunlun.

For those who did their job diligently and never harbor ill-intentions, the Celestial Sect of Wonders often treated them well. The Nine-Talons Condor King and the North Sea Whale King were examples of this. They gained much from the Celestial Sect of Wonders, which had been very useful for their cultivations.

Now that he was in the peak of the Demon Lord realm, the Nine-Talons Condor King was only a step away from reaching the Undying Demon Soul Stage.

Thus, although he was envious of the achievement of his old pal, he was not that anxious either.

It's just that he was a little incredulous about all that's happened. When he was in the North Polar Sea, he never once thought that he would become a sect guardian. He also didn't expect for this to be his destiny, which allowed him to gain greatly.

Especially when he found out that in the Celestial Sect of Wonders, apart from the times when he had to carry out his task, Lin Feng actually did not restrict his freedom.

He performed his tasks diligently and did not once complained. The junior disciples of the sect respected him very much and did not underestimate him either.

The Kui Cow King, Feilian King and even Jieyu had the same thought. Forgetting Jieyu, the Kui Cow King and Feilian King improved greatly all these years. Their cultivation and powers have increased significantly, much faster than before they entered the Celestial Sect of Wodners.

The Flying Snow Plumes that Lin Feng and Shi Tianhao won from the Heaven Lake Sect during the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai had also formed the Demon Soul too. They ascended from the Demonic Commander stage to the Demon Lord stage and were now a pair of Flying Snow Plume Lords.

The Flying Snow Plumes paired up together. The male was known as the Blizzard Plume while the female was known as the Heavenly Snow Plume. After they were lost to the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they entered the Wasteland Valley till now.

Come to think about it, they were afraid of being eaten by Shi Tianhao. Only after a while did their worries dissipate. Lin Feng and Shi Tianhao were actually using their feathers to help Shi Tianhao strengthen his body.

Shi Tianhao's flesh was the strongest among those in the same level, only achieved through various reasons and factors. His flesh was almost impossible to replicate. In the Celestial Sect of Wonders, even Lin Feng's Avatar of Ares, Xiao Yan and Yue Hongyan were unable to match up to Shi Tianhao's flesh.

The strength of his flesh could be said to transcend the limits of a human body. Even powerful demons of the past were unable to challenge Shi Tianhao in terms of the strength of his flesh.

After he combined his flesh and Cosmic Form during the Advanced Nascent Soul Stage, his body was already very outstanding. And after Shi Tianhao formed the Immortal Soul, his body became even stronger.

However, although Shi Tianhao's glory was difficult to replicate, he was still a good example to the budding disciples who could use him as a reference.

Since the sect had sufficient resources, the junior disciples were bound to be supplied with these resources in order to improve themselves.

Some resources, like the feathers of the Flying Snow Plumes, were renewable. They could help the disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders to cleanse their bodies and strengthen their flesh.

For example, Huang Zhenting of the Wasteland Valley went through such a similar experience when he was younger. When he first established his foundation, he went through such a cleansing before.

Besides, Tang Jun, Zhao Huan and the others also had such experiences too. This had a big impact on their current tough bodies.

"But come to think about it, those under the Huangtian Emperor are all a little…" The Blizzard Plume seemed to think of something and shook his head. Whereas his wife grinned, "Since they are of the same lineage, it's nothing uncommon. During the Successive Disciples test, they will already have such a tendency. Furthermore, in the process of development, imperceptible influences are bound to have a great effect too."

The Blizzard Plume nodded his head, "Let's not talk about Huang Zhenting. He is much more mature now. But his disciple is like how he was when he was younger."

The Blizzard Plume pursed his lips, "I feel as if Huang Zhenting is not reliable…"

"Oh? They seem to be back?" The gaze of the Blizzard Plume focused in the distance. A few long bows stretched across the sky and landed in the Wasteland Valley, "Remember that Huang Zhenting brought Shi Yang for the alternative residence of the Huangtian Emperor. They have gone for quite some time, but it seems like they have returned with some results."

As the few bows landed in the valley, a tall youth in purple led the group. He was Huang Zhenting, who was now already matured. He looked courageous and steady. The look of childishness when he was young had already disappeared.

A few youths stood around him. They were the third-generation disciples of the Wasteland Valley. Although their cultivations were still low, they were still filled with energy.

But these youths had one similarity – their eyeballs kept on moving around. This revealed how active they were, but also revealed their discomfort.

In front of the elders, they were quieter and stood silently beside Huang Zhenting.

Behind Huang Zhenting, there was a male and a female. They looked like a perfect couple together.

That male wore a light smile on his face and he seemed very radiant. He had a dimple on his right cheek too. The female was tall and slim, and the contours on her face looked very sharp. Her nose bridge was high and one could tell that she was a very resilient person.

"Elder Gu, Elder Li, please, this way in. Master said that he was busy cultivating a magic item, thus he instructed me to bring the both of you in." Huang Zhenting smiled as he clasped his hands towards this couple.

This couple were old acquaintances of Shi Tianhao, Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin. Now, although they were not old, they were already the elders of the Purple Cloud Sect.

Gu Lei laughed, "Talking about cultivating magic items, I am very impressed by the Celestial Sect of Wonders. The Nascent Soul Stage magic items that you carry around with you are even more than the Nascent Soul Stage disciples that I have."

Li Kuiyin wanted to laugh as she heard this, "More accurately speaking, I think that your powers are even beyond the both of us added together."

They shared a close relationship with Shi Tianhao, thus they were more comfortable in making jokes.

Huang Zhenting chuckled, "Sorry to have made a fool out of myself in front of the both of you."

As they conversed along the way, they arrived at the Wasteland Valley finally. There was a huge stone pavilion there. As the bunch of them got closer to the pavilion, the gate of the pavilion had already opened. Shi Tianhao walked out from it and laughed, "It's been a long time."

All of them laughed as they greeted one another. After Shi Tianhao had met the couple, Huang Zhenting bowed and said respectfully, "Master, we have found a suitable place to be your alternative residence."

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Chapter 1060: Installing a Bridgehead?

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As Shi Tianhao heard this, his eyes brightened, "Oh? Where is it?"

Huang Zhenting laughed as he answered, "There's a passageway to the Barren Expanses from the Southern Wilderness. After entering the Barren Expanses, walking all the way east for around 4000 miles, there is a valley that has a perfect environment."

He looked at the youth beside him and said, "Come to think about it, it was Shi Yang who found it."

He was a youth who seemed to be a brute. Although he was only in the Foundation Establishment Stage, he revealed a sense of fearlessness.

He was called Shi Yang, the Immediate Disciple of Huang Zhenting. Although he entered the sect only not long ago, he was already very reputable. He was well-rated by his elders and comrades too.

What was worth mentioning was that he had blood ties to Shi Tianhao. He was a descendant of the Shi Family that entered the Celestial Wonders World. When he was young, he passed the test and entered the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The Shi Family members who entered the Celestial Wonders World were all distant relatives. They rarely saw each other, but because they relocated to the Celestial Wonders World previously, they managed to know each other better over time.

There were quite a few of them with talents in cultivation, but it was rare to see someone who was exceptionally talented. Shi Yang belonged to this kind. He had an innate talent, greater than anyone else among the younger generation of the Shi Family. He even caught the attention of the Great Qin Empire.

However, to the Shi Family now, they hoped for someone to enter the Celestial Sect of Wonders, even at any expense.

Furthermore, the Celestial Sect of Wonders did not stop anyone from the Shi Family from joining the sect. There were some who indeed joined the Celestial Sect of Wonders, but it's just that none of them were as outstanding as Shi Yang.

As the battle of Xiling City became history, the Shi Family who had kept a low-profile managed to rise again due to their relationship with the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

But as they lived within the boundaries of the Great Qin Empire, the Shi Family still maintained their respect of the royal family. They did not become arrogant because of their current status.

The Great Qin Empire could tolerate the presence of the aristocratic families, but the condition was that they could control these aristocratic families.

As the Shi Family had the Celestial Sect of Wonders as their backer and they rose quickly within the boundaries of the Great Qin Empire, the Great Qin Empire naturally had their own ideas about them.

However, the Celestial Sect of Wonders had no intention of supporting the Shi Family and did not expand their influence intentionally in the territory of the Great Qin Empire. Adding to the fact that the rising Shi Family also knew their limits, the Great Qin Empire did not bother them.

Of course, if the Shi Family acted in a way that was not befitting, the Great Qin Empire still had to consider the Celestial Sect of Wonders if they wanted to make a move. Even if the Celestial Sect of Wonders did not express their opinion, their stature was still there, which was something that the Great Qin Empire could not ignore.

Shi Yang managed to enter the Wasteland Valley after passing the Successive Disciples test. Naturally, Shi Tianhao was also one of the reasons why he entered the Wasteland Valley. However, the thing was that he did not mind going anywhere, but his own family members nagged continuously at him that he made this choice.

After becoming the disciple of Haung Zhenting, he did not receive any welfare either. On the contrary, he was harshly treated by Huang Zhenting.

Although he was not as vicious as Shi Tianhao, Huang Zhenting replicated his own experience on Shi Yang. Thus, this led to the beginning of a painful yet enjoyable discipleship in the Wasteland Valley for Shi Yang.

But Shi Yang was quite similar to Huang Zhenting too in terms of his mischief. Over these years, he had also toned down considerably too.

What was particularly hilarious was that the Wasteland Valley had come up with another mischief king, who was just like his Master and Grandmaster.

When Huang Zhenting became an adult and more reliable, his disciple took on his previous 'role'. This 'tradition' was bound to be carried on generations after generations.

Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin were speechless as they looked at both Huang Zhenting and Shi Yang.

They met Huang Zhenting, Shi Yang and the rest on the way to Mount Kunlun. They did not know what they were doing beforehand.

It was nothing secretive either. When Huang Zhenting reported to Shi Tianhao, he did not conceal the truth from them anyway. The both of them were stunned as they heard what Huang Zhenting said.

The both of them knew that Shi Tianhao often went to the Barren Expanses. But visiting there and setting up an alternative residence over there were two different things.

It's like how very few demons controlled territories in the Divine Lands.

For the North Sea Whale King and Nine-Talons Condor King who were only in the Demon Lord realm, they were just one of the minority. Furthermore, they acted rather independently too.

They were not like Shi Tianhao, who was not only in the Immortal Soul Stage, but was also backed by the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The influence of the Celestial Sect of Wonders was no longer restricted to the Divine Lands anymore. Even within the Barren Expanses, they were also an influential figure.

The actions of the Celestial Sect of Wonders in the Divine Lands could already make waves in the Barren Expanses. What more if they went to the Barren Expanses?

The only territory in the Barren Expanses that was held by the human race was Mount Taihua that belonged to the Great Void Sect. It was attacked by the demons a few years ago and was even almost destroyed.

Hearing Huang Zhenting's description, the place that they eyed seemed to be a little remote. It's also close to the passageway that connected the Barren Expanses and Divine Lands. It's not like Mount Taihua, which could affect a wide region if it's attacked.

But if Shi Tianhao opened this alternative residence at this valley, it might be seen as a bridgehead in preparation for the War of the Two Worlds.

It's difficult to predict what reaction the demons would have with regards to this.

Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin looked at Shi Yang before turning to Huang Zhenting. They were speechless at this instant.

Huang Zhenting seemed to approve of this place that Shi Yang located. The both of them were indeed as fearless as Shi Tianhao. They were not afraid of causing trouble.

As they thought till here, Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin turned to look at Shi Tianhao. They saw that Shi Tianhao was creasing his brows after he heard this, before he said, "The place that you mention, I have passed by it before. But it doesn't have the valley that you claim to exist."

"Indeed!" Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin looked at each other before laughing, "We knew it would be like that."

After hearing Huang Zhenting's and Shi Yang's report, Shi Tianhao's first reaction was not to claim that the Barren Expanses was not suitable for opening an alternative residence. Rather, it was to claim that there was no lucky spot for him to open an alternative residence.

Huang Zhenting laughed, "I captured a few small demons near there on purpose to interrogate. I learnt that the geography of the place changed which formed a valley."

"The spiritual energy near the valley also experienced changes, which allowed the place to become a lucky spot." As he said, he looked at Li Kuiyin and Gu Lei, before saying again, "Right now, the valley over there is covered by thunderclouds all year round. The essence of thunder seems to become more and more concentrated. Although it's not fully developed yet, I observed it for some time and I can confirm that as time passes, it will become an outstanding spot."

"Because it's not fully formed, it's not been detected by the demons yet. It's without an owner now, but the potential is there."

Shi Tianhao nodded his head as he heard this, "Oh, from what you say, it really seems like a good place."

He pondered for a moment before he revealed a smile on his face, "The location of it is just right…"

After hearing Shi Tianhao's words, Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin knew that Shi Tianhao meant more than what he said. He was not so worry-free. On the contrary, he had some considerations.

Gu Lei pondered seriously for a moment before looking at Shi Tianhao, "Don't tell me that you are…"

Shi Tianhao straightened his index finger on his lips to stop Gu Lei from continuing further. After that, he laughed at Huang Zhenting and the bunch of junior disciples, "Senior Gu, please don't divulge anything. Let them exercise their minds."

Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin laughed. Li Kuiyin looked at Shi Tianhao before sighing, "Tianhao, don't you only exercise your fists and mouth only?"

After he was mocked by her, Shi Tianhao chuckled, "Senior Li, please don't mock me."

Huang Zhenting, Shi Yang and the others could also figure out that Shi Tianhao meant something else. Thus, they racked their brains trying to figure out what he thought. Fortunately, they were already used to this style of Shi Tianhao.

On the branch of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, Lin Feng was sitting there and he scanned the Wasteland Valley. As he did so, he laughed while he shook his head.

Shi Tianhao managed to form a bond with Li Kuiyin and Gu Lei during the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai. Although Shi Tianhao was in the Aurous Core Stage then, he was like a bearish child who was only slightly greater than 10 years old.

Whereas Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin were not as powerful as Shi Tianhao, but they were still in the Advanced Aurous Core Stage then and were one of the talents of the Purple Clouds Sect.

Right now, the both of them had formed the Nascent Soul. With their cultivation speed or powers, they were considered geniuses in the entire Divine Lands.

However, Shi Tianhao was already in the Immortal Soul Stage. In terms of powers, even the Thunderclouds Holy Man was not his worthy opponent.

In terms of powers and position, the difference in both parties were quite huge.

Those of different levels would find it difficult to become friends. Even if they were friends, as the gap between them widened, their friendship would be diluted one day.

At times, it's not because the stronger one looked down on the weaker one. On the contrary, because the stronger one is at an advantage, he was less likely to be bothered about the opinions of others.

Rather, the weaker one would feel extremely embarrassed as others mocked him. He would become uncomfortable and his pride would be affected.

For Shi Tianhao-like characters, even if they had partners, their partners would usually lag behind them and disappear within their world.

Even if they could keep up, they were most likely just a shadow of those who were like Shi Tianhao.

For such individuals, people often called them the bystanders in a fight, as they were not worthy enough to join.

But right now, Shi Tianhao's interaction with Li Kuiyin and Gu Lei did not seem different from before.

Shi Tianhao was willing to make friends with the both of them because the both of them were worthy friends to make. It's not because of how high their cultivations were or how powerful they were.

They became friends because they could get along, and not because of their abilities.

Even if there's one day that they grew more distant from one another, it shouldn't affect anything today.

For Lin Feng, even as his cultivation and status were far greater than Kang Nanhua and Miao Shihao, he did not talk to them in any way different from before.

To be able to hold their ground and maintain their cool in front of Lin Feng and Shi Tianhao, not feeling inferior, awkward or jealous, it's not just achievable by having a thick skin. Those who could do so were the ones with commendable state of minds and they were also the ones who were bound to have some achievements someday.

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Chapter 1061: Rapid Development, Meteoric Rise

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In the Wasteland Valley, Li Kuiyin laughed as she looked at Shi Tianhao, "Oh yes, Tianhao, you are already all grown up and you have achieved much in your progress. Furthermore, your foundation is also already stabilized. Do you have in mind a lady that can be a Daoist couple with you?"

Shi Tianhao chuckled as he heard her words, "No, I don't really think it's necessary too.

Gu Lei laughed too, "Do you really not mind, or has your age already passed before you fully matured?"

"Previously, my grandfather once mentioned that he wanted me to get a wife as soon as possible. But I wouldn't feel good towards the family of the lady if I did that, thus I stalled till now." Shi Tianhao replied, "At this stage, I don't really have any intention anymore."

He spoke in a very relaxed manner, but his gaze did not have any signs of jubilance. On the other hand, he seemed to be worried.

Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin were silent as they heard his words. As they were familiar with Shi Tianhao, they naturally knew that the whereabouts of his parents were still unknown.

And after his grandfather entered the Void Battleground again, his whereabouts also became unknown. Even the original head of the Shi Family, Shi Wu, had also entered the Void Battleground. But even there was not much news from him.

The special characteristic of the Void Battleground was that it left people very unsure of whether they were. It was especially difficult for them if they wanted to find someone.

Shi Tianhao spent most of his time in the Void Battleground all these years. He even remained there for quite some time before, only returning just before Lin Feng came back from the Spirit Sea. As they met, they entered the Starry Sea together.

Without any surprises, Shi Tianhao would enter the Void Battleground to find his parents again after he settled all his stuff on Mount Yujing.

He had been walking this long path for quite some time and he would continue doing so until he had a clear result.

At this point, void space cracked open and a human figure walked out from the crack. He was decked in purple which was covered by a long, white robe. He looked very scholarly, revealing his identity as Zhu Yi.

After Zhu Yi revealed himself, he clasped his hands towards Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin, "I was busy. When I received news, I was delayed by a little. Apologies to have made the both of you wait for me."

Besides Shi Tianhao as their good friend, Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin also shared a rather good relationship with Zhu Yi. Furthermore, Gu Lei was much more familiar with Zhu Yi. Comparatively, Li Kuiyin was closer to Shi Tianhao.

After meeting Zhu Yi, Gu Lei had the intention of changing the topic. He laughed and said, "Come to think about it, Tianhao made his juniors rush to the front."

As he said, he opened his palm out wide and retrieved a flashing, purplish coin, "This came from a disciple from my sect who asked me to pass it to Comrade Zhu Yi's disciple. It has the effect of bridging communication and can be used repeatedly."

Shi Tianhao laughed as he saw this, "Oh, it's for Yang Tie."

He looked at Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin, "But for something as secretive as this, shouldn't it be passed secretly and concealed from us elders?"

Li Kuiyin laughed, "Shaolan is a very open person. Even for something like this, she doesn't need us to view her in the light of a little girl. She is undergoing her own cultivation now and it will last for some time. She can't leave the Purple Clouds Peak, thus she requested ask to bring it over for her."

Gu Lei laughed, "What openness? She's only a tomboy. I wonder what Yang Tie sees in her."

Zhu Yi laughed slightly too and received the coin over, "Shaolan indeed has the behavior of a man."

He thought of something and after a while, Yang Tie came to the Wasteland Valley. He greeted Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao first, "Greetings to Master and Seventh Junior Uncle."

After greeting his own elders, Yang Tie turned to Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin and bowed towards them, "Elder Gu, Elder Li."

Gu Lei looked at him and smiled, "Your cultivation has improved once more. I'm afraid that even if the two of us combine together, we may not be able to win you."

He spoke very steadily and honestly, and had no intention of making it awkward for Yang Tie. Yang Tie responded with a respectful bow and he said humbly, "Elder, your words are too kind. I still need more training though."

Zhu Yi laughed as he passed the coin to Yang Tie. Yang Tie was stunned and Li Kuiyin chuckled, "That little brat from my sect asked us to pass this to you."

Yang Tie remained serious as he heard her words. Very soon, he turned a little shy. After receiving the coin over, he paused for a moment before asking, "Is Senior Shaolan doing fine?"

Zhu Yi pointed at the coin in his hand and said, "You can ask her yourself. Go."

Zhu Yi waved Yang Tie off. As Yang Tie looked at the coin, he was instantly enlightened, and he smiled, "No rush. Master, you have not seen Elder Gu and Elder Li for some time. I shall stand at one side as all of you converse. If there are any instructions, I can carry them out immediately."

Shi Tianhao laughed, "It's fine with Zhenting around. Go and do what you need to do."

After seeing Zhu Yi nodding his head, Yang Tie bowed and said, "Yes, I shall take my leave."

As they looked at Yang Tie's back figure as he left, Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin laughed, "He is indeed quite a steady person."

Was Yang Tie not rushed and unbothered? He was very rushed and very bothered. He just did not reveal that in front of Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin. But as he left the Wasteland Valley, they became more obvious.

But he was able to control himself previously. He took his job more seriously than his personal stuff.

"Sorry to have made ourselves a laughing stock." Zhu Yi laughed as he said. Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin shook their heads together, "No, no. Although he's young, he's already very accomplished."

Gu Lei said, "We came here because we found a new strip of Thunder Jade crystal mine in the Fangyu World. I believe that your sect needs this Thunder Jade."

"Oh?" Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao looked at each other before nodding their heads.

The Fangyu World was a Middle World like the Ancient Yuantian World. It was controlled by different powers, who held different parts of the world. Originally, the Samsara Sect had a share in it.

After the Anti-Celestial Sect War, the Samsara Sect divided the land and compensated the Celestial Sect of Wonders to redeem some of their members. Thus, the Celestial Sect of Wonders obtained a share of the Fangyu World.

As a show of his gratitude, Lin Feng passed control of the share that they obtained to the Purple Clouds Sect.

Gu Lei's words referred to a new strip of crystal mine found on this plot of land.

The Thunder Jade was a rare treasure. To a cultivator cultivating thunder spells, it was very useful.

Gu Lei and Li Kuiyin naturally did not rush over just to pass something from their disciple to them. Regarding this strip of Thunder Jade crystal mine, they had to discuss with the Celestial Sect of Wonders too.

The Celestial Sect of Wonders had already transferred control of the land to the Purple Clouds Sect, thus logically, they had nothing to do with the land already. Whatever the Purple Clouds Sect wanted to do with it, they could decide for themselves.

But over these few years, the resources produced in the Fangyu World had been supplied to the Celestial Sect of Wonders in great amount all these years by the Purple Clouds Sect.

It's not a surprise for the Purple Clouds Sect to tell the Celestial Sect of Wonders of this new Thunder Jade mine.

Of course, this was the Purple Clouds Sect expressing their goodwill too. After the discussion of the way of karma previously, it was natural for the Purple Clouds Sect to take some action.

It might not be the case that they were set on coming to Mount Kunlun to seek advice. But it was a good thing for them to further the relationship between themselves and the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Lin Feng was clearly aware of this, but he was unbothered. This was a very common situation.

In the future days, the situation in Mount Kunlun and the Divine Lands regained normalcy and peace again.

The only thing worth mentioning was that Shi Tianhao brought Huang Zhenting and a bunch of Wasteland Valley disciples to the Barren Expanses, taking control of the valley that Huang Zhenting and Shi Yang found. This valley was going to be the new alternative residence of Shi Tianhao.

And what was beyond the expectations of everyone was that the demons kept one closed eye with regards to this matter. This was a huge difference as compared to their reaction to Mount Taihua of the Great Void Sect.

A huge discussion was going on in the Divine Lands at this point. Many believed that Shi Tianhao took control of a remote area without any significant value, thus the demons did not want to start a conflict with the Celestial Sect of Wonders out of nothing.

There were also others who reckoned that as compared to the Great Void Sect, the demons were more afraid of Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

There were even those who thought that the demons were more afraid of the Great Void Sect, thus they were more concerned about their actions. On the other hand, they viewed Shi Tianhao and the Celestial Sect of Wonders as less of a threat, hence they did not bother about them.

The thing was, there were many guesses abound in the Divine Lands right now.

Because of the special environment and geography of the valley, Shi Tianhao had to hold the fort at his new alternative residence currently. As a result, he had to delay his travels to the Void Battleground to find his relatives. But this wouldn't take too long either. With the Cang Heaven Spell Blade around with him, Shi Tianhao could leave after a short period of time.

And on Mount Yujing, Lin Feng continued to move between the Starry Sea and the Divine Lands. He cultivated spells and figured out his own mantras as well as other moves that were incomplete.

The Crucible of the Divine Lands ostracized Xiao Yan, which meant that Lin Feng had to cultivate pills on his own most of the time. Although he used up quite some time, it managed to improve Lin Feng's standard of cultivating pills.

A huge amount of resources was converted to pills through the Crucible of the Divine Lands. Not only were they supplied to the disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they were also provided to the Purple Clouds Sect and other allies of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. This was another avenue which allowed the Celestial Sect of Wonders to unite the various powers in the Divine Lands.

Xiao Yan and the rest were also guiding their disciples as they cultivated on their own. The Celestial Sect of Wonders entered another period of rapid progress.

As time passed, after Tang Jun, Zhou Yuncong, Han Yang, Ying Luozha, Huang Zhenting and Yang Tie all formed their Nascent Souls. Yan Yunqing, Zhuge Wanqiu, Zhao Huan, Sun Xueer, Ke Jing and Yan Wuwei all reached the Advanced Aurous Core Stage too and the Nascent Soul Stage was within sight!

The second-generation disciples and third-generation disciples improved rapidly. The Nascent Soul Stage and Aurous Core Stage descendants of the Celestial Sect of Wonders were on the verge of experiencing a meteoric rise.

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Chapter 1062: Change in the Divine Lands

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"The most outstanding batch among the second-generation disciples have all formed their Nascent Soul or are on the verge of doing so." Lin Feng smiled, "But the rest who are lagging behind will have to wait some time before they can catch up. After all, the higher the cultivation realm, the harder it was to progress, thus time needed would be more."

He turned to Xiao Yan, who was beside him. "The third-generation disciples are also developing well. This is a good thing. We have talents in every generation."

Xiao Yan laughed, "Just as you said Master, this is a delightful showing."

Lin Feng asked, "Is Tian You trying to overcome the Void Lightning Tribulations recently?"

Xiao Yan nodded his head before saying, "In terms of his accumulation, I agree that he is still lacking a little. But with his character, he is more towards being free and easy."

"Now that his state of mind is an appropriate condition, if he suppresses it, it might be harmful to him. When his accumulation is finally sufficient, I am afraid that his state of mind would be flawed then."

As he said till here, Xiao Yan was a little amused, "Everyone has their own fate and path to tread. Thus, I will let him choose what he wants to do."

"Having seen him grown up, I have a clear understanding of what he is like. Although he is a very easy-going person, he will not let his guard down for something like this."

Lin Feng nodded his head, "Do whatever you need to according to his abilities."

Xiao Yan revealed a smile on his face as he heard this, "With regards to Liu Xiafeng's character and will, I have always found them credible. Especially even as Tang Jun caught up, he managed to remain calm. This is indeed rare."

Lin Feng laughed too, "Tian Cang's situation is special. You can't put him in the same light as the others."

Tang Jun possessed the Fire Lord Body. Besides the offensive strength of his Fire Lord Body, the Fire Lord Body could also interfere with time.

This interference did not just affect the opponent. It could also be used on Tang Jun's own body. As Tang Jun's own cultivation increased day by day, he also became better at controlling the Ashen Flames.

This talent of his could not only just be used to battle others. It was also useful in his normal cultivation.

Summoning the Ashen Flames could diminish Tang Jun's powers greatly and could not be used for an extended period of time. But during the process of summoning it, Tang Jun did train his control of such a power.

As he overcame his limits again and again, he achieved a huge improvement.

As to why Tang Jun could catch up with the others so fast, it had a lot to do with his special body.

Of course, besides possessing the Fire Lord Body, Tang Jun's talent in other areas were also very outstanding.

His Innate Ability was 9 points, Intelligence was 9 points, Determination was 8 points and his Fortune was 6 points. The total of these four statistics reached 32 points. And what was more eye-catching was the fact that if we disregarded the Fortune statistic, his other three statistics reached a total of 26 points. This was the highest among all the second-generation disciples.

Under the protection of Lin Feng, Xiao Yan and the Celestial Sect of Wonders, a Fortune statistic of 6 points was sufficient.

The higher the score of the talent statistic, the higher one's potential was. Of course, whether one's potential could really be fulfilled was not a certain matter. There were also those who had high talent statistic but they didn't manage to fulfil their potentials.

But with Tang Jun's current momentum, he seemed capable of living up to his potential.

Come to think about it, Lin Feng had not seen many whose Innate Ability, Intelligence and Determination derived such a high score like Tang Jun did.

Lin Feng often suspected that the top four Immediate Disciples under him had talent statistic scores that could not be measured using the same standard as everyone else. They could only be used as references.

Of course, while it was rare for the scores of the talent statistics to change, it didn't mean that they could not change. Till this day, the statistics of Xiao Yan and the others had experienced changes too. Even for Yang Qing and Yue Hongyan, their scores did change after the intense battle with Zhang Lie in the past.

Lin Feng looked at Xiao Yan, "While the progress of the junior disciples is a cause for celebration, I am also very delighted at the progress of the few of you."

Xiao Yan said, "The situation in the Greater World changes all the time. While it's quiet now, it's actually like a tightened bow with the arrow on it. Once it's released, the arrow will be unleashed quickly."

"We also can't tell when things will go south. Normally, we can only strive in our cultivations. After all, to mold iron, we have to be tough ourselves first."

He smiled, "As we are working hard, the others are not slacking either."

In the few years after the Anti-Celestial Sect War, the situation of the Divine Lands confirmed that the Great Void Sect and Celestial Sect of Wonders were opposites of each other. And under this situation, there had been small changes too.

Especially after news of the Origins Dragon King reaching the Second Tribulation of Destiny spread, the entire Grand Celestial World was ready for a conflict to begin.

Comparatively, what was worth watching in the Divine Lands was actually the Heavenly Master Sword Sect.

After the Heavenly Master Swordmaster formed the way of the virtual entity during the battle of Mount Shu, another member of the Heavenly Master Sword Sect, the Celestial Sword Elder, managed to reach the Immortal Soul Third Level after retreating for some time.

The Celestial Sword Elder was a venerable elder of the Heavenly Master Sword Elder. He had already cultivated for more than ten thousand years. His seniority was very high and even the Heavenly Master Swordmaster had to call him Grandmaster.

During the battle of Mount Shu, after Lin Feng destroyed the Saintly Celestial Sword, the Celestial Sword Elder retreated and finally reached the Immortal Soul Third Level.

In these few years, the Heavenly Master Sword Sect re-appeared with two Immortal Soul Third Level cultivators. Everyone from the Divine Lands turned their attention towards them. But for various reasons, the Heavenly Master Sword Sect kept a low-profile and only invited a few closer powers for a small celebration.

What was worth mentioning was that the Celestial Sword Elder invited the Celestial Sect of Wonders for the celebration. Although Lin Feng did not go to congratulate him, Xiao Yan went over to express his congratulations on behalf of Lin Feng.

When the Heavenly Master Swordmaster and the Celestial Sword Elder met Xiao Yan privately, they requested him to invite Lin Feng over to express their thanks.

There was once when the Heavenly Master Sword Sect had a close relationship with the Celestial Sect of Wonders. But after the battle at Xiling City, their relationship became awkward.

Their ties were not cut, nor did they become enemies. But their relationship did turn cold. As Xiao Yan went over to congratulate the both of them, it could be seen as breaking the ice between both sects.

This was similar to the time when Lin Feng destroyed the Saintly Celestial Sword. The discussion of the way of karma then might have had some influence too.

The Great Void Sect was also invited, and Lin Daohan went over to congratulate the two elders. He met Xiao Yan and both of them were very calm. The conflict in the Starry Sea a few years ago did not seem to exist anymore. And while the relationship of the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Heavenly Master Sword Sect became more cordial, the Great Void Sect did not express any opinion.

However, regardless whether it was the Heavenly Master Swordmaster or the Celestial Sword Elder, they did reveal their respect for the Great Void Sect.

The influence of the destruction of the Saintly Celestial Sword became more and more obvious as time passed. Besides the Heavenly Master Swordmaster and the Celestial Sword Elder, the Vast Sea Swordmaster had also retreated in the past few years. He was a sword cultivator that had been in the Immortal Soul Second Level for some time already.

Through the information obtained by the Celestial Sect of Wonders, the Lightning Swordmaster was also on the verge of overcoming his bottleneck. He would reach the Immortal Soul Third Level in time to come.

The Starry Swordmaster managed to cultivate the virtual entity 3000 years ago, while the Sun Moon Sword Sect had a cultivator called the Sun Radiance Swordmaster who cultivated the Lunar Glow Sword Manual. At last, the Corona Swordmaster that he had waited for had finally arrived.

Due to countless changes, Mount Shu remained silent and reacted to nobody. They kept themselves sealed and no news spread from internally. It's as if they cut themselves off from the world.

The changes in the various sword sects were overwhelming, and these changes were the main content in the situation of the Divine Lands right now.

Besides the Heavenly Master Sword Sect, Vast Sea Sword Sect and other powers, another attention-seeking change occurred in the north.

After swallowing the territories of the Heaven Lake Sect and dominating the entire north territories, the Royal House of the Northern Tribes' powers increased tremendously and they even helped the Celestial Sect of Wonders once more during the Anti-Celestial Sect War. After the matter, Lin Feng rewarded them and passed them the Yan Heaven Crucible of the East Heaven's Gate.

Although the Yan Heaven Crucible was only in the gestation realm and could not match up to how it was during the Antiquity Age, it was already treated like a treasure by the Royal House of the Northern Tribes.

With huge amount of resources that were turned into useful materials by the Yan Heaven Crucible, the Royal House of Northern Tribes experienced rapid progress in these few years.

Their rapid progress caught the attention of the Great Qin Empire and Great Zhou Empire.

But the senior management of the Royal House of the Northern Tribes was very aware that the Great Qin Empire had adopted a rather conservative attitude. They allied with the Great Qin Empire and as they faced the Great Zhou Empire, they did not step out of line and do anything to spark a retaliation by the Great Zhou Empire.

The Great Zhou Empire also became rather conservative following the Anti-Celestial Sect War. With regards to the rise of the Royal House of the Northern Tribes, they could only remain quiet so far.

Of course, there were many private interactions, which naturally occurred between the Great Qin Empire and Royal House of the Northern Tribes too.

And recently, not long before the Celestial Sword Elder formed the way of the virtual entity, the Lord of the Royal House managed to reach the Immortal Soul Third Level, allowing the powers of the Royal House of the Northern Tribes to reach a higher level.

Besides the lack of a destiny level magic treasure, the Royal House of the Northern Tribes and Heavenly Master Sword Sect had become powers in the Divine Lands that could no longer be ignored anymore. Besides the Great Void Sect and Celestial Sect of Wonders, the Great Qin and Great Zhou Empire were also watching them now.

Lin Feng looked at Xiao Yan and said, "There's too little information at hand, especially those concerning the Great Void Sect. Thus, we still need to observe how we can balance the situation out."

"Continue to cultivate well. Increasing your own powers will always be useful."

"I have a feeling that Miao Shihao will bring us very useful things when he exits his retreat. He retreated not because of he's cultivating." Lin Feng lifted his head to look at void space before saying, "Recently, transformation of space has become more and more common. It'll not be long before he exits from his retreat."

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Chapter 1063: Celestial Sect of Wonders Proposing Marriage

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Lin Feng looked at Xiao Yan and laughed, "Miss Zhener has finally finished her cultivation?"

Xiao Yan heard this and chuckled, "Yes, just before I returned from Mount Tongtian of the Heavenly Master Sword Sect."

He looked at Lin Feng shiftily and Lin Feng cursed him, "Rascal, what look are you giving me?"

Xiao Yan laughed as he got closer. He fawned, "Master…"

Lin Feng laughed back, "Okay, okay, since when did I renege on my promise to the both of you? When I said that I will propose marriage for you, I will do it for sure."

"Thanks Master!" Xiao Yan cheered. Right now, he seemed to become the half-adult than he was when he was in Wuzhou County.

Lin Feng said to him, "Choose a few capable disciples of yours to come along too. Not only is this necessary for face, it's also a form of training for them."

Xiao Yan became serious and clasped his fist and palm, "Master, don't worry. I understand."

During the Anti-Celestial Sect War, the Ancient Longevity World appeared with a crack of the Netherworld Sea. Regardless whether it was the Great Void Sect, people from the Ancient Longevity World or Lin Feng, they judged that it had something to do with the Netherworld Emperor.

Although there hadn't been any more news after that and the Netherworld Emperor had also been hiding without leaving any traces behind, Lin Feng and the others didn't let down their guards.

Lin Feng scanned with his supernatural awareness, "Oh, Wang Lin, Hongyan and Qingwu are retreating into cultivation. Let's not alarm them then. Tianhao is also busy with his new alternative residence, thus he can't get away."

He pointed with his finger and two streaks of flowing light appeared. They landed in the Heavenly Temple and the River Abode. In the next moment, Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang came before Lin Feng at the same time. They greeted him first before they greeted Xiao Yan, "Master, Eldest Senior."

Lin Feng laughed, "I am going to the Ancient Longevity World myself to propose marriage for your eldest senior. If the two of you are free, please come along too."

Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang looked at each other before they nodded their heads, "We have nothing on. We shall follow Master's arrangement then."

After answering Lin Feng, the two of them looked at Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi smiled, "Eldest Senior, congratulations. You are finally going to become a married couple with Miss Zhener."

Li Yuanfang always looked serious, but now, his expression became lighter. He also revealed a smile on his face and congratulated Xiao Yan, "Congratulations Eldest Senior!"

Xiao Yan laughed as he replied, "Thanks for following me along to propose marriage."

Li Yuanfang answered him, "Since Master is going there too, besides Second Senior and I, the junior disciples will also have to make a trip."

Even if Lin Feng went on his own, no one would dare to treat him lightly. As to why he brought people along with him, it was not because of the face of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. On the contrary, he wanted to show respect to the family of Xiao Zhener by bringing a presentable enough crowd.

Xiao Yan said, "A few of my Immediate Disciples will come along. But as for the disciples under the both of you, I shall leave it to the both of you to choose."

Li Yuanfang replied him, "Tian Cang must not be left out. He is the head of your disciples. When we get to the Ancient Longevity World, he shall be in charge of handling those under the Immortal Soul Stage."

"Lin Tong must go too, as I believe she misses Miss Zhener."

Xiao Yan nodded his head, "Tian You needs to retreat in order to challenge the Void Lightning Tribulations, thus he won't be coming along. As for Tian Feng, I think coming along will be a good experience for him and this can help Tian Cang too."

Tian Feng was the earliest Successive Disciple of Xiao Yan, Yan Wuwei.

After he managed to form the Aurous Core, Xiao Yan gave Yan Wuwei the Daoist name Tian Feng. The "Feng" left Yan Wuwei feeling sad for quite some time.

However, as he grew older, he became mature, albeit being the unreliable and blabbermouth when he was young.

But he was still plus-sized even as he grew up. Xiao Yan even thought that he was fatter than he was when he was younger, but he was unsure whether his instincts were wrong.

And right now, Yan Wuwei could hold his own ground. Without any instructions from Xiao Yan, coupled with his glib tongue, he was considered talented in terms of socializing and interacting with others.

As the second-generation and third-generation Successive Disciples grew up, a lot of the internal matters of the Celestial Sect of Wonders were slowly handed to them.

Yan Wuwei was normally in charge of external matters related to the Inferno Precipice. Besides the Inferno Precipice, when cultivators from other sects came to visit, Yan Wuwei was also the chief host for them.

If there were any official matters that needed someone to attend to outside, Yan Wuwei was also someone who could be counted on to do the job well. Inside of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, his name was quite well-known now.

These experiences not only trained up his mind. They also built up his resilience.

At the very start, while Yan Wuwei was always a very boastful person and loved to exaggerate things, he always felt very inferior in the face of Xu Yunsheng, Ying Luozha, Li Xingfei and the rest.

Although he came from the earliest batch of Successive Disciple, firstly, he managed to pass the test based on some luck and secondly, as more and more talented disciples entered the sect and caught up with him, he felt very pressured.

However, Xiao Yan did not look down on him. Rather, he guided Yan Wuwei seriously and gave him responsibilities slowly. This allowed Yan Wuwei to train up his capabilities and character.

Thus, right now, Yan Wuwei was slowly very calm and stable. He wouldn't feel inferior or jealous because someone was more outstanding than him. And he wouldn't lose himself even as the sect became more and more powerful.

Li Yuanfang asked, "Tian You is retreating while Tian Cang, Tian Feng and Lin Tong are coming along with Eldest Senior. What about your third-generation disciples? Who's going to guide them over here?"

Xiao Yan laughed as he turned to Zhu Yi, "Both Second Junior's actual body and I will proceed to the Ancient Longevity World. But the Great Sun Avatar will remain here, I believe?"

Zhu Yi nodded his head, "Tian Tai will follow us to the Ancient Longevity World. Although Tian Bi is unsuitable to guide the other disciples, I will leave Tian Lin here."

"I will also leave my Great Sun Avatar here to take care of the disciples of the Inferno Precipice disciples."

Tian Tai was Yang Tie's Daoist name, while Tian Bi was Ying Luozha's Daoist name. Sun Xueer's Daoist name was Tian Lin. They were all given by Zhu Yi, which came from Zhu Yi's understanding of his own Way of Changes and they represented his expectations of his disciples.

The Daoist name of Sun Xueer came from the "Lin" trigram. It represented the idea that when a good opportunity arose, one should grab hold of it decisively and not lose this opportunity.

This was related to the slightly gentler personality and indecisiveness of Sun Xueer. Thus, Zhu Yi gave her such a name, in the hopes that she would continue to train herself up well and achieve more in the future.

Li Yuanfang nodded his head, "That's good. Since this is the case, Tian Fang shall follow me to the Ancient Longevity World too. I will choose a total of 16 disciples from the second-generation and third-generation disciples along for this trip."

Zhu Yi said, "I shall choose 16 disciples too. Eldest Senior, bring along 32 disciples under you. This will then align with the number of the Eight Trigrams. Besides, you are proposing marriage this time. It's not the real wedding yet. The number of people going doesn't have to be so many yet."

Xiao Yan pointed at him and laughed, "There's no need to pour cold water on me so soon."

Zhu Yi laughed and he shook his head.

"Bring Yuncong along too." After his disciples finished discussing, Lin Feng commented. "Yang Qing has passed news that he has the intention of going to the Ancient Longevity World to pick some spiritual herbs and medicine."

The eyes of Xiao Yan and the others all brightened, "Oh? What a coincidence."

Ever since the Anti-Celestial Sect War ended, Yang Qing followed Lin Feng to the Barren Expanses. After he returned, he went around treating others on his own. He had saved many lives in the process.

The people that he treated were not just cultivators, but anyone that he saw. Over these years, the number of people that had been treated by him were uncountable.

In the rural areas, Yang Qing's name had become very popular by now. They gave him the name as the Sage Doctor and the Celestial Doctor.

To an ordinary person, besides Lin Feng, Yang Qing's name was the other name that they knew from the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

This was even under the circumstance that Yang Qing never left his name behind on many occasions.

Seeing that Yang Qing had no intention of buying people over, the Great Zhou, Great Qin, Northern Tribes and even the other powers of the Divine Lands did not make it inconvenient for him on account of Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

All these years, Yang Qing had travelled all across the world. He had only returned to Mount Yujing a couple of times. Every time he returned, he did not stay long and left soon after.

Besides seeking Lin Feng's advice when he returned to the mountain, he also guided Zhou Yuncong on his cultivation. After that, he would go to the medicine valley to collect some spiritual medicine or proceed to the Celestial Golden Pavilion to cultivate some pills.

When Yang Qing travelled across the world, he would pick his own medicinal herbs too. At times, for some rarer herbs, he would enter more dangerous areas to pick them. He also went to some Middle Worlds to seek for spiritual medicine.

It was also a coincidence that he wanted to go the Ancient Longevity World this time. He wanted to find some of the extinct herbs in the Greater World over there.

After hearing from Lin Feng that Xiao Yan and the others were about to go there to propose his marriage, Yang Qing was happy for his own senior. He was also preparing to go to the Ancient Longevity World after meeting up with Lin Feng and the others.

In the void space besides Lin Feng, the Avatar of Ares walked out and stood beside him.. Lin Feng said, "My actual body and Thunder Dragon Avatar have both cultivated till the last stge. If the situation doesn't change drastically, I shall remain here on Mount Yujing. Thus, my Avatar of Ares will go on behalf of me to the Ancient Longevity World."

Xiao Yan said hurriedly, "Apologies to make you fret about my personal matters."

Although his grandfather was still alive, in terms of personal cultivation, he was very much far apart from Xiao Zhener's parents. It would be a little awkward if he was the one leading Xiao Yan to propose marriage.

As Xiao Yan's grandfather, even if he was an ordinary person, no one would dare to underestimate. But in terms of his power, he was incomparable to Lin Feng, even if it's only Lin Feng's avatar.

"For this sort of matter, Xiao Yan can't be the one personally contacting. Zhu Yi, make contact with the Ancient Longevity World to tell them about our reason for coming. After setting the date, we shall then go over." Lin Feng said to Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi nodded his head before carrying out this task.

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Chapter 1064: Impressive 'Sedan'

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Zhu Yi contacted the Ancient Longevity World and told them about their plans, that Lin Feng was ready to come to the Ancient Longevity World to propose marriage for Xiao Yan.

They were just giving them a heads up so that they could be mentally prepared. Whatever details there were, they could discuss after they were there.

After the Ancient Longevity World remained silent for a while, they expressed their delight in welcoming Lin Feng and the others.

After all, with regards to Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhener, the Emperor Gu lineage had always been prepared for what's to come.

Although the marriage of Xiao Zhener and Xiao Yan would be considered to be a related marriage no matter whether it's in the eyes of those internally or in the eyes of those outside, there was still a difference between proposing marriage and real marriage. It was more of like a tendency, but not a concrete choice yet.

Furthermore, with Lin Feng coming personally, whether the marriage proposal was a success or not, the Ancient Longevity World had no reason to reject him. They did not choose to be on the side of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, but they also did not choose to be on the side of the Great Void Sect.

After receiving reply from the Ancient Longevity World, Lin Feng settled things on Mount Yujing before he was ready to go over.

Before he left, Xiao Yan twisted his mouth, "It's a pity that Jieyu retreated. Otherwise, I can recruit his help for this."

As he said this, Li Yuanfang did not react but Zhu Yi laughed.

He clearly knew what Xiao Yan meant. This could be referenced to the joke that Lin Feng made about Xiao Yan after he returned from the Ancient Longevity World after the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai.

That time, Lin Feng urged Xiao Yan to deal with his parents-in-law, which clearly meant that he needed to have a house, a form of transportation and money.

That signified the need to have his own residence, a sedan, treasures and cultivation resources.

Just like Shi Tianhao, Xiao Yan had also planned to open his own alternative residence. But because he had high standards, he had not found a suitable one yet.

But even with only the Inferno Precipice, it was enough for him. After years of construction and design by Xiao Yan, the Inferno Precipice was already a very auspicious place to live in.

As for treasures and cultivation resources, besides his own seniors and juniors, there was rarely anyone who could match up to Xiao Yan in the same level. Even many who were above his cultivation level were not as wealthy as him.

The only problem was the sedan

Of course, with Xiao Yan's current powers and position, it was fine if he did not have a sedan. When he referred to Jieyu previously, he wanted Jieyu to act as his "sedan".

Lin Feng's Avatar of Ares turned to look at Xiao Yan and was amused, "Rascal, have you not been preparing earlier, such that you are in a mess right now?"

Xiao Yan guffawed, "I won't dare to, Master. I won't dare to. I am just saying it for fun."

Lin Feng said, "What a nice 'sedan', I have to hand it to you."

As he said this, Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang were all stunned. They looked at one another and were lost.

There was no shortage of demons in the Celestial Sect of Wonders. To Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and the others, they wouldn't ride them normally. They treated them as equals. This allowed these demons to develop a greater sense of belonging in the Celestial Sect of Wonders too.

But to Lin Feng, this was different. If these demons could be Lin Feng's 'sedan', to a certain extent, it was a form of glory.

But ever since Lin Feng returned from the Barren Expanses and baptized Jieyu and Bai Guang with the Yu'ao Dragon King's blood, the two of them had been retreating seen and had not exited their retreat yet.

And besides Jieyu and Bai Guang, out of the remaining demons, Eye-less as well as the North Sea Whale King were not suitable to be rode on. It's fine in the waters, but it'd be weird on land.

The Kui Cow King was also in the midst of his retreat right now as he prepared to push for the Advanced Demon Lord realm. The Feilian King and the Flying Snow Plumes were also suitable, but their cultivations were a little low.

"Master, are you talking about the Nine-Talons Condor King?" Zhu Yi asked. In the entire Celestial Sect of Wonders, only the Nine-Talons Condor King was suitable.'

Lin Feng laughed as he shook his head. As he pointed, a streak of white flowing light appeared in front of the three of them.

After seeing it clearly, Xiao Yan and the others were shocked, "Pure-blooded great white tiger?!"

In front of them was a great white tiger. The eyes of the tiger flashed with a cold and demonic radiance. A dim radiance flashed around its body, as if it was as cold as the glow of gold. But at the same time, it seemed like starlight, which revealed it to be miraculous and unpredictable.

It was indeed a pure-blooded great white tiger!

Xiao Yan sized up this tiger, "Demon Lord realm…Master, is this the son of the White Tiger Grand Sage that you captured? Did he find a partner and produced a pure-blooded offspring?"

Lin Feng laughed as he nodded his head, "That's right. He captured a Bi An to be his wife and gave birth to this tiger. Come to think of it, the talent of the white tiger tribe is indeed immense."

"This tiger was born with the Demon Soul because he is the pure-blooded offspring of the White Tiger Grand Sage. He will find it easier to rise in his cultivation as compared to Tuntun and the others."

Although he was only a Demon Lord and had not formed the Undying Demon Soul, as a pure-blooded white tiger, his level was still above Jieyu and Bai Guang.

The Immemorial Celestial Dragons were divided into many different species, to ensure that the blood line could be carried on. But for those below the Vipralopa Stage, the other dragon species were inferior to the white tigers.

Xiao Yan came before the white tiger and laughed, "Rascal, you shall be with me in the future."

Who knew that the white tiger rolled his eyes, "You are the rascal."

As he spoke, he sounded like a young girl. This left Xiao Yan stunned, "It's a she, not he?"

Lin Feng coughed from one side, "Oh yes, her name is the Distant Star White Tiger. You can call her Distant Star. And yes, she is indeed…a female."

For the white tiger lineage, if one of the parent was a pure-blooded white tiger, the first child born would definitely be a pure-blooded white tiger.

Of course, there had never been a case whereby a pure-blooded white tiger copulated with a pure-blooded Xuanwu or pure-blooded vermilion bird. Thus, no one could confirm what the offspring would be like in those instances.

However, Lin Feng felt weird with regards to a female white tiger, "Why does it sound so twisted…why does it see so weird to use her as form of transportation?"

Lin Feng shook his head and removed all the weird thoughts in his mind. He turned to look at Xiao Yan, who regained his awareness. He smiled at Distant Star and said, "Following me will reap many benefits for you."

As he said, his pupils flashed with flames. Purplish-blue fire appeared and consolidated to form a howling, ferocious tiger in Xiao Yan eyes. This tiger was filled with killing intent and was extremely domineering.

This was the image of the Great White Tiger formed from the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire.

When the Distant Star first saw Xiao Yan, she could feel that he was extremely strong. He was so strong that she was almost suffocated by him. Although he was not comparable to her father, the White Tiger Grand Sage, it was still easy for him to kill her.

But it was in her blood to remain proud, thus she wouldn't submit to him easily.

She could admit that he was stronger and could kill her easily, but that didn't mean that he could make her submit, what more use her as a 'sedan'.

But now as she saw the image of the Great White Tiger in Xiao Yan's eyes, she felt petrified. That petrified feeling that she had was because she could see that he had a strong foundation that could be even further improved. She knew that he could become greater than he was now.

This left her a little perplexed. After lowering her head and pondered for a while, she turned to look at Lin Feng again. Eventually, she slightly bowed to Xiao Yan and submitted to him.

Xiao Yan laughed cheekily, "This time, my 'sedan'…no, in Master's words, my mode of transport, will definitely be impressive."

He walked one round around Distant Star and laughed, "It'll be even more impressive if she's in the Undying Demon Soul Stage."

"I'm not now, but I will be there soon." Distant Star snorted proudly. After that, she looked at Xiao Yan from the corner of her eyes, "If my father becomes your 'sedan', it'll be even more impressive. The thing is, are you capable of that?"

Xiao Yan's brows furrowed before he smiled, "I'm not capable now, but I will be soon."

Distant Star stole a glance at Lin Feng before retorting towards Xiao Yan, "Speak only when you are as capable of your master!"

Lin Feng then laughed at Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang, "Since the Distant Star is ferrying your senior, the both of you shall follow me instead."

"As for my own 'sedan'…" Lin Feng laughed as he pointed. A huge figure appeared, which had the head of a tiger and body of an ape. This was the Lu Yuan Grand Sage, captured by Lin Feng in the Barren Expanses in the past.

As this demon saw Lin Feng and his disciples, he seemed to feel as if something bad was going to happen. But he did not do anything and allowed Lin Feng to embark onto his neck.

Although this was only Lin Feng's avatar, he did not have the room to resist. After he was captured by Lin Feng and added with lots of restrictions, he wouldn't even have the guts to resist in front of a junior disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang all looked at one another before Xiao Yan laughed, "Master, you are the impressive one. A demon with the syncretic star soul is now your 'sedan'.

Of course, the Lu Yuan was inferior to the White Tigers. But this Lu Yuan Grand Sage was far greater than Distant Star in his cultivation.

Lin Feng laughed, "As for that white tiger, I will still need his help in something else. It will be him this time."

He looked down at the Lu Yuan Grand Sage, "Don't feel indignant too. In the past, you made it difficult for my disciple, but I spared you."

"I have no intention of humiliating you anyway. As long as you do your job well and redeem for your mistakes, you may regain freedom in the future. As long as you don't repeat your mistakes in the future, I won't make it difficult for you too."

"If you want to remain in the sect then, I will not stop you. If you make a contribution, I will give you what you deserve to. Do you understand?"

The Lu Yuan Grand Sage was silent for some time, but eventually nodded his head. He expressed his silent acknowledgement.

Lin Feng nodded his head and looked at Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang, "Okay, let's count the attendance before moving off."

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Chapter 1065: Netherworld Sea World's Smaller Worlds

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In the dim Heavens and Earth, the Nine Nether Draught spread in void space as if it was like streaks and streaks of black light. As it moved in void space, it froze everything that came into contact with it.

On the Earth, bright-red and dirty blood pus was everywhere, as if they formed a sea of blood. On the surface of this sea of blood, huge blood bubbles formed before they burst, revealing a suffocating, fishy smell.

Within the se of blood, everything did not seem to exist. Only dim yellow river water seemed to flow silently. It was weird and unpredictable, evoking a sense of terror. It seemed capable of cleansing everything, but was also capable of making everything pale-white and lose their sense of life.

Countless gullies cracked open on the Earth. As the sea of blood and dim yellow river met these gullies, they flowed down like a waterfall.

But before these waterfalls reached the bottom, purplish-blue fire had already shot out from the depths of the valley into the sky. As the fire collided with the dirty blood and yellow river water, cracks started to open in space.

Below the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, there was still the Heaven Apocalyptic Blaze burning ferociously. Although it was not as brutal as the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, it kept on swallowing stuff up to strengthen itself. It revealed a sense of greed and evilness.

Above the cracked valley and below the Nine Nether Draught, the Earth surged with the Avici Infernal Gale, that resembled fog and wind at the same time. The Avici Infernal Gale flashed with red light and amidst the red light, there seemed to contain countless ferocious ghosts and evil souls. They clawed and screamed in horror.

The brutal squall kept on brushing against the Blood River Primordial Water and River Styx Primordial Water, causing an intense collision.

The Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze, Blood River Primordial Water, River Styx Primordial Water, Nine Nether Draught and Avici Infernal Gale were boundless over here, although they were rare outside of this place.

Rather than saying this alternate plane of space contained such disastrous elements, it was much more appropriate to say that this world was actually formed from these disastrous elements.

Besides, different types of catastrophes raged in this boundless world. It seemed to be the apocalypse, and this place was not one that was suitable for life to breed.

Even for those who were rich with experiences and were very resilient, stepping in this world would present a whole new challenge for them.

That was because this was the Netherworld Sea, one of the Grand Celestial World Seven Seas. Besides the Spirit Sea and Death Sea, this was the most mysterious place.

Over here, there were no resources or life around. What was boundless were only destructive powers and catastrophes.

Even the normally messy Void Sea, the Void Battleground, did not have frightening space-time turbulence that happened all the time. While cultivators were in peril as they entered the Void Battleground, they could still find places to hide themselves.

But in the Netherworld Sea, all types of evil forces were around at all times. This was a world fully formed from disaster.

But in this world, there was a region where space was entirely distorted. It was as if it underwent changes all the time.

The messed-up space formed even smaller worlds within this world that relied on the existence of the Netherworld Sea. They were like huge bubbles in the Heavens and Earth.

These bubbles were separated and never contacted one another. Besides, it was not even for them to meet one another too, because of the continuous space-time disturbance. From afar, they seemed very close, but they were actually very far apart. From one of the small world, even if someone came out, he would find it difficult to go to other small worlds.

At the same time, it was very rare for someone to come out from the small worlds and step foot in the Netherworld Sea, which would subject them to the catastrophes around.

In these small worlds, the environments were much safer than the outside even if there were still the various disasters that ran riot too.

Although the small worlds did not interact one another and it was difficult to sense the presence of the other small worlds, they were actually connected by the presence of something ridiculous.

This thing was a streak of entirely red light beam erected in the Netherworld Sea. It was like the heavenly pillar in the center of the Netherworld Sea.

But one would feel uncomfortable when he saw this light beam. In his heart, he would feel petrified, frightened and develop a sense of peril.

As the different worlds intersected, they surrounded this light beam.

One of the small world was surrounded by black fog all year round and no light could reach it. In the center of the fog, there was a huge pavilion, which did not seem very exquisite, but had an aura of majesty.

But this pavilion carried an eerie feel to it, which greatly dimmed the aura of majesty that it possessed. This also added a sense of mystery to this pavilion.

In the pavilion, the end a tunnel led to a chamber. Outside the chamber, there were four stone statues that were black and tall. They revealed an aura of evilness and death.

Suddenly, the four statues jerked at the same time and they seemed to come alive. They all turned to the other side of the tunnel.

Ove there, there was a youth in black whose complexion was pale-white as paper and who looked charming. However, he looked very evil as he walked towards the chamber.

As the youth walked just outside of the chamber, he stopped and did not speak.

Whereas one of the stone statue turned towards the chamber and a deep voice rang, "Master, Gong Zize is here."

After a long while, the door to the chamber opened suddenly. The youth entered and the door closed after him. The stone statues also descended into silence.

Inside the chamber, a Daoist in black robe had his back facing the door a he sat cross-legged quietly.

The four walls, ceiling and floor of this chamber seemed to be transparent. They could be seen through and the scenes outside of the chamber could be observed as a result.

The youth turned to the Daoist and greeted, "Greetings to Master."

The Daoist did not say anything and continued sitting there. The youth who was called Gong Zize did not seemed rush too and he knelt down on the floor, as he waited for the Daoist to finish what he was doing.

"What's the matter?" After a long while, the Daoist finally stopped and asked.

Gong Zize replied, "There's news from the Ancient Longevity World that Lin Feng is paying a visit to over there. He wants to propose marriage for his disciple, Xiao Yan, to the daughter of Gu Jun, Zhener."

The Daoist said, "This is expected."

Gong Zize was silent and the Daoist stood up from his position. He then turned to look at Gong Zize, "I know that you are interested in Gu Zhener, but this notion of yours should be removed long ago. Otherwise, you will thwart the plans of His Majesty and I. The current plan is for the Great Void Sect and Celestial Sect of Wonders to challenge each other. It's not good for us to reveal ourselves."

This Daoist turned around, revealing himself to be a middle-aged man. He looked handsome and had a long beard. However, he just seemed a little pale and he revealed a sense of eeriness that might be a little too overbearing.

However, his gaze was even more scary. Looking into his eyes was like looking at the destructive scenes in the Netherworld Sea.

"I…understand." Gong Zize looked indignant at this point. His aura seemed a little unstable too, but very soon, he curbed his impulse and regained his calmness.

The Daoist looked at him, "It's good if you understand. Even if this trip is just for the sake of proposing marriage, I think it'll make the ties between the Ancient Longevity World and the Celestial Sect of Wonders closer. The Great Void Sect won't just sit and do nothing."

Gong Zize nodded his head, "Your words are right, Master."

"When His Majesty succeeds, do you think that you can't even obtain a girl? Don't let yourself be too caught up with your yearnings. In that way, you will be unable to accomplish anything." The Daoist said, "After so many years, His Majesty has finally appeared again. I have been working hard in the Netherworld Sea for so long. It's finally my time to shine. No one and nothing can spoil this!"

Gong Zize kowtowed and said, "The Samsara Priest and the River Styx Priest have both perished. Xu Anda betrayed His Majesty and was punished. His Majesty only has you as his successor. After this matter succeeds, you will be the leader of countless people."

This Daoist was the third disciple of the Netherworld Emperor, the Nether Priest. All these years, he remained hidden in the Netherworld Sea and had been plotting his comeback.

He shook his head, "It's still a little too early to be saying all these now."

Gong Zize asked, "But the Catastrophic Broken Rock in the Ancient Longevity World, and Xiao Yan…"

The Nether Priest waved his hand, "The time is still not ripe. When the War of the Two Worlds begin, we shall do what we need to do."

"Yes, Master." Gong Zize nodded his head. After hesitating for a while and turned to the Nether Priest, asking, "Master, how is His Majesty's recovery? The Celestial Sect of Wonders, Great Void Sect, Great Qin Empire and Great Zhou Empire are all finding him. Besides the small worlds of the Netherworld Sea, where else is safe?"

The Nether Priest looked at him quietly, "This is not something that you should be asking."

Gong Zize bowed, "It's my fault for speaking recklessly, please forgive me Master."

The Nether Priest shrugged his sleeves, "Go to the Netherworld Lake and stay there for 10 days as punishment."

"Yes, Master." Gong Zize trembled a little and seemed to think of something frightening. However, he did not dare to rebut. Instead, he walked out of the chamber obediently.

After he left, the four stone statues shook slightly. One of them said coldly, "Once it's something to do with the daughter of the tribe leader of the Gu Family, Shen Tuze becomes foolish." (Translator's Note: Shen Tuze is another name for Gong Zize.)

"He is the best among Master's disciples. With his current cultivation, in this small world of ours, he is indeed the most outstanding. He is also one of the few better ones under His Majesty." Another stone statue said, "If he can overcome this barrier in his heart, his potential will be unlimited."

The first stone statue to speak snorted, "I hope today's matter can wake him up, otherwise, he will really disappoint Master. He will not have any room to progress then."

As Shen Tuze walked out of the tunnel in the pavilion, he looked down. He walked quietly to the Netherworld Lake that he was asked to go to.

Those who entered the Netherworld Lake seemed to step into the Netherworld Sea, but their lives wouldn't be in danger. But to those punished, it was undoubtedly a suffering that was worse than death itself.

But as Shen Tuze sank into the Netherworld Lake and was totally covered by the water, he revealed a smile on his face.

At the same time, Lin Feng and his disciples had arrived in the Ancient Longevity World.

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Chapter 1066: Grand Welcome

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The various worlds were all special in their own ways. The passageways that connected to the Greater World were also very different.

For example, the Middle World that the Hall of the Dead was situated in had a passageway that only connected to the Void Battleground.

Whereas the passageway that connected the Ancient Longevity World and Greater World was a little special too. It was a passageway that had an opening that could be controlled to open or seal shut, just like the gates to the Starry Sea that Lin Feng possessed. However, while the opening could be opened or sealed, the position of the opening did change.

The opening or closing of the opening was controlled by the Gu Family.

Thus, it was very difficult for anyone outside to enter the Ancient Longevity World. Although it was not as secretive as the Middle World of the Hall of the Dead, it was almost cut off from the world. Besides a select few, very little people knew how to proceed towards the Ancient Longevity World. Most people didn't even know the existence of this Middle World.

To the maintain secrecy of the world, the Emperor Gu lineage rarely opened the passageway and moved in and out of the Greater World. After all, their statuses were special. Every time someone entered the Greater World, it would draw the attention of others from the Greater World.

Thus, if it wasn't necessary, the Ancient Longevity World would be sealed. For the Advanced Aurous Core cultivators from the Gu Family that wanted to overcome the Void Lightning Tribulations, most of them would choose the more perilous Void Battleground to do so instead.

When Xiao Yan went to the Ancient Longevity World for the first time, Xiao Zhener was the one who guided him. They took advantage of an occasion that the opening was opened to 'sneak' into the Ancient Longevity World along with help from the inside.

And when Lin Feng went to find Xiao Yan initially, he tapped on the tracker that he left on Xiao Yan. After that, he used the powers of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree to transcend void space and rushed over.

But things changed quickly. Since the battle of Xiling City, the Celestial Sect of Wonders and Ancient Longevity World had frequent interactions. This made it easier for Lin Feng to travel between both places.

When Xiao Yan went to the Ancient Longevity World, he would notify the Gu Family beforehand. After that, they would allow him in to the Ancient Longevity World.

This was the case for Lin Feng and his disciples as they went this time. They proceeded down south and met up with Yang Qing, before arriving at the Southern Wilderness.

Over these years, Yang Qing had been treating people from all over the world. All his time was spent on picking medicinal herbs. Without the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, he did not have much time to cultivate. Thus, his current cultivation was lagging very much now. Not only was he overtaken by Luo Qingwu and Li Yuanfang, he was even being chased by his own disciple, Zhou Yuncong.

But Yang Qing was no longer worried about his slow progress just like before. He did not panic and remained calm.

As he travelled around treating people, he would also try to figure out different moves and polish up his powers. As he exercised his mind, he earned a lot of inspiration in his mind.

As his desire was fulfilled, he became much clearer as a person. This allowed him to become more sensitive to the Heavens and Earth too. He met with different opportunities as he toured the world, enabling him to reap countless benefits.

Right now, Yang Qing was only lacking in the practical skills consolidated from the rewards he reaped.

Recently, Yang Qing had only returned to Mount Yujing once. He felt that his own accumulation was sufficient and that it was time for him to organize himself. Thus, he spent some time in the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World. Under a condition where time was sped up by a hundred times, he managed to rise to the Intermediate Nascent Soul Stage.

But after this, Yang Qing left the mountain again and continued with what he was doing earlier. He was still in the Intermediate Nascent Soul Stage now.

But as Lin Feng, Xiao Yan and the rest saw the look in his eyes, they knew that his accumulation was extremely immense now. He was only a little off from another major improvement again.

"Fifth Junior, long time no see." Xiao Yan laughed as he said. Yang Qing also smiled, "That's right, I didn't think that the next time we meet, we'll actually be going to help you propose marriage."

Xiao Yan replied, "Oh right, there's someone you should meet." He shrugged his sleeves and a human figure flew in front of Yang Qing. It was a youth who looked charming and behaved gently.

This youth's temperament and state of mind seemed similar to Yang Qing. He was respectful and gave a warm feeling to others.

As Yang Qing saw him, he laughed, "Is this Duan Mu? You are all grown up."

As that youth saw Yang Qing, he was a little agitated and his eyes even turned red. He bowed towards Yang Qing seriously, "Duan Muhong greets Fifth Junior Granduncle."

He was an infant that Yang Qing found near a spiritual spring called Luo Hong after the Anti-Celestial War. He only had a piece of jade near him, which was engraved with the words "Duan Mu". Thus, Yang Qing gave him the name, Duan Muhong.

At that point in time, Duan Muhong was gravely ill and was on the brink of death. Yang Qing took good care of him along the way and helped him to regain his health. Once, when he returned to Mount Yujing, he brought Duan Muhong along too. When Duan Muhong grew older, he passed the test to enter the sect and became a Foundational Disciple.

When Duan Muhong was younger, he had already developed an interest in medicine and pill cultivation. When he was only a Foundational Disciple, he even once followed Yang Qing for a period of time as Yang Qing went around treating people. He also went for a period of study in the Mirror Lake Knowledge Palace that Zhu Yi set up.

Yang Qing was not only a benefactor to him, but also someone that he respected very much. However, Yang Qing was always not around on the mountain and did not accept any more disciples. Whereas Zhou Yuncong was not gifted in medicine or pill cultivation, thus Duan Muhong went into the Inferno Precipice after he passed the Successive Disciple test.

He was now the Immediate Disciple of Tang Jun. Although he was only in the Foundation Establishment Stage, his standard of pill cultivation was already very high. Furthermore, his cultivation talent was also very great. Among the third-generation disciples in the Inferno Precipice, he was quite outstanding and highly rated.

Xiao Yan and Tang Jun also held hopes for this young disciple who was talented and hardworking. At times, Xiao Yan would even guide him on the cultivation of pills.

As Yang Qing looked at Duan Muhong all grown up and who possessed great potential, he was greatly comforted.

Lin Feng smiled as he saw the both of them catching up with each other. But at this point, he felt something and looked up into the sky faraway.

He sat cross-legged on the Lu Yuan Grand Sage's head. On the other side of the shoulder of the Lu Yuan Grand Sage, Zhu Yi's attention was also drawn to the similar direction.

On another side, Xiao Yan sat on the Distant Star White Tiger's back and he also looked in the same direction.

Over there, void space cracked open and three figures appeared. The leader was one who was very tall and had a thin face. He also resembled a middle-aged man. Beside him on both sides, there were two other guys.

The three of them seemed very righteous. They also appeared to be very prepared and they invoked a sense of respect of others towards them.

The leading middle-aged man was in the Immortal Soul Third Level, whereas the two others beside him were also in the Immortal Soul Second Level.

One of them was a familiar face. During the Anti-Celestial Sect War, he once assisted the Celestial Sect of Wonders with Xiao Zhener. He was Gu Peng.

All these years, as Xiao Yan went to the Ancient Longevity World, he was also the one who received Xiao Yan.

And the middle-aged man was also recognized by Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan used his powers to communicate with Lin Feng, "Master, this is Zhener's uncle. He's called Gu Cheng. We called him Uncle Cheng."

After pausing for a moment, Xiao Yan continued saying, "Among the Gu Family, he is more inclined towards our sect."

Lin Feng, Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang knew what to do as they heard him.

Within the Gu Family, there existed conflicting stands with regards to the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Great Void Sect.

Among the three top cultivators in the Gu Family, Xiao Zhener's father, Gu Jun, who was also the current Emperor Gu, was in the Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage and was also the most powerful cultivator in the Gu Family. He did not express his own stand, but he did approve of Xiao Yan dating Xiao Zhener. This should also be considered as his inclination.

The other two powerful cultivators were in the Immortal Soul Third Level. Gu Cheng preferred the Celestial Sect of Wonders, whereas the other one, who was called Gu Yuankai, preferred the Great Void Sect.

What was worth mentioning was that the Gu Family had two Mahayana level magic treasures. One did not express his stand, while the other agreed with Gu Yuankai. It believed that the Great Void Sect would fare better in the long-run.

As Gu Cheng and the others saw Lin Feng, they welcomed him, "Lin Feng, we've been waiting."

His attention was drawn to the Lu Yuan Grand Sage and Distant Star White Tiger. Although his expression did not change, he was shocked.

"This white tiger seems to be…pure-blooded?" Gu Cheng and the others were perplexed. They had not seen a pure-blooded white tiger before, but they could feel the vibration of demonic powers of the Distant Star White Tiger, thus they could not help but doubt whether it was a true pure-blooded white tiger or not. After all, the gap between a pure-blooded white tiger and a mixed-blood white tiger was very huge.

If there was doubt over the authenticity of the Distant Star White Tiger, there was certainly no doubt about the Lu Yuan Grand Sage.

"This must be the Lu Yuan that you captured in the Barren Expanses. I heard that's very powerful and it seems like that's true."

Although the Lu Yuan Grand Sage did not reveal his demonic aura, Gu Cheng did not dare to underestimate him.

This demon seemed harmless, but it was because he was instructed by Lin Feng to retract his demonic aura. Otherwise, if he exhibited it, he would bring about immense pressure to Gu Cheng and the rest.

To have the Lu Yuan Grand Sage as his 'sedan', Lin Feng appeared to be very impressive indeed. But Lin Feng had no intention of stamping his authority on Gu Cheng and the rest. With Lin Feng's current status, he did not need to do so. Furthermore, the few of them were members of the Gu Family that were inclined towards the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

As Gu Cheng and the others saw this scene, they nodded in their hearts, "It's not easy to make such a powerful demon submit."

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Thanks to all of you for welcoming us."

For an Immortal Soul Third Level cultivator and two Immortal Soul Second Level cultivators to leave the Ancient Longevity World to welcome them, this was indeed a grand welcome.

Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Yang Qing and Li Yuanfang all paid their greetings. Gu Cheng laughed and said, "You and your disciples are too kind. It's only right for us to welcome all of you."

He pointed and said, "Please follow me."

The bunch of them continued down south and very soon, they saw a huge opening of a passageway. Xiao Yan had come to this place more than once, thus he made a brief introduction to his Master and juniors. As the few of them saw the position of the opening of the passageway, they knew that it led to the Ancient Longevity World.

After passing through the passageway, it was clear that there was a vast world in the distance.

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Chapter 1067: Appropriate Guest

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For those who entered the Ancient Longevity World for the first time, they could sense a desolate and ancient aura sweeping them, making them feel as if this world was barren and primitive.

Looking at the surroundings, there were only barren lands, which revealed this world to be dilapidated and on a decline.

However, with a deeper sensing, one could feel that this world contained boundless life opportunity amidst the barrenness.

The spiritual energy in this world prospered amidst the barrenness and dilapidation. It existed with special yet miraculous concepts that intersected with one another.

"The Ancient Longevity World lives up to its name." Zhu Yi was able to tell the magic of this place as he stepped foot into the world. "Normally speaking, Middle Worlds were inferior to the Greater Worlds. They declined much faster than the Divine Lands or the Barren Expanses."

"Especially if there are many cultivators who lived inside it. Under a condition where life prospered inside it, a Middle World would also operate like a life on its own, possessing its own longevity. It will grow older and decline as it aged. When its limit is reached, the spiritual energy of this Middle World will dissipate slowly. Very soon, it will become a normal plot of land."

"An ordinary person can leave within, while flora and fauna could also exist. But for cultivators, it's no longer suitable for cultivation. Different types of treasures will be difficult to form too."

Li Yuanfang looked at the world before him. After a while, he nodded his head, "This is indeed the case. But normally speaking, the rate at which spiritual energy of Middle World dissipates is also quite slow. But this Ancient Longevity World has existed for quite some time already."

"The descendants of the Emperor Gu lineage have been residing here for a long time. Since the Antiquity Age, a lot of time had passed. But the movement of spiritual energy in this Ancient Longevity World seems to be as fresh as ever. Time did not seem to bear down on its purity, which is very rare to see."

"I believe that it has something to do with the miraculous transformation of spiritual energy that we are sensing and the concepts of transformation of this barrenness and anabiosis in front of us." Li Yuanfang's gaze brightened and he said, "This is the result of a formation taking effect…"

Li Yuanfang looked at Xiao Yan and Xiao Yan smiled while nodding his head, "For the Emperor Gu lineage to avoid the attention of the external world, they resorted to reducing their interaction with the outside world. Constant changes of their location was not a plausible idea. Thus, from the very start, Zhener's ancestors set up the Imperial City in this world. After that, with the Imperial City as the center, they set up the Antarctica Longevity Grand Formation. The changes that we are sensing now is the result of the expansion of the powers of the formation."

"Over the course of history, the Gu Family kept on strengthening the formation. Right now, this formation is able to influence every inch of this world."

Yang Qing scanned the surroundings, "In the past, I heard that you mentioned before that there are many herbs in this world that have already been extinct in the Greater World. With the influence of the Antarctica Longevity Grand Formation, I believe that they will prosper in their growth."

"Come to think about it, the huge leaps that we have made in the aspect of pill cultivation for the human race happened during the times when Emperor Xia and Emperor Gu held the thrones. But the both of them were not very friendly with each other, and they were also separated by the Emperor of the Dead. Otherwise, there would have been even greater progress in the pill cultivation aspect of the human race."

After hearing Yang Qing's words, Xiao Yan laughed, "Fifth Junior, you are just like how I was last time. As words get passed down, a lot of truths get buried in history. Those who don't understand the insider information will often make judgmental errors."

"How do you say?" Yang Qing was stunned. Xiao Yan laughed and explained, "Regarding Emperor Xia and Emperor Gu, I once mentioned them in a random conversation with Zhener. After she told me some stuff, I finally knew what the situation was roughly."

"When Emperor Xia was still in position, Emperor Gu had only started cultivating. Both parties did conflict indeed, but it was not a clash between Emperor Xia and Emperor Gu. Rather, the people of Emperor Xia oppressed the people under Emperor Gu."

Xiao Yan continued explaining, "Emperor Xia is a wise emperor and he expended a lot of effort to improve pill cultivation. He even cultivated the Crucible of the Divine Lands and liked to help cultivators with potential and talent to mature. Many of the powerful cultivators managed to receive help from him as they were working their way up."

"During that era, Wen Chiyang handled the external forces, as he challenged the Barren Expanses on his own. Whereas Emperor Xia handled the internal matters, allowing the human cultivation race to build up its prowess."

"As Emperor Xia was generous towards other cultivators, he was even more so towards his own people. He even covered up for them. During that period of time, many pretentious characters appeared and got into conflicts with other groups of people. On many occasions, Emperor Xia had to clean up after them."

As Xiao Yan said, he shook his head, "It's logical to be generous to one's own people. Regardless whether it's our sect, the Great Void Sect, Mount Shu, Great Zhou, Great Qin or other powers, we will all act in the same way."

"But we will never skim on the guidance and lessons that we impart to our disciples. But the problem with Emperor Xia is that he condones the wrongdoings of his people and he lacks the impetus to change them, thus allowing them to turn into wayward individuals."

"For the horrible things that his people did, they would have been stripped off their cultivation if they were in our sect. They may even be banished from out sect."

"A lot of people tolerated them on account of Emperor Xia. But the tension still remained."

As he said till here, Xiao Yan paused for a moment, "Although this tension towards a human emperor governing the masses only became a conflict during the Emperor of the Dead era, the seed of the conflict had already been buried during Emperor Xia's time. But it's just that Emperor Xia was a benevolent ruler, thus this seed never grew during his time."

Zhu Yi, Yang Qing and Li Yuanfang nodded their heads as they heard this. Zhu Yi then said slowly, "When the Emperor of the Dead just ascended the throne and before he revealed his true colors, he pretended to be a benevolent ruler. At the start, he put down the people of Emperor Xia, which won the hearts of everyone in the Divine Lands."

"Emperor Xia's people invited a lot of hate at that point in time, thus such a reaction was expected."

Thinking about how Emperor Xia was assassinated by the Emperor of the Dead, everyone could not help but feel spooked.

Xiao Yan continued saying, "Emperor Xia and Empress Xia were very kind towards their own people. They adored their own children too. The son of Emperor Xia was a lecher and he was very domineering too. Often, he would fight for beauties, who were the daughters of many other powers within the human race."

"More accurately speaking, besides the Great Void Sect, the other powers in the Divine Lands were not spared. Once, he snatched a lady from the same family as Emperor Gu, which caused a huge resistance from the Gu Family then."

Xiao Yan sighed, "After the incident, Emperor Xia was informed. After he was aware of what happened, he punished his own son and his people. But because Empress Xia pleaded for them, things never went out of hand afterall."

"Emperor Xia compensated the Gu Family with material resources and even guided the cultivations of many rising talents from the Gu Family. Emperor Gu, who had only just started out then, was also of them.."

"Emperor Gu displayed outstanding potential when he was young and was rated by Emperor Xia, who nurtured him. Strictly speaking, they were partly Master and disciple. Thus, Emperor Gu was actually very respectful towards Emperor Xia. "But it's a pity that he clashed with the son of Emperor Xia, which led to many conflicts between both parties. But on account of Emperor Xia, Emperor Gu tolerated the son of Emperor Xia on many occasions."

Yang Qing nodded his head, "The rumors that Emperor Gu and Emperor Xia were in disagreement with each other actually originated from the enmity between the people of the Emperor Gu and Emperor Xia."

Xiao Yan nodded his head, "You are right. According to the records of Zhener's family, when Emperor Xia died, Emperor Gu actually decked himself in mourning clothes to mourn the death of Emperor Xia."

He scanned the barren plots of land in the Ancient Longevity World, "In the history of human emperors, the ones who were most adept in pill cultivation were Emperor Chong, Emperor Xia and Emperor Gu. Emperor Chong became the first person in the human race to organize the spells to cultivate pills in the system, setting up the foundation for the future generations. Emperor Xia created the strongest pill cultivation crucible in the history of the Divine Lands, the Crucible of the Divine Lands. Whereas Emperor Gu created the Antarctica Longevity Grand Formation. One of its uses was to aid in the cultivation of pills."

"In terms of formations, this was the most suitable formation to cultivate pills." Xiao Yan might not have tried to figure out the Antarctica Longevity Grand Formation in the past when he visited the Ancient Longevity World out of respect, but with his current cultivation and talent in cultivating pills, he was able to reap some rewards as he stood within it. This allowed him to improve his own pill cultivation spells too, as he could reference to the formation.

Li Yuanfang shut his eyes and only opened it after a while. He then nodded his head, "While it's unclear, I can tell that this formation is indeed miraculous. It has a strong life-breeding effect, which is not inferior to the Changes of Life and Death of the Two Elements of Creation Formation."

"It may not be as rapid and intense as the Changes of Life and Death in revolving the cycle of life and death, but it could sustain this arrangement for an extended period of time."

The disciples kept on interacting with one another using their powers, while Lin Feng's Avatar of Ares walked along with Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng pondered and said, "Master Lin, I have to tell you something. The leader of the Great Void Sect, Yan Nanlai, as well as the Supreme Elders of the Great Void Sect, Wu Mengqi and Qing Ning Holy Man will be coming to the Ancient Longevity World with Lin Daohan and bunch of junior disciples today."

As Lin Feng heard this, he turned to look at Gu Cheng. Gu Cheng continued speaking, "Their reason for this is to exchange tips on the cultivation of pills and medicine."

After pausing for a moment, he followed by saying, "We have an incomplete chapter of the Great Void Sect's long-lost pill formula, which is also why they are making this trip."

While it sounded like that, Gu Cheng's intentions were very clearly understood.

If it's just for the purpose of exchanging tips on pill cultivation and for the pill formula, then the Qing Ning Holy Man could just bring a small group over.

At this timing, Yan Nanlai decided to lead a group to the Ancient Longevity World personally. His reason was clear, but for some reason, the Four Grand Elders of the Great Void Sect were not here.

But whether they were really busy or this was part of their plan, it was difficult to tell. After all, the Ancient Longevity World was not comparable to the Starry Sea. Thinking about it, it was much simpler over here.

"For the Great Void Sect comrades to witness this joyous occasion for us, I'll say that they are very suitable guests. This also adds on to the celebratory spirit." Lin Feng smiled and looked forward.

The huge city appeared in the horizon afar. There was a huge pavilion in that city. Although it was not flashing with golden radiance, it still possessed a mighty aura.

From the pavilion, a mighty stature was revealed, as if it was an imperial palace.

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Chapter 1068: Gu Family Who's in a Dilemma

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As the bunch of them entered the city, they came before the pavilion. Along the way, Lin Feng and the others could feel different auras and supernatural will, which were also filled with feelings of curiosity.

But the Gu Family was obviously imparted with the proper values. Even as the family members knew about Lin Feng's arrival, they did not flood the streets to take a look at him.

In front of the pavilion, there were many people too and their cultivations were deep. They revealed their accumulations after many years in the Gu Family. While their powers were not as prosperous as they were during the Antiquity Age, they could not be underestimated either.

Those who gathered around were naturally the brightest talents of the Gu Family. Even for some of the younger ones who were not high in their cultivations, they looked energetic and behaved in a refined manner.

In the center of the crowd, there was a middle-aged man. He was not very tall, but anywhere he stood, that place would seem like the center of the Ancient Longevity World.

While he looked ordinary, his breathing seemed to enable him to suck in all the spiritual energy in the entire Middle World.

Zhu Yi looked at him and turned serious, "This must be Miss Zhener's father, the leader of the Gu Family, Elder Gu Jun?"

Xiao Yan nodded his head, "You are right."

This middle-aged man looked very handsome. Between his brows, one could see his similarity to Xiao Zhener. Even at this stage of his life, he still remained very charming. Time only served to accentuate his charm.

He wore a simple robe, but he had a royal aura around him. He did not seem as dominant as Liang Pan or Shi Yu, but he seemed more mature.

As Lin Feng saw him, he smiled and said, "Thank you Comrade Gu for receiving us personally. I am grateful for that."

Gu Jun smiled back, "Master Lin, you are too kind."

He turned to Xiao Yan beside Lin Feng. Xiao Yan walked forward and bowed, "Greetings to Elder Gu."

Lin Feng's attention was drawn to an elder with white hair beside Gu Jun. This elder looked very mature and smiled, "I am Gu Yuankai, welcome Master Lin to the Ancient Longevity World."

"Ling Jue Holy Man, you don't have to stand on ceremony." Lin Feng nodded his head. Besides Gu Jun, Gu Yuankai, Gu Cheng, Gu Peng and Gu Liang, the rest of the Gu Family members also came to greet them.

Among the crowd, there was a young lady who wore a dim green robe. She had a slim figure and revealed a simple yet spiritual aura around her.

She smiled as she greeted Lin Feng, "Elder Lin, welcome here."

Lin Feng sized her up and smiled, "Although you have spent some time, but you have finally succeeded in your cultivation this time. This is a good thing."

This lady was Xiao Zhener. As she heard him, she laughed, "Elder Lin, you compliment too much."

She then turned to look at Xiao Yan, and they were both delighted to see each other. They had not seen each other in years in terms of the time in the Greater World.

To Xiao Zhener, if Lin Feng was not here, she would have thrown herself into the arms of Xiao Yan and hugged him. But since he was here, she controlled herself out of respect.

Although the both of them controlled themselves, Lin Feng, Gu Jun and the rest still knew about their intentions.

Gu Yuankai and Gu Cheng looked at each other. Gu Cheng then smiled, "What a match made in Heaven."

"But this has caused a lot of trouble for us too." Gu Yuankai said calmly. Gu Cheng looked at him and was equally calm, "From what it seems now, the Celestial Sect of Wonders is more credible as our ally. This has nothing to do with power, but working style."

"During the Antiquity Age, the Great Void Sect remained silent even though our ancestors were under attack. Based on this point, I can't work with them."

Hearing his words, Gu Yuankai was silent. During the brutal War of the Two Worlds in the past, Emperor Gu was heavily injured by the demons during the war. The powerful cultivators of the Gu Family were also critically injured. Eventually, the Emperor of Violence exploited the opportunity to overthrow and kill Emperor Gu, before ascending the throne himself.

The Emperor of Violence got his position using despicable methods. After he ascended the throne, he even caused the Divine Lands to descend into chaos, which led to many internal conflicts. The Emperor of Violence also united a few people around him to attack those who resisted him. That was also the most tumultuous period of the Divine Lands during the Antiquity Age.

During the time when Emperor of Violence ascended the throne, it was also the time when the Great Void Sect remained the most quiet and low-profile.

Nearing the end of Emperor Xia's rule, although Emperor Ji was defeated, Wen Chiyang died. The Supreme Heavenly Mirror was also once heavily damaged.

After that, the Emperor of the Dead revealed his true colors. During the battle to overthrow the Emperor of the Dead, it was the first time that the Supreme Heavenly Mirror faced a powerful cultivator of the Divine Lands. Although it did kill the Emperor of the Dead, the recovery of the Supreme Heavenly Mirror was delayed indefinitely. The second leader of the Great Void Sect, Yan Xinghe, also perished.

And during the War of the Two Worlds when Emperor Gu was heavily injured, the third leader of the Great Void Sect also perished. The Supreme Heavenly Mirror was once again unleashed even though it was not fully restored, combining with Emperor Gu to kill the Holy Demonic Emperor then. This caused the recovery of the mirror to be delayed even further.

The Great Void Sect also entered its weakest state in its entire history. The fourth leader f the Great Void Sect, the Chang Yun Holy Man, decided to remain quiet on Mount Baiyun when the Emperor of Violence ran riot in the Divine Lands.

Although his decision managed to buy some time for the recovery of the Great Void Sect and the Supreme Heavenly Mirror, which eventually allowed a fully-powered Supreme Heavenly Mirror to kill the Emperor of Violence along with the Heaven's Gate, this decision was still not well-accepted by those in the Emperor Gu's lineage.

Gu Cheng said calmly, "Grandmaster Longevity had already passed away, while Tian Dikong and the Heaven's Gate had not restored their powers yet. If the Great Void Sect attacked then, they would be helpless. While they could curb the Emperor of Violence, they would have stalled the restoration of the Supreme Heavenly Mirror. I won't also naively believe that the Great Void Sect had the imperative to protect us. Thus, no one owes anyone anything."

"Since no one owes anyone anything, they can't stop us if we treat them as an eyesore and choose to support their rival. They were free to make their choice in the past. In the same vein, we have the freedom to make our choice now."

Gu Yuankai opened his eyes to look at Lin Feng and sighed, "All those happened in the past. We are here to help our leader select the best path for the sect, thus we need to proceed logically and not based on our emotions."

Gu Cheng replied, "Logically speaking, both parties are equally powerful. Thus, we'll need to refer to our emotions to separate them."

Gu Yuankai shook his head, "The key lies in the War of the Two Worlds. We shall wait and see."

As the two of them spoke and at the same time that the Gu Family members met Lin Feng, Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Yang Qing and Li Yuanfang also showcased their powers. Tang Jun, Yan Wuwei, Lin Tong, Yang Tie, Ying Luozha, Zhou Yuncong, Tan Yunqing and the other junior disciples also revealed themselves.

The total of 64 Celestial Sect of Wonders disciples instantly lined up behind Lin Feng and the rest, before they greeted Gu Jun and the others, "Greetings to Elders and fellow cultivators."

While Lin Tong had already formed the Demon Soul, she still looked like she was only 12 or 13 years old. She greeted Gu Jun and the others respectfully.

But she still winked towards Xiao Zhener, which caused Xiao Zhener to grin.

Gu Jun and the rest smiled as they nodded their heads, "It's indeed true that the Celestial Sect of Wonders have talented disciples."

They were not being ceremonious. When the Gu Family elders looked at Tang Jun and the rest, they became serious.

The disciples that followed Lin Feng and Xiao Yan this time were not of the same cultivations. There were those who were even in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

As Gu Jun and the rest looked at them, they were instantly shocked when they compared their real ages and cultivation.

Gu Yuankai's eyebrows creased, "I remember that the Celestial Sect of Wonders had their third Sect-Opening Ceremony 10 years ago. During the Spiritual Conference of the Kunlun Mountains, news spread that their Successive Disciples that had at least 5 years of cultivation were all at least in the Foundation Establishment Stage?"

Gu Cheng nodded his head, "This is indeed the case. But it seems like this new generation of Successive Disciples are improving even faster than before in terms of their cultivations."

Gu Yuankai pondered before saying, "Although there are many people in the Greater World, there are still a limited number of people who are suitable for cultivating. With the Great Qin Empire, Great Void Sect and other powers vying for talents, this new batch of Celestial Sect of Wonders Disciples are probably the best of the best…"

"The difference lies in the guidance that they have received." Gu Cheng said, "As the powers of the Celestial Sect of Wonders increases, the methods and resources that they have to nurture their disciples naturally becomes better and greater."

"It seems like the news that they have obtained the Crucible of the Divine Lands is true. Only with the Crucible of the Divine Lands can their powers rise so quickly."

Gu Yuankai muttered to himself, "Emperor Xia's Crucible of the Divine Lands…"

His attention swept across Tang Jun, Lin Tong, Yang Tie, Zhou Yuncong and Ying Luozha, "They are all still very young, and they did not just form their Nascent Souls. Some of them even possess the necessary requirements to push for the Intermediate Nascent Soul Stage already. They must not have spent more than 50 years on their cultivations."

As they looked at Yan Wuwei and Tan Yunqing, "They are in the Advanced Aurous Core Stage already and are only one step away from forming the Nascent Soul."

Even though Gu Yuankai was an experienced person and was very knowledgeable, something like this still left him shocked.

He wouldn't even take into account a Beginner Nascent Soul Stage cultivator or an Advanced Aurous Core Stage cultivator. If he looked at the other party with such cultivations, the other party would have been long dead.

Even for a cultivator who overcame the Void Lightning Tribulations before 50 years, Gu Yuankai was also unbothered. He had seen such talents before, and they were not only one or two.

But as this bunch of talents stood before him, and they were even from the same sect, Gu Yuankai could not help but be moved.

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Chapter 1069: The Thing That the Emperor of the Dead Wants

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If there were one or two individuals that were exceptional, it could be coincidental. Over time, if there were countless talents appearing across different generations, it had something to do with lineage. But for a talented bunch to appear within decades, it was something not explainable by coincidence.

"One generation above them, it would be Lin Feng's eight Immediate Disciples. All of them are outstanding, including Xiao Yan, who is even more exceptional and shocking." Gu Cheng's voice rang, "Even the Great Void Sect has never experienced such a prosperous era ever since they were founded."

"After the man with polycoria was killed by Shi Tianhao, the rising talents of the Great Void Sect seem to only be Chen Xingyu and Guo Chaoyang. Our understanding of the Great Void Sect is limited. I believe that they do have talented individuals, but probably not till the extent of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Even right before us, it's not the entire bunch of talents from the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

"In our sect, besides Zhener, there's only Liancheng left."

"Ninth Uncle, while the powers of both parties are debatable, it is a fact that the potential of the Celestial Sect of Wonders is beyond the Great Void Sect."

Gu Yuankai remained calm. For someone like him, he would not be shaken by others' words so easily. He said calmly, "It's better to see with one's own eyes. I have to admit that I tried to overestimate the Celestial Sect of Wonders previously. But eventually, I still underestimated them. They are even stronger than what we predicted."

"As for your theory, I do agree with it too. If no major changes occur, the Celestial Sect of Wonders can overtake the Great Void Sect in 1000 years' time. Of course, Lin Feng must be able to deal with the Supreme Heavenly Mirror in its peak condition. I heard that he re-cultivated his sword, which is probably for this reason."

"If he continues on with this momentum, in 300-500 years later, he may be able to change the world."

Gu Yuankai turned to look at Gu Cheng, "However, who can guarantee that nothing changes? While we are very isolated, we are very clear of the situation in the Divine Lands."

"Before the Celestial Sect of Wonders rose, the powers of the Great Zhou rose quickly. If given sufficient time, they might have dominated the Divine Lands. But look at what the situation is now?"

Gu Yuankai sighed, "At least, the Great Void Sect has gone through a lot of turmoil and experienced many things without falling apart. As compared to the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they are more stable."

Gu Cheng was also someone who was not easily wavered. He remained calm as he heard Gu Yuankai's words, "Ninth Uncle, your words are indeed logical, but I still rate the Celestial Sect of Wonders more. And towards the Great Void Sect, I still maintain my opinion that they are not a good ally to have. At least, if we have other options, I won't choose them."

Gu Cheng said slowly, "Just like when Grandmaster Longevity was still in position, besides Emperor Xia, Grandmaster Longevity shared a closer relationship with the Great Void Sect. While they were close, they could only share weal but not woe."

"Indeed, I recognize that many allies act in this way. But after Grandmaster Longevity overthrew the Emperor of the Dead, he took on the heavy burden of protecting the Divine Lands. This allowed the Great Void Sect to hide behind the scenes to recuperate, leaving the Gu Family elders to be subjected to injuries and death. Even Grandmaster Longevity did not even fully recover when the War of the Two Worlds came and he even added fresh injuries to himself during the war."

"This involved a major strategy. The entire Divine Lands benefited greatly because the Supreme Heavenly Mirror was restored. To everyone, this was only the reaping of mutual benefits. Strictly speaking, no one owe anyone anything.

"However, the Grandmaster Longevity and our family could share woe, but the Great Void Sect couldn't. This isn't their fault, but a matter of choice. If we have more than one choice apart from the Great Void Sect, I don't think that we should trip over the same obstacle twice."

Gu Yuankai opened his mouth and said, "As you said, most allies act in this way. When the same situation arises, I don't think that the Celestial Sect of Wonders will act any differently from the Great Void Sect."

"They may even be worse!"

As Gu Cheng heard his words, he said, "Ninth Uncle, the logic that you used previously is also useful in this instance. One has already been tried and tested, and we know that it's unreliable. Whereas the other one has not been tried and tested."

He looked at Gu Yuankai, "It's not easy to tell what the Great Void Sect is like now. But looking at their working style, they need pawns that are valuable or willing to listen. Of course, it will be best for them if both criterias are met."

Gu Yuankai sighed, "It's still too early to say. Let's wait until the entire War of the Two Worlds is over first."

"That's right, we shall wait and see." After Gu Cheng heard this, he nodded his head and did not say anything else.

After the two parties met each other, Gu Jun said, "Master Lin, please take a rest along with your disciples. We shall discuss further tomorrow."

Lin Feng smiled, "I shall follow what you say."

Gu Jun turned to Gu Cheng, "Please guide Master Lin and his disciples to their temporary residences. For those who want to tour our place, please arrange a guide for them. But if they wish to move around themselves, it's fine too."

Gu Cheng nodded his head, "Yes, Senior."

Gu Jun looked at Xiao Zhener and sighed slightly, "Follow your Uncle Cheng." Their wedding date was not set. Even if an engagement was agreed, it wasn't the real wedding yet.

Xiao Zhener blushed but she still nodded her head, "Yes, Father."

Lin Feng and the rest followed Gu Cheng and Xiao Zhener as they moved in the palace. Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhener walked together behind Lin Feng and Gu Cheng.

"Zhener, from the looks of it, your cultivation has been completed?" Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Zhener and she smiled, "Yes, it's finally completed."

Xiao Yan looked at her and Xiao Zhener smiled, "What's wrong, Xiao Yan?"

"When I left with my father from Wuzhou County, I have been waiting for this day." Xiao Yan said softly, "Right now, this day has finally come."

As his age and experience both grew, the current Xiao Yan was still as courageous and steady as ever. When he was younger, he was already very mature. But Xiao Yan was always going to be Xiao Yan. Right now, he spoke with a peaceful and low voice, but his emotions were still very passionate.

Xiao Zhener smiled and held Xiao Yan's hands readily. As the ten fingers of the both of them were locked together, she said, "This day would have come someday. And right now, today is that someday."

The both of them laughed as they looked at each other. There was nothing left to say. Everything was explained in the silence.

After walking quietly for a while, Xiao Zhener was suddenly jolted and she turned to look at Xiao Yan, "Xiao Yan, do you still remember that I was being adopted in your family when I was young."

As Xiao Yan heard her, he did not rush to reply. Rather, he turned to glance at Gu Cheng. Although the two of them communicated with their supernatural awareness and Gu Cheng wouldn't eavesdrop on them, Xiao Yan was still trying to not make it difficult for Xiao Zhener.

Xiao Zhener nodded her head, "Not only Uncle Cheng, my Father and Mother both know about it too."

"My grandfather only said that someone of stature left you there. He was so powerful that he could crush the entire Xiao Family with his finger. He wanted us to take care of you and we did not dare to find out your background too." Xiao Yan did not say anything much more and only looked at Xiao Zhener quietly.

Now, thinking about it, it was a rather unimaginable thing to visualize Xiao Zhener growing up in the Xiao Family when she was younger. That's because the difference in both families were too big, like the Heaven and the Earth.

"When I was born then, I had some congenital disease. That disease was very special, which left even Father, uncle Cheng, Ninth Grandmaster and the rest perplexed." Xiao Zhener said gently, "The main problem was that I was too young. If I was an adult, Father could have healed me. But I was just a newborn then. If they were not cautious enough, I might have lost my life."

Xiao Yan did not speak. He knew that Xiao Zhener's words were not done yet. With Gu Jun's, Gu Yuankai's and Gu Cheng's cultivation, even if she was an infant, as long as it wasn't an incurable disease, they should be able to deal with it easily. After all, the Emperor Gu lineage was very talented in the cultivation of pills.

What Xiao Zhener was about to say next was probably the main point.

Indeed, Xiao Zhener's expression turned a little serious and she continued saying, "My congenital disease is rooted from a broken rock that is kept by my family."

She looked at Xiao Yan, "That broken rock was obtained after Grandmaster Longevity overthrew and killed the Emperor of the Dead. It is also the thing that the Emperor of the Dead wants to obtain from the Ancient Longevity World after he revived."

The Grandmaster Longevity that Xiao Zhener mentioned was Emperor Gu of the Antiquity Age, whose real name was Gu Changsheng (Changsheng is Longevity when translated to English). Before he became the human emperor, he was also known as the Longevity Holy Man. There were even those who called him the Lord of Longevity.

"At the start, there did not seem to be anything weird. Only when Grandmaster Longevity analyzed the broken rock did he know that he had something to do with the Netherworld Sea." Xiao Zhener continued saying, "After that, the Grandmaster Longevity was killed and the Gu Family was also massacred, causing a huge loss of lives. This even crushed the Longevity City that the Grandmaster Longevity built on his own, but this also allowed many of the ancestors to escape into the Void Battleground."

"Over time, we came to the Ancient Longevity World and started out new. We built the Longevity City again, but the broken rock remained all this time."

"This broken rock did not catch any attention and there was nothing special about it. Only during the Middle Ages did it develop changes. The ferocious aura of it filled the skies and seemed to connect to the Netherworld Sea. But it was not a true connection, as only the aura of the Netherworld Sea could be felt. This continued until this day."

Xiao Zhener creased her brows, "After I form the Immortal Soul, Father allowed me to take a peek at close distance. The aura of it was very ferocious, as if it contained the catastrophes of the Heavens and Earth."

"Mother came into contact with that rock when she was pregnant with me, but she felt nothing. Only when I was born did she know that it had an effect on me."

Xiao Yan's pupils shrank, "Zhener, did you just say Middle Ages?"

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"Middle Ages…" Xiao Yan's heart fluttered a little as he looked at Xiao Zhener.

Xiao Zhener nodded her head, "It is during the period of time when Shen Yuan was killed during the War of the Two Worlds."

As Xiao Yan heard her, he remained silent and she looked at him weirdly. However, she did not question him further and just continued saying, "After that, to treat me, Father used an avatar to bring me to the Divine Lands to seek for a treatment method."

"When we passed Wuzhou County one day, he discovered a family in the city with a weird movement of aura around them, such that it was almost unnoticeable. However, it was pertinent to note that it seemed to be a cure for the congenital disease that I had. As Father searched for this family, he came to the Xiao Family. But he is still unable to confirm where that weird aura came from."

"It was not the aura of powers, or any traces left behind by a powerful person. If it was not for the fact that I was diagnosed with such a weird disease, even Father would not have discovered it."

Xiao Zhener recalled and said, "Father had the intention to bring your entire family back to the Ancient Longevity World, but he realized that I couldn't be in the same place as that broken rock. Furthermore, that broken rock is very weird and will not leave the Ancient Longevity World easily. To give me a simple yet relaxed childhood, he decided to leave me at the Xiao Family."

"On one hand, he could allow me to be treated. On another hand, he could investigate the source of that aura."

"It's just that even after I was treated, the source of that weird aura was still never understood. Xiao Yan, after you followed Elder Lin to cultivate, Father came back to Wuzhou County to find me, but he returned with nothing. He even brought the Catastrophic Broken Rock along, but he found out nothing."

"My body is well now and I am no longer scared of that broken rock, thus I returned to the Ancient Longevity World and started to cultivate officially."

Xiao Yan, who was deep in thought, regained his awareness, "Catastrophic Broken Rock?"

Xiao Zhener replied, "When the broken rock first experienced changes during the Middle Ages, it once shot out a petrifying red light that revealed the word 'Catastrophe'."

After pausing for a moment, Xiao Zhener continued saying, "After that, when I saw that your Nefarious Almighty Sword could open the crack in the Netherworld Sea, I had a guess."

"That aura might not have originated from the Xiao Family, but from you. When you left Wuzhou County, Father discovered nothing even as he brought the Catastrophic Broken Rock."

"Once news of this spread, Father and the rest all thought of the same thing too. But they have been unable to verify their guess."

Xiao Yan said softly, "Over these years, your father has been silently consenting our relationship and has become more open to us being together. Does it have something to do with this matter?"

He never doubted the intentions of Xiao Zhener, but as for her father, he did not know what he was thinking.

"This is not the case." Xiao Zhener shook her head and looked at Xiao Yan, "Xiao Yan, do you remember that I once mentioned to you that in the Greater World 3000 years ago, the Supreme Elder of the Great Void Sect, Wu Mengqi, once visited the Ancient Longevity World?"

Xiao Yan nodded his head, "He's the second person after Cai Fengzhou to visit the Ancient Longevity World after the Anti-Celestial Sect War from the Great Void Sect."

Xiao Zhener paused and said, "He can drum up the resonance from the Catastrophic Broken Rock. On his body, there's a similar vibration of aura of the Netherworld Sea to the aura in Wuzhou County then."

"He one proposed to work with us to study the Catastrophic Broken Rock and share the rewards of the findings, but Father rejected his offer."

Xiao Yan was a little surprised. He looked at Xiao Zhener and Xiao Zhener started to look a little red, but she did not continue.

As she thought of the scene where she questioned her own father, Gu Jun smiled gently, "Silly girl, that's the dowry I prepared for you. It may not seem valuable, but it's the most appropriate thing."

Xiao Zhener was a little surprised, "Father, are you consenting to the marriage between Xiao Yan and I?"

Gu Jun remained calm. After a long while, he said softly, "If possible, I hope that your marriage won't involve other factors. But to be born in this family, I don't think that's possible."

"All these years, Xiao Yan's sincerity was recognized by Gu Jun. He saw the magnanimity of Lin Feng. The both of them naturally did not want the marriage of Xiao Zhener and Xiao Yan to involve any other matters. But there were many things that they could not decide.

"Even if the both of us grant the wishes of the both of you, it will be interpreted differently in the eyes of others."

Gu Jun lightly caressed the hair of Xiao Zhener, "As a father, I approve of your marriage. Xiao Yan is a reliable life partner. But as a ruler and head of the family, I still need to think carefully."

"What I can promise you is that I won't choose someone else for you to marry. But you may have to wait."

Xiao Zhener nodded her head as she heard him, "Father, I understand. I will not make it difficult for you, but no matter how long I have to wait, I will do it."

Gu Jun smiled, "Silly girl, things may not be as bad as you think. I won't interfere in your daily interactions with Xiao Yan. As long as things don't leak outside, there's nothing harmful. But before things settle down, I can't marry you off."

"Father…" Xiao Zhener's face turned slightly red. After she heard what Gu Jun said at the end, she felt a little said, "Father, I'm sorry for making things difficult for you."

"You did not, you did not. On the contrary, I am very happy." Gu Jun sighed lightly and looked at void space, "The lives of the cultivators from my generation have been going on for very long. We formed Daoist couples more to aid each other in our cultivation journey. There might be some that were birthed from real love like you and Xiao Yan. Only for those who were romantically attracted since young are able to more capable of cultivating on the right path."

Xiao Zhener interrupted, "Just like you and Mother."

Gu Jun laughed too, and his laughter was filled with warmth, "You!"

As she recalled her conversation with her father then, Xiao Zhener felt bittersweet in her heart. She focused herself and looked at Xiao Yan, "Xiao Yan, Father may bring you to the Catastrophic Broken Rock now that you are here."

Xiao Yan lowered his head and pondered. After a moment, he turned to look at Xiao Zhener. In his eyes, various scenes flashed and revealed countless disasters.

At this moment, looking at Xiao Yan's eyes, Xiao Zhener felt as if she was looking at the Netherworld Sea.

Xiao Zhener was shocked, "Xiao Yan, your eyes are just like Elder Wu. They flash the image of the Netherworld Sea too."

"In the Netherworld Sea, there may be something that connects your family's Catastrophic Broken Rock, the Supreme Elder from the Great Void Sect, Emperor of the Dead and I." Xiao Yan said calmly. Xiao Zhener seemed to think of something as she looked at Xiao Yan, "During the Middle Ages, the person who summoned the Netherworld Sea and killed Shen Yuan along with the Supreme Heavenly Mirror is really Wen Chiyang? He isn't dead and has lived in the Netherworld Sea since the Middle ages? Xiao Yan, you and him…"

Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "There may be a connection, but I don't think it's that close. I'm not sure about the details, but this connection exists indeed."

"The broken rock that your family obtained from the Emperor of the Dead is likely to be the product after the Emperor of the Dead analyzed the Netherworld Sea during the Antiquity Age. During the battle in the Antiquity Age, Wen Chiyang went missing and the Emperor of the Dead might have found something related to him that pointed towards the Netherworld Sea."

Xiao Yan pursed his lips, "After all, after the Great Void Holy Man and the Buddha passed no news as they went to the Dead Sea, Wen Chiyang became the person that the Emperor of the Dead feared most. When Wen Chiyang was still around, the Emperor of the Dead did not kick up a huge mess even though he was more powerful than Emperor Xia. Only when Wen Chiyang went missing did the Emperor of the Dead rise up."

"For such a person, how could the Emperor of the Dead be worry-free if his death is a mystery? But before the product of his analysis had achieved much, he was overthrown by your ancestors and the Great Void Sect and was killed once." Xiao Yan said, "There's also another possibility – Wen Chiyang had always been in the Netherworld Sea and only managed to achieve something during the War of the Two Worlds during the Middle Ages. He controlled the Netherworld Sea and fought Shen Yuan to the death."

"After that, Wen Chiyang perished along with Shen Yuan, but the Emperor of the Dead remained hidden, waiting to reveal himself. When he concealed himself, his understanding of the Netherworld Sea also became much deeper, thus he opened the crack in the Netherworld Sea and disturbed the Ancient Longevity World."

"And the Great Void Sect also believed that he was trying to find out the truth of Wen Chiyang's disappearance during the Antiquity Age, or he might have also developed an understanding of the Netherworld Sea because of the work that Wen Chiyang left behind."

As he said till here, Xiao Yan laughed bitterly, "The only think that I don't understand is myself."

Xiao Zhener said, "Maybe after you come into contact with the rock, you will know better."

As they walked on, they finally reached their destination under Gu Cheng's lead. Although Gu Jun specified that they could move freely in the Ancient Longevity City, the Celestial Sect of Wonders wouldn't be so rude. If they wanted to roam around, they would request members of the Gu Family to guide them along.

But most of them decided to rest in their room instead.

Duan Muhong was now in Tang Jun's room and asked curiously, "Master, when do you think the members of the Gu Family will find trouble with us?"

Tang Jun creased his brows, "Why will they find trouble with us? Did the few of you get into trouble again?"

"No, you mentioned it when you chatted with Grandmaster last time. If Grandmaster comes to propose marriage, there will be a few people who have a crush on the Qing Ye Holy Woman who will cause trouble." Duan Muhong gestured as he spoke, "There will also be elders from the Gu Family who will stand out to demean the marriage of Grandmaster and the Qing Ye Holy Woman. They will also say that he's like a toad who wants to eat a swan's meat…"

Tang Jun's expression turned weirder and weirder as he heard him.

In another room, Lin Feng and Xiao Yan sat facing each other. After a while, Lin Feng lifted his head, "Rascal, what have you been teaching your disciples?"

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