Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1621: Chapter 997: Life Realm Immortal Palace (Part 2)

Besides the Path of Life and Death, Yang Zhenshan also acquired two Lifebound Spiritual Artifacts, the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword and the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron.

Riding on the might of the Heavenly Tribulation, Yang Zhenshan directly elevated the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword to a Mid-grade Spiritual Artifact; at this time, the Wood Divine Thunder contained within the Purple Lightning Sword had reached a terrifying level.

Moreover, Yang Zhenshan took the opportunity to nurture three Qinghua Thunder Pearls.

Now the Qinghua Thunder Pearl can no longer serve as a trump card, but it is the root of Yang Zhenshan’s control over Wood Divine Thunder.

With the Qinghua Thunder Pearls and the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword, Yang Zhenshan can wield powerful Thunder Skills, comparable to genuine thunder cultivators.

The Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron only reached the rank of a Low-grade Spiritual Artifact, a grade lower than the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword, but to Yang Zhenshan, the importance of the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron surpasses the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

Yang Zhenshan can do without the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword, but he absolutely cannot be without the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron.

Because the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron contains Withered and Flourishing Divine Power and is the Lifebound Magical Treasure of the Qingmu Longevity Scripture.

If the lifebound magical treasure is part of a cultivator, then to Yang Zhenshan, the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword is akin to a limb, indistinguishable from hands and feet.

Whereas the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron is comparable to the five viscera and bowels; its properties are most aligned with Yang Zhenshan’s cultivated technique and comprehended divine power.

“With the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, it’ll be hard for me to die in the future!”

Yang Zhenshan felt the Dao Rhyme and Vitality within the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, his heart filled with joy.

After advancing both magical treasures have started to develop spirituality, although currently their spirituality is weak; they don’t possess independent consciousness like the Golden Crow, vivid and lifelike.

They are more like newborns, still in a state of ignorance.

Yang Zhenshan must carefully nurture these two little guys in the future.

Putting away the Divine Wood Treasure Cauldron, Yang Zhenshan began examining his own transformation.

His body had reached a state without leaks or deficiencies; the Qi of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys returned to their Innate original source and communicated with Heaven and Earth; the essence, Qi, and spirit gathered at the aperture of the cranial base, achieving unity of forms and spirit, known as Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, Five Qi Facing the Origin.

Yang Zhenshan’s heart moved, and his Spiritual Sense spread out.

Everything in the Spirit Source Land instantly unfolded in his mind.

Unlike before, previously he could also examine everything in the Spirit Source Land, but only bit by bit; now he needn’t do anything to know everything about the Spirit Source Land.

Of course, everything in the Spirit Source Land doesn’t refer to what everyone is doing or thinking, but to the changes in the Qi Mechanism of the Spirit Source Land.

At this moment he truly is the master of the Spirit Source Land.

He descended into deep contemplation, heart and spirit connecting with the core source of the Spirit Source Land.

“Now, perhaps I can discover what you truly are!”

As his Spiritual Sense reached into the core source, in an instant, a vast world unfolded in his heart, along with a stream of information appearing in his Sea of Consciousness.

In the next moment, Yang Zhenshan felt as if the world had expanded, as if breaking free from some shackles, leaping to a new realm.

Indeed, he had arrived at a new world.

When he manifested from the clouds, the Immortal Palace above his head had unfolded. Amidst a sea of bright white light, the temples staggered in height, glazed tiles reflecting sunlight, from afar appearing as peaks floating upon clouds.

The main hall had nine layers of flying eaves suspended with Mingzhu, the light spilling into the lake before the hall, entangled with the shimmering scales of the swimming fish. The lake water was shallow and its bottom was paved with moonlight sand, white smoke simmering, rising to mid-air and forming a White Crane, its bell ringing against the eaves as it glided past.​

In front, the Celestial Gate stood built from jade bricks on the clouds. Thin streams flowed through the mortar, glistening in pale gold. Seventy-two distinct ridges lined the side towers, beasts perched on the ridges glaring with round eyes; sunlight swept by, and the beast eyes sparkled like stars.

Behind the gate, a white jade staircase snaked upward, with water patterns on the surface, stepping onto it seeping fresh dew, swarming clouds around the feet. Each Pan-Dragon pillar stood three zhang apart, its iron body covered in Snow Lotus Petals, petals fringed with icy sparkle, casting dragon shadows in the clouds.

The Immortal Palace was surrounded by a seven-colored rainbow wall, within waterfalls crashed into the jade pool, the shadow of small palaces fragmented onto the ground as real pavilions, slowly growing into the void.

Yang Zhenshan stared blankly at the Immortal Palace and its temples before him, for a moment unable to snap back to reality.

“Life Realm Immortal Palace!”

He gazed downward, below lay an endless range of mountains, indeed the familiar Spirit Source Land.

He now hovered in the skies above the Spirit Source Land.

“So that’s how it is!”

Feeling the information in his mind, Yang Zhenshan finally unveiled the mystery of the Spirit Source Land.

It wasn’t really complicated, this Life Realm Immortal Palace was actually a Spiritual Treasure.

Born from Void Crystal Stone, refined by generations of Great Powers, resulting in such a mysterious and formidable Spiritual Treasure.

What is referred to as Life Realm is the Spirit Source Land below, and the so-called Immortal Palace is the cluster of palaces before him.

“Life Realm can span ten thousand miles, while the Immortal Palace can hang above the Nine Heavens!”

Yang Zhenshan slowly stepped into the Celestial Gate, the plaque above the gate marked Nine Heavens Gate, serving as the portal of the Immortal Palace, without doors but naturally bearing a barrier, marked by the gate-guarding stone lions and the North Star plaque.

Simultaneously, the Nine Heavens Gate also served as a Pocket World Gate, capable of directly appearing in the main world, connecting the main world.

Behind the gate, the white jade steps wended upward, Yang Zhenshan gradually ascended the jade steps, reaching the mid-level main hall.

“Jinghai Hall, three halls intertwined, forming the main hall of the Immortal Palace.”

Yang Zhenshan gazed at the plaque before the hall, he shook his head slightly, then with a sleeve wave, brilliant golden light emanated from the plaque, next moment the three gilded characters of Jinghai Hall transformed into Longevity Hall.

Jinghai Hall was left by the previous master of the Immortal Palace, but Longevity Hall belonged to Yang Zhenshan himself.

From now on, this place would be the Longevity Immortal Palace.

Yang Zhenshan didn’t enter the Longevity Hall because he already knew what lay within.

Everything before him was part of the Life Realm Immortal Palace, meaning it was a whole entity, every brick and tile was part of the Life Realm Immortal Palace, and inside there are no treasures, nor anything left by the previous master.

Of course, this doesn’t mean there are no other treasures in the Life Realm Immortal Palace.

Yang Zhenshan followed the jade steps back to the lakeshore before the hall.

The jade steps traversed the lake, while the shallow water extended a hundred li on both sides, enclosing the entire Longevity Hall within.

The Immortal Palace was built surrounding the lake, containing thirty-six large and small halls, one hundred and eight water pavilions, intersecting corridors, and connected cloud steps.

Additionally, there were various residences totalling a thousand rooms, and more than a hundred other buildings.

This Immortal Palace spanned a hundred li, dwelling on the clouds, aligned with heavenly light, attracting heavenly waters into the lake.

The lake water was very clear, but unfortunately, it held nothing.

Yet Yang Zhenshan knew the lake concealed the core of the Immortal Palace, the Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus of Taixu.

The core material of the Life Realm Immortal Palace was the Void Crystal Stone, a crystal stone born from Void, containing Void power and space power.

The so-called Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus of Taixu was what the original Void Crystal Stone transformed into.

It is both a part of the Life Realm Immortal Palace but can also be considered a Spirit Plant, albeit one of high rank, which can be termed Innate Spirit Plant or Innate Spiritual Object.

Worldly spiritual objects are divided into three orders: First-order, Second-order, Third order.

Above the third order are Innate Spiritual Objects.

Spiritual objects born from the Void are considered Innate Spiritual Objects, indicating that the main world cannot conceive Innate Spiritual Objects.

Only Golden Core Cultivators can encounter Innate Spiritual Objects in Void.

The Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus of Taixu is the core of the Life Realm Immortal Palace, for Yang Zhenshan to fully control the Life Realm Immortal Palace, he must refine the Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus of Taixu.

And the Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus of Taixu is the root of the Taoist Intent Sacred Lotus, the so-called Taoist Intent Sacred Lotus is merely a wisp of root transformed from the Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus.

Yang Zhenshan sank to the lake bed, quickly discovering the Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus of Taixu, at this moment the Twelve Golden Crystal Lotus was merely twelve seeds, appearing like twelve thumb-sized gemstones.

Without any hesitation, Yang Zhenshan directly sat on the lake bed and began refining.