From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 235 The Gathering of the Five Chosen Ones

Hua Liuli arrived fully armed, with the Five Sacred Mountains Pearl hanging from her head, exuding a murderous aura.

"What's going on? Are we going to start a battle with the Golden Crow God right now?!" She looked around nervously, but found that the battle seemed to have ended, and her eyes were full of confusion.

Chen Xuan inquired about the old monster Tai Xuan's recent situation and the matter of reopening the Qingnang.

"Old Zhang? He was recently borrowed by the True Monarchs of major forces such as Yunmeng Taiyi Forbidden Land and Wenjian Dojo for research."

Hua Liuli sighed, "Old Zhang and Little Zhang, who were brought out from Guyao Mountain, aroused the curiosity of the local True Lords as soon as they arrived in Yunmeng."

Out of desperation, she started a business renting out Tai Xuan Zhenjun... It's tough for a lowly cultivator to survive! Tough! Tough!

"We're about to redeem the Qingnang Dojo from the Five Elements Sect. Hmph! That young sect master, Han Shuangjiang, tried to propose marriage, but I scolded him away." Hua Liuli crossed her arms and discussed recent events, coldly saying, "There are far too many people who covet my beauty and wealth!"

Then, she looked Chen Xuan up and down and exclaimed in surprise, "You've reached the second level of the Heavenly Realm! So fast!"

Chen Xuan nodded slightly, then sighed, "It won't be that fast anymore."

The cauldron has nine levels, each more difficult than the last, with the difficulty increasing several times over.

To advance to the second level, one only needs to master the sage's "Phoenix True Scripture".

To reach the third level, one needs at least five or six different scriptures to accumulate power together.

The fourth heaven contains a dozen or so true scriptures.

There are probably nearly a hundred types of the Five Heavens...

Further on, the number of scriptures required will be terrifying... Even with the scriptures alone, to reach the perfect state of the ninth heaven, it might not be enough to integrate all the scriptures of the three thousand mythical beasts of the mountains and seas.

The ancient immortal Shangyang possessed such talent and confidence... but in the present world, some of the sacred texts of mountains and seas have long been lost. Chen Xuan will need to find other ways to utilize these celestial treasures, such as the peaches of immortality.

"Didn't the Qingqiu Fox go to Yunmeng to look for you?" Chen Xuan asked, beginning to inquire about the recent situation of Qingqiu and the Little Dragon Palace.

"The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox of Qingqiu came to Yunmeng Market to inquire about the day when Qingnang would reopen. She also asked about the White Fox God, Zhao Shenhu and you... Later, she casually mentioned a few things about Baicao Zhenjun and left with a heavy heart."

Hua Liuli informed Chen Xuan that Baicao Zhenjun had persuaded Qingqiu not to take action against the Qingnang Dojo.

Chen Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that True Lord Baicao had sent the peace talks back to Qingqiu.

He immediately told Hua Liuli about the strange things he had discovered. Hua Liuli was shocked and a chill ran through her.

Then, Hua Liuli also told Chen Xuan a secret that had not yet been spread.

“In Ziwei Shangzhou, a few days ago, Buddha's light descended from the sky and golden lotuses sprang from the ground, indicating that a Buddha’s child is about to be born.” Hua Liuli whispered, “This Buddha’s child is related to the True Lord Bodhisattva who perished in the Ancient Ape Kingdom of Yaoguang Prefecture.”

"Hmm? What happened next?" Chen Xuan asked with curiosity.

"The Bodhisattva of the Ape Kingdom attained the status of a True Monarch in his sixth incarnation during his divine journey, but has now perished and is reincarnating for the seventh time," Hua Liuli said in a low voice.

"To travel through nine lifetimes in spirit is to have a nine-life destiny," Chen Xuan murmured.

Advanced cultivators of the 【Tao Hongchen】 will be reborn after their death and the dissipation of their Dao, and will once again embark on the path of Qi cultivation.

It will only truly perish after nine generations.

Otherwise, how could there be so many figures in the Southern Region's list of immortals who are on par with the Heavenly Mandate Immortals?
These are the people.

Or perhaps, he is a true virtuous descendant like Zhao Shenhu.

Or perhaps he is the reincarnation of a true lord or great being!

"The birthplace of the Bodhisattva of the Ape Kingdom was predicted in advance."

As Hua Liuli spoke, she raised her hand, making a chopping motion, and continued, "When a mortal woman gave birth to a Buddha child and the image of Buddha was just beginning to emerge, a black hand immediately descended from the Great Void and turned her entire family into ashes."

The seventh incarnation of the Bodhisattva of the Monkey Kingdom thus ended.

"You can do that?" Chen Xuan was a little surprised, his knowledge had broadened considerably. To trap a True Monarch of Reincarnation in the womb and kill him by force? That's... a bit too sinister.

"High-level cultivators are not human." Hua Liuli sighed. Killing a True Monarch when he was insignificant was insidious but effective.

The position of True Lord is limited; once one steps down, it's not so easy to ascend to the position again.

The reincarnated true lord is worse than a dog.

That's what everyone in the Qi cultivation world says.

Dogs can survive, but a reincarnated True Lord will not have a chance to live if he is not found by his original power first.

"It is said that [Little Spirit Mountain] and [Changyou Mountain] of the ape race fought fiercely over the eighth incarnation of the Bodhisattva of the Ape Kingdom, causing the land of Ziwei Prefecture to sink and the lives of countless people to be lost." Hua Liuli said with pity, "A battle between True Monarchs in the present world has led to the destruction of an entire prefecture."

"Terrible..." Chen Xuan sighed. Just like Tai Xuan who had lost his power, he was no longer the true Tai Xuan, but a mad old man. And the other reincarnated people who had lost the power of a True Monarch were no longer True Monarchs either.

At the same time, Chen Xuan thought of Emperor Jiang, wondering which incarnation he was, and whether he still had the chance to be reincarnated...

In the world of immortals and ghosts, great events happen every moment.

The reopening of the Qingnang in Yunmeng Prefecture has stirred up a storm, gradually attracting the attention of the world. In other prefectures, similarly earth-shattering events are taking place.

Chen Xuan and Hua Liuli talked for a long time, and then he traded the physical body of the Golden Crow God to Hua Liuli.

"The pills for Wu Taotie are about to be fired up. I'll bring them to you next time we meet," Hua Liuli said.

Alchemy usually takes forty-nine days, but Hua Liuli's subordinates had never refined the Sun Elixir before, so it took them longer.

Soon, Hua Liuli left, burdened with a heavy mission.

She stayed at Guyao Mountain for nearly a year, during which many things accumulated at the Two Realms Market. In addition, there was the matter of reopening the Qingnang Dojo, but the other three men—Chen Xuan—did not take charge, and Lao Zhang and Xiao Zhang did not seem like the incompetent men who could manage anything.

Hua Liuli was so busy that she barely had time to breathe.

……

Chen Xuan returned to Tiger Mountain and began to study the "True Scripture of the Roc".

"The Golden Crow Psychic is in a hurry to deal with today's events."

Chen Xuan thought to himself that he was now firmly rooted in the Southern Wilderness, right in front of the Golden Crow God, and would not take a single step away.

He wants to thoroughly understand all the aspects that can be improved at this stage, and his strength is rapidly increasing every minute and every second.

But the Golden Crow God could only watch helplessly as all of this happened.

Before we knew it, winter was approaching, and snow began to fall from the sky, turning the entire Southern Wilderness into a pristine white wonderland of ice and snow.

Four months have passed.

Chen Xuan cultivated the Fire element: the "True Scripture of the Roc Bird" and the "True Scripture of the Bifang"; the Water element: the "True Scripture of the Crying Serpent"; and the Earth element: the "True Scripture of Dangkang".

Add the "Phoenix True Scripture".

The Five Treasures Warrior Immortal Body in the Mountain and Sea version also incorporates five true scriptures.

"The immortal body is two sides of the same coin. Heavenly Mandate and Mountain and Sea share the same immortal body with the same strength, but the way they use immortal energy is different."

Chen Xuan sensed the changes in the Five Treasures Martial Immortal Body. Although the Heavenly Mandate Immortal Body was a unity of the Five Elements, the Mountain and Sea Immortal Body was also guided by the Sage Phoenix True Scripture, and each had its own strengths.

"The strengthening of the four true scriptures is not yet enough to trigger the minor tribulation for breaking through the realm," Chen Xuan thought to himself, adding that he still needed to put in more effort.

During the more than four months of cultivation.

Hua Liuli took the initiative to come twice, exchange ideas, and bring the newly produced Sun Elixir to Chen Xuan.

Simultaneously.

In the northern part of the southern wilderness, a grand hunt to conquer the Chu Kingdom has begun. Countless Taoist masters and immortal ghosts, led by powerful mountain lords, are heading to the battlefield to devour opportunities.

After bidding farewell to Chen Xuan, the tiger cubs of the Hu family also went to the State of Chu to participate in the war.

They are the children of the mountain spirits, who are usually pure and do not kill other ghosts or monsters on the mountain. Now, participating in the war in Chu is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Tiger Mountain gradually quieted down, appearing even more lonely amidst the swirling snow.

"Apart from the Mountain Lord and the Three-Tailed Fox who refines weapons, the Great Demon Lord of the Northern Mountain has basically all gone out to explore." At the foot of Tiger Mountain, the Azure Feathered Luan Bird said in a muffled voice, shaking the snow off its shoulders.

"You can also go out and make a name for yourself," the Golden-Winged Roc said in a deep voice, glancing sideways at a group of Chu Kingdom Demon Suppression Bureau cultivators warming themselves by a fire in the distance.

In recent days, there have been very few ghosts and monsters coming to "join the army" to try their luck. Those with ability and fighting spirit have all left, and these demon-suppressing cultivators have gradually become more idle.

"The safety of Saint Chen Xuan is more important!" The Azure Feather Luan Bird thought for a moment, shook its head, and said firmly, "I must atone for my sins and cannot leave."

It had offended Chen Xuan with its words, and as a result, it could not find peace day or night, fearing that it would die on some unknown, cold night.

The Azure Phoenix cannot return to the South. If it leaves the North again, it will only be able to live a life of wandering and hardship... But in the Southern Wilderness, ghosts and monsters are seen as flesh and blood medicine by all Qi practitioners, and they are very likely to die a violent death in a foreign land.

In the distance, a dozen or so cultivators from the Demon Suppression Division of the Chu Kingdom warmed themselves by a fire, listening to the mutterings of the two ghosts. They had grown accustomed to their presence, but the terrifying aura unintentionally released by the cauldron-like ghost still made them tremble with fear.

Two beautiful young women from the Crimson Raven City region, both at the Ascension Realm, were warming themselves with delicate little hand warmers.

"Is it really him?" The girl named Chu Qingling, her peach blossom eyes filled with unspoken words, heard that familiar name again. The war between the Chu Kingdom and the Western Kingdom had lasted for almost three years, and almost all the independent cultivators and Qi practitioners from small families had been conscripted by the Demon Suppression Division.

Now that Chu Qingling has reached the second level of immortality, she can only do some logistical and clerical work within the Chu region.

"It's him! I've checked, it's Chen Xuan. He's already famous throughout the land and has made a name for himself!"

Another round-faced girl, Wang Ling'er, leaned against Chu Qingling, pointed to the summit of Tiger Mountain, and sighed, "My father once said that Chen Xuan could complete the Daoist scriptures in ten years. We must kneel before him before we see him, but..."

Wang Ling'er paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "My father is wrong. In just three years, we won't even have the right to see him again... In the end, we are not from the same world."

A faint sadness flickered in the woman's eyes... They were the little geniuses of Crimson Raven City, but the true geniuses had already stepped onto the magnificent stage of Yaoguang Prefecture, navigating the complexities of the world.

They are still minor cultivators who have attained enlightenment, and may not be able to complete the Daoist scriptures in this lifetime.

But Chen Xuan, in just three short years... even the great demons of the cauldron were willing to guard his gate.

"My father sent word home that the ghosts and monsters of the Southern Wilderness have recently joined the war, catching the Rain Kingdom and the Zhi Kingdom off guard. Several lost old cities have been recaptured."

Wang Ling'er chattered with her best friend, laughing, "It's all thanks to him becoming the Holy Son of the Southern Wilderness, otherwise, all of us minor cultivators from the mainland would be on the battlefield to die..."

Chu Qingling stared blankly at the infamous summit of Tiger Mountain, and some memories she often recalled resurfaced. It was a cold, snowy day when a naive, uneducated rogue cultivator in a dilapidated temple treated her family to roasted meat...

Snow and wind swept across the land, engulfing the sky and the earth, creating a vast expanse of white.

……

"Acridine!"

A bright white sun rose, rotating like a yin-yang symbol. From the eyes of the yin-yang symbol, a small Taoist figure dressed in martial arts attire leaped out.

It was over a foot long, with a bright sun mark on its forehead, and was about to survey its surroundings. The towering Emperor Daozang, a hundred feet tall, with a majestic expression, grabbed it with a giant hand.

"Eighth Brother!" Emperor Daozang said in a deep voice, and then immediately set rules for the martial arts villains.

"Ah!" On the other side of the sky, under the black full moon, the little Tianyan clapped his hands happily.

The martial arts villain was born with a tough bone, neither causing trouble nor fearing it. He was also very clever and immediately started fighting with the Human Emperor Daozang... The rebellion was quickly suppressed.

Chen Xuan practiced the Daoist Canon, which contained the true scriptures of martial arts.

"Eighth Brother! Eighth Brother!" The five Destiny Gods within his body and internal organs cried out with joy, wanting to enter the small celestial body and play with the new Destiny member.

Chen Xuan granted them permission and gave them a break.

Soon after.

Chen Xuan swallowed a Sun Spirit Pill and continued cultivating the "Martial Arts True Scripture," making rapid progress and quickly resolving any cultivation difficulties he encountered along the way.

More than a month later.

Chen Xuan mastered the Cauldron Chapter of the Martial Arts Manual and integrated it into the Heavenly Mandate Immortal Scripture.

"The minor heavenly tribulation is just one step away from descending."

After more than six months of cultivation, Chen Xuan reached the critical point of facing the Tribulation of the Third Heaven.

But it couldn't go any further.

Chen Xuan has now completed all the true scriptures he can control.

Of the eight Heavenly Mandate Scriptures, six have been integrated into a single "Heavenly Mandate Immortal Scripture." The remaining two—the Taiyin Heavenly Evolution First Heaven and the Plague Department Human Emperor Fifth Heaven—are currently lacking spiritual resources and provisions.

Of the six manuals of the Mountain and Sea True Scripture, five were integrated into a single "Mountain and Sea Immortal Scripture." The remaining manual, the Thunder-attribute "Yinglong True Scripture," also lacked sufficient Thunder-attribute spiritual materials... The three strands of Daoist spiritual essence from Long Ziyue and others were not enough.

"Next, we either need to find new true scriptures, or we can only continue cultivating by using the two new true scriptures, Heavenly Mandate and Mountain and Sea, which we have fused together," Chen Xuan thought to himself.

then.

Chen Xuan summoned the Emperor's Banner, and as the banner fluttered, a fox spirit in flowing white robes rolled out. She was beautiful, with a delicate, pointed chin, but her expression was sickly.

"I want to practice the Nine-Tailed True Scripture, give it to me!" Chen Xuan reached out to ask for the Wind Qi True Scripture.

He had killed several Qingqiu foxes and had Hua Liuli refine them, thus possessing a certain number of Wind Qi Spirit Pills.

"This...isn't that inappropriate?" Bai Hu'er was taken aback upon hearing this, blinking her charming fox eyes, thinking to herself, "This Holy Son of the Southern Wilderness is too direct, isn't he?"

Does he have to give it to her just because he wants it?

"Hmm?" Chen Xuan raised his eyebrows, somewhat displeased.

In the past six months, whenever he had any questions, he would ask the White Fox Goddess, and thus learned many secrets of the Qi cultivation world.

“My lord has already made arrangements to not be your enemy. So you cannot ask for my Scripture…” the White Fox God said softly, her smile carrying a hint of flattery.

“I only need the first half of the Nine-Tailed Mantra,” Chen Xuan said.

The first half of the true scripture can be incredibly valuable or incredibly cheap. Even if it's leaked, it's not a serious matter. Many powerful forces are even happy to spread their inherited first half of the true scripture throughout the world.

However, the second half of the true scripture, along with its secret techniques and essential methods of combat, are all closely guarded secrets. Those who wish to cultivate it can only do so through "orthodox" means.

Otherwise, they would become mortal enemies and there would be no way they could escape disaster.

"Let me go back to Qingqiu, and I'll tell you," the white fox spirit pleaded. Despair grew with each passing day. Had those foxes of Qingqiu gone mad? Why hadn't they come to redeem her, the fox spirit?

Although Qingqiu is far from Yaoguang Prefecture, it has been half a year. Even without the help of the legendary magic array, they should have reached the Southern Wilderness by now, just by walking!
"Is your soul, body, and life only worth the first half of the Nine-Tailed True Scripture?" Chen Xuan asked, feeling that the white fox was unsettled and needed to be taught a lesson.

"Uh..." White Fox blinked, thinking to herself, of course her own life is much better than the first half of a true scripture.

If her soul and body are destroyed, she will die in this life. After reincarnation, it will take at least thirty-five years to regain her cultivation... If something unexpected happens along the way, she may not have the chance to become a god again.

"If you're willing to give me a crystallized essence of the Human Emperor's Banner, I can..."

The white fox spirit carefully bargained, weighing her words to gain an advantage for herself.

But suddenly, Chen Xuan frowned. Something unexpected had happened in his field of vision that caught his attention.

"Yan Yushu, are you going back to Yaoguang Prefecture?"

Chen Xuan was taken aback. Suddenly, the black dot representing Yan Yushu appeared in the Yunmeng Prefecture from the farthest reaches of his vision.

The Jade Book of the Six Desires Heaven and the black light spot representing the main flower of the two realms, Liuli, converged together.

"Is she using the teleportation array of the Two Realms Market? Is she planning to return to Crimson Raven City?" Chen Xuan thought to himself, "That's a glutton who doesn't know how to control himself."

Yan Yushu traveled hundreds of millions of miles to find him to help her relieve stress.

This……

Simultaneously.

Chen Xuan was taken aback.

The black light spot of Emperor Yan Ming Xiao Hou was heading towards the Yunmeng Market.

And, for some unknown reason, the white light spot of the Black Cat Lady is also approaching Yunmeng Prefecture, having somehow ended up there.

next moment.

What happened next surprised Chen Xuan even more.

The black light spot of Tianyan Dao Fanxian flickered and disappeared from Butian Prefecture, where Butian Daoist Temple was located. The next moment, it appeared near Yunmeng Market.

"What happened in Yunmeng Prefecture?" Chen Xuan asked, his brows furrowed and his face ashen.

That vile woman, Tianyan Daofanxian, never leaves the Heaven-Mending Daoist Temple, but now, she's gone to Yunmeng Prefecture...

In an instant, the entire eastern part of the three thousand states in the Southern Region was alarmed.

"Fine, I don't want anything anymore!"

The white fox spirit cried out in a shrill voice. She was startled by Chen Xuan's sudden serious expression, and so she dared not continue to bargain.

Although she knew that Chen Xuan wouldn't kill her without reason out of respect for True Lord Baicao, she still couldn't bear it if he did anything else excessive to her... True Lord Baicao wouldn't concern himself with such trivial matters.

After all, Chen Xuan possessed a complete divine soul body, allowing him to do whatever he pleased with her divine soul body.

"The five chosen ones have gathered in Yunmeng..." Chen Xuan's expression was cold.

Suddenly, he raised his head, his eyes slightly burning. At that moment, his inner meditation activated on its own, and he saw strange things.

The sound of wind.

A gentle, fox-scented breeze swirled down from the heavens, enveloping the entire Southern Wilderness.

Chen Xuan heard... Bai Cao Zhenjun's cry for help.

(End of this chapter)