Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 452

Chapter 452 Slaying the Bone Refiner, A Huge Gain (Seeking Further Subscriptions)

Just as Li Chang’an had predicted,

the righteous Nascent Soul cultivators were powerless to help him in this battle.

The demonic side had a large number of members, each with considerable strength, and they quickly stopped everyone.

The remaining three Nascent Soul stage demons—Blood River, Lian Gu, and Yin Spirit—led more than ten Nascent Soul stage demon cultivators to block Li Chang’an.

“Lin Fan, today is your death day!”

Lian Gu roared, and a sea of white bones appeared, with countless astonishing white bone demon gods attacking Li Chang’an.

Blood River, Yin Spirit, and the other dozen or so Nascent Soul demons also used their methods.

In an instant,

more than ten Nascent Soul spells simultaneously struck Li Chang’an.

Li Chang’an remained calm, his sword energy dancing around him, golden sword light illuminating the heavens and earth.

“Break!”

Thousands upon thousands of sword rains erupted, transforming into a torrential downpour, sweeping in all directions and instantly shattering all spells.

But in the next instant, even more demonic spells came.

The Yin Spirit sneered, “Lin Fan, even if I can’t kill you today, I won’t let you obtain any treasures!”

Behind him, the Soul-Bearing Banner fluttered, and black mist surged and spread.

The mid-stage fourth-tier main soul reappeared.

He glanced at Li Chang’an, his face filled with fear, hiding most of his body in the black mist, not daring to attack.

Yin Spirit True Monarch cursed, “Useless thing, you don’t need to take action this time. Quickly go to that ancient tree and take the five-colored stone at the very top!”

“Yes!”

The main soul breathed a sigh of relief and immediately flew towards the ancient tree with the billowing black mist.

If he succeeded,

the stone would belong to the demonic path and be out of Li Chang’an’s reach.

Seeing this, Li Chang’an’s expression darkened. Ignoring the consumption of his magic power, he used the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sword, unleashing dozens of thunder swords in succession. Each one was terrifying in its power, causing many early-stage Nascent Soul demons to tremble with fear.

However,

Blood River, Bone Refining, and Yin Spirit joined forces and managed to withstand these dozens of thunder swords.

“Lin Fan, don’t waste your time! This treasure will surely belong to the Five Sects of Yan Kingdom!”

Hearing this,

the old tortoise and the Vermilion Bird were anxious.

“Fellow Daoist Lin, do you have any other methods? This black centipede is truly powerful; I can’t help you for now.”

The old tortoise was the most anxious, as this matter concerned his path to immortality.

However, he couldn’t spare the time, being held back by the Black Centipede True Monarch and the fourth-tier poisonous centipede, unable to assist Li Chang’an.

The other righteous Nascent Soul cultivators were in the same situation, only able to watch helplessly as the main soul drew closer and closer to the treasure.

Judging from the current situation, if nothing unexpected happened, the five-colored stone would definitely be taken by the demonic path.

Just then,

Li Chang’an swallowed a few pills that temporarily unleashed his power, and his aura surged dramatically.

These pills had some side effects, but they wouldn’t diminish his potential. As long as he recuperated properly after the surge, he could recover completely.

“To break through the combined attack of these dozen or so people, we must resort to unconventional methods.”

With a thought, Li Chang’an dissipated all the sword energy around him.

The next instant, an even more powerful sword intent soared into the sky, accompanied by countless flashes of lightning.

Thunder roared between heaven and earth, sword light and lightning intertwined, dazzling and breathtaking, startling countless demonic cultivators.

Sensing this terrifying aura, the three Yin Ling cultivators’ expressions turned solemn.

“He actually has even stronger methods?”

“No need to worry, he is ultimately not a Nascent Soul Grandmaster.”

“The three of us working together, with the assistance of more than ten others, are enough to stop him!”

The three and the other dozen or so early Nascent Soul cultivators simultaneously unleashed their treasures, using their strongest defensive techniques to jointly block this attack.

In an instant,

the entire sky was covered by vast thunderclouds.

Li Chang’an soared into the sky, his robes fluttering, his sword intent merging with the lightning.

“Heaven and earth form the array, heavenly thunder the sword, merging with the intent of a flying immortal.”

Amidst deafening thunder, countless bolts of lightning transformed into sword energy, swirling and dancing around him, forming an unprecedentedly powerful array.

The Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sword Array!

This was the first time Li Chang’an had used this array, and he couldn’t fully control it yet.

The sword array had barely formed when he suffered a backlash, blood flowing from his seven orifices, his meridians and flesh riddled with holes by the sharp sword energy.

“Go!”

His eyes were bloodshot as he glared at Yin Ling and the others, standing amidst the rolling thunder, forcibly unleashing the array despite the backlash.

A dazzling sword light flew out, the thick thunderclouds suddenly parted, as if a flying immortal had struck from beyond the heavens with a sword, cleaving the vast sky and heading straight for the earth.

In that instant, the entire world seemed to freeze, leaving only this sword traversing heaven and earth.

Yin Ling and the others paled, trying to dodge the sword, but it was too late.

“Boom!”

A terrifying power suddenly erupted, shaking the heavens and earth, extinguishing the sun and moon, and instantly leveling the entire desolate city along with countless surrounding mountains, leaving only the ancient tree standing.

Yin Ling, Xue He, and Lian Gu all coughed up blood and flew backward.

Of the remaining dozen or so early-stage Nascent Soul demonic cultivators, nearly half exploded on the spot, their Nascent Souls annihilated.

“Slash again!”

Li Chang’an’s expression was icy, his entire body radiating killing intent, lightning crackling around him as he unleashed a second sword strike at the remaining early-stage Nascent Soul demonic cultivators.

Boom!

Amidst a series of explosions, the remaining few perished, their Nascent Souls also destroyed.

Then, Li Chang’an suppressed the backlash, swallowed a mouthful of scarlet blood, and rushed towards the heavily injured Lian Gu Zhenjun, unleashing a third strike.

Lian Gu Zhenjun’s expression changed drastically; before he could even use his substitution technique, he was struck by the devastating sword light.

A loud explosion rang out, and his body exploded on the spot.

His nascent soul dimmed, his face filled with panic, as he tried to flee, but was met with yet another sword light.

“Ah—”

Lian Gu screamed in agony as his nascent soul shattered on the spot, dissipating into the world.

A powerful mid-stage nascent soul expert

had fallen!

This horrifying scene shocked everyone present.

Since the start of the war between the righteous and demonic paths, few even those at the

early Nascent Soul stage have perished, let alone those at the mid-Nascent Soul stage. Yet today, Li Chang’an seemed to be a god of death, slaughtering over ten early Nascent Soul stage cultivators and the veteran mid-Nascent Soul expert, Lian Gu, in one fell swoop, silencing the entire world!

At this moment,

everyone, whether righteous or demonic Nascent Soul cultivators, was filled with shock, watching everything in disbelief.

The mid-stage fourth-tier main soul was filled with horror; it had clearly obtained the Five-Colored Stone, but dared not take it, releasing it back and desperately fleeing from its location.

The others also dared not fight any longer, fleeing in panic.

“Go, go quickly, leave immediately!”

“This man cannot be defeated!”

Even the righteous Nascent Soul cultivators fled, fearing that Li Chang’an, in a bloodthirsty rage, would kill them all as well.

The entire desolate city was gone, leaving only the ancient tree.

Li Chang’an slowly approached the ancient tree and picked up the Five-Colored Gem.

“This belongs to me. Does anyone have any objections?”

His voice was somewhat hoarse, echoing in the deathly silence of the world.

At this moment, he was disheveled, bleeding from all seven orifices, his breathing disordered, seemingly riddled with flaws.

Everyone could see it.

He was in extremely poor condition.

Yet no one dared to attack, nor did anyone dare to utter a word of protest.

Even the mid-stage Nascent Soul demons like Blood River and Yin Spirit stood silently on the distant horizon.

In the previous battle, Li Chang’an’s displayed strength was too terrifying, leaving no one daring to approach.

He grasped the five-colored stone, carefully sensing it.

The stone contained a gentle yet strange power that made him feel comfortable all over. It seemed that using even a trace of its power could restore his shattered meridians and dantian to their former glory.

But he didn’t do that.

He simply put it into his storage bag, intending to leave and study it slowly.

Then, he made a move downwards, uprooting the entire ancient tree and taking away the tree and the treasures hanging from it.

Seeing this,

the expressions of the others changed.

Several people opened their mouths, but ultimately dared not speak, and all remained silent.

“There are still many treasures in this world; you are all welcome to take them yourselves,”

Li Chang’an said calmly, glancing at the crowd.

With that, he transformed into a streak of light and vanished into the sky.

Gazing in the direction he disappeared

, the many Nascent Soul cultivators of the righteous path felt a complex mix of shock and awe.

The demonic path, on the other hand, mostly breathed a sigh of relief, their faces filled with both joy and lingering fear.

The Crimson Luo True Monarch of the Yellow Spring Sect spoke up: “He’s finally gone. I thought he was going to go on a killing spree and wipe us all out.”

The Black Centipede True Monarch frowned: “I think he’s at his limit. He’s not only exhausted his mana but also suffered a severe backlash. He has no strength left to fight. If we had all rushed at him, we might have been able to kill him.”

“That’s hard to say; we shouldn’t take the risk,”

Blood River shook his head slightly, his expression particularly grave.

He had personally experienced that sword strike and knew how terrifying Li Chang’an was.

Yin Ling also said, “That Lin Fan is hiding his true strength. Who knows what other tricks he has up his sleeve? I’m afraid he still has a few trump cards up his sleeve. Even if he runs out of magic power, he can still use them to deal with us.”

“That’s right. I think Lin Fan still has the strength to fight. Even if we can really kill him, we will suffer heavy casualties, and we might even perish together with him.” “

It’s a pity that Tian Ming didn’t come. If Tian Ming had come, would Lin Fan have been so arrogant today?”

“Tianming…”

Thinking of True Monarch Tianming, the demonic cultivators felt more confident.

In their eyes, no matter how strong Li Chang’an was, he couldn’t surpass Tianming.

The righteous path was also discussing this matter.

True Monarch Zhuque spoke: “What is Fellow Daoist Lin’s cultivation level? When he first met us, he must have concealed his cultivation level; he’s definitely not a fake Nascent Soul cultivator.” Azure Dragon

frowned and said: “Perhaps he’s in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.”

“Hmm, Fellow Daoist Lin should have already reached the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, with extremely deep foundations, not far from the late-stage Nascent Soul realm, and possesses considerable skills; he could probably hold his own   against a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. “

“This is hard to say…” The two righteous paths hadn’t seen a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator for many years.   Without firsthand experience, one couldn’t know how strong that realm truly was; one could only judge based on various records.   ”In any case, Fellow Daoist Lin is not our enemy; this is a good thing.”   ”Yes, there are still many opportunities in this world; let’s go find them…”   Everyone departed, heading towards the unexplored desolate cities.   The demonic path did the same.   …   Several hours later.   Li Chang’an arrived at the southeast corner of this world.   Just as Mingxia had said, there was a deep and dark passage here.   As soon as he approached, he was sucked into the passage by its power.   In the blink of an eye,   Li Chang’an had left the small world and returned to the Thousand Mine Caves area.   Without stopping, he headed straight for the southern region of Zhao Kingdom, entering the depths of the Black Dragon Mountain Range. He used the unique demonic beast aura of the Black Dragon Mountain Range to conceal his own aura and carved out a cave deep underground.   After setting up a fourth-order grand formation,   Li Chang’an had Huo Yun and Shi Da guard the outside.   He sat cross-legged deep in the cave and slowly exhaled a breath full of bloody stench.   ”Hoo…”   In the next instant, his aura plummeted, falling from the Nascent Soul stage to the Golden Core stage, and finally stopping only at the Foundation Establishment stage.   This time, he forcibly fused the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sword and the Yin-Yang Sword Formation, suffering an unprecedented backlash.   His dantian shattered, his meridians crumbled, and his Immortal Golden Core was shattered into countless pieces. There was almost no intact area in his body.   Such severe injuries would have left other Golden Core cultivators with one foot already on the path of reincarnation.   But thanks to the powerful regenerative abilities of the Evergreen Ancient Wood Technique, he had managed to hold on until now.   The reason he was rushing away from the Thousand Mine Caves was because he was worried about encountering Tianming.   With so many Demonic True Monarchs falling, it would most likely alert Tianming to take action.   ”Luckily, I didn’t run into him, otherwise I would have had to use the Realm-Splitting Talisman.”   Li Chang’an breathed a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat at ease.   With a thought, countless healing pills and spiritual herbs appeared.   Then, he slowly refined the medicinal power, using the Evergreen Ancient Wood Technique to thread the needle and slowly stitch his shattered body back together.   In just half a day,   he had recovered more than half of his strength.   ”Fortunately, I prepared enough treasures. Even if my injuries were more severe, I could recover quickly.”   Feeling his own condition, Li Chang’an felt much more relaxed.   He took out more than ten Nascent Soul Demonic Cultivator’s storage bags, removed the restrictions one by one, and took stock of his gains.   The gains from this trip were truly numerous. It   took him almost half a day to finish taking stock.   ”These storage bags contain eight sets of Nascent Soul Pills, including the main and auxiliary ingredients, plus what I already had.”   ”There are over ten treasures for overcoming the Heavenly Tribulation. Although there aren’t any top-tier treasures like the Heavenly Thunder Umbrella, there is a ‘Thunder Suppressing Pestle,’ second only to the Heavenly Thunder Umbrella, which can significantly weaken the final Heavenly Thunder.”   ”There are fewer treasures for overcoming the Heart Demon Tribulation, and none are top-tier. It seems the Mind-Clearing Hoop I obtained earlier was just an accident, but there are three superior treasures whose quality is no weaker than the Profound Heart Pearl…”   Besides the numerous Nascent Soul treasures,   the biggest gain of this trip was the high-grade spirit stones. The total number   of high-grade spirit stones in all the Nascent Soul storage bags exceeded two hundred.   So many high-grade spirit stones were enough for Li Chang’an to use the teleportation array at will.   In addition,   there were over two hundred million souls .   Although Lian Gu and the others didn’t cultivate the Soul Path, souls were always a hard currency in the Demonic Path, and almost every Nascent Soul old demon had them in their storage bags.   Including these souls, the number of souls in the Soul-Revering Banner exceeded seven hundred million.   If all the divided souls were to provide power for the Fiend Soul, the Fiend Soul’s strength would surpass the early stage of the fourth rank and break into the middle stage.   However, the grade of the Soul-Honoring Banner hadn’t kept up.   The Soul-Honoring Banner’s grade remained at the lower grade of the fourth rank, making it difficult to restrain the Fiend Soul at the middle stage of the fourth rank.   Although the Fiend Soul was now completely convinced of Li Chang’an’s abilities and had been behaving obediently without making any outrageous moves,   Li Chang’an was still uneasy about it.   He asked the artifact spirit, “What treasures do you need for this breakthrough? I’ll find a way to get them for you.”   The artifact spirit immediately listed dozens of treasures he needed for his advancement.   Many of them were extremely rare, seldom seen in the current cultivation world.   But Li Chang’an discovered that   , thanks to the massive harvest he had this time, he already possessed all of these treasures!   Even the rarest treasures were there; he had found them in the storage bag of the Bone-Refining True Monarch.   ”It was all so easy!”   Li Chang’an smiled, in high spirits.   In the past, he had to expend energy searching for treasures every time the Soul-Honoring Banner advanced.   This time, he didn’t need to; he had them all!   Not long after…   The Soul-Suppressing Banner absorbed all the treasures, successfully restoring itself to the mid-grade of the fourth rank, still some distance from its peak of the high-grade of the fifth rank.   Li Chang’an asked it, “How many treasures do you need to advance to the high-grade of the fourth rank? Are these enough?”   He then took out numerous demonic treasures for the Soul-Suppressing Banner to choose from.   The spirit glanced at them and replied, “Master, most of the treasures are ready, but we still need more than ten high-grade fourth-rank treasures.”   ”High-grade fourth-rank?”   Li Chang’an frowned slightly; demonic treasures of this rank were extremely rare.   In the current cultivation world, many inheritances and treasures stopped at the mid-grade of the fourth rank.

“If I could defeat Tianming and seize his storage bag and the Nether Soul Sect’s treasury, I might be able to gather the necessary items, but that’s still too far off.”

He collected his thoughts and put the matter aside for the time being.

The fourth-tier mid-grade Venerable Soul Banner was sufficient for now.

A Fiend Soul with the strength of the fourth-tier mid-stage had few rivals in the cultivation world and was enough to stand alone.

Li Chang’an put away these demonic treasures and then took out four White Bone Demon Gods.

These four White Bone Demon Gods were also treasures from the Bone Refining True Monarch, all of which were of the fourth-tier low-grade, each capable of rivaling a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage.

He used the White Bone Sect’s techniques to refine the four White Bone Demon Gods one by one.

“Not bad, four more fourth-tier combatants.”

Li Chang’an was satisfied and put away these White Bone Demon Gods.

Afterward, he took out the tall ancient tree.

“This tree is a fourth-tier spiritual plant, but it has not yet developed sentience. Its branches can be used to refine magic weapons, its leaves can be used to refine pills, and its roots can be used as medicine…”

In short, this tree is a treasure from head to toe.

Li Chang’an uprooted the tree to transplant it to his own cultivation ground.

It would be a real waste to cut down such a precious tree.

The treasures hanging from its branches were almost all refining materials like metals and stones.

Li Chang’an recognized most of them, with only a few exceeding his knowledge.

He immediately summoned the spirit of the Soul Banner, asking it to help him identify them.

The spirit, having served a Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord, was knowledgeable and quickly recognized the names and uses of the remaining materials.

To Li Chang’an’s surprise, there were more than ten kinds of fifth-tier materials!

According to the spirit,

these fifth-tier materials were extremely valuable, even tempting a Nascent Soul Heavenly Lord.

In the era of the Nine Great Immortal Sects, these materials wouldn’t have been within Li Chang’an’s reach; even if he had obtained them first, he would have faced endless pursuit from Nascent Soul Heavenly Lords.

“Master, you must hide these treasures well; don’t let outsiders see them.”

“Dozens of Nascent Soul True Monarchs have already seen them, but it doesn’t matter. There are no Nascent Soul Heavenly Lords left in the cultivation world today.”

Li Chang’an understood the spirit’s meaning.

It’s not a big deal if this matter is exposed, since Lin Fan is just using a false identity anyway.

Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator does appear, they won’t be able to find his true form.

Of course, the necessary vigilance is still essential.

Finally,

Li Chang’an took out the five-colored gem and placed it in front of the Soul-Supporting Banner.

“Spirit, do you recognize this?”

“This…”

Outside the Soul-Supporting Banner, black mist surged and transformed into a black-robed boy, the very image of the spirit.

His eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief, and he slowly reached out to touch the five-colored gem, his body trembling slightly.

“I thought this thing had been exhausted long ago.”

(End of Chapter)