Luck entry, starting from the Nine Dragons' succession

Chapter 200 Great Completion of All Things, Advancing to Profound Light

Jiang Mansion.

"This is actually a fragment of a spiritual treasure."

As he brandished the mysterious iron rod in his hand, the message from his original self echoed in his mind, and a look of deep surprise appeared on his face.

After learning that the mysterious iron rod was a fragment of a spiritual treasure, Fang Heng did not keep it to himself and gave it directly to his avatar.

According to the spirit of the Heavenly Sword Palace, this mysterious iron rod is a divine object that conceals its true nature. Even its original owner would not recognize it if standing in front of it, so it can be used boldly.

For this reason, after much deliberation, Fang Heng finally gave the mysterious iron rod to his avatar for self-defense.

"My true self, you've finally acted like a human being!" The avatar wore a tearful expression, thankfully the true self hadn't withheld his treasures this time.

After expressing his feelings, the avatar's gaze fell on the iron rod in his hand. He nodded slightly, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"Since it's a fragment of a spiritual treasure, it can't be without a name."

"Then I'll call you... Star Shattering Staff."

Using the Shattering Star Staff, the martial arts training of the transformed form also needs to be modified to some extent.

Only by practicing staff techniques can the power of this fragment of spiritual treasure be maximized.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Martial Venerable's lineage includes a matching staff technique, so there's no need to transform into a different form to struggle with it.

The Big Dipper Dragon-Subduing Staff

The staff technique of the Heavenly Martial Venerable is in line with his main cultivation method, both of which involve absorbing the power of the stars into one's own body.

The key to mastering the Big Dipper Dragon-Subduing Staff lies in absorbing the stellar power of the Big Dipper.

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The headquarters of the Shenxiao Sect.

"Su Yuntian, is he a candidate for the Invincible Body of the Qiankun Sect?" Shenxiao Zhenjun frowned slightly as he looked at his subordinate's report, his tone tinged with disbelief.

Each of the ten major Daoist schools is cultivating its own invincible body.

Everyone is testing each other.

As the number one holy land in the world, and with the experience of successfully cultivating guardian deities, the Qiankun Sect naturally became the target of everyone's attacks.

The other nine Dao Courts all tacitly agreed to regard the Qiankun Sect as their biggest competitor and joined forces to test and exclude it.

"Reporting to the Sect Master, this is information we gathered together with the people from Guanghan Palace, Shennong Valley, Sword Pavilion, and Yunzhong Palace," an elder of the Shenxiao Sect said respectfully, keeping his posture very humble.

"hehe--"

Shenxiao Zhenjun sneered, and lightning flashed in his deep eyes, like an endless sea of ​​lightning.

"You have all underestimated Taixu's cunning."

"What you were able to find out must be the Qiankun Sect's public facade."

Upon hearing this, the elder of the Shenxiao Sect was startled and quickly said, "Sect Master, do you mean that Su Yuntian is not a candidate for the Invincible Body?"

"Do not--"

"Su Yuntian is definitely one, but he is definitely not the first candidate, nor is he the most promising one."

Shenxiao Zhenjun and Taixu Zhenjun had been fighting for over a thousand years, and he was very familiar with his old rival's methods.

The Qiankun Sect definitely has multiple contingency plans, but what outsiders can see are mostly just the least desirable ones.

Just then, another elder walked in, looking hurried.

"Sect Master, the Earth Mother Palace has proposed that the entire 'Quest for the Heart' stage of the Imperial Examination should be opened, instead of just the first 2 stages as previously agreed."

Upon hearing this, Shenxiao Zhenjun was slightly taken aback, but his expression quickly returned to calm, as if he had anticipated this scene.

"Did the Right Chancellor visit the Earth Mother Palace?"

"Sect Master is incredibly insightful. The court's petty tricks are no match for your keen eyes."

Shenxiao Zhenjun was completely unconcerned about the elder's flattery, and his face showed an expression that said, "I knew it all along."

"The Earth Mother Palace was eliminated first, so it's definitely not going to sit still."

"By joining forces with the imperial court and opening up the entire Path of Inquiry, they are simply trying to cause us trouble, force our candidates to fight prematurely, and shake their invincible spirit."

Shenxiao Zhenjun saw through the Right Prime Minister and the Earth Mother Palace's intentions at a glance.

The path to invincibility is one that only one person can walk.

The journey of self-examination has begun, and the difficulty of the third test has increased significantly.

Candidates for the Invincible Body among the Ten Great Dao Courts will have their invincible spirit shaken or even shattered if they fail to reach the top.

The difficulty of reaching the top is far greater than climbing five hundred steps.

This is a naked conspiracy.

"Sect Master, I will go and contact the other Dao Courts to have a proper talk with the Right Chancellor," an elder said in an unfriendly tone.

Although he kept saying it was just talk, his menacing demeanor clearly indicated that it was more than just empty words.

However, Shenxiao Zhenjun's reaction next surprised all the elders present.

Shenxiao Zhenjun waved his hand and said, "No need. Fully opening the Path of Inquiry is a good thing!"

"Now that the Path of Inquiry has been fully opened, let's see how the true candidates of the Qiankun Sect are hidden."

Shenxiao Zhenjun not only did not stop it, but also went with the flow and secretly fueled the flames, pushing the matter forward.

This decision was made not only by Shenxiao Zhenjun, but also by other Daoist sects such as Jian Ge, Shennong Valley, Yunzhong Palace, Ziyang Sect, and Guanghan Palace, all of whom agreed.

The outcome is already decided, and even the Qiankun Sect can do nothing about it.

Looking at the intelligence in his hand, True Lord Taixu sighed.

"They're after our Qiankun Sect!"

……

The situation was turbulent at the Ten Great Dao Courts due to changes in the content of the three examinations.

Fang Heng, however, began his seclusion in the Prince's mansion.

"It actually worked!"

Fang Heng looked at the stellar phenomena in his dantian and a look of emotion appeared on his face.

According to Fang Heng's plan, his Myriad Manifestations Realm phenomena need to include the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

According to the original plan, the celestial phenomena might require the help of Baiyujing to be successfully cultivated.

However, Fang Heng has not been idle these past few days. He has been trying to use the Taixu Star Evolution Scripture to conjure up celestial phenomena and use them to represent "heaven".

Unexpectedly, Fang Heng actually managed to get it done.

The planned phenomena are now complete, with heaven, earth, humanity, yin and yang, the five elements, time and space, and the universe all integrated into one, perfectly round and flawless.

"The advancement to the Profound Light realm begins today!"

Fang Heng made up his mind and immediately began to break through the bottleneck of the fifth realm, the Profound Light Realm.

There's no time like the present. Since I've already mastered the extraordinary phenomenon of "Heaven" today, I might as well go all out and advance to the fifth realm.

The magical power within his body, like the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, flowed ceaselessly, cleansing his limbs and bones. After a complete cycle, it finally merged into his dantian.

Click!
An invisible sound resounded deep within Fang Heng's body, as if something had shattered.

A profound and powerful aura erupted from Fang Heng's body, sweeping through the entire cultivation room like a storm.

Even the array in the meditation room kept flashing with seven-colored spiritual light, as if it was enduring some kind of enormous pressure.

This scene lasted for a full fifteen minutes.

The spiritual energy storm suddenly stopped, as if it had never happened. "Whoosh—"

Fang Heng exhaled a long breath, slowly opened his eyes, and two beams of light burst forth from them.

A smile played on his lips, and his whole being exuded an indescribable lightness.

The Profound Light Realm has been achieved!

The fifth realm of Taoism: the Profound Light Realm.

As the name suggests, it involves refining one's innate profound light within the Crimson Palace.

If the first four realms are about cultivating the lower dantian, then from the fifth realm onwards, the cultivation method is no longer limited to the lower dantian.

The fifth realm, the Profound Light Realm, focuses on cultivating the middle dantian, also known as the Crimson Palace. Within the Crimson Palace, one cultivates a natal profound light.

The sixth realm, the Purple Mansion Realm, focuses on cultivating the upper dantian. The upper dantian is also known as the Purple Mansion or Niwan Palace, where one refines their divine sense and achieves a pure and immaculate spiritual platform.

The seventh realm, the Golden Core Realm, connects the upper, middle, and lower dantian, unifies essence, energy, and spirit, and condenses the natal golden core.

After swallowing a golden elixir, I realized that my fate was not determined by fate.

After advancing to the Golden Core Realm, Taoist cultivators experience a significant increase in lifespan, reaching a full five hundred years, which sets them apart from other cultivation systems.

Fang Ding calmed himself down and didn't think about cultivation methods that were too far ahead. Instead, he began to ponder the cultivation of the Profound Light Realm.

The core of cultivating the Profound Light Realm lies in the four words "Five Elements Qi Guiding".

Extract the Qi of the Five Elements, and use the Qi of the Five Elements as a whetstone to hone one's innate profound light.

The innate mystical light is a symbol of a cultivator's vitality and spirituality, and also a powerful protective divine power.

Even for Fang Heng, who has many tricks up his sleeve, this should not be underestimated.

Who would complain about having too few methods?
As for refining the five elements!

Cultivators need to practice the Five Elements techniques; they don't need to be too proficient, but they are indispensable.

At this moment, Fang Heng's immense ambition within the Myriad Manifestations Realm came into play.

He had long ago cultivated the Five Elements Technique, and had even cultivated Five Elements Phenomena.

For Fang Heng, refining the five elements was a piece of cake.

With a wave of his right hand, the spiritual energy in the void converged towards Fang Heng's hand.

A vortex of spiritual energy faintly formed in Fang Heng's palm.

At the same time, Fang Heng unleashed his divine sense without reservation.

The colorful vortex of spiritual energy, under the manipulation of the powerful divine will, actually began to split.

It split into five small vortexes of spiritual energy of different colors.

Each small vortex of spiritual energy contains a unique type of spiritual energy.

Gold, wood, water, fire and earth!
All five elements are present!

This continued for an unknown period of time, until each of the five small vortexes of spiritual energy emitted a pure color.

Blue, red, white, black, yellow!

The moment these five pure colors appeared, a faint look of joy appeared in Fang Heng's eyes.

This is the Qi of the Five Elements!
The extracted Five Elements Qi showed a faint tendency to dissipate.

However, Fang Hengqi would give the five elements of energy a chance to dissipate. He would open his mouth and inhale, drawing the five elements of energy into his abdomen.

The Qi of the Five Elements surged into the Crimson Palace along the meridians within the body.

The natal light within the Crimson Palace seemed to be stimulated, trembling slightly.

If the five elements are the whetstone, then the natal mystic light in the Crimson Palace is the sharpened sword.

As the five elements refine one's innate spiritual light, the radiance becomes increasingly pure.

It seems to give the impression of hatching from a shell.

This scene continued for an hour before Fang Heng ended his cultivation.

Looking at the natal light within the Crimson Palace, Fang Heng sighed.

"At the current rate of cultivation, it will take at least a month for the natal profound light to complete its tempering."

"Ugh—it's still too slow!"

……

A few days later.

The third round of the imperial examinations has begun.

The candidates who had passed the first two rounds gathered in the Wenyuan Pavilion to prepare for the third round of examinations.

The poor students were still eager to try, completely unaware of the turbulent undercurrents that were brewing after the third test.

However, the people from the Ten Great Dao Courts looked solemn. This third trial was not like the previous two, where everyone was on good terms.

Although there were winners and losers in both the preliminary and second rounds, it didn't have a significant impact on my invincible spirit.

Only someone as hopeless as Lin Ying would stumble and fall into such a predicament.

However, this third trial's Path of Inquiry is different. If one can reach the top, one can naturally solidify one's invincible heart.

If one cannot reach the summit, but someone else does, it would be a devastating blow to the invincible spirit.

The Right Chancellor was aware of the undercurrents beneath the surface of the three examinations, so he specially arranged for them to be held in the Wenyuan Pavilion, fearing that Lin Qihe alone would not be able to manage the situation.

When the avatar arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion, countless eyes immediately fell upon it.

There was admiration, fear, anger, and jealousy.

Amidst heavy gazes, a complex mix of emotions lingered.

As for the children from poor families, the moment they saw Jiang Pojun arrive, they seemed to have found a pillar of support and surrounded him.

Lin Qihe looked at Jiang Pojun and found him more and more pleasing to the eye.

They come from humble backgrounds, and their descendants are worthy of carrying on their legacy!
Perhaps, a military prime minister will emerge from among them.

Among the three prime ministers, there are precedents of people from humble backgrounds serving as both the left and right prime ministers.

The only exception is the Military Prime Minister, which has always been held by aristocratic military families, and those from humble backgrounds have never been able to obtain it.

Ultimately, the military places greater emphasis on force.

To become a military prime minister, one must possess the strength to be the bravest in the army; otherwise, one will be unable to control the celestial marquises and divine generals under one's command.

The time had come, and Lin Qihe glanced at the Right Chancellor with a cryptic look.

The Right Chancellor nodded slightly, and Lin Qihe immediately felt relieved. With a flick of his sleeve, a beam of white jade light descended from the sky.

A white jade staircase, shrouded in light, appeared before everyone's eyes.

On the white jade steps, there was a mysterious and ancient array. If you looked closely, it would be enough to make even a tenth-level array master dizzy and unable to distinguish east from west.

This path is the path of self-examination in the three trials.

Anyone who embarks on the path of self-examination must undergo the trials of inner demons, which are extremely demanding on the mental fortitude of cultivators.

These three tests are to filter out candidates whose character and temperament are not up to par.

Lin Qihe scanned the crowd and shouted at the examinees present.

"The third test officially begins!"

"Why don't you all hurry up and enter the path of self-examination?"

(End of this chapter)