Starting from the two realms, cultivating immortality by taming beasts

Chapter 632 Ancient Cultivators (Supplement)

[Defeat the Golden Demon Xingjihai to unlock the Sect Trial]

[Start the trial/Do not start?]

Chen Beiwu's eyes flickered, but he did not make a hasty decision. Instead, he looked at the Fighting Demon Ape.

"The trial is not an illusion created by Xingji Hai, but I suggest you refuse," the Fighting Demon Ape said in a deep voice.

Why?

Chen Beiwu could sense the fear in the eyes of the Fighting Demon Ape.

Even when facing a cultivation giant like Zhen Yuanzi, the Fighting Demon Ape showed no fear whatsoever.

However, the Fighting Demon Ape was wary of the trials that appeared on the Path of Heavenly Stars.

"Since the Path of Heavenly Stars became a place of Dao transformation, the trials here have long been distorted. Cultivators who dare to risk participating in the trials have basically all died and their Dao has been destroyed. None of them have survived."

The Fighting Demon Ape explained, "Although the Five Visceral Demons are troublesome, they are nothing compared to the Trial of the Heavenly Star Path."

"The reason why that Nascent Soul corpse just fell here is most likely because it failed the Trial of the Path to Heavenly Stars and was severely injured, and was then ambushed by Xingji Corpse."

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu's heart stirred slightly, and he looked in the direction where Xing Jihai had disappeared.

Good guy!

The demons here are extremely cunning; they even use the Heavenly Star Path trial to weaken their enemies.

"Huh?" (Should we chase after them?)

Golden Egg glanced at the passage on the right.

"As long as the Land of Dao Transformation remains, the Five Demons will never be extinguished. Even if we catch up, it will be difficult to kill Xingji's remains; we will only be wasting our time." The Fighting Demon Ape shook its head.

The Five Demons' minds are close to those of a Nascent Soul True Monarch. When encountering a powerful enemy, they will take the initiative to avoid them and then wait for the opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Once they are tainted, they are like chewing gum, impossible to shake off and impossible to completely get rid of.

"Huh?" (Does this mean it's been watching us from the shadows all along?)

Schiller took a step back and shielded Chen Beiwu in front of him.

Without Chen Beiwu's help, it had little chance of resisting Xing Jihai's attack.

"As long as we are in good condition, Xingjihai will not act rashly," the Fighting Demon Ape said calmly.

Unless all five demons come out together, a single Xingji skeleton is not enough to make a move against Chen Beiwu under its nose.

"Which sect left behind the Path of Heavenly Stars?"

Chen Beiwu nodded slightly and asked the question that had been bothering him.

The Path of Heavenly Stars is the place where the Daoist Master of Refining Emptiness fell. There are sect trials here, and it is very likely that there is a lineage of an ancient Daoist sect, containing endless opportunities.

"I don't know either. If you can successfully reach the depths of the Heavenly Star Path, you might be able to obtain some lineage inheritance and learn about the origin of the Heavenly Star Path," the Fighting Demon Ape said with a complicated expression.

Chen Beiwu suppressed his doubts and stopped asking questions.

Next, with the Fighting Demon Ape leading the way, the journey was smooth and unobstructed.

three days later.

After bypassing the last passage, an ancient altar came into Chen Beiwu's view.

The altar was magnificent and solemn, with a crack running straight from its center to the edge, forming a dark passage suspended in the void.

"Is this the inter-domain passage to the Eastern Territory?" Chen Beiwu raised an eyebrow, intrigued.

After being targeted by Zhen Yuanzi, the Southern Wilderness was no longer a small pond where he could roam freely, but a dangerous place hiding cultivation giants.

Even though these cultivation giants were all in seclusion and rarely went out, Chen Beiwu still felt that the opportunities and risks were not equal.

The reason is simple: at Chen Beiwu's cultivation level, apart from luck, there are very few rare and precious natural treasures in the Southern Wilderness that can catch his eye, let alone provide him with enough assistance.

To put it bluntly, compared to the Southern Wilderness, the Eastern Territory, with its abundant resources, numerous powerful figures, and the presence of the Refining Void Dao Venerable, is undoubtedly a new world full of opportunities. Even Nascent Soul True Monarch cultivators will not receive much attention, which aligns with Chen Beiwu's philosophy of stable development.

The only thing that made Chen Beiwu hesitate was whether the Heavenly Star Path could overcome the Great Array of Heaven and Earth and successfully help him reach the vast Eastern Territory.

As for the risks inherent in the Tianxing Road?

With the Gate of Ten Directions as a fallback option, allowing him to return to the Immortal Alliance at any time, Chen Beiwu was not afraid and was willing to give it a try.

"No, we are currently only on the outer edge of the Celestial Path, which is a spatial passage leading to the depths of the Celestial Path."

At this point, the Fighting Demon Ape paused slightly: "As for how to open this spatial passage, I know very little and am powerless to do so."

"Woof?" (Should I go up and give it a try?)

Tie Dan offered his suggestion.

"No rush."

Chen Beiwu closed his eyes and carefully sensed the position of the Purple-Gold Canopy within the chaotic world.

Half an hour passed at this stop.

The Fighting Demon Ape did not urge him.

The reason why the Path of Heavenly Stars is so fraught with danger is because the Five Demons reside there, and there are opportunities for trials.

With the Heavenly Laws and Earthly Manifestations suppressed, even a Nascent Soul True Venerable might not be a match for the Five Demons.

Even if a very small number of Nascent Soul True Venerables could contend with the Five Demons with the cultivation of True Monarch, they might not be able to give up the trial opportunities that appeared in the ancient Dao Sect. They might accidentally fall into a huge pit and be killed by the trial.

That would have been fine, but what troubled the Fighting Demon Ape the most was that not just any cultivator could open the passage leading to the depths of the Heavenly Star Path.

The reason it was able to escape from the depths back then was purely by chance, when Tianyan Zhenjun activated a special restriction.

Suddenly, under the watchful gaze of the Fighting Demon Ape, Chen Beiwu opened his eyes and strode towards the altar.

"tread!"

"tread!"

"tread!"

Upon ascending the altar, Chen Beiwu's gaze fell upon the jade lamp at the center.

The reason is simple: although the altar was filled with Taoist energy and strange atmosphere, only the lamps emitted a faint purple glow of fortune.

Undoubtedly, an object that possesses a purple aura must be extraordinary and is most likely the core of the entire altar.

The Fighting Demon Ape, however, showed curiosity in its eyes.

Chen Beiwu is, after all, a powerful figure who inherited the array formation skills of True Monarch Tianyan. Perhaps he can also accidentally trigger the altar's restrictions just like the latter.

Aside from luck, there's nothing wrong with it at all.

Chen Beiwu frowned slightly.

The restrictions on the altar were too profound and obscure for him to see clearly, let alone analyze.

Just then, Chen Beiwu's mind stirred slightly, and he vaguely sensed the longing emanating from the lamp.

He looked at Tie Dan, who understood and immediately spewed out Crimson Nirvana Fire, intending to light the lamp.

As a result, the lamp remained completely still, treating the Crimson Nirvana Fire as if it were nothing.

Upon seeing this, Jin Dan, Xue Le, Zhi Ling, and A Ji each tried to light the lamps using their fire-attribute mystical abilities, but they were still unable to do so.

"Could you try to light this lamp?" Chen Beiwu asked the Fighting Demon Ape.

The Fighting Demon Ape understood and unleashed its Fighting Elemental Fire, which instantly covered the altar lamps.

"Sizzle sizzle!"

As time passed, the altar lamps only made strange noises, showing no sign of being lit.

"Eek?" (Should we light it with something else?)

As Zhiling made her guess, she began to circulate her inner energy to test it.

A thought flickered in Chen Beiwu's mind, and he stepped forward, urging the Primordial True Essence to pour into the lamp.

"Buzz!"

Chen Beiwu keenly sensed a hint of longing emanating from the lamp.

This longing is not for Primordial Truth, but for another quality in him.

? ? ?

Chen Beiwu's heart stirred, and he mobilized a crimson aura within the chaotic world to make an attempt.

Rumble!

In stark contrast to its previous reaction, the moment the Crimson Fortune touched the jade lamp, a wisp of brilliant flame, enough to instill fear in even a Nascent Soul True Monarch, slowly rose, and then burst forth with dazzling light.

"Is that all?"

The Fighting Demon Ape was greatly surprised and immediately landed beside Chen Beiwu.

The crack at the center of the magnificent altar also burst forth with dazzling light, tearing open a faintly visible spatial passage at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"To go in or not to go in?"

Chen Beiwu noticed the questioning look in the Fighting Demon Ape's eyes.

"Since we're already here, why not give it a try?"

Seeing that the Purple Gold Canopy did not issue a warning, Chen Beiwu's pride soared.

"Okay, I'll go first."

To be on the safe side, the Fighting Demon Ape volunteered to be the first to take a step.

Meanwhile, deep within the Path of Heavenly Stars.

-

All things are silent and still, and the world is without light.

Time seems to have no existence here; only a vast abyss stretches across the land, belonging neither to heaven nor to earth, like a tributary of the myriad great paths.

This tributary is unfathomably deep, like a still pool of water that has remained stagnant for countless years.

But today, as crimson light burst forth, a pair of golden dragon eyes shone forth.

The jagged dragon head emerged from the river of the Great Dao, revealing a vast gaze overlooking the mortal world. With each breath, an ancient dragon might that could shake the heavens and earth flowed, enough to leave an unparalleled mark on the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

The Great Dao has no name; from the primordial energy, a true dragon is born.

This ancient dragon slightly raised its eyes, its gaze indifferent, and looked across countless voids to see the altar on the outer edge of the Heavenly Star Path.

In an instant, endless divine light flashed.

This ancient true dragon, with its supreme power, activated the great divine ability of "Heavenly Observation and Dao Evolution," which allows it to observe the great Dao of Heaven and Earth, in an attempt to see the secrets of Heaven and the past, present, and future of those who come, as well as all variables.

The dragon's gaze fell upon the Fighting Demon Ape, its expression calm.

Even if a mere demonic ape is destined to become an unparalleled demon lord and has the potential to touch the Primordial Dao, it is still difficult for it to catch His eye.

"A mind like a monkey is not yet qualified to touch the supreme position of the Great Dao."

Zhenlong commented and then looked at Chen Beiwu beside him.

This kid has some talent, he's qualified—wait?

The dragon let out a soft exclamation, its golden eyes shining even brighter, spewing forth divine light.

All that could be seen was the flow of Daoist energy around Chen Beiwu, reflecting the Daoist principles and rhythms.

Is it a demon from beyond the realm?

Or is he a prodigy from the Southern Wilderness?

The dragon's eyes narrowed slightly, its expression shifting between light and shadow. Then it closed its eyes, and behind it, a vast dragon body, as tall as the Great Dao, slowly outlined a human figure.

On the other side, as Chen Beiwu stepped into the altar passage with the Fighting Demon Ape, he felt the world around him suddenly change. His senses were suppressed to the extreme by an invisible force, and he could see and hear nothing. All he saw was darkness.

It may be a moment, or it may be hundreds of years.

When Chen Beiwu opened his eyes and looked around, he found himself in a dazzling starry sky, where he could see vibrant worlds.

In the next instant, the worlds suddenly dimmed and collapsed, turning into shooting stars and vanishing into nothingness.

Finally, the scenery changed again, and a dilapidated sect ruin came into Chen Beiwu's view.

"careful."

The Fighting Demon Ape gave a warning, its gaze warily fixed on the giant stele in front of the ruins.

The giant stele is inscribed with four mysterious and obscure ancient seal characters.

"Tianyuan Dao Sect?"

Chen Beiwu's eyelids twitched.

Is it a coincidence or is he overthinking it?

The name Tianyuan Dao Sect sounds more like an ancient Dao Sect that dominated Tianyuan Star, rather than an ancient Dao Sect of Wanyuan Star.

"Roar!" "Woof!" "Hey!" "Eek!"

Jin Dan, Tie Dan, Xue Le, and Zhi Ling also tensed up, feeling that the name of this Dao Sect was too coincidental.

Only Aji felt a chill in his heart, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Through the connection of the same cognition contract, Chen Beiwu keenly sensed Aji's unusual behavior and followed the latter's gaze.

A figure could be seen leaning against the back of the giant monument.

Because his divine sense was suppressed by the giant monument, Chen Beiwu was unable to see the figure's full form for a time, let alone know whether it was dead or alive.

Judging from Aji's reaction, the other party was no ordinary person, and might even be a cultivation master.

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu held his breath, took two steps forward, and was ready to teleport back to the Immortal Alliance at any time.

"Who goes there? State your name."

As the indifferent voice rang out, the figure behind the giant monument suddenly stood up, revealing his true face.

He was eight feet tall, with jet-black hair, a dignified face, and a pair of majestic eyes that left a deep impression. They were unlike the eyes of a cultivator, and were more like those of an ancient god, with an aura far surpassing that of Zhen Yuanzi.

"I am Chen Zi'ang, the sect leader of the Mirror Moon Sect."

Chen Beiwu bowed slightly, showing no sign of impoliteness: "May I ask how you should be addressed, senior?"

Without even exchanging blows, just by looking into each other's eyes, he could tell that the other party was no ordinary person. He was either a wisp of divine thought left behind by that ancient Dao Venerable, or an old monster from the Tianyuan Dao Sect who had survived the ages.

Regardless of the possibility, the difficulty of dealing with the other party far surpasses that of a mere clone of a cultivation master.

Fortunately, the other party was mild-mannered and had no ill intentions. Otherwise, Chen Beiwu would have already activated the Ten Directions Gate to escape and wouldn't even have thought of asking any questions.

The dignified cultivator's gaze shifted and landed on Chen Beiwu: "What sect is the Mirror Moon Sect? I have never heard of it, but the Dao techniques you have learned seem to have a connection with the Taiyi Dao Sect."

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu felt relieved.

It would be good if we could talk; he was afraid that this senior was like a demon, impossible to communicate with.

"I have no name; you may call me Yuan."

At this point, Yuan nodded slightly and commented, "You are quite good and qualified to inherit the Tianyuan Dao Sect's legacy. Would you be willing to become my disciple?"

"I already have a master, can I also become your disciple?" Chen Beiwu asked tentatively.

The Tianyuan Dao Sect is an ancient Dao Sect. If one can obtain its lineage and heritage, it will be easier for him to attain the Dao and become a True Venerable in the future.

"Of course not. Are you willing to give up your position as the sect leader of Jingyue Sect and become the next sect leader of my Tianyuan Dao Sect?" Yuan asked bluntly, leaving Chen Beiwu with a choice.

Chen Beiwu's mind raced, and he slowly shook his head: "Senior, without the guidance of a sect, I would find it difficult to reach the Nascent Soul True Monarch realm. Please allow me to refuse."

"No regrets?" Yuan asked in a deep voice.

"No regrets," Chen Beiwu said calmly.

He has been able to cultivate himself to this day because he has never gone against his true nature.

Although the legacy of the Tianyuan Dao Sect is tempting, it cannot change his principles of conduct.

Yuan chuckled lightly: "How dare you! Do you know the consequences of refusing me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere froze, and an overwhelming sense of impending death surged into Chen Beiwu's heart.