Wet viviparity

Chapter 848 Sharing the Burden, the Infant's Determination
The Yuanbi Ruyi once again demonstrated its power, and the Weiji Ruyi's spiritual light shone upon the Jiang Palace, focusing on the critical point where the Jiang Palace's gate was about to open but had not yet opened, causing it to "freeze" at that point for an instant. The Jiang Palace directly presented an open state that was easy to accept.

Thoughts moved like lightning, and a flash of inspiration leaped in, taking over the Crimson Palace.

The gates of the Crimson Palace, which cultivators from all four realms of the world had been desperately seeking to open, were thus casually opened by Ji Ming.

This Yuanbi Ruyi, refined through countless tribulations, truly deserves to be one of his three supreme treasures.

Upon entering the Crimson Palace, it was as if a wanderer had returned home. The spiritual light instantly unfolded, transforming back into the form of a cinnabar embryo, sitting steadily in the center of the palace, stretching its limbs as if it had just woken up and stretched.

In an instant, Ji Ming felt his body's energy flow freely, and his dantian chest rose and fell, beginning to breathe. This fetus grew visibly within the Crimson Palace, and from then on, the Daoist infant was completely refined.

Now that the infant is settled in the Crimson Palace, the next step is to stabilize its position so that it can truly become the core of its own spiritual practice.

Ji Ming fully activated the true method, and the true qi of the five elements in his body rose from his five internal organs, flowing mightily into the Crimson Palace. The infant was bathed in the qi, and with each breath, the Daoist method was formed.

Ji Ming slowly opened his eyes, his gaze shining brightly, like two clear pools.

He didn't need to mobilize his true qi; his body instinctively lifted off the ground and levitated. This was the mystery of the fifth realm of the embryonic spirit. He could traverse the void, walk through fire and water as easily as breathing. He was already close to being an immortal, and his lifespan had reached 1,200 years.

A lifespan of 1,200 years is not a fixed number in the Five Realms. As long as one is proficient in the art of refining one's physical form and supplements it with elixirs such as Lesser Rejuvenation Pills and Jiazi Peaches of Immortality, achieving a qualitative leap in lifespan is not a problem.

For example, the Old Ancestor Kuma entered the Daoist sect through the founding of the Great Ba Dynasty and has lived to this day. Roughly calculated, he has lived for more than 1,400 years. If the Old Ancestor had joined the orthodox sect back then, he would probably be one of the leaders of the Xuanmen sect now, becoming a semi-immortal who can break through the void and ascend to heaven at any time.

In short, within the Five Realms, the limitation on lifespan is no longer so pressing; preventing the Three Calamities is the top priority.

When Ji Ming was transformed into an infant, he did not immediately rejoice. Instead, from a point in the filth of the room, three karmic connections—a lion, a rat, and a treasure banner—flew out and shrank into the golden flower on the neck of the Yuanbi Ruyi.

Then, with a wave of his Ruyi, the entire surrounding stone chamber cave turned into sand and gravel, melting away like a snowdrift. All traces of Ji Ming's demonic lighting were completely erased.

Just as Ji Ming was about to take flight, the repulsive force from the Southern Fire Frontier arrived.

At the sacred site of Tianteng Mountain, on a towering phoenix tree, there are eight figures, some sitting and some lying in their nests. They are the three strange creatures and five birds under the command of the Mother of Weide of Tianteng Mountain.

They rarely gather on this paulownia tree, precisely to discuss important matters within the territory, namely, the matter of Master Lingxu refining the treasure.

However, few of them had a pleasant expression. Even the goddess Danluan, who had a close relationship with Master Lingxu and had shown goodwill towards him, looked sullen.

This is not hard to understand. If Taipingshan succeeds in its hegemony, their value in the Tiannan landscape will drop significantly. The same principle applies to Yunyu Temple. Therefore, the most desirable outcome for both sides is to suffer mutual losses or even remain unchanged.

Unfortunately, despite Tianteng Mountain's impressive background, it ultimately couldn't influence the overall situation.

They can't even unify their own internal affairs, so how can they talk about anything else? The fact that they haven't sided with either of the two parties is already a sign that there is still some rationality and consensus among the various parties and factions.

The silence didn't last long, and Venerable Fire Peak, one of the three oddities, prepared to speak.

Within Tianteng Mountain, he is recognized as the leader who favors Yunyu Temple. Now that Taiping Mountain has achieved an overwhelming victory in Xinjiang, he must stand up and speak out for Yunyu Temple to prevent Danluan Goddess from leading Tianteng Mountain to completely side with Taiping Mountain.

Even if the possibility was slim, he had to completely eliminate it. The words were on the tip of his tongue when the Yuanbi Ruyi flashed before his eyes again, as if possessed. The words that Huofeng Venerable was about to utter vanished like a wisp of air.

When Venerable Huofeng opened his mouth again, a joyful cry rang out. It was the joyful cry of Yuanpi Ruyi. The next moment, the membrane covering the Southern Fire Frontier trembled, and a Dao figure standing in the pure white lotus platform was pulled up.

"That is."

Beside Venerable Huofeng, the Flower Butterfly Monster, a member of the same faction, squinted at the Dao figure that was gradually moving beyond the border. When he saw it clearly, his expression suddenly froze.

"Lingxu. Lingxu High Immortal!"

An invisible storm swept through the hearts of the three monsters and five birds, their eight faces tilting upwards in one direction, each with a different expression, indescribable.

It took them a long time to process the fact that the man had broken through his cultivation level while simply drinking water and wine. The Goddess Danluan was slightly distracted, instinctively feeling she should say something to divert everyone's attention and prevent them from being affected by the man.

So he asked Venerable Huofeng, who was about to speak, "Senior Brother, do you have something to say?"

"No, I have nothing to say."

Venerable Huofeng said in a deep voice.

Meanwhile, the immortals of Taiping Mountain, who were resting on the ruins of Daci Village outside Juyang Gorge, also heard the joyful cry of Yuanbi Ruyi and the Daoist shadows that were being pulled out of the border.

However, further away, higher up, on the Jade Terrace of the Heavenly Palace, the Daoist figure that had been pulled beyond the borders immediately attracted the attention of the immortals on both the east and west sides. Someone whispered, "Entering the Fifth Realm within a hundred years, even the ancient Great Sages were no more than this."

Among the patriarchs, the Fairy of the Green Bag laughed out loud without any attempt to hide her laughter, "Haha, he doesn't dare to call himself the Great Sage, but he can call himself the Little Sage, it's not too presumptuous."

"Little Saint, aren't you afraid that this fame will crush him?"

The deity spoke in a voice as loud as thunder.

Before he arrived at the mansion, Su Lian floated over, and Ji Ming was still feeling the transformative changes within the lotus.

He knew that only after breaking through the fifth realm did he truly stand at the top of the cultivation path in this world, possessing sufficient confidence to participate in and even influence the future trend of Tiannan.

Inside the Shangfu Baoge Pavilion, Li Zhu, who was stationed at the mountain gate, immediately put down his work and got up to greet the elder who had returned to the mountain after sensing that an elder had returned. He was still wondering which senior brother this elder brother would be.

Most of the senior leaders of the mountain sects were taken into the territory of Da Yunfu by Lu Zhenjun. The Three Officials will use the external elixir from the Prince Pool of Yixian Mountain in the Five Poisons Blessed Land to distract the old demons and monsters of Xuanshi Village under Nanmu Mountain.

In addition, Master Xuanying of Yifeng has secretly gone to the land of the Western Divine Pillar to obtain a treasure for driving away evil and defeating enemies.

As soon as he stepped out of the treasure pavilion, his arm, which he had raised to greet him, froze. The excessively young face before him made Li Zhu's Dao heart tremble. At that moment, he felt as if he had lost something of utmost importance, and his heart felt empty.

"Senior brother, are you burdened by the affairs of the Dao? I will certainly help you share the burden in the future," Ling Xuzi said with great concern after bowing.

(End of this chapter)