Chapter 1684
The Ancient Ghost Realm Opens
After the previous battle, the Radiant Star Immortal Sect had gained many benefits.
In addition, Yaoxing Daojun was a fifth-level top-grade alchemist, so he refined many high-level breakthrough spiritual items.
However, the current generation of Yaoxing Immortal Sect does not have a superior Nascent Soul cultivator like the Star Sea Ancestor.
There are only a few ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators at the peak of their cultivation level. Unless they are given a large number of breakthrough spiritual items to help them break through to the peak of their cultivation level, the probability is really low.
Daoist Yaoxing originally planned to wait until his sect produced a promising candidate for the Nascent Soul stage, and then use a broken-mirror artifact to help him break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
In this way, the probability of breaking through the mirror can be increased, and the broken mirror spiritual items obtained by the Radiant Star Immortal Sect will not be wasted.
However, the situation in the Heavenly River Realm is somewhat delicate, and the Radiant Star Immortal Sect urgently needs a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator to assist the Radiant Star Dao Lord in maintaining order.
Daojun Yaoxing then decided to change his mind and directly try to support a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator.
Then, he gritted his teeth and selected a cultivator from among the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of his own sect who was of the best character and had slightly stronger aptitude.
His Daoist name is "Yao Ling Dao Jun". He is one of the direct disciples of Yao Xing Dao Jun. He has been cultivating with Yao Xing Dao Jun since he was young, for nearly three or four thousand years. He has a very close relationship with Yao Xing Dao Jun, and the two are even as close as father and son.
Moreover, he had already raised his cultivation to the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage at a very early stage.
He also learned all of Yaoxing Daojun's alchemy skills and became a fifth-rank high-grade alchemist, refining a large number of pills for Yaoxing Immortal Sect.
In the previous battle, he also killed a large number of demonic cultivators, making outstanding contributions.
Most importantly, he is just over four thousand years old, and there are still more than a thousand years before he reaches the limit of the Nascent Soul stage. His blood and energy are at their peak, making it the best time for him to break through.
In addition, he was a plump middle-aged man dressed in rich and luxurious robes, with a kind expression on his face, who seemed very easy to get along with.
"Yaoling, these are five high-grade fifth-tier spiritual items for breaking through realms. They have different effects and can be used in combination. This will increase your chances of reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul stage by at least 50%."
"In addition, your own qi and blood are quite good, so your chances of breaking through to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage are probably not low. Don't let your master down!"
After taking out five different broken-mirror spiritual items from his storage bag, Yaoxing Daojun handed them to Yaoling Daojun with expectation.
"Master, please rest assured, your disciple will certainly not let you down."
"By the way, Master, I am truly grateful for this. Regardless of whether I am able to break through to the next realm smoothly, I will repay you tenfold."
Although Daoist Yaoling had seen the world, he still couldn't help but show some excitement when he looked at those broken spiritual objects. He quickly cupped his hands in thanks.
Those breakthrough spiritual items are extremely rare and incredibly valuable.
Even though he held a high position in the Radiant Star Immortal Sect and was quite capable, he had exhausted all his wealth over the years and only managed to acquire one share.
Under such circumstances, Yaoxing Daojun giving him five breakthrough spiritual items at once was undoubtedly a great opportunity for him.
Moreover, the broken mirror spirit item he obtained himself would not conflict with the other five broken mirror spirit items, and they could be stacked.
Upon careful calculation, he had as many as six spiritual items to help him break through to the next realm.
Such a breakthrough treatment is extremely good.
"There's no need for such formalities between us, master and disciple. Let's seize this opportunity!"
Daoist Yaoxing patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile.
Then, Daoist Yaoxing told Daoist Yaoling in detail about his experience of breaking through to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage in his early years, and arranged for him to stay in a cave with extremely rich spiritual energy so that he could go into seclusion and try to break through to the next level.
And this moment.
Inside the cave.
Whether we can become a peerless figure like our master depends on this day.
Daoist Yaoling gazed at the breakthrough spiritual items in his hands, his expression filled with brilliance.
Although he was an alchemist, he was just like any other cultivator, extremely eager for power.
Moreover, he always took his master, Yaoxing Daojun, as his role model, and he longed to reach the perfect Nascent Soul stage like Yaoxing Daojun.
Immediately afterwards, he closed his eyes and began to meditate.
Once he reached his peak condition, he devoured all the spiritual items that had broken through his cultivation realm, and officially began his attempt to reach the pinnacle of the Nascent Soul stage.
"I only hope that Yaoling's breakthrough will be successful this time."
"Otherwise, even if the sect still has two breakthrough spiritual items left, it will probably be difficult to support another cultivator to break through to the Nascent Soul stage."
Daoist Yaoxing looked at the cave where Daoist Yaoling was in seclusion, feeling somewhat nervous.
The two remaining high-level broken-level spiritual items from the Yaoxing Immortal Sect are similar in type and have the same effects as the five broken-level spiritual items previously given to Yaoling Daojun, and cannot be used together.
Daoist Yaoxing kept it as a backup plan.
Moreover, since the two broken spiritual items were of average quality, their combined value could only increase a cultivator's chances of reaching the Nascent Soul stage by 20%.
Furthermore, the difficulty of reaching the pinnacle of the Nascent Soul stage is extremely high.
Unless one is a top-tier Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their cultivation, it is very difficult for ordinary cultivators to successfully break through using this method.
In addition, Daoist Yaoxing did not want to break ties with the Cangxuan lineage for the time being, so he arranged for an elder of the sect to bring a generous gift to the territory of the Vajra Demon Rock Sect to congratulate Ancestor Xinghai on his successful breakthrough.
During this period, most of the righteous forces with good relations with the Cangxuan lineage, such as the Jinyuan Immortal Sect, also sent some congratulatory gifts.
The Old Ancestor of Xinghai made a fortune from this, which made him especially happy.
He was well aware of the thoughts of the Radiant Star Immortal Sect and other forces, so he immediately extended goodwill to them and expressed that he only wanted to cultivate in peace.
This matter also put the minds of forces such as the Radiant Star Immortal Sect at ease.
……
the other side.
Heavenly River Boundary.
In the territory of the demon race, deep within the boundless and desolate mountains, at the summit of Silver Moon Mountain, in the territory of the Silver Moon Wild Bear clan.
Inside a cave.
"It's one thing for the Cangxuan lineage to have produced a new Nascent Soul Perfection cultivator, but why is there also a suspected attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul Perfection realm at the Yaoxing Immortal Sect?"
"The Cangxuan lineage and the Yaoxing Immortal Sect are deliberately pushing our clan to the brink of extinction."
The Silver Moon Bear King, who had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, stared intently in the direction of the Radiant Star Immortal Sect. He noticed something amiss, and his expression changed drastically, showing a hint of panic.
If Yao Ling Daojun of Yaoxing Immortal Sect, who is currently striving to reach the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, also successfully breaks through, then the righteous path of the Heavenly River Realm will have three Nascent Soul peak cultivators, and their strength will surely increase greatly.
Both the demon and monster factions were severely injured in the previous battle, leaving only Silver Moon Bear Lord, a Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of his cultivation.
This situation is not a good thing for the Silver Moon Bear clan.
Even if the Silver Moon Bear clan's territory is protected by an extremely powerful clan-protecting formation, it is still very likely to be flattened.
In addition, although Silver Moon Bear Lord desperately wanted to storm the gates of the Radiant Star Immortal Sect and disrupt Radiant Spirit Dao Lord's breakthrough.
But the Radiant Star Dao Lord of the Radiant Star Immortal Sect was truly formidable.
Silver Moon Bear Lord dared not do such a thing.
It could only watch helplessly as Daoist Yaoling gradually triggered an even greater breakthrough.
Fortunately, Daoist Yaoling failed to break through to the next realm due to his mediocre foundation.
The strange phenomena it triggered then dissipated.
"It's good that we failed."
Silver Moon Bear immediately breathed a sigh of relief and beamed with joy.
Furthermore, he later noticed that perhaps because the Ancient Ghost Realm was about to open, the Radiant Star Immortal Sect and the Cangxuan lineage seemed to have no intention of attacking the Silver Moon Barbarian Bear Clan for the time being, and had not made any unusual moves. "This is a good thing for our clan, but it is not a long-term solution. When the Ancient Ghost Realm opens, we will have to find an opportunity to break the deadlock."
"Otherwise, the extermination of my clan is probably only a matter of time."
Silver Moon Bear was lost in thought.
……
at the same time.
Shining Star Immortal Sect.
Deep within the Yaoxing Mountain Range lies a cave dwelling imbued with spiritual energy.
"This Nascent Soul Perfection Realm... is truly difficult!"
"And it was truly a pity before. If I had had more of those broken spiritual objects, perhaps I would have succeeded by now."
Daojun Yaoling suffered a severe backlash due to his failed breakthrough. He was heavily injured, pale, and weak, filled with regret.
However, he did gain some small benefits from this breakthrough. Because he had a good talent for a powerful method of tempering divine sense, he tempered the strength of his divine sense to an extremely good level.
In addition, he gained some insights during this breakthrough, so he cultivated his divine sense to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage ahead of schedule.
Indirectly, his strength has also improved somewhat, making him much stronger than ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
He was even somewhat confident that he could cultivate alchemy to the fifth-level top grade ahead of schedule.
Most importantly, this incident has made his foundation much more solid. If he were to attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage again in the future, he would at least increase his chances of breaking through by about 10%.
"If I can find five or six more high-level spiritual items that allow me to break through to the next realm, I estimate that my breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage will be a sure thing."
Yao Ling Dao Jun's eyes gleamed slightly.
He then sought out Yaoxing Daojun with a sense of guilt and briefly explained what had happened.
"Judging from the strength of your current spiritual sense, although you failed to break through this time, it is not a particularly bad loss. In the future, my Yaoxing Immortal Sect still has some opportunities and is expected to have two Nascent Soul Perfection experts in charge at the same time."
A hint of unexpected joy appeared on Yaoxing Daojun's face, which had been filled with disappointment.
In addition, although the Radiant Star Immortal Sect only has two high-level broken-level spiritual items left, the Ancient Ghost Realm is about to open.
It not only contains many powerful individuals, but also many tremendous opportunities.
Once the Radiant Star Immortal Sect makes a gain, it can gather a few more high-level breakthrough spiritual items to support Daoist Radiant Spirit in his attempt to reach the Perfected Nascent Soul stage.
It is precisely for this reason that both Yaoxing Daojun and Yaoling Daojun, master and disciple, began to look forward to the day when the ancient ghost realm would open.
……
As time went by, several years passed.
In the Celestial River Realm, an ancient ghost domain, an inorganic storm that occurs only once every thousand years is gradually appearing.
It covers the entire ancient ghost realm.
Moreover, since it arose from the extremely special restrictions of the Ghost Realm, it is very special and even contains some of the power of the Ghost Realm's restrictions.
Its appearance immediately weakened the special space within the entire Ghost Realm.
However, the evil spirits born from the special restrictions within the Ghost Realm find it difficult to escape to the outside world during this opportunity.
However, cultivators from outside can take this opportunity to enter the Ghost Realm.
Moreover, some hidden ancient secret realms lurking deep within the Ghost Realm also emerged.
Such secret realms usually contain great opportunities.
Therefore, all three factions—demons, monsters, and humans—in Tianhe Town turned their attention to the ancient ghost realm.
Even major powers have begun organizing their forces to rush to the ancient ghost realm.
Furthermore, due to the immense power of the Ghost Domain's Limitless Storm, only powerful forces with formidable protective abilities can safely enter it.
Ordinary cultivators who set foot there would be instantly blasted into mincemeat by the boundless gale.
Therefore, many small forces or independent cultivators with mediocre skills who wanted to enter the Ghost Realm to seek opportunities sought help from some familiar large forces.
The major powers considered that the number of cultivators was considerable, and that if they were gathered together, it would be of great help.
In addition, the powerful forces had strong methods, so they agreed to the matter.
They even earned a fee for helping people enter the ghost realm.
In an instant, the major powers led countless cultivators to the ancient ghost realm.
The tranquility of the ancient ghost realm, a place inhabited only by evil spirits, was shattered.
……
now.
Deep within the Vajra Demon Rock Secret Realm, inside the Vajra Demon Rock Mountain, a fifth-grade superior-level mountain.
Ling Pengyun and the Star Sea Ancestor gathered all the powerful figures of the Cangxuan lineage and recounted in detail the opening of the ancient ghost domain.
"Our Cangxuan lineage is quite strong, and we even have an ancestor at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage to oversee us."
"After discussing it privately with the ancestor, I decided to take this opportunity to plot against the entire Ghost Realm and try to take it under my control."
"But this matter is quite difficult, so the old ancestor and I would like to ask you all for help."
"Of course, if you all make any contributions in this matter, you will also receive extraordinary benefits."
"I just don't know if any of you would be willing to help?"
Ling Pengyun and Xinghai Ancestor asked the crowd.
"Of course, we would not miss such a good thing."
"..."
The other experts from the Cangxuan lineage agreed without hesitation.
They all knew how powerful Ling Pengyun and the Star Sea Ancestor were.
Indirectly, this gives us some hope of planning something for the entire Ghost Realm.
Even if things don't go well, there's always a chance to retreat safely.
Moreover, both Ling Pengyun and Xinghai Laozu are quite reliable and trustworthy.
"That's excellent. With everyone's help, the chances of our plans succeeding this time are much higher."
Ling Pengyun and Xinghai Laozu smiled and said.
In addition, over the years, they have recruited a large number of direct disciples in the Heavenly River Realm, and their strength is quite good. If they have some battle formations to assist them, those direct disciples can be of great help.
They no longer intended to use the Netherworld Blade to secretly travel to the Ancient Ghost Realm as they had done before.
Instead, they planned to mobilize a large number of flying boats, taking most of them directly to the ancient ghost realm to help.
Immediately afterwards, everyone agreed and summoned more than 70% of the Cangxuan lineage disciples stationed in various spiritual lands of the Cangxuan lineage in the Tianhe Realm.
They then took out their respective flying boats and ordered all the cultivators to board them.
In a short time, an enormous fleet of flying ships was assembled and set off in a grand procession towards the ancient ghost realm.
In addition, the Cangxuan lineage left nearly 30% of its ordinary cultivators and powerful individuals to guard various spiritual lands in case of unforeseen circumstances. (End of Chapter)