Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons
Chapter 747 - 553: I used to belong to Nanyang, now Nanyang belongs to me.

Chapter 747: Chapter 553: I used to belong to Nanyang, now Nanyang belongs to me.

Refining the essence into qi starts in the Initial Realm and ends in the Primordial.

It allows cultivators to hide qi within their meridian points, to condense a golden elixir, and nurture an infant spirit that is born of heaven and earth.

Then, they seize the body of the infant spirit, completely abandoning the mortal flesh, this is called Refining Qi into Spirit.

The Return to Void path is long and arduous, with twelve floors and Five Cities, it is the grand avenue to ascension.

Now, Shen Yi had finally reached the end of this Ascension Path, not only had he opened the Five Cities, but he also saw that Heavenly Gate beyond the cities.

It meant that if he took just one more step forward, he would transcend mortality and set foot on the Immortal Path.

If one has enough opportunities, they could even ascend to the Immortal Court, be recorded in the Immortal Register, consume Immortal Emolument, and be revered with incense by the mortal realm.

"..."

Shen Yi collected his thoughts. These were matters he could only dream of, after all.

With so many Unity Realm Stage giants in Hongze, who has truly ascended to the heavens? The only one he’s heard of, the Purple-Bearded White Dragon, went up to serve as a mount for an Immortal.

He slowly opened his eyes, having finished reading the Union Dao Technique that Sect Master Qin had prepared for Xuan Qing from the Treasure Bead.

[Union Dao (Spirit). Five Immortal Control Weapon Record: Entry-level]

Even after a hundred thousand years, he could vaguely discern the path that Sect Master Qin had meticulously planned for Xuan Qing within this Treasure Bead.

Just as the name suggests, to perfectly wield the power of this spell, these Five Immortals are a critical standard... likely corresponding to five Daoist weapons.

The rise of the Seven Sons of South Hong was swift, and their decline even more so, without enough time to accumulate heritage. Perhaps these spiritual techniques were the best thing Sect Master Qin could find for him.

The soldiers and the land unite.

This is the gradual merge between the cultivator and the blessed land, where each Daoist weapon represents a tribulation. By anchoring them into the blessed land, one controls the sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death.

Apart from suffering, the cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death is a complete life cycle, meaning that only four weapons are needed to fully master the blessed land and achieve Perfection Earth Realm.

In other words, only those who have opened Four Cities qualify to step into the next boundary.

"..."

Shen Yi adjusted his breathing, channeling the Demon Lifespan into the Five Immortal Control Weapon Record.

[Remaining Demon Lifespan: 1,820,000 years]

[In the first year, Yue Tianji opens the Union Dao Technique, glances over it casually. He has already studied such material in various Immortal Sects for a long time. Then, citing various classics, he starts to explain the methods to you... You sit cross-legged, nodding as though understanding while not really grasping the anecdotes he presents.]

Shen Yi silently watched the ebbing of the Demon Lifespan.

He always felt that this Hall Master was more of a cultivator than he was.

If he hasn’t remembered incorrectly, from the Divinity Transformation Stage onwards, he had forsaken the orthodox path of cultivation and started brute-forcing his way with elixirs. After the Return to Void stage, he relied even more on Demon Town Stones to ascend levels... With such significant gaps in his foundation, trying to forcefully revert to the conventional path now was far from easy.

Especially since he reached a point where Yue Tianji had to simplify those abstruse texts into amusing little stories, and he couldn’t even comprehend those little stories.

"Well, at least there’s plenty of Demon Lifespan," he consoled himself inwardly, closing his eyes to meditate.

...

Inside the Ancestral Master Hall.

Xuan Qing leaned against the doorway, watching the sky with some nervousness.

He really wanted to know what Sect Master Shen was going to show him.

Was it about anchoring the Town Soldier into the land, achieving Union Dao, or was it an attempt to transcend the most perilous fifth tribulation? With Sect Master Shen’s talents, he was bound to see the Fifth City.

The thought of the latter caused Xuan Qing’s fingertips to tremble.

It was something he had once dreamt of reaching; within the Hongze region, opening the great Yan Kang City was even more terrifying than breaking through to the Union Dao Realm.

Though Union Dao cultivators were rare, not one from the Five Cities of White Jade had ever emerged.

He really wanted to... see that city again.

A moment later, Xuan Qing bitterly smiled, perhaps Sect Master Shen had laid too many shocks upon Nanyang Sect, making him actually wait here, as if such things could happen swiftly.

Transcending tribulation was extremely perilous, and one could never be too careful in preparation.

Just when Xuan Qing was about to look away, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst into his pupils, quickly spreading into a sky full of golden hues, covering the entire Inner Sect.

Boom—

Among the golden hues, a red-golden light streaked out like a dragon, piercing through heaven and earth!

Turning into a massive pillar of light that connected the clouds and the earth.

Such a shocking scene appeared illusory, causing no harm to any being.

All cultivators within the Inner Sect stopped what they were doing, completely stunned.

"..."

Xuan Qing’s mouth dropped open. As a former Sect Master’s direct disciple who had traveled far and wide, how could he not recognize this scene?

The soldiers unite with the land, mastering the life tribulation! Stepping into the Union Dao Realm!

Even though the first tribulation is only an initial control over the blessed land, it still requires thorough understanding and a prolonged period of adaptation.

And then—

What’s with this sky full of golden haze?

Shouldn’t it be enveloped in purple clouds?

Xuan Qing took several deep breaths, suddenly recalling something, the astonishment in his eyes slowly fading to a touch of sadness: "Is it this land or the Seven Sons of South Hong that stopped you in front of that city?"

In the end, Sect Master Shen chose Union Dao.

He would not believe that someone who could utter such heretical statements would not dare to push open the grand Yan Kang City’s Heavenly Gate.

The other party didn’t take the gamble, presumably because he had lingering attachments in his heart.

Indeed, it is a matter worthy of sorrow.

Xuan Qing closed his eyes, inhaled softly, and the Spirit Breath flowed through him, tasting different.

This wasn’t just his own sensation, but that of all living beings within the Inner Sect, though only those with a higher cultivation level could distinguish the subtleties.