Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 386 Evenly matched
The next morning.

Qingming Peak, the Battle Platform.

"Greetings, Uncle Chen."

The graceful young woman bowed deeply, her face showing respect.

"I need to rent the dueling arena for one day. Remember to activate the fourth-tier defensive barrier."

After saying that, Chen Beiwu took out a high-grade spirit stone and handed it to the female cultivator.

The Dongming Changqing lineage has a considerable number of disciples, but most of them are unable to become disciples of their master. On the contrary, the eldest disciple has taken in many disciples.

The graceful female cultivator in front of Chen Beiwu was Chai Ya, the ninth disciple of the eldest senior brother, who was responsible for guarding the fighting platform of Qingming Peak and had a cultivation level of early Golden Core.

Upon hearing this, Chai Ya accepted the spirit stone and proactively activated the restrictions on the dueling platform.

"Buzz!"

In an instant, the fourth-order profound array on the dueling platform was activated, and an invisible ripple spread out instantly.

Seeing this, Chen Beiwu nodded inwardly.

Ten thousand spirit stones is neither a lot nor a little, but it is far from enough to sustain a fourth-order mystic array for a day.

If Chen Beiwu hadn't been of high seniority, which allowed him to receive certain discounts and reductions, and hadn't been the chief disciple of the Immortal Sect, he probably wouldn't have been able to enjoy such a price.

"It's your turn."

Chen Beiwu turned his head and glanced at the golden egg and the Five Qi Vine.

"Na."

Five Qi Vine took a deep breath and jumped onto the dueling platform. Five-colored light flowed around its vines and leaves, radiating boundless vitality and the five elements.

Not to be outdone, the golden egg strode through the air with its dragon claws and instantly teleported to the other side of the dueling platform. At the same time, it raised its three dragon heads and unleashed an extremely powerful and vast dragon might that was enough to make all beasts kneel in worship.

The clash and confrontation of their energies caused the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the dueling platform to suddenly become chaotic, producing a booming sound.

Standing to the side, Chai Ya's eyes lit up with excitement as she stared intently at the Five Qi Vine.

Although she was a rotating cultivator on the fighting arena, she could often see the strong members of the Dongming Changqing lineage honing their magical abilities and combat skills on the fighting arena, but she rarely saw the Five Qi Vine, a titled Heavenly Gang Mystic Beast that was ranked extremely high on the Heavenly Gang Ranking, ranking fifth.

'Uncle Chen's companion beast is indeed extraordinary. Is this the renowned Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon from the Jade Purity official website?'

Chai Ya shifted her gaze to the alien dragon on the other side, whose aura was subtly dominant, her eyes filled with undisguised admiration.

The fifth-ranked Heavenly General, the Ever-Changing Five Qi Vine, is not just a name; it is renowned throughout the Immortal Alliance for its solid achievements.

However, this three-phase black dragon was also extremely powerful, as it could simultaneously control three mutually restraining five elements, giving her a sense of being unmatched.

Unfortunately, these types of alien dragons are mostly evolved through bloodline mutation, and there is no stable Heavenly Gang evolution path.

Otherwise, the Three-Phase Mystic Dragon clan could probably be ranked among the titled Heavenly Dipper Mystic Beasts, and would be pursued by countless Immortal Alliance cultivators.

"This competition is merely a friendly exchange; no killing is permitted. Do you understand?"

Chen Beiwu mentally reminded them, fearing that the two little ones might get really angry and resort to violence.

"no problem."

The golden egg extended its dragon claw and made an OK sign.

"Na."

The Five Qi Vine nodded, indicating that it was ready and could start the battle at any time.

"The battle begins!"

With Chen Beiwu's right hand waving downwards, the battle instantly began.

"Boom!"

Jin Dan showed no sign of holding back, immediately unleashing the Three Manifestations of Divine Power, attempting to seize the initiative and gain control of the battle's rhythm.

Five Qi Vine felt a chill in its heart. It saw three-colored divine light flowing across the surface of the golden egg, and three special illusory figures, neither gold nor jade, neither spirit nor flesh, emerged from the void behind it.

Metallic sharpness!

Water is both strong and gentle!

The wood element never ceases!

The three phases merged into one, forming the Three-Phase Manifestation of the Sacred Dragon Body, and an overwhelming and vast dragon might instantly permeated the entire dueling arena.

Five Qi Vine stood still, a slight twitch at the corner of his eye.

The reason is simple: they used to be teammates, but now they are opponents. Locked down by the Three-Phase Manifestation Flood Dragon's Dharma Body, his body stiffened. Only then did Wu Qi Teng realize that the three realm demon generals who died at the hands of the Golden Egg were not unjust.

The weak third-realm demon generals would likely have their souls annihilated and their physical bodies collapse and die the moment they were locked onto by the Dharma Body.

A demon general whose cultivation has reached the perfection of the third realm can rely on his profound cultivation to withstand the attack, but he will also lose most of his combat power, with only seven-tenths of his strength remaining.

"Eat my claw!"

Five Qi Vine's eyes flickered slightly. It saw the golden egg activating the Three Absolute True Qi to break through the void. A dragon claw wrapped around the Three Qi Myriad Manifestations crashed down, giving it the illusion of a spatial blockade with nowhere to hide.

'Five Elements Transform into a Puppet!'

With a thought, four puppet clones with the same appearance and aura as the original appeared behind the Five Qi Vine, standing in the five directions.

In the next instant, the five Five Qi Vines moved in unison, their bodies shimmering with the five elements of precious light. One vine suddenly burst forth, transforming into a five-colored divine sword that pierced straight towards the golden egg dragon claw.

"Pfft!"

The sword light was extremely fast, piercing through the golden egg dragon claw in an instant, but Wu Qi Teng showed no joy on his face and turned his head to look behind him.

As expected, the dragon claw was just an afterimage; the real attack came from behind.

Using the speed of spatial teleportation and the concealment of the Flowing Water Illusion, the Golden Egg seized the opportunity and launched a sneak attack silently. The dragon claw mercilessly pierced through the left half of the Five Qi Vine's body, but the Five Elements Treasure Light turned into ripples and spread wildly.

'It really is a puppet.'

The golden dragon retreated violently, only to find that the balance of power had shifted. The ground of the fighting arena was shimmering with the light of the Five Elements, and ancient trees as thick as vats rose from the ground, growing at an unprecedented speed to form a primeval forest.

Golden Egg's eyes narrowed sharply, and it slammed its claw down, striking the ancient tree heavily. Five-colored light flowed across the surface of the tree, and the broken trunk instantly recovered completely, without any damage.

Rumble!
As the surging, boundless greenery completely engulfed the golden egg, a dragon-imprisoning cage suddenly formed.

'Impressive combat awareness!' Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

The golden egg is top-notch in defense, speed, and attack. If the Five Qi Vine wants to win, it must create a suitable domain to suppress the golden egg's speed and regain the rhythm of the battle; otherwise, it will only be beaten on one side.

"Na!"

Wu Qi Teng clasped his hands together, and with a booming sound, a five-headed wooden dragon that blotted out the sky was formed.

Learn from the barbarians and develop skills to control the barbarians.

The golden egg has only three heads, while the five-headed wooden dragon it created by transforming the five elements has five heads.

'Five against three, the advantage is in my hands!'

As the Five Qi Vine's will descended, the five-headed wooden dragon, whose power was comparable to that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, suddenly lowered its head, and its five enormous mouths, shimmering with precious light, immediately tore at various parts of the golden egg's body.

The golden egg remained expressionless, activating the unchanging profound mysteries of the three phases.

"Qiang!"

"Qiang!"

"Qiang!"

As Jin Dan had predicted, these five wooden dragons appeared to possess an exceptionally powerful aura, capable of suppressing ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul True Monarchs. However, they were not adept at killing; while they could overwhelm Golden Core True Monarchs, they could not break through their defenses.

With a roar, the golden egg activated the profound power of the Three-Phase Furnace, and its three dragon heads simultaneously bit at the five-headed wooden dragon.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The vines shattered, and sap flew everywhere. Under the incredulous gaze of the Five Elements Vine, the Golden Egg opened its blood-red maw and devoured the Five Elements creation it had formed with great magical power.

"Forehead."

After eating most of the Five-Headed Wooden Dragon, Golden Egg burped, not because it was full, but because it was getting a little tired of eating vegetarian food.

"Interesting!" Chen Beiwu was also somewhat surprised.

Golden Egg's fighting instincts are truly formidable. Knowing that a war of attrition might not be able to outlast Five Qi Vine, it used the Three-Phase Furnace Mystic Power as its foundation, fighting while simultaneously recovering its mana, rather than relying on its speed, attack, and defense advantages to quickly defeat Five Qi Vine, which excels at recovery.

"Na!"

Upon seeing this, the Five Qi Vine quickly changed its fighting style.

If the golden egg were to act recklessly and try to win by sheer strength, it would have a thousand ways to slowly wear down the former.

However, if the Golden Egg steadily maintains the rhythm of the battle and slowly erodes and suppresses it, it really won't be able to break through the Three-Phase Mystic Dragon's defense.

As Chen Beiwu had predicted, as time passed, the battle between the golden egg and the Five Qi Vine gradually fell into a strange stalemate.

Jin Dan remained calm and used his Three Absolute True Qi to continuously find opportunities to leave injuries on the Five Qi Vine, forcing it to use the Five Elements Treasure Light to heal itself.

As for the Five Qi Puppets?
Having witnessed the golden egg devour the Five Qi Puppet as a mana replenishment pack, the Five Qi Vine has already disabled this profound power on its own.

Even so, the golden egg only gained a slight advantage, rather than securing a decisive victory.

The reason is simple: although the golden egg can break through the Five Elements Transformation Defense of the Five Qi Vine and cause some damage, it can never suppress the Five Qi Vine's astonishingly terrifying regenerative power.

After all, the Five Qi Vine carries the title of Heavenly General of an entire medicinal forest.

With numerous spiritual plants and precious medicines, even fourth-order profound medicines constantly nourishing it, the Five Qi Vine is undoubtedly the best among the Heavenly Gang Mystic Beasts in terms of endurance and recovery.

Conversely, the same applies because the Five Qi Stealing Heaven Hand was too dangerous and was banned by Chen Beiwu, and the Five Qi Vine could not break through the Golden Egg's defense to cause substantial damage.

In short, one is impossible to break through, while the other can barely break through but can heal infinitely.

As Chen Beiwu watched, he couldn't help but take out the small baby bottle and take a sip.

If the game continues like this, it might not be possible to determine a winner even in a year, let alone a day.

"Hey."

The seven-tailed purple fox jumped onto Chen Beiwu's shoulder, yawned, and indicated that it wanted a drink too.

Tie Dan remained silent and slowly closed his eyes.

Both the Golden Egg and the Five Qi Vine are among the best of the Heavenly Gang Mystic Beasts, and it would be difficult to determine a winner without using any killing moves.

Instead of watching the battle, it would be better to refine the strange fire and forge the Great Heavenly Purification Prison Form.

Intuition tells Tie Dan that the day the Great Heavenly Purification Prison is forged will be the day it achieves perfect cultivation and advances to the fourth realm of demon king.

As the sun sets, the afterglow is like orange blossoms.

"Na!"

The Five Qi Vine took three steps back, raised its little hands, indicating that it was giving up and admitting defeat.

"why?"

Golden Egg frowned, raised its three dragon heads, and spoke with some dissatisfaction.

It could sense that the Five Qi Vine was in good condition and that the mana it had consumed in the battle had been fully restored.

"Na."

Five Qi Vine sighed.

It's not that it doesn't want to fight, but that it simply can't find any hope of winning.

Unless it's willing to fight the golden egg for a year or two and drag the latter down.

Jin Dan looked at Chen Beiwu.

In its view, the contest had not yet yielded a winner or loser.

"That's it for now."

Chen Beiwu half-squatted down, picked up the Five Qi Vine, and said, "How about we give the Myriad Spirits Transformation King Pill to Golden Egg? I will do my best to find another one for you."

"Na."

Five Qi Vine nodded, then shook its head.

It is reasonable for it to admit defeat, which is equivalent to giving up the Myriad Spirits Transformation King Pill.

However, the Myriad Spirits Transformation King Pill is too precious. With its innate talent and bloodline, it can advance to the fourth realm demon king by consuming slightly inferior fourth-tier pills, so there is no need to force it.

"How about we give it to the Five Qi Vine?"

Golden Egg hesitated.

The reason they compete for the Myriad Spirits Transformation King Elixir is simply to determine who is the best in the team.

Since Chen Beiwu's attitude is inclined towards it, it's up to us whether we take the Myriad Spirits King Pill or not.

Since it possesses the profound power of a fifth-order Yuan technique that connects the three realms, it won't be difficult for it to advance to the fourth realm of demon king in the future. It's better not to compete and give the opportunity to its companions.

Chen Beiwu was slightly taken aback, secretly marveling at the sight.

Most of the world's resources are subject to competition.

Competing is human nature, but yielding is based on friendship.

The fact that the Golden Egg and the Five Qi Vine were able to go from fighting each other to being humble and yielding to the Wanling Huawang Dan shows that the two little guys have grown a lot in character over the years while following him.

"Alright," Chen Beiwu said with a smile, "There's no point in continuing like this. Golden Egg, why don't you break through to the fourth realm of Demon King and set an example for everyone?"

“No problem.” Golden Egg nodded solemnly.

……

noon the next day.

Jade Purity Immortal Sect, Azure Sea Grotto, Three Lights Pool.

"Heaven has three treasures, and earth has three lights. Ordinary blessed lands are mostly places where the five elements generate each other, which is conducive to cultivators' practice and nurturing true qi and magical power."

However, the Three Lights Pool is an extremely rare and special blessed land. While unsuitable for cultivators, it can be used to temper magical treasures and mystical artifacts, nurture flying swords, refine gold with water, and harmonize the gold and water with wood light. Occasionally, it can also be used to refine special mystical pills.

Su Muyu smiled and introduced, "However, the Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon that Junior Brother has contracted is completely different. It is extremely compatible with the attributes of the Three Lights Pool. It is possible to try to advance to the Fourth Realm Demon King here. Perhaps it can stimulate the bloodline, obtain some opportunities, or awaken a special profound ability."

"We were able to find this pool thanks to my senior sister."

Sensing the incredibly rich spiritual energy of the three elements of metal, wood, and water in this place, Chen Beiwu sighed in admiration.

Although there are many small grotto-heavens and blessed lands within the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, not all of them are known to the sect's disciples.

For example, the Three Lights Pool in front of Chen Beiwu is a little-known type, known only to high-level weapon refiners and alchemists in the sect.

"Before you advance to the Demon King level, Junior Brother, you can let the Three-Phase Mystic Flood Dragon cultivate here for a period of time to adapt," Su Muyu suggested, before taking his leave.

The Demon King is difficult to enter. Even though Junior Brother has the Myriad Spirits Transformation King Pill, which can greatly increase the probability of the Three-Phase Profound Flood Dragon, he still needs to be careful to avoid any mistakes in the matter of terrain.

After all, whether the Three Lights Pool is suitable for the Three-Phase Mysterious Dragon's breakthrough depends on its own perception, not just on recommendations from outsiders.

"Junior brother understands."

Chen Beiwu nodded, watched his senior sister leave, and then scanned the peculiar pool not far away with his divine sense.

The water of the Three Lights Pool is blackish-brown, seemingly a single, still body of water, yet it emits a distinct and eerie light.

Jin Dan swallowed hard, wanting to rush into the pool to cultivate, but was stopped by Chen Beiwu's will.

"For safety's sake, we still need to add an extra layer of protection for you," Chen Beiwu transmitted his thoughts.

(End of this chapter)