Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

"Ningyu, don't worry, I'm not injured this time!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled slightly at Shi Ningyu, then looked at Geng Qiuhuai and the others, and said with a smile, "We have already killed all the evil cultivators, including True Monarch Tianhuang. Fellow Daoists, please clean up the battlefield and then come back with me!"

"Follow the command of the True Lord!"

Geng Qiuhuai and other cultivators from the Golden Origin Sect spoke respectfully, having now become accustomed to Lu Cheng'an's status as a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Although there is only one realm difference between the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages, the gap between the two realms is like an insurmountable chasm, and their status in the cultivation world is also very different.

Especially in Qingzhou, Taizhou, and Hezhou, the highest cultivation level for cultivators is the Nascent Soul realm.

In these three places, Nascent Soul cultivators are the rule-makers of the cultivation world.

Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has now broken through to the Nascent Soul realm. Even though he has only recently broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, he is completely different from the Golden Core cultivators.

Upon witnessing the change in attitude of Geng Qiuhuai and other Jinyuan Sect cultivators, the Lu family cultivators felt a sense of pride.

However, they did not waste any time. After Lu Cheng'an finished speaking, Geng Qiuhuai, Lu Wenxing and others immediately began to clean up the battlefield.

Lu Cheng'an then collected the corpse of True Monarch Tianhuang. It was the physical body of a Nascent Soul cultivator, and its value was quite high.

There weren't many heretical cultivators, and Geng Qiuhuai and the others quickly cleaned up the battlefield. Afterwards, led by Lu Cheng'an, they returned to the Lu family's mountain gate.

At this point, Lu Cheng'an summoned the cultivators from the Lu family, Dan Ding Sect, and Jin Yuan Sect to discuss the follow-up matters.

The reason why the cultivators of Jinyuan Sect and Danding Sect are currently at the Lu family's mountain gate is because of the previous invasion by evil cultivators such as Tianhuang Zhenjun. They had no choice but to band together to resist the invasion of evil cultivators.

Now that Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, he has wiped out the evil cultivators such as Tianhuang Zhenjun, completely eliminating the scourge in the area north of the Yunling Mountains.

The cultivators from the Jin Yuan Sect and Dan Ding Sect wanted to move out of the Lu family, but they were worried that the Lu family might not let them go.

Because of Shi Ningyu, the cultivators of the Dan Ding Sect should not have needed to worry too much.

However, they are very different from the Golden Origin Sect. Their sect's spiritual peaks have now been moved to the Lu family.

If they want to move out of the Lu family, they will also need to move their sect's spiritual peak away from the Lu family, which will require the help of Lu family cultivators, making them somewhat worried.

After gathering all the Golden Core cultivators from the Lu Family Mountain Sect, Lu Cheng'an's gaze swept over the Golden Core cultivators from the Golden Origin Sect and the Pill Cauldron Sect. He asked with a smile, "Now that the crisis of the evil cultivators such as True Monarch Tianhuang has been resolved, I wonder what the two sects' fellow Daoists are thinking now?"

After exchanging a glance, Geng Qiuhuai and Shi Mingxin said at the same time, "Reporting to the True Lord, we wish to return. Please grant us permission!"

Both the Golden Origin Sect and the Pill Cauldron Sect are sects with a history of over a thousand years. They bear the responsibility of passing on their legacy and naturally cannot remain under the Lu family's control forever.

"Don't worry, I won't stop you from leaving!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled slightly and said, "Jingkun, you will accompany Sect Master Shi to move the spiritual peak belonging to the Dan Ding Sect back to its original location later!"

When the Dan Ding Sect moved to the Lu family's residence, they made thorough preparations, including moving all of the sect's spiritual peaks to the Lu family's mountain gate.

Now that the cultivators of the Dan Ding Sect are going back, they will naturally have to move these spiritual peaks along with them.

Of course, Lu Cheng'an's easygoing nature is also largely due to Shi Ningyu.

After making arrangements for the Dan Ding Sect, Lu Cheng'an turned his gaze to Geng Qiuhuai and said with a smile, "I have something to tell Fellow Daoist Geng. Your Jin Yuan Sect's mountain gate has been completely destroyed by those evil cultivators."

If you return, you may need to rebuild the mountain gate. If you encounter any difficulties, you can send us a message for help.

When Lu Cheng'an left the Lu family and headed to the Nether River Region, he made a point of passing by the mountain gates of the Divine Sword Sect and the Golden Origin Sect.

Both of these sects are ancient Golden Core sects with numerous spiritual peaks and rich spiritual energy within their mountain gates.

However, when Lu Cheng'an passed by the two sects last time, he saw that the two sects had become ruins and had been completely desolate.

The reason for this situation is that the Heavenly Locust Lord allowed the Black-Striped Heavenly Locusts he raised to destroy these sacred lands.

"Thank you for informing me, True Lord!"

Geng Qiuhuai bowed deeply to Lu Chengan, but a look of grief and indignation appeared on his face.

Even if Lu Cheng'an didn't tell them, they had a vague feeling about this situation.

After all, the Heavenly Locust True Lord had raised a large number of Black-Striped Heavenly Locusts under his command. They were forced to leave the mountain gate, and the mountain gate would inevitably be destroyed by those Black-Striped Heavenly Locusts.

“In that case, you should make preparations and wait to leave!” Lu Cheng’an said.

The cultivators from the Jin Yuan Sect and Dan Ding Sect immediately stood up from their seats, respectfully took their leave, and quickly disappeared from the council hall.

At this point, only the Golden Core cultivators from the Lu family remained in the council hall.

In recent years, the Lu family has gained two more cultivators at the Golden Core stage: Lu Jinglin and Lu Jingxiu, a brother and sister.

After the two siblings broke through to the Golden Core realm, the Lu family had used up all the Golden Cores they had stored.

The Lu family still raises quite a few second-tier demonic beasts in the Burning Flame Mountains, but the number of demonic beasts at the perfect second-tier level is not large, and many of those perfect second-tier demonic beasts are the ones that were left over from before.

The probability of these second-stage perfect realm demon beasts breaking through to the third stage is extremely slim. Even with the help of secret techniques and pills, their hope of breaking through to the third stage is still not great.

In recent years, the Lu family has been trapped in the mountain gate and lacks the materials to refine the Chongyuan Huntian Pill, so Lu Cheng'an has never thought of refining the Jinji Pill.

However, in recent years, Chiliu and Qingzhu have achieved considerable success in cultivating Five-Element Spirit Clams, and they have successfully cultivated three-tier low-grade Five-Element Spirit Clams.

Furthermore, the Five Elements Spirit Clams they cultivated have begun to condense Five Elements Pearls. As long as these Five Elements Spirit Clams successfully condense Five Elements Pearls, the Lu family will have another stable channel to obtain Core Formation Spiritual Objects.

Lu Cheng'an smiled and looked at the Golden Core cultivators in his clan, and said in a deep voice, "The crisis of the clan is only temporarily resolved. The news that I killed True Monarch Tianhuang will spread soon, and it will definitely attract the attention of the Sacred Heart Sect and the demonic beasts of Hong'e Mountain Range... Therefore, you must not be careless. You need to cultivate even harder in the future to improve yourselves and the strength of the clan!"

After Lu Cheng'an finished speaking, he let out a soft sigh.

Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has broken through to the Nascent Soul realm. Currently, the Lu family has eight Golden Core cultivators: Lu Wenxing, Lu Wenhua, Lu Chengping, Lu Chengbai, Lu Jingkun, Lu Jingxiu, Lu Jinglin, and Lu Chengyue. In addition, there are two Golden Core cultivators: Shi Ningyu and Jiang Hongmian.

Now that Lu Chengyue has entered the Desolate Ancient Sect, he can no longer be considered a cultivator of the Lu family. Therefore, the Lu family now has a total of nine Golden Core cultivators.

This number is not small, but Lu Wenhua and the others are all at the early stage of the Golden Core realm. There are very few people who have reached the late stage or the perfect Golden Core realm, only Lu Chengping, Lu Jingkun and Shi Ningyu.

Moreover, in terms of cultivation talent, among the Golden Core cultivators of the Lu family, only Lu Jingkun and Shi Ningyu have a relatively high chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Although Lu Chengping's talent for cultivation is not bad, his chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm in the future are not very high.

Among the cultivators in the Lu family who are at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, four have the potential to break through to the Nascent Soul stage: Lu Ruiying, Lu Yongming, Lu Yongzheng, and Lu Yongyuan.

The four individuals all practice the Earthly Jade Book and the Earthly Flame True Scripture. Moreover, judging from their current cultivation talent and progress, they do indeed have a relatively high probability of becoming Nascent Soul cultivators in the future.

However, they are still too young and their cultivation level is relatively low. Even if their cultivation is extremely smooth, it is unknown how long it will take for them to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Leaving aside Lu Ruiying and the other three, Lu Jingkun's cultivation breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm alone is a difficult problem.

Because the Lu family did not have a way to obtain spiritual items that could help condense a nascent soul.

It was truly a stroke of luck that Lu Cheng'an was able to obtain the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom, which aided in the condensation of his Nascent Soul.

Shi Ningyu's opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul stage lies in the ruins of the Divine Jade Sect, but she still needs to bear great risks.

However, Lu Jingkun had no clue about the opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Fortunately, his current cultivation level was still at the late Golden Core stage, and his family still had some time to find spiritual objects to help him condense his Nascent Soul.

"We will obey the decree of the Supreme Elder!" Lu Jingkun and the other Golden Core cultivators of the Lu family said respectfully.

A moment later, Lu Jingkun and the other Golden Core cultivators of the Lu family also left the council hall, and Lu Cheng'an returned to his cave with Shi Ningyu.

"Ningyu, how are your preparations going? How confident are you that you can break through to the Nascent Soul realm?" Lu Cheng'an asked with a smile.

While speaking, Lu Cheng'an sensed Shi Ningyu's current condition. Shi Ningyu's physical body, magic power, and soul were all extremely powerful, but there was still a certain gap compared to when he broke through to the Nascent Soul realm.

"My physical body, magical power, and divine soul have all reached their peak. If I can successfully obtain the spiritual object from the Divine Jade Sect's inheritance that can condense a Nascent Soul, I should have a 60% chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm!"

Shi Ningyu sighed softly. So many years have passed, and she had no idea how much Sha Zehan of the Ziyang Sect had improved his strength.

She wants to seize the inheritance of the Divine Jade Sect and the spiritual object for condensing a Nascent Soul, and she also needs to kill Sha Zehan.

"This is a record of a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Desolate Ancient Sect giving a lecture, which I obtained from the Spirit Gu Sect and Cheng Yue. Next, we will cultivate together again, and I will convey to you all my insights on breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm. At that time, your chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm will definitely increase."

Lu Cheng'an smiled slightly and said, "After our dual cultivation is over, you can prepare yourself properly. I will also refine another set of Yinming Shattering Soul Needles for your self-defense!"

There are less than twenty years left before the opening of the Divine Jade Sect ruins, leaving Shi Ningyu with little time to prepare.

Therefore, as soon as Lu Cheng'an dealt with the evil cultivators such as Tianhuang Zhenjun, he immediately discussed the matter of dual cultivation with Shi Ningyu.

He has now broken through to the Nascent Soul realm. If Shi Ningyu cultivates with him, she will be able to sense the mysteries of the Nascent Soul realm in advance, which will definitely increase the probability of her breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Although Sha Zehan came from the Ziyang Sect, a Nascent Soul sect, and held a high position in the sect, it was impossible for him to find a Nascent Soul realm Daoist partner while still in the Golden Core realm.

Of course, Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu can also gain considerable benefits from dual cultivation.

He planned to use this dual cultivation to further comprehend the True Yang Body Refining Technique and the Taiyin Body Refining Technique, and try to combine these two body refining techniques into one to achieve the effect of yin and yang harmony.

In addition, he also wanted to take this opportunity to organize his insights from years of cultivation.

As for refining the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle, that will have to wait until after he and Shi Ningyu cultivate together.

Even though his cultivation has now broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, he still needs to obtain the materials for refining the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle from the Netherworld River.

He obtained the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom, a treasure that helps in the formation of a Nascent Soul, along with Hei Yang. He had already successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul realm nine years ago.

If Hei Yang had successfully broken through using the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom, his cultivation level should have already reached the fourth rank.

Lu Cheng'an still wants to continue cooperating with Hei Yang.

Now that the Nether River and the Netherworld are connected, Black Sun can obtain more and richer resources from the vast Netherworld.

Many of these resources are of little use to cultivators in the mortal world, but some are useful to them, and some are even treasures that are very difficult to obtain in the mortal world.

This is the material used to refine the Yinming Shattering Soul Needle.

These materials are hard to obtain in the mortal world, but they are relatively common in the underworld.

Lu Cheng'an plans to have Hei Yang and his son help him collect more materials for refining Yinming Shattering Soul Needles, as he wants to refine several sets of Yinming Shattering Soul Needles.

The power of this soul-attacking artifact is extremely terrifying. They were able to repel the first attack of the Heavenly Locust True Monarch precisely because of this soul-attacking artifact.

If Shi Ningyu were to use the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle to attack Sha Zehan's soul during the struggle between them for the last inheritance of the Divine Jade Sect, Sha Zehan would have no chance of resisting it.

After all, no matter how powerful Sha Zehan's soul was, it was impossible for him to surpass the Nascent Soul of True Lord Tianhuang.

“Then let’s do as Brother An says!” Shi Ningyu said gently.

Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu smiled at each other, and then Lu Cheng'an picked up Shi Ningyu and the two walked together towards the bedroom in the cave.

The main purpose of Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu's dual cultivation this time was to allow Shi Ningyu to comprehend the profound mysteries of the Nascent Soul realm and experience Lu Cheng'an's process of condensing his Nascent Soul.

Therefore, their dual cultivation lasted relatively long this time, more than half a year, before it finally ended.

During the six months that Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu cultivated together, news of Lu Cheng'an's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm and his slaying of the early Nascent Soul cultivator, True Monarch Tianhuang, spread throughout the cultivation worlds of Qingzhou, Hezhou, and Taizhou, causing a great sensation in these three regions. (End of Chapter)