Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 280 Three Realms Demon General

Yunlongze is dotted with lakes and streams, some as large as the sea, others as small as pools, with intersecting waterways. It is shrouded in miasma year-round and is inhabited by monstrous beasts.

For ordinary Qi Refining cultivators, entering this place would almost certainly result in death.

However, with danger comes reward.

For some Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators, Yunlongze is undoubtedly a treasure trove.

The vast marshland nurtures countless rare and precious creatures, treasures, and even the legacies left behind by fallen cultivators.

Even the Mirror Moon Sect would often send its true disciples to the Cloud Dragon Marsh to hone their combat skills, hunt high-level demonic beasts, and obtain essential spiritual materials for alchemy and weapon crafting, such as demon cores and essence blood.

"Buzz!"

On the outskirts of Yunlongze, a teleportation array lit up, and Chen Beiwu's figure slowly appeared.

To avoid attracting the attention of the other four major sects, Chen Beiwu kept a low profile this time. In addition, with the illusion technique of the Golden Egg condensing into a solid form, none of the dozens of sect cultivators who were teleported together noticed anything unusual.

"This place has a good feng shui."

Chen Beiwu took a step forward and instantly appeared outside the market. He found that the surrounding area was filled with boundless lakes, and the concentration of spiritual energy reached the level of the second-grade upper level.

It should be noted that this is only the outer perimeter of Yunlong Marsh. The deeper one goes, the more concentrated the spiritual energy of heaven and earth becomes. Chen Beiwu's destination is Jianlong Lake, located at the core of Yunlong Marsh.

Sensing the dragon's might emanating from the golden egg, the demonic beasts on the outskirts of Yunlongze all fled in panic, and not a single one dared to approach and disturb them. In this way, Chen Beiwu traveled swiftly and soon arrived at a magnificent lake shrouded in mist all year round.

"Splash, splash."

A giant object seemed to be moving in the mist, occasionally making a splashing sound like water waves.

Ignoring the sounds within the lake, Chen Beiwu closed his eyes slightly and questioned the Nine Breaths Chaos, using the Supreme Spiritual Treasure Karma Sutra to deduce the cause and effect.

"The main hexagram is Qian above Kun below, which is the hexagram of Heaven and Earth in Opposition; the changing hexagram is Zhen above Gen below, which is the hexagram of Thunder over Mountain in Small Excess."

Chen Beiwu breathed a sigh of relief. "The two hexagrams overlap, with Li above and Kan below. It seems very ominous, but in fact it is very auspicious. This place is indeed suitable to become the lake where the golden egg moves like a dragon."

"Gurgle."

The golden egg raised its head, looking somewhat restless.

The Jiuqu River is too turbulent. As a tributary of a dragon vein, it can trigger a chain reaction, causing floods and submerging the land.

But Yunlongze is a vast marshland with crisscrossing waterways.

According to Chen Beiwu's speculation, its evolution into a dragon would cause turmoil in the dragon vein of Jianlong Lake, leading to the collapse of the spiritual vein hub and the submersion of hundreds of miles around.

However, it will not affect the overall trend of the Yunlongze water veins or cause too many casualties.

"Don't rush. Before we embark on the dragon-riding journey, I need to inform the ancestor and obtain the sect's permission." Chen Beiwu reached out and pressed down on the golden egg's head.

Jianlong Lake is a land of dragon veins, containing a fourth-order spiritual vein underwater that can produce a large number of spirit stones. It was also the first treasure land discovered by the sect. If Jianlong Lake were not too far from Jingyue Sect, and if there were fourth-level demon kings lurking in the depths of Yunlong Marsh, the sect would probably have already started developing it.

He needs the sect's permission to walk the dragon in Jianlong Lake.

"Buzz".

After activating the Ten Directions Gate to return to the sect, Chen Beiwu did not immediately go to Taiyi Peak to meet the patriarch, but instead went to the Xuanji Hall to exchange for an item.

【Breath Talisman】: A third-tier low-grade talisman. Once activated, it can be stored and imprinted to record the aura and pressure of the person whose qi is locked. It can record the qi of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

Exchange price: 20000 contribution points.

Having obtained the talisman, Chen Beiwu turned and headed to the summit of Taiyi Peak to pay his respects to the patriarch.

"Disciple Chen Zi'ang requests an audience with the Ancestor."

Outside the main hall, Chen Beiwu gave a slight bow to show his respect.

The heavy palace doors swung open with a deafening roar, emanating a vast and overwhelming aura of a True Monarch.

Chen Beiwu felt a jolt in his heart.

As his cultivation level gradually increased, he could feel more and more how vast the gap was between a Golden Core True Person and a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

"What brings you to see me?" Zhu Wuyai asked in a deep voice, his eyes still closed.

"Disciple humbly requests the Ancestor to grant me the use of Yunlongze and Jianlong Lake to assist the demon beasts in their journey," Chen Beiwu said.

"Walking the dragon?" Zhu Wuyai opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as lightning, and landed on Chen Beiwu:

"Do you know that Dragon Lake is the convergence point of dragon veins? Once a dragon escapes, the dragon veins will be disturbed—"

Zhu Wuyai's pupils contracted slightly as he spoke, noticing that Chen Beiwu's aura flowed flawlessly around him, and five-colored rays of light rose from his dantian, faintly forming five divine phantoms that surrounded him, as if five deities were protecting his cultivation.

"You've mastered the Five Directions and Five Elders Taiyi Pill Forging Technique?" Zhu Wuyai asked calmly, but his heart was filled with turbulent emotions.

A Nascent Soul True Monarch can see many things by activating their divine sense, but sometimes knowing too much can also be a hindrance.

In order to attain enlightenment, Zhu Wuyai rarely used his divine sense during cultivation and was too lazy to spy on the secrets of his disciples.

However, the Nascent Soul True Monarch had such a high level of insight that even without Zhu Wuyai using his divine sense, he could easily see the changes in Chen Beiwu's aura just by looking at his eyes.

"If it weren't for the help of the Ancestor back then, even if I cultivated for a hundred years, I would still find it difficult to reach this realm," Chen Beiwu said modestly.

"Good, very good." Zhu Wuyai nodded slightly, then suddenly laughed, his tone full of praise: "With the five directions gathered, the Taiyi image is formed... Your golden elixir, if it doesn't form, so be it; but if it does, it will be earth-shattering, and it should be called the Taiyi Golden Elixir."

The Five Directions and Five Elders Taiyi Elixir Casting Method is a supreme secret transmission of alchemy within the sect, which cannot be mastered without great perseverance and profound understanding.

Since the founding of the Mirror Moon Sect, no one except the first patriarch has been able to form the Taiyi Golden Core and restore the glory of the Taiyi Dao Sect.

Even though Zhu Wuyai is now a Nascent Soul True Monarch, he still cannot form a Taiyi Golden Core in order to cultivate a secret method to repair his foundation in order to break through to the Divine Transformation True Venerable realm.

"A mere Jianlong Lake..." Ancestor Zhu said gently, "Since Zi'ang wants it, then take it."

"Thank you, Ancestor."

Chen Beiwu keenly noticed the change in how the ancestor was addressed and quickly bowed.

"For a fish-beast to transform into a dragon, it needs the blood of a dragon as a catalyst. The higher the grade of the dragon blood, the greater the potential and aptitude after transformation."

Zhu Wuya glanced at the golden egg, thinking of taking it all in one go and doing the right thing.

With a flick of his sleeve, a golden light flew out and landed in front of Chen Beiwu.

It was a drop of blood essence interwoven with crimson gold, within which seemed to roar like a true dragon, radiating a dragon's might that chilled the heart.

"The dragon is majestic without horns, with scales as golden as gold and claws as sharp as swords. It is the most ferocious among the dragons."

The old ancestor's voice was deep, his gaze fixed on the drop of essence blood: "As you can see, this is the essence blood of a fourth-realm mite dragon, a metal, which I have collected for many years."

At this point, the ancestor lightly tapped his fingertip, and a phantom dragon shadow immediately appeared on the surface of the essence blood.

Its entire body is reddish gold, and its scales are like knives. Although it has no dragon horns, its power is no less than that of the Flint Rock Coiled Dragon that Chen Beiwu saw in the Immortal Alliance, and it is even more powerful.

"This drop of essence blood was taken from the Golden Dragon. I fought it back then, cut off its tail and refined it to obtain this drop of essence blood."

Zhu Wuyai explained briefly: "This blood contains the aura of golden sharpness. Ordinary Foundation Establishment demonic beasts would be injured if they touched it. If your fish beast can be successfully refined into a dragon, its scales will definitely have golden sharpness, and its claws can break a cultivator's magic weapon."

"But there's one thing you must remember: this blood is malevolent, so you must be careful when refining it," Zhu Wuyai added.

The essence and blood of the Four Realms Demon Kings contain immortal gold and immortal energy, which can easily suppress Golden Core cultivators, seize the bodies of Three Realms Demon Generals to undergo rebirth, and restore their own bloodline.

To prevent this from happening, Zhu Wuyai had already used his magic to eliminate all the hidden dangers in the Golden Dragon's essence blood, but that doesn't mean it's without any threat.

"Disciple thanks the Ancestor for bestowing this treasure."

Chen Beiwu accepted the drop of dragon essence blood with both hands and put it away.

"Go." The old ancestor's voice became incredibly ethereal.

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu bowed solemnly once again, performing all the proper etiquette, before turning and leaving.

After Chen Beiwu's figure left the main hall, a soft sigh came from inside: "Young people these days are truly remarkable."

Zhu Wuya lightly tapped Yu Xin with his fingertips, his expression subtly complex.

The Nascent Soul True Monarch had extremely high standards. After several encounters, he had already discerned that Chen Beiwu possessed multiple lineages and that his cultivation techniques leaned more towards beast taming than the Five Directions Five Elders Taiyi Pill Forging Method.

But these things meant nothing to Zhu Wuyai.

It's just some secrets. Which accomplished cultivator in the Southern Wilderness cultivation world doesn't have secrets?

Although Zhu Wuyai was petty, he valued the overall situation of the sect more.

As long as Daozi has no rebellious intentions, a strong sense of belonging to the sect, and is able to shoulder the responsibility of the Jingyue Sect's lineage in the future, he doesn't mind maintaining a tacit understanding and providing some sect resources to cultivate the spirit beasts under Chen Zi'ang's demonic influence.

The only thing that made Zhu Wuyai feel complicated was that Chen Ziang's ambition seemed to be so high that even the Taiyi Golden Elixir could not satisfy him.

"By combining the Taiyi Dao Sect's heritage with the ancient beast-taming heritage of the Southern Wilderness, a new path will be opened. If Zi'ang does not die in the future, he will surely become a pillar of the sect."

Zhu Wuyai gazed in the direction Chen Beiwu had left, already having some guesses in his mind.

The art of beast taming is already a niche interest.

In ancient times, there were only a handful of renowned beast-taming and immortal cultivation sects in the Southern Wilderness.

Although none of these major beast-taming cultivation sects can compare with the Taiyi Dao Sect, they have produced many Nascent Soul True Venerables. Even now, they are major sects that the Jingyue Sect would not easily provoke. The beast-taming inheritance obtained by Daoist disciples by chance is mostly a remnant of the ancient Southern Wilderness beast-taming cultivation sects.

This small opportunity was not enough to make Zhu Wuyai feel triumphant, let alone push away a peerless genius who was devoted to the sect and had the potential to become a god.

On the other side, back at Shuiyue Secluded Residence, Chen Beiwu couldn't help but exhale a breath of stale air.

Before the sect even set off to slay the dragon in the Xuanhao Sea, the patriarch voluntarily bestowed upon him the essence blood of the Golden Edge Dragon, giving up a precious dragon vein, instead of persuading him not to be distracted by the minor path of beast taming, as Senior Sister Yun had done before.

This indicates that the sect's patriarch had more or less seen through some of his secrets, but maintained a tacit understanding and did not expose them.

Chen Beiwu had anticipated this.

To put it bluntly, he couldn't possibly abandon the Immortal Alliance's path of beast cultivation and immortal cultivation to switch to the Southern Wilderness's immortal cultivation method.

Even so, it would inevitably expose that his cultivation method was incompatible with the mainstream cultivation methods in the Southern Wilderness.

What touched Chen Beiwu was that the patriarch vaguely sensed that he harbored a secret, but had no intention of taking advantage of him. Instead, he dispelled Chen Beiwu's concerns with his actions.

"Gurgle."

Golden Egg's coquettish behavior interrupted Chen Beiwu's thoughts.

"Don't worry, everything is ready."

Chen Beiwu smiled slightly, put away the golden egg, and, under the pretext of going out to comprehend the Dao, got up and went to the Star-Turning Hall, taking the teleportation array to Yunlongze.

"Buzz!"

Finding a secluded, uninhabited lake, Chen Beiwu activated the Ten Directions Gate to teleport to the Immortal Alliance.

The Nine Heavens Star Formation, a powerful array that protects the entire Tianyuan Star, is necessary for the Golden Egg to trigger the Second Nine Thunder Tribulation within the Immortal Alliance and advance to the Third Realm Demon General in order to ensure the legitimate and compliant cultivation of its fellow beasts.

The next morning.

After reporting his fellow beast's breakthrough to his senior brother Jiang Chuan, Chen Beiwu looked at the golden egg, whose spirit and energy had been adjusted to perfection.

"Gurgle."

The golden egg nodded, indicating that it was fully prepared and ready to ignite its bloodline at any time, using the power of its bloodline to condense immortal golden essence and advance to the third realm of demon general.

"Let's begin then."

Chen Beiwu took out the premium Dragon Transformation Pill.

"Gurgle."

Jin Dan glanced at Chen Beiwu, his face resolute, then opened his mouth and swallowed the Transformation Dragon Pill in one gulp.

"boom!"

As the pill entered his stomach and its medicinal power took effect, the golden egg's eyes suddenly became bloodshot, its aura surged, and all the scales covering its body fell off, revealing flesh and blood with a pale golden luster.

"Gurgle."

Feeling the boiling of blood within his body, the golden egg endured the pain, opened its mouth, and activated the Ocean-Gathering Technique to swallow all the scales it had shed, its main goal being to make the most of everything.

Upon seeing this, Chen Beiwu sat down cross-legged, activated his divine sense, and guided the golden egg to operate the Myriad Laws Return to the Flow Jianmu Heavenly Book.

Once the Immortal Alliance successfully cultivates the earth and forms the Golden Core, the grade of the Golden Core will be completely determined.

Unless a cultivator is willing to pay a high price to retrace their steps, the rank of their Golden Core cannot be changed.

However, unlike the beasts of the same realm, the demon cores condensed by the demon generals of the three realms, although of different grades, can gradually become stronger as their bloodline cultivation increases.

boom!

boom!

boom!

As time passed, muffled thunder gradually emanated from the golden egg's abdomen, and the fundamental Dao traces deep within its veins surged like a river, instantly exceeding five hundred.

"Click!"

At that moment, the twin life vortexes within the golden egg cracked open, emitting streaks of dazzling golden light from within.

Upon sensing the birth of a demon core, dark clouds gathered above the Qiyun Residence's Three Peaks Cave, accompanied by incessant thunder.

What's going on? Is a cultivator forming their core?

No, this is the Second Nine Heavenly Tribulation. There should be a second-stage peak demon trying to break through to the third-stage demon general realm!

If I remember correctly, that was the cave of Shen Yuanbao, who was fourth on the rookie list.

"The young master of the Shen family is indeed remarkable. After only three years in the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, he has already advanced to the third realm of demon general while studying alongside the treasure beast Purple Lightning Leopard!"

Ahem, senior, you've been in seclusion for too long. The aura of that cave dwelling has already been taken over by Chen Beiwu.

Upon hearing this divine transmission, several immortal students living near Qiyun Residence were slightly taken aback, recalling Chen Beiwu's information about his fellow beast.

That's outrageous! This phenomenon, comparable to a rare earthly beast breaking through to the third realm, is being told by you that it's a rare golden scale beast breaking through!

Inside the cave, Jin Dan looked refreshed, and the pain he had felt at the beginning of his breakthrough was gone.

Perhaps it was because it had consumed enough rare and precious materials, or perhaps it was because the dragon blood within its body was strong enough, that the golden egg, guided by Chen Beiwu's divine sense, easily broke through the barrier of the second-stage lesser demon realm and condensed into a constantly rotating inner core.

Although the inner core had taken shape and emitted a trace of immortal golden energy, it appeared somewhat ordinary to Chen Beiwu's divine sense.

As expected, it still needs a heavenly tribulation to be baptized and tempered.

Chen Beiwu looked up at the sky outside the cave.

The thunderclouds in the sky have already manifested three unusual signs.

Eighteen bolts of azure lightning poured down like a burst dam from the Milky Way!

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

The golden egg opened its mouth, neither dodging nor avoiding, and swallowed all eighteen lightning tribulations into its belly, allowing the lightning to temper its newly formed inner core.

"Buzz!"

The vitality contained within the thunder continuously seeps into the elixir, causing three-light patterns to appear on the surface of the inner elixir, corresponding to the saying of the Three-Flower Suppressing Golden Elixir of the Treasure Beast, making the immortal golden nature contained within the inner elixir even purer.

"Gurgle."

The moment the alchemy was successfully completed, the golden egg closed its eyes, carefully sensing the transformation of its divine sense, magical power, bloodline, and life level, and its expression showed some dissatisfaction.

This is outrageous! According to the Immortal Alliance's classification, the inner core it formed is equivalent to a third-grade golden core of an Immortal Alliance cultivator, not even a second-grade golden core!