Chapter 848
After many years, he ascended to heaven amidst the rosy clouds.
Changchun Valley.
After reading the bill for the things that Venerable Changchun had left for them, the three Nascent Soul stage cultivators had different feelings.
Zhou Chun and Ye Qingxuan were generally satisfied, as most of the spiritual herbs and trees in Changchun Valley had been preserved, including extremely rare spiritual items such as the Heavenly Infant Fruit and the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree!
Even if the three of them split the profits equally, their respective sects and families would still receive a huge benefit.
However, the God Tai Geng was not particularly interested in this.
He has no sect or family, nor any disciples or followers. If those spiritual resources were given to him, he would have nowhere to spend them.
Of the things left behind by Venerable Changchun, very few are truly useful to Nascent Soul stage cultivators!
The acquired spiritual root that was transplanted from Mixianling has now disappeared without a trace.
The Immortal Pine was devoured and refined when Venerable Changchun broke through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
The only things in the valley that truly catch the eye of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable are: first, the spirit tea tree used to make the [Mysterious Sound Dao Tea]; and second, the incomplete Heavenly Treasure [Sun Yuan Copper Furnace], which was once used to refine the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint, and the [Sun Heavenly Fire] inside it.
Apart from these two items, even fifth-grade high-quality spiritual woods like the [Nine-Flower Immortal Plum] in the valley would hardly catch the eye of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable.
Therefore, after inspecting the items in Changchun Valley, the three quickly came up with a distribution plan.
Tai Geng Divine Lord did not want any other spiritual objects, only the [Sun Yuan Copper Furnace] and that one [Sun Heavenly Fire], and also wanted a 20% share of the spiritual tea production from the spiritual tea tree used to make [Mysterious Sound Dao Tea].
Zhou Chun and Ye Qingxuan divided the other spiritual resources equally. For things that were difficult to categorize, such as the [Nine-Flower Immortal Plum], they were divided equally according to the yield when the spiritual fruit matured.
All three were satisfied with this allocation method.
After agreeing on the distribution method, Zhou Chun looked at Li Niang and said, "Fellow Daoist Li Niang, do you have anywhere to go next? If you are willing, we can still entrust Changchun Valley to you for management, but we will send some clansmen and disciples to help take care of those spiritual herbs."
Upon hearing this, Li Niang immediately replied respectfully, "I appreciate the kindness of you seniors, but I've grown somewhat tired of Changchun Valley over the years. Now that my master has ascended and departed, I wish to leave Changchun Valley and see the sights of the outside world!"
"Alright, since Fellow Daoist Li Niang already has a place to go, we will not force her to do anything against her will."
Zhou Chun nodded, showing no intention of making things difficult for the other party, and readily let them go.
Tai Geng then departed first, while Zhou Chun and Ye Qingxuan each sent out messages, summoning people from their own families and sects to come and take over Changchun Valley.
Soon after, Lu Yuanjun and Luo Qingni arrived at the scene with over a hundred members of the Zhou family.
Changchun Valley is, after all, a cultivation paradise that Venerable Changchun has cultivated for thousands of years. In addition to the abundant spiritual resources within the valley, it is also an excellent place for cultivators to cultivate.
Even the activity level of the Wood Element Dao Law here is significantly stronger than in other places.
Therefore, Lu Yuanjun and Luo Qingni will reside here permanently for cultivation from now on.
The Nine Yuan Sword Sect also happened to have a newly promoted Nascent Soul stage sword cultivator who cultivated wood-attribute magic power, so he brought a group of Nine Yuan Sword Sect disciples here to cultivate as well.
Once both sides had entered Changchun Valley and clarified the allocation of various resources, Zhou Chun and Ye Qingxuan returned to their respective cave dwellings and dojos, while Liuli Demon Saint also returned to Tianhuo Sect.
After returning to Kunwu Peak, Zhou Chun reviewed the operation of hunting down Yuan Zun.
From an operational standpoint, this hunt for Yuan Zun was undoubtedly a success.
Although they failed to kill their opponent, they achieved almost the same result.
Moreover, with the ascension of several late-stage Nascent Soul experts, Zhou Chun and Golden Horn Dragon Saint are now the strongest in terms of individual strength in this realm.
One of them possesses a sixth-tier demon spirit pet, while the other possesses a mid-grade, heaven-reaching spiritual treasure like the Dragon God Pearl.
But even the two of them could not threaten the life of any early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
Therefore, from this perspective, the Nascent Soul stage cultivators and sixth-order demon saints of this world are now the happiest, finally no longer having to worry about their lives being threatened!
While Venerable Changchun made a great sacrifice in this hunt for Yuanzun, Venerable Guanghan is actually more worthy of respect.
She faked her death to deceive Yuan Zun's senses, successfully detonating herself at close range with the Green Robe Venerable, destroying the treasures Yuan Zun had crafted using the corpses of other sixth-tier powerhouses, and causing considerable damage to himself.
Zhou Chun didn't know how Venerable Changchun had persuaded Venerable Guanghan, but that didn't stop him from admiring the greatness of this human predecessor.
The [Arctic Ice Heart Lock] that he was promised to keep was now in the hands of his second nascent soul avatar and had been successfully refined.
With this heaven-reaching spiritual treasure in hand, Zhou Chun's second nascent soul incarnation has a much greater chance of becoming a deity in the future.
In conclusion, the future looks promising for Zhou Chun!
From now on, he only needs to focus on his own cultivation and improving his cultivation level!
Soon after, at the initiative of several Nascent Soul stage cultivators, the news of Venerable Changchun ascending to the upper realm with a cloud of light quickly spread throughout the human cultivation world.
Because the seven-colored vortex that appeared above the Netherworld Valley that day was extremely eye-catching, many cultivators on the border of the Xia Kingdom saw it, so there was no fabrication involved, especially since it was endorsed by several existing Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Therefore, once the news spread, it immediately sparked heated discussions throughout the entire human cultivation world.
From Qi Refining stage cultivators to late Nascent Soul stage cultivators, everyone was overjoyed, feeling that their cultivation finally had a new direction!
Before this, ascending to the upper realm was just a distant legend. Even Nascent Soul cultivators didn't take it seriously and even doubted that it was fake.
The goal of most cultivators is simply to break through to higher realms, gain a longer lifespan, and acquire greater power and status.
It's not that those goals can't provide motivation for cultivation, but compared to the lofty goal of ascending to the upper realm, that motivation is far inferior!
Now that the example of Juxia ascending to heaven has emerged, it proves that ascending to the upper realm is no longer an unattainable legend. Any cultivator who learns of this will undoubtedly regard it as the ultimate goal of their cultivation.
The notion that humanity is currently in an unprecedented golden age has been completely accepted by all human cultivators following the story of Venerable Changchun ascending to immortality.
The vast majority of cultivators became more motivated and more energetic because of this event.
In the blink of an eye, a century has passed.
At this time, the tide of spiritual energy in heaven and earth had ended many years ago, and the concentration of spiritual energy in heaven and earth had dropped somewhat, but it was still much stronger than before the turbid evil energy dissipated.
After a century of development and management, the human race has initially assimilated the territories previously occupied by other races, and has at least established strongholds where cultivators reside.
Places like the Dolan Grassland, which were already well-managed by foreign tribes, have been settled by mortals who have migrated there.
Meanwhile, after initially digesting the resources gained from conquering the alien territories, the human cultivation world saw the emergence of many Golden Core stage cultivators, as well as a considerable number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
With the significant increase in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, even without the assistance of a powerful Nascent Soul Pill, a Golden Core cultivator at the peak of their cultivation level would have an improved success rate in the Nascent Soul nurturing and Nascent Soul stages, even with the assistance of a common Nascent Soul formation artifact.
With the number of Golden Core cultivators increasing significantly, there will always be some lucky individuals with good foundations and good fortune who successfully form their Nascent Soul without the aid of the Nascent Soul Pill.
In the past hundred years, the Zhou family has not produced any Nascent Soul stage cultivators, but eight Golden Core stage cultivators have emerged in succession, which can be described as an explosive growth!
At the same time, with the help of some high-level resources obtained from Changchun Valley, Lord Fushan also successfully advanced to a fifth-tier superior demon king.
After a century of cultivation, Zhou Chun's cultivation level has improved, and he has successfully crafted his first spiritual treasure, becoming a grandmaster of weapon crafting!
After becoming a Grandmaster of weapon crafting, he could cultivate the secret techniques taught by the Tai Geng Divine Venerable, accelerating the nurturing of the spiritual essence of the two families' natal treasures.
Meanwhile, during this century, Zhou Chun and several other Nascent Soul stage cultivators, after discussion, granted permission to establish a certain number of superpowers!
To become a superpower, the standard is that the country has living Nascent Soul stage cultivators within its borders who are willing to endorse the country!
Under these circumstances, the three superpowers in human history were established.
These are the Great Yu Kingdom, which occupied almost the entire original Tianman Plains region; the Great Zhou Kingdom, which occupied most of the Duolan Grassland and the original borders; and the Great Kun Kingdom, which occupied a small part of the Duolan Grassland and a portion of the far west.
These three major powers are respectively endorsed by Zhou Chun, Ye Qingxuan, and Venerable Xuanwu.
Leaving aside other superpowers, after the complete establishment of the Great Yu Kingdom, the Zhou Clan naturally became the undisputed holy clan of this kingdom, and many major sects were willing to relocate here, or Nascent Soul stage cultivators came to establish their own sects.
Under these circumstances, Qi Suzhen and her four junior brothers officially established the Tai Xuan Sword Sect and began recruiting disciples to teach swordsmanship and spread the Dao.
Two hundred years later, Zhou Chun, through the secret method taught by the Tai Geng Divine Venerable, successfully nurtured the spirit of the Qiankun Zhenling Pagoda to its extreme, and sublimated this treasure into a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure!
As a spiritual treasure nurtured by his own hands and his own natal magic weapon, the [Qiankun Zhenling Pagoda] is naturally a perfect match for Zhou Chun.
This treasure contains three kinds of Great Dao Laws: Earth, Metal, and Space. This is the third time Zhou Chun has seen a Heavenly Treasure that possesses multiple Great Dao Laws.
The first item is the [Nine Heavens Wind and Thunder Fan] that was taken away by Venerable Changchun, and the second item is the [Arctic Ice Heart Lock] which contains the power of the laws of ice and space.
With the power of three Great Dao Laws, the [Qiankun Suppressing Spirit Tower] is naturally extremely powerful.
Even Nascent Soul stage cultivators can now be captured and suppressed within the tower. It also has the function of suppressing the void, capable of directly suppressing and imprisoning the void within a certain area!
In other words, when Zhou Chun used this treasure, even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator would be unable to use teleportation!
Furthermore, the defensive capabilities of this treasure have been greatly enhanced under the blessing of the Great Dao Laws, finally giving Zhou Chun a defensive magic weapon that he can use in battles against cultivators of the same level.
In conclusion, with the [Qiankun Zhenling Pagoda], a spiritual treasure of unparalleled power, Zhou Chun's strength increased dramatically once again.
In the two hundred years that followed, a new Nascent Soul cultivator appeared in the Zhou family. That was Zhou Zhiying's disciple, Zhou Yufu, who was also the Zhou family's first Grandmaster of Array Formations!
In order for his grand-disciple to successfully transform into a Nascent Soul, Zhou Chun specially asked Lu Yuanjun to accelerate the ripening of a [Heavenly Infant Fruit] in Changchun Valley, so that Luo Qingni could refine five [Nascent Soul Pills].
Since the items were shared by both factions, two [Nascent Soul Pills] were also given to the Nine Yuan Sword Sect.
At this time, the Zhou family had more than 10,000 members, including three Nascent Soul stage cultivators and fifty-four Golden Core stage cultivators, making their power considerable!
However, compared to the territory occupied by the Zhou family, this number of people is far from sufficient.
Not to mention that there are still many undeveloped areas within the Great Yu Kingdom, the area around Xuanfeng Island and the two former detached courtyards of the Moon Wheel Sect are enough to accommodate many people.
Not to mention the large tracts of land occupied by the Zhou family in the Yuanmo territory!
Zhou Chun no longer cares about the affairs of the Zhou family. Now he only cares about a few things: his own cultivation, the cultivation of his spirit pets, and Luo Qingni's cultivation.
Among these, Luo Qingni's cultivation was the thing Zhou Chun cared about most in the short term.
Because Luo Qingni had already cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, she had the foundation to break through to the Divine Transformation stage.
However, achieving the Transformation of Godhood is not so easy!
All the heavenly treasures containing the power of the Great Dao of Wood in this world were taken away by Venerable Changchun. Zhou Chun was unable to find one for her to refine and comprehend the Great Dao within.
Now all we can do is gather various resources for her to cultivate those extraordinary skills and secret techniques, and improve her physical body and soul.
The good news is that, given Luo Qingni's lifespan, she can survive until Zhou Chun completely repairs the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar]. At that time, the complete [Purifying Heaven Divine Water] will be of great use when she undergoes the "Heart Demon Tribulation" during her Nascent Soul transformation.
Furthermore, Zhou Chun also planned to persuade the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar] to help Luo Qingni and allow her to temporarily refine this treasure.
As for the treasures she can use to overcome the tribulation, although Zhou Chun cannot obtain a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure for her, obtaining ten or eight top-tier defensive spiritual treasures should not be a problem.
Now that the tide of spiritual energy in heaven and earth has dissipated, the power of the Four-Nine Tribulations will also be weakened, and it will no longer be as terrifying as before!
Seventy years later, Zhou Chun received some news that surprised and delighted him.
The spiritual tea tree in Changchun Valley that produces the [Mysterious Sound Dao Tea] is actually showing signs of advancement, as if the power of the Great Dao Law is being nurtured and brewed!
This situation was discovered by Lu Yuanjun, who is now the one who has gone the furthest on the Great Path of Wood in this world, and has already been able to slightly control a bit of the power of the Great Path of Wood's laws.
He personally cared for extremely precious spiritual woods such as the [Nine-Flower Immortal Plum].
The Nine Yuan Sword Sect was aware of his expertise in this area and trusted him greatly, only requesting that they be allowed to send people to count the number of spirit fruits after some spirit fruit trees began to bear fruit.
After learning the news, Zhou Chun did not make a fuss. He only asked Luo Qingni and Lu Yuanjun to guard the tea tree and observe and comprehend the wood element law of the tea tree's growth and development.
After obtaining the various materials left by Venerable Changchun, he already knew that sixth-order spirit wood existed in this world in ancient times.
However, for a fifth-grade high-quality spirit tree to advance to the sixth grade, it needs to undergo a tribulation of lightning. Although the power of that tribulation lightning is not comparable to the fourth and ninth tribulations, it is still extremely powerful, and almost no fifth-grade high-quality spirit tree can survive it!
After all, even a fifth-grade high-quality spirit wood only contains a large amount of spiritual power. At most, it is more resilient and has a harder trunk. It does not have any supernatural powers or spells, nor can it activate a spiritual treasure to face the calamity.
So even if that tea tree does advance, it will most likely still fail!
However, among the ancient texts left by Venerable Changchun, there is also a method to help fifth-order spirit trees advance to the sixth order.
That is to have a wood-attribute spirit like Lu Yuanjun use a special method to transform a fifth-order spirit wood into its own form, and then jointly face the tribulation lightning.
However, even if the spirit survives the tribulation and advances to become a sixth-order spirit tree, it will be locked onto the spirit tree, becoming a "bound spirit" similar to the previous Venerable Xuanwu, and its range of movement will only be smaller!
The advantage is that sixth-order spirit wood has a long lifespan, possibly reaching tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, which is much longer than the lifespan of a sixth-order demon saint.
Zhou Chun didn't know whether Lu Yuanjun would be willing to do such a thing; he had only told him about this clever method and left the decision to him.
The growth and development of tea trees, embodying the principles of the Wood element, was undoubtedly a tremendous opportunity for Luo Qingni.
After that, she practically lived under the tea tree, sitting there day and night to meditate and comprehend the subtle laws of the wood element.
Zhou Chun also knew how important this opportunity was to her. He used to often go over and chat with her, but from then on, he rarely bothered her anymore.
Another hundred years passed, and Zhou Zhiying finally managed to cultivate to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Without the help of a miraculous elixir like the Pure Yang Breakthrough Pill, the bottleneck of the late Nascent Soul stage had kept her stuck for quite some time.
Fortunately, her lifespan is still less than two thousand years, and she has consumed many longevity-promoting spiritual items, so she still retains the hope of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future.
As for Zhou Xinyuan, his cultivation was completely blocked by the barrier of the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm. He almost gave up the idea of breaking through his cultivation and instead focused on swordsmanship and family affairs.
In addition, he also considered the importance of bloodline inheritance and listened to the advice of some family cultivators. He took three Golden Core female cultivators as concubines, preparing to carry forward the bloodline of the family's Nascent Soul ancestor!
Zhou Chun neither commented on nor supported the matter, leaving it entirely to his personal choice.
After hundreds of years of arduous cultivation, Zhou Chun's second Nascent Soul incarnation had already raised his cultivation to the Nascent Soul Perfection stage and had gained a profound understanding of the power of the Ice Path Great Dao Law.
The brother and sister who were taken in by the Venerable Guanghan back then have already successfully formed their Nascent Souls and have begun to inherit his mantle.
However, Zhou Chun's main body is still a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage. If his avatar also successfully transforms into a Nascent Soul cultivator, it might not be a good thing for him. Therefore, he was not in a hurry to proceed.
More than thirty years later, Tai Geng God Venerable broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm and came out of seclusion, inviting Zhou Chun and other fellow human cultivators to celebrate.
However, although it was said to be an invitation to fellow practitioners, it was really just Zhou Chun, Ye Qingxuan, and Venerable Xuanwu who came.
During the gathering, when discussing his own breakthrough experience, Tai Geng Divine Venerable sighed with emotion, "To be honest, my natural talent and comprehension are actually inferior to Senior Guang Han's. This time, I was able to break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm entirely because of the mutual exchange of insights on the Great Dao between Fellow Daoist Zhou and Fellow Daoist Ye, which allowed me to make further progress on the path of the Great Dao!"
Having said that, he raised his wine cup to the two men and said, "This cup of wine is a toast to you two fellow Daoists. It is truly my good fortune to meet like-minded people like you two on this great road!"
Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun and Ye Qingxuan exchanged a smile and said, "It is an honor for us juniors to sit and discuss the Dao with Senior Tai Geng!"
Then all three of them laughed and drank the cup to the brim.
Seeing this, Venerable Xuanwu couldn't help but sigh with envy, "I truly envy you three fellow Daoists! To be able to travel hand in hand with like-minded people on the great path is such a blessing!"
After saying this, he sighed deeply and said, "It's a pity that I am already half-crippled. Not only is it difficult for me to advance further on the path of the Great Dao, but my lifespan is also running out. I will not be able to see the three of you at your peak!"
Upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun and the other two exchanged bewildered glances, unable to offer any words of comfort.
Indeed, compared to the three of them who were full of hope, Venerable Xuanwu's situation was not much worse.
Next, Venerable Xuanwu seemed uncomfortable with the atmosphere and took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.
Zhou Chun and Ye Qingxuan stayed behind and sat down with Tai Geng, who had already reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, to discuss the Dao and exchange their insights on the Dao of Metal.
After months of exchange, Zhou Chun and Ye Qingxuan both gained a great deal and then took their leave to return to their cave dwellings to process what they had learned.
Another fifty years passed, and news came that a strange phenomenon of the Forty-Nine Tribulations had appeared deep in the wilderness near Dragon Abyss Marsh.
After learning the news, Zhou Chun made a special trip to the past to investigate.
His investigation revealed that the one who was attempting to reach the Demon Saint realm there was likely "Li Niang"!
However, he failed to survive the Fourfold Tribulation and perished under the final tribulation lightning!
This is the first person Zhou Chun knows of who has failed to overcome the Four-Nine Tribulations, which also illustrates the perilous nature of this tribulation.
This made him pay even more attention to the preparations he made for Luo Qingni's future tribulation. He specifically instructed the Zhou family to collect some rare materials and hand them over so that he could ask the Tai Geng God Venerable to help refine them into a spiritual treasure.
Although Zhou Chun can now refine spiritual treasures, his success rate and quality are clearly no match for that of Tai Geng Divine Venerable.
Several decades later, a Golden Core disciple of the Heavenly Fire Sect successfully formed his Nascent Soul in the Zhou family, and Zhou Chun could be considered to have fulfilled the conditions he had promised to True Person Blazing Fire.
It is worth mentioning that he did not provide this person with the [Nascent Soul Pill], but only with the [Purifying Holy Water], the "Purple Flower Demon-Subduing Spiritual Light" secret technique, and an ordinary Nascent Soul spiritual item.
In the short span of a century that followed, the Zhou family produced two more Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
One of these two was a top-grade fire-attribute spiritual root genius who was taken in from a vassal family and given the surname Zhou Xuanyan; the other was Zhou Lehu, a descendant of the late Zhou family elder Zhou Xinyan.
With this, the Zhou family now has five Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
During this period, Venerable Xuanwu passed away peacefully, and the human race lost one more person who had reached the level of a god!
Since Ye Qingxuan's transformation into a Nascent Soul cultivator, including the failed Nangong Wuqing, at least six Nascent Soul cultivators have attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, all of whom have failed!
The failure of these people also tells later generations that the emergence of two Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the preceding hundreds of years was simply due to the times, not because the difficulty of achieving Nascent Soul and Dao had truly decreased!
At this moment, after nearly a thousand years of nurturing by Zhou Chun, the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar] has finally been completely restored and can now produce [Purifying Heaven Divine Water].
Even his natal magic weapon, the Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron, was nurtured and upgraded by him into a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, greatly increasing its supernatural power.
Grateful for Zhou Chun's help in fully restoring him to his original state, Wuhen, the spirit of the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar], reluctantly agreed to help Luo Qingni break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
After persuading the spirit Wuhen, Zhou Chun hurriedly arrived at Changchun Valley.
At this time, after hundreds of years of comprehension, Luo Qingni had already mastered some of the laws of the Wood element, but the tea tree's advancement was not yet complete.
For spiritual plants like these, the time it takes from showing signs of advancement to actually succeeding in advancing is measured in thousands of years; it cannot be achieved overnight.
"Qingni, this is the refining technique for this treasure. Once you have refined it, you can attempt to reach the Nascent Soul stage!"
Inside Changchun Valley, after a deep conversation with the beauty, Zhou Chun solemnly took out the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar] and handed it to her, imparting to her the refining technique.
The two had been intimately together for over a thousand years, so Luo Qingni naturally knew the importance of the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar].
In the past, she might have been more modest, but now, driven by her desire to reach the Nascent Soul stage and her trust in the person before her, she readily accepted the treasure.
Then she gave him a deep kiss and whispered, "Rest assured, Zhou Lang, I will never betray your trust!"
Several months later, Luo Qingni returned to her original cave in Kunwu Mountain and began her secluded cultivation to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Just three short years later, the strange phenomenon of the "Cataclysm of Primordial Qi" reappeared in Kunwu Mountain, alarming countless cultivators.
Then, at Zhou Chun's command, all the Zhou family cultivators withdrew from the mountain gate to a safe place so as not to interfere with Luo Qingni's tribulation.
After an unknown amount of time, thunderclouds gathered in the void, and the Fourfold Tribulation arrived as scheduled.
Luo Qingni had accumulated a wealth of knowledge, and with the seven or eight top-tier defensive spiritual treasures that Zhou Chun had acquired through various channels, as well as a flawed Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, she was able to barely cope with the immense power of the Forty-Nine Tribulations.
Finally, with the thirty-sixth tribulation lightning strike, Luo Qingni, who had almost destroyed all her tribulation-crossing treasures, successfully passed this final tribulation and achieved the Dao Transformation!
Luo Qingni's successful attainment of the Nascent Soul stage is not only a joyous occasion for the Zhou family, but also for the entire human race.
After Venerable Xuanwu passed away, and no new Nascent Soul cultivators emerged for a thousand years, Luo Qingni's successful Nascent Soul transformation naturally boosted her confidence greatly.
Not long after, Zhou Chun officially announced to the public that he and Venerable Qingmei Luo Qingni had become Daoist partners.
When two Nascent Soul stage cultivators become Daoist partners, in the eyes of ordinary cultivators, they are truly a divine couple!
However, after successfully transforming into a Nascent Soul, Luo Qingni still stayed in Changchun Valley to cultivate, although Zhou Chun and she often visited each other's caves to meet.
Zhou Chun also discovered after Luo Qingni reached the Nascent Soul stage that, since both of them were Nascent Soul stage cultivators, dual cultivation had the same effect on their cultivation, which made them both extremely happy.
After all, the cultivation speed of Nascent Soul stage cultivators is not fast, so even a slight increase is something to celebrate.
After Luo Qingni successfully transformed into a deity, Zhou Chun's biggest worry was over, and he focused more on cultivation, ignoring everything else.
As for his official announcement of his marriage to Luo Qingni as a Daoist couple, his son Zhou Xinyuan did not object at all.
At this time, Zhou Xinyuan had five concubines and a bunch of children and grandchildren, and her mind was completely focused on her own descendants.
If Zhou Chun doesn't summon him, he won't disturb this father's life!
At this point, Zhou Chun no longer concealed the existence of the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar], and even openly sold the [Purifying Heaven Divine Water], a spiritual item that helps one overcome the "Heart Demon Tribulation".
The complete version of the [Purifying Heaven Divine Water] can be preserved for ten years even without the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar], and is then ready for sale.
By selling the "Purifying Heaven Divine Water," Zhou Chun acquired more than twenty other types of Nascent Soul spiritual items for the Zhou family over several hundred years, and many cultivators who obtained these items successfully formed their Nascent Souls.
After hundreds of years, seeing that the tea trees in Changchun Valley were about to complete their transformation, Lu Yuanjun finally made a decision to merge with the tea trees.
The tribulation of heavenly lightning for spirits is already terrifying. After Venerable Changchun took away all the wood-attribute spiritual treasures in this world, he almost completely cut off the possibility of spirits like Lu Yuanjun surviving the tribulation.
He dared not gamble on such a low success rate!
Zhou Chun naturally wouldn't object to this, since it would be a good thing for both Lu Yuanjun himself and the Zhou family.
Not long after, the tea tree successfully advanced to the sixth rank, which, as expected, attracted a lightning tribulation!
The power of that lightning tribulation was much stronger than the lightning tribulation encountered when the Tongtian Lingbao was born. Fortunately, after Lu Yuanjun took over the tea tree, he was able to mobilize the enormous spiritual power contained in the tea tree and the power of the wood element law to overcome the tribulation. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to survive the tribulation with just this tree!
Once the tribulation of lightning passes, the world will be vast and boundless.
With the help of the tea tree's immense spiritual power and the laws of the Wood element, Lu Yuanjun possessed the strength of the sixth rank, but was confined to a range of a thousand miles.
The spiritual tea produced by sixth-tier tea trees has the direct effect of helping people to comprehend the Dao!
As a result, the original allocation of production for this tea will need to be redistributed.
After all, without Lu Yuanjun's sacrifice, there would have been no way this Enlightenment Spirit Tea could have come into being!
Tai Geng Divine Lord and Ye Qingxuan didn't have much of an opinion on this, and even if they did, they wouldn't dare to voice it!
After all, if you include Lu Yuanjun, the Zhou family has four sixth-tier combatants!
After some discussion, the Zhou family decided to take 60% of the Enlightenment Spirit Tea production, while Tai Geng Divine Venerable and Ye Qingxuan would each take 20%.
With the blessing of the Enlightenment Spirit Tea, Zhou Chun's cultivation speed increased significantly.
In that year, when his lifespan reached 3,200 years, Zhou Chun, after more than a thousand years of cultivation, finally broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm!
At this time, his son Zhou Xinyuan had already passed away, and his disciple Zhou Zhiying had also fallen in the "Celestial Tribulation". Apart from his Daoist partner Luo Qingni, he only had a few demon king spirit pets to share this joy with.
Over the years, with the abundant resources invested, the Winged Mountain Lord and the Aurora Ice Butterfly Beast, whose cultivation levels had lagged far behind, have caught up and are now fifth-tier high-grade demon kings.
Silver Dragon Lord and Mountain Lord had already reached the pinnacle of their cultivation and were comprehending the power of the Great Dao Laws.
By this time, the Glazed Demon Saint had fulfilled her promise to the Heavenly Fire Sect, completely resolved the hidden dangers of the Heavenly Fire Sect, and returned to the Zhou family.
"At 3,200 years old, you advanced to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are far stronger than me. When it comes to breaking through to the late-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, you have the greatest chance!"
When Zhou Chun invited all the Nascent Soul cultivators of the human race to celebrate his breakthrough, Tai Geng God Venerable also sighed with emotion.
Although he broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm earlier than Zhou Chun, his lifespan was actually insufficient to support him in reaching the late-stage of the Nascent Soul realm!
Therefore, when Venerable Changchun was still alive, he was not as concerned about ascending to the upper realm as Zhou Chun was.
"I hope so, I hope I can live up to Senior Tai Geng's auspicious words!"
Zhou Chun didn't say anything modest at this point, but simply responded with a smile.
Decades later, demonic cultivators caused chaos in the Yuanmo Realm, detonating several Xuan Yin Sha Veins that were difficult to purify, resulting in great calamity.
After learning of this, Zhou Chun personally went to the Yuanmo territory and used the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar] to quell the disaster. He also took the opportunity to purify most of the Yin and evil places in the Yuanmo territory, leaving only some less threatening areas for cultivating certain special spiritual creatures!
After purifying the Yuanmo Territory, Zhou Chun returned to the Zhou family and, unusually, learned about the current situation of the Zhou family.
Despite the successive deaths of two Nascent Soul stage cultivators, Zhou Zhiying and Zhou Xinyuan, the Zhou family showed no signs of decline.
Thanks to the large number of Nascent Soul stage spiritual items that Zhou Chun obtained through the [Purifying Heaven Divine Water], the number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the Zhou family has increased to six instead of decreasing!
However, the person with the highest cultivation level at present is Zhou Yufu, who is at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
However, in addition to these six Nascent Soul stage cultivators, the Zhou family also has three fifth-order demon kings: the Heavenly Wind Thunder Eagle, the Ink Dragon, and the Golden Armored Dragon Turtle, as well as Zhou Chun's five fifth-order superior-grade demon king spirit pets!
In addition, the Zhou family now has as many as 105 Golden Core stage cultivators and more than 500 fourth-order demonic beasts!
Currently, the Zhou family has as many as eighteen dragons, not counting the Silver Dragon Lord and the fifth-order Ink Dragon!
In addition, there are high-level demon beasts cultivated through the blood of the Glazed Demon Saint Phoenix, such as the Phoenix Feather Flame Eagle and Phoenix Feather Flame Sparrow, as well as six or seven other high-level demon beast bloodlines, including the Golden Crown Black Roc and the Heavenly Wind Thunder Eagle.
These high-level demonic beasts and dragons have a high chance of advancing to the fourth or even fifth rank, as long as you are willing to invest resources in their cultivation!
Thanks to the Zhou family's influence, raising spirit pets has become a trend in the Great Yu Kingdom. Many cultivators even buy demon beasts sold by the Zhou family and contract them into spirit pets so that they can have common topics with the Zhou family cultivators.
Owning a unique spirit pet sold by the Zhou family has now become an essential item for some second-generation immortals in the cultivation world of the Great Yu Kingdom and even the entire human cultivation world.
Without such a spirit pet, one might even be ridiculed at times!
Zhou Chun and the Zhou family almost single-handedly transformed the beast-taming technique, which was originally unpopular in the cultivation world, into a mainstream skill!
After learning about the situation, Zhou Chun couldn't help but feel a faint sense of satisfaction.
He single-handedly changed the entire atmosphere of the cultivation world; since ancient times, only he has accomplished this, which is indeed a very satisfying achievement.
Although this was not something he consciously brought about!
A century later, Zhou Chun's second Nascent Soul incarnation successfully broke through to the Divine Transformation stage, and he also had his own sixth-order incarnation after Venerable Changchun!
More than seven hundred years later, the God Tai Geng passed away at the end of his life. Before his death, he entrusted the Heavenly Punishment Demon-Slaying Sword and the Guanghan Immortal Mirror, which he had previously entrusted to Zhou Chun for safekeeping. He also entrusted his natal spiritual treasure, the Divine Weapon Seal, and the Thousand Mountains Map, which he had entrusted to Ye Qingxuan for safekeeping.
Along with the two pieces of [Northern Darkness Mystic Kun] Origin True Blood Ice Crystals that they had obtained before, one piece was given to each of them.
More than nine hundred years later, Ye Qingxuan also successfully broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
More than two hundred years later, the human race saw the emergence of a new Nascent Soul stage cultivator, who was the current Grand Elder of the Zhengyang Palace in the Xia Kingdom, and who followed the path of fire.
After achieving the Dao, this person called himself Venerable Zhengyang. When he came to pay homage to Zhou Chun, he even wanted to choose the Samadhi True Fire Gourd as his own treasure.
But now that the human race has no enemies, there is no need to cling to those old rules anymore. Zhou Chun has no relation to him, so of course he would not sacrifice his own interests for the benefit of others. Besides, this person may not even live as long as the Glazed Demon Saint!
So he took out the Heaven-Reaching Treasure, the "Earth-Covering and Heaven-Suppressing Seal," which Venerable Xuanwu had previously asked him to keep for him, and sent it away.
A century later, Silver Dragon Lord also successfully broke through to the Demon Saint realm, becoming Zhou Chun's second true sixth-tier Demon Saint pet!
A thousand years later, Zhou Chun successfully broke through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, becoming another late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator of the human race after Venerable Changchun!
At this point, Zhou Chun was already invincible in his realm.
He even visited the Dragon Palace of Longyuanze, where he was treated as an honored guest by the Golden Horned Dragon Saint, who dared not mention the past grievances again.
At this time, Golden Horned Dragon Saint had already reached the cultivation level of a mid-grade sixth-order demon saint. Zhou Chun did not make things difficult for him and even exchanged some cultivation experiences with him.
Another thousand years passed. Weary of his stagnant cultivation, Zhou Chun finally bid farewell to his family and friends, and amidst the witness of countless cultivators throughout the human cultivation world, ascended to immortality, leaving this realm! (The End) (End of Chapter)