Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 422 Intentional or accidental?
The years are long.

In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed since the various groups sought to explore and plan their journey to the Origin Realm.

Over the past decade, the situation on the mainland has been stable, with no large-scale conflicts, and the Heavenly Demon Sect, which various forces have been worried about, has not yet arrived.

There was some turmoil within the ancient kingdom, but these were all internal affairs of the ancient clan. The abdicated first ancient emperor ultimately failed to change the mind of the second ancient emperor. The cultivators of the ancient clan were also unwilling to relinquish their interests to outsiders.

Even though the first ancient emperor was the ancestor of the ancient race, he is now just a crippled body and is still restricted by outsiders. Although everyone in the ancient race respects and reveres him, no one is willing to disobey the decision of the second ancient emperor because of him... not even the third prince whom Lin Jing recommended to the first ancient emperor.

Enraged, the first generation stopped caring about the affairs of the ancient kingdom and instead followed the example of the Heavenly Mystery Elder, taking Gao Sheng and the Mechanical Turtle to travel through the ancient kingdom, intending to discover and cultivate geniuses on their own.

During this period, Lin Jing cultivated in the back mountain of the Lingdao Sect, paying little attention to the outside world, since the most important thing in cultivation is focus.

Ten years... more than ten years. Lin Jing and the others occasionally entered the hourglass of time. Over the decades, everyone gained a lot.

Lin Jing's true form and avatars, as well as the cultivation levels of the Pine Leaf Rat, Dragon Carp, and Ice Soul Gu, have all reached the demigod realm of half-step deity transformation. They are only one step away from transforming their nascent soul into a "heaven and earth primordial spirit," and are comprehending and integrating the power of heaven and earth, allowing the natural power of heaven and earth to temper their nascent soul.

It's not that they can't break through, but that they are all suppressing their realm, because the difference between the Nascent Soul and Deity Transformation realms is not particularly significant for Lin Jing, who now possesses the Heavenly Demon Body.

Only by laying a stronger foundation can one facilitate advancement to higher levels.

If you want to break through from the Nascent Soul stage to the Deity stage, going to the Origin Realm is actually a better choice. The concentration of natural energy in the Origin Realm is conservatively estimated to be ten times that of other cultivation realms. Therefore, the Nascent Souls that transform in the Origin Realm are often much stronger.

In addition, the reason for not rushing to break through is that we currently have excellent resources such as the Fortune List, the Enlightenment Pool, and the Bodhi Tree. Investing our time in comprehending the Dharma is more cost-effective.

Therefore, the greatest gain for Lin Jing and others over the past ten years was not the improvement of their basic realm, but the rapid advancement in their mastery of various spells.

First, there's Long Li. At Lin Jing's request, he devoted all his energy to improving his alchemy skills. Now, with the advantage of the immortal fire, he has a certain chance of refining a "grade seven pill." In the Tianyuan Continent, grade seven pills, apart from the immortal pill from the Tower of Babel, are considered to be the highest quality pills.

Although the success rate is worrying at the moment, it cannot be denied that Long Li's alchemy skills, with the advantage of immortal fire, have entered the second tier in Tianyuan Continent. He is only one basic realm away from the first tier.

The improvement in alchemy skills also represents the stability of the dragon carp's fire control skills. It can use the immortal fire more skillfully, and the efficiency and power of the Myriad Fire Cauldron in refining cultivation golden pills have also increased exponentially.

Secondly, there is the Ice Soul Gu. For the past few decades, it has focused on swordsmanship, which is considered an unconventional path. This is mainly because the abilities of the Ten Great Gu have been honed to their limits through the reincarnations of the Ten Great Gu. As long as it grows normally, it can be used perfectly. Continuing to work on Gu techniques will only reduce its benefits.

On the contrary, the Primordial Sword Intent, the protective sword intent of the Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor, and a series of resources to enhance comprehension can allow the Ice Soul Gu to forge a path completely different from other Gu worms.

The Primordial Sword Intent can combine with one's own Dao to transform into any sword intent. The Dao of the Ice Soul Gu is undoubtedly poison. The power of the Ten Great Strange Gu, through the transformation of the Primordial Sword Intent, becomes the "Poison Sword Intent" of the Ice Soul Gu.

Unlike directly spreading the poison, imbuing the power of the poison into the sword intent as a carrier greatly enhances the invasiveness and destructive power of the poison, allowing it to better penetrate the defenses of magical treasures, secret techniques, and physical constitutions.

Poisoning is certainly terrible, but top-level cultivators have far more sophisticated ways to resist toxins than lower-level cultivators. Since the consequences of poisoning are serious, it's best to avoid poisoning altogether.

Sword intent and sword cultivation, regardless of the stage of cultivation, are known for their offensive capabilities. In Lin Jing's understanding, sword cultivators are numerical monsters, while poison cultivators are mechanical monsters. When numerical values ​​and mechanical abilities are combined, the poison of the Ice Soul Gu becomes truly unstoppable.

As for the Dao-seeking level protective sword intent from the Sky-Splitting Sword Ancestor, it was purely for the Ice Soul Gu to climb and comprehend the realm of swordsmanship. After continuous comprehension, this Dao-seeking level protective sword intent was completely worn away and dissipated. Now, the Ice Soul Gu's swordsmanship level is comparable to that of a top sword cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

Although it may not seem like much, it is just a Gu worm, a spider that has started practicing swordsmanship from scratch.

Most importantly, when the Ice Soul Gu merges with Lin Jing, Lin Jing will also gain all of the Ice Soul Gu's swordsmanship skills. Even if he doesn't know swordsmanship, he can instantly become a top-tier swordsman, with a swordsmanship level comparable to a peak Nascent Soul swordsman. It's like gaining a valuable new skill. Finally, the Pine Leaf Rat reaped the most rewards among the three pets. First, it deduced another layer of the "Azure Emperor's Longevity Technique," raising its upper limit to the Void Profound Realm. Then, it devoted all its energy to the study of the Dao of Space.

It even successfully learned and used top-tier spatial techniques like the "Heavenly Demon Crossing" quite well.

However, the leaf rat learned spatial manipulation not to escape or travel, but to have more storage space. Through its unremitting efforts, it finally finished the large pancake that Lin Jing had given it when he was young.

"A flower is a world, a leaf is a space."

Now that the Pine Leaf Rat has reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, it can create an independent space "within an object," just like a Void Profound cultivator.

For example, the red flying leaf it synthesizes is the most convenient resource for it to open up space. The space inside the flying leaf is now comparable to a small storage ring.

If that were all, it wouldn't be anything special. The most important thing is that the Leaf Rat can also detonate this small space with its mind, causing strong spatial turbulence damage. Although its power cannot be compared with the Golden Core Divine Power, spatial attribute damage is now the Leaf Rat's second most destructive spell.

Most importantly... it can accumulate these spatial flying leaves!
The power of one or two pieces may be far less than that of the Golden Core Divine Power, but one hundred million pieces, one billion pieces...

However, no matter how much the pets gained, it couldn't compare to the gains of Lin Jing, the beast tamer.

On his own side, in addition to raising his realm to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, Lin Jing also perfected the Corpse Driving Secret Technique of the Yin Corpse Sect. According to Lin Jing's deduction, as long as he and the Ice Soul Gu reach the Nascent Soul stage and merge, and he burns his lifespan to use the "Divine Control Technique" to improve his Control Dao realm, and with the power of the Origin of Life and Death, he will be able to initially control the immortal beast's corpse and form a powerful combat force.

If this immortal beast corpse could be controlled, it would definitely be a powerful weapon within the Origin Realm.

Besides that, there is the avatar. This avatar of the Heavenly Demon is now considered to have begun to possess power, having cultivated the Heavenly Demon Finger, the most destructive element in the Heavenly Demon Secret Technique, to a high level.

Meanwhile, the demon bloodline has also achieved great success in cultivating the Heavenly Demon Secret Technique, and is only one step away from the so-called perfect stage comparable to an immortal body.

The ultimate form of the Heavenly Demon Finger, at its most refined, requires the practitioner to sever one of their own arms and continuously refine that arm into a magical artifact. Only by unleashing the Heavenly Demon Finger through this arm can its full power be unleashed…

Now, Lin Jing's true form can fly on a sword, fly with beasts, and ride the clouds. His avatar is even more powerful; he can step on his own demonic arm and fly on it, and at any time, he can unleash the demonic finger from the severed arm—it's incredibly evil.

"I have to maintain my arm every now and then. It's strange. I didn't feel anything when I used those spells before, but as I've cultivated the Heavenly Demon Finger to the end, it's becoming more and more like a demonic cultivation technique..."

Lin Jing sat cross-legged on the ground, with a black arm floating in front of him. In the palm of the arm, there was even a fleshy face that looked somewhat like Lin Jing's...

"Judging by the time, the Tianyuan Grand Gathering, which will determine the final spots to go to the Origin Realm, is about to take place, right?"

Lin Jing summoned Yu Xun'er, who had been cultivating at the Lingdao Sect for nearly ten years. She had transformed from a maidservant into a graceful female cultivator. Upon her arrival, she served Lin Jing with gentle respect.

"Senior, you have emerged from seclusion."

"Hmm, Xun'er, has the ancient kingdom begun preparations for the Tianyuan Grand Gathering?"

"The Tianyuan Grand Gathering? Today is the last day of the gathering, it's about to end."

Lin Jing: ?
(End of this chapter)