Starting Immortal Cultivation from a White Dog

Before Wu Tian finished speaking, his figure had already transformed into a golden streak of light, leaving dozens of crisscrossing afterimages in the ancient hall. At this moment, he pushed that extreme speed, moving with the light, to its limit.

Kong Lingxuan's five-colored divine light swept across the sky, sealing the entire Huode Hall completely. The five colors flowed and interacted, mutually generating and restraining each other, evolving into the prototype of a small world.

Such supernatural powers have already surpassed the realm of ordinary immortals, and vaguely resemble the aura of a powerful Golden Immortal.

However, the speed of the Golden Crow was simply too fast. This extreme speed was not just a simple speed; it was as if it had transcended the Three Realms and was no longer bound by the Five Elements, looking down upon all living beings from above the long river of time.

No matter how mysterious the Five-Colored Divine Light is, trying to capture the Golden Crow is like seeing flowers in a mirror or the moon in water—it can be seen but not reached.

"Is all you can do is run away?" Kong Lingxuan sneered, and the five-colored divine light suddenly contracted, like a giant hand grabbing towards the golden crow.

At that moment, the golden crow suddenly flapped its wings, and the pale silver halo around its body suddenly intensified.

hum!
Time seemed to momentarily distort at that instant.

Kong Lingxuan felt a blur before his eyes, and the figure of the golden crow appeared in three different locations at the same time.

One is on the left, one is on the right, and one is on top.

Three figures rushed in three directions at the same time, each one incredibly real, each radiating intense solar fire.

"A trivial skill!"

Kong Lingxuan sneered, and the five-colored divine light split into three, each grabbing at one of the three figures.

However, the moment the divine light touched them, the three figures vanished simultaneously.

The real Golden Crow had appeared three feet behind him without him even noticing.

Kong Lingxuan turned around abruptly, only to see the golden crow leisurely preening its feathers, its sun-like eyes filled with a mischievous smile.

"Star Lord, why get angry?" Jinwu spoke, his voice tinged with a hint of mockery. "Everyone has a love for beauty. Your mother is exceptionally beautiful, and it's only natural that I admire her."

"Besides, do you really think I can become the Heavenly Emperor?"

"Or perhaps you lack the confidence to defeat me in the struggle for the throne?"

Kong Lingxuan's face turned pale and then flushed.

He could clearly see that the golden crow had just used the power of time. Even with his cultivation level, he would have difficulty detecting such a method of distorting time and reversing cause and effect.

"Fine, very well!" Kong Lingxuan gritted his teeth. "Let me tell you, you'd better give up on that idea now. If you dare to have any more wicked thoughts, I will suppress you for a thousand years to teach you a lesson."

"As for the position of Heavenly Emperor, you are not qualified at all. Just be my protector and you might be able to ask for the position of Heavenly King."

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the awkwardness and displeasure in his heart, and withdrew the five-colored divine light.

Seeing this, the Golden Crow also withdrew its golden light, transformed back into human form, and landed in the hall.

He cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to Kong Lingxuan and said with a smile, "Star Lord, please calm down. I was being presumptuous just now. Your mother is so beautiful that I admire her greatly, and I lost my composure in my words. I hope you will forgive me."

Kong Lingxuan snorted coldly and did not reply.

He walked to the main seat, sat down, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then looked up at Jinwu.

"Tell me, when do you plan to compete for a spot on the leaderboard?"

Jinwu shook his head: "No rush, it's not the right time yet."

"Oh?" Kong Lingxuan raised an eyebrow. "The competition for the divine position is getting more and more intense. The older the ancients will appear later on, and your enemies will not be just Dingguang anymore."

"This may not be a good thing."

Upon hearing this, Jinwu smiled slightly: "The struggle for the divine throne is as easy as taking candy from a baby for me, but I am certain that Dingguang will stop me when I make my move. I am not yet fully confident that I can kill him."

"Therefore, we need to find a treasure first."

Kong Lingxuan's heart stirred slightly. This Golden Crow was truly arrogant. Killing Dingguang Bodhisattva would require even him to use all his trump cards to achieve such a feat.

He recalled that the other party had killed two Arhats, Subduing Dragon and Subduing Tiger, as soon as he was born, and his ferocity was overwhelming. He had taken the opportunity to make a move just now, perhaps to test the other party. However, he did not expect that the other party's use of the power of time would become more and more unpredictable.

This is truly an extremely terrifying creature.

Even without reaching the peak of cultivation, he possesses the strength of a hegemon, and anyone who underestimates him will pay a heavy price.

His mind raced, but he showed no sign of it on his face, only asking with some curiosity, "What treasure do you want?"

Jinwu said slowly and deliberately, "The precious fan of Dingguang Bodhisattva."

Kong Lingxuan paused slightly in his teacup, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

Jinwu continued, "I have heard that the precious fan of Dingguang Bodhisattva was made from the precious leaf of a spiritual banana tree. It possesses the wonder of fixing light and can suppress light and restrain yin and yang."

"This item has a slight restraining effect on my supernatural powers. If I can find it and comprehend its mysteries, it will surely allow me to advance my cultivation level further."

He spoke frankly without any concealment, revealing that the Golden Crow's ability to move with the light was indeed subtly restrained by the treasure fan.

But his reliance has never been on the extreme speed that travels with the light.

Instead, they were simply wasting time.

Jinwu looked at Kong Lingxuan with burning eyes: "When I first became a demon saint, my inner core adorned the stars, and it was thanks to the Star Lord's help that I achieved this."

"I remember that when the Star Lord fought with the Bodhisattva Dingguang, he brushed off that precious fan, which fell into the Azure Heaven River."

"I wonder if the Star Lord could have discovered the location of that precious fan? Has it been retrieved by the Bodhisattva Dingguang?"

Upon hearing this, Kong Lingxuan suddenly smiled.

"That precious fan..." He slowly put down his teacup, "After being swept away by my five-colored divine light, it fell directly into the Azure Heavenly River. The Heavenly River is vast, with stars as sand and laws as water. Even the Bodhisattva Dingguang would not be able to find it in a short time."

Jinwu's eyes lit up: "So, the treasure fan is still in the Milky Way?"

“It is there.” Kong Lingxuan nodded. “However, although I can barely sense its location, it is in the Azure Heavenly River after all, and it will take quite a bit of effort to find it.”

He paused, looking at Jinwu with a half-smile: "Most importantly, this treasure fan is the object of Dingguang's enlightenment. He will never give it up. If I find it, he will definitely come knocking on my door."

"I didn't want to completely offend this bald monk, so I didn't put in much effort beforehand, letting the precious fan drift in the Azure Heaven River, just waiting for the Bodhisattva Dingguang to foolishly spend countless hours and hard work to retrieve his own precious fan from the river."

At this point, a mischievous glint flashed in his eyes: "However, if you want to find this treasure, I can lend you a hand."

"But you should think carefully. Once you take this precious fan out of the Azure Heaven River, the Bodhisattva Dingguang will immediately notice. At that time, he will come looking for you."

He looked at the Golden Crow, his smile becoming increasingly meaningful: "Now is the time for the conferment of gods in the Three Realms, a time of chaos and uncertainty, and I will not take action for you."

That expression clearly showed they were waiting to see the Golden Crow make a fool of itself.

Jinwu bowed respectfully without hesitation: "Then I thank you for your help, Star Lord. As for Dingguang Bodhisattva, I will naturally handle that."

Seeing his certainty, Kong Lingxuan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Alright, then I'll see how you make a fool of yourself."

He raised his hand, and a shimmering light flowed from his palm, slowly revealing a feather wreathed in five-colored rays. The feather was about a foot long, crystal clear, as if cast from five-colored glass. Countless incantations intertwined and flowed across the feather, each incantation radiating a profound Daoist charm.

"With this, you can roughly sense the location of the treasure fan." Kong Lingxuan handed the feather to Jinwu. "However, the sense is very vague, and the treasure fan is drifting in the Azure Heavenly River, its location is unpredictable and constantly changing. Finding it will not be an easy task."

Jinwu took the feather and felt a warm current flow down his arm and into his body.

His mind immediately sensed an extremely distant aura, ethereal and uncertain, barely perceptible, and he could only vaguely pinpoint its general direction.

"Thank you, Star Lord." He cupped his hands again. "Once I attain godhood, I will come to invite you for a drink."

Kong Lingxuan's lips twitched involuntarily. The last time this guy cultivated into a demon saint, he stepped in to protect him, and this golden crow said something similar.

But this guy had ulterior motives; he actually wanted to pursue his mother, clearly hoping to get her to attend his and his mother's wedding banquet.

He's an incredibly audacious, hairy beast.

He waved his hand, too lazy to say anything more.

Seeing his unfriendly expression, Jinwu laughed loudly and left Huode Hall without lingering.

Kong Lingxuan watched his figure disappear outside the hall, a playful smile curving her lips.

He raised his hand, his fingertips flashing with light, and a scene appeared before his eyes: the Golden Crow leaving the Fire Virtue Palace and heading straight for the South Heavenly Gate.

"I'd like to see how you deal with that old bald monk Dingguang."

He muttered to himself, his eyes full of anticipation for a good show.

Kong Lingxuan had already obtained a Heavenly Ranking Godhood, and had no other important matters to attend to. He was also very curious about the Golden Crow, although it was inconvenient for him to follow it directly.

However, as long as the other party has that five-colored feather, he can sense the other party's approximate location and know their whereabouts perfectly.

……

After leaving the Huode Palace, the Golden Crow proceeded without delay, heading straight for the South Heavenly Gate.

Even in the highest heavens, the crowds were still immense.

Before the three Heavenly Gates, countless cultivators moved back and forth, creating a lively scene. The Golden Crow did not linger; after exiting the South Heavenly Gate, it transformed into a golden rainbow and plunged straight into the Azure Heavenly River.

hum!
Upon entering the Milky Way, the scenery changes dramatically.

The surroundings were no longer an empty void, but a vast river of starlight. This river was no ordinary stream, but was formed from the condensation of endless starlight principles.

Every drop of river water contains hundreds of starlight incantations; every wave is a collision and annihilation of a phantom star.

The golden crow flapped its wings, its body enveloped in the true fire of the sun, evaporating all the starlight and river water that approached. It hovered in the Milky Way, took out the five-colored feather, closed its eyes, and silently sensed.

A moment later, he opened his eyes and looked in a certain direction.

“There it is.”

With a flap of his wings, he transformed into a golden ray of light and sped off in that direction.

The Milky Way stretches to the heavens, vast and boundless.

If it were in the lower realm, with the Golden Crow's extreme speed, it could traverse 100,000 miles in the blink of an eye.

However, within this celestial river, the concept of space is entirely different from that of the outside world. The starlight river appears to flow slowly, but in reality, it surges for billions of miles every single breath.

The golden crow weaves through it, like a fish swimming upstream, expending tremendous effort with each step forward.

Fortunately, he possesses the ability to walk with the light.

Within this starlit river, the speed of light still exists. The Golden Crow merges itself into those rays of light piercing the Milky Way, its form appearing and disappearing, each flash traversing an endless distance.

As he flew away, he held the five-colored feathers in his hand, constantly sensing the location of the treasure fan.

The sensation was extremely vague, sometimes strong, sometimes weak, sometimes near, sometimes far. Sometimes he clearly felt that the treasure fan was not far ahead, but after flying for a long time, he still found nothing; sometimes he clearly felt that the treasure fan was extremely far away, but after a flash, the sensation suddenly became very close.

"That treasure fell into the Milky Way, and it is indeed difficult to find."

Jinwu sighed inwardly, but remained in no hurry.

He knew that searching for a small treasure fan in the vast and boundless Milky Way was like finding a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, he has patience, and even more so, he possesses the speed to travel with the light. Coupled with his ability to play with time, he is able to glimpse some of the future to a certain extent, thus gaining an advantage.

And so, he traversed the Milky Way for an unknown period of time.

Sometimes he would encounter stars floating in the Milky Way.

The stars ranged in size from mountains to pebbles; some were silent, while others slowly rotated, swallowing and spitting out the waters of the Milky Way.

The golden crow swept past them, and occasionally a few stars would unleash a pulling force, attempting to capture him. But with his speed, before those pulling forces could reach him, he had already vanished into the distance.

Sometimes you will encounter storms in the Milky Way, which are vortexes formed by the violent collision of starlight and laws, enough to grind ordinary true immortals into dust.

However, the Golden Crow, with its ability to manipulate time, sensed the danger just before the storm arrived and easily avoided it.

He even encountered other beings in the Azure Heaven River. After the Investiture of the Gods was published, there were quite a few people who came to the Azure Heaven River to seek opportunities.

Some were collecting starlight and malevolent energy to refine magical artifacts, some were capturing ancient beasts wandering in the Milky Way, and some were hurrying on their way.

The golden crow ignored them and simply swept past; those with weaker cultivation levels couldn't even see its figure.

"What is that? It's so fast!"

"A flash of golden light and it was gone. Could it have been some great sage?"

"I think he's a powerful member of the Phoenix lineage..."

Some immortals and gods discovered his existence, but the Golden Crow had already disappeared into the depths of the vast Milky Way.

How much time passed in this way is unknown.

The golden crow stopped once more, silently sensing with its five-colored feathers in hand. This time, the sensation was clearer than ever before.

"It's just ahead!"

He perked up, flapped his wings, and pushed his speed to the limit.

At the same time, he used the ability to manipulate time within his Golden Crow bloodline.

hum!
The pale silver aura surrounding him suddenly intensified. In that instant, his perception transcended the constraints of time, and he glimpsed a corner of the future.

Three thousand miles ahead, a faint, precious light was drifting deep within the Milky Way. The light flickered, sometimes submerged by the starlight and river water, and sometimes emerging from the waves.

It was faintly visible that it was a precious fan made of white jade and red gold, its surface densely imprinted with Buddhist mantras. (End of Chapter)