Longzang

Chapter 739 I Want It All

"Eight Directions Locking Dragon Imprisonment Formation!"

As the scholar-warrior shouted, chains descended from the sky, firmly binding the corpse dragon and merging with the seven-colored chains on its body. Then, the corpse dragon was lifted into the air and moved hundreds of miles away, hanging on the sea.

This grand formation was urgently obtained by Wei Yuan from the Hall of Merit, and it shares the same origin as the Dragon-Trapping Lock of Immortal Lord Yan Shi. Although Wei Yuan lacks immortal power, mortals in the human world possess spirituality without physical form, essentially acting as tiny formation spirits. By using these spirits to create formations, an unimaginably grand array can be constructed.

Wei Yuan's first step was to separate the Corpse Dragon from the land beneath it.

In the eyes of Immortal Lord Yan Shi, that piece of land was the real gain, so Wei Yuan planned to explore it thoroughly. Once it left its birthplace, the Corpse Dragon's strength should be greatly reduced, making it less of a threat. However, just to be on the safe side, Wei Yuan still drew some Phoenix Fire and slowly burned it on the Corpse Dragon's body. As soon as it recovered even a little of its corpse energy, the Phoenix Fire would burn it away as fuel.

Wei Yuan flew down to the small island that was exposed on the water again. The island was still shrouded in mist, and even divine sense could not travel more than ten feet in the mist.

Wei Yuan probed the ground with his divine sense, searching continuously, but found nothing. However, he had a strong intuition that something seemed to be hidden deep underground, so much so that the entire human world seemed to be tilting slightly towards this land.

Wei Yuan summoned four Dao Foundation Warriors, each of whom unleashed water blade techniques to dig underground. The land was quite soft, making digging very easy. With the combined force of the four water blades, a vertical shaft several feet in diameter extended deep underground.

After digging down for nearly thirty miles, a surge of starlight suddenly burst forth from the cave entrance, transforming into a beam of azure light that shot straight into the sky! Around the beam of light, ribbon-like starlight swirled, and countless stars were constantly being created and destroyed.

From this starlight, Wei Yuan sensed the purest power of new life.

He immediately leaped into the deep well and flew swiftly downwards. When he reached the bottom, all he could see was starlight as rich as nectar! In the center of the light, a rock the size of a human head floated on the surface.

Wei Yuan dared not be careless. He used the authentic Treasure Gathering Technique of the Primordial Palace to gradually gather the stone. It took a full incense stick's time to complete the initial refining and gathering of the stone. All the starlight returned to the inside of the stone, and only then did Wei Yuan reach out and pick it up.

As they flew out of the cave, the cultivators all came over, looking curiously at the stone in Wei Yuan's hand. They all knew it was a treasure, but none of them recognized its origin. Even Bao Yun said she had never seen or heard of it before.

Wei Yuan was about to go to the Hall of Merit to search for information when a cultivator in a blue robe suddenly appeared in front of him. It was none other than Immortal Lord Yan Shi.

The cultivators quickly bowed, and then Wei Yuan asked, "Is the battle already over?"

Yan Shi said, "No, they're still fighting. This time, they've destroyed seven of their small worlds. Although they're all low-level worlds, together they've made their past fifty years of cultivation seem like a waste. These two old guys have suffered such a huge loss, how could they give up? This battle is far from over."

Wei Yuan wanted to ask if they could win, but felt it would be too impolite. True Lord Yan Shi knew what he was thinking, laughed and said, "You've seen my Heart-Image Worlds, how could they possibly break through them? At most, they'll suffer some minor injuries, and they'll recover in less than two years."

At this point, Yan Shi suddenly sighed and said, "If I had a few more decades, the number would be far more than this."

Wei Yuan knew this secret, but he remained silent.

Yan Shi's disappointment was only momentary. In the blink of an eye, he cheered up, pointed to the stone in Wei Yuan's hand, and said, "This thing is called the Star Pivot Stone. It is one of the three fundamental sources that allow a world to grow. The Thunder Wolf Clan is an extremely talented fighting race. More than half of the clan members can cultivate to the Dao Foundation stage, and they start at the Earth Rank."

I was wondering why such a powerful race would be placed in a dead zone. It turns out that the old man, Zuo Xianwang, wanted to nourish that land with the deaths of generations of the Thunder Wolf tribe, using their resentment and karma as a catalyst to seize the creation of heaven and earth, igniting a spark of life in the absolute dead zone.

Given time, that resurrected world will develop to a level second only to the Celestial Heaven, and the old man's strength will increase significantly as a result, perhaps reaching a level similar to that of your Ancestor Xuan Yue when he ascended to immortality.

I wonder how many people will be left in the Thunder Wolf Tribe by then. If there aren't enough, that world will fall into the hands of others. Heh, now we don't need to worry about the Thunder Wolf Tribe anymore; the chance for survival in that world is already in your hands.”

"Then how do we use this?" Wei Yuan asked again.

"This item has three uses. One is that I can refine it to obtain a boundary stone equivalent to half of Qingming. However, this method is somewhat putting the cart before the horse and is a waste of its value." Half of Qingming is a waste of its value? Wei Yuan clearly underestimated the item's worth.

Immortal Lord Yan Shi continued, "The second use is to place it into your primordial spirit for nurturing. It seems that it will take several hundred years. Once nurtured successfully, it will give birth to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, creating a vibrant world out of thin air. It can serve as your second mental world. After ascending to immortality, while it may not be an instant ascent, it can at least skip the most difficult step."

Finally, I will help you integrate the Star Pivot Stone into your mortal realm, allowing your Dharma Form to break free from the shackles of heaven and earth and raise its upper limit. Naturally, this will also benefit your own cultivation.

Immortal Lord Yan Shi pointed to the distant sea again and said, "After merging into the Star Hub, some of those people may achieve the Dharma Form ahead of time."

Wei Yuan looked in the direction Yan Shi was pointing and saw that a hundred miles away, Han Li and Jun Weizhi were each leading several ships, searching for something in the sea.

Each of the three methods has its own advantages.

With another half of Qingming, plus the Spring Blossom Dao Stone in the Netherworld, the future territory will be seven prefectures. If they conquer one or two more prefectures, they can try to squeeze into the Nine Kingdoms. According to Qingming's current management model, these lands will have a massive amount of human fortune, which will be the resources for Wei Yuan to ascend to immortality.

The second option is self-explanatory: directly skipping the first hurdle after ascending to immortality. Aside from the increased difficulty during the Heavenly Tribulation of Ascension, the benefits are numerous and beyond description.

The third benefit is less obvious; it mainly improves current combat strength.

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment, carefully considering his words, before finally saying, "Integrate."

Immortal Lord Yan Shi did not offer any comment. He simply touched the Star Pivot Stone, and it instantly transformed into an enormous phantom before merging into the mortal world.

Han Li, Jun Weizhi, and Fuyao, who was sailing alone at sea, all looked up at the sky at the same time, feeling as if an invisible shackle was disappearing from their bodies.

But Wei Yuan himself only felt that his divine sense was clearer and more lively, and that was all.

Yan Shi said, "The power of the Star Pivot lies in accelerating the absorption of the origin of heaven and earth, but it has little of its own origin of heaven and earth. In the next thirty years, your cultivation speed can be increased several times."

Upon hearing this, Wei Yuan thought it was a good idea, as it would save nearly two hundred years of hard work.

Immortal Lord Yan Shi concluded, "You've gained a lot from this battle; it's time to shoulder greater responsibilities. I'll tell you in a couple of days after I've thought it through. That demon is useless; you can refine it using formations, turn it into a puppet, or use it as precious materials for pills—it's up to you. You… hmm?"

Suddenly, Immortal Lord Yan Shi stared intently at Wei Yuan, scrutinizing him closely. Wei Yuan, puzzled, could only stand there obediently.

After observing Yan Shi for a while, he said, "Strange, your destiny and fortune have suddenly undergone subtle changes, as if... someone has repaired them."

Currently, Yan Shi's true form is still engaged in the battle between immortals and celestial beings. This body is not an avatar, but merely a manifestation of a wisp of immortal thought, so nothing can be discerned from it.

Wei Yuan was also puzzled. Although his rebirth after death was only a momentary event, how could Immortal Lord Yan Shi not have noticed? The others were also completely unaware. Could it be that the cause and effect of that instant had been completely erased?
After the Immortal Lord Yan Shi left, when Wei Yuan was preparing to fully examine the human world, a thought suddenly came to mind: it would be good to cultivate the Star Pivot Stone into a second mental world.
This mental world should be able to choose environmental attributes, right? It should be able to freely cultivate the power of heaven and earth, right? It should be able to choose a certain powerful immortal characteristic, right?
As for the nurturing period of several hundred years, that is not a problem. There are certainly many ways to accelerate it, just like how Wei Yuan swallowed a few dragon offspring and became a Dharma Aspect in just two years.

Wei Yuan suddenly felt a pang of regret. If only he had two Star Pivot Stones, he wouldn't have any regrets. But then he thought, if he had two, he would want to see what the Third Heart Realm was like, and so on, without end.

Wei Yuan stopped his random thoughts and began to ponder the fate of the Corpse Dragon. Just then, a dragon's head suddenly emerged from the distant clouds, meeting Wei Yuan's gaze. The dragon stretched out two small claws, put them together, and bowed several times to Wei Yuan.

(End of this chapter)