World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others
Chapter 536: Opportunities belong to everyone

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Celestial Master Peak was in chaos after Du Ge's disturbance, even the Xuan Gui Pearl was summoned, suppressing many disciples on the peak. Some had their meridians disrupted and were injured. Even those uninjured couldn't continue their cultivation and came out to investigate the situation.

Xu Jin Kui had no choice but to send people to comfort and treat the many disciples.

Once everything settled down, the elders of the five peaks gathered in Tianshi Hall to make a final summary of the situation.

"Sect Leader, Elder Daoming was instigated by that water monster, and his state seems a bit off," said Zhao Jinlu, the head of Celestial Pine Peak, with a gloomy face, occasionally glancing towards the Scripture Repository. "The water monster is eloquent, and it managed to persuade Elder Daoming to block an attack from you, Sect Leader, and even brought it back to the Scripture Repository. If it bewitches him..."

"Junior Brother, don't speak nonsense," Xu Jin Kui said. "Elder Daoming has guarded Dragon and Tiger Mountain for so many years; how could his will be swayed by a mere little monster? He blocked me only to protect the cultivation techniques left by the Celestial Master. I was indeed a bit impulsive earlier. If I destroyed our sect's techniques over a small demon, the Celestial Master would surely punish me. Elder Daoming did nothing wrong."

"Senior Brother, better safe than sorry," Zhao Jinlu said. "I don't doubt Elder Daoming's loyalty to Dragon and Tiger Mountain, but the damage to his Dao foundation has always been his lifelong pain. If he were to take a risk under the monster's influence, I think we should take precautions."

"Fourth Junior Brother, you overestimate that little monster," Zhou Jinping, the head of Celestial Sun Peak, laughed. "Do you really think an unknown demon could help Elder Daoming repair his Dao foundation? Elder Daoming's cultivation is maintained entirely by the pills bestowed by the Celestial Master. Without Dragon and Tiger Mountain, his cultivation would soon collapse. He wouldn't do something so foolish."

"Then why did he bring the water monster back to the Scripture Repository instead of leaving it to us to tame as a guardian beast?" Zhao Jinlu retorted. "Elder Daoming usually doesn't interfere with sect affairs except for the Scripture Repository. Shouldn't he have left the monster to us to tame?"

Mentioning the guardian beast, Tianshi Hall fell silent again.

How to put it? The idea of a guardian beast seemed a bit derogatory, but when applied to Elder Daoming, it seemed oddly fitting, and once the thought entered their minds, it couldn't be shaken off.

They all had a feeling that Elder Daoming might indeed have been deliberately left by the Celestial Master to guard Dragon and Tiger Mountain.

Otherwise, with the Celestial Master's resources in the celestial realm, repairing Elder Daoming's Dao foundation shouldn't be difficult.

For thousands of years, so many people from Dragon and Tiger Mountain have ascended to the upper realm, yet none have thought of this issue?

It seemed a bit unfair to Elder Daoming...

Chi Jinshou, the head of Tianlan Peak, shook his head, dismissing the strange thought, and frowned, "Sect Leader Brother, Fourth Brother has a point. We indeed overlooked this matter. That water monster's words might have truly struck a chord with Elder Daoming."

Xu Jin Kui glanced towards the Scripture Repository and said, "I'll arrange for someone to keep an eye on the Scripture Repository. Brothers, Dragon and Tiger Mountain is hidden by the Celestial Master's Concealing Heaven Array. No one outside the sect can enter. The appearance of this water monster is very suspicious.

Brothers, check your peaks to see who let this water monster in, whether there's a traitor within the sect, or if there's a flaw in the array.

The world is in chaos, and a great calamity is coming. Dragon and Tiger Mountain has been peaceful for so long that the disciples have become complacent. Even the Scripture Repository was almost emptied. Brothers, take this opportunity to warn the disciples of each peak."

"Yes," the peak heads responded in unison.

After a moment of hesitation, a trace of worry crossed Xu Jin Kui's eyes, and he said, "Brothers, be vigilant these days. If Elder Daoming truly has a problem, we mustn't delay in using the Mountain Guardian Sword."

The remaining four peak heads exchanged glances and agreed once more.

"Let's go back!" Xu Jin Kui stood up and said, "There's much to do today. Tomorrow, I'll personally visit Elder Daoming. He's guarded Dragon and Tiger Mountain for many years; he wouldn't ruin himself over a mere little monster."

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The peak heads left one after another, not overly concerned about Elder Daoming's situation. The matter of the water monster inexplicably intruding into Dragon and Tiger Mountain was more pressing.

As Xu Jin Kui said, without Dragon and Tiger Mountain, Elder Daoming couldn't even maintain his realm. Who would oppose Master Xu for a useless person?

To put it bluntly, even if Elder Daoming died, they could just replace him to guard the Scripture Repository. Ultimately, they were only worried about Elder Daoming taking the precious Xuan Gui Pearl.

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Once the seed of doubt is planted, it takes root and grows in the heart.

Xu Jin Kui was initially certain that Elder Daoming wouldn't betray Dragon and Tiger Mountain for a little demon, but after the peak heads left, today's events kept replaying in his mind, preventing him from finding peace.

In the end, Xu Jin Kui, unable to calm his mind, decided to visit the Scripture Repository to probe Elder Daoming's thoughts and check on the water monster's situation.

"Elder Daoming, Jin Kui requests an audience." Standing outside the tightly closed door of the Scripture Repository, Xu Jin Kui said respectfully.

"Speak later." Elder Daoming had already heard the commotion outside, but at this moment, Du Ge's cultivation had reached a critical point. The vast spiritual power within him was nearly drained by Du Ge, and he was desperately swallowing pills to replenish it. He had no time to deal with Xu Jin Kui, so his tone was inevitably a bit harsh.

Xu Jin Kui instinctively frowned, turned to leave, but after some thought, he felt uneasy. With a determined heart, he pushed against the door of the Scripture Repository, but it didn't budge. He was momentarily stunned, then exerted force and broke the door open.

Elder Daoming had been using spiritual power to maintain a concealment array, but after Du Ge merged the five cultivation techniques, he forcibly drained Elder Daoming's spiritual power, causing the concealment array to dissipate instantly.

When Xu Jin Kui broke into the Scripture Repository, he saw Du Ge sitting cross-legged, cultivating, and Elder Daoming, nearly exhausted, still struggling to support himself.

Buzz!

Xu Jin Kui's mind went blank.

As the Sect Leader of Dragon and Tiger Mountain, he naturally knew how powerful Elder Daoming's spiritual power was. Yet now, Elder Daoming was transferring all his spiritual power to that water monster in a manner akin to passing on his cultivation.

He couldn't imagine how powerful Du Ge would become after inheriting Elder Daoming's millennia of cultivation. The Xuan Gui Pearl was originally a water-based treasure, and now it was in the hands of the water monster...

Elder Daoming was truly bewitched by that demon!

Fortunately, he arrived in time!

"Thief!" Xu Jin Kui shouted angrily, drawing the Heavenly Assistant Sword, and charged at Du Ge with all his spiritual power.

"Stop!" Elder Daoming couldn't watch his hope be destroyed. In a moment of desperation, he summoned the Xuan Gui Pearl again to protect Du Ge. "Xu Jin Kui, what are you doing?"

"Elder, you're being foolish!" Xu Jin Kui couldn't break through the Xuan Gui Pearl's defense for the moment and said angrily, "This monster's origins are unknown. How can you transfer all your spiritual power to him? Quickly retract the Xuan Gui Pearl and let me slay this demon..."

"If you want to kill him, you'll have to go through me first." Elder Daoming stopped transferring his power to Du Ge, stood up, holding the Xuan Gui Pearl, and firmly confronted Xu Jin Kui. His spiritual power was exhausted, barely enough to protect himself and Du Ge with the Xuan Gui Pearl, unable to take any further action.

At this moment.

Du Ge had already integrated the five cultivation techniques into a new one. The Golden Elixir within him spun like a top, growing as it absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy, at a rate far surpassing his previous cultivation of the Nine Transformations of the Universe Technique.

With Elder Daoming no longer serving as a power source, spiritual energy could only be drawn from the air.

Centered around Du Ge, spiritual energy surged into his body, forming a visible vortex around him. The vortex expanded, breaking through the confines of the Scripture Repository, gradually spreading across the entire Celestial Master Peak.

The disciples on Celestial Master Peak, who had been injured by the Xuan Gui Pearl earlier, were taking pills and cultivating to heal. But the sudden spiritual energy vortex drained all the surrounding spiritual energy, forcing them to stop cultivating and open their eyes in confusion, not knowing what had happened.

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What is this?

What kind of domineering cultivation technique is this?

This is bad!

A great demon!

The calamity of Dragon and Tiger Mountain!

Seeing this scene, Xu Jin Kui was shocked and speechless, but he quickly reacted, both frightened and alarmed. "Elder Daoming, step aside quickly and let me slay this demon. If he succeeds, Dragon and Tiger Mountain is doomed!"

"Good, good, it's done!" Elder Daoming glanced at Du Ge, looking almost crazed. Having exhausted all his resources, he had forgotten about controlling Du Ge, solely focused on the hope that Du Ge's increased power could help him quickly restore his Dao foundation.

"Crazy, he's gone mad." Xu Jin Kui slashed at the Xuan Gui Pearl with his sword, "Elder Daoming, do you really think this great demon can help you restore your Dao foundation? Dragon and Tiger Mountain will be destroyed by him..."

Unable to break through the Xuan Gui Pearl's defense for a while, Xu Jin Kui, seeing the shrinking spiritual energy vortex, felt a chill in his heart. He turned and ran out, intending to call back the recently departed peak heads to join forces against the demon.

But as soon as he stepped outside, he was involuntarily engulfed by a vast darkness, like a quagmire, trapping his body and severing his connection to the outside world.

"Sect Leader Xu, please stay."

Du Ge's voice echoed in Xu Jin Kui's ears, "We can discuss matters; there's no need to resort to violence."

Without moving, Du Ge manipulated the Dark God power to forcibly pull Xu Jin Kui back.

While Xu Jin Kui and Elder Daoming were confronting each other, a massive amount of spiritual energy poured into Du Ge's Golden Elixir. The elixir shattered, transforming into three small, cross-legged infants.

One infant glowed brightly, with a halo of sunlight behind its head, ascending through the meridians into the Mud Pill Palace;

The second infant was sky blue, with faint water currents surrounding it, also ascending through the meridians into the Middle Dantian Scarlet Palace;

The third infant was shrouded in black energy, still stationed in the Lower Dantian Qi Palace;

The Golden Elixir merged the three divine powers into one, and after breaking the elixir to form the infants, the three divine powers separated again, forming three Elemental Infants. However, although the powers separated, they could still transform into one another, and the transformation was even smoother than during the Golden Elixir stage.

Most importantly, after absorbing Elder Daoming's millennia of spiritual power and scouring the entire Celestial Master Peak's spiritual energy, Du Ge felt his divine power had expanded at least fiftyfold, allowing him to effortlessly trap Xu Jin Kui, who was at the Integration stage, with Dark God power.

Just a few hours ago, he was being chased by several Integration stage cultivators like a rabbit!

And this was just the beginning of the Elemental Infant stage. Once he had enough spiritual energy to reach the peak of the Elemental Infant stage and then break through to the Integration stage, Du Ge felt he could even take on a Golden Immortal.

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At this moment.

Elder Daoming stared at Du Ge, dumbfounded, "Dao resonance, can it really be recreated by merging the five techniques?"

Du Ge could also feel a transcendent aura surrounding him. When he first formed the Golden Elixir, this aura only existed for a moment before disappearing.

But now, Du Ge felt he could control this transcendent aura outside his body. He looked at Elder Daoming, smiled slightly, and retracted the Dao resonance back into his body.

"No," Elder Daoming blurted out, then snapped out of his obsession with the Dao resonance, looking at Du Ge with eyes full of shock.

He was about to speak.

Several beams of golden light pierced through Du Ge's Dark God power, as Xu Jin Kui forced his way out with his sword.

The Integration stage was, after all, the pinnacle of mortal cultivation, and with the Celestial Master's sword in hand, breaking through the Dark God power wasn't difficult for him.

As soon as he emerged, Xu Jin Kui activated the Heavenly Assistant Sword, sending a beam of golden light straight into the sky, summoning the Mountain Guardian Swords of the other peaks.

The disciples, who had come out to investigate due to the disappearance of spiritual energy, were stunned once again by this sight.

What's happening?

First the Xuan Gui Pearl, now the Mountain Guardian Sword, what kind of enemy has Dragon and Tiger Mountain encountered?

Has a deity descended?

As the sword light of the Heavenly Assistant Sword rose, the Mountain Guardian Swords of the other four peaks were instantly awakened. Purple, orange, blue, and red sword lights also shot into the sky, converging in the air, then transforming into countless streams of light, forming a cage-like barrier over the five peaks of Dragon and Tiger Mountain.

A tremendous pressure descended from both the sky and Xu Jin Kui.

Enveloped in golden light, Xu Jin Kui seemed like a true immortal descending, coldly looking at Du Ge, "Demon, meet your end! Elder Daoming, step aside."

Before he finished speaking.

Chi Jinshou and the others, who had just left, reappeared on Celestial Master Peak, each holding a Mountain Guardian Sword, enveloped in various colored lights, standing alongside Xu Jin Kui.

The Mountain Protection Array was revealed.

Integration stage cultivators, disturbed from their seclusion, emerged one after another, flying towards Celestial Master Peak in streams of light.

Zhao Jinlu looked at Du Ge behind Elder Daoming and sneered, "I knew you were up to no good, but I didn't expect you to force out the Mountain Protection Array."

Du Ge looked up at the array capable of slaying true immortals, then at Xu Jin Kui and the others opposite him, clicking his tongue in amazement. Is this the foundation of Dragon and Tiger Mountain?

The array indeed exerted considerable pressure on him, but Du Ge had a feeling that with his current abilities, he could break out of the array, and even if injured, he could quickly recover by slaughtering a few disciples of Dragon and Tiger Mountain.

If he steeled himself, he might even be able to wipe out the entire Dragon and Tiger Mountain.

But the consequence of doing so would likely be being hunted by the entire celestial realm!

"Elder Daoming, hand over the Xuan Gui Pearl, and you may be spared," Xu Jin Kui looked at Elder Daoming, his gaze icy. If it weren't for fear of damaging the treasure in Elder Daoming's hands, he would have already killed Du Ge the moment the array formed.

Now that the Mountain Protection Array was complete, Du Ge was a fish in a barrel, so naturally, they wanted to preserve the Xuan Gui Pearl first.

"Xu Jin Kui, do you know what you're doing?" Elder Daoming, with bloodshot eyes and disheveled hair, said, "If you kill him, you'll regret it for the rest of your lives."

"Elder, you've been bewitched by him. Hand over the Xuan Gui Pearl, and in consideration of your years of guarding Dragon and Tiger Mountain, you may be spared," Xu Jin Kui looked at Elder Daoming, his eyes full of disappointment, "Otherwise..."

Suddenly.

His voice stopped abruptly, staring at Du Ge in shock, "Dao resonance!"

"Dao resonance!"

"Dao resonance!"

Exclamations erupted one after another.

All the Integration stage cultivators who had rushed over, not knowing what had happened, turned their eyes to Du Ge, each more shocked than the last.

"Yes, it's Dao resonance." Du Ge, revealing the Dao resonance once more, smiled and provocatively looked at Xu Jin Kui, "Sect Leader, do you really want to kill me? If you kill me, the Dao resonance will be gone. Master Xu used Dao resonance to establish Dragon and Tiger Mountain and became a Celestial Master.

But for so many years, no one in Dragon and Tiger Mountain has achieved the Celestial Master's accomplishments, isn't it because they lack the insight of Dao resonance? Even if they ascend to immortality by practicing the techniques passed down by the Celestial Master, they merely ascend to become immortals.

With so many predecessors in the Celestial Master's mansion, including your master, your master's master, and your master's master's master, when will you ever surpass them? Sect Leader Xu, peak heads, haven't you ever thought about establishing a new sect and becoming the new Celestial Masters?"

The skill of sowing discord quietly activated.

Gulp!

Xu Jin Kui swallowed hard, his eyes fixed on the Dao resonance entwined around Du Ge, his expression uncertain, and his hand holding the Heavenly Assistant Sword trembled slightly, unable to utter the words to kill him.

Not only him, but Zhao Jinlu and the others were also in the same state.

Everyone in Dragon and Tiger Mountain knew the deeds of Master Xu and others, and they also knew the reason why the successors of Dragon and Tiger Mountain were not as accomplished as the Celestial Master after ascending. But now, the elusive Dao resonance was vividly displayed before them.

Who could resist the temptation to become a Celestial Master?

Everyone was lost in thought, imagining themselves comprehending the Dao resonance and becoming like Master Xu.

Some Integration stage disciples even began observing the Dao resonance on Du Ge, seemingly enlightened, and sat cross-legged on the ground.

Seeing those who sat cross-legged, Du Ge smiled slightly and once again withdrew the Dao resonance into his body.

The interruption of their enlightenment left those people desperate, as if they had lost their parents, looking at Du Ge pleadingly, "Senior, please don't."

The moment the Dao resonance disappeared, Xu Jin Kui felt a pang in his heart, his face full of struggle. He bore the surname Xu, a direct descendant of Master Xu. After ascending, his status would undoubtedly be higher than others.

But as Du Ge said, no matter how high his status, there were still those higher than him...

On one side was maintaining the dignity of Dragon and Tiger Mountain, and on the other was comprehending the Dao resonance for greater achievements...

Xu Jin Kui was torn between conflicting thoughts.

Du Ge no longer looked at Xu Jin Kui but turned to Zhao Jinlu and the others, smiling, "Peak Head Zhao, Peak Head Chi, no matter how strong the Celestial Master is, he bears the surname Xu. Why can't there be a Zhao Celestial Master, a Chi Celestial Master, or a Song Celestial Master in the celestial realm? There was no opportunity before, but now there is!

The golden generation of Dragon and Tiger Mountain, yet today the world only knows Master Xu. Your ancestors have already lived under others; do you want to continue repeating their path?"

Zhao Jinlu and the others were shaken, glanced at Xu Jin Kui, and remained silent, but quietly lowered their Mountain Guardian Swords.

"Silence, stop spreading your demonic words," Xu Jin Kui snapped out of it, angrily saying, "You demon, whether the Dao resonance is real or fake, don't think you can deceive us. Brothers, stay true to your hearts. The demon is the enemy of Dragon and Tiger Mountain; don't fall for his tricks..."

"Peak Head Xu, why deceive yourself?" Du Ge looked at Xu Jin Kui, shaking his head, "You bear the surname Xu, but they don't. For the sake of your Xu family's interests, do you want to block the opportunities of so many people?"

As he spoke.

Du Ge looked at Chi Jinshou and the others again, smiling, "You want to kill me, but do you think they will agree?"

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