Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1508: Chapter 816: Shocking Upheaval (Part 2)

In the Spirit Realm, the difficulty of a cultivator breaking through a realm is more than ten times higher than in the Lower Realm, and Heavenly Tribulations are harder than ascending to heaven, with a successful breakthrough being one in ten thousand.

This is the restriction imposed by the Heavenly Dao of the Spirit Realm on its cultivators, where the balance is omnipresent.

After a while, the Ten-thousand-Year-old Sky Blue was finally bid on by a Golden Core Master with a face full of dead air, causing an uproar among the crowd.

The auction briefly reached a climax and then entered a flat phase. Although the treasures being auctioned were increasingly rare and unique, the final transaction prices were unsatisfactory.

In the Taiyi Spirit Realm, as long as most Golden Core Masters do not die prematurely, they can eventually achieve Perfect Golden Core, even by grinding.

However, they can never break through into the Nascent Soul Realm in their lifetime.

Since they can eventually cultivate to Perfect Golden Core, why bother with the toil of diligent cultivation!

For this reason, most Golden Core cultivators indulge in enjoyment, dissipating their Dao heart and will in the ten thousand red dust.

For Zhao Sheng, however, it’s a different situation. Despite the numerous treasures being auctioned, almost none catch his eye.

Magical treasures, Elixir Pills, Cultivation Techniques, and all sorts of necessary cultivation items are things he lacks not. Whatever he desires, as long as he possesses spirit materials, he can refine them himself, almost "without seeking from outside."

Most of the day passed, and finally, the auction approached its end. The three concluding treasures were all exceptionally rare, driving the crowd to bid frantically, each item priced beyond a hundred top-grade Spirit Stones.

After the auction, the white-haired old man thanked the crowd, then gestured with his hand. Instantly, a gigantic light screen, six zhang in width and nine zhang in height, appeared at the hall’s center.

On the light screen, row after row of golden spiritual text introduced various treasures, along with the transaction requirements of treasure owners. Lastly, vividly lifelike treasure images were attached.

"Red Mist Spirit Fruit, blooms once every hundred years, bears fruit every hundred years... Required for trade are similar spirit fruits, with fire and earth-type spirit fruits prioritized..."

"...Third-tier top-grade spirit pill, Jinlong Pill, refined by an Alchemy Master... Enhances Divine Sense, fortifies the Divine Soul... urgently needs spiritual medicine such as Thousand-year-old Ganoderma, Thousand-year-old Mirage Pearl..."

"...A piece of Heavenly Strange Iron, weighing ten thousand jun, impervious to magical treasures... Trade for various dual cultivation techniques, priority given to absolute beauty cauldron..."

"...Ancient Relic Mansion map, suspected to be the sitting down place of a Divinity Transformation True Monarch..."

"...Three children with Heavenly Spirit Root in gold, fire, and wood elements, approximately seven to eight years old, with clear backgrounds... need ten intact Golden Core corpses, or one Nascent Soul cultivator remains..."

"...Qi Jiangyue Clan is recruiting three Golden Core Guest Elders, prioritizing those with high cultivation, offering a spiritual salary of a hundred thousand annually... nine absolute beauty maids, plus a free gift of a Nascent Soul level cultivation technique, attribute choice allowed."

"...In the Outer Domain, I have discovered a treasure land, inside it contains... If any are interested, they can sign up, a Dao vow agreement can be established."

Rows of golden spiritual text lined up naturally, including Zhao Sheng’s request: "...I need some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with both space-time and Five Elements attributes, such as Sumeru Stone, You Tan Golden Core, Mirage Dragon Cloud Crystal, Kong Sang Tree Heart, Sun Crown Fire, Pocket World Crystal Jade, Uranium Light Marrow... anything desired, spiritual pill, magical treasure true talisman, divine skill secret techniques are well available..."

You won’t believe it, the Taiyi Spirit Realm is indeed an exceedingly rich resource base, and soon a Golden Core Master secretly transmitted Divine Sense messages, claiming to have accidentally acquired a piece of Sumeru Stone, size approximately... and so on.

Zhao Sheng exchanged with the person for a moment, and soon another Golden Core Master transmitted messages.

Soon after, Zhao Sheng acquired Sumeru Stone, Kong Sang Wood Heart, and Axis Light Marrow treasures, costing only the dispatch of two Divinity Transformation level techniques and a Third Grade Spiritual Pill that extends lifespan by ten years.

Actually, trading with these Golden Core Masters was a mere whim, Zhao Sheng’s goal was already set on Wanyou Trading Company long before.

As soon as the auction ended, he split a strand of Divine Sense and secretly contacted the white-haired old man Su Zhao Bai, conveying his requests.

With the ability of Wanyou Trading Company, collecting such treasures is not difficult, the difficulty lies in whether the price can be afforded.

By chance, Zhao Sheng’s least lacking item is "currency," casually presenting one, satisfying the requirements.

No need for many words, the white-haired old man quickly agreed and promised to deliver the treasures at the fastest speed.

Night fell, above the ninth-layer floor ship, it was already resplendent with flowing lights and immortal music echoing.

At this moment, although many Golden Core Masters had departed, numerous Golden Core remained on the ship, savoring pleasures far surpassing mortal emperors’ ecstasy and elegance.

Although Zhao Yongxian intended to stay and enjoy, upon seeing the Minister Elders determined to leave, his face left him no choice but to return despondently to the family Spirit Boat.

When Zhao Sheng entered his chamber to rest, Zhao Yongxian could not hold back his impulsiveness. After changing his appearance a bit, he sneaked back again.

Zhao Sheng observed this scene silently, merely shaking his head discreetly, without the intention of stopping him.

The moon set, the sun rose, and three days passed swiftly.

On this day, as the sun set in the west, the lake shimmered with glistening golden light.

Treasure ships scattered across the lake, circling a place in the middle, faintly forming a massive loose circle.

As the sunset sank mostly into the lake and the sky darkened, a white-golden tunneling light suddenly emerged from the horizon end, speeding swiftly toward here.

The tunneling light was as swift as lightning, in the blink of an eye crossing hundreds of miles of lake surface and arriving above the numerous Cloud Boat Treasure Ships.

With a flash of light, a burly giant man appeared out of thin air in the sky, dressed in a bright red magic robe, his arms wrapped in chains of gold and silver.

This person held a bronze ancient mirror, his eyes gleaming as he looked down at the lake surface below.

Without a word, the giant man tossed the bronze ancient mirror into the air, casting a stream of spiritual light techniques towards it.

A few moments later, the bronze ancient mirror suddenly radiated blinding light. Its surface faced downward, abruptly emitting a pillar of blue light.

The pillar grew larger as it descended, transforming into a vast area of bright light when it hit the lake surface, not only covering a radius of a hundred miles but also ensnaring all treasure ships and spirit boats.

"Who is this?"

"Ah... something’s wrong!"

This sudden change alarmed everyone immediately, and one by one, the Golden Core Masters appeared, gazing at the silver giant in the sky.

Some of the more cautious Golden Core Masters didn’t show themselves at all but chose to activate all the prohibitions and barriers on their ships instead, ready to defend against any attack while preparing to escape at any moment.

At that moment, a vast and powerful pressure descended from the sky, causing the faces of many Golden Core Masters to change dramatically, their spirits shaken.

As for others with weaker cultivation, they were all trembling uncontrollably, their faces drained of color, kneeling to the ground, not daring to look up at the sky.

"Divinity Transformation... a higher divinity!" A certain Golden Core Master exclaimed in a frightened voice.

With his exclamation, the Golden Cores all bowed and saluted, welcoming the arrival of the Divinity Transformation’s dharma chariot.

However, among the group of cultivators, there were seven or eight Golden Cores who were different from the rest. Not only did they not salute, but a massive black light emerged from between their brows, the black light twisting and struggling under the illumination of the clear light, continuously evaporating to form human-shaped phantoms that screamed before turning into nothing.

Crack!

Dozens of platinum sword lights descended from the sky, instantly cleaving the bizarre Golden Cores.

Despite several defensive barriers rising around them and magical treasures automatically protecting their masters, they all shattered like paper before the platinum sword lights.

The sword light slowed for just a moment before striking their foreheads, instantly splitting them into ashes.

A sudden peal of thunder seemed to sound from the sky: "Hey, where do you think you’re running!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a red flowing light shot out from the nine-story ship of the Wanyou Trading Company.

In a flash, the red flowing light plunged into the lake water, disappearing without a trace.

Only then did the giant holding the bronze ancient mirror arrive at the lake surface, but unfortunately, he was a step too late.

Buzz!

The giant looked grave, flicked a finger to the back of the bronze ancient mirror, which immediately emitted a clear buzzing sound.

In an instant, the mirror’s surface became blindingly bright, shooting out a beam of arm-thick, seemingly solid blue light straight into the lake’s depths.

Under everyone’s watchful gaze, the lake suddenly sank, forming a massive whirlpool with a diameter of ten thousand feet.

From the depths of the whirlpool, a beam of light suddenly shot out, colliding directly with the beam emitted by the mirror’s surface.

Rumble!

A blue and white light pillar clashed with each other, with neither gaining the upper hand for a while.

The cultivators watched in shock, unable to comprehend what was happening before their eyes.

However, everyone knew that trouble had come—and it was no small trouble, either.

At this moment, Zhao Sheng’s eyes flickered, an enigmatic look coming over his face as he gazed at the giant man’s bright red robe, then at the gold and silver chains. He immediately understood the situation.

He had already guessed the person’s identity and roughly understood why he had come.

"Interesting!"

After more than ten breaths, the blue light pillar gradually gained the upper hand, causing the white light pillar to retreat inch by inch, its brightness dimming in the process.

"Old Situ, don’t push me too far!"