novelraw Chapter 457 - 243, The first fate deduction in the Nascent Soul Realm_2
Chapter 457 - 243, The first fate deduction in the Nascent Soul Realm_2
The Jinsheng Sect was a medium-sized sect, similar to the Starfall Sect and Chongzhen Temple, but it was not located in the North Wilderness, but rather in the central part of East Huangzhou.
"So it’s a True Monarch senior from the Jinsheng Sect. These Spirit Pills... um... our sect will gather them within three days and then deliver them to senior’s Cave Mansion..."
Upon hearing this, the Chongzhen Temple Deacon took the Token, examined it using a Secret Technique to confirm its authenticity, then nodded, returned the Token to Xu Xing, and spoke.
The quantity of Spirit Pills Xu Xing needed to trade was quite large. However, this was a small amount for the Chongzhen Temple, yet a very large sum for the Cuoshan Market. They would need to be allocated from various markets.
"This is the deposit."
Xu Xing nodded, took out a Jade Box, placed it on the table, then picked up the Cave Mansion Array Disk handed over by the Chongzhen Temple Deacon, and walked out.
The Spirit Pills from this transaction were not enough to replenish his entire body’s Magic Power, but he still had quite a few Spirit Pearls and Spirit Shells. Setting up a Magic Formation to absorb the Spiritual Power from them was also a way to replenish his Magic Power. Transforming Spiritual Power into Magic Power was much slower than replenishing Magic Power with Spirit Pills. For a Nascent Soul Daoist Lord to replenish his entire body’s Magic Power by merely sitting and absorbing Spiritual Power, it would take at least a year and a half.
「A short while later.」
Xu Xing arrived at the rented Cave Mansion, tidied it up briefly, then sat cross-legged on the Cushion in the Cultivation Room and began to observe the panel of the Bronze Ancient Mirror.
[Mirror Master: Xu Hang.]
[Taoist Fruits: Fusang Golden Crow (Seven Elements), Fengdu Heavenly Office (EightExtremes), Golden Crow Immortal Body (Seven Elements), Wind Fire Divine Eye (Six Departments), Other Shore Ghost Spring (Seven Elements), Essence Blood Divine Storage (Seven Elements), Blood Shadow Golden Body (EightExtremes), Fire Cloud Escape (EightExtremes)...]
[World: Decaying Axe (Nascent Soul).]
[Descent: Soul.]
[Immortal Fate: Great Sun Emperor (Six Departments), Demoted Immortal Being (Six Departments), Evil King Dharma Body (Seven Elements), Human Emperor Body (Remnant).]
...
After breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, there is another world I can descend into?
Xu Xing saw the panel refresh, a hint of surprise in his expression as he pondered.
The Emperor Jin World was a world he had unlocked when he was in the Returning Core Realm. But when he reached the Dao Pill Realm, the panel did not refresh; [World] remained the Emperor Jin World into which he descended.
It should be related to the realm division of ancient cultivators. Ancient cultivators were divided into the major realms of Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul. The Returning Core and Dao Pill realms are, in fact, still part of the Golden Core realm...
Only by breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm do I truly enter a new major realm.
However... I haven’t reached the end of the Emperor Jin World yet, so this Decaying Axe World...
Xu Xing shook his head.
He didn’t plan to open the Decaying Axe World hastily. At the very least, he had to exhaust all the benefits in the Emperor Jin World before considering it.
I’ll set the otherworld aside for now.
Right now, the important thing is to deduce my fate and discern my next step. The Nascent Soul-level cultivation technique, and... the legendary Divine Land Central Continent...
He took a deep breath.
Next, he would consume the pills and then sit in meditation to regulate his breath.
The Magic Power of his Nascent Soul Realm began to recover steadily, and the Nascent Soul, previously listless, started to regain its vitality.
「Three days later.」
Chongzhen Temple delivered the Spirit Pills he required, as promised.
「One month later.」
The Magic Power Xu Xing had consumed when consolidating the Six Commandments Immortal Order [Wind Fire Divine Eye] was nearly half restored.
「Three months later.」
Xu Xing’s Magic Power had recovered to ninety percent.
This should be enough.
Now, I’ll use [Taoist Fruits] to solidify the newly manifested primary Immortal Fate in the [Immortal Fate] column: Six Commandments Immortal Order [Great Sun Emperor].
With a thought, Xu Xing activated [Taoist Fruits] to solidify the primary Immortal Fate, [Great Sun Emperor (Six Departments): Son of Emperor Jun, Human Realm’s Sun Reverence, singular in all eyes. Attaining immortality, residing in the Sun Palace; becoming a god, presiding over the bright sky. As a child of a deity, you are favored by the Immortal Path. Cultivating wood-elemental, yang-elemental, and imperial path cultivation methods progresses at lightning speed. You are a natural leader of all birds. When facing schemes from external enemies, you possess this Immortal Fate, granting a high probability of turning peril into safety.]
As the primary Immortal Fate solidified, viscous, liquid-like Magic Power surged from Xu Xing’s Dantian, only to be consumed in an instant.
This process continued for over four months. It wasn’t until the fifth month that the Seven-elements Immortal Fate [Fusang Golden Crow], standing firm in the [Taoist Fruits] column, began to slowly dissipate.
Seeing this familiar scene, Xu Xing was well-prepared. This was to be his first fate deduction in the Nascent Soul Realm.
Flying Feather Immortal Palace...
Sect Master’s Inheritance, Nascent Soul-level cultivation technique...
Ruan Baimei...
Emperor’s Son Pavilion...
The many dangers, obstacles, and enemies encountered in the Dao Pill Realm... I wonder if they can be resolved in this Nascent Soul Realm...
Xu Xing looked up.
In an instant, scenes began to flicker before him, like a revolving lantern.
It began with solidifying the Dao Pill in the Immeasurable Sect and interacting with the Ze Sheng Forest lineage. Then, returning to East Huangzhou, meeting Wu Miao, the hundred-year agreement, snow falling on his shoulders, and negotiating with Ruan Baimei about the Butian Sect. After that, going to the Starfall Sect and obtaining the opportunity to use the Blessed Land, and encountering Song Knife, Burial Halberd Elder, and Nan Lu on the way.
He recalled killing his enemy Song Knife and obtaining the "Child-Mother Ghost Fetus Great Method" from Nan Lu. Then, returning to Nanyan Continent and being ’forced into marriage’ by Yan Luanqing. Subsequently, he went to the Pill Cauldron Sect to exchange for a Nascent Soul Spiritual Object. Finally, he regained the Purple Ribbon Gold Seal of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace, only to encounter the biggest crisis in his Daoist journey – Nascent Soul Saint Monarch Chi Yuan.
These were his memories after solidifying the Seven-elements Immortal Fate [Fusang Golden Crow].
Though fraught with peril, after becoming a Dao Lord, such things are trivial...
After reviewing his memories, Xu Xing shook his head, a confident expression appearing on his face.
True Monarchs were the backbone of a sect. Dao Lords were unequivocally high-ranking members, Ancestors.
Ren Yuanrui, who had once arranged his fate, was merely at the Nascent Soul Realm.
At this time, Xu Xing’s combat prowess might be somewhat inferior to Ren Yuanrui. After all, Ren Yuanrui was the Sect Master of a Higher Teaching and far surpassed an ordinary Nascent Soul Daoist Lord. However, in another ten or twenty years, or even a hundred or two hundred years, it would be uncertain who was stronger.
Ruan Baimei of the Taibai Immortal Body, who had obstructed his path and plotted against him, was now only at the Dao Pill Realm, far inferior to him.
Although the Higher Teachings possess methods to elevate Dao Pill Cultivators to the Nascent Soul Realm in a short time, this is merely like pulling up seedlings to try and help them grow. Ruan Baimei would not choose this option, as it would damage her own foundation in exchange for temporary strength.
Immortal Path cultivators aim for longevity and eternal Gaze, not a fleeting moment of brilliance.
It has begun...
Xu Xing focused his mind, looking ahead. The memory reel stopped, and the deduction of a corner of his future fate commenced.
Various scenes began to emerge.
In Tiande year 215, Xu Xing successfully underwent Nascent Formation in the Starfall Sect of East Huangzhou’s North Wilderness, forming an Immortal Nascent and achieving the status of an Immortal Exiled to Mortal Realm in the human world.
In the same year, Xu Xing went to the territory of Chongzhen Temple for seclusion Cultivation. On the way, he encountered Xuan Spirit Cave Demon Cultivators, slew them, and acquired several Demonic Techniques.
While slaying the Demon Cultivators, he became acquainted with Chongzhen Temple Elder Taoist Buxu Zi.
Through this connection, Xu Xing temporarily cultivated at Chongzhen Temple’s Blessed Land.
In Tiande year 217, the Nanhua Sect intended to marry Zuoqiu Ying to Ruan Baimei, the Seventeenth Sect Leader of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace. Their aim was to interfere with the internal affairs of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace and reshape it.
Upon hearing this news, Xu Xing, after careful consideration, went to the Nanhua Sect’s territory with Ren Yuanrui’s secret decree and requested an audience with Elder Zuo Qiu.
The secret decree served as clear proof. Elder Zuo Qiu believed Xu Xing’s one-sided account. He concluded that after the Heavenly Change in the Flying Feather Immortal Palace, Ren Yuanrui had been imprisoned by the two Nascent Soul Saint Monarchs, and any decree issued might not have been of his own free will. Therefore, Elder Zuo Qiu returned to the Nanhua Sect and ordered the cancellation of the marriage alliance with the Flying Feather Immortal Palace.
In the same year, upon hearing this news, the Flying Feather Immortal Palace was immediately enraged. They issued a wanted order for Xu Xing, and the two sides had a complete falling out.
In Tiande year 218, Xu Xing returned to the Immeasurable Sect. His emergence from seclusion in the Nascent Soul Realm shocked the entire sect.
Yan Luanqing no longer mentioned the matter of becoming his spouse and ordered the sect to honor Xu Xing as the third Ancestor of the Immeasurable Sect.
With Xu Xing presiding over the Immeasurable Sect, the Silver Ring Zhai reined in its aggression. Daoist Jiang Yue was sent to the Immeasurable Sect to amend their agreement, and the two sects reconciled.
In Tiande year 223, Xu Xing keenly felt his lack of resources. Resources for Nascent Soul and Primordial Spirit Cultivators were monopolized by the Higher Teachings. Thus, with the support of the Nanhua Sect, he established the Butian Sect, intending to use its name to aid his own Cultivation.
The doctrine of the Butian Sect was to reshape the Flying Feather Immortal Palace and pacify the internal strife within the Immortal Palace.
With the Nanhua Sect’s support, many Dao Lords within the Flying Feather Immortal Palace who admired the Master and Disciple Lineage joined the Butian Sect. They openly raised their banner, regarding the current Flying Feather Immortal Palace as treasonous.
In just fifteen years, more than ten Dao Lords had defected from the Flying Feather Immortal Palace.
And from the hands of these Dao Lords, Xu Xing also obtained the incomplete Nascent Soul-level techniques of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace: the "Flying Immortal True Skill" and the "Feather Transformation Immortal Scripture."
In Tiande year 245, with the support of subsequent cultivation techniques, Xu Xing quickly cultivated to the completion of the early Nascent Soul Realm and was about to enter the mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm.
However, Xu Xing knew that Elder Zuo Qiu would die in his prime in Tiande year 271, that is, twenty-six years later...
His Dao extinguished, and he perished for reasons unknown.