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Chapter 235 The Appreciation of the Azure Peak Master

The summit of Qingming Peak.

In the main hall.

The Qingming Peak Master sat cross-legged, looking at a communication talisman floating in front of him, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"The earth is shifting and war is imminent, which presents an opportunity for them."

She rose to prominence in this era, and has not been a peak master for long, nor has she experienced the last upheaval in the Earth Abyss.

But as a Nine-Refined Dao Saint, there are very few things in this world that she doesn't know. She understands the Abyss and knows the consequences that the changes in the Abyss will bring.

Initially, there was chaos, a chaos that spread throughout the entire Abyss. Then, demons ran rampant, and the evil spirits in the Abyss swept across all directions, forming a massive demonic tide that surged up layer by layer.

At last,
A great war is about to break out!
This battle will not end quickly, but will last a long time. For martial artists and Taoist cultivators, the battle against the Abyss Demons is not only dangerous, but also a test and an opportunity.

Demons can stir up the deepest desires in people's hearts and attack their true nature. If one is not careful, one may be usurped and have one's body and everything stolen. However, if one can defeat demons time and time again and stabilize one's true nature, one's will will naturally continue to grow stronger.

Qingming Peak needs this trial.

In this great battle to come, some disciples may die, but those who survive will be heroes who have been tempered and refined.

Currently, Qingming Peak only has one disciple at the eighth level of cultivation and ten grandmasters at the seventh level of cultivation, which is still too weak for a holy land.

"After this battle, perhaps within a few years, the number of disciples under my peak who have reached the seventh level of cultivation will double."

The Qingming Peak Master muttered to himself.

She may seem indifferent to training disciples, but she actually cares quite a bit about it, because she was once a disciple of the Holy Land herself.

She also had a master. She was exceptionally talented and received his care and guidance, rising step by step in the Holy Land. From the seventh to the eighth level of refinement, she was always among the top.

later,

She has even reached the ninth level of refinement!
She also became the only one among her master's many disciples to reach the ninth level of refinement.

She became her master's pride and did not disappoint him, but her master eventually fell into decline and died peacefully.

She didn't know if she could overcome the tribulations time and time again until she reached immortality, but she was already a Nine-Refined Dao Saint and the master of a peak. She also had countless cultivation experiences and insights, just like the guidance and inheritance that her master had given her. She also wanted to pass on her insights and will.

Unfortunately,
At present, there are no disciples at Qingming Peak who are truly outstanding enough to catch her eye and satisfy her.

Even Qinglan, the senior disciple of Qingming Peak and a grandmaster at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul realm, did not truly meet her standards. In her eyes, his performance could only be considered barely acceptable.

Not to mention that she is worse than she was back then, but judging from Qinglan's performance so far, it will be very difficult for her to reach the Ninth Refinement in this lifetime.

As for the others, including Fei Ying, a disciple who entered the seventh level of cultivation three years ago, there were a total of ten seventh-level disciples. While they were not exactly unremarkable, none of them were particularly outstanding to her.

Going further down the line, the sixth and fifth levels of refinement are pointless and don't matter how dazzling one's performance is.

"Ok?"

Just as the Peak Master of Qingming Peak was scanning the entire Qingming Peak, her gaze suddenly shifted and looked towards a direction at the bottom of the peak.

There are over a hundred ordinary disciples on Qingming Peak who haven't reached the seventh level of cultivation. Apart from personally summoning them once when they entered the peak, she doesn't pay much attention to them and doesn't even bother to remember their names.

"He broke through? I remember he joined the sect six years ago, and it only took him six years to reach the seventh level of cultivation? That's not bad."

A glint of light flashed in the eyes of the Azure Nether Peak Master.

Breaking through to the seventh level is not surprising, especially for those selected to enter the Holy Land through the Hundred Kingdoms Prodigies Tournament; almost everyone can reach the seventh level. The problem lies in the time it takes to break through. Some people are stuck at the threshold of the seventh level for twenty or thirty years, or even forty or fifty years, but Wu Ming only took six years.

Among the current members of Qingming Peak, Wu Ming is the fastest to reach the seventh level of cultivation.

and……

Although she couldn't see through everything about Wu Ming, the commotion when Wu Ming broke through slightly revealed the strength of his primordial spirit, and the essence of his primordial spirit could be described as extremely condensed!

For a Dao Saint like her, it wouldn't be difficult to greatly enhance the strength of someone's primordial spirit before the seventh refinement; it would simply require spending time cultivating some Daoist techniques for tempering the primordial spirit.

But the problem is, the devil is always one step ahead of the saint!
While a sufficiently powerful primordial spirit can certainly surpass other cultivators of the same level in strength, the problem is that the strength of soul power is merely the strength of 'law', not the strength of 'the Way'.

Breakthroughs and advancements in realms, one after another, are the true path.

Therefore, the stronger the primordial spirit, the more difficult it will be to break through, because a powerful primordial spirit will breed a stronger inner demon, requiring one to overcome a stronger original mind and nature.

In particular, those who use unorthodox methods to forcibly increase the strength of their soul power are putting the cart before the horse and have gone down the wrong path.

however,
After the primordial spirit breaks through to the ninth level of refinement, in order to overcome the tribulation of decline, one needs to continuously improve soul power and temper the primordial spirit.

At this point, the primordial spirit had already stabilized and become fixed, making it extremely difficult to become even slightly stronger.

So here comes the question.

If one's primordial spirit is not sufficiently refined, even if one reaches the ninth level of refinement, it will be difficult to overcome several tribulations. However, if one is too powerful and exceptionally talented, it will be difficult to break through the bottlenecks of the seventh, eighth, or even ninth level of refinement.

If they can't even reach the Ninth Refinement stage, how can they talk about the Calamity of Decline?
She explained all of these points clearly to each disciple when they came to serve at the foot of the peak, outlining the advantages and disadvantages.

To what extent one refines their primordial spirit and strengthens their foundation depends entirely on the individual. Everyone's path is different, and she will not point out a specific route for everyone.

But the path Wu Ming took surprised her.

Although she couldn't see through Wu Ming's primordial spirit without taking action, she was, after all, a Nine Refinement Dao Saint, and could tell that Wu Ming's primordial spirit was at least 70-80% stronger than that of ordinary Dao cultivators of the same level.

Such a strong foundation was not only achieved in just six years, but also broke through the bottleneck of the seventh level of refinement with great ease.

outstanding!

This is her assessment of Wu Ming.

This is an outstanding disciple, far superior to Yu Yangyan and others. If he can reach the eighth level of cultivation in the future, he will be even more outstanding than Qinglan.

After a brief moment of thought, she spoke softly, saying a single sentence.

……

"Come see me after you have consolidated your realm."

This was a voice transmission that suddenly rang in Wu Ming's ears when he separated a wisp of his soul to observe the Law of Slaughter in the Law Hall.

The sudden telepathic transmission startled Wu Ming, but he immediately recognized it as the voice of the Azure Peak Master.

"Yes."

"Disciple knows."

Wu Ming immediately opened his eyes and bowed respectfully.

(End of this chapter)