Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1781: Chapter 961: Immortality Within Reach

A moment later, Zhao Sheng appeared on the north side of the Ascension Ancient Array, with Wozu on his left and Sword Obsession’s territory on his right.

Between two stone pillars, there was a flat area of nearly a hundred acres.

Zhao Sheng took a few steps over, glanced around, and decided to establish his mansion for cultivation here.

With a gentle step, the ground immediately rumbled with muffled sounds, then an ancient and elegant four-sided courtyard suddenly sprang up, with walls that quickly grew to over three zhang high.

Suddenly, the outer wall of the courtyard began to glow, and countless profound and mysterious Dao Patterns gradually covered the walls, quickly forming an ancient Prohibition: the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Great Mighty Vajra Barrier.

With the cultivation cave mansion completed, Zhao Sheng nodded slightly and was about to enter the small courtyard.

At that moment, the seven Tribulation Crossing Venerables, including Jiu Jie, Su Wu, and Tian Nan, arrived together, appearing behind him in an instant.

Zhao Sheng turned to look at the group, seeing Jiu Jie and the others with joyful expressions, offering gifts and congratulating him on his successful rise.

“I have received your Heart Intent. Surely, I don’t need to guide you on what to do next?” Zhao Sheng accepted the gifts and directly hinted to the seven.

Upon hearing this, Jiu Jie and the others instantly understood, knowing well that Mixed Element Taoist implied for them to act freely.

Soon, Jiu Jie, Su Wu, and the seven Venerables left spiritedly, quickly causing turmoil in the northern continent.

Several Venerables were successively driven away by the seven working together, and their territories were redistributed.

By half a year later, the situation in the northern part of the Honghuang Continent had undergone a drastic change. Jiu Jie and the seven Venerables had jointly occupied nearly eighty percent of the northern “territory,” exuding a “domineering” demeanor.

But since the seven were backed by the Third Immortal, Mixed Element Taoist, those Tribulation Crossing Venerables who lost their territories feared Mixed Element Taoist’s reputation and had to leave quietly.

Thus, this matter surprisingly ended without further incident.

Of course, that’s a story for another time; let’s not delve into it now.

…

After Jiu Jie and the others left, Zhao Sheng pushed open the courtyard door and walked into the four-sided courtyard.

The arrangement and spatial distribution inside the courtyard were identical to the small courtyard in the Dragon Transformation Blessed Land, just missing some plants and trees, making it unusually cold and quiet.

Zhao Sheng walked to the southwest corner of the courtyard, where originally stood a flourishing ancient Peach Tree, now reduced to a bare patch on the ground.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Sheng had a flash of spirit light and suddenly thought of something.

The next moment, he flipped over his palm, a flash of light revealed a three-foot-long piece of dark, withered wood sprouting a few green buds.

“Go!” Zhao Sheng commanded, and the withered wood flew out, deeply embedding its lower end into the ground, leaving only one foot three inches exposed.

Whoosh~

Zhao Sheng nodded slightly, suddenly blowing a breath towards the withered wood.

The gentle breeze brushed the withered wood, and the next moment, it blossomed with a faint green light. The green buds grew rapidly, sprouting three slender branches, adorned with seven or eight heart-shaped green leaves.

Moreover, three or four more green buds sprouted on the withered wood.

Seeing the withered wood come back to life, Zhao Sheng secretly rejoiced, realizing that, as he had suspected, this unknown withered wood needed to be nourished with Immortal Qi to revive.

He had thought of countless methods before, but none could “revive” it.

After a while, a misty white Barrier formed over the four-sided courtyard, making the gate and outer walls gradually disappear.

Inside the courtyard, Zhao Sheng sat cross-legged, continuously inhaling and exhaling, a faint layer of white mist gradually rising around him.

Undoubtedly, the concentration of Immortal Qi on the second layer of the Honghuang Continent was seventy to eighty times denser than on the first layer.

In less than an hour, he had already captured three strands of Immortal Qi, their purity far surpassing that of the first layer.

Estimating this way, he could catch at least fourteen hundred strands of Immortal Qi annually, with the total amount being dozens of times higher than on the first layer.

Moreover, with the annual tribute from other Venerables… the quantity of Immortal Qi would be considerably substantial.

Zhao Sheng pondered that he would need to refine thirty-nine thousand strands of Immortal Qi to initially forge a True Immortal Body.

But to successfully transform his Primordial Spirit into an Undying Immortal Soul, the required amount of Immortal Qi would likely be even more.

…

Soon, his Divine Thought expanded like a tide in all directions, quickly reaching the northern continent, covering an area exceeding five thousand miles.

Under the view of Divine Thought, he clearly saw Jiu Jie and the others already surrounding a lake a hundred miles wide, with an enormous face full of indignation appearing on the lake’s surface, loudly threatening the seven to leave immediately.

Before long, negotiations abruptly failed, and the seven Tribulation Crossing Venerables teamed up to attack the lake’s master.

In just a moment, the lake’s master was torn apart and had to gather the remaining water to flee in disgrace towards the western continent.

After this battle, the actions of Jiu Jie and the others undoubtedly violated the rules, immediately sparking public outrage.

In the northern continent, the Venerables of the northwest and northeast regions quickly reached a consensus to forcibly expel these seven unruly newcomers.

However, before taking action, they needed the “Fourth Immortal’s” approval.

The reason for their approach was countless tragic events had proven: “The Three Immortals” are insurmountable!

The fact that Mixed Element Taoist could gain recognition from the Three Immortals perfectly demonstrated his profound strength comparable to the Three Immortals.

As mentioned earlier, the total area of the second layer of the sky was less than twenty thousand miles.

Just twenty thousand miles, any Tribulation Crossing Venerable could easily cover it with Divine Thought.