Cultivating Immortality in a Family: I Prove Immortality Through the Chaotic Dao Realm

Chapter 252 Gathering at Lijiang! Demon-Slaying Gorge! Crystal Stele!
The flying artifacts of the Seven Stars Sect are mostly shaped like star disks, with a river of runes flowing across their surface. The starlight is silent yet contains unfathomable mysteries.

The stars twinkled, forming a magnificent array that revealed the deep, dark starry sky even under the clear sun.

On the massive star chart at the head of the group, the Xuanwei True Man whom Chen Qian had met before held the star-fixing chart, his expression focused, as if he were deducing something.

The central area of ​​the immortal sect's team was filled with sword energy that seemed to soar into the clouds and shake the heavens!

Although the number of cultivators in the Hidden Edge Pavilion may seem small, each one of them wields a sword with unparalleled sharpness.

Strikes of sword energy crisscrossed, cutting the sky into an invisible grid.

Occasionally, a huge flying sword carrying several people would fly by, its chilling sword intent sending a chill down the spines of those below even from a distance.

The five major immortal sects, like five different but equally powerful torrents, landed and settled in an orderly manner in the core area temporarily defined by the formation deep in the plain.

There, various flying discs, camps, fortresses, and even floating celestial pavilions stood in abundance, with the light of magic arrays flickering erratically, forming what appeared to be a celestial war city.

Beneath this converging torrent, the scattered villages and outposts on the plains resembled fragile duckweed adrift in a raging storm.

In a water fortress built against an abandoned river fort, several dark-skinned men in coarse linen clothes are looking up at the continuous streaks of light and huge shadows sweeping across the sky from atop a wooden watchtower.

"My God..." An old fisherman with a weathered face, still holding half a tattered fishing net in his hand, his cloudy eyes filled with shock and bewilderment.

"Is this going to cover the sky? In my sixty years of life, the biggest battle I've ever seen on the river was just a few dozen immortal masters fighting a giant bird... How many immortal masters are there?"

His hands were trembling slightly; the scene before him was far beyond his comprehension.

Beside the old man was a young man with a deep scar on his face. His eyes gleamed with a complex light, a mixture of awe and an unspeakable ambition.

"I heard they're going to war! To fight those monsters deep in the south! Damn, if I could follow these immortal masters and pick up some loot... maybe I could cultivate immortality too?"

He licked his chapped lips, his gaze following a ferocious, ravenous hawk as it disappeared into the distance.

"You're really daring, kid!" The old man snapped out of his daze and sneered, "Let's not even talk about whether you can get any benefits. Even if you were to follow along, could you keep up?"

Along the riverbank, there are many small hills and valleys with faint spiritual veins, where some independent cultivators gather to cultivate and form small strongholds.

A middle-aged cultivator at the mid-stage of Qi Refining stood on a stone rooftop, shading his eyes with his hand, gazing at the southern horizon.

Gazing at the colossal tortoise-like figure in the distant sky, which resembled a mountain, he couldn't help but exclaim to his companion, "Is that... the sacred beast that guards the Beast Taming Sect?! They've even brought out such a treasure! It seems they're serious this time!"

A person next to them pointed to an inconspicuous cloud boat that had just passed overhead, with an ancient "Chen" character prominently displayed on its hull.

"Look, that's the mark of the Chen family of Phoenix Forest Valley! Tsk tsk, that Chen Yunqian, the mountain lord of Hidden Dragon Mountain, is truly remarkable! A few days ago, I heard that his teachings at the Foundation Establishment Ceremony caused countless people to break through on the spot! It's still being talked about all the time..."

The man's words were filled with curiosity about Qianlong Mountain and longing for Chen Qian's immense prestige. "It's a pity we're too far away to attend this grand event!"

The Chen family's cloud boat, against the backdrop of the flowing light and the massive warships, did indeed appear quite inconspicuous.

At the bow of the boat, Chen Qian stood with his hands behind his back.

He concealed his aura as if he were an ordinary person, but his extraordinary temperament gave him an imposing and majestic presence.

Wearing a simple, ethereal moon-like robe, with the Jade Star Pendant symbolizing the Lord of Qianlong Mountain hanging at his waist, his gaze calmly swept over the vast plains below, the surging Li River, and the ever-approaching, ever-changing core camp of the immortal sect.

The wind howled, fluttering his clothes.

Behind him stood about a dozen members of the Chen family, among whom Chen Yunzheng was clearly visible.

The family initially disagreed with Chen Yunzheng's participation in the war, since although his cultivation level was at the peak of the seventh level of Qi Refining, which seemed decent, he was actually at the bottom among countless cultivators.

Unfortunately, this kid volunteered and was determined to come, so in the end, it was Old Master Chen who personally made the decision to approve it.

Chen Qian, of course, wouldn't discourage him. He even gave him some self-defense items, so as long as he didn't act recklessly, he should be able to protect himself.

After all, given the practices of the cultivation world in Li Kingdom, they wouldn't deliberately send these low-level cultivators on missions that would inevitably lead to their deaths.

They mostly operated in coordination with the main force, primarily gathering resources and holding out of strongholds.

There will definitely be battles, but they will all be fought in formation.

If a demon king were to launch a surprise attack, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator wouldn't be safe.

Chen Qian didn't hear the discussions among the scattered cultivators at the river bend below, nor did he need to care.

He is now very interested in the war inspectors of the Eastern Abyss Immortal Alliance and the so-called Beast Extermination Ranking.

Chen Laozu didn't get much useful information from either of these aspects, and the answers were vague.

Su Yueshang knew this, but his fairy wife seemed quite busy and kept him in suspense, saying that everything would be clear once he arrived at the Demon-Slaying Gorge.

No one would have imagined that this seemingly insignificant cloud boat would bring the eye of a storm that could affect the future of the Li Kingdom and even the entire southern part of the Dragon Tail Domain.

……

After several identity verifications, Chen Jiayunzhou finally entered the core assembly area of ​​the Beast Taming Sect's camp and successfully joined up with another team led by Chen Ruiang.

Currently, all the troops assembled by Lebanon have basically arrived.

After a half-day rest, the massive battle team, led by the five major immortal sects, set off in batches, flying straight to the Demon-Slaying Gorge.

The Beast Taming Sect's team set off first. Chen Qian and his group boarded Old Ancestor Chen's cloud boat, joined forces, and moved forward with the large, imposing army.

"Ancestor, does this mean that this token will automatically activate once we arrive at the Demon-Slaying Gorge?" Chen Qian asked, fiddling with an ancient-looking token in his hand.

Chen Ruiang nodded: "That's right. That's what the sect told us."

The token in Chen Qian's hand was the same item that was delivered along with the land reclamation order.

The card is very simple, with only a map-like pattern.

"Could this be the map of Dongyuan?" Chen Qian pondered as he looked at the pattern.

The number of tokens is equal to the number of cultivators each faction is required to send.

For example, the Chen family has two second-tier tokens and one hundred first-tier tokens.

According to the Beast Taming Sect, once this token is activated, it will automatically record the number of demonic beasts killed by the cultivator, thereby generating specific points.

These points are the points from the Beast Extermination Ranking.

As for the purpose of this integral and how it is calculated?

You will know when you get to the Demon-Slaying Gorge.

……

The Beast Taming Sect's dragon-armored giant tortoise flew at the forefront of the aerial formation, its cyan-gold runes flickering on and off, creating a whirlwind that swept across dozens of miles of airspace behind it.

But this gale was not blowing randomly; instead, it followed a mysterious trajectory, generating a lifting force for countless aircraft of different sizes within this tens of miles of airspace, causing the speed of all flying units to increase dramatically.

"This wind trajectory can actually form an array in the void, it's truly amazing!" Chen Qian and Chen Ruiang stood together at the bow of the boat, sensing the unfathomable power within the wind, and exclaimed in admiration. "The methods and foundation of a fourth-tier sect are incomparable to those of a third-tier force; the difference between the two is like heaven and earth."

Chen Ruiang remarked with emotion.

"Not bad!" Chen Qian nodded in agreement, his eyes flashing with inspiration. He was using his Divine Eye Technique to analyze the mysteries of wind power and felt he was gaining a lot. "This giant tortoise is not even at the fourth level, yet it has such power!"

The two chatted casually or looked down at the desolate landscape beyond the border, enjoying a rare moment of peace before the war.

On the giant tortoise's broad shell stood several towers and pavilions, all constructed from unknown spiritual materials, and their appearance was extremely sturdy and heavy.

At the top of a tall tower, Luo Qinghan was meditating with her eyes closed, her aura as deep as an abyss.

It had only been half a year since Chen Qian and she met at the entrance of the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm, but she had already advanced to the late stage of Core Formation and her supernatural powers had greatly improved.

Her spiritual energy field radiated for miles around her, ready to respond to any unexpected situation.

On her exquisitely beautiful legs, Huan Yuemingzhen was curled up in a ball, comfortably lying on them.

"Do you think Xiao Ran'er can build a spiritual altar?"

A seductive, mature female voice softly echoed in Luo Qinghan's mind.

"I'm about 50% sure, it all depends on her luck."

After her successful advancement, as the acting head of the Beast Taming Sect's Enforcement Hall, it was her duty to lead the expedition into battle.

When Yan Ran set off, he also entered the Tower of Ten Thousand Spirits and began his secluded cultivation to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage.

In today's cultivation world, truly perfect Foundation Establishment is almost impossible to find, because Qi Refining cultivators cannot even sense the power of the rules, so how can they build a rule platform?
However, there are many cultivators with extraordinary comprehension and exceptional intelligence who can create many profound and mysterious methods.

Since one cannot create a rule-based Dao platform, one can delve deeper into the spiritual power that matches one's own attributes and forge another spiritual Dao platform on top of the spiritual Dao foundation, which can greatly amplify one's magical power.

Such profound secret techniques and experiences could never be passed down to ordinary cultivation families.

Luo Qinghan suddenly frowned slightly, his gaze seemingly piercing through the tower wall, looking towards the direction of a certain cloud boat.

"This person is also on the first batch of expedition list? His aura is very strange. Logically speaking, he should be in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, but why does he also have the feeling of being in the peak stage of Foundation Establishment?"

……

Broken Demon Gorge.

Tianfeng Pass.

This was originally a surveillance and guard post jointly managed by the five major immortal sects, built in a perilous place amidst towering cliffs.

But now, it has completely changed its appearance.

When the main force of the Beast Taming Sect, carrying an overwhelming aura of spiritual light and murderous intent, finally arrived at the main advance base of this pioneering war like an unstoppable torrent, even Chen Qian, with his composure, couldn't help but feel a slight tremor in his heart.

What comes into view is a war fortress built against a steep mountain gorge, standing proudly on a solitary peak!

Along the steep mountainside, the monks carved out layers upon layers of defensive fortifications.

The massive, towering, bluish-gray rock walls were sculpted and stacked into a series of staggered, circular city walls, each at least several hundred feet long.

Its surface is covered with runes and spiritual patterns, and thick spiritual light of various colors flows from top to bottom, clearly indicating that a mountain-protecting array with extremely strong defensive capabilities has been constructed.

Inside the city walls, everything was in perfect order.

Countless well-organized barracks, warehouses, smelting workshops, and even a few small pill towers exuding a strong medicinal fragrance were all distributed in an orderly manner.

Even more striking is the massive square platform carved from obsidian at the highest point in the center of the pass.

Nine thick, dark gold dragon pillars stand around the edge of the platform, with huge, star-like, flickering crystals embedded at the top of each pillar.

At the center of the platform is a strange crystal monument, smooth as a mirror and hundreds of feet tall, with a hazy milky white halo flowing across its surface.

The air at Tianfeng Pass was filled with the scent of countless spiritual materials and minerals, as well as the mixed fluctuations of magical power emanating from the large number of cultivators gathered there.

Cultivators dressed in various colors and from different sects, families, and organizations, like busy worker ants, shuttled between the formations, reinforced the arrays, transported supplies, and adjusted the embedded psionic machinery, creating a scene of bustling yet orderly preparation for war.

"Wow! It's only been a little over a month!" Old Ancestor Chen stood at the bow of his own cloud boat, looking at the steel fortress that had already taken shape, and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

"The Immortal Sect has truly made a grand gesture! In such a short time, they've transformed this place into an impregnable fortress. I wonder how much resources and manpower they've invested?!"

Chen Qian's gaze was firmly drawn to the obsidian platform and the enormous crystal monument.

He could sense a strange pulse emanating from the platform, completely different from the surrounding space yet connected to the rules of heaven and earth, extremely profound.

The fluctuations were obscure yet vast, seemingly possessing a sense of order that overlooked the human world.

“That place… must be the hub of the ‘Mirror Realm’ here.” Chen Qian understood.

This... is a method that no sect in the Li Kingdom or even the surrounding countries could possess.

"Aka, can you sense anything?" Chen Qian asked silently in his mind.

“Master, this crystal tablet is… an outer accessory of a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, and in terms of function… it is somewhat similar to Akaque…”

The adorable little girl appeared beside Chen Qian's soul, her tone revealing a rare thoughtfulness.

"Oh?!" Chen Qian frowned slightly. "He won't have discovered you, will he?"

“No… His true form isn’t here, so he can’t detect me.” Aka’s tone became completely flat again.

"That's good." Chen Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, things might get complicated.

He doesn't want to confront certain mysterious and unknown "giants" right now.

Just then, the giant dragon-armored tortoise at the front of the group let out a low, long cry.

This is a signal for the troop to be organized and enter the designated area.

This massive force naturally attracted the attention of the existing personnel at the pass early on.

……

Tianfeng Pass has more than ten layers from top to bottom, stacked one on top of the other, making it an extremely grand structure.

The eighth floor is an enormous, vast platform.

There are more than ten huge blue stone halls on the platform, which served as offices for various important administrative agencies during the war.

One of the most prominent halls had a huge stone, more than ten feet high, standing at the entrance, with the words "Mission Hall" inscribed on it.

(End of this chapter)