Demon Taming: Start by synthesizing a Lantern Ghost with Divine and Demonic Talents

Chapter 221: The Gate to the Dead
Kunlun Academy.

Almost all students who met the registration requirements signed up for the competition.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye.

With the grand competition approaching, the Imperial Academy was unusually lively.

Even some well-informed alumni contacted their advisors and rushed back to join in the fun.

As the older brother, Lu Wensheng was left to watch his younger sister surpass him, and could only cheer her on from the sidelines, which made the genius quite embarrassed.

In his view, his younger sister had only just entered the Divine Embryo Realm, and even if she participated in the competition, she would most likely be eliminated in the first round.

Then Lu Yun'er unleashed her full power.

In the first battle, I faced a senior brother who had reached the eighth level of the Divine Embryo stage and was also a swordsman. I used a thousand clones to blast him to death on the Taixu Illusionary Realm arena.

Upon seeing this identical method of creating clones, Feng Yan, Yu Shishi, Lei Runsheng, Yang Qian, and the others all twitched their brows, as they were all too familiar with it.

I couldn't help but recall the memory of being dominated by someone during that year's Qingyun Ranking Competition.

As expected, the subsequent battles saw Lu Yun'er combine her clone magic with light magic to unleash tremendous power. The perfect synergy between the two allowed "Fairy Gu She" to shine brightly in this competition.

Because this is a major competition within the academy, there are restrictions on the magical artifacts that can be used. Therefore, even if those wanted to target Lu Yun'er's clone, they could not use magic-suppressing techniques.

They could only watch helplessly as this second-year student made great strides and advanced into the finals.

Unfortunately, in the first battle of the finals, he encountered a ruthless person at the Yin God Realm, Tai Shiboren.

Among all the graduating students of Kunlun Academy, Taishi Bolun was a regular in the top ten on any ranking list, both online and in real life. He was also one of the top contenders for the championship in this competition. More famous than his personal strength was his family background. His father was a Dao Lord at the Tribulation Realm, and his mother was a True Lord at the Nascent Soul Realm. It was generally difficult for cultivators at such levels to have offspring. Taishi Bolun had a son late in life, and naturally doted on him, providing him with abundant cultivation resources and exceptional strength.

Lu Yun'er fought extremely hard. Even when she unleashed all 108,000 clones, Taishi Bolun repeatedly managed to escape into the void.

She is not Li Chunfeng after all; her phantom clones may be powerful, but they require a lot of endurance.

Ultimately, due to his own exhaustion of soul power, he was completely drained by his opponent and suffered a regrettable defeat, ending his run in the quarterfinals.

"Little sister, you actually made it to the top eight! Your big brother is so proud of you," Lu Wensheng congratulated her shamelessly.

Unfortunately, his warm greeting was met with a cold shoulder; his congratulations only earned him a resentful snort from Lu Yun'er, "Hmph!"

Feng Yan said, "It's a pity. If Brother Li were here, he might have made it into the top three this time."

Yu Shishi also said, "Li Chunfeng has already reached the Yin God Realm, so his strength should have improved even further. However, Kunlun is full of hidden talents. To be able to rank among the top ten in Kunlun Academy is to be among the best in the entire Earthly Realm."

Hearing everyone's discussion, Lu Yun'er immediately retorted with a huff, "You're so ignorant! If Chunfeng comes back to participate, his opponents won't be the current students anymore, but the instructors. Otherwise, why do you think all the universities in the entire Earthly Realm are holding a grand competition at the same time? Not only universities, I guess the elites in the military and even all walks of life will be the next targets for selection. What they need is the Divine Embryo Realm."

Upon hearing this, the group all turned to look at her.

"Hey, Yoona, do you have some inside information?" Yu Shishi asked curiously.

Lu Yun'er smiled and said, "The matter is still undetermined, so I can't elaborate. In short, you just need to know that this competition is very likely caused by Li Chunfeng. His opponent is no longer a Yin God Realm expert, but a True Monarch Realm expert. Even..."

"Even what?" Lu Wensheng asked impatiently.

Lu Yun'er hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke up: "Alright, I might as well tell you. It won't be long before Little Madman returns. He has already killed or defeated at least five sixth-tier experts. This change is related to the interdimensional battle. If you are confident, it would be best to try to break through to the Divine Embryo Realm during this period."

Silence fell over the room.

For a long while, no one spoke.

Yang Qian sighed, his eyes gradually hardening, and said, "I've decided. I will not hold back in the next Abyss Tribulation and will go all out to break through to godhood! After this tribulation, I will enter the Myriad Abyss Canyon to condense my divine embryo."

Everyone knew that Yang Qian was incredibly strong. The reason he hadn't yet formed a nascent soul was not because he couldn't, but because he was laying a solid foundation to ensure everything was foolproof.

For this group of people, condensing a divine embryo is not a hurdle; the only difference is when it will happen.

Feng Yan suddenly said, "Lu Yun'er, I wish to use the precious land of Yulong Island for a period of seclusion. I wonder if this is feasible?"

Lu Yun'er's ears turned bright red instantly. "Why are you asking me that? Fish Dragon Island isn't my cave." Her best friend Yu Shishi looked at her with a half-smile, and even Lu Wensheng looked suspicious. Lu Yun'er was speechless. "Okay, I'll ask for you first."

"Thank you."

Several days later, the Kunlun Academy Grand Competition came to an end.

The first place was unsurprisingly won by Xie Gongqiu, the student union president, who famously said, "I've traveled a thousand miles away, who will share the autumn light with me now?"

Most of the top ten were prominent figures on campus, but Lu Yun'er, who came in eighth place, became the biggest dark horse in this competition.

This competition really spurred on many students.

Perhaps sensing the news, more and more students are choosing to seek out high-level spiritual sites to condense their divine embryos after the competition.

No one wants to miss the upcoming grand event.

Meanwhile, the competitions of other major universities also came to an end one after another, followed by an exchange competition among the best students from the three major academies, the thirty-six palaces, and the one hundred and eight academies.

The Four Great Realms and the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens Army Group also secretly launched full-scale military exercises.

A grand selection ceremony unfolded silently.

Half a month later, Lu Yun'er received an email from the Kunlun main spirit, which was a public announcement of an interdimensional exploration mission, and the reward for the top ten.

She was overjoyed and signed up without hesitation.

The school's response was swift, consisting of only two large, vermilion characters: "Rejected!"

Lu Yun'er was stunned. "Why?"

She couldn't understand it, so she asked the other top ten students, and they had all been approved.

Isn't this bullying an honest person?

Lu Yun'er made Nana so angry that she swelled up several sizes. In her anger, she went directly to her mentor to complain, but her mentor was also unaware of the situation and could only go to the dean of the Dan Dao Academy.

"We'll have to ask Jiang Wei about this."

Dean Jiang Wei is a very busy person, but he still met with Lu Yun'er.

"I am rejecting your application."

"Ah? Dean, may I ask why this is?" Lu Yun'er asked indignantly.

Jiang Wei spoke slowly and deliberately, and all of Lu Yun'er's anger immediately vanished.

"Li Chunfeng is in charge of the only star gate teleportation array base in the Great Wilderness of the Spirit Realm, and his mission is very important. Given your relationship, if you go, it is very likely to distract him. Although this is just our wishful thinking, and Li Chunfeng might even blame us old guys for meddling if he knew, the war situation is of utmost importance, and we cannot be careless in the slightest. Although you cannot go to the other world to explore, it is also very important for you to stay in the Earthly Realm as a logistics liaison officer. I hope Lu Yun'er can understand."

"what!"

Lu Yun'er blushed deeply. "Is that so? Yes, I understand. Thank you, Dean."

The Spirit Realm.

Northern part of the wilderness.

This year's snow season has been particularly long, with the cold winds and snow lasting for more than three months and showing no signs of abating.

The snow disaster has severely impacted the daily lives of many small tribes. Some tribes have run out of food and have no choice but to risk going out into the snowstorm to hunt.

Li Chunfeng's sense of crisis also grew day by day, but it did not come from nature, but from outside the wind and snow.

He visited the stone city of the Mountain God tribe several more times afterward, each time seemingly sensing his presence beforehand, and despite the lack of danger, he gained nothing.

It wasn't until my last visit that I discovered the teams from the major tribes had vanished without a trace.

They left. The enemy being in the dark while we were in the light actually turned out to be a bad thing.

From this moment on, the Dragon Horn Tribe must be constantly on guard against the enemy's invasion.

Li Chunfeng had a premonition that these people were hiding among some tribe in the north, watching their every move like venomous snakes. After the snow season, a great battle would be inevitable.

"...There's no good solution for now, we can only ask the scattered explorers to keep an eye out for it."

Fortunately, the preparations on the other side of the Earthly Realm have also been completed.

Tens of thousands of explorers have come to the Great Wilderness through the Star Gate.

Behind the scenes, a large number of talented individuals are undergoing military-style training and will arrive soon.

Li Chunfeng had already sensed the power of the Celestial Court.

The movement of the Celestial Court hangs in the balance, and a single action can affect the entire realm. This is merely the prelude to war, an exploration.

What kind of earth-shattering battle will the real cross-industry showdown be?
Prior to this, Li Chunfeng received an appointment letter from the meteorite base.

The base was officially named the Dragon Lantern Base, and Li Chunfeng was appointed as the commander of the Dragon Lantern Base, enjoying the highest military authority within the base's jurisdiction.

As the highest-ranking officer of the base, he also enjoyed many of the benefits of being the head of a region.

For example, a steady stream of resources is delivered daily through the star gate.

With a large pool of talented people, he easily established his own military advisory department. Whatever ideas he had, someone would handle them perfectly.

Once the war between the two worlds begins, and this elite force of tens of thousands of people in the base is formed into a formally organized army, then Li will definitely be a general.

With such an elite force backing them up, if the enemy dares to launch a large-scale attack after the snow, they will surely suffer a crushing defeat.

"Buzz~!"

The sword token suddenly trembled, and Li Chunfeng swept it.

"Reporting to superiors, Lin Jichen, second lieutenant, requests to make a call."

A subordinate requests to contact the superior.

This is the price of being an officer.

His workload increased, and he had to set aside some of his cultivation time each day to handle official business.

With a thought, Li Chunfeng made the call. "Lieutenant Lin Jichen, this is Li Chunfeng, commander of the Dragon Lantern Base. Communication is established. Please speak."

"Yes. The tribe I'm infiltrating is called the Cat Spirit Tribe. Today, an unfamiliar group entered the tribe under the cover of snow. They are very powerful and could very well be the people you asked us to be wary of."

Then a thought flew out, and Li Chunfeng refined it.

It was a group of people from a large tribe riding on moonlight elephants.

Li Chunfeng was overjoyed. He had searched high and low without finding it, but it came to him effortlessly!
"Lieutenant Lin Jichen, you have done a great job. Keep a close eye on their movements and do not make any other probing moves."

"Yes, sir. There is one more thing to report. It seems that the other party has not reached an agreement with the Cat Spirit Tribe. Their proposed conditions were rejected by the shaman, leading to a conflict. Although everything is fine for now, I have a feeling that a battle could break out at any time."

"Roger that! Report to me immediately if battle breaks out. Your own safety is the top priority. Understand?"

"understand!"

Having learned from his previous experiences, Li Chunfeng guessed that the other party had special sensory abilities. This time, he did not rush to the Cat Spirit Tribe to investigate, lest he alert them.

He then issued his first military order since assuming the position of commander-in-chief.

"Enter a state of combat readiness!"

The war horns have already sounded within the base.

Although the base has just been established and the external situation is quite tense, it cannot hinder Li Chunfeng's progress in the slightest.

He cultivates once every three days in "Devouring Stars," a time interval that is within his tolerance range.

After finishing his daily cultivation, Li Chunfeng did not cultivate anything else, but instead summoned Taiyi back from outside where he was collecting offerings.

At the same time, we are carefully examining our own strengths.

The Divine Soul Realm involves the third transformation of the Yin Spirit; the Body Refining Realm involves the Embracing of the Core in the Physical Body; and the Qi Refining Path leads to the Golden Core Realm.

At the fifth realm of swordsmanship, the sword light splits, the divine soul's perception reaches 38,000 zhang, and the soul power breaks through five million dao. The fully refined magical flying swords include the Heavenly Capital Sword and the Azure Star River Sword.

My natal demon pet: a fifth-tier Burning Lamp, with a Soul Devouring talent of low-grade Earthly Fiend, and a soul power of forty million Dao.

At the fifth level of Taiyi, the "Nine Transformations of the Divine Dragon Scripture" has reached the sixth transformation of the Divine Dragon (6.1%). The "Taiyi Longevity Scripture" has been cultivated to the second level of the Mountain and River Meridian Method, which can draw on the infinite vitality of mountains and rivers to replenish itself.

Even Mosquito Taoist has reached the third level.

If you count all the supernatural abilities you possess, you'll find they exceed the number on both hands.

With his current strength, at the fourth-tier level, he can be described as extremely powerful.

Once you reach this level of cultivation, you can only cultivate step by step; it's impossible to reach the top in one leap.

Abyss Calamity?

He no longer took Yuan Jie seriously.

Now that things have come to this point, things that we didn't dare to do in the past can be put on the agenda.

Li Chunfeng's senses landed on the incomplete jade disc.

Innate magical powers:
[Mind's Eye: Cannot be upgraded]

【Soul Fusion: A unique conceptual talent/divine ability】

[Throne of the Night: Innate Divine Power, Tier 3]

Features: 1. You are a strong contender for the title of Night King, and will further control the rules of the Necromancer.

2. Necromancer Summoning. A necromancer's level cannot exceed one's own. The maximum number of necromancers that can be summoned is one thousand!
3. Soul Chain. Releases a soul chain, tightly linking the living with the souls of the dead, sharing the damage and calamities suffered. It can transfer some of the damage received to undead servants, who will then bear the burden. Currently, it can withstand 40% of the damage.

4. Necromancer's Domain.

5. Gate to the Dead. Open the gate to the world of the dead to enter, conquer, and summon a large number of undead warriors.

Ultimately, their gaze fell upon the "Gateway to the Realm of the Dead".

Very few records of the Death Realm were left in the Earthly Realm, but Li Chunfeng learned a lot about the Death Realm from the elites of the Ghost Realm through the Yuan City channel.

All of this information reveals the power and danger of the Death Realm.

It was precisely this information that delayed Li Chunfeng's journey to the Realm of the Dead. Of course, the absence of Mosquito Daoist was also a contributing factor.

Now we are facing this very problem.

Especially the Throne of Night, this innate divine power brought from his previous life has already reached the third tier.

After several major battles, Li Chunfeng's undead minions were almost completely depleted, and he was waiting to summon them back to their positions.

With cultivation progress slowing down, is there a better way to increase strength than entering the Netherworld?

(End of this chapter)