Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 329 Projection of a Powerful Being

"It seems the dragon carp wasn't teleported in?"

After entering the cave, Lin Jing discovered that the little carp, who had entered the Nascent Soul stage, seemed to have been rejected by the cave…

"That poor kid."

That's true, beast tamers are a very strange group.

The cultivation level of a beast-taming cultivator and the realm of their pet beast can sometimes differ by an entire realm.

Generally speaking, in the cultivation world, the higher realm between cultivators and beast pets is taken as the true realm of beast-taming cultivators.

For example, if the beast tamer himself is at the Golden Core stage and his pet is at the Nascent Soul stage, then the beast tamer is considered to be at the Nascent Soul stage.

However, this celestial palace and grotto-heaven do not seem to follow this rule.

"Fortunately, I have two other pet beasts, and they are not weak either."

Lin Jing shook his head. If a Golden Core Beast Taming cultivator with only one Demon King pet beast was selected to enter the Cave Heaven, wouldn't he be doomed?

The pet was refused entry because its level was too high, and all of the user's combat power was in the pet... so what kind of opportunity was it to compete for?

Now, they have entered the cave again, and the Pine Leaf Rat and the Ice Soul Gu are eager to try.

And a seven-second moment of silence was observed for Fellow Daoist Longli.

"Why is no one here? What kind of paradise is this?"

At that moment, Lin Jing did not find anyone else, and the surroundings were pitch black.

However, a moment later, as three figure projections appeared in mid-air, Lin Jing finally realized which cave heaven this was.

Projected sky.

Just like the Dragon and Phoenix Grotto-heaven of the past, there is no competition between cultivators, and each cultivator has an independent challenge mechanism.

Throughout history, many prodigies from the Tianyuan Continent have entered various grotto-heavens.

Once they enter the cave, the strength they demonstrate will be recorded by the cave's imprint.

These marks will then be used in this projected sky.

The Projection Heaven will select three geniuses of equal caliber from among countless talents, allowing the challenger to choose one to challenge.

If the challenge fails, your realm drops by one small realm.

If the challenge is successful, the challenger will be rewarded with a cultivation technique or secret method from the Celestial Palace.

There are three projections of varying difficulty; the more difficult the projection, the better the reward for winning.

"It's quite an interesting hidden world."

Lin Jing looked at the three prodigies that the cave had refreshed for him, and immediately realized how extraordinary they were.

The first projection turned out to be of an old acquaintance.

Although he had a young face that Lin Jing didn't recognize, Lin Jing knew his name and his cultivation technique.

Name: Zhang Jiuying.

Cultivation level: Late stage of Golden Core.

Physique: Innate Yellow Spring Physique (After one's lifespan is exhausted, one can transform into a corpse cultivator and live another life.)
Cultivation Technique: Nine Revolutions Ascension Elixir Technique (Can cultivate multiple dantians, capable of accommodating more Golden Cores and Nascent Souls.)
Secret Techniques: Core-Stealing Technique (stealing the golden core of other cultivators and merging it into one's own body), Nascent Soul-Stealing Technique (stealing the nascent soul of other cultivators and merging it into one's own body)...

Spells: Corpse raising technique, corpse driving technique...

Challenge Difficulty: Low
"The Nine-Headed Demon Lord of the Yin Corpse Sect, one of the culprits who caused my exile to Qingzhou, actually entered the Cave Heaven as well." "One of the three great demonic sects, the Yin Corpse Sect's Four Void Profound Realm cultivators, his Golden Core stage projection actually had the lowest challenge difficulty among the three projections?"

"This grotto-heaven... it's very difficult to challenge without the talent of the Void Profound Realm."

Although this guy's techniques and secret methods are evil, to be honest, they are all very powerful.

It is said that the Golden Core and Nascent Soul that the Nine-Headed Demon Lord seized and fused also contained the original owner's supernatural powers.

It can be said that his set of cultivation techniques and secret methods allows him to possess multiple Golden Core supernatural abilities at the same time, which is extremely heaven-defying. Even if it is not very compatible with himself, he can be almost invincible below the Void Profound stage.

He then looked at the second one.

Although we're not old acquaintances, we have quite a history with each other.

This is a young man whose eyes seem to see centipedes crawling.

Name: Duan Zhong.

Cultivation level: Mid-stage Golden Core.

Physique: Acquired Gu God Physique (can fuse with multiple Gu worms simultaneously, transforming into a Gu God)

Cultivation Technique: Gu God Technique (This can enhance the power of Gu worms, immunize against the side effects of fusion Gu worms, and allow the Gu worms nurtured in the body to continuously evolve.)
Secret Technique: Gu-Making Technique (a secret method of raising Gu worms using various poisonous insects)...

Spell: Insect Curse (Using insects to cast spells, taking lives from thousands of miles away)...

Challenge Difficulty: Medium
"This guy, I remember he's the original founder of the Gu God Sect. The Gu God who seeks enlightenment in the Gu God Sect now is someone he cultivated. One Gu can be passed down through generations, and even when the person is gone, the Gu remains." Lin Jing fell into deep thought. A great demon who created a major demonic sect, reached the realm of seeking enlightenment, and even had the potential to ascend, was only a medium-difficulty challenger.

Also, why are they all demonic cultivators?
He continued to look.

She was a female cultivator whose face was obscured by a white veil.

Name: Luo Miao

Cultivation level: Early stage of Golden Core.

Physique: Immortal Body of Creation (can transform mountains, rivers, plants, and trees in nature into spirits and make them recognize him as their master.)
Cultivation Technique: Immortal Creation Art (A cultivation technique created based on the Immortal Creation Body, which allows one to absorb the power of one's own enlightened spirit for one's own use.)
Secret Techniques: Tree Realm Array (instantly transforms multiple ancient trees into tree spirits, forming a tree realm killing array), Dragon Vein Sky-Piercing Technique (transforms a dragon vein into a spirit, controlling a true dragon of the earth vein to fight enemies), Great Submergence Technique (transforms a small lake into a lake spirit, submerging everything), Spirit-Severing Finger (transforms the surrounding spiritual energy into spirits, making it all available for one's own use, preventing nearby enemies from absorbing spiritual energy to recover their power)...

Challenge Difficulty: High
Lin Jing: ?
"Holy crap!" Upon seeing the last projection, Lin Jing exclaimed in disbelief. The Creation Immortal Body, one of the Ten Great Immortal Bodies!

Luo Miao...

After recalling the name for a moment, Lin Jing remembered that it belonged to this ancient person.

In his early years at the Beast Taming Sect, Lin Jing learned about the history of the Tianyuan Continent and knew that the Immortal Palace was completely destroyed by the Immortal Alliance, which was formed by the four top sects of the Tianyuan Continent and a large number of forces.

At first, Lin Jing did not know the situation of these four top sects. After the ancient kingdom destroyed the Immortal Alliance, it erased that period of history. At least in the ancient kingdom, it is rare to see that period of history.

However, if you leave the ancient kingdom and come to Qingzhou, you can still learn some things.

Luo Miao is the sect leader of one of the four leading sects of the Immortal Alliance, and possesses an innate immortal body.

This person is extremely powerful; he alone made the Celestial Palace wary and almost destroyed the weakened Lower Realm Celestial Palace.

It is said that the reason why the Celestial Palace used celestial artifacts to rewrite the rules of the Tianyuan Continent and restrict plants and minerals from becoming spirits was mainly because of this Creation Celestial Body. She could freely transform plants and spiritual plants that were hundreds of thousands or millions of years old into spirits and let them join her side... almost like one person forming an army.

Unfortunately, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. The Immortal Palace, with its abundant resources, ultimately managed to kill the Creation Immortal Body. Otherwise, some later generations speculated that if the Creation Immortal Body had survived the war with the Immortal Palace, even if the Immortal Alliance had weakened in later generations, the ancient kingdom would have been no match for it. The Creation Immortal Body would have left behind a terrifying army that would have dominated the Tianyuan Continent for a long time.

Five thousand years ago, during the ancient kingdom period, another immortal body was born on the Tianyuan Continent. Unfortunately, before he could even surpass the Golden Core stage, he completely disappeared. Some people suspect that it was because the immortal body's potential was too terrifying that some powerful figures killed him prematurely.

"Can I fight her?" Lin Jing fell into deep thought. This Creation Immortal Body is considered one of the stronger ones among the Ten Immortal Bodies. With Long Li not around, his combat power is limited. If he loses, he will fall back to the early stage of the Golden Core realm. But only by choosing her can he get the best reward. The opportunity to fight an Immortal Body is also quite rare... Who should he choose?

(End of this chapter)