Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 364

Chapter 364 The Fourth-Order Grand Formation is Completed, and the Fiery Cloud Immortal Body is Achieved (Seeking Further Subscriptions)

This was only a portion of the demonic cultivation foundation that Wu Ze knew, yet it far surpassed the fourth-order power of the righteous forces.

Li Chang’an felt this.

He needed to accelerate his plans within the demonic path and acquire some new identities.

“Fellow Daoist Wu, how much do you know about the Blissful Heaven Sect?”

he asked, inquiring about the last demonic sect.

This sect was extremely mysterious and hadn’t made a significant move so far.

Wu Ze pondered briefly before answering.

“I don’t know much about the Blissful Heaven Sect either. I’ve only heard my master say that its foundation is profound, no weaker than my Netherworld Soul Sect,”

he told Li Chang’an.

Even within the Yan Kingdom’s demonic path, the Blissful Heaven Sect was somewhat mysterious.

Its mountain gate was perpetually shrouded in a seven-colored mist, and it had never invited outsiders to visit. Its disciples rarely ventured down the mountain for training.

As far as he knew,

the Blissful Heaven Sect seemed to excel in the art of divine sense.

His master, the Myriad Souls True Monarch, had told him that unless absolutely necessary, he should avoid conflict with the disciples of the Blissful Heaven Sect, or he might suffer a great loss.

“The path of divine sense?”

Li Chang’an pondered.

Could it be that

the Blissful Heaven Sect possesses a method for tempering divine sense?

If so, he would have to pay more attention to this sect in the future.

After a moment, Li Chang’an changed his question.

“Fellow Daoist Wu, what is the goal of the Demonic Path’s centuries-long scheme? To completely annex the cultivation worlds of Yuan and Zhao?”

“Perhaps.”

Wu Ze was equally uncertain. After all, he was not a Nascent Soul True Monarch and could not know the true purpose of this battle.

He had only heard his master, the Myriad Souls True Monarch, mention it.

This battle,

even if it could not completely annex the two countries, must at least reach the Central Region of Zhao.

“The Central Region?”

Li Chang’an was somewhat puzzled.

“Why must we reach the Central Region? Could it be that the Demonic Path desires something there?”

“I do not know either.”

Wu Ze shook his head.

Li Chang’an asked again, “Since the Demonic Path has so many fourth-tier forces, why not launch a full-scale attack and crush the righteous forces of both countries in one fell swoop?”

“The righteous path also has its own resources. For example, the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty possesses a gift from the last Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord,”

Wu Ze slowly explained, revealing everything he knew.

The various sects of the Demonic Path were suspicious.

The Great Qi Immortal Dynasty might possess a fifth-tier trump card!

The Great Qi ancestor from 30,000 years ago had a good relationship with the Azure Wood Heavenly Lord. Who knew how many valuable things he had obtained from him?

Some even speculated that the Azure Wood Heavenly Lord’s legacy was in the hands of the Great Qi royal family!

In this era without Nascent Souls,

a fifth-tier trump card would be enough to sweep away everything.

Furthermore,

the four major sects of the Yuan Kingdom were not to be underestimated.

These four sects possessed a formation called the “Four Spirits Formation.”

This formation had appeared once ten thousand years ago, its power extremely terrifying, instantly killing three Demonic True Lords.

It was precisely because of this that

the Demonic Path spared no expense in causing the Four Spirits Sect to split.

“Master once said that although the Four Spirits Sect has split, the Four Spirits Formation should still be usable, so we must not be careless,”

Wu Ze relayed his master’s opinion in detail.

Due to various concerns, the demonic path has not launched a major attack so far, only probing the borders.

The righteous sects are in the same boat.

Both sides are still in the probing stage.

“The death of Xuanwu Zhenjun was actually an accident.”

“The Yellow Spring Blood Corpses only have a few days to live, so they had to be cultivated in areas close to the battlefield. There was a very secluded place where more than ten Yellow Spring Blood Corpses were cultivated, which should not have been discovered.”

“But for some reason, Xuanwu Zhenjun suddenly discovered that place…”

Wu Ze said that a veteran Zhenjun like Xuanwu Zhenjun, who was good at preserving his life, should not have died in the probing stage.

But accidents happen unexpectedly.

“Was it really an accident?”

Li Chang’an did some calculations, but couldn’t figure it out.

But he vaguely felt that there was something fishy about the death of Xuanwu Zhenjun.

This old Zhenjun also possessed a spirit body, just like Lin Xuanyan, a Xuanwu spirit body.

The special life-saving abilities granted by this spiritual body far surpassed the Yellow Sand Undying Body and the White Tiger Vajra Body. Even if surrounded by more than ten fourth-tier Yellow Spring Blood Corpses, he wouldn’t perish on the spot.

He thought for a moment and then asked, “Fellow Daoist Wu, are there any Nascent Soul level spies within the righteous sects?”

“Nascent Soul? Probably not.”

Wu Ze felt that such a powerful cultivator wouldn’t be easily turned.

He did know some Golden Core level spies.

He made a detailed list, writing down all the spies he knew.

“Quite a few, all within the eight major Nascent Soul forces.”

Li Chang’an remembered these people’s names.

He would have to be more careful when dealing with these people in the future.

Next,

he asked a lot of questions about the demonic path.

After finishing the questioning, he threw Wu Ze’s soul back into the Soul Banner, allowing it to meet the souls of Gu Yunqi and the others.

The two sides started fighting as soon as they met.

Gu Yunqi shouted, “Wu Ze, do you dare to continue the battle from that day?”

“Why wouldn’t I dare?”

Wu Ze sneered, showing no fear.

“Gu Yunqi, you’re nothing but a soul now. Without your Huangsha spirit body, what makes you think you can fight me?”

“You’re a soul too!”

Gu Yunqi’s aura was astonishing as he charged towards Wu Ze.

The two instantly clashed.

Wei Xu shouted, “Senior Brother, I’m here to help you!”

He was about to attack Wu Ze

when Wu Gu’s soul appeared.

“Senior Brother, I’m here to help you too!”

He rushed towards Wei Xu, blocking his path.

As time passed, the remaining souls of both the righteous and demonic factions joined in.

And so,

the righteous and demonic factions clashed within Li Chang’an’s soul banner.

The evil spirits watched with particular delight: “Hehehe, Wei Xu, kid, attack his lower path! Do you even know how to fight?”

Li Chang’an merely glanced at them, showing no interest.

He focused his mind and went to the depths of Changqing Mountain, to the entrance of the Fire Cloud Secret Realm.

“The materials for the fourth-order grand formation are complete; it’s time to try it out.”

With a thought, countless array-setting treasures appeared, their light rich and dazzling.

He raised his hand, retrieved the array element stone, and inscribed intricate array patterns on it.

“This is the core of the formation…”

As time passed, each treasure was inscribed with array patterns and placed in its proper position.

Li Chang’an’s expression was focused, his mind completely absorbed in setting up the formation.

Although he had disassembled many fourth-order formations, this was the first time he had personally set one up.

He couldn’t afford to be careless!

Some materials were only available in one copy.

If something went wrong and the materials were damaged, he would have to waste time searching for more.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly.

Before long,

a complete fourth-order grand formation was formed.

This formation was created by Li Chang’an himself, combining multiple killing formations, trapping formations, and illusion formations. Only he, the one in control, could freely enter and exit.

Others, even Nascent Soul True Monarchs, would find it difficult to escape once trapped.

“Although the Fire Cloud God Lord is close to the fourth order, he is ultimately not a true fourth-order being. There shouldn’t be any surprises in this battle,”

Li Chang’an thought silently as he stood outside the grand formation.

After a while ,

he disassembled the entire grand formation and rearranged it again.

This time, his formation setup was faster and smoother.

Over the next few hours,

he repeatedly disassembled and rearranged the formation, constantly improving his proficiency until he reached a level of ease.

Unbeknownst to him, it was already midnight.

A golden light appeared before his eyes.

[The divination has been updated]

[Today’s divination: Auspicious]

[You have successfully subdued the Fire Cloud God Lord and become the master of the entire Fire Cloud Secret Realm by relying on the power of the fourth-order formation.]

“Auspicious divination, it seems secure!”

Li Chang’an smiled.

He waved his hand, dispelling the formation, and entered the Fire Cloud Secret Realm.

…

At the same time.

In the center of the secret realm, the Fire Cloud Divine Palace.

The Fire Cloud God Lord suddenly summoned the Black and White God Emperors.

He instructed the two: “I will be in seclusion for twenty years. During this period, you two will lead the Fire Cloud Divine Palace. Unless there is a major event, you must not disturb me.”

“Yes!”

Li Chang’an controlled the two, who responded in unison.

Soon, he watched the Fire Cloud God Lord enter his seclusion place.

“Buzz…”

The heavy stone door closed, isolating the seclusion place from the outside world.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Fire Cloud God Lord will emerge from it in another twenty years.   Li Chang’an had some guesses

about the purpose of his seclusion this time.   ”It must be for breaking through to the fourth level of Body Refinement.”   He could sense that the Fire Cloud God Lord’s blood and energy were abundant, and his physique was formidable; he had reached the most crucial step.   Further ahead lay a barrier that ordinary cultivators would find insurmountable.   ”With his talent for body refinement, coupled with a massive amount of Fire Cloud Crystals, if no one disturbs him, he will most likely indeed break through to the fourth level of Body Refinement.”   Of course, Li Chang’an wouldn’t give him the opportunity to break through.   A short while later,   his true form arrived, carrying array-setting treasures.   ”Set up the array right here in his secluded cultivation place.”   Li Chang’an concealed his aura, transforming into a series of afterimages, and quietly placed the treasures and outlined the array patterns around the Fire Cloud God Lord’s secluded cultivation chamber.   A moment later, the fourth-level array was fully formed.

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances,

he also set up more than twenty layers of quasi-fourth-tier formations outside this fourth-tier grand formation.

Having done all this, Li Chang’an controlled the formations, pushing the entire fourth-tier grand formation to its limit.

The next instant,

a terrifying beam of light descended from the sky, like divine punishment, heavily striking the Fire Cloud God Lord’s secluded cultivation chamber.

“Boom!”

The quasi-fourth-tier formations protecting the chamber shattered instantly.

The chamber itself also exploded, turning into a cloud of billowing dust.

“Who is it?”

the Fire Cloud God Lord roared, soaring into the sky from the dust.

Clad in a fiery red robe, his body covered in crystal-like material, he was essentially a humanoid monster, staring intently at Li Chang’an, who was controlling the formations.

“Who are you? State your name!”

Faced with his furious question,

Li Chang’an did not respond, only speaking indifferently.

“Submit, and I’ll spare your life.”

“Submit? You think you can?”

The Fire Cloud God Lord was enraged, his entire body turning crimson, flames raging around him, as if his fury had materialized.

“I, Fire Cloud, only submit to the strong. You are not worthy!”

“Then let’s fight.”

Li Chang’an’s thoughts stirred, and a fourth-order grand formation roared.

The Fire Cloud God Lord

‘s expression changed drastically. The pressure from this formation far surpassed that of any enemy he had faced before.

“A fourth-order grand formation! You are actually a fourth-order formation master!”

The anger in his voice lessened, replaced by a heavy tone.

The next moment.

Another beam of light descended from the sky, without any technique, just pure fourth-order power, crashing down on the Fire Cloud God Lord without reservation.

“Defend!”

The Fire Cloud God Lord spat out several fourth-order talismans.

Just as the Black and White God Emperor had instructed, he had hidden all his fourth-order trump cards within his body to prevent them from being stolen by outsiders.

Golden light shone brightly on the talisman, transforming into layers of golden spiritual shields that protected him behind him.

Boom!

The two fourth-tier powers collided.

The sound was like thunder, deafening, echoing throughout heaven and earth.

The fierce and domineering power instantly transformed into a devastating impact, surging in all directions.

“Crack—crack—”

The layers of golden spiritual shields shattered one after another.

The Fire Cloud God Lord had no choice but to unleash more fourth-tier trump cards to resist this terrifying array power.

At the same time,

he used a near-fourth-tier artifact to try and find the weakness in this fourth-tier array.

However,

this array was meticulously designed by Li Chang’an.

Even in his fourth-tier stone eye, there were no obvious flaws.

The Fire Cloud God Lord’s near-fourth-tier artifact naturally couldn’t find any weaknesses.

Left with no other option,

he had to use more than ten fourth-tier trump cards to bombard what he considered the weak points simultaneously.

A booming sound was heard, but the entire array only trembled slightly, showing no signs of being broken.

The Fire Cloud God’s expression gradually turned grim.

“Am I destined to be trapped here and die today?”

He was filled with resentment, spitting out a large number of treasures to frantically bombard various points while simultaneously resisting the power of the formation.

But all was in vain.

Finally,

he exhausted his trump cards and could no longer withstand the formation.

The raging power of the formation transformed into a heavy hammer, crashing down.

“Boom!”

The Fire Cloud God coughed up blood, terrifying cracks appearing all over his body as he was smashed into the depths of the earth.   Li Chang’an had held back some of his strength

in this attack.   Otherwise, the Fire Cloud God might have been beaten to death.   ”Cough…cough cough…”   The Fire Cloud God struggled to fly out of the pit, his body swaying slightly as he barely managed to stand, his breath extremely weak.   His lips trembled, as if he wanted to speak, but he coughed up another mouthful of crimson blood.   ”I…I’m not reconciled!”   His mouth was full of blood, his voice hoarse as he looked at Li Chang’an.   ”If you were truly an unparalleled expert, I would gladly submit to you. But you are merely relying on the power of the formation. Without it, what makes you think you can subdue me?”   ”It seems you haven’t had enough of a beating yet,”   Li Chang’an said calmly, instantly transforming into a blur.   The next instant,   he appeared before the Fire Cloud God Lord and unleashed a powerful punch.   ”Boom!”   The Fire Cloud God Lord shuddered, sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the edge of the formation.   He coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, staring at Li Chang’an in disbelief.   ”Impossible! You… how are you also a body refinement expert? Why hasn’t your body changed at all?”   Through this punch,   he could clearly sense that while Li Chang’an wasn’t as skilled as him in body refinement, he had far surpassed the third-tier limit.   ”Who said body refinement necessarily leads to physical mutation?”   Li Chang’an said calmly, looking at him with indifference.   ”Fire Cloud, your vision is too limited; you can’t see a higher world.”   Hearing this, the Fire Cloud God Lord trembled.   At this moment,   he finally understood Li Chang’an’s origins.   As the master of the entire Fire Cloud Secret Realm, he naturally knew that the Fire Cloud Secret Realm was not some cultivation world, but merely a small secret realm.   ”Are you from the cultivation world?”   ”That’s right!”   Upon receiving the affirmative answer, the resentment in the Fire Cloud God Lord’s eyes gradually dissipated.   He knew very well that   the various methods of the cultivation world far surpassed those of the Fire Cloud Secret Realm.   Array formations and body tempering were mostly just a small part of the strength Li Chang’an had displayed.   He struggled to his feet, slowly walked to Li Chang’an, and knelt on one knee.

“I submit.”

“Good!”

Li Chang’an nodded slightly and unleashed a beam of green light.

In the blink of an eye,

the Fire Cloud God Lord became his wooden puppet.

Li Chang’an examined his entire body and found that his mutation was quite advanced; some parts were indeed indistinguishable from a demon beast.

He took out the treasures hidden within his body and examined them carefully.

Due to the previous battle, most treasures had been reduced to dust by the formation.

Only a very few of low value remained.

Soon,

Li Chang’an found the Fire Cloud God Lord’s body-refining technique:

[Fire Cloud Immortal Body] .

This body-refining technique could be cultivated up to the early stage of the fourth rank.

“Cultivating this technique doesn’t require demon beast essence or various spiritual herbs; it only requires enough Fire Cloud Crystals, making cultivation much simpler.”

Li Chang’an calmed himself and carefully examined the technique.

His current body-refining technique could only be cultivated to the peak of the third rank; the contents of this technique could give him some inspiration.

Of course,

he wouldn’t switch to cultivating this technique.

“It’s a pity the side effects are too severe. He’s become a monster. What good is breaking through to the fourth rank?”

Li Chang’an shook his head slightly, somewhat regretful.

The Fire Cloud God Lord said, “For supreme power, even becoming a monster is acceptable.”

“You just had no choice.”

Li Chang’an believed that if there were a better cultivation method, the Fire Cloud God Lord wouldn’t have cultivated the Fire Cloud Immortal Body.

After a while,

he put away the fourth-rank array and used earth elemental power to repair the damage caused by the battle.

Then, he came to the Fire Cloud Temple and refined the entire temple.

Although the temple’s grade reached the lower fourth rank, it was mediocre in all aspects, unable to actively attack, and its defensive capabilities were inferior to the Xuanling Turtle Shell on Li Chang’an’s body.

For him, only the materials were decent.

“Once I possess fourth-rank weapon-refining skills, I will refine the fourth-rank materials of this temple and reforge them into other treasures.”

Li Chang’an stepped into the temple and sat at the highest point.

His eyes were deep, looking down at the Fire Cloud God Lord, interrogating him.

“Fire Cloud, do you know of the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty?”

“Yes,”

Fire Cloud God Lord replied honestly.

He told Li Chang’an

that the Fire Cloud Temple was actually a treasure of the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty.

However, it wasn’t called the Fire Cloud Temple back then, but rather the “Great Jin Immortal Dynasty Fire Cloud Secret Realm Government Office.”

“I once heard my ancestors say that the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty was the master of the entire secret realm, and our lineage was merely a servant managing the secret realm for the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty.”

“However, for some reason, the officials of the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty suddenly left and never came back to collect the Fire Cloud Crystals…”

Fire Cloud God Lord spoke of what he knew.

Many things were not recorded, but were passed down through generations of his lineage.

After the officials of the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty left, his lineage completely controlled the entire secret realm.

The original ancestor set rules—continue mining Fire Cloud Crystals, but they could not be used arbitrarily; all Fire Cloud Crystals had to be stored in the treasury for the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty’s envoys to collect.

However,

as time passed,

the officials of the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty never returned.

During this period, the Fire Cloud Secret Realm experienced countless upheavals, and the rule of the Fire Cloud Temple was unstable several times.

On one occasion, the rebel leader rallied the entire secret realm’s forces, leading hundreds of Golden Core cultivators, and fought his way to the outskirts of the Fire Cloud Temple.

Left with no other choice,

the Fire Cloud God Lord of that generation had to use the treasures left behind by the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty to annihilate all invading forces.

(End of Chapter)