Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1732 - 928: Immortal Venerable’s Protection, Ranked on the Immortal Ascension List (Part 2)

"As long as the Ancestor wants it to stay, it will stay as long as needed. Honestly, this beast has a Taotie stomach, and over the years, I’ve lost count of how many Spirit Stones and Earth Element Strange Objects it has consumed. If it weren’t for its usefulness, I’d have stopped keeping it long ago." Zhao Sheng half-jokingly complained.

Zhao Xuanjing knew well that he was only saying polite words, so he didn’t take it seriously at all.

Next, Zhao Sheng led the two Ancestors to the East Sea, and then mobilized the Grotto Heaven Power to raise two Mount-bearing Dragon Turtles to the sea surface.

Together with them was a towering Ice Mountain nearly a thousand feet high, and the Gun God’s Skeleton was at the deepest part of the Ice Mountain.

Upon seeing the Mount-bearing Dragon Turtles, Zhao Xuanjing hurriedly summoned the Grotto Heaven Halo, quickly enveloping them along with the Gun God’s Skeleton, bringing them into the Heavenly Pillar Cave Heaven and properly arranging them.

Meanwhile, White Eyebrow Old Daoist Dongzhenzi also took the opportunity to enter the Heavenly Pillar Cave Heaven to familiarize himself with the environment there.

After accomplishing these tasks, Zhao Sheng, Zhao Hongyun, and Zhao Xuanjing quickly exited the Five Elements Cave Heaven.

Seeing the three Ancestors return safely, Eternal Night and others hurriedly bowed and greeted them.

Zhao Xuanjing encouraged the three with a few words, then sent them on their way.

Once the three had left, Zhao Hongyun suddenly made a request, hoping Yuan Hong could cultivate with him for a period.

To this, Zhao Sheng naturally agreed without hesitation, with the guidance of the venerable Tribulation Crossing Venerable, disciple Yuan Hong would surely benefit immensely.

In fact, Zhao Hongyun was exceedingly curious about Yuan Hong, after all, a reincarnated Daluo Golden Immortal was extremely rare throughout history.

This aroused Tianyunzi’s irresistible curiosity about Yuan Hong’s destiny trajectory.

By studying Yuan Hong, perhaps he could elevate his understanding of the Destiny Dao to a higher realm.

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Not long after, Zhao Sheng bid farewell to the two Ancestors and returned to the Five Elements Cave Heaven.

As the avatar Dongzhenzi gradually mastered the method of arranging the Qiankun Ten Thousand Spirits Array, the original Zhao Sheng was also contemplating how to establish the Taoist Lineage.

The phrase ’Timing, Favorable Terrain, Unity between Man and Nature’ from the Second Ancestor Zhao Hongyun undoubtedly enlightened him.

Upon returning to the Cave Heaven, Zhao Sheng devoted eighty percent of his energy to this matter, eventually deciding to split the "Five Directions Five Elders Cave Scripture" into five Great Daoist Scriptures.

The Five Elements divide into Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth; and the True Scriptures follow this division, namely ’Golden Cave Heaven Scripture,’ ’Wood Cave Heaven Scripture,’ ’Water Cave Heaven Scripture’...

Though the Five Elements True Scripture differs by only one word, each can be cultivated to the Unification Realm.

Furthermore, any cultivator can cultivate just one scripture, or simultaneously study other true scriptures.

If one can simultaneously cultivate the Five Elements True Scriptures, they might deduce the original "Five Directions Five Elders Cave Scripture."

At that time, he will reveal himself and accept such extraordinary talent as a True Disciple.

Having made up his mind, Zhao Sheng spent ten years deducing the Five Elements True Scriptures one by one.

Subsequently, he branded each of the five scriptures onto the Dharma Transmission Jade Stele, then cast the five thousand feet Jade Steles into Yu, Qing, Yun, You, Yue’s five major continents, waiting for cultivators from each continent to observe them.

The descent of the Jade Steles quickly caused a massive stir across the five major continents, with countless cultivators willing to cross thousands of mountains and rivers just to see the Jade Stele’s true form.

During this period, more than one Divinity Transformation True Monarch attempted to take away the Dharma Transmission Jade Stele, but all ultimately failed.

The Dharma Transmission Jade Stele is incredibly miraculous; as long as Divine Sense touches the stele body, any cultivator can obtain the first three layers of a particular True Scripture.

These first three layers alone are enough to allow cultivation up to the Nascent Soul Realm.

The ’Five Elements Cave Heaven Scripture’ is so profound that everyone who touches the Cultivation Technique is deeply captivated by it, with most cultivators immediately deciding to switch to cultivating this technique, only a very few above the Nascent Soul Realm remain somewhat hesitant.

As time went by, more and more cultivators began to practice the Five Elements True Scripture, forming an undeniable trend.

Over time, more people discovered the endless mysteries of the True Scriptures, resulting in numerous breakthroughs, even leading to the emergence of several Divinity Transformation True Monarchs.

A thousand years later, within the Five Elements Cave Heaven, cultivating the ’Five Elements Cave Heaven Scripture’ had become a mandatory course for every cultivator.

Thus, the Five Elements Taoist Lineage was initially established, and in the foreseeable future, it would become the almost unshakable orthodox inheritance within the Five Elements Cave Heaven.

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"Qi Chu... Taisu Spiritual Realm... Innate Thunder Dao Body... Late-stage Integration Realm... Life Span: 132,084 years... Potential Upper Limit: True Immortal"

"Si Licheng... Taisu Spiritual Realm... Innate Fire Spirit Dao Body... Potential Upper Limit: True Immortal"

"Liu Tai... Taiheng Spirit Realm... Innate Xing Metal Dao Body... Potential Upper Limit: True Immortal"

"Wang Sanbu... Wind Realm... Innate Sharp Gold Dao Body... Qi Refining Late Stage... Life Span: Eleven... Potential Upper Limit: True Immortal"

"Qian Jiuling... Taiheng Spirit Realm... Acquired Primordial Dao Body... Mid-stage Foundation Establishment... Life Span: Twenty-three... Potential Upper Limit: True Immortal"

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The world knows that the Ten Lands Zhao Clan has three great talent lists: Heaven, Earth, Human.

However, only Zhao Sheng knows that he has secretly hidden a crucial list: the Immortal Ascension List!

The Immortal Ascension List contains only fifteen names. Anyone listed possesses the supreme potential to ascend to Immortal Heaven.

In recent years, Zhao Sheng has accidentally discovered a newly born Immortal Material.

This child is named Wang Sanbu, born in the Wind Realm, inherently possessing the Innate Sharp Gold Dao Body, a talent said to be one in a trillion.

Upon discovering him, Zhao Sheng immediately decided to bring him back to the Divine Land Ancestral Land.

Unfortunately, he waited a good portion of the Ruins Year at "Wooden Fish Mountain," yet never encountered the ’arrival’ of that Immortal Ruins Guest.

A point needed explaining: although the Infinite Universe Gate can traverse Burial Immortal Ruins infinitely, it ultimately has its limitations.

If someone could freely cross All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, then the "Infinite Universe Gate" wouldn’t just be a Desert-level Talent but at least of the ’Yu, Universe’ class.

Thus, Zhao Sheng couldn’t directly cross from the Taiyi Spirit Realm to the Wind Realm; he had to use "Wooden Fish Mountain" located in Burial Immortal Ruins as a transit point and required that Immortal Ruins Guest from the Wind Realm as a guide.

He waited for most of the Ruins Year, until Wang Sanbu turned eleven, yet never encountered the person he awaited.

Of course, Zhao Sheng wouldn’t give up, so he sent an avatar early to stay at Wooden Fish Mountain.

The original continued to oversee the Five Elements Cave Heaven, ensuring its smooth operation.

As for White Eyebrow Old Daoist Dongzhenzi, he had been absent for hundreds of years, still not having returned to the Five Elements Cave Heaven.

Evidently, arranging a "Qiankun Ten Thousand Spirits Array" proved to be more complex than anticipated.

And rightly so, for the space-time mode of the two Cave Heavens drastically differed, needing extensive modifications and tests to achieve proper arrangement.

Notably, the avatar once again obtained a Gun God’s Skeleton from Jixian Island.

Zhao Sheng gifted this skeleton to Taoyue Immortal Venerable, successfully exchanging it for a Star Lord position.

The Star Lord position held no use for him, so he decided to offer it as a reward in the Merit Hall — any elder who accumulated enough merit could exchange it for the position.

Once the Star Lord position was listed on the Merit Exchange Board, it quickly startled all Returning Void Elders.

All of them became nearly lost in excitement, for everyone knew what the Star Lord position represented... so they went crazy!

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Burial Immortal Ruins, Wooden Fish Mountain.

Wooden Fish Mountain isn’t actually a real mountain peak.

The name comes from a large wooden fish.

This object is as large as a mountain, though it has a few holes, it can still resound without wind occasionally.

Whenever the wooden fish sounds automatically, vast Buddhist tones emerge from nothingness.

This tone possesses the miraculous effect of cleansing Divine Soul, eliminating inner Devilish Thought, and Refining, thus countless Immortal Ruins Guests are drawn to it.

Zhao Sheng has traveled to many Immortal Ruins Markets, and Wooden Fish Mountain counts as quite a lively territory.

From afar, Wooden Fish Mountain appears like a gently sloping large hill, with seven or eight old, dilapidated streets sitting at its foot, lined with hundreds of stalls, piled with various items.

The workshop is bustling with people, the voices of vendors, and haggling echoing endlessly.

Much later, inside a two-story stone tower made of stone bricks, Zhao Sheng suddenly stood up, his gaze fixed intently on a robust, ordinary-looking burly man.

"Fang Yan, you’ve made me wait in vain!" Zhao Sheng’s eyes gleamed brightly as he suddenly muttered to himself.

After waiting for a year and eight months, the person he anticipated finally showed up.