A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 227

Chapter 223 Changes in the Star Sea, Qingyi Yuanzhong

Reunite.

The four relayed the information they had gathered via telepathy.

“The intelligence those three Tribulation Cultivators possessed is indeed outdated; some situations have changed,”

Yuan Yao said first.

The current situation in the Inner Star Sea is roughly as follows: the Star Palace and the Reverse Star Alliance are locked in a stalemate along the Inner Twelve Star Islands.

More than thirty years ago, the Star Palace’s situation was delicate, its defenses were precarious, and it was once pushed to the gates of Tianxing City by the Reverse Star Alliance. The two Tianxing Saints were forced to emerge from seclusion and fought a great battle outside Tianxing City against the number one demonic cultivator of the Chaotic Star Sea, “Six Paths Extreme Saint” of Saint Demon Island, and the number one righteous cultivator of the Myriad Laws Sect, “Wan Sangu.” The Six Paths Extreme

Saint and Wan Sangu were no match for the two Saints’ Yuan Magnetic Divine Light and retreated wounded.

It is said that the two Saints’ Yuan Magnetic Divine Light displayed great power; although it failed to destroy the great cultivators of both the righteous and demonic paths, it severely injured the two.

This resulted in a significant loss of cultivation for the two.

In that battle, they also casually killed three Nascent Soul stage cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths.

The Star Palace’s prestige was restored.

The name of the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light resounded throughout the entire Inner Star Sea.

Ling Xiaofeng’s reputation, built over a thousand years, also spread far and wide.

Over the past few hundred years, he had defeated the Six Paths Supreme Saint and Wan Sangu, and several hundred years ago, he had also defeated the Golden Flood Dragon King and the Azure Demon King, both level ten demon cultivators from the Outer Sea. His terrifying talent of reaching the late Nascent Soul stage around the age of five hundred left countless people speechless.

After all, there were only a handful of people in the entire Chaotic Star Sea who could form a Nascent Soul at the age of five hundred. Ling Xiaofeng, on the other hand, simply reached the end that countless people could only dream of in their lifetime.

The Star Palace’s prestige soared.

However, just when the Star Palace, led by Ling Xiaofeng, was at its most powerful, the Six Paths Supreme Saint and Wan Sangu, despite their injuries, stepped forward again, inviting the Heavenly Star Twin Saints to a battle on Nanming Island.

Ostensibly an invitation, it was actually a test.

Clearly, the two from the righteous and demonic paths had successfully tested the Twin Saints.

Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing did not keep their appointment.

From then on, rumors began to circulate wildly in the Inner Star Sea, claiming that the Twin Saints of Tianxing were all bark and no bite, specifically highlighting their inability to leave Tianxing City—their greatest limitation.

Thus,

a strange scene unfolded:

within Tianxing City, all was quiet; no one dared to cause trouble, like a pristine paradise.

But in places unprotected by the Twin Saints, such as the Inner Twelve Star Islands, chaos reigned.

The various factions of the Reverse Star Alliance, for their own interests, launched a swift and sustained attack on the resource-rich Inner Twelve Star Islands. The Star Palace and the various factions of the Reverse Star Alliance were fiercely fighting over the Inner Twelve Star Islands and nearby resource-rich mining sites. Both   sides vied for

control of those treasure troves, one after the other.   ”Chongyuan Island, one of the twelve inner star islands, belonged to the Star Palace half a year ago. Four months ago, it was seized by the righteous sect Daoxuan Sect…”   ”Three months ago, the Star Palace reclaimed it…” ”   A month ago, the demonic Fei family intervened and forcibly seized it again…”   ”Near Chongyuan Island, there are more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators participating in the battle…”   The two sides have even been engaged in a protracted war along the twelve inner star islands for more than ten or twenty years.   In addition to this, the intelligence gathered also revealed that the Star Palace had announced the emergence of a successor. In   just twenty years, Ling Yuling had already advanced from the early stage of Core Formation to the middle stage.   It should be noted that this woman did not have the top-grade spiritual veins of Biling Island and a large number of high-grade spirit stones to absorb at will.   Yet her cultivation progress was still surprisingly fast.   ”As expected of the Star Palace, as expected of the Twin Saints, they are indeed wealthy and powerful.”   Han Li couldn’t help but secretly praise them.   Because of his interference, the Twin Saints of the Heavenly Star Sect were forced to emerge from seclusion many years ahead of schedule.   In his original memory, Ling Xiaofeng and his wife were only forced to emerge from seclusion to repel the Reverse Star Alliance when the Star Palace was on the verge of collapse and Tianxing City was about to fall. Because he had ambushed Ling Yuling and abducted this precious child of the Twin Saints, the Twin Saints had to emerge prematurely.   This meant they began to focus on cultivating their beloved daughter, Ling Yuling, many years earlier.   ”Ling Yuling’s growth rate won’t be even faster than the original trajectory, will it?”   Without the special nurturing from the Twin Saints, Ling Yuling, with her Heavenly Spirit Root, still only reached the Core Formation stage in her sixties or seventies.   Without the Twin Saints’ later emergence from seclusion to help her, it would have been difficult for her to reach the Nascent Soul stage in her two hundred years or so.   Let alone the mid-Nascent Soul stage in her four hundred years or so.   This time, the Twin Saints not only emerged from seclusion early but also began cultivating Ling Yuling ahead of time. They even discovered the flaws of the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light ahead of time!   In other words, the Star Palace’s fortune had already changed under his interference.   ”So it seems that if I take a little benefit from the Star Palace, they should be thanking me, right?”   Han Li grinned.   This was quite shameless.   ”Furthermore, if the two saints could occupy the spiritual veins of Biling Island and spare no expense in expending high-grade spirit stones, even if they were to dissipate their cultivation to the early or mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm and completely lose their Yuan Magnetic Divine Light, they could probably quickly recover their cultivation, right?!”   Thinking of this possibility, he felt sorry for the two saints.   In the original timeline, Biling Island was discovered two hundred years later.   At that time, the two saints only had a little over a hundred years left to live.   If they had discovered Biling Island a hundred years earlier, they might have had a chance to turn things around and wouldn’t have been trapped and died in Tianxing City.   It’s truly a pity for them.   What surprised him most was Qingyi Jushi.   Qingyi, who was already a Nascent Soul cultivator four hundred years ago, had advanced from the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm more than twenty years ago!   Trapped in the early Nascent Soul stage for four hundred years, he was now nine hundred years old.   He gained an advantage in the battle of the Void Heaven, and his all-or-nothing gamble finally paid off.   Qingyi advanced, full of vigor and ambition.   When Wan Tianming finally came to settle accounts, he found the old man Qingyi, who had broken through to a higher cultivation level.   It’s said that Wan Tianming’s expression at that moment was quite interesting.   When he learned from Qingyi that the key to his breakthrough lay in the few spiritual herbs in the storage bag, the sect leader became even more distressed.   These herbs were originally the main ingredients in a certain pill that Wan Tianming had prepared for himself!   Each one was thousands of years old!   Yet, they had benefited an outsider like Qingyi.   The sect leader was so frustrated that he almost vomited blood.

His Confucian refinement vanished completely.

Enraged and filled with resentment, he relentlessly pursued Qing Yi for over a month, thoroughly enraging this handsome old man who had always “disliked killing.”

And so, Qing Yi turned and ran off to join forces with Man Hu Zi, seeking solace and comfort with Man Da Han.

Unable to fathom the inner star sea’s dynamics, the two didn’t want to get involved, preferring a peaceful retirement. Their goals were aligned.

Coupled with their past collaboration within the Void Heaven Palace’s inner sanctum, they were a perfect match.

Their alliance was a formidable force in the demonic path,

given their dual mid-stage Nascent Soul realm.

Even the Star Palace had to take them seriously.

Their actions caused a sensation throughout the inner star sea.

…

“Husband, Tianxing City has reopened to the outer sea. Shall we return now?”

Yanli asked.

Han Li nodded firmly:

“Of course.”

“With the inner star sea so bustling, how can we not join in?”

Six Paths Supreme Saint and Wan Sangu had personally experienced the power of the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light years ago, and their injuries were likely severe. Even if they had fully recovered, they had learned their lesson and experienced the terrible feeling of having their cultivation weakened. Therefore, they probably wouldn’t dare to charge into battle again.

They would rather use others to annoy the Star Palace and the two Saints than go themselves.

This is why both sides made concessions and allowed the various factions of the Reverse Star Alliance to compete with the Star Palace for the Twelve Inner Star Islands.

This situation was perfect for him to fish in troubled waters.

“Barbarian Beard and Qing Yi can now be completely won over.”

Things had changed.

If Wan Tianming hadn’t gone to settle accounts with Qing Yi, he wouldn’t have had the opportunity; Qing Yi and Barbarian Beard might not have been willing to join forces.

However, Wan Tianming’s arrival forced Qing Yi and Barbarian Beard to cooperate.

Under these circumstances, proposing a united front would be a natural progression.

His strength was enough to subdue them.

His prestige was enough to dominate them.

“Moreover, Barbarian Beard must have already noticed that the Heaven-Mending Pill doesn’t extend lifespan. He and Qing Yi both want to extend their lives, and there happen to be longevity-extending elixirs in the Fallen Demon Valley. It just depends on whether those entering the valley are willing to search for them and whether they have the luck…”

He, Barbarian Beard, and Qing Yi, three mid-Nascent Soul cultivators, plus Gan Rushuang and Yuan Yao, could completely seize the benefits of the ancient teleportation array.

Moreover, the Great Teleportation Token was in his hands, so at least in the early stages, he still held the initiative.

With two more Nascent Soul stage cultivators assisting the Noble Bird, he didn’t believe they’d suffer a complete defeat.

As for the distribution of spoils?

That could be agreed upon beforehand.

Anyway, he had a sword formation, a hundred or so lightning-absorbing beads, and a Buddhist prayer bead bracelet as backup; if the two betrayed him, so be it.

His Soul-Controlling Banner was still missing three main souls!

…

Tianxing City.

Star Palace.

Holy Mountain.

Inside the Scripture Pavilion on the eightieth floor.

Ling Xiaofeng and Wen Qing were both focused and worried.

Their worry stemmed from their discovery of the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light’s pitfalls.

Initially, they both believed it was their lack of talent and ability that prevented them from mastering the final level of the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light. It wasn’t

until their daughter’s accident forced them out of seclusion, and after another battle with the Six Paths Supreme Saint and Wan Sangu, that they returned to seclusion and suddenly realized something was amiss.

Upon closer examination, it became clear that the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light technique contained a natural trap.

“How could this be? How could this be?”

Deep within the Star Palace’s Scripture Pavilion, in a place storing countless ancient texts, a voice filled with extreme anger suddenly rang out.

A stunningly beautiful woman, adorned in luxurious attire, heard the commotion and immediately appeared in that area:

“What’s wrong? What did you discover?”

“We’ve been tricked! Tricked!”

the voice gritted through gritted teeth, filled with extreme anger.

This person was none other than Ling Xiaofeng, one of the Twin Saints of the Heavenly Stars.

“Tricked?”

The elegantly dressed noblewoman frowned, somewhat puzzled.

“The Yuan Magnetic Divine Light isn’t meant for geniuses with Heavenly Spiritual Roots like us; it’s for useless people with pseudo-Spiritual Roots! Our attempt to control the power of the Five Elements with a single Spiritual Root is utterly delusional! Delusional!”

The handsome yet dignified man abruptly stood up, unleashing a terrifying spiritual pressure that caused the surrounding air to explode in waves. As his breathing became extremely heavy, he slammed his palm fiercely against the wall of the Scripture Pavilion, instantly obliterating the exceptionally powerful restrictions placed upon it. The residual force seeped out, sweeping through half of the Scripture Pavilion.

Various books and papers scattered in all directions.

“What an ancient cultivator…”

“What a Yuan Magnetic Divine Light…”

“What a trap!”

Damn it.

Damn it.

Damn it!

“I, Ling Xiaofeng, pride myself on my extraordinary talent and unparalleled intelligence, having solved the three supposedly insurmountable obstacles of the Yuan Magnetic Divine Light in one go. I thought my talent and abilities were no less than any Star Palace Master in history, but I never expected to be outmaneuvered by an ancient cultivator…”

“Damn it, this is too much!”

The beautiful woman beside him watched her husband lose his temper and vent his anger without stopping him.

Only after her disheveled husband calmed down did he softly ask,

“What happened? What did you find?”

Ling Xiaofeng turned around abruptly, filled with shame,

“Qing’er, I’m so sorry.”   　　”

What exactly happened?”   　Wen

Qing truly disliked her husband’s current state of disarray.   (End of Chapter)