Grandpa, times have changed.

Is there a chance to go to the Tai Xuan Realm?

Lin Changsheng paused, thought seriously for a while, and then answered:
"It's possible, but it's also unlikely."

Theoretically speaking, within the Tai Xuan Immortal Network, everyone in the three realms of the Boundless World has the potential to ascend.

But it's only a possibility.

The requirements for ascendants on the Ascension Platform are extremely stringent.

Those who can pass the Ascension Platform to obtain the qualification of an Ascended Being are all beings who stand at the very top of the world.

Cultivation level is only the most basic requirement; the more difficult aspect is the practice and skill.

According to the rules of ascension, even if one's cultivation level is sufficient, one must still have made great contributions to heaven and earth and performed great deeds throughout history.

Sheng Qingqing...

As a returnee of the 'Celestial Orbit Spirit Absorption Era', although he was fortunate enough not to be punished after the collapse of the Celestial Orbit, the many evil deeds he committed are real.

Good deeds are hard to come by, and bad deeds are even harder to eradicate.

This alone makes her chances of ascending to immortality extremely slim.

Not to mention that the collapse of the celestial orbit caused her to lose her cultivation level and damage her foundation, so it is still uncertain whether her immortal cultivation can return to the Void Returning stage.

"..."

Sheng Qingqing remained silent for a long while.

"I see."

Although Lin Changsheng's answer wasn't very straightforward, she still understood what he meant.

Soon, Sheng Qingqing took the initiative to change the subject.

The two spoke at a moderate volume, but their voices were drowned out by the roaring sound of the rushing river before they could travel far.

More than an hour later.

Buzz~!

A sliver of sword light, like a wisp of smoke, appeared in front of the temple. The moment it appeared, it soared into the sky, piercing the clouds and flying into the distance.

In order to return to the Xuanxiang Realm, he spent 100 Ascension Points and a 'Realm-Stabilizing Token'!
Now that the knot in my heart has been untied, of course I have to wander around and see if I can make up for the loss, and also bring back some souvenirs for Qing.

In front of the temple.

Sheng gazed at the sky until the sliver of sword light disappeared into the distance.

A clear, azure blue divine mandate, imprinted with golden characters, slowly opened before her, then dissipated into wisps of water, eventually disappearing along the omnipresent divine network.

May your future path be smooth.

After saying that, Sheng lowered her eyes and turned to walk inside.

Soon, a line of footprints appeared in the yellow mud that had accumulated inside the temple and had not yet dried, and specks of light drifted around the statue.

……

……

Imperial Water Divine Court.

Sitting behind the jade table, Mu Yong watched through the divine network as the sword light left the [Mingjiang River God Temple] and streaked towards the distant sky, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

He originally thought that the celestial being would stay for a while, but he didn't expect it to leave so quickly.

"That's quite carefree."

One hand rests on the jade table, the fingertips tapping lightly.

His gaze shifted from the receding sword light to the small temple in the middle of the Mingjiang River.

"Now that we have a result, how about..."

In recent years, in order to reduce evil and increase merit, he wiped out all the former Void Returners in the Xuanxiang Realm.

They also melted down their remains, creating the Underworld River, a special waterway that attracts malevolent energy from the mortal world.

Its main function is to gather the evil and filthy energy of the mortal world, attract those demons and evil spirits to a specific location, and then deal with them all at once.

After all, demons and evil spirits are scattered throughout the mortal world, and dealing with them one by one would be very troublesome.

Back to the topic.

In order to eliminate hidden dangers and reduce evil while increasing merit, he dealt with most of the old-era reversions in the past few years.

The only one left was Sheng Qingqing, and that was only because of her entanglement with those extraterrestrial deities; otherwise, he wouldn't have let her go.

Having kept her here for so long, and now that mysterious celestial being from another realm seems to have come to terms with it all, then...

Is there any need to keep her around?
A divine light surged in Mu Yong's eyes.

However, after much deliberation, he gave up the idea of ​​getting rid of Sheng Qingqing.

That's it.

These extraterrestrial deities are all extremely strange, and Sheng Qingqing is now a subordinate deity, deeply entangled in the web of the divine path.

Even if she was once a Void Returner, it would be difficult for her to cause any trouble.

There's no need to risk offending a celestial being by getting rid of her.

At worst, we'll just be more careful in the future.

Once he made up his mind, the gleam in Mu Yong's eyes died down.

I also sat up a little straighter.

Suddenly, a deep blue divine pattern appeared between his brows, projecting onto the jade table in front of him a large seal with a blue body and two bright spots of red and white inside, featuring five intertwined dragons.

In recent years, the holders of the three primordial deities of wind, fire, and primordial energy have lost their divine positions due to their unrepentant evil deeds and lack of virtue.

The original god of the wind has disappeared without a trace.

However, he obtained the two primordial divine positions of fire and primordial energy.

"Combining water and fire, harmonizing primordial energy, and evolving yin and yang..." Mu Yong murmured softly.

After obtaining these two divine positions, he gained insight into a portion of the overall situation.

The coexistence of the divine path and the immortal path, mutually enhancing each other, is the future that the Xuanxiang Realm is destined to move towards!

In that future, the limit that the Xuanxiang Realm could accommodate would be two Emperors, three True Lords, and four Heavenly Lords on the Divine Path side.

Based solely on his status as the primordial god of water, it would be difficult for him to become one of the emperors.

Therefore, he secretly seized the two lost primordial divine positions of fire and primordial energy, intending to use the combined refinement of water and fire of these two divine positions to evolve yin and yang, thereby increasing his divine foundation.

"May the gods protect me and guide my spiritual practice."

After saying that, he gently closed his eyes.

Then, on the jade table in front of him, two bright spots, one red and one white, gradually spread out from the large seal.

In fact, for him, the divine path was always just an aid to his cultivation of immortality.

After witnessing the existence that shattered the Xuanxiang Heavenly Orbit with a single palm strike, how could he possibly be willing to be confined to one realm, guarding his divine position and content with the Void Returning Realm?

……

……

Taixuan Realm.

Jian Zong.

In front of the Sword Ancestor's Hall.

Standing beside Xu Xing was a figure with white beard and hair, exuding an air of otherworldly elegance, dressed in a blue Dharma robe, with several medicine pouches hanging from his waist—

Danzu.

Isn't this because after attaining immortality in the mortal realm, one bears a portion of the 'divine will,' allowing all immortals to leave their own sects?

A while ago, he invited Bazun to go out for a walk in the group chat, but instead he was fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

So he continued to stay in Jishi Valley and refined pills for a period of time.

Finally, I couldn't sit still any longer, so I used the excuse of congratulating Chen Huan on his attainment of enlightenment to go to the Sword Sect.

They arrived just as Xu Xing was focused on the outside of the boundary, which led to the current situation.

Looking at the light screen projected by the immortal net in front of him, Dan Zu reached into his sleeve and took out a yellow gourd, handing it to Xu Xing beside him.

"what?"

"The medicinal wine I made back then is probably about ready by now, so I'll give you a pot."

then?

Which "back then"?

Before Xu Xing could even think of anything, Dan Zu shoved the gourd into his hand and began to speak to himself.

"It's probably useless to you now; at most, you can just taste it."

"If you meet any little ones you like in the future, you can give them to them as gifts."

"All these years, haven't you always loved throwing money around?" Xu Xing: "..."

He suspected the guy was insulting him.

But after a pause, he didn't say anything, and simply put away the gourd.

"Thanks."

"Tsk, tsk."

Upon hearing this, Dan Zu clicked his tongue twice, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied.

"I'm telling you, after all these years of spiritual practice, you've become the kind of person everyone expects you to be. Aren't you tired of that?"

"Ok?"

Xu Xing looked at him with some surprise.

"Do you expect me to just stab you with my sword like I used to?"

Did he go crazy from staying at home for too long and practicing alchemy?

"That doesn't mean..."

After a pause, Dan Zu waved his hand with a rather nonchalant air.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."

He then pointed to the streak of sword light flashing across the screen.

"This little guy... if I remember correctly, isn't he the one who got completely bewitched during the Immortal Sect Competition?"

He still had a deep impression of Lin Changsheng.

After all, he had made a bet with Ba Zun about Lin Changsheng during that competition.

"It's him."

"They rushed to the Xuanxiang Realm as soon as they got the Boundary Determination Order. They're really in a hurry."

However, when they actually met, Lin Changsheng's behavior was more carefree than he had expected.

That's quite rare.

In recent years, after the situation stabilized, he has seen far too many cases of people risking their lives because of love and affection.

People like Lin Changsheng, who can take things on and let them go, are rare.

"By the way, weren't you planning to trace back and pinpoint 'Tai'? How's the progress?"

Xu Xing had mentioned this matter in the group before, so Dan Zu was aware of it as well.

"Still extracting the extraordinary elements."

Before the words were finished, more threads of the celestial net extended from the void, intertwining continuously to form a light screen of the same size.

The image kept flashing, as if it had been sped up a thousand times, but it was the realm of magic weapons that Xu Xing had chosen.

"This process is much more difficult than I imagined, and Xuan should be noticing it soon."

"Xuan?" Dan Zu paused, then frowned. "So fast?"

“That’s normal, after all, my actions have touched upon the extraordinary order established by Him.”

Looking at Xu Xing's calm expression, Dan Zu was somewhat puzzled:
"Do you have a way of hiding it from Him?"

"No."

"..."

So you're so calm?

“But I am confident that once He discovers this, He will stop Him from interfering with the realm of magic weapons.”

The Chaos Sea is different from the Tai Xuan Realm. Its act of extracting extraordinary elements will inevitably touch the existing extraordinary order, so Xuan, as the source of the extraordinary, is destined to notice it.

But His ability to perceive it does not mean He can interfere with or interrupt this action.

With Xu Xing having the upper hand, even Xuan couldn't bypass him to interfere with the magic weapon realm.

……

……

The legal and military field.

Because Xu Xing adjusted the flow of time, a year has passed since Su Jian joined the Xuyan Sect.

Throughout the year, Su Jian, who possessed the Cultivation Furnace, two great magical weapons, and numerous Qi Condensation Pills, was walking on thin ice, living each day in constant fear.

They were terrified that someone would discover their secret.

Especially after realizing that cultivation in the entire cultivation world requires the use of magical weapons, he finally truly realized that the "Basic Qi Refining Technique" he had obtained was even more extraordinary than he had imagined.

Without relying on magical weapons, one can cultivate qi and enter the Dao solely through one's own breathing and spiritual energy.

Such an outrageous thing has never happened before in history!
Thinking about it this way, the anomalies that occurred when using the Cultivation Furnace to deduce the Basic Qi Refining Technique also became clear.

It wasn't that Xiuyuanlu misunderstood his meaning.

Rather, the [Life Essence Liquid] he currently possesses is simply insufficient to improve and optimize this "Basic Qi Refining Technique".

Or to put it even more dramatically...

With the abilities of the Qi Refining Furnace, is it impossible to optimize and improve the Basic Qi Refining Technique?
Su Jian actually leans more towards the former of these two speculations.

After all, during this year he secretly experimented and even optimized the Ruins Realm Instrument and the Evolutionary Pivot, the natal magical weapons of the two Golden Core Perfection True Persons, which were only one step away from transformation.

The Basic Qi Refining Techniques...

No matter what, it's just a cultivation method at the Qi Refining level.

Of course, after realizing his difference from other cultivators, Su Jian became increasingly cautious in his daily life.

How many people in the world are exceptionally talented, yet are unable to cultivate their Qi and enter the Dao because they lack magical weapons?
He understood all too well the principle that "a common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime."

"Whoo~"

With a soft exhale, Su Jian, who was sitting upright on the futon, slowly opened his eyes, his clear black and white eyes sparkling with intelligence.

That year, with the help of the Qi Condensation Pill, and unlike other cultivators who needed to observe precepts and were subject to the constraints of magical weapons, he was able to cultivate.

At this moment, his cultivation level had reached the third level of Qi Refining, just one step away from reaching the fourth level.

Looking down at the jade ruler lying flat between his knees, he saw that the originally dull and gray jade ruler had now become smooth and translucent, and its overall shape had also changed a lot.

The current ruler of heaven is more of a sword than a ruler.

Su Jian infused a wisp of spiritual energy into it.

hum~
A chilling, white light shone forth, and the entire quiet room suddenly grew colder.

This is naturally the result of his nurturing with spiritual power.

Since he reached the third level of Qi Refining and gained the ability to 'nurture magical artifacts', he has begun to try to nurture the Heaven-Cutting Ruler.

Upon trying it, he discovered that the Heaven-Cutting Ruler was actually a rough prototype of a magical artifact. As long as he continuously nurtured it with spiritual power, he could refine the Heaven-Cutting Ruler into the magical artifact he needed.

Moreover, it wasn't just the Heaven-Cutting Ruler; all the magical weapons he had come into contact with were actually the 'raw material' of magical artifacts described in the Basic Qi Refining Technique.

Including the natal magic weapons of the two Golden Core Perfection True Immortals of the Xuyan Sect.

That's right.

The 'Ruins Realm Instrument' and the 'Derived Dharma Pivot' can also be considered 'raw material for magical artifacts'.

This means that if he wanted, he could even take advantage of the opportunity to offer the first wisp of spiritual energy to the two magical weapons before each cultivation session, secretly mixing in his own spiritual power and gradually refining the two magical weapons.

After all, magic soldiers and cultivators are equal, even Golden Core cultivators are no exception.

A cultivator and their natal magical weapon coexist, but that doesn't mean the weapon can't be refined and made powerful by others...

Cough!

The reason.

It's just that cultivation in this world is still in its early stages and lacks the necessary methods.

"Qi Refining Level 3, plus the Myriad Transformations Sword Technique..."

As the voice faded, the cold, white jade light gradually dimmed, plunging the entire quiet room back into darkness, with only Su Jian's bright eyes shining.

He grasped the Heaven-Cutting Ruler and rose from the prayer mat.

"Even if I were to fight a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining, I would be confident of victory."

Feeling the spiritual energy flowing within my body, the unease that had been lingering in my heart finally eased considerably.

Open the door to the quiet room and walk outside.

Before long they arrived at the main hall, only to find the door open.

A woman dressed in black, with delicate features and a somewhat aloof demeanor, was sitting at the table.

A food box was placed on the table.

Su Jian's expression changed slightly. (End of Chapter)