Shangyuque

Chapter 262 With countless geniuses throughout the ages, who is the one fishing on the riverbank?
Still in that unknown, dark and desolate place, the gray-skinned rabbit struggled forward step by step, hindered by the black aura.

Finally, golden light burst forth, and the power of the Boundless Dao Lord extended out, freeing the jade pendant from its constraints.

It teleported in front of its owner and threw the gold mountain out of its arms.

“Master, something is indeed wrong. Those old fogies have figured out that you might still be around, so they plan to join forces to change the rules of the Great Heaven and Earth.”

Jinshan, tell me in detail what you've found out.

Jinshan, thrown into an unfamiliar environment, subconsciously looked up and saw the four-legged, six-armed monster with a thousand chains piercing its body.

Dragon horns, black feathers, the power of annihilation, profound Dao essence, dazzling might, terrifying strength.

It suppressed its fear and relayed all the information it had received from Wang Yulou.

Finally, they thoughtfully added...

"That Wang Yulou might be a trick used by the Golden Core cultivators of the Immortal Alliance to deceive me. You must carefully consider the veracity of the information. If it is a trap with nine parts truth and one part falsehood, then we will be in trouble."

People change, but Jinshan is not a person, but a great cultivator, so he changes even faster.

In the past, he would do his best to cover up for Wang Yulou in front of Huanpei.

But now, with the mysterious Wuji Dao Master and the true master of Tianwaitian right in front of him, Jin Shan, an outer disciple, completely lost all interest in anything else.

loyalty!

This is the existence that makes Huanpei call her master. How could Xiaojinzi not be loyal in the face of such an existence?

“Master, the reason why the Winnowing Basket Society caused the 30,000-year differentiation is because they calculated that it would be difficult for us to interfere among the top Golden Core Immortal Venerables.”

After the rules are changed, those who have become scattered immortals will inevitably be kicked out of the upper echelons of the cultivation world order. This change in status will profoundly affect the power and strength of celestial immortals below 30,000 years old.

Like boiling a frog in lukewarm water, but clever enough to better concentrate the benefits of the universe on the top-tier Golden Core cultivators.

If this continues, it will become extremely difficult for us to do anything we want.

The Wuji Dao Master straightened his chest with difficulty, and slowly squeezed out a long, watery thorn from the center of his chest, which was covered with black feathers and green animal fur.

The long spike doesn't look very big, only about two zhang long. The Dao essence on it is restrained, but the spiritual energy of the material itself is too strong, making it seem extraordinary.

The gray rabbit swallowed the long thorns into its body and then asked a question.

"After Xiao Hu's death, many things will definitely be exposed. Should we take advantage of this and make our move?"

"Understood, understood, Master! Your foresight is beyond compare!"

Huanpei put away the gold mountain and left the mysterious, dark abyss once again.

The Dark Abyss returned to a long, deathly silence, and the colossal beast on the horizon, its body covered in dark red veins, also fell silent.

In fact, it is not a giant beast, but a mountain that spans the heavens and the earth, and its red veins are the channels through which the power of the Limitless Dao is drawn.

However, despite being pierced by a thousand chains and suppressed by a giant mountain, the Wuji Dao Master could still unleash power upon the world that was enough to stir up the heavens and earth.

An individual's strength is often shrouded in mystery, especially since top-tier Golden Core cultivators are reluctant to make a move.

However, from the perspective of mobilizing power and resources, the level of the Wuji Dao Master is probably indeed higher than that of Bifang.

After all, not just anyone can kill Xiaohu, and Xiaohu is guaranteed to die.

The countless geniuses of this vast world are like a swarm of carp crossing a river, densely packed, each one formidable and extraordinary.

But who is that angler on the riverbank?
After seeing Qin Churan off, Wang Yulou continued his cultivation of the Heavenly River Technique in the Qunqing Pavilion, as usual.

Escape to the Heavenly River, also known as the Heavenly River Upside Down, is a water-based divine power of the Purple Mansion with water as its core.

As a cultivator who entered the Dao through the Gui Water method, Wang Yulou's cultivation method after entering the Purple Mansion was also a customized Gui Water method.

The principle that great cultivators of the Purple Mansion follow in their cultivation is that it varies from person to person. If it cannot be varied from person to person, then there is no need for them to continue cultivating.

If you can't even find a method that suits you, what kind of Purple Mansion are you?
Wang Yulou's method is of the Gui Water type, but in terms of cultivation techniques, it follows the method of connecting the Zifu (Purple Palace) through acupoints, and opening the acupoints along the way.

The method of connecting acupoints to the Zifu point, which was once a popular school of thought, has its core principle as being able to connect acupoints with supernatural powers as needed.

Different supernatural powers, due to their varying power, level, and complexity, require different acupoints.

Take the Wang family's most classic ability to transform into a tree as an example. As a special method of the family, it can leave a surplus of resources for the family when a member of the family dies while building a foundation in the Wood Magic.

Its characteristics are that it is weak and difficult to cultivate. Only the Wang family members who share the same bloodline as the founder of the Dharma can cultivate it relatively easily. It uses only eleven acupoints.

The difficulty in repairing the tree that transforms into a tree is due to the founder's insufficient skill.

The Heavenly River Reversal is much easier to cultivate. Although it requires the use of more than forty acupoints, the process is stress-free for cultivators of the Purple Mansion who cultivate the Heavenly River Reversal, and they can easily reach the Dao.

Wang Yulou practiced the method of connecting acupoints to the Purple Mansion, and his progress in cultivating supernatural acupoints was extremely rapid.

The problem is that the second realm of the Heavenly River, Vast and Unbound, requires cultivators to 'gradually grasp the true meaning of the Heavenly River hanging upside down'.

Gui water is the weakest water. The weakest water is quite different from the true meaning of the "vast and turbulent" Milky Way hanging upside down. They can even be considered to be completely unrelated.

Moreover, Wang Yulou did not practice the ancient methods of the Enlightenment School, so he was actually somewhat powerless to grasp abstract concepts like true meaning.

In the past, during his cultivation in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, he could rely on resources to push him along.

However, once you reach the Purple Mansion stage, simply burning resources is no longer enough.

Often, talent becomes the key.

Wang Yulou wasn't confident about his own talent, but that doesn't mean he was an idiot.

As the number one prodigy of the current era in the Great World, Wang Yuque, who was able to receive the title of Jade Palace Immortal Venerable at the Purple Mansion Great Cultivation level, was certainly not an idiot.

His lack of self-confidence stems from the comparison he makes with or the target he chooses.

Shenguang was just a roadside figure, and Mangxiang had also lost miserably. Wang Yulou's target had now skipped the level of Bai Li and Donglai and was now directly aimed at the few at the top of Qunxiantai.

Compared to those old bastards like Qingrui and Cangshan, Xiao Wang really didn't have that much confidence in his own talent.

How exceptionally talented must one be to stand alongside them and become a prominent figure in the world?
Unbeknownst to Wang Yulou, in order to bridge the gap between himself and these terrifying beings, he could only silently unleash the Ruyi Golden Light to improve his comprehension.

This was an extra function that the jade ruyi in his mind gained after he opened his Purple Mansion. However, with the improvement of his comprehension in cultivating Purple Mansion supernatural powers, the speed at which he consumed golden light was a bit fast.

Under the intense comprehension of the vast and boundless meaning of the waves, after only half a day of cultivation, most of the golden light accumulated in the jade ruyi was consumed.

Xiao Wang is a meticulous person, so he didn't dare to use up all of the Ruyi Golden Light directly, as he felt insecure. Therefore, he stopped cultivating and started accumulating the golden light.

Because he hasn't tried refining a large number of magic treasures yet, and because refining magic treasures is too time-consuming, Xiao Wang's current way of accumulating Ruyi Golden Light is to refine the Purple Mansion level Spiritual Infinite Divine Power Talisman.

As the only supernatural power that Xiao Wang has fully mastered so far, Infinite Spiritual Power is actually not keeping up with his cultivation level at the Purple Mansion stage.

This cost-effective supernatural power can provide excellent comprehensive assistance to Foundation Establishment cultivators, acting as a special multiplier effect.

However, this multiplier effect is not fixed. If Wang Yulou's base strength when he established his foundation was one hundred, the multiplier effect of infinite spiritual energy can achieve a burst effect that increases his strength by 30%.

However, once Wang Yulou opened his Purple Mansion and increased his base number to three hundred or five hundred, the multiplier effect of Infinite Spiritual Power could no longer reach thirty percent.

Let alone 30%, even 10% is difficult!
It is, after all, a supernatural power designed to meet the needs of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

However, even though this thing is similar to farting and adding wind, the process of refining the Spiritual Infinite Divine Power Talisman with the cultivation of the Purple Mansion is indeed suitable for accumulating Ruyi Golden Light.

From a cost perspective, using a large amount of money to refine a Purple Mansion-level divine power talisman for Foundation Establishment is very wasteful and inefficient.

However, Wang Yulou, who had no shortage of resources, found this inefficiency to be tolerable; he could afford to lose money.

Moreover, the accumulated Ruyi Golden Light can accelerate the attainment of supernatural powers and enlightenment, and this acceleration can offset the inefficiency from a cost perspective in terms of gains.

Objectively, we still lost money, but subjectively, we didn't lose money.

As for strength, achieving success in cultivating the Heavenly River can improve one's strength, and in the process of cultivating the Heavenly River and comprehending the Dao through the Ruyi Golden Light, one's understanding of supernatural powers is also improved, which is another aspect of the gains and can also improve strength.

In the future, Wang Yulou will need to customize his own method for achieving the Golden Elixir. At that time, even if he could find someone to help him customize it, he wouldn't dare to do it himself.

Therefore, it is extremely necessary to start planning and preparing early and accumulate experience.

The crafting of the Purple Mansion Divine Power Talisman is not simple. Compared to the crafting of magic treasures, which often takes more than ten days, the crafting of the Divine Power Talisman can be completed in one or two days if things go smoothly.

However, such extremely high speeds require many prerequisites.

For example, proficiency in supernatural powers, or proficiency in making Purple Mansion talismans.

Although Wang Yulou was familiar with the infinite power of spiritual energy, his experience in creating talismans at the Purple Mansion stage was only average.

Therefore, he needs to retain a little golden light in order to better ensure efficiency in the process of accumulating golden light while making talismans.

It's somewhat similar to farming. Hardworking Master Wang doesn't want to eat all the grain he harvested last year; he needs to save some seeds so he can continue cultivating the land for a long time and ensure a harvest.

However, Wang Yulou was, after all, a master of alchemy, and one of the best among them. In many ways, alchemy and talisman making are similar.

Moreover, since "Limitless Inspiration" is a foundation-building divine ability, Wang Yulou used the power of his Purple Mansion to make it into a precious talisman. Naturally, this process was less difficult than making talismans using other Purple Mansion divine abilities.

However, due to the immense power of the Purple Mansion, the materials needed to create a Purple Mansion-level Infinite Spirit Treasure Talisman are not cheap.

Because of the inherent characteristics of water magic, Wang Yulou chose the seventh-grade water-attribute spiritual material, Qunqing Source Stone, a spiritual eye source stone specializing in Qunqing Plain, as the base material for making talismans.

It wasn't some kind of talisman paper, nor was it any kind of animal hide. High-grade talisman paper was naturally not lacking in the cultivation world, but Wang Yulou's talisman-making experience came from his own cultivation attainments.

Therefore, compared to talisman paper, he naturally preferred to use materials from the Dao of Refining to make talismans, and the methods of making talismans were almost the same as those of the Dao of Refining.

Animal hides are a different story, mainly because there's not enough capacity to obtain them in large quantities.

Large-scale cultivation of powerful monsters cannot become an industry; it is unrealistic from a cost perspective, extremely unrealistic.

Non-standard water-elemental demon beast hides can certainly be used as the base material for making talismans, but if one talisman is drawn with fish skin and the next with tortoise shell, that's...
However, using animal hides to make magical talismans is not without its advantages. In the production of higher-level talismans, animal hides have certain advantages due to their non-standard characteristics. Their well-suited applications are highly specialized.

Of course, this tests the skill of the talisman maker, and it's quite a test.

But Xiao Wang was not qualified to be tested by his ingenuity—he could make things as smoothly as if he were on accelerator.

If it weren't for the fact that some steps were simply unavoidable, Xiao Wang could have produced three in a single day.

He took out a piece of seventh-grade azure source stone, used a special carving knife to peel off the outer layer at lightning speed, and then proceeded to carve the talisman and restriction into the stone and refine the restriction into the magic weapon. In terms of process and complexity, it was even simpler.

Once the engraving is nearly complete, auxiliary materials are added. These materials serve to assist in achieving the goal, and the process generally revolves around three directions.

Firstly, it is important to maintain the state of the talisman. It cannot be that the talisman becomes a dud after being made and left for a couple of days, and then fails to make a sound when thrown during a battle.

That's a black-hearted talisman. Wang Yulou is a self-disciplined alchemy master who would never do such a thing.

After all, these ingenious talismans should be bestowed upon the young generals.

The jade was personally crafted by the Immortal Venerable, and every young general who received it would be grateful for a lifetime and would remain loyal to him for life.

Even when they grow old and have no chance to open their Purple Mansion, they can still sleep peacefully as long as they hold the precious talisman personally made and bestowed by the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable in their hands.

Note that this is not because the talisman has any sleep-aiding function, but because with the talisman, their descendants can use it to ask the cultivators of the Jade Palace Sect to use the Face Fruit—of course, the extent to which it can be used depends on their specific level.

The second role of auxiliary materials in talisman making is to enhance the stability of the talisman's restrictions. The restriction inscription is not something that can be left unattended after it is inscribed; it needs to be further consolidated and strengthened.

If you continue to use only ultramarine Originium or scraps of ultramarine Originium for reinforcement, the inherent properties of ultramarine Originium will disrupt the balance of the restrictions established when the restrictions were inscribed.

Just as when refining magical artifacts, one needs to pay attention to the balance between the restrictions on the artifacts, the same applies to making talismans, where one must consider the balance or harmony of the restrictions.

Why are you so aggressively slicing through a whole piece of ultramarine source stone?
This is to ensure that a balance can be achieved between materials and restrictions.

It wasn't that Wang Yulou was unwilling to "adapt to the stone's condition," but rather that it was unnecessary. In any case, it was a "lucky charm" to be given as a reward to his subordinates anyway, and refining it too well would increase the time and effort required.

To enhance the stability of the protective charm's restrictions, the selection of auxiliary materials must be carefully considered to further strengthen the balance of the restrictions.

The third role of auxiliary materials in talisman making is to improve the power of the talisman. Specifically for the Infinite Spiritual Power Talisman, Wang Yulou chose fire-attribute spiritual materials as the activation material for the talisman.

By using fire to stimulate water, the power of the talisman can be quickly released after it is used.

In short, making talismans is indeed a complex process, and making magical talismans is even more complicated.

Of course, the most difficult part is the crafting of magical artifacts, which is a long and protracted battle, far more difficult than the crafting of magical and spiritual weapons.
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The joys and sorrows of cultivators are not shared.

Xiao Wang is immersed in refining a magical talisman.

At the Basket Gathering, Qingrui was directly confronting Shui Zun's challenge. In fact, both she and Shui Zun were top-tier Golden Core cultivators of the Immortal Alliance, and it seemed that they should have maintained a similar stance at the Basket Gathering.

However, during periods of stability in the world, the top-tier forces established by the immortals were actually a false caravan.

The caravan was packed with Golden Core Immortals, but when the chaotic era arrived, the people in the caravan would split into different small groups, thus becoming more closely united and cohesive in the face of the challenges of the times.

At this level, top-tier Golden Core cultivators have no allies, only one opponent after another.

They are all faction leaders of factions composed of true Golden Core Immortal Venerables in the cultivation world. Their fighting is even more deadly than the friction between top forces. Why would Water Venerable give Qingrui face just because they are both from the Immortal Alliance?

Impossible. Just as he said, Qingrui made a bet with Bifang back then, and he agreed, but he took precautions from the beginning and made certain changes to the direction of the Immortal Alliance's reforms.

This practice of strategically planning every possible step is actually quite similar to the philosophy that Wang Yulou has always practiced.

Being bold and proactive is essential to seizing more opportunities in a rapidly changing era—provided, of course, that one has the ability to get things done and the resources to take the plunge.

If you eagerly jump into the game without even seeing what the table looks like, you'll only end up handing yourself a ticket to the table.

"Water Venerable, you say that I am allied with Bifang? That's a huge joke."

I had some dealings with Bi Fang in the past, but among all of you here, who hasn't had any dealings with Bi Fang?

Qingrui's response sounded ridiculous, as if she were foolishly dragging other Golden Core Immortals into the mess.

But the immortals wouldn't care about such trivial matters, because what Qingrui said was indeed true. The immortals who could sit at the Bamboo Basket Gathering were usually not lacking in property and legendary pasts in the world. As such, they would inevitably have some interaction with Bifang.

“Fellow Daoist Qingrui, here’s the thing: you just need to answer one question, and I’ll be able to decide whether I should continue to trust you a little.”

The Buddha in yellow robes smoothed things over, giving Qingrui a chance to prove herself.

What good is being a great chess player?

A bad rhythm will still result in a loss, and after losing, you'll be besieged by wolves-like opponents.

Fortunately, the Yellow-Robed Buddha provided cover for Qingrui; otherwise, she might have truly become the great traitor of the Immortal Alliance that the Water Venerable spoke of.

"Would you be willing to join us in testing Bifang after the collapse of the Immortal Extinction Domain?" asked Huang Yifo, Qingrui's former colleague.

"First, I have no problems. I am open and honest enough, so I have no reason to prove anything."

Water Lord, if you think I have a problem, then take action. Don't expect me to give you any explanation.

Secondly, I can participate in everyone's attempts to test Bifang, but I will never be the first to do so.

Senior Boluo, I respectfully address you as senior. You have been enlightened for over 80,000 years. Is it of any use to be afraid of Bifang?

We can dodge it, but can you?

Don't forget, there's never just one path to becoming the best.

Qingrui talks a lot of nonsense, and she also talks a lot of information. The basket was so shocked by her that it actually quieted down.

Shui Zun, you can take action—this corresponds to Qing Rui's confidence.

The idea of ​​being surrounded by top-tier Golden Core cultivators for a team-building activity is fake; don't worry.

When it came down to everyone joining forces, the members of the Winnowing Basket Society who were currently surrounding Qingrui and putting pressure on her automatically shifted into reverse and smoothly turned backward.

The real point of Qingrui's counterattack was to clarify who should take the blame.

Bifang is terrifying, so powerful it's like a mountain pressing down on you.

But Qingrui wasn't the tallest; when it came to urgency, the old man with the winnowing basket was more anxious than anyone else.

After all, there is never just one path to supremacy.

This seems to contradict the teachings Qingrui gave to Wang Yulou, which revealed that great cultivators had no future and no clear opportunity for further advancement.

Since the Golden Core Immortal Venerable could not break through the upper limit of cultivation by practicing the Dharma Form Dharma, the Divine Illumination Dharma, and the Boundless Dharma, he could not achieve the supreme status in one leap.

But this wasn't because Qingrui, a top-tier Golden Core cultivator from the Immortal Alliance, had acted foolishly; it was because she was stating the truth.

There is actually another path to becoming the supreme being, besides breaking free from the limits of power and reaching a level beyond the Golden Core.

That is, to kill all those who might threaten one's position due to their excessive strength.

If Bifang can consume a Golden Core Immortal Venerable who is over 40,000 years old, it will naturally become the supreme being.

If Bifang could devour all the Golden Core Immortals in the Great World, he wouldn't need to think about becoming the supreme being anymore; instead, he could directly do whatever he wanted, almost anything immeasurably.

Qingrui pointed out that Bifang's logic of killing the old man with the winnowing basket in order to become the supreme ruler was actually quite sophisticated, a clever strategy of diverting trouble to the east.

The reminder wasn't directed at the elderly man with the winnowing basket, but at others.

Whether Qingrui has a problem or not is not important; what is important is that the old man carrying the winnowing basket carries the pot properly.

You are the second person in the entire world besides Bifang. If you don't lead the way, how can everyone else follow?

This is a very real problem. Qingrui doesn't think anyone else would really be bothered by her flirting with Bifang.

Ultimately, at this level, everything is open and aboveboard.

The so-called alliance is similar to what prostitutes say, "You are the greatest," but it's not even worth mentioning.

"I am naturally willing to take the lead in coordinating matters such as testing Bifang or even eliminating him, but fellow Daoists, the death of Xiaohu is very likely related to a conspiracy by the Outer Heavens."

The Outer Heavens have been spreading misinformation and causing all sorts of messy things. Qingrui, you've been jumping around and getting used by the Wuji Dao Master.

"Our most urgent task now is to find out what the Fiery Tiger has been doing for the past tens of thousands of years, and to find out if it might be connected with the Outer Heavens." The old man with the winnowing basket frowned and spoke in a hoarse voice.

Its attitude also changed, from advocating for the punishment of Bifang to also guarding against Tianwaitian.

It can only be said that Qingrui's suggestion to encourage it to take the blame was indeed effective, but the direction of its effectiveness was somewhat reversed.

If Bi Fang and Qing Rui are indeed closely allied, then the flaws Qing Rui reveals might ultimately be aimed at leading the decisive elimination of Bi Fang—it's a mess, but it's actually quite possible.

After all, in the past, Bifang had used every trick in the book to trick people into feeding it, including deceiving, tricking, pretending to be sick, and so on.

There is a strong possibility that Qingrui is an actress, which is why the old man with the winnowing basket changed his attitude.

It's okay to defend against Bi Fang, but I don't mean we shouldn't defend against it. Rather, we should defend against it slowly, gradually, and rhythmically.

The most urgent task is to deal with Tianwaitian. Yes, actually, the old man with the winnowing basket isn't that worried about Tianwaitian.

What's there to worry about? It's just another hostile force. There's nothing to be afraid of!
In the midst of the complex situation, the old man with the winnowing basket clearly grasped the key point—staying calm would increase his chances of victory.

The Wuji Dao Master thought he was a lone fisherman who had fished for eternity, but the geniuses of eternity were not like dogs on the roadside. The top Golden Core cultivators at the Dao Discussion Gathering were all more clear-headed than the last.

Why would Boluo make a bet with Bifang?
Going back further, why was Mang Xiang able to attain the Golden Elixir and thus gain the qualification to preside over the reforms?

These are all methods used by top-tier Golden Elixir cultivators in the Great Heaven and Earth to prolong a stable era!

Stable, stable, and more stable.

Winning steadily and consistently is far more beneficial than unpredictable changes.

Lower-level cultivators cannot open their Purple Mansion, and it is very difficult to attain the Golden Core stage in the Purple Mansion. The world has become lifeless.

No, in the eyes of a top-tier immortal, the overall structure of the world and the cultivators within it still seem somewhat too capable of causing change.

Further stabilization, extending the period of stability, and even reconstructing the underlying logic of profit distribution by altering the rules of heaven and earth, is the direction that aligns with the interests of all top-tier Golden Core Immortal Venerables.

By systematically and fundamentally improving the efficiency of winning and extending the time to win, even if there are extraordinary opportunities or challenges, they won't seem so frightening.

This is also a calculated move.

"Ha, Fellow Daoist Boluo, you are right, but if we test Bifang or even kill Bifang, aren't we just returning to the choice of giving Tianwaitian a chance?"

The situation has deteriorated to this point, leaving us in a difficult position. If we resolve the issue from both sides, we may lose.

"If we don't deal with Bifang, the future might be that Bifang and Tianwaitian will harvest us together." said the Venerable Bailu Guangyu of Paradise.

With boundless chaos, a wondrous move is made; a fierce tiger sacrifices itself to the heavens, bewitching the immortals.

In the realm of overt schemes, the possibility of danger is ever-present: danger lies on the left, danger lies on the right, and danger lies in the middle.

Moving Bifang gives Tianwaitian a chance, and there might also be unlucky guys who team up to mess with Bifang and get chosen by Bifang to start the feast.

Without moving Bifang, one may face dual pressure from both Bifang and Tianwaitian in the future.

Teaming up with Bifang, ha, isn't that just sending Bifang to the path of supremacy?

"I still believe that Bifang and the Wuji Dao Master of Tianwaitian may be two sides of the same coin. This open conspiracy centered on Xiaohu is to prolong the period of stability of the Great World."

Bi Fang and his allies calculated that we were all confident that we could accumulate our strength more quickly during the period of stability, so that we could then erupt in the next era of chaos.

That's why Xiaohu's death was so strange; it died after Bifang accepted our bet.

The purpose was to make us give up our attempts to test Bifang's strength; whether or not we changed the rules of heaven and earth might not matter anymore.

Without changing the rules or touching Bifang, they will accumulate strength while reducing the number of cultivators in the Great Heaven and Earth.

This is the true purpose of Bi Fang and those who pushed Xiao Hu to his death, Qing Rui, am I right?

Shui Zun was also very clear-headed; too many things corresponded to each other.

Joining forces with Bifang would mean granting Bifang absolute supremacy; touching Bifang would risk being exploited by others; leaving Bifang alone would be in line with Bifang's wishes—and also with Qingrui's.

The old man with the winnowing basket shook his head; he understood the meaning behind the two plugs on the pot.

"Alright, alright, the death of that fierce tiger has frightened us so much that we've lost our Daoist resolve. The person who made the move was very skillful."

But things that have already been decided cannot be changed; you can't be led by the nose.

The rules of the universe must be changed.

On the one hand, it allows us to cultivate ourselves better; on the other hand, it also helps us guard against the expansion of certain hidden forces.

We need to test Bi Fang's strength and condition. We can't let Bi Fang get away easily; the further we go, the harder it will be to deal with.

As for the future, let's wait and see. Even if we set a future plan, there will be people who are dissatisfied and will interfere.

The Old Man of the Basket delivered a summary of his phased strategy; however, the immortals in the Basket Association remained preoccupied.

It's too difficult. I'm afraid of making the wrong choice no matter which one I choose, so I end up having a hard time choosing between both options.

"Wanting both, wanting more, and wanting more... I don't think it will go smoothly."

Before disappearing, King Deding made a very sarcastic comment. Facing everyone's gaze, Cangshan smiled awkwardly, pretending that he didn't understand anything.

"Actually, whether things go smoothly or not isn't that important. What I'm worried about is... well, Qingrui, you'd better take care of yourself."

Water Venerable also disappeared. What he was worried about was that Wuji Dharma Venerable and Wuji Dao Master were the same person.
Both are Wuji (the ultimate void), how could it be a coincidence?

Soon, all the Golden Core Immortals who had come to discuss the Dao left. The old man with the winnowing basket saw off the last person and stood silently in the void for a long time without moving.

Difficult.

Qi cultivators toiled for spirit stones, while the old man with the winnowing basket worried about the uncertain future.

Everyone is having a hard time.
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After returning to her own Qingrui Cave from the Boluo Guild Hall, Qingrui's expression was quite unpleasant.

It may seem like she didn't suffer any loss today, but in this kind of situation, being in the center of the stage is already a disadvantage.

Qi Refining cultivators need to fight for advancement, Foundation Establishment cultivators need to fight for the Purple Mansion, what else can top-level Golden Core cultivators fight for?
With the strength and status of a top-tier Golden Core Immortal, standing in the center of the stage singing and dancing would not only fail to help her achieve her goals, but would actually be more like being stripped naked and judged for her failure.

'Running around in circles', 'rambling on and on', 'Take care of yourself'.
For Qingrui, who proactively initiated and propelled the development of this chaotic era at its very beginning, these comments are incredibly infuriating.

A brilliant start, a disastrous end – only Qingrui herself knows the difficulties she faced.

Thinking about her frustrations, Qingrui decided to have a big one.

She used her telepathic communication ability to quickly contact someone, and after giving them some instructions, her unpleasant expression brightened considerably.

It is said that we should wait until the Immortal Realm is destroyed before we start to deal with and prepare for it, before we start to change the rules, and before we start to join forces to eliminate Bi Fang.

Well then, I'll show you what a real surprise is!
(End of this chapter)