Shangyuque

Chapter 310 From Waiting for Rain in the Desert to the Elephant Crying at the Grave

Reaching the Celestial Realm was effortless.

The Dao Body Small Heavenly Circuit Profound Water Purple Mansion Method was specially formulated by the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable based on his own characteristics and cultivation path, so of course it is extremely useful.

After casually killing a few demonic beasts that had gathered because they sensed Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's breakthrough and assumed that some treasure or spiritual herb had appeared, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable took Pure Water and left his hiding place.

After hiding for three whole years, he once again achieved the cultivation level of the Celestial Realm, and also prepared several divine abilities for the Purple Mansion stage.

Now is the time for the Jade Palace Immortal Lord and Dragon King to return.

I hope Zi Xirou doesn't end up tied up in a doghouse, otherwise, it'll be too difficult for her to manage.
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The black dragon had disappeared, but the Jade Palace Immortal was not in a hurry.

With his cultivation level returning to the Purple Mansion stage, he has many more things he can do, and the risks he can bear are completely different from those in the Foundation Establishment stage.

Even if the Black Dragon exposes Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable doesn't think there's anything to be afraid of—that's the purpose of first entering the Celestial Realm and then returning to the cultivation world.

Strength is always the foundation.

Of course, having this foundation doesn't mean that Jade Palace Immortal Venerable would charge in recklessly. As Mang Xiang's good disciple, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, like Old Mang, also made a quiet incursion into the village.

After lying in wait at the front-line command post of the Blood Bone Dao Court for many days, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable confirmed that the Blood Bone Dao Court had only assumed that he, Lan Cao, and Li Qiu, had disappeared together.

Yes, normally no one would doubt what a Foundation Establishment cultivator could do in a battle between two True Immortals.

The deaths of two True Immortals (the Blood Sand Alliance also learned of Li Qiu's disappearance) were not a big deal in the Four Courts' struggle for the Spring.

The struggle within the Great Heaven and Earth, the death of Zifu can be weighed, corresponding to the tension under excessive pressure.

In the Crimson Sand Realm, despite the scarcity of Golden Core cultivators, those below the Golden Core level, especially those in the Purple Mansion realm, seem to die rather calmly—that's just the way things are in the cultivation world of this realm.

In addition, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable also confirmed another matter: his cheap Daoist partner, Zi Xirou, had not been tied up in a dog cage.

This greatly relieved the pressure on Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, at least he no longer had to worry about where to find 100,000 soldiers to give Zi Xirou a more luxurious dog cage.

As for news about the Black Dragon, there is still none.

The sudden disappearance of the black dragon was an unexpected surprise. Jade Palace Immortal Venerable had once thought that the black dragon might take this opportunity to defect.

After all, the Black Dragon was a demon king from the Great Heaven and Earth, and had seen the scenery of the Great Heaven and Earth.

Perhaps, beneath the seemingly loyal Little Black's daily behavior lies a heart that believes in its own destiny and a future where it can rise above the rest.

However, the possibility is extremely low; having ambition doesn't mean you have to be a fool.

How desperate must Black Dragon be to choose to defect and become an enemy of Jade Palace Immortal Venerable?
Yes, Feng Jianxian, who initially chose the black dragon and brought it to his side and into the world of cultivation, had an idealistic quality in some of his actions. But Feng Jianxian was not stupid, and the black dragon horse he chose was also a smart horse.

Therefore, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable only suspected the Black Dragon for a moment, and then did not continue to suspect it.

However, the disappearance of the Black Dragon is ultimately too difficult to simply ignore.

After spending a few days at the front lines of the Blood Bone Dao Court, where the Four Courts contended for the Spring, and gathering some intelligence, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable quietly concealed himself and returned to Purple Grass Creek.

After confirming that there was no trace of the Black Dragon in the second secret realm of the Pure Water next to the Purple Grass Creek, the Jade Palace Immortal's expression finally turned serious.

At first glance, this matter seemed like a minor incident, an accident.

But Wang Yulou is a true immortal, and his level of cultivation and vision determine that he is not just some random person on the roadside.

Since the Black Dragon did not defect or get killed by Li Qiu, it will inevitably, must, and absolutely return to the second secret realm of the Pure Water in order not to affect the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable!

But in the second secret realm, there wasn't a single dragon hair.

"Senior, it seems that the Dragon King has disappeared?"

The little lizard, Jing Shui, which was being guarded on the shoulder of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, tentatively asked with some fear.

Of course, there is fear. Jing Shui is a prodigy. He may not be as prodigy as the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, the fastest Golden Core cultivator in the Great Heaven and Earth, but he is still a first-class prodigy in the Crimson Sand Realm.

The Dao Body Lesser Heavenly Cycle Profound Water Purple Mansion Method used by Jade Palace Immortal Venerable to enter the Celestial Realm is a top-level method that Pure Water has never seen before.

It is even more profound than some of the Golden Elixir methods he obtained from the Crimson Sand Realm, so how could he not be in awe of it?

"Yes, they've disappeared." Jade Palace Immortal's voice was devoid of emotion.

He is already an immortal venerable who can remain steadfast in his Dao even when the heavens and earth collapse before him. How could his mindset be affected by such an inexplicable accident?

No matter how big the trouble is, can it be bigger than a situation where the ultimate beings are fighting against each other, or a top-level Golden Core cultivator vying for supremacy?

The place where the black dragon disappeared was the ancestral home of the Chen clan in the Nine Nether Valley, beneath the Murong Dao Court.

In the Chen clan's ancestral lands, there is a strange maggot king that may have been raised by Li Qiu, a true immortal from the Nine Nether Valley.

Thinking of this, Immortal Venerable Jade Palace took out the Maggot King, which he had trapped with the sixth-grade spiritual material 'Huang Ding Jiao', from his spirit beast bag.

To be precise, it shouldn't be called the King of Maggots anymore.

After completing its transformation, the Maggot King's cultivation level dropped from the peak of the Great Demon realm to the mid-stage of the Great Demon realm, which is analogous to the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment realm for cultivators.

Its species also changed from the juvenile white jade maggot to a different species of black mosquito the size of a washbasin.

The black mosquito is entirely black, with wings that gleam with a cold, eerie light, and its "mouthparts" are actually long, thin, transparent tubes.

It's obvious at a glance that its supernatural powers and destiny are concentrated in this transparent mouth that is completely out of place with its demonic body.

However, no matter how powerful the alien black mosquito was, its strength as a mid-stage Great Demon was still limited. Under the restraint of the sixth-grade spiritual material, Huangding Glue, it couldn't even move its eyes.

"Fellow Daoist Pure Water, do you know what kind of mosquito this is and what its origin is?" Jade Palace Immortal Venerable asked telepathically.

'Never seen one before. Mosquito demons are a small race among demons. There are no such demon gods in the vast world.'

I have heard that the Hundred-Hand Dao Ancestor of the Hundred-Hand Dao Court was an evolved Earth Spirit Centipede, whose demonic body had a hundred legs, hence the title "Hundred-Hand."

The logic that long-lived and short-lived species are completely incomparable is the same everywhere.

If a demon becomes a demon god, it can rightfully become an 'immortal venerable'. If it can transform itself into the Dao, it can also openly and legitimately be honored as the Dao ancestor.

Human, demon, monster, immortal—the names are meaningless; what matters is strength.

'Is the Hundred Hands Dao Court no different from other Dao Courts? Or is this giant maggot that transforms into a mosquito not an isolated case?'
Furthermore, the Hundred-Handed Daoist Court and the Murong Daoist Court should not be in a superior-subordinate relationship.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable certainly knew a lot about the Hundred Hands Dao Court, after all, the Immortal Pendant was there.

"Senior, what are the Dao Ancestors plotting? I, Jing Shui, am but a minor cultivator; how could I possibly know? You are here scheming against Spring Spring Island. You should be careful."

Purifying Water's further probing was met with Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's silent torture, the magical chains binding it directly tightening around its neck.

The little lizard struggled on the Immortal Venerable's shoulder, its breath becoming increasingly shallow.

You dare to test me?

If I can't find the Black Dragon and can't see the situation in the Crimson Sand Realm, do you think I can't deal with you?
The Immortal Venerable knew, of course, that impotent rage was useless, but the Pure Water could not be left unattended.

'You don't understand anything.'

Using riddles to fool the Pure Water is enough, but torturing the Pure Water won't solve the troubles facing the Jade Palace Immortal.

The Immortal Venerable pondered for a moment, and almost instantly connected everything together. He remembered Little Fish's reminder.

Xiaoyu truly considered him one of her own.

After entering the Crimson Sand Realm, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, as the Lord of the Earthly Fiends, faced no pressure and progressed smoothly.

Combined with the smiling faces everywhere in the world, this double paralysis put the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable in a rather foolish situation.

If we relax even slightly, other potential geniuses will immediately increase their strength. Even if the Black Dragon dies at Li Qiu's hands, it would be much better than the current situation.

The mysterious disappearance of the black dragon was a second unexpected event, an extension of the initial one. In assessing the possibilities, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable had indeed lost.

He defeated Li Qiu and Lan Cao in a battle of magic and his cultivation level reached the Celestial Realm. However, this loss would not be easily offset by the victory of Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

The struggle among cultivators is never an unequal one.

Through this unequal game, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable once seized the ecological niche of the Wild Elephant.

He cannot accept this unequal game rule only when he wins.

Therefore, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable immediately devised the next steps.

The matter of the Immortal Pendant and the Jade Pendant can be dealt with slowly. Currently, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is still operating in the shadows. The Earthly Fiend Commander has a great reputation, but it is highly unlikely that the Jade Pendant would know that a mere minor cultivator like Wang Yulou has a friend named Feng Disha.

Therefore, dealing with the Immortal Pendant can be done slowly; the Immortal Venerable has room to maneuver.

However, the disappearance of the Black Dragon must be investigated as soon as possible and the truth must be revealed. Otherwise, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's activities in the Crimson Sand Realm will always be passive, and he may be subject to others at any time.
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Finding the Black Dragon is impossible by widely distributing dragon-hunting notices. The dragons of the Crimson Sand Realm are all dead. Searching like that is like shining a spotlight on yourself.

Once again, it was time to do things personally. This time, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable dared not be negligent in the slightest. He even stuffed the water he had used to relieve his boredom back into his spirit beast pouch.

After stealthily proceeding and confirming that there were no Celestial Realm cultivators guarding the Chen clan's territory, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable infiltrated the Chen clan's underground water extraction site.

In the past, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable had considered sneaking a peek, but he held back.

Now, the water intake area is deserted, with no one around.

Back then, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable left the Black Dragon here to deal with the Chen family's Foundation Establishment stage.

Releasing his divine sense, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable meticulously examined every inch of land, every drop of water, and even every speck of dust in this place.

The Black Dragon was no fool after all; it was a being of the demon general level. It disappeared, but the traces it left behind remain.

It wasn't any specific trace, but rather a faint aura belonging to the black dragon that only the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, a Golden Core cultivator who had long ridden the black dragon as his mount, could barely recognize.

These faint auras were even connected; under the Celestial Venerable's divine sense pushed to its limit, they were linked together, like an arrow pointing in the direction where the black dragon disappeared.

The direction is northeast.

To the northeast lies the entrance to the Nine Nether Valley.

After leaving the Chen clan's territory, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable did not go directly to Nine Nether Valley to investigate.

As a vassal of Murong Daoting, even though Li Qiu is dead, Jiuyou Valley still has five Grand Masters of the Celestial Realm stationed there.

If the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable were to rashly come to their door, he might be slaughtered by the Nine Nether Valley—the two factions are still fighting to the death.

However, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable naturally had his own methods.

The black dragon was taken away or kidnapped, which corresponds to the cultivators of the Nine Nether Valley causing trouble. There may have been more than just Li Qiu who came that day.

Jade Palace Immortal, who needed to understand the situation in Nine Nether Valley and the whereabouts of the Black Dragon, chose to exchange patience for an opportunity.

He couldn't take any risks, and the overall situation wasn't in the hands of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable. He chose the most foolish method, squatting in a corner outside the Nine Nether Valley, and becoming the ultimate breath-holding monster. It wasn't shameful; this behavior of holding his breath and waiting for an opportunity despite clearly being at a disadvantage was quite at the level of the top Golden Core cultivators of the Winnowing Basket Society and the number one person in the Great Heaven and Earth.

It can be seen that after attaining enlightenment, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable experienced another ascent and encountered some unexpected events, and his cultivation returned to a special normal track.

In any case, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's cultivation has only just returned to the Purple Mansion level, and when he was in the Great Heaven and Earth as a Purple Mansion, he only cultivated a few Purple Mansion divine abilities.

While keeping watch, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable can take advantage of the time while waiting for Nine Nether Valley to reveal a weakness to properly make up for the deficiencies in his Purple Mansion Divine Power.
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In a courtyard next to the front-line command post of the Blood Bone Dao Court, in a woman's boudoir.

He applies makeup in front of the mirror, and the wild elephant laughs wildly.

Blood Loulan was completely unable to withstand the divine powers and wondrous techniques of the Mangxiang Immortal Venerable; there were no surprises whatsoever.

Even the so-called Blood Bone Dao Ancestor, who is nothing but a load of bull, would bark and beg for mercy in front of the Wild Elephant Immortal Venerable.

In the Immortal Alliance, Mangxiang was almost devoured by Xiaohu, and in the end, only half of it remained. The setbacks Mangxiang encountered after achieving enlightenment were far greater than those that Jade Palace Immortal Venerable was currently facing.

Under the gluttonous king, Mangxiang was a marginal figure with some use, perhaps only slightly better than Shenguang, but not by much.

But in a cramped place like the Red Sand Realm, Old Mang has a chance to fight his way through.

Of course, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable was also very confident that he could break through the enemy lines—it's just that there have been some minor setbacks.

However, in this unfortunate place called the Crimson Sand Realm, it wasn't just Jade Palace Immortal Venerable who encountered trouble, but also that old rascal Mang Xiang.

"Loulan~ Loulan~ Look what I've brought you!"

Xue Loulan is not the official Daoist partner of the Earthly Fiend Commander; she is still nominally unmarried.

Therefore, all sorts of alluring bees and butterflies love to flock to Xue Loulan.

Here comes the yellow sand willow.

Even though the Mangxiang Immortal Venerable had lived for tens of thousands of years, this was the first time he had been stared at by a male cultivator with such an indescribable gaze.

Fortunately, the old scoundrel's Dao heart was steady enough, and he answered calmly.

"Get lost! If you bother me again, I'll castrate you!"

That old scoundrel is like this: Mang Xiang wants to use Xue Loulan's identity and family background to torture Wang Yulou properly, while smoothly establishing his own power in the Red Sand Realm.

But Mangxiang didn't think Huangshaliu had any value—this kind of cultivator who values ​​emotions so much and fawns over female cultivators is just a complete waste.

It's hard to say whether Mangxiang's aversion to Huangshaliu was a projection of his younger self.

For example, it was precisely because he saw himself and Sun Xiangrong reflected in Huang Shaliu's attitude towards Xue Loulan that he was so 'excited'.

"Loulan, I will not give up. I know you are testing me!"

Despite the threat of being castrated by the wild elephant, Huang Shaliu was not afraid at all and instead expressed his determination to continue charging forward.

Feng Di Sha hasn't returned for three years. Do you, Xue Lou Lan, intend to let him live a life of widowhood?
As for whether Xue Loulan had ever had anything with Feng Disha, Huang Shaliu didn't care. What he wanted to marry was never Xue Loulan, but his own ambition.

Huang Shaliu is gone. Mang Xiang looked out the window, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.

Little Wang, Little Wang, are you really dead?
From the moment he transformed into the Blood Loulan and went into hiding, Mangxiang had waited for a full three years.

It can be said that these three years were three years of longing for Mangxiang.

He was waiting for his mortal enemy, but he couldn't find him, which only intensified Mang Xiang's anticipation.

He planned to keep waiting. Like waiting for a downpour in the desert.

There was no heavy rain in the Crimson Sand Realm, but Mangxiang believed that his most powerful disciple could turn the impossible into the possible!
As everyone knows, the most profound divine power mastered by Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is the inverted Milky Way – this shows how special, extraordinary, and genius Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's cultivation path before attaining enlightenment was, a path of ascension that no one can replicate.

However, the water magic of the inverted Milky Way is difficult to use effectively in the Crimson Sand Realm, where water is almost nonexistent.

However, based on the Dao Body's Small Heavenly Circuit Profound Water Purple Mansion Method, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable improved the Heavenly River Reversal and combined it with the "Wonderful Method Instantaneous Escape," creating a Purple Mansion-level water-attribute escape technique called "Profound Water Reversal."

The Mysterious Water Hanging Upside Down has the implication of the Milky Way hanging upside down, but when it is used, it consumes the Mysterious Water that the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable has contained in his body.

This is easy to handle.

In addition, other supernatural powers, such as 'Mysterious Water Mysterious Talisman Body', 'Mysterious Water Azure Lotus Cleansing', 'Wonderful Method Transformation into Dragon', 'Wonderful Method Mysterious Water Flows Deep', and 'Wonderful Method Mysterious Water Infinite Spirit', were also completely improved by the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

Now that he has mastered the Great Dao of Acquired Water Techniques, the 'Mysterious Water Dao,' Jade Palace Immortal Venerable must use it, and use it fiercely. This is his greatest advantage in the Crimson Sand Realm.

Even his self-created 'Dao Body Small Heavenly Circuit Profound Water Purple Mansion Method' was prepared for this special 'Wonderful Method Profound Water' supernatural combat system.

Another seven years passed. Just as Rakshasa had said, once the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable attained enlightenment, the scale of time was stretched once again.

After seven years of dedicated preparation, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable did not encounter the Black Dragon, but he made up for his shortcomings in supernatural abilities during the Purple Mansion stage of combat.

This system encompasses everything from defense and offense to domain-like abilities and passive, stable Dao-body supernatural powers.

If another fight breaks out, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable can utilize the power of the Mystic Water Dao to achieve mutual promotion and leverage of the Mystic Methods, thereby better unleashing the power of the Mystic Water.

The wondrous method of the Mysterious Water Path corresponds to the wondrous uses of the Mysterious Water it refines.

When the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable uses the Mysterious Water as a seed of power, serving as a medium for unleashing supernatural abilities and an aid to amplify power, the Mysterious Water itself will not disappear into thin air.

This set of magical combat techniques created by the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is not particularly strong, but it is still of a high standard.

However, once the battle drags on for a long time, and it changes from a "mutual killing spree" to a "bladder-holding spree," all the mysterious water left behind by the supernatural powers will become a potential advantage for Jade Palace Immortal Venerable in the battle.

The corresponding issue is an extremely simple cost-benefit problem.

If the average cost of using a Purple Mansion Divine Power is calculated as ten, the resulting power, or 'benefit,' may vary depending on various differences between the two sides in the battle.

However, when Jade Palace Immortal Venerable continues to fight by using the mysterious water left behind by other divine abilities in the divine ability system, he can achieve the goal of lowering the cost of using divine abilities the more he fights, and getting a relatively higher average 'reward'.

In short—the more they fight, the stronger they become.

The weakness of water-based cultivators during the Qi Refining stage is caught up after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

Once a water-based cultivator opens their Purple Mansion, they can easily turn an evenly matched battle into an advantageous one!

Seven years have passed without any news of the Black Dragon. The Nine Nether Valley is even more absurdly normal. Apart from the death of another Celestial Realm cultivator and the addition of a new Celestial Realm cultivator in recent years, there is nothing strange about it.

Even as he paid back the debt for his past recklessness, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable remained unperturbed.

He has to admit his mistakes. He's been in situations where he wins but still loses countless times, and he's long been used to it.

How can this not be the cultivation of an immortal?
Even after becoming a Celestial Venerable and attaining the Dao Fruit, one can still make mistakes.

Such mistakes and failures are inevitable in the climb. If every Golden Core cultivator never makes any mistakes, how could those who come after have the opportunity to ascend?

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable can make mistakes, Qingrui can make mistakes, and according to Rakshasa's guess, perhaps even Bifang can make mistakes!

There's nothing to be ashamed of; at least, the mistake in front of us is minor.

Even though there was no news of the Black Dragon, and the Nine Nether Valley clue seemed to indicate that the Immortal Venerable had been misled, why did the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable still think that the mistake was minor?

There's nothing to it but strength. With his cultivation level returning to the Purple Mansion realm, he had enough confidence to dare to return to the Blood Bone Dao Court's front lines to investigate.

Once the system of magical combat techniques based on profound water and wondrous methods is fully established, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's confidence will be further enhanced.

Moreover, regardless of clues, the Black Dragon disappeared within the territories of the Nine Nether Valley and the Murong Dao Court. With that in mind, there's no need to worry about not being able to find out the truth.

In addition, another reason why Jade Palace Immortal Venerable was confident that he could find out the truth about this matter was that the camel caravan of the 'Houpu Dao Court' was about to arrive.

The four courts vying for the spring was a major event, as evidenced by the fact that even though Mang Xiang was 100,000 miles away, he still managed to get the news from the conversations of minor cultivators.

In order to make a fortune from the Four Courts' Contest for Springs, Houpu Daoting urgently dispatched a luxurious camel caravan.

As the largest merchant sect within a radius of 200,000 li, Houpu Daoting's camel caravans naturally had the business of selling intelligence.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, this is exactly what I've been waiting for!
Disguising his cultivation level as that of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable ended his hibernation and arrived at the legendary Spring Spring Continent.

The low-grade Heavenly Realm spiritual land that the four major Dao Courts are vying for is equivalent to a third-grade spiritual object.

You should know that the second-grade spiritual artifact, the Great Zhou Tian Evolution Lotus Pond, is something that Qingrui would risk her life to fight for.

This shows just how rare a third-grade spiritual item can be.

However, the spiritual lands of the Crimson Sand Realm are not entirely the same as the spiritual objects of the Great Heaven and Earth. At least in terms of the periodic generation of cultivation resources, that is, various spiritual materials, there is a significant difference.

The five elements of heaven and earth are not all like this. Although the Crimson Sand Realm is large, it is more like a castle built of sand, while the Great Heaven and Earth, though small, is made entirely of refined steel.

After crossing a high sand dune, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable saw the legendary Spring Spring Isle.

Boundless spiritual waters flow through the arid desert, and the relatively low sand dunes, soaked by the spiritual waters, transform into special pieces of land, where spiritual herbs flourish and many cultivators settle.

Looking from afar, the gloomy sun of the Red Sand Realm seemed to be cleansed by the light reflected from Spring Sun Island, making the island appear bright and cheerful.

It was dusk, and the shimmering light of the setting sun on the Lingshui Marsh in Quanzhou was like leaping gold, absolutely beautiful.

Such a sacred place was naturally something that the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, a great cultivator of water magic, longed for.

To put it simply, cultivation requires spiritual energy. For water-based cultivators in the Crimson Sand Realm, the greatest difficulty in their cultivation lies in finding enough water spiritual energy.

Many water-based cultivators can only cultivate by refining other types of spiritual energy and then converting it into water-based spiritual energy, which slows down their cultivation speed.

However, if Wang Yulou had the opportunity to refine the entire Spring Spring Island, with his level of a low-grade Heavenly Realm spiritual land, he might be able to help Jade Palace Immortal Venerable return to the Golden Core stage, greatly saving the time spent searching for rare water-attribute spiritual energy to refine.

Houpu Daoting's camel caravan stopped at the edge of Quanzhou in spring.

Although it is called a camel caravan, its scale is actually closer to that of a celestial city belonging exclusively to cultivators.

Its scale is similar to that of the Western Sea Immortal City, which was once destroyed by divine light. After all, this was specially prepared by Houpu Dao Court for the 'Four Courts Competing for the Spring'.

If we consider the Crimson Sand Realm as a simulation management game, then the Four Courts Competing for Springs event is currently the most popular activity in the game.

Therefore, the camel caravans dispatched by Houpu Daoting were of a very high size and carried high-quality goods—similar to increasing the benefits of the event in order to get players to recharge.

After a brief stroll, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable casually bought a few interesting items before disappearing into a peculiar large rock.

Shixinju is the intelligence agency 'operated' by Houpu Daoting.

In the absence of something similar to the Five Realms Under Heaven, the Stone Heart Residence of the Houpu Dao Court is probably the most professional and comprehensive intelligence agency in the Crimson Sand Realm.

Without any effort, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable obtained all the information belonging to Murong Dao Court and Hundred Hands Dao Court, the two Dao Ancestors, as well as Nine Nether Valley and its founder, Old Man Nine Nether Valley.

Of course, there's also intelligence on a number of key figures in the 'Blood Sand' Alliance.

The Immortal Venerable is truly not short of money. For an existence like him, the need for resources is enormous and can never be satisfied.

Therefore, no matter how much money is spent on buying intelligence, it is nothing more than a drop in the ocean in the eyes of the Immortal Venerable.

Intelligence and information are among the most important things in the world of cultivation. Understanding the importance of information is the key to embarking on the path of seeking truth.

Once a cultivator embarks on the path of seeking truth, the journey becomes much easier.

Therefore, spend the money when you should; there's no need to be frugal.

Finding a secluded meditation room in the Houpu Dao Court's camel caravan, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable carefully examined the intelligence related to the four courts vying for the Spring.

The Blood Sand Alliance, well, nothing special, it's about the same as what Jade Palace Immortal Venerable knows.

Murong Daoting, well, a Murong bird attained enlightenment, a demon god and ancestor, that's boring.

The Hundred-Handed Dao Court is beyond reach. The Hundred-Handed Dao Ancestor was transformed from an earth spirit centipede and cultivated himself up little by little.

The Earth Spirit Centipede is the most common rideable monster in the Crimson Sand Realm. Often, it also serves as a "cultivator bus" for smaller factions, used for transportation between different settlements in the Crimson Sand Desert.

Given Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's level of expertise, he could certainly realize what it might mean if the Earth Spirit Centipede's racial characteristics were specially formulated by Hundred Hands Dao Ancestor.

Pure speculation; capturing possibilities is part of the cultivation of immortals.

Immortal Immortal, the junior disciple of Hundred Hands Dao Ancestor, is said to have become a disciple of Hundred Hands in [year] – a fact revealed by Hundred Hands himself, unknown to others.

This disciple of the Hundred-Handed Dao Ancestor seemed to have been well protected by the Hundred-Handed Dao Ancestor before entering the True Person Realm.
Right!
Jade Palace Immortal Venerable had felt from the beginning that if the immortal pendant was a ring pendant, the timing wouldn't quite match up; it could only be considered a close call.

According to the information collected by Houpu Daoting, the time when Xianpei entered Baishou Daozu's sect is actually very vague, and it was revealed by Baishou Daozu himself and outsiders.

What if the timeline revealed by Bai Shou is a smokescreen or a lie?
The guesses and possibilities have shown a consistent trend, all pointing to the most terrifying answer.

But Jade Palace Immortal Venerable wasn't actually that afraid. The situation was terrible, but Jade Palace Immortal Venerable had experienced just as terrible situations.

The minor setbacks that Jade Palace Immortal Venerable recently encountered due to the battle and the black dragon may seem disgusting, but they are actually nothing special.

Even if he were to actually fight Huanpei, or even the Hundred Hands under the Wuji Dao Master who had made his move even earlier, in the Crimson Sand Realm, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable would still be confident of winning.

The core logic is simple: if the Lord of Wuji Dao exists, then Bifang and the other immortals of the Boluo Society will hold him back.

Even if Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's terrifying predictions about the situation were all correct, the conflict in the Crimson Sand Realm was nothing more than a conflict between Jade Palace Immortal Venerable and Huanpei and Baishou.

At most, Huanpei and Baishou might have a few dozen more allies. That's impossible; any more and they'd just wipe them out.

Considering all this, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable looked at the intelligence from Nine Nether Valley. It was very likely that the Black Dragon had been kidnapped by a True Person from Nine Nether Valley.

There are no dragons in the Crimson Sand Realm, so after abducting the Black Dragon, they chose to hide him away and slowly train and develop him (this description is a bit far-fetched, but I can't think of a better one right now, so please give me some suggestions).

But after Jade Palace Immortal Venerable finished reading the information about Nine Nether Valley, his expression became even more serious.

No, very wrong.

The old man of the Nine Netherworlds seems to have an excessively long lifespan, having lived for 1,300 years, nearly twice the lifespan of a cultivator in the Celestial Realm!
Moreover, the name "Nine Nether Valley" seems to be problematic as well.

The name of the Cloud Mist Sect corresponds to the strongest fantasy of the cultivators in the Crimson Sand Realm.

The name of a sect like Mysterious River corresponds to its spiritual land and the mainstream direction of cultivation.

Imo Fortress was a husband-and-wife business, so each of them took one of their surnames as the name.

Unlike the Nine Nether Valley, the Nine Nether Valley sect existed first, and then the people began to call the Nine Nether Old Man.

The background and past of the Nine Netherworld Old Man are as mysterious as the Immortal Pendant.

But if the Old Man of Nine Netherworlds has a problem, wouldn't the Hundred Hands Dao Court, an ally of the Murong Dao Court to which Nine Netherworld Valley belongs, notice it?
It should be detectable.
Bai Shou is likely not a simple person, so he should be able to detect it.

Where exactly is the black dragon now?
Should I return to the 'Blood Sand' Alliance to continue fighting, or should I decisively switch to another state, a different major power, and start anew?
Trouble, an unexpected surprise, an unexpected surprise, an unexpected surprise, is a possibility.

Starting with the disappearance of the Black Dragon, the uncontrollable possibilities that have arisen are squeezing Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's own strength and position, and the possibilities that have been brought about by it.

The formal confrontation has not yet taken place, but the pressure from the enemy has already fallen on Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.
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The Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is not the only one burdened by pressure.

And then there's that old rascal, Mangxiang.

Old Mang was certainly not qualified to know that the jade pendant and the immortal pendant might be related to such a secret information; his pressure came from the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

ten years!

Ten years have passed since Feng Di Sha, Lan Cao, and Li Qiu 'disappeared' together.

Xue Loulan has reached the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment, just one step away from the Celestial Realm.

But Mang Xiang didn't care about cultivation level; what annoyed him was that Wang Yulou might really have fallen into a ditch.

Mang Xiang was furious that he couldn't personally cook, torture, and humiliate Wang Yulou.

On this day, Xue Hanshuang, the military commander who had already entered the Celestial Realm, personally came to Xue Loulan's residence.

"Loulan, it's been ten years. We can be fairly certain that the Earthly Fiends have met with misfortune."

You and he don't have any official relationship, so why bother? The clan plans to arrange a marriage for you with Sha Mangzhen from the Zhisha Daozu family.

"As long as you agree, the family will immediately and fully support you in entering the Celestial Realm. How about it?" The conditions offered by Xue Hanshuang are extremely generous for any cultivator.

These cultivation families in the Crimson Sand Realm are so closely united, like one family, heart to heart, without so much scheming.

Generosity is the main theme.

But the Blood Loulan is no longer the Blood Loulan.

how is it?

You've got a head on your horse!

How could I possibly get married?

However, if Mangxiang wants to swallow up the Xue clan, he needs to do it step by step, so his character design still needs to be maintained.

"Uncle Han Shuang, although Di Sha and I are not husband and wife in name, we have already consummated our relationship, he sob sob sob."

As he spoke, Mangxiang began to cry.

There was nothing he could do; Wang Yulou was dead, but the Feng Di Sha memorial archway was still useful, at least it could help him avoid having to marry into another family.

The Immortal Venerable doesn't care about many things, but the Mangxiang Immortal Venerable really doesn't want to become a Daoist partner with a male cultivator; there's no need for it.

There's no need to sacrifice yourself like that, and there's no need to worry about the consequences of refusing on such trivial matters.

Seeing Xue Loulan weep with tears streaming down her face, even though Xue Hanshuang wanted to persuade her, she ultimately sighed and silently left.

This is what is meant by "the Jade Palace has disappeared, and the wild elephant weeps at the grave."

I waited for a downpour in the desert, but you never came.
(End of this chapter)