Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

The True Lord of the Overturning Sea cultivates the water-attribute technique, the Overturning Sea Classic; the True Lord of the Holy Fire cultivates the Heavenly Fire True Scripture, the inherited technique of the Heavenly Fire Sect; and the True Lord of Ten Thousand Woods cultivates the wood-attribute technique, the Azure Dragon of Ten Thousand Woods.

Of these three cultivation techniques, the Heavenly Fire True Scripture is the most profound, allowing one to directly cultivate to the perfect Nascent Soul stage. Cultivating this technique allows one to condense a Heavenly Fire Domain.

Although the Overturning Sea Classic and the Azure Dragon of Ten Thousand Trees Technique are slightly inferior to the Heavenly Fire True Scripture, they are still all fifth-order techniques.

This is the strength of the Heavenly Fire Sect, the number one sect in Yanzhou. At least in terms of the depth of its sect's scriptures, it is far superior to the cultivation sects in Hezhou, Qingzhou, and Taizhou.

The Holy Flame True Lord is also extremely powerful; his strength should be comparable to that of the Holy Heart Ancestor.

The other three cultivators of the Heavenly Fire Sect who have reached the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm are Golden Moon True Monarch, Yuanhuo True Monarch, and Heavenly Fire True Monarch. Among them, Heavenly Fire True Monarch is the strongest and is also the current sect master of the Heavenly Fire Sect.

The Heavenly Fire True Monarch's strength may surpass that of the Sacred Heart Ancestor and the Butterfly Transformation Demon King, and his probability of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm is higher than that of the Sacred Heart Ancestor and the Butterfly Transformation Demon King.

However, True Monarch Tianhuo had a better understanding of the Nascent Soul realm, so he never considered breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

The news that the Holy Heart Ancestor had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm had also been learned by True Monarch Heavenly Fire. After learning that the Holy Heart Ancestor had died under the Pure Yang Fire Tribulation, he dared not attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul realm even more.

Although True Lord Tianhuo is stronger than Ancestor Shengxin, he is only confident in surviving the Pure Yang Fire Tribulation. He has no confidence at all in facing the even more powerful Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation.

True Monarch Tianhuo was much younger than Ancestor Shengxin, and he was unwilling to risk his life to break through to the Nascent Soul realm at this time.

Currently, True Monarch Tianhuo, True Monarch Yuanhuo, and True Monarch Jinyue are still in seclusion within the Tianhuo Sect. Upon arriving at the Tianhuo Sect, True Monarch Wenjian and the others only encountered True Monarch Jinyue.

The attitude of the Heavenly Fire Sect angered Nascent Soul cultivators like Sword Inquiry Monarch, who felt that the situation in Yanzhou was more serious than it actually was.

However, True Monarch Wenjian did not reveal his true thoughts, but instead followed the Nascent Soul cultivators sent by the Heavenly Fire Sect to the front-line battlefield to investigate the situation.

There, True Monarch Wenjian met True Monarch Shenghuo, True Monarch Fuhai, and True Monarch Wanmu, the three main leaders of the Heavenly Fire Sect, as well as Nascent Soul cultivators from the Nine Heavens Sect and the Heavenly Blade Palace.

The Nine Heavens Sect has three cultivators at the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm: Jade Heaven True Monarch, Yellow Heaven True Monarch, and Azure Heaven True Monarch. However, only Jade Heaven True Monarch is currently on the front lines.

The Nine Heavens Sect is also a sect with an extremely long history. It is said that the sect's foundation is even deeper than that of the Heavenly Fire Sect.

The Nine Heavens Sect is named so because it has nine cultivation techniques that can be practiced to the point of reaching the perfect Nascent Soul stage.

If these nine cultivation techniques are combined, they will form a sixth-level cultivation technique that can be cultivated to the perfection of the Void Refinement stage.

The next realm after the Nascent Soul Realm is the Void Refining Realm. Nowadays, it's rare to even see cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm in this cultivation world, let alone those at the Void Refining Realm.

The founder of the Nine Heavens Sect was a cultivator at the Refinement of Emptiness realm, but that ancestor has long since passed away.

Now, the Nine Heavens Sect can't even gather nine cultivators at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, which means it has declined to the extreme.

The Heavenly Blade Palace has two cultivators at the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm: Blood Blade True Monarch and Heavenly Blade True Monarch.

The Heavenly Blade Palace also has the lineage of Nascent Soul cultivators, but the strength of this sect has been weakened even more severely.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators from the Heavenly Blade Palace were both on the front lines, and they treated Nascent Soul cultivators like Sword Inquiry True Monarch with the utmost courtesy.

This is not because the Heavenly Blade Palace is the weakest of the three Nascent Soul sects in Yanzhou, but because the Heavenly Blade Palace's territory is adjacent to the Vast Desert.

The Yanzhou region now occupied by the Vast Desert belongs to the Heavenly Blade Palace.

If the sand demons of the Vast Desert cannot be dealt with, then the first sect to be destroyed in Yanzhou will be the Heavenly Blade Palace.

After meeting with the Holy Flame True Monarch on the front lines, the Nascent Soul cultivators, including Sword Inquiry True Monarch, soon encountered the Sand Demons in the Vast Desert.

"Fellow Daoists, please look. This is a sand demon from the Vast Desert. They have no spiritual energy in their bodies, but they possess extremely terrifying power. This sand demon is comparable to a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!"

The Heavenly Blade True Lord summoned a cage covered with sealing runes, inside which was imprisoned a tiger-shaped monster made entirely of yellow sand—the Sand Demon born from the Vast Desert.

The Nascent Soul cultivators, including Sword Inquiry True Monarch, turned their gazes toward the sand demons. Perhaps because this sand demon was under a seal, its size was not large, about the size of a normal tiger.

The Sand Demon is composed entirely of yellow sand, including its internal body structure.

The Nascent Soul cultivators, including Sword Inquiry True Monarch, carefully observed the sand that made up the sand demon and discovered that it was just ordinary yellow sand from the Vast Sea Desert.

It's just that for some unknown reason, these sand monsters, composed of ordinary yellow sand from the vast desert, contain such formidable power.

"These sand monsters cannot leave the vast desert for too long, otherwise their bodies will slowly lose their power and eventually turn into ordinary yellow sand."

"These sand demons, comparable to mid-Nascent Soul cultivators, can leave the Vast Sea Desert for six months. After six months, their power will begin to weaken, and within three months they will turn into ordinary yellow sand!"

While the Nascent Soul cultivators, including Sword Inquiry True Monarch, were observing the tiger-shaped sand demon, Heavenly Blade True Monarch continued to explain the situation of the desert sand demon to them.

After listening to the introduction by the Heavenly Blade True Monarch, the Sword Inquiry True Monarch frowned deeply. After thinking for a long time, the Sword Inquiry True Monarch said with a frown, "The power that these sand demons possess is bestowed by the vast desert. Without finding the source of their power, it is impossible to completely kill these sand demons."

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, haven't you considered venturing deep into the vast desert to uncover the true origins of these sand demons?"

"We have naturally considered what Fellow Daoist Zhai said, but those sand demons simply do not want us to enter the depths of the Vast Sea Desert!"

Tian Dao Zhenjun gave a bitter smile, then said in a deep voice, "The sand demons in the Han Hai Desert are extremely powerful now. There are as many as twelve sand demons comparable to the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm, twenty-six sand demons at the late Nascent Soul stage, thirty-five sand demons at the mid Nascent Soul stage, forty-three sand demons at the early Nascent Soul stage, and more than one hundred sand demons at the single Nascent Soul stage."

However, these sand demons are relatively weak. These more than one hundred Nascent Soul Realm sand demons have a combat power that is reduced by one-third compared to a normal Nascent Soul cultivator.

Besides these Nascent Soul stage sand demons, there are also a large number of first, second, and third stage sand demons, which is also an extremely terrifying fighting force.

As the vast desert continues to expand, the number of these sand monsters continues to grow.

Tian Dao Zhenjun and other Nascent Soul cultivators from Yanzhou also considered venturing into the depths of the Vast Desert to find the true reason for the birth of these sand demons.

However, before they even reached the depths of the vast desert, they encountered a frenzied attack from those sand demons.

They found it difficult to break through the defenses of these sand demons, and after witnessing the formidable power displayed by the sand demons, the Nascent Soul cultivators of Yanzhou dared not venture deeper into the vast desert.

Originally, the vast desert still had relatively thin spiritual energy, but now it has become a place devoid of spiritual energy.

Once trapped there for an extended period, even without being attacked by the sand demons, the situation would be extremely perilous. "Fellow Daoist Jiang, the sand demons in the Vast Sea Desert are so powerful that even if we come to their aid, it probably won't be of much use!" True Monarch Wenjian said with a frown.

The strength of the sand demons in the vast desert far exceeded their imagination. Even if all the Nascent Soul cultivators from Qingzhou and Hezhou activated their abilities, they probably wouldn't be able to affect the situation in Yanzhou.

"The main reason we invited Fellow Daoist Zhai and the others here is to ask them to take the sealed sand demon away from the Yanzhou region and test whether we can prevent the sand demon from being reborn in the Hanhai Desert!" True Monarch Tiandao said in a deep voice.

After a private discussion, the Nascent Soul cultivators from Qing and He states, including True Monarch Wenjian, agreed to the task, as it was not a difficult task for them.

When Tian Dao Zhenjun heard that Wen Jian Zhenjun and the others had agreed, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face. They then agreed that when the Sand Demons launched another attack in about half a year, they would try to capture as many Nascent Soul level Sand Demons as possible.

The sand monsters of the vast desert attack in a regular pattern. They launch an attack once every year, and the number of sand monsters involved in this attack is relatively small.

Every three years they launch a large-scale attack, at which time almost all the sand monsters in the vast desert will come out in full force.

More than half a year later, the sand demons of the Vast Sea Desert launched only small-scale attacks, which made it easier for them to capture the sand demons at the Nascent Soul level.

After that, True Monarch Wenjian stayed on the front line of the Yanzhou battlefield, waiting for the sand demons in the Hanhai Desert to launch an attack more than half a year later.

At the same time, the Lu family.

Lu Cheng'an did not pay much attention to the situation in Yanzhou. Since returning to his family, he had entered his cave on Sun Peak to continue his secluded cultivation.

His cultivation had reached the critical point of breaking through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. After half a year of arduous cultivation, he successfully broke through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

"The Fire Domain really gave me a great boost. The Pure Yang Fire Tribulation I experienced in the late Nascent Soul stage didn't feel as powerful as the Pure Yang Fire Tribulation in the mid Nascent Soul stage."

Lu Cheng'an silently savored the pure Yang fire tribulation he had just survived, and then began to examine the changes in his nascent soul.

After his cultivation broke through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, three runes reappeared within his Nascent Soul.

When these three runes were first formed, they were all illusory runes. However, after he successfully survived the Pure Yang Fire Tribulation, one of these illusory runes turned into a solid rune after most of it was completed.

Lu Cheng'an felt that this was largely due to the fire domain he had condensed, which greatly enhanced his foundation.

Only after his cultivation successfully broke through to the late Nascent Soul stage will he be able to directly transform the three illusory patterns into a single solid pattern that is more than half solid.

This is a great thing for him, because it directly shortens the time it takes for his cultivation to break through to the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm by more than half.

His ability to raise his cultivation to the late Nascent Soul stage in such a short time was also related to this matter.

A moment later, Lu Cheng'an brought up his attribute panel.

Name: Lu Cheng'an

【Lifespan: 525/9200】

[Constitution: Fire Virtue Body (Control of Flames) can be improved]

Cultivation Level: Late Nascent Soul Stage (0/1000)

[Cultivation Technique: Earth Flame True Scripture Nascent Soul Chapter (Perfect 1000/1000)]

[Skill: Earth Flame Myriad Forms (Perfect 1000/1000) Can be hidden]
The "Ten Thousand Flames Burning Heaven Palm" (Perfect 1000/1000) can be hidden.
Starfire Concealment Technique (Perfect 1000/1000) can hide.
The Returning Origin Fire Fiend Seal (Perfect 1000/1000) can be hidden.
The "Return to Heaven" technique (perfect 1000/1000) can be hidden.
True Fire Spirit Containment Technique (Perfect 1000/1000) can be hidden.
The Great Sun Soul Refining Technique (Perfect 1000/1000) can be hidden.

True Yang Body Refining Technique (Perfect 1000/1000) can be hidden.
The Thousand-Year Seal (Perfect 1000/1000) can be hidden.
The Tranquil Ancient Seal (Perfect 1000/1000) can be hidden.
Minor Transformation Technique (Perfect 1000/1000) can conceal.
Blazing Poison Spirit (Perfect 1000/1000)

The "Piercing Finger" skill (perfect 1000/1000) can be hidden.
Weapon Forging (Late Stage 4, 789/1000)

Innate Skill: Pure Glazed Heavenly Fire

"My lifespan has increased from 8,200 years to 9,200 years, an additional 1,000 years. It seems that once my cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul stage, my lifespan will increase by another 1,000 years, bringing it to 10,000 years."

The increase in lifespan was within Lu Cheng'an's expectations and did not bring him any major surprises.

Apart from that, there weren't many changes on the panel, since he had already cultivated the supernatural abilities and techniques such as Earth Flame Purple Gold God to perfection long ago.

After checking the changes in his own attribute panel, Lu Cheng'an then began to check the changes in his mana.

After a cultivator's cultivation level increases, the change in their magical power is not only an increase in quantity, but also an improvement in quality.

Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has broken through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and his magical power has more than doubled.

This is what makes the Nascent Soul realm so terrifying. Although it is extremely difficult to advance to the next minor realm, the increase in strength after the advancement is also terrifying.

Lu Cheng'an's magical power has improved even more terrifyingly. Now, Lu Cheng'an's magical power is mixed with the power of fire evil and fire poison, which makes his magical power nearly twice as strong as when he was in the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Using the same Guiyuan Fire Fiend Seal technique, Lu Cheng'an, with his current late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, could directly inflict severe injuries on himself, who was in the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm.

This is the power of pre-condensing a domain.

The benefits of condensing a domain ahead of time will only become fully apparent once Lu Cheng'an's cultivation breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage.

After examining the changes in himself, Lu Cheng'an relayed the good news to several Nascent Soul cultivators in his clan, and then began to consolidate his newly broken-through cultivation.

Less than two months after Lu Cheng'an's cultivation breakthrough, the battle between the sand demons and the cultivators of Yanzhou on the battlefield between Yanzhou and the Hanhai Desert once again began.

A sandstorm thousands of feet high rose up and swept towards Yanzhou with a howling sound.

Beneath the yellow sand lay powerful sand demons.

This time, the sand demons only launched a small-scale attack, but even so, they still dispatched more than forty sand demons at the Nascent Soul level, with as many as six sand demons at the Nascent Soul Perfection level leading them.

The Yanzhou side dispatched eight cultivators at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm, plus the three True Monarch Wenjian, bringing the total number of Nascent Soul realm cultivators on the human side to eleven. (End of Chapter)