Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme - Chapter 544

Chapter 544: Chapter 329: Ascension (Third Update)

Facing the words of True Monarch Fengming, the Pure Yang Palace Master, who was already over 9,000 years old and nearing ten thousand years of age, also felt helpless.

This little phoenix was indeed too spirited.

Although it was natural for the young to be spirited, part of her agitation this time was stirred by emotions.

Bloodline kinship!

According to Xiao Qingyun’s memories, the flow of time differed between the Earth Immortal Realm and the various lower realms. Although it wasn’t to the extent of “one day in heaven, one year on earth,” there was still a tenfold difference, with a thousand years passing in the Upper Realm while ten thousand years passed in the lower realms.

The ascension matters of the Wandao School could be traced back to the earliest period of North City Academy, which was about over twenty thousand years ago.

That is to say, the earliest group of Academy Monks who ascended to the Earth Immortal Realm had only experienced two thousand years of time, and as long as they could make a breakthrough in their Nascent Soul and advance to the Divinity Transformation realm, they would have hopes of surviving to this day.

In fact, there were indeed such Academy Monks, who were now in the Heavenly Court, suffering various kinds of servitude.

One of such ancestors of True Monarch Fengming, who was also an old friend of Xu Yang from Fengwu Mountain, Fairy Qingluan, was among them.

According to Xiao Qingyun’s memories, after Fairy Qingluan ascended, she was taken in by an Integration Great Power from Heavenly Court because of her Qingluan bloodline and kept as a mount, confined within the palace. She later succeeded in advancing to the Divinity Transformation realm, and, also due to the long lifespan of the Demon Race, she still lives to this day, albeit without freedom and suffering the humiliation of being ridden.

Therefore, it was no wonder that True Monarch Fengming was so incensed.

She was now at the Integration tier herself, her cultivation comparable to that so-called great power of the Heavenly Court, and yet they turned her ancestor, who shared her blood, into a mount to bear such an indignity. How could she not be angry with such treatment?

Although she was of the Demon Race and considered an outsider, there was no such prejudice against her in the Wandao School. There had even been an occasion when Xu Yang was traveling, and she had voluntarily transformed into her “Five-Colored Phoenix” true body, wishing to serve as his mount, which Xu Yang strictly refused and sternly reprimanded her for, a memory still vivid in her mind.

If even a Taoist Master of high esteem wouldn’t do such a thing, then what sort of worthless Heavenly Court great power dared enslave her ancestor as a mount?

The phoenixes are noble and dignified, seeing death as a return home. Were it not for the importance of the bigger picture, she might already have gone to heaven to fight a battle long ago.

What more could the Pure Yang Palace Master say about this?

Did people not ascend from Fengwu Mountain? Did his Pure Yang Palace not have the same?

Moreover, when it came to deep-seated enmity and grievance, his Pure Yang Palace had even more reason to be aggrieved, for after all, those with the Phoenix bloodline were often taken by the people of Heavenly Court as mounts. Although they were stripped of their dignity and humiliated, they ultimately preserved their lives and still held hope of being freed one day.

But what about his Pure Yang Palace? Their ascended cultivators were either used as cannon fodder, thrown into battle to live or die, were detained and forced into Alchemy and Artifact Refining, exploited for their labor, or even suffered soul searching and died, their Dao destroyed.

Among them, there was even a Pure Yang Palace Master from ten thousand years ago, a senior brother who grew up alongside him and advanced in cultivation together.

How could such great hatred be quenched without returning it with blood?

Thus, facing True Monarch Fengming’s commanding tone, he did not say much in response.

Instead, it was Xu Yang who spoke out to admonish her.

“Enough!”

Xu Yang lowered his gaze, looking at True Monarch Fengming whose beautiful eyes were filled with murderous intent, “You need to better temper your temperament. After I dispatch my avatar, you will be transferred to the Demon-locking Tower, take charge of White Jade Capital, suppress the Map of the Blood Sea. The Heavenly Demon of the Desire Realm is cunning, and with your temperament, how can I entrust you with such an important task?”

“True Monarch Fengming acknowledges her fault and asks the Taoist Master for punishment!”

Hearing this, True Monarch Fengming was straightforward, immediately bowing her head to admit her mistake, and even sought to be held accountable and punished, without any hesitation.

Seeing this, Xu Yang felt helpless and could only shake his head and say, “Just remember this lesson in your heart, that’s enough. Off you go!”

“Yes!”

Upon hearing this, she smiled broadly, turning to step out of the hall, her movements free and easy.

“Ah!”

Xu Yang, seeing this, could only shake his head.

On the contrary, the Pure Yang Palace Master chuckled, consoling Xu Yang by saying, “Fengming has the blood that reverts to her ancestors, she is a Five-Colored Phoenix integrated with the Five Elements. Although she has only recently reached Integration, her strength is still above ours. With her overseeing White Jade Capital, and suppressing the Map of the Blood Sea, everything will surely be in safe hands, and the Taoist Master need not worry.”

“My worries are not for the present, but for the future,” Xu Yang shook his head, a bitter smile on his face.

Yuan Spirit of the Dao and Law, the union of both realms, brought obvious benefits, with the Human Clan seeing growth in terms of Spiritual Roots, and the Demon Race also reaping advantages such as bloodline return to ancestry.

With Fengwu Mountain being the leader of the kind Spirit Monsters and Demon Race in the past, having transitioned into the Wandao School from North City Academy at the early stages, Fengwu Mountain became Xu Yang’s right-hand support. By today, it has flourished even more, with the emergence of a prodigy like True Monarch Fengming, who reverted to inherit part of the “Five-Colored Phoenix” bloodline a thousand years ago.

Five colors corresponding to the Five Elements, a tier higher than the Five Elements Spiritual Body of the Five Elements Immortal Sect, almost on par with the legendary Five Elements Immortal Body.

With such a gift, plus the teachings and assistance of Xu Yang, within just a thousand years, this young phoenix stepped into the Integration Realm, becoming the most outstanding new figure in the Wandao School over the past ten thousand years.

Everything was fine except that she was too young, and her temperament needed refining; otherwise, once ascended, he truly feared she would act impulsively and commence a great slaughter.

Transferring her to a new position, taking over from “Kong Xuan” as the master of White Jade Capital, was also with this consideration in mind.

Currently, Xu Yang had three major avatars, Xu Qingyang, Li Liuxian, and Kong Xuan, which was a split from his Yang God.

There was no need to mention Xu Qingyang as his world, the Divine Martial World, was unrelated. He could only choose between Li Liuxian and Kong Xuan to ascend to the Upper Realm to investigate the situation.

Xu Yang decided to have “Kong Xuan” take on the task, or, more accurately, he could only assign Kong Xuan, since Li Liuxian, as the main support of the Earth Deity Law and leader of Taoism, was utterly incapable of leaving.

Kong Xuan, however, was different.

Having endured seven thousand years, Xu Yang’s three avatars had all successfully advanced to the Integration stage with the help of a series of characteristics, such as “Heaven rewards hard work,” “Founder of Martial Scripture,” “Founder of Taoist Scripture,” and “Immortal Martial Dual Cultivation,” as well as the Divine Martial Tao Method. Billions from both worlds and a vast amount of cultivation accessories provided support, allowing them to far surpass the real self in actuality.

Although they were all at the Integration stage of cultivation, there was a hierarchy even within the Integration level.

Among the three avatars, the strongest was undoubtedly “Taoism Origin Body” Li Liuxian. Having cultivated the Earth Deity Law for over twenty thousand years, by relying on the governing power of the Scholar’s Palace and training day and night with the Xuanyuan Divine Sword, in combination with the Immortal Spirit Mech Armor Law, he was undeniably the number one force in the World of Dao and Law, his home ground.

According to comparisons with Dustless in the real world, on his home ground and fighting at full strength without hesitation and assuming the opponent does not possess any Superior Immortal Implements or a Seventh Rank Great Array, “Li Liuxian” could even slay a Mahayana from the Righteous Path like Dustless.

To slay Mahayana while being at the Integration stage of cultivation inherently ranked him as the foremost in battle prowess.

Following Li Liuxian was Xu Qingyang.

Although if one were to calculate, Kong Xuan, this avatar, had cultivated for a longer period, Xu Yang’s plan for this avatar was to focus exclusively on the Immortal Path, and so he did not let him cultivate the Earth Deity Law, dedicating his attention solely to refining Yuan Spirit and Qi.

Therefore, in terms of combat strength, Xu Qingyang, who had cultivated the Earth Deity Law and wielded the War God’s Atlas, a major weapon of destruction, was ranked second in terms of local combat strength.

Consequently, the only one with a Spiritual Root, and moreover, a Five Elements Spiritual Root, Kong Xuan became the lowest in combat strength among the three avatars.

But this was only the case for now.

If nothing unexpected happened, wouldn’t “Kong Xuan” soon achieve a reversal, becoming first in cultivation and combat strength among the three avatars, or at the very least, rise to an existence on par with Li Liuxian?

Why?

Because, thanks to the selfless offering of a certain treasure-giving child, Xu Yang had already obtained the Mahayana Doctrine, and it was the Mahayana Doctrine of the Five Elements Immortal Sect no less.

After seven thousand years of devoted cultivation, bolstered by skills characteristics and numerous cultivation accessories, even Li Liuxian and Xu Qingyang, who didn’t have a Spiritual Root, had cultivated to the Integration stage, let alone Kong Xuan who possessed the “Five Elements Spiritual Root.”

Indeed, Kong Xuan’s cultivation pace had always been the fastest amongst the three avatars. He had long reached the complete Integration stage, but had refrained from stepping into the Mahayana tier. One reason was the limitation of the world, and the other was the lack of a proper doctrine.

Although the merging of the two worlds elevated this realm’s rank, it seemed it had not yet reached the point where it could accommodate Mahayana practitioners.

Thus, Xu Yang could only send out Kong Xuan to survey the Upper Realm and then look for an opportunity to ascend to Mahayana.

As for the Wandao School, it was accumulating strength in the Lower Realm, using the time differential to prepare for the upcoming war.

When the time was right, he would collaborate from within and without, guiding the School to ascend and resolve all karmic ties.

This was Xu Yang’s entire plan.

The Wandao School had moved out most of their assets and even prepared to additionally bestow the title of Earth Deities on some, extending the lifespan of the Return to Void and certain Deity Transformation cultivators, as well as to enhance their cultivation and increase their combat capabilities, all in preparation for the once-in-ten-thousand-years opportunity to ascend.

With the people below making such efforts, he, as the Taoist Master, naturally could not shirk his duties.

The Earth Immortal’s Domain, while part of the Upper Realm, had lost its Immortal Gods and great powers to bygone calamities. It had come to a point where, in a land without tigers, monkeys claim kingship, and so Human Immortals were hailed as Emperors and those at the Integration stage were deemed great powers.

For the avatar Kong Xuan, who also possessed the Integration cultivation and was on the verge of entering Mahayana, it should be no problem to establish a base in the Earth Immortal Realm—with its divided powers and every man for himself—to await and support the ascension of the Wandao School.

Therefore…

Three days later, at the White Jade Capital.

A five-colored radiance descended like a phoenix shadow, descending into the city of White Jade and transforming into an exquisitely beautiful woman.

If it was not Phoenix Song, then who could it be?

Phoenix Song stepped forward with a bow and said, “Taoist Master!”

“Hmm!”

It was Xu Yang, but also Kong Xuan, who nodded at her and said, “I leave this place to you.”

Phoenix Song smiled with full confidence, “Rest assured, Taoist Master. With Phoenix Song here, the Evil Demons shall not transgress!”

Xu Yang looked at her, saying nothing more. He vaulted into the sky, turning into a divine light that merged the five colors into one, an innate Chaos Yuan, heading beyond the domain.

“Boom!!!”

The power of Integration was enough to break through realms, and even more so for him, who was close to Mahayana. His divine light pierced through, surpassing boundaries.

On reaching beyond the world, he found endless darkness with a tinge of chaotic primordial energy.

This was the space beyond worlds, chaotic yet not truly chaotic.

Within it lay the myriad heavens and worlds, like a galaxy of lords, akin to billions upon billions of eternal sands.

Ordinarily, one would need to reach the Divinity Transformation Realm to possess enough mana to traverse the Chaotic Void and travel from one realm to another.

However, the World of Dao and Law was different. When the Ancient Immortal Gods ascended in ancient times, they left a mark which was a coordinate of the Upper Realm, with the power to transport. As long as one could connect with it, one could traverse the chaotic void to reach the Immortal Realm.

Therefore, in the World of Dao and Law, even Nascent Souls could ascend.

Xu Yang swept his divine sense and saw, amidst boundless chaos, a faint purple light, emitting profound Taoist Rhyme, which filled his heart with awe, “This Tao Seal, imprinted into the void, has endured since ancient times, through thousands and tens of thousands of years, without any damage, it must be the work of the Ancestor of Tao!”

Xu Yang felt a sense of wonder, and with a thought, his light of Chaos Yuan flashed, connecting to that Tao Seal, then swiftly breaking through the void and away.

Earth Immortal Realm, he had arrived!

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