Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 299

Chapter 299 A Secret Fortune in the Cultivation World, Chaos is Approaching (Seeking Subscriptions)

Cultivation knows no time; more than ten years have passed since the two parted.

In these years,

Li Chang’an has been paying close attention to the situation of the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty.

After Jiang Muyu returned to Great Qi, there were many dissenting voices within the dynasty, but they were all forcefully suppressed by Jiang Xuanyuan.

Now, she has been listed in the royal family genealogy, becoming a member of the Great Qi royal family.

“The royal family is indeed different; they exude more nobility.”

Li Chang’an smiled, standing in the courtyard, watching the approaching stream of light in the distance.

Not long after,

the stream of light landed in the courtyard, transforming into the image of Jiang Muyu.

She wore a light blue dress, her eyebrows like crescent moons, her skin like jade, her figure slender, and her eyes, like autumn water, held a hint of excitement and joy.

Upon meeting, she rushed forward, her body exuding a delicate fragrance, and crashed into Li Chang’an’s arms.

Her eyes reddened, and she said softly, “Young Master, I’ve finally seen you.”

“It’s only been a little over ten years, not a matter of life and death,”

Li Chang’an smiled, understanding.

Jiang Muyu had been taken to Changqing Mountain by him when she was very young, and had practically grown up by his side.

Even when she went out to train, she wouldn’t be away for too long.

This was the first time they had been separated for over ten years.

Even for a Golden Core cultivator with a lifespan of five hundred years, more than ten years was a relatively long period.

At this moment,

Li Chang’an noticed

two other people approaching Changqing Mountain.

A man and a woman, both with extraordinary bearing, presumably Jiang Muyu’s companions.

He patted Jiang Muyu’s back and said, “Alright, there are outsiders here, no need to hug for so long.”

“Yes…”

Jiang Muyu’s pretty face flushed slightly, and she released her arms.

The two cultivators also landed on Changqing Mountain at this moment.

The female cultivator smiled and said, “Muyu, won’t you introduce us?”

Jiang Muyu nodded and introduced them to each other.

“Young Master, this is Princess Qi Yao.”

Her voice was gentle as she introduced the female cultivator to Li Chang’an.

Qi Yao.

The Ninth Princess of the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty.

She wore a bright yellow dress, adorned with jeweled hairpins, her figure graceful, exuding nobility, and emanating a delicate peony fragrance.

The male cultivator beside her was named Guo Zesheng.

He possessed a sharp aura, clad in armor, and was not a member of the Great Qi royal family, but rather a marquis appointed by the Great Qi.

Marquis Wuwei!

Both were at the early Golden Core stage, yet both could fight beyond their level, both being exceptional talents.

Their Golden Core quality, like Jiang Muyu’s, was at the half-step Immortal Golden Core stage.

Qi Yao smiled broadly, “Fellow Daoist Li, I’ve often heard Mu Yu mention you over the years, and today I’m finally able to meet you.”

Guo Zesheng added, “Fellow Daoist Li, I’ve heard that you once killed a Golden Core cultivator while only at the Foundation Establishment stage. You’re truly remarkable, I admire you!”

“It was merely relying on the power of an array, nothing special,”

Li Chang’an replied with a smile.

He waved his hand, taking out spiritual tea and pastries to entertain the two guests from Great Qi.

During their conversation, he sized them up.

The two were also sizing him up.

In fact, before entering the Southern Region, they had investigated Li Chang’an and knew that he was only an ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivator, with a relatively low-quality core.

If it were any other mid-grade True Core cultivator, they wouldn’t be worthy of their serious attention.

However, Li Chang’an and Jiang Mu Yu had an excellent relationship.

If they wanted to befriend Jiang Mu Yu, they naturally had to befriend Li Chang’an first.

In the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty, countless people wanted to befriend Jiang Mu Yu, after all, she had a Nascent Soul father.

Li Chang’an asked, “Has Mu Yu suffered any injustice during her years in Daqi?”

“Fellow Daoist Li, you may not know, but Mu Yu’s status in Daqi is far higher than many princes and princesses, yet no one dares to wrong her.”

At this point,

Qi Yao’s voice held a hint of envy.

Her father, the current emperor of Daqi, was also a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

However, he had three thousand concubines and numerous offspring.

Qi Yao had to compete with his many children for the resources he controlled, making her no match for Jiang Mu Yu.

Jiang Xuan Yuan only had Jiang Mu Yu as his descendant, and feeling deeply indebted to her, he tried every means to obtain various treasures for her.

Jiang Mu Yu smiled gracefully, “Young Master, don’t worry. Although I have some competitors in Daqi, no one dares to bully me.”

She then recounted her experiences over the years.

Not long after returning to Daqi, her father, Jiang Xuan Yuan, was bestowed the title of “Free and Unfettered King,” becoming the only non-royal king in the entire Daqi Immortal Dynasty.

The current emperor of Daqi explicitly stated that the Jiang family’s status was equivalent to the Daqi royal family.

In the cultivation world, strength ultimately reigns supreme.

If Jiang Xuanyuan wished, he could easily leave the Great Qi and establish a Nascent Soul family or another immortal dynasty.

To retain him,

the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty made countless promises.

Nearly a quarter of the entire Great Qi territory was granted to him.

“Young Master, there are quite a few third-tier spiritual veins in the fiefdom. I originally wanted my father to give you one, but fortunately you already have one. This new Evergreen Mountain is much better than those third-tier spiritual veins in the fiefdom…”

Jiang Muyu felt the concentration of spiritual energy in Evergreen Mountain, her pretty face full of joy.

She didn’t want to stay in the Great Qi clan territory in the Eastern or Central Regions; she preferred to cultivate in the Southern Region, naturally requiring a good cultivation ground.

Li Chang’an asked again, “How many Nascent Soul True Monarchs does the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty have?”

“Originally, there were three,”

Guo Zesheng replied.

This matter wasn’t a secret; a little inquiry would reveal it.

“Including Senior Jiang, there are four.”

“However, only the Emperor and Senior Jiang are true Nascent Soul True Monarchs. The other two are only at the peak of the Golden Core stage. The reason they have Nascent Soul strength is because of the power of faith.”

These Nascent Soul cultivators who rely on faith are actually weaker than true Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

He was roughly equivalent to the weakest Pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator

. A Pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator

is someone who encountered an accident during the Nascent Soul formation process, or lacked sufficient foundation, resulting in a flawed Nascent Soul despite successful formation.

This realm is similar to that of a Pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator.

While Pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivators are also called Nascent Soul True Monarchs, their strength is inferior to that of a flawless Nascent Soul True Monarch.

A flawless Nascent Soul is called a True Nascent Soul.

Furthermore

, above the True Nascent Soul, there are even stronger Immortal Nascent Souls.

The Great Qi Emperor and Jiang Xuanyuan are both True Nascent Soul cultivators. Including the other two True Monarchs who relied on the power of faith, the entire Great Qi’s strength surpasses that of the Zixia Sect.

“The Zixia Sect only has two Nascent Soul True Monarchs, but the Great Qi has four, two more thanks to the power of faith,”

Li Chang’an pondered to himself.

He had heard that

the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty was the oldest of the four major Nascent Soul forces in the Zhao Kingdom.

In the cultivation world of Zhao Kingdom, there were originally more than the four Nascent Soul forces we have today. However, many Nascent Soul forces were swallowed up by other forces and disappeared into the past due to the lack of new Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

The Great Qi Immortal Dynasty was an exception.

If no new Nascent Soul True Monarchs were born, the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty relied on pseudo-Nascent Souls created by the power of faith to sustain itself, ensuring the continuation of Nascent Souls generation after generation through faith.

“I’ve heard that the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty has a history of over 30,000 years and once had contact with the last Nascent Soul expert, ‘Azure Wood Heavenly Lord.’ Is this true?”

Li Chang’an asked the three.

Qi Yao nodded slightly, her lips parted, and answered his question.

“This is true.”

“Our ancestors of Great Qi received the favor of Azure Wood Heavenly Lord.”

“The method of using the power of faith was actually bestowed upon Great Qi by Azure Wood Heavenly Lord.”

Qi Yao spoke of some secrets known only to the Great Qi royal family.

Logically speaking,

Li Chang’an was not qualified to know these things.

Qi Yao knew perfectly well that even if she didn’t say anything, Jiang Muyu would tell Li Chang’an these things anyway, so it was better for her to speak first.

“The Azure Wood Heavenly Lord once said that the power of faith is an alternative path of cultivation. It can not only create True Lords, but if enough faith is gathered, it can even create Pseudo-Gods!”

“However, the territory of our Great Qi is limited, and our population is small. We haven’t reached the Pseudo-God stage yet.”

If the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty could produce a Pseudo-God Heavenly Lord, perhaps it could unify the entire cultivation world.

Qi Yao spoke with a mixture of longing and helplessness.

The Great Qi Immortal Dynasty

was still far from that stage.

Li Chang’an then asked, “Where did that Azure Wood Heavenly Lord ultimately go? Did he ascend to the Immortal Realm, or did he die of old age? Does the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty have any records of this?”

Li Chang’an had many questions about that last God-level Heavenly Lord.

His cultivation goal wasn’t just the Nascent Soul realm.

If he wanted immortality, he had to proceed step by step.

However, something seems to have gone wrong in the cultivation world these days; for thirty thousand years, no Nascent Soul or higher-level Deity Transformation cultivator has appeared.

Qi Yao pondered for a moment and replied, “This matter is indeed recorded in the Great Qi’s library, but the records are rather vague and don’t specify the final whereabouts of that Heavenly Lord.”

According to the records of the Great Qi royal family,

that Azure Wood Heavenly Lord once intended to ascend to the legendary Immortal Realm, and thus searched throughout the entire cultivation world for an Ascension Platform.

It is said that only the Ascension Platform can allow cultivators to ascend.

Later,

it seems that Azure Wood Heavenly Lord failed to find the Ascension Platform.

When the Great Qi emperor at the time contacted Azure Wood Heavenly Lord, he found him disinterested and no longer mentioned ascension.

Not long after that, Azure Wood Heavenly Lord disappeared.

He has never appeared again. The

fate of this last Deity Transformation Heavenly Lord in the cultivation world remains a mystery.

It is rumored that Azure Wood Heavenly Lord left behind a legacy, which points out the path to Deity Transformation.

As long as one obtains his legacy…

Even if one cannot reach the Nascent Soul stage, at the very least one can achieve the Enlightenment stage.

“For the past thirty thousand years, every emperor of the Great Qi has sent people to search for the legacy of the Azure Wood Heavenly Lord, but to no avail.”

“I see, thank you for informing me.”

After listening, Li Chang’an pondered for a moment.

He couldn’t help but think of Mu Xiaoqing, wondering if the legacy Mu Xiaoqing sought was that Heavenly Lord’s.

That Heavenly Lord used “Azure Wood” as his Daoist name, indicating he was likely also a cultivator with a wood-elemental root.

“If I could obtain his legacy, my cultivation path would be much easier, but thirty thousand years have passed, and countless cultivators have failed to find it; the chances of me finding it are slim.”

Li Chang’an temporarily suppressed this thought.

Next,

he inquired about the Immortal Realm.

“Does the legendary Immortal Realm truly exist?”

“There aren’t many records of this in the Great Qi.”

Qi Yao shook her head slightly, referring to the contents recorded in the ancient books of the Great Qi.

According to the records,

in extremely ancient times, there was indeed the concept of “ascension,” and the “Immortal Realm” was mentioned.

However, in all ancient history, it seems no one has ever truly ascended.

Li Chang’an asked again, “It is said that the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty once ascended to heaven as a whole, disappearing from the cultivation world. Is there any record of this in the Great Qi?”

“Yes!”

Qi Yao didn’t hold back.

The Great Qi had many records about the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty.

According to ancient texts, the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty unified the entire cultivation world.

The Great Jin Emperor was an ambitious Nascent Soul Celestial Lord who claimed to have found a path to the Immortal Realm and would lead the entire Great Jin Immortal Dynasty to ascension.

On the day of ascension,

countless people witnessed a beam of light descending from the sky, seemingly tearing through the heavens and arriving in the mortal world.

Moments later, the beam of light disappeared.

The Great Jin Immortal Dynasty’s royal family, ministers, and countless citizens in the capital all vanished within this beam of light.

It seemed they had truly gone to the Immortal Realm.

After the Great Jin royal family disappeared, the entire cultivation world entered a period of chaos, with various forces fighting each other, ultimately leaving only nine major forces, which later became the Nine Great Immortal Sects.

From Qi Yao, Li Chang’an learned for the first time the exact time of the Nine Great Immortal Sects’ destruction.

Ninety thousand years ago!

At that time, a great calamity erupted, annihilating all nine great immortal sects and shattering the history of the entire cultivation world, leaving only vast blanks…

The Great Qi royal family’s library only contains these records.

Nothing more.

“Thank you for informing me,”

Li Chang’an said solemnly.

As a rogue cultivator, he had no access to the core secrets of Nascent Soul forces.

Today’s conversation had been very fruitful.

Qi Yao reminded him, “Fellow Daoist Li, according to ancient texts, there are many signs before a great calamity, such as the cultivation world becoming increasingly chaotic. The current turmoil in the cultivation world perfectly matches these signs.” “

The Southern and Western Regions are at war with each other, as are the Eastern and Northern Regions; I fear a great upheaval is imminent.”

“In this chaotic world, we should support each other…”

Qi Yao and Guo Zesheng’s intention to befriend him was obvious.

Li Chang’an naturally wouldn’t refuse.

He could see it.

Both of them were trying to befriend him for Jiang Muyu’s sake.

However, regardless of their motives, he would at least gain more connections.

After a short conversation…

Qi Yao and Guo Zesheng explained their purpose for coming.

They were there to escort Jiang Muyu back and also to seek the legacy of a senior alchemist.

Within that legacy lay several ancient alchemy formulas, now lost to the cultivation world.

“Ancient alchemy formulas?”

Li Chang’an’s heart stirred slightly; he too was somewhat interested.

Qi Yao explained that they needed to stay temporarily on Changqing Mountain for a while, searching for the location of the legacy in the Southern Region.   Li Chang’an naturally agreed.

However   , he made it clear that if they found the legacy, he needed to make a copy.   ”No problem, that’s only right!”   Qi Yao immediately agreed.   And so,   Qi Yao and Guo Zesheng each opened a temporary cave dwelling on Changqing Mountain.   Jiang Muyu also opened her own cave dwelling, not far from Li Chang’an’s.   …   Time passed quickly, and half a month went by.   On this day,   Li Chang’an received news.   Zhou Yi’an, the patriarch of the Zhou family, had passed away.   He had two regrets before his death: one was that he hadn’t been able to cultivate a new third-tier demon king for the Zhou family.   Another reason was that the Xuan Shui Turtle failed to develop a sense of belonging to the Zhou family, and even failed to produce any offspring.   Over the years,   the Zhou family had practically treated the Xuan Shui Turtle like an ancestor.   Whatever the Xuan Shui Turtle needed, they would find a way to obtain it.   However,   after Li Chang’an acquired the new Changqing Mountain,   the Xuan Shui Turtle immediately left the Zhou family and came to cultivate on this third-tier spiritual vein.   Only occasionally, when needed, would it return to the Zhou family, releasing the aura of a third-tier demon king to bolster the family’s image.   ”Fellow Daoist Zhou had a good plan, but it all fell through,”   Li Chang’an said with a faint smile.   A few days later,   he arrived at the Zhou family’s ancestral home to attend Zhou Yi’an’s funeral.   The Zhou family now seemed more vibrant than when it had just suffered the demon king’s betrayal.   The number of demon beasts was approaching the Zhou family’s peak.   More than ten second-tier peak demon beasts had been cultivated, each with the potential to advance to a third-tier demon king, but they had yet to gather the suitable treasures.   During his conversation with Zhou Sheng and the others, Li Chang’an learned that Zhou Yunqiao had unexpectedly found a low-grade bloodline demon beast egg.   A Wind and Thunder Bird hatched from it.

“This Wind-Thunder Bird is extremely rare, a demonic beast with both wind and thunder attributes. Its combat power is outstanding among demonic beasts of the same rank. It seems the Zhou family’s luck is quite good,”

Li Chang’an mused to himself.

Having survived a great calamity, the Zhou family seemed to be showing signs of a turnaround.

However,

the war between the two domains was not yet over, and

the entire cultivation world was becoming increasingly chaotic.

Whether the Zhou family could survive until the Wind-Thunder Bird reached the third rank was still a question.

After the funeral,

Li Chang’an returned to Changqing Mountain and began planning his actions against Yuanyang Valley.

“If I want to incite a conflict between Yuanyang Valley and the Hundred Beasts Sect, I must start with their past grudges.”

Soon,

he locked onto two targets.

“Qianyan Zhenren of the Hundred Beasts Sect has a blood feud with Yuanyang Valley; his Daoist partner and disciple were killed by Yuanyang Valley cultivators.”

“The one who killed his Daoist partner was Fan Wenlong of Yuanyang Valley…”

Li Chang’an planned to start with these two people, gradually sowing discord between the two sects.

Fortunately, neither of them were unfamiliar to him.

Master Qianyan had followed Master Shihu in the battle to destroy the Ou family.

As for Fan Wenlong ,

he was Fan Wei’s cousin.

After Fan Wei and his son were killed by Li Chang’an, he repeatedly boasted that he would cut off Li Chang’an’s head and place it in front of their graves.

However, he was clearly wary of the Changqing Mountain’s formation, and although he made a lot of noise, he never actually did it.

…

The next day.

Inside the Hundred Beasts Sect.

Li Chang’an used the puppet Black Serpent Master to find Master Qianyan.

“Fellow Daoist Qianyan, I recently found an opportunity in an ancient secret realm, but I’m not confident about it alone. Would you be willing to go with me?”

“Oh? What kind of opportunity?”

Master Qianyan was somewhat tempted and asked.

Li Chang’an replied, “It’s an ancient sect’s storage place for pills. I suspect there might be pills for breaking through to the Golden Core stage inside, but it’s fraught with danger.”

Upon hearing the words “breaking through to the Golden Core stage pills,” a glint of light flashed in Master Qianyan’s eyes.

He had been stuck in the early Golden Core stage for a long time.

He was unable to break through to the next level.

Ordinary breakthrough pills had little effect on him; only those from the Nascent Soul sect had a significant effect.

“Fellow Daoist Black Serpent, quickly lead the way! I’ll go with you to explore that opportunity!”

True Person Qianyan had no doubts.

They were both Golden Core True Persons of the Hundred Beasts Sect, had known each other for hundreds of years, and had explored countless opportunities together.

Soon,

the two left the sect together, heading towards the ancient ruins and secret realm.

On the way, True Person Qianyan sighed,

“I originally intended to kill Li Chang’an with Fellow Daoist Shi Hu and seize the Purple Spirit Pill from him, but unfortunately, Fellow Daoist Shi Hu encountered an accident.”

(End of Chapter)