Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 564 The Desolate Era

"Any title is fine, anything will do."

Aji looked languid and yawned.

It doesn't care about being banned or anything like that; after all, it's just a name.

As long as Chen Beiwu doesn't choose a name that's too unconventional, and instead uses a title similar to "Golden Egg" or "Iron Egg," such as nicknames like "A-Dan" or "Lucky Egg," he can get a good name.

? ? ?

The golden egg raised its eyes, and three pairs of dragon eyes locked onto Aji.

Tie Dan also straightened his expression and looked at Aji with a serious gaze.

It can't ignore this kind of criticism.

The name given to it by its owner is none of Aji's business!

Noticing the two gazes, Aji tilted his head slightly, meeting the gazes of the light, the golden egg, and the iron egg.

The atmosphere inside the cave suddenly became tense, as if the two sides might start fighting at any moment.

"Alright, alright, I misspoke."

Aji licked his palm and took the initiative to speak to ease the tension.

Today is a great day for its bloodline to undergo a transformation and reshaping, completely suppressing the two great dragon souls. It's in a good mood, so there's no need to cause any trouble over such a trivial matter.

Moreover, it received a lot of care from the Golden Egg and Iron Egg during the Wuji Embryonic Storage period, so it's not a big deal to give way a little.

Upon hearing this, Jin Dan and Tie Dan's expressions softened, and they didn't continue to argue with Aji.

While the golden eggs were exchanging thoughts, Chen Beiwu's divine sense had already reached out to Aji Yuan through the connection between them via the shared contract.

The three lineages of kinship, law, and tradition.

Among them, the Yuanmai is the essence of the five elements of the Tongcan beast.

The higher the grade of the Yuanmai, the stronger the bloodline foundation of the beast, which can provide the contracted cultivator with more spiritual root purity enhancement and benefits.

In Chen Beiwu's view, Aji restored his original source with the Wuji Taizang Xuantong and was enlightened by the Yunshu Chitai Shentong. The two true dragon bloodlines, Qianyang and Kunyin, were born after breaking out of their shells. The innate Yuanmai he nurtured after breaking out of their shells must be extraordinary. It is even expected to break through the limit of Yuanmai and surpass the Heavenly Yuanmai.

Sure enough, my guess was right!

Chen Beiwu focused his divine sense and discovered that Aji's internal meridians were different from before. They no longer exhibited the special state of yin and yang alternating and repeating, but instead rotated with the four seasons, forming their own meridians. Within the meridians, there were four colors of divine light flowing: spring green, summer red, autumn gold, and winter white.

These four divine lights, seemingly each in its own place and clearly distinct, are like the changing seasons, illustrating the ancient natural laws of heaven and earth, emanating a rhythmic Daoist charm of the changing seasons. In terms of their extraordinary power, they far surpass the primordial veins of the Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xue Le, and Zhi Ling.

However, this alone is not enough for Chen Beiwu to be certain that the Yuan Meridian contained within Aji's body surpasses the Heavenly Grade.

After all, for cultivators of the Immortal Alliance, the Yuan Meridian within the Tongcan Beast is equivalent to an amplifier of spiritual root purity.

The strength of a cultivator's spiritual root depends on whether the purity of the spiritual root it provides can break through the limitations of the cultivator's spiritual root.

Chen Beiwu is now able to accurately detect the purity of his spiritual root through his nascent soul in his sea of consciousness.

"Gold 98, Wood 98, Water 98, Fire 98, Earth 98."

This means that, with the blessing of Aji Yuanmai, the purity of Chen Beiwu's five elemental spiritual roots—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—has all increased by one point, reaching a high of 98, close to the limit of the Heavenly Spiritual Root.

"If the Demon King's Perfection realm can provide such a boost, wouldn't the purity of my Five Elements spiritual roots be able to advance even further once Aji's cultivation reaches the Fifth Realm Demon Venerable?"

Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu's heart stirred slightly, and his eyes revealed undisguised joy.

The reason is simple: the later a cultivator progresses in their cultivation, the more difficult it becomes to increase the purity of their spiritual root by even a single point, let alone a surge of five points in spiritual root purity.

The only thing that Chen Beiwu regretted was that the purity of these five spiritual roots was too balanced. If they were all improved to the same attribute, he might be able to break the limit of the Immortal Alliance's spiritual root aptitude and obtain the legendary Immortal Spiritual Root.

Thinking of this, Chen Beiwu activated his divine sense again, probing Aji's meridians.

"Gold 99, Wood 99, Water 99, Fire 99, ±99."

Chen Beiwu raised an eyebrow, quite surprised.

In his view, Aji combines the bloodlines of the two true dragon species, Qianyang White Dragon and Kunyin Black Dragon. After his origin is restored, the purity of his Five Elements bloodline should be further improved, reaching 100.

In the end, Aji's Five Elements pulse only returned to normal, without any qualitative change.

Could it be a limitation of cultivation level? A fourth-realm demon king can't even achieve a purity of 100 for the five elemental meridians?

Chen Beiwu's mind raced, but he didn't dwell on it too much.

Aji now wields the power of the four seasons, not the power of Yin and Yang. His cultivation is far inferior to what he saw in the ruins of the blazing sun. It is already quite remarkable that he has been able to restore the purity of his elemental veins to this extent. There is still hope for him to advance further in the future, so there is no need to rush.

So Chen Beiwu's divine sense moved and probed Aji's lineage.

Deep within the Dharma lineage, countless Dao traces shone brightly, radiating dazzling light; there were exactly nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine of them.

"Huh, that's strange. Didn't Aji used to have ten thousand Dao traces?" Chen Beiwu frowned slightly.

The Dao traces dissipated, leaving less than ten thousand, meaning that Aji was no longer a fifth-realm demon lord whose cultivation had fallen, but a genuine perfect demon king.

If Aji wants to break through to the Demon Lord realm in the future, it won't be as simple as just restoring his cultivation. He will probably need to reignite his bloodline and prove his Dao once again.

"Well, for Aji, proving himself as a Demon Lord again might not be a bad thing," Chen Beiwu thought to himself.

Putting aside the risks and focusing solely on the opportunity, reaffirming his status as a Demon Lord means that Aji can undergo another tribulation, using the power of the heavenly tribulation to enhance his bloodline's power and causing his combat strength to surge.

Extinguishing the thought from his mind, Chen Beiwu probed the depths of the Dharma vein with his divine sense.

Spring sunshine brings forth new life.

【Summer Sunshine】

【Autumn's chilling winds】

【A Moment of Winter Hibernation】

As he looked at the introductions to the various profound mysteries of creation, Chen Beiwu's gaze sharpened, settling on the last one.

【Mysterious Connection】: The True Domain of Yin and Yang in the Four Seasons of Heaven 【Attribute】: Yin and Yang (Four Seasons)

[Rank]: Fifth-Order Creation Yuan Technique [Description]: The four seasons return to one, manifesting the Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth, allowing one to roam freely without restraint.

Note: The Yin-Yang True Domain of the Four Seasons is difficult to tolerate in the world. To activate this True Domain with the power of a Demon King, one must continuously burn mana and cultivation. The longer the activation time, the more mana is burned, and one may even lose cultivation.

"???" Chen Beiwu's pupils contracted, his eyes widening in surprise.

What the hell!

The Demon King's True Domain is the innate profound power of the four realms' demon kings who seize a portion of the power of heaven and earth, using their bloodline as the root or inheriting the legacy of their ancestors' bloodline, and using their own demon core as the seed, to change the world and create their own realm.

Logically speaking, unleashing the Demon King's True Domain is an instinct for Demon Kings of the Fourth Realm, as simple as breathing. The relationship between the two is like that between the Heavenly Gang Dharma Form and the Nascent Soul True Monarch.

As a result, even though Aji was a perfected demon king, there were still many restrictions on his use of the Demon King's True Domain.

If the True Domain is used for too long, Aji may even risk damaging his cultivation.

This made Chen Beiwu genuinely curious about just how heaven-defying this creation technique called the [Four Seasons Heavenly Order Yin Yang True Domain] really was!

I don't know either.

Sensing Chen Beiwu's inner turmoil, Aji shook his head.

Having just completed its bloodline transformation, its Demon King True Domain is also in the process of being formed, making it impossible to know the strongest power of this profound technique through bloodline perception.

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu did not force Aji to use the Demon King's True Domain. Instead, he changed the subject and asked the latter for his opinion on the title.

"Whatever." Aji's answer remained simple and clear.

Golden Egg Dragon's eyes darted around, and it suggested, "How about a cat at dawn?"

At dawn, when all things are reviving and yin and yang are alternating, it perfectly matches the yin and yang bloodline within Aji's body.

Aji narrowed his eyes, pretending not to hear.

Tie Dan lowered his eyes slightly, then his eyes lit up. He thought the "Yin Yang Yuan Cat" was pretty good.

Schiller scratched his head, disagreeing, thinking that his idea of "Four Seasons Tmall" was better.

Zhiling pondered for a moment and named Aji "Dragon of Time".

The meaning of this title is very simple: it indicates that Aji has the bloodline of a true dragon and is also the one who controls the flow of the four seasons.

Aji looked at Zhiling and thought that the title she had chosen was domineering enough, but it didn't like dragons and was even a little annoyed by them, so it turned its gaze to Chen Beiwu.

Chen Beiwu pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked, "What do you think of the title 'Heavenly Desolate Primordial Cat'?"

Aji fell silent.

After a long silence, it spoke, "How about a compromise: let's name it 'Heavenly Desolation and Time'?"

"Can."

As soon as Chen Beiwu finished speaking, the immense magical power suppressed within his body began to surge violently.

For a Nascent Soul stage True Monarch of the Immortal Alliance, the feedback and support provided by a Perfected Demon King at the Creation Beast level is terrifying. It is even possible that due to the large difference in strength, a single accidental impact could break the co-existence contract.

Chen Beiwu had a strong foundation and was not afraid of this, but as the vast magical power in his body rapidly increased, he began to be unable to suppress the pure magical power fed back by the Co-existing Contract.

Protect me!

After speaking, Chen Beiwu's storage ring shimmered, and a drop of Heavenly Heart Liquid appeared in his palm.

The four elements prove the Dao, and the one element creates a new heaven.

Logically speaking, the resources and expenses of the Seeking Truth Ritual can be reduced according to the cultivator's actual situation, but the Seeking Truth Pill and the Four Elements Proving Platform are key resources that cannot be saved.

However, Chen Beiwu has mastered the fundamental immortal techniques of the Primordial Cave, thus verifying his own path to immortality. He can now perform the Heavenly Ritual without relying on massive resources, and he need not fear seeking truth or making mistakes, lest he stray from the right path.

This is the formidable power of the third Venerable of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect who has mastered the Primordial Chaos Immortal Technique.

"Buzz!"

With a flick of his finger, Chen Beiwu caused the Dao Seed Nascent Soul deep within his Purple Mansion to open its mouth and swallow the Heavenly Heart Liquid, which had transformed into a stream of light, in one gulp. Then, it activated its fundamental immortal technique and formed the Primordial Cave True Seal in front of its chest.

The Three Elements prove the Way, seek the truth by probing the Way, and one can awaken the profound understanding of the Heavenly Heart.

If a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Immortal Alliance forms a Shared Journey Contract with a Mystic Beast possessing special divine sense and profound understanding before holding the Three Elements Dao Attainment Ceremony, and enters the "Shared Journey and True Understanding" state together, he can greatly increase the probability of awakening the Heavenly Heart by borrowing the powerful bloodline within the Shared Journey Beast that is in harmony with heaven and earth.

The Golden Egg possesses three aspects and also has the Great Evolution True Profound Understanding, making it undoubtedly the best choice for fellow practitioners.

With the help of the Heavenly Heart Elixir, Chen Beiwu couldn't imagine the possibility of failing to attain the Three Elements Dao.

"Buzz!"

As time passed, Chen Beiwu's heartbeat slowed to almost stop, and the Shouyi Bell deep within his spiritual sea of consciousness began to hum.

The mind of Heaven is like a mirror reflecting objects. When objects come, they appear; when objects go, they disappear. It neither clings to nor is attached to anything, neither welcomes nor rejects anything.

In absolute emptiness, Chen Beiwu's nascent soul instinctively left his body, his mind transforming into a speck of dust, drifting between heaven and earth. He easily saw the flow of the earth's veins beneath the cave and heard the breath of heaven and earth exchanging energy.

With a mind as still as water, all things can be reflected; with a mind as clear as a mirror, the mind of heaven is my mind. Two years have passed, and Chen Beiwu has brought the mountains and rivers, plants and insects, fish and the sun, moon and stars into his own mind. He has become connected with heaven and earth, comprehended the mind of heaven, and the nascent soul heart deep in his sea of consciousness has also blossomed with ultimate brilliance.

Nascent Soul Peak, achieved!

Chen Beiwu opened his eyes, his gaze indifferent.

All things in heaven and earth possess a spirit; those who awaken their divine heart can communicate with the spirits.

In the past, when Chen Beiwu used the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Divine Power, he could only see the fortune of living beings.

But now, he can glimpse the fortune of the mountains, the fortune of the rivers, and even the fortune of a stubborn rock.

Moreover, after reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, he can also activate the Heavenly Heart, resonate with heaven and earth, and achieve the effect of "all things have signs, and the Heavenly Heart is the first to perceive", thus achieving good fortune and avoiding misfortune.

However, this tendency to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune has its limits. Once faced with an existence whose cultivation level far surpasses one's own, one may be blinded by the secrets of heaven and unaware that one's own death is imminent.

Therefore, for Chen Beiwu, who possesses the Nine Breaths of Chaos, the auspiciousness and warding off evil brought by awakening the Heavenly Heart are like chicken ribs, while the power of communicating with the Netherworld is quite precious.

boom!

As Chen Beiwu broke through his cultivation level, Jin Dan, Tie Dan, Xue Le, and Zhi Ling also experienced a rapid increase in their cultivation through the feedback from the Shared Cultivation Contract.

Only Aji's energy remained unchanged, easily refining the feedback from the Shared Affinity Contract, quietly guarding Chen Beiwu's side.

Thanks for your hard work."

Chen Beiwu reached out and gently stroked Aji's head, his divine sense probing into the golden core and nascent soul within the body.

Ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarchs need to recuperate for one month to a year before they can use their magic power after breaking through. This is the price that must be paid for taking the Heavenly Heart Elixir. However, Chen Beiwu has a deep foundation and is also aided by the pure magic power fed back from the Aji Co-existence Contract, so the price of taking the Heavenly Heart Elixir is negligible.

Even though his cultivation level rapidly broke through to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage within just two years, he didn't feel weak at all; on the contrary, he felt refreshed and invigorated.

However, just to be on the safe side, Chen Beiwu rested for ten days before taking out the Breakthrough Profound Pill and Qianxingzhi from his storage ring.

The former was bestowed by the sect leader, while the latter was a key resource for a Nascent Soul True Monarch to complete the ritual of seeking truth and enlightenment. It could greatly enhance the effect of proving the Dao in the Four Elements and was a precious gift from the Zhou family of the Dao Venerable Immortal Clan.

"call."

Chen Beiwu exhaled a breath of stale air and turned his gaze to Xue Le.

Schiller sensed something, suppressed the surging magical power within him, and looked up at Chen Beiwu.

Huh? (Shall we begin now?)

Let's begin.

Chen Beiwu closed his eyes, preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in one go.

Unlike Tianxin Liquid, Qianxingzhi is a fourth-grade top-quality mystic medicine. It can be grafted and its essence transferred using Xue Le's Transplantation Technique to perfectly refine the medicinal power of this mystic medicine.

"Hey."

Schiller nodded, clasped his hands together, and held Qian Xingzhi in his palms.

"Buzz!"

The five elements circulate, transforming the Qian Star into a silvery-white radiance.

Schiller's expression was solemn. A long vine stretched out from behind him and draped over Chen Beiwu's shoulder. Then, he guided the medicinal power of the Qianxingzhi into his body, and then continuously flowed into Chen Beiwu's meridians and dantian through the vine.

Soon, an hour had passed.

The silvery-white light on Schiller's hands dimmed, and Qian Xingzhi turned into grayish-white powder and fell into his palm.

Chen Beiwu, on the other hand, activated the Primordial Fundamental Immortal Technique, drawing the medicinal power into his Nascent Soul, causing the Nascent Soul to glow with a silvery-white aura.

It's still not quite there!

With a thought, Chen Beiwu swallowed the Breaking Limit Profound Pill without hesitation.