Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Black Sands is the one who most wants to enter the Underworld, because his son is still in the Underworld.

However, his strength is too weak. Right now, the three-headed crows and other ghosts from the Netherworld are guarding the edge of the passage between the two worlds. Once he enters the Netherworld, he will definitely be discovered by the three-headed crows and other ghosts.

Let alone the three-headed eagles that have advanced to the fourth rank, he is no match for even those three-headed eagles at the third rank of perfection.

After learning about the current situation in the Netherworld, Lu Cheng'an didn't say anything more.

He does have the idea of ​​exploring the Netherworld, but Qingzhou is not peaceful right now, so he dares not venture into the Netherworld.

If something happens to him, the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect will be in danger of being destroyed.

Luo Sheng and the other ghosts were very fast. Not long after they left Black Sand's mansion, they returned with the materials that Lu Cheng'an needed.

Unfortunately, the resources in the Nether River are limited, and the materials in the hands of Luo Sheng and other ghosts are all of the third rank.

After collecting the materials from Luo Sheng and the other ghosts, Lu Cheng'an discovered that there were four sets of materials for refining the Yinming Shattering Soul Needle.

The Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle is no longer of any use to him, but in the hands of a Golden Core cultivator, it would be a deadly weapon.

After putting away these materials, Lu Cheng'an did not linger in the Nether River region.

After leaving the Nether River, he went straight back to the Lu family.

During the time Lu Cheng'an was away, the Lu family underwent significant changes.

Thanks to the continuous efforts of Lu Jingkun, Lu Chengping and other Lu family cultivators, the immortal city proposed by Lu Wenxing has been basically completed.

The power of the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining God Array was enhanced once again, encompassing the immortal city that was about to be completed.

Of course, this is only the power of the outer perimeter of the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining God Formation. Although this power also has extremely strong defensive capabilities, it is far inferior to the power of the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining God Formation within the Lu family's mountain gate.

After returning to the Lu family from the Netherworld River, Lu Cheng'an first listened to Lu Wenxing's account of the Lu family's current situation. Then he returned to his cave and began refining the Netherworld Soul-Shattering Needle.

The Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle is Shi Ningyu's biggest trump card in the competition between her and Sha Zehan of the Ziyang Sect for the inheritance of the Divine Jade Sect. Now that the ruins of the Divine Jade Sect are about to reopen, Lu Cheng'an plans to refine the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle first.

The Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle is a top-grade third-tier magic weapon. Lu Cheng'an was able to refine this kind of magic weapon when he was in the Golden Core stage. Now that his cultivation has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, refining the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle is even simpler for him.

Lu Cheng'an is now much faster at refining Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles. He spent more than half a year refining all four materials into Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles.

While Lu Cheng'an was refining the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle, Shi Ningyu had already gone into seclusion to digest the gains from her previous dual cultivation.

Lu Cheng'an did not disturb Shi Ningyu's cultivation. He put away the Yinming Shattering Soul Needle and then began to study the Sui Gu True Scripture, which he had just obtained from the Desolate Ancient Sect, in his cave.

Of course, what Lu Cheng'an wants to do now is to cultivate supernatural powers, refine his natal magic weapon, and quickly improve his strength.

Unfortunately, whether it's cultivating supernatural powers or refining magical artifacts, both require fourth-tier materials, and he doesn't currently have any of those materials.

The Earth Flame True Scripture records a total of four supernatural abilities. He has already cultivated the Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Palm and the Earth Flame Myriad Manifestations Body to perfection. He has not yet begun to cultivate the Star Flame Concealment Technique and the Returning Origin Fire Fiend Seal.

Lu Cheng'an's natal magic treasure, the Earth Flame Purple Golden Bell, and his magic treasure, the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, are both still at the third-tier top-grade level. If he wants to upgrade these two natal magic treasures to the fourth tier, he will need a large number of fourth-tier materials.

"I wonder when the trading fair between Nascent Soul cultivators that True Monarch Kushi mentioned will begin?"

Lu Cheng'an frowned slightly, and couldn't help but think of the trading fair between Nascent Soul cultivators that True Monarch Kushi had mentioned.

When Lu Cheng'an last met with True Lord Kushi, he wanted to exchange some materials for cultivating supernatural powers and refining magical treasures.

The Ancient Desolate Sect has been passed down for many years, and its treasury contains some fourth-tier materials. However, Lu Cheng'an was unlucky; the Ancient Desolate Sect did not have the fourth-tier materials he needed.

Therefore, True Lord Kushi told Lu Cheng'an about the trading fair among Nascent Soul cultivators.

This kind of trading among Nascent Soul cultivators involves all Nascent Soul cultivators in Qingzhou and Hezhou. If you can't find the treasures you need at the trading fair, it will be very difficult to find them anywhere else.

Unless they leave the territory of Qingzhou and Hezhou and go to the territory of Lianzhou, Yuanzhou and other places.

However, even for Nascent Soul cultivators, traveling to these cultivation realms is a very difficult task.

However, the chilling aura in the Nether River had little effect on Lu Cheng'an, making his journey to Yuanzhou and Lianzhou relatively easier.

Lu Cheng'an has no plans to go to the Yuanzhou cultivation world to find the fourth-tier materials he needs for the time being. He intends to wait until he attends the trade fair held by the Nascent Soul cultivators of Qingzhou and Hezhou before making any decisions.

He currently has some fourth-tier materials, as well as finished fourth-tier magic weapons and magical treasures.

These all come from the inheritance of the Burning Flame Sect.

However, those fourth-tier magic weapons and treasures were not very suitable for him. He still wanted to upgrade the Earth Flame Purple Gold Bell and the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan to the fourth tier.

After a moment, Lu Cheng'an suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind and began to examine the cultivation methods of the Sui Gu True Scripture.

The Ancient Scripture of the Years is a traditional cultivation method passed down by the Ancient Desolate Sect. As True Lord Kushi said, the Ancient Scripture of the Years is indeed very difficult to comprehend.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an's attribute panel came into play, but what puzzled Lu Cheng'an was that the Sui Gu True Scripture did not appear in the cultivation technique section, but in the skill section.

Furthermore, the name of the Ancient Scripture in the skill bar is not Ancient Scripture, but Thousand Year Seal and Quiet Ancient Seal.

The panel also provides a fairly detailed description of these two seals. If a cultivator is struck by the Thousand-Year Seal, a certain amount of their lifespan will be reduced.

This reduction is a true reduction, with no possibility of recovery.

The Tranquil Ancient Seal is an auxiliary supernatural power, but Lu Cheng'an felt that this supernatural power was more terrifying than the Thousand-Year Seal in reducing lifespan.

Because under the Tranquil Ancient Seal, time will stop flowing, and the cultivators enveloped by this supernatural power will remain motionless for that period of time.

Battles between Nascent Soul cultivators are extremely dangerous; even a moment of stillness can result in being killed by the enemy.

"The Thousand-Year Seal? The Tranquil Ancient Seal? Could it be that there's a problem with the Ancient Desolate Sect's cultivation?"

Lu Cheng'an frowned deeply. The Ancient Classic was a traditional cultivation technique passed down by the Ancient Desolate Sect.

The Ancient Desolate Sect has a long history, and countless Nascent Soul cultivators have studied the Ancient Desolate Scripture during this time, yet none of them have discovered its true secrets.

"If it weren't for the panel, I wouldn't have been able to discover the true secrets of the Ancient Scripture!" Lu Cheng'an sighed softly after realizing that it was the panel that had revealed the secrets of the Ancient Scripture.

He then suppressed his strange thoughts and began to extract the cultivation treasures, the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal, from the Ancient Scripture of Time according to the instructions on the panel.

The panel simply told Lu Cheng'an that the Ancient True Scripture was not a cultivation technique, but a supernatural power, and gave a brief introduction to the two supernatural powers that were decomposed from it.

However, the cultivation methods were not extracted as well, which means that Lu Cheng'an needs to extract the cultivation methods for these two supernatural powers from the cultivation techniques of the Sui Gu True Scripture.

Lu Cheng'an knew that the Ancient Scripture contained the two supernatural powers, the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal, which gave him a general direction and prevented him from blindly pondering like a headless fly.

Both the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal involve the power of time, which Lu Cheng'an had never encountered before.

The power of time and the power of space are both extremely profound powers. Even with Lu Cheng'an's talent, his progress in dealing with supernatural powers involving the power of time was very slow when he first came into contact with them.

However, Lu Cheng'an was not in a hurry. With the help of the panel, he had found the direction of his cultivation. As long as he was willing to spend the time, he would definitely be able to successfully cultivate these two supernatural abilities.

The Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal are very different from the supernatural powers that Lu Cheng'an cultivated before. Cultivating these two supernatural powers does not require the assistance of spiritual objects. As long as the cultivator comprehends the mysteries of the supernatural powers, he can successfully cultivate them.

Cultivation knows no time, and more than ten years passed quickly. At this point, there were less than two years left before the opening of the Divine Jade Sect ruins.

After a long period of seclusion, Shi Ningyu finally emerged from her seclusion and prepared to set off for the ruins of the Divine Jade Sect.

Lu Cheng'an had been keeping an eye on Shi Ningyu's situation. As soon as he learned that Shi Ningyu had broken through her cultivation, he immediately entered her cave.

“You must refine all four sets of Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles. Once you have successfully refined them, I will take you to the Divine Jade Sect Ruins,” Lu Cheng’an said.

Sha Zehan came from the Ziyang Sect, which had a total of five Nascent Soul cultivators.

During the two previous openings of the Divine Jade Sect's ruins, none of the high-ranking cultivators from the Purple Sun Sect showed up.

The main reason is that, for the Ziyang Sect, Foundation Establishment and Core Formation spiritual items are not particularly precious and are not enough to attract the attention of the high-level cultivators of the Ziyang Sect.

With the opening of the Divine Jade Sect ruins this time, treasures that can help condense a Nascent Soul will appear. Even a Nascent Soul sect like the Purple Sun Sect will definitely attach great importance to it.

Especially now, at this crucial moment when the Holy Sun Sect is launching an attack on them, if a new Nascent Soul cultivator were to appear in the Purple Sun Sect at this time, it would be of great significance to the Purple Sun Sect.

Lu Cheng'an felt that with the opening of the Divine Jade Sect ruins, the Purple Sun Sect would likely send a Nascent Soul cultivator to accompany Sha Zehan.

The Divine Jade Sect has a set of rules for selecting successors, and Lu Cheng'an is unsure whether the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Purple Sun Sect have the ability to break the rules of the Divine Jade Sect.

But if they had that ability, then the situation would be very unfavorable for them.

"Four sets of Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles? How could Brother An have crafted so many?" Shi Ningyu asked in surprise.

She knew the power of the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle, after all, she had used this magic weapon to injure the Nascent Soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"During your seclusion, I visited the Nether River..."

Lu Cheng'an briefly recounted what he had done in the Nether River region to Shi Ningyu, and then instructed Shi Ningyu to hurry up and refine the four sets of Yin Nether Soul-Shattering Needles.

Shi Ningyu didn't stand on ceremony with Lu Cheng'an. After receiving the four sets of Yinming Shattering Soul Needles from Lu Cheng'an, she returned to her cave.

"If Ningyu's trip to the Divine Jade Sect ruins goes smoothly, our ability to protect ourselves will be greatly enhanced!"

Looking at Shi Ningyu's tightly closed cave, Lu Cheng'an couldn't help but sigh softly.

For the past ten years or so, Qingzhou, Hezhou and Taizhou have been very peaceful, and the Sacred Heart Sect has not launched any further attacks on the Nascent Soul sects in these two states.

But everyone knows that the cultivators of the Sacred Heart Sect are waiting for the return of the Butterfly Demon King from the Hong'e Mountains.

After exchanging cultivation techniques with the Ancient Desolate Sect, Lu Cheng'an's relationship with the sect became much closer.

He learned from the Ancient Desolate Sect that the Butterfly Demon King could return at any time.

Although the Butterfly Demon King has not yet returned to the Hong'e Mountains, the Sacred Heart Ancestor has already made contact with him.

They have now reached a cooperation agreement. Once the Demon King returns to the Hong'e Mountains, he will lead the demon beasts of the Hong'e Mountains and the Sacred Heart Sect to attack the cultivation forces in Qingzhou and Taizhou.

The Ancient Desolate Sect has been shrinking its power over the years, doing its best to assist True Monarch Qiongmiao in breaking through his cultivation level.

The Qiongmiao True Monarch cultivates a fourth-order water-attribute technique. This type of technique is not widely collected by the Ancient Desolate Sect, and the only fourth-order technique is the one cultivated by the Qiongmiao True Monarch.

After Qiongmiao Zhenjun's cultivation broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, he relied on the power of the Ancient Desolate Sect and his own strength to collect two more fourth-order water-attribute cultivation techniques.

However, these two fourth-tier water-attribute cultivation techniques can only be cultivated to the early to mid-stages of the Nascent Soul realm, so they are not particularly helpful to True Monarch Qiongmiao.

In their quest to find advanced water-attribute cultivation techniques, True Monarch Qiongmiao and the Ancient Desolate Sect made tremendous efforts.

They discovered that the Burning Flame Sect possessed a fourth-tier water-attribute cultivation technique. Therefore, after learning that the Lu family might obtain the Burning Flame Sect's inheritance, they took the initiative to propose exchanging cultivation techniques with Lu Cheng'an.

They never intended to force Lu Cheng'an to hand over the Burning Flame Sect's inheritance, mainly because of the existence of the Sacred Heart Sect.

They also had some understanding of Lu Cheng'an's capabilities.

When Lu Cheng'an's cultivation had just broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, he killed the Heavenly Locust True Monarch, who was also at the Nascent Soul realm, demonstrating his extremely formidable strength.

Suppressing or killing Lu Cheng'an will not be an easy task for them.

If Lu Cheng'an escapes, he will likely enter the Sacred Heart Sect.

The Ancient Desolate Sect believed that with Lu Cheng'an's demonstrated abilities, he would definitely be highly valued by the Sacred Heart Sect once he joined.

If the Sacred Heart Sect then attacks the Nascent Soul sects in Qingzhou and Hezhou, the probability of their Ancient Desolate Sect being destroyed will greatly increase.

It was for this reason that the Ancient Desolate Sect adopted a policy of appeasement while using forceful measures.

After obtaining the Black Water True Scripture and the Sea Mirage Rainbow Scripture, two fourth-order water-attribute cultivation techniques, True Monarch Qiongmiao has been diligently studying them.

Her cultivation progressed smoothly afterward, and she has now gained some insights. It won't be long before she breaks through to the perfect Nascent Soul realm. (End of Chapter)