Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 444

Chapter 444 Great Advancement in Strength, Planning for the Azure Sky (Seeking Subscriptions)

In today’s barren cultivation world, those who can achieve the Nascent Soul stage all possess outstanding abilities.

The Old Demon of Ten Thousand Souls has remarkable comprehension.

Although not as good as Mo Qingkuang ten thousand years ago, he far surpasses ordinary cultivators.

“Keep him around. If there are any cultivation techniques or spells that need to be deduced in the future, I can ask him for help.”

Li Chang’an thought to himself.

Although Ten Thousand Souls is an enemy, he can still be used.

In his Soul Banner, many souls were once his enemies, but later they all helped him.

This was because he had given him a promise of reincarnation.

“Both Bi Chan and Ten Thousand Souls have been killed. Fortunately, it went relatively smoothly. I should go find Ma Jun.”

Li Chang’an quietly left the Zixia Sect, changed his identity to Lin Fan, and entered the Ziyun Immortal City to meet Ma Jun.

The next day at noon, the two met in the cave.

Ma Jun was excited, his voice trembling, and he asked impatiently.

“Fellow Daoist Li, has this matter been accomplished?”

“Indeed!”

Li Chang’an smiled, took out the heads of Bi Chan and Wan Hun, and placed them in front of Ma Jun.

Upon seeing the two, hatred immediately surfaced in Ma Jun’s eyes, but even more so, a sense of satisfaction.

“Bi Chan, Wan Hun, you two have finally met your match!”

He unleashed two bursts of magical power, pulverizing their flesh and blood into dust.

Only two stark white skulls remained.

He told Li Chang’an that he planned to use these two skulls as wine cups, drinking fine wine day and night to pass the last few years of his life.

Li Chang’an said nothing to this.

He only wanted to make a transaction and was not interested in Ma Jun’s future plans.

“Fellow Daoist Ma, did you bring the inheritance?”

“Of course I did, Fellow Daoist Li, please take a look.”

Ma Jun took out a jade slip and placed it in front of Li Chang’an.

Li Chang’an extended a wisp of divine sense into the jade slip and briefly looked at its contents.

“Not bad, it is indeed a fourth-tier mid-grade array inheritance.”

He put away the jade slip, intending to study it slowly when he returned.

Having achieved their goals, neither had any desire to talk further, and they parted ways after a few words.

In the days that followed,

Li Chang’an multitasked, accumulating Golden Core power while simultaneously practicing formations, alchemy, and the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sword.

Due to his special status, he wasn’t conscripted to fight against the demonic cultivators in the Northern Region, allowing him to cultivate peacefully within his sect.

However, outside the sect,

the war was becoming increasingly brutal, with countless cultivators perishing daily.

Under the pressure of the Immortal War, many Golden Core cultivators from the righteous two kingdoms attempted to form their Nascent Souls, hoping to become Nascent Soul True Monarchs before the final battle, gaining the power to control their own destiny.

However, due to insufficient preparation, all attempts ended in failure.

Most died during the Nascent Soul formation process,

including many holy sons and daughters of Nascent Soul forces.

Li Chang’an gathered information from all sides and carefully calculated…

“Of the Holy Sons and Holy Daughters who failed to form their Nascent Souls, only 10% failed at the stage of shattering the core to form the Nascent Soul, 30% failed due to the Heavenly Tribulation, and the remaining 60% failed due to the Heart Demon Tribulation!”

“This Heart Demon Tribulation is so difficult to overcome.”

Li Chang’an frowned, flipping through the Nascent Soul information.

Those who could become Holy Sons and Holy Daughters were all prodigies from various forces, their talent and temperament far surpassing ordinary cultivators, and they had more channels to obtain tribulation-crossing treasures.

Furthermore, various Nascent Soul forces would deliberately arrange trials and tribulations to temper their temperament, but without informing them, thus increasing their success rate in overcoming the Heart Demon Tribulation.

Even so, no one succeeded.

This showed how terrifying the Heart Demon Tribulation was.

When Zi Xi overcame her Heart Demon Tribulation, she used three top-tier tribulation-crossing treasures.

Li Chang’an, however, had none.

“The Profound Heart Pearl is only a high-grade treasure, not top-tier. I need to find ways to obtain more treasures in the future, and frequently go to Ten Thousand Thunder Mountain to use that heart to temper myself.”

Just then,

he received another message about Nascent Soul formation.

To his surprise, the message contained no mention of failure.

The message stated

that this morning,

Mu Zheng, a veteran Holy Son of the Vermilion Bird Sect, had successfully formed his Nascent Soul!

Many Nascent Soul cultivators observing the event judged Mu Zheng’s foundation to be weak, barely crossing the threshold of a Pseudo-Nascent Soul, on par with the Thousand Corpse True Monarch.

However, he had ultimately succeeded, firmly establishing himself at the pinnacle of the cultivation world.

His success was a true inspirational example.

“Formed his Nascent Soul at over four hundred years old!”

Li Chang’an looked at the message in his hand, secretly astonished.

The Xiao family patriarch of that time had also attempted to form his Nascent Soul at over four hundred years old, but he failed, unable to overcome his inner demon tribulation.

This Mu Zheng, however, had succeeded!

According to the description, he was not outstanding among the Holy Sons and Daughters of his generation; his talent and strength were only average to below average, preventing him from obtaining the sect’s resources for forming his Nascent Soul.

However, he devoted himself to cultivation, studying alchemy, becoming a fourth-tier alchemist with his Golden Core cultivation, and continuously exchanging fourth-tier pills for various treasures.

After spending over two hundred years, he finally managed to gather a low-quality Nascent Soul cultivation artifact and successfully formed his Nascent Soul in one fell swoop.

His success gave hope to many veteran Golden Core cultivators over four hundred years old.

“This person’s identity is rather special,”

Li Chang’an noticed, realizing that Mu Zheng was actually the father of his old rival, Mu Chen.

“He might come after me for Mu Chen’s sake, but he’s just a mere fake Nascent Soul cultivator. If he dares to come, I’ll kill him. No need to worry.”

He put the news aside and continued his cultivation.

In the days that followed, more news about this newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator circulated.

Rumors circulated that he himself hadn’t gathered the Nascent Soul cultivation artifact, and in order to obtain it, he didn’t hesitate to kill several of his brothers and steal their artifacts.

There were also rumors that he frequently sold counterfeit pills, using fake pills to cheat people out of cultivation resources.

However, in the face of the Nascent Soul realm, all negative rumors were meaningless.

In the cultivation world, strength ultimately reigns supreme.

Another fake Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Vermilion Bird Sect, Han Feng, also frequently engaged in shady dealings, yet he still lived a comfortable life.

…

On this day,

deep within the cave, flames roared.

Li Chang’an sat cross-legged before the alchemy furnace, urging the alchemical fire to refine a special pill.

Soon, the pill took shape, its rich fragrance wafting out.

“Collect!”

Li Chang’an extinguished the alchemical fire, raising his hand to summon the pill, which immediately fell into his grasp.

His expression focused, carefully sensing it, a smile gradually appearing on his face.

“Not bad, without the slightest flaw.”

This pill was a mid-grade fourth-rank pill, of excellent quality.

This meant that

Li Chang’an’s alchemy rank had officially broken through, making him a mid-grade fourth-rank alchemist.

“Thanks to Senior Dan Chengzi’s notes, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to take this step so quickly,”

Li Chang’an thought to himself.

Dan Chengzi’s notes contained a wealth of alchemy insights.

Although he couldn’t understand all the contents yet, it had saved him from many detours.

“The Nascent Soul Pill is also a mid-grade fourth-tier pill. With my current skills, I’m confident I can refine it.”

“However, this pill is more difficult to refine than other mid-grade fourth-tier pills. I can’t rush it. I should refine the other mid-grade fourth-tier pills first to increase my proficiency.”

Li Chang’an had three complete sets of Nascent Soul Pill materials.

He didn’t plan to take risks and intended to continue improving his skills, hoping to succeed on the first try.

Just then,

he suddenly received a message from Lin Xuanyan.

“Fellow Daoist Li, I will be forming my Nascent Soul in ten days. Would you be interested in observing?”

“Of course!”

Li Chang’an replied immediately.

Just as he had predicted, many of his friends would form their Nascent Souls earlier than him.

Zi Xi had succeeded; next was Lin Xuanyan.

“Given Lin Xuanyan’s temperament, he wouldn’t rashly attempt to form his Nascent Soul if he wasn’t confident enough.”

Li Chang’an estimated that Lin Xuanyan’s chances of success were extremely high.

Even if he failed, he could save his life.

Lin Xuanyan was not yet two hundred and forty years old; even if his cultivation regressed to the Foundation Establishment stage, it wouldn’t be affected by his lifespan.

…

Ten days later.

Li Chang’an arrived at the Xuanwu Sect with his many juniors.

After settling them in, he used Lin Fan’s identity to obtain a better observation spot.

Zhuque, Qinglong, and others had already arrived.

Upon his arrival,

they greeted him with smiles.

“Fellow Daoist Lin, why did you come alone again? Don’t you really intend to let your juniors experience the Nascent Soul formation process firsthand?”

“Fellow Daoist Lin, your junior is truly mysterious; he hasn’t shown himself yet…”

Li Chang’an simply smiled and casually replied to their words before sitting cross-legged beside the old tortoise.

The old tortoise glanced at him and muttered to himself, “What junior? His junior is clearly himself.”

Li Chang’an had known the old tortoise for many years and immediately guessed what he was thinking, but said nothing.

Not long after,

the Nascent Soul formation phenomenon appeared.

The entire Xuanwu Sect fell silent, quietly awaiting the end of the Nascent Soul formation.

In the end, the result was consistent with Li Chang’an’s prediction.

As a cultivator also known as the Turtle, Lin Xuanyan was extremely well-prepared, successfully surviving the tribulation of lightning and the tribulation of inner demons, becoming a Nascent Soul True Monarch!

Afterwards,

he privately shared his insights on forming a Nascent Soul with Li Chang’an, especially his experience in overcoming the tribulation of inner demons.

“Fellow Daoist Li, the tribulation of inner demons varies from person to person. My insights may not be of much use to you, and might even have the opposite effect.”

“I understand.”

Li Chang’an had studied the tribulation of inner demons extensively and naturally understood this principle.

Two

months later,

Li Chang’an attended Lin Xuanyan’s Nascent Soul Ceremony.

After the ceremony, he went to the Zhou family, a family of beast tamers, to attend a funeral.

Zhou Sheng, the head of the Zhou family, had passed away.

“Fellow Daoist Zhou, may you rest in peace,”

Li Chang’an said, standing before his grave, his heart filled with emotion.

He had known Zhou Sheng since he was a Qi Refining cultivator.

Zhou Sheng was much older than him, only at the Foundation Establishment stage, and had long been nearing the end of his lifespan, but he hadn’t died of old age.

Not long ago, sensing his impending death, he volunteered to go to the Northern Region to fight against demonic cultivators, and died in battle on the frontier.

To reward his bravery, the Zixia Sect bestowed upon him a large sum of treasures.

In other words,

he used his old life to exchange for precious cultivation resources for the Zhou family.

After his death, the responsibilities of the Zhou family head fell to his descendant, Zhou Yunqiao.

This little girl, who had once been chased by demonic beasts, had grown into a family head capable of controlling the entire clan.

She wasn’t young anymore; although her face wasn’t overly aged, her once black hair had turned gray.

“Senior Li, please have some tea,”

Zhou Yunqiao said respectfully, bringing over a cup of tea.

“No need,”

Li Chang’an glanced at her, noticing she had already reached the late Foundation Establishment stage, not far from the peak.

Originally, with her aptitude, she wouldn’t have reached this point.

However, several earthquakes had brought a significant increase in cultivation resources to the cultivation world, the Zixia Sect had occasionally rewarded the Zhou family in recent years, and her third-tier Wind and Thunder Bird had spared no expense in acquiring cultivation treasures for her.

These factors combined

gave her the barely enough qualifications to form her Core Formation.

Li Chang’an casually pointed a finger, using his Evergreen Magic Power to heal her old, hidden injuries.

“If you ever lack Core Formation treasures in the future, you can come to Evergreen Mountain to borrow some from me.”

With that, he left the Zhou family.

A month later,

Li Chang’an went to the mortal realm, to the Thousand Water Kingdom.

Every year during the Lantern Festival, he would come to fulfill the promise made by Wang Songde, the patriarch of the Wang family, and hang a lantern with the character “Wang” on it on the tallest lantern tree in the capital.

This year,

Li Chang’an did not do so.

He trudged through the thick snow, leaving the bustling capital.

Outside the city, there were no fireworks, no crowds, only howling snowflakes.

A short while later,

he stopped before a withered tree.

An old woman lay beneath it, clutching a long sword, her body covered in snow, her breath gone, gazing in the direction of the capital.

She seemed to have wanted to go to the capital, but old and frail, she could not complete the final journey and died in the swirling snow.

“May you rest in peace,”

Li Chang’an said, collecting her remains before leaving Qianshui Kingdom for the Wang family’s territory.

This old woman was the chivalrous woman Wang Songde had met in the mortal world.

She had kept her promise throughout her life, coming to the capital every year during the Lantern Festival to await Wang Songde’s appearance.

Two hours later.

Li Chang’an entered the Wang family’s territory and arrived at Wang Songde’s tomb, where he buried the old woman with him.

At this moment, Wang Yannian appeared, staring at him warily.

“Fellow Daoist Lin, why have you entered my Wang family’s territory?”

“I’m here to fulfill a promise. Fellow Daoist Wang, there’s no need to be nervous. If I truly wanted to kill you, you would already be dead.”

Li Chang’an’s expression was indifferent as he left the Wang family’s territory.

Wang Yannian watched his departing figure, his expression complex.

Having undergone multiple possessions, his strength was far inferior to before; he could only rival a false infant, and was no match for Li Chang’an.

…

Time flew by, and several months passed quickly.

On this day,

Li Chang’an flew into the sky, his robes fluttering, his body crackling with lightning.

With a thought, he activated his magic, and a bolt of lightning flashed across the heavens and earth.

“Boom!”

The lightning transformed into a sword, its power astonishing, instantly piercing through the heavens and earth, leaving a chasm hundreds of thousands of feet deep in the earth.

This was the result of Li Chang’an’s deliberate control; otherwise, it would have been even more astonishing.

Through continuous cultivation…

He had mastered the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sword technique to its highest level.

This technique was purely for killing, and combined with Li Chang’an’s Flying Immortal Sword Intent, its power was indescribable.

Li Chang’an felt that even veteran Nascent Soul cultivators like Yu Hu and Hei Sha wouldn’t be able to withstand more than a few lightning sword strikes.

“As expected of a complete and perfect technique, its power far surpasses that of an incomplete sword formation.”

After some testing, Li Chang’an was basically certain.

The power he unleashed with this technique had already exceeded the limit of the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

“Even without using other methods, I can easily defeat Cang Hong with just this technique. Once my array formation skills break through, I can make my move against him.”

Li Chang’an made up his mind and devoted most of his energy to array formation for a period of time.

In addition, he also needed to find a way to lure Cang Hong into a trap.

“Cang Hong desperately wants the Flying Hong Pearl, because this pearl is extremely beneficial to his Flying Hong Spirit Body and can help him further awaken.”

“Using this pearl as bait should be feasible, but I’m afraid he’ll become suspicious and look for other treasures useful to his Flying Hong Spirit Body first.”

In the years that followed.

Li Chang’an used numerous clones to frequently visit various trade fairs and auctions, attempting to find better bait.

He was incredibly lucky, often managing to snag a bargain, but he never obtained anything useful to Fei Hong’s spirit body.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

The three-year deadline that Tianming Zhenjun had given Li Chang’an was drawing ever closer, and the war between the righteous and demonic paths had become indescribably brutal.

Countless cultivators had died, and the skies of both the righteous and demonic paths were covered in a thick crimson of blood.

During this time,

Li Chang’an only intervened once, quietly suppressing a demonic Nascent Soul cultivator from the White Bone Sect with the Daoist name “Kuyan,” and seizing an ordinary treasure that could help him overcome his inner demon tribulation.

Apart from that, he didn’t interfere much, only occasionally appearing in the underground markets on the border between the righteous and demonic paths to search for treasures.

“Treasures that can help the Flying Goose Spirit Body are so hard to find. With my luck, I’ve searched for so long and haven’t found a single one. No wonder that old guy Cang Hong is willing to go to any lengths to deal with me.”

Li Chang’an frowned slightly, looking at the latest news in his hand.

These news items were all related to trade fairs and auctions.

[The Azure Dragon Sect will hold a trade fair tomorrow.]

[Seven days later, the Vermilion Bird Sect will hold an auction…]

[Fifteen days later…]

Li Chang’an planned to attend them all and try his luck.

He put down the message jade slip and continued cultivating.

Soon, midnight arrived.

A golden light appeared before his eyes.

[The divination has been updated.]

[Today’s divination: Auspicious.]

[You went to the Azure Dragon Sect’s trade fair, traded with the sect, and obtained a “White Feather Stone.” Unexpectedly, you discovered a valuable “White Goose Feather Stone” within it.]

“White Goose Feather Stone?”

Li Chang’an’s eyes lit up.

This item was exactly what he needed for the Flying Goose Spirit Body, and its effects were similar to the Flying Goose Pearl, both helping the spirit body to further awaken.

Such treasures were extremely rare and had not appeared in the cultivation world for a long time.

The last time it appeared was thousands of years ago, when a thumb-sized piece of white feather stone was discovered in a white feather stone mine.

“This stone should be a by-product of white feather stone, but the conditions for its formation are too demanding. My luck is quite good.”

Li Chang’an smiled, in high spirits.

He immediately began preparing various treasures to facilitate the trade with the Azure Dragon Sect.

“According to information, the Azure Dragon Sect most wants the ‘Dream Breaker’ treasure, intending to break the dream of True Monarch Fusheng and forcibly awaken him.”

Whoever has the Dream Breaker treasure will have priority in trading with the Azure Dragon Sect.

However, such treasures are also rare and hard to find in the current cultivation world.

“I don’t have such a treasure, and others probably can’t either. We may have to compete on the value of the treasures. As long as I offer a treasure of high enough value, I can trade first.”

The next day,

Li Chang’an arrived at the Azure Dragon Sect with countless treasures.

The Azure Dragon Sect was as usual. There were four peaks in the sect. Disciples came and went on the other three peaks, but the last one, “Fusheng Peak,” was shrouded in mist and could not be seen clearly.

“True Lord Fusheng’s dream-weaving techniques are remarkable. Even with my current strength, I still can’t see through his dreams.”

Li Chang’an glanced at Fusheng Peak, then withdrew his gaze and entered Qinglong Peak.

This trade fair was being held in the main hall of Qinglong Peak.

Zhuque and the others had already arrived.

Li Chang’an sensed for a moment but did not detect the aura of True Lord Canghong.

“Didn’t Fellow Daoist Canghong come today?”

“Canghong suddenly had an epiphany and is in seclusion today.”

True Lord Zhuque answered Li Chang’an in a gentle tone.

Not long after, Li Chang’an walked to the old tortoise’s side and was about to sit down cross-legged.

But at that moment

, he suddenly felt a moment of dizziness, his soul felt vaguely uncomfortable, and he had a feeling that he was about to be controlled.

“Soul Control Stone!”

Li Chang’an reacted instantly.

Someone had previously tried to exchange a Soul Control Stone with the Old Demon Wanhun, but Wanhun’s demands were too high, and that person did not come back to him.

Presumably, that person found one through other channels and used it against Li Chang’an.

“It could be Canghong!”

Li Chang’an guessed.

That old guy probably wasn’t in seclusion to gain enlightenment, but rather using the Soul Control Stone against him!

(End of Chapter)