Dao Ye is going to ascend

Chapter 726 Twenty Years in the Blink of an Eye, Nine Strands of Golden Essence! (Two Chapters Combined)

The power of the Five Emperors!

Beneath the mystical vine tree, Li Yuan sat cross-legged, the meanings of various scriptures flowing through his mind.

Top-tier magical power is also one of the conditions for advancing to the level of a true disciple, but very few true disciples will attempt to condense this magical power when they reach the third realm. This is because condensing top-tier magical power requires a very deep understanding of the Great Scripture.

The power of the Five Emperors, for example, combines the strengths of the Five Classics.

The Green Emperor's resilience, the Red Emperor's ferocity, the White Emperor's purity, the Yellow Emperor's profoundness, and the Black Emperor's vastness.

It combines the strengths of the Five Classics, and one of its magical powers is equivalent to ten high-grade magical powers. Its quality and quantity are incomparable to high-grade magical powers. It can enhance the power of any spell or supernatural ability.

"call!"

Inside the bamboo building, incense sticks burned, their fragrance swirling like mist.

After consuming a large number of elixirs and having the demonic shadow reside within the acupoint, Li Yuan activated the Prison Suppression Divine Power.

Otherwise, with his current level of cultivation and physique, he would not be able to withstand the blessing of the Five Extremes Scripture's ability to control all things.

"Om~"

After unleashing his supernatural powers, Li Yuan decisively activated the Military Command Scroll.

Immediately, he felt his soul tremble violently, and a vast and powerful aura filled his three elements, making him feel swollen all over, from the inside out, from his divine realm to his physical body, he had an extraordinary sense of fullness.

It's as if a group of unparalleled demons want to break free from the constraints of their physical bodies and descend upon the world!

The five great controllers, except for the Xuan Teng Snake Sheath, all correspond to the seventh level of the Great Scripture, and the information they contain is incredibly vast.
"Boom!"

Li Yuan felt as if he were a straw, swept up by the waves and falling into an endless abyss, the overwhelming flood of information suffocating him.

In a daze, he felt himself split into five.

Sometimes it transforms into a mysterious vine tree, sometimes into a colossal dragon and snake, sometimes into a wisp of crimson emperor fire, and sometimes into a white emperor sword...

Finally, he focused his mind and felt as if he had become a platform of yellow clay, sitting on the earth, bearing the principles of the changes of all things.

Earth is the source of all things, and the Yellow Emperor inherited all the classics!

At this moment, Li Yuan snapped out of his daze and felt as if he had been reincarnated five times, experienced an incredibly long period of time, and cultivated the Five Extremes Sutra for tens of thousands of years.

"Wow~"

The shadow magic power rapidly dissipated.

Li Yuan focused his mind on the divine realm. Under the communion of mind and spirit, the divine realm also roared, the Five Extremes Ancient Temple trembled, and the nine true forms resounded in unison.

"roar~"

The White Tiger in its true form roared to the sky.

The White Tiger, being the essence of slaughter and extremely sensitive, sensed five terrifying energies descending upon the Divine Realm and converging beneath the Mysterious Vine Tree.

It looked at Li Yuan and vaguely sensed that behind him there was not only one Xuan Teng tree, but also a pitch-black Xuan Teng tree that towered into the sky and was even larger than the Divine Realm.

Giant serpents coiled, flames blazed like the sun...

"combine!"

Li Yuan flicked his finger, and with five 'buzzing' sounds, five streams of magical power landed in front of him, slowly merging under the watchful eyes of the nine true forms.

It felt like a moment, yet also like several days.

The divine realm trembled violently, and amidst the surging of the vast ocean, a pure and magnificent magical power of five colors rose into the sky, its dazzling radiance illuminating the divine realm.

"It's done!"

Li Yuan let out a long breath.

For him, the fusion of the five emperors' powers was more difficult than the generation of yang from yin, but with the five great powers of controlling objects, he was like a seventh-realm cultivator who had cultivated the Five Great Scriptures for thousands of years, and he did not find it difficult at all.

There's even a sense of exhilaration, like everything falling into place naturally.

"Om~"

As the Five Emperors' magical power was fully formed, the divine realm trembled violently. Within the vast ocean, streams of magical power burst forth, including the power of the Kunpeng, the power of the White Tiger, the power of the Black Emperor, and the power of the Azure Emperor...

The nine mid-grade and five high-grade magical powers he cultivated vibrated together, flowing and intertwining around the first Five Emperors' magical power, and began to merge.

The magical power of cultivators in the Third Realm is closely related to their true form.

One True Form can contain 810 streams of magical power; the nine True Forms can only contain a maximum of 7,290 streams.

Therefore, the grade of magical power is extremely important.

Of course, the benefits of cultivating various magical powers are equally great. For example, the Five Emperors' magical powers at this time combine the strengths of the Five Supreme and Nine Middle powers, as well as the fourteen other magical powers.

Within the Five Elements, there are also changes of Yin and Yang.

In fact, if a cultivator encounters a bottleneck in their practice, the vast majority of cultivators will choose to cultivate other magical powers in order to increase their merit.

"Woo~"

Li Yuan focused intently, but the blessing from the Military Command Scroll dissipated.

In this way, over a period of nearly three days, all the magical power within his body had been converted into the Five Emperors' magical power. Afterwards, when he practiced cultivation techniques, he could only cultivate this magical power.

"Fifty-six streams of magical power."

Li Yuan suddenly felt an emptiness inside him, but at the same time, he also felt an indescribable sense of fulfillment.

The Five Emperors' power is theoretically the result of the convergence of five superior-grade magical powers, but it is equivalent to ten superior-grade magical powers, plus the fusion of nine mid-grade magical powers.

He estimated that one of his magical powers was equivalent to twelve high-grade magical powers.

Therefore, he did not feel weak at all; on the contrary, he felt as if he had been reborn.

"Seven strands of the Five Emperors' magical power can refine back a wisp of golden essence!"

Li Yuan calculated with his fingers and was quite satisfied.

Sensing the newly born power of the Five Emperors, he suddenly remembered the Five Dragon Immortals in white robes.

"That's right, she was originally at the peak of the fourth realm, but she was suppressed to the third realm at my request."

Therefore, its magical power is of extremely high quality; one strand is probably equivalent to one or two dozen strands of high-grade magical power, which is why it gave me the feeling that its magical power was limitless…”

Li Yuan felt a surge of excitement and couldn't wait to fight the Five Dragon Immortals again.

But he suppressed the impulse. He planned to wait until his magical power was fully restored and all nine strands of golden essence were refined back before facing that guiding light in his strongest state.

"Om~"

Li Yuan raised his hand and summoned the power of the Five Emperors in his palm. It was multicolored, extremely condensed, and at first glance, it even seemed to be a tangible substance.

He flicked his finger lightly, and five colors swirled, a burst of brilliant light erupted, and in the distance, the Peng bird flapped its wings, unleashing hundreds of Taiyin sword energies, all of which were swallowed by the divine light.

He used the power of the Five Emperors to unleash the Five Elements Divine Light, which was far more powerful than the dispersed power of the Five Emperors. He believed that this was enough to contend with the middle-aged sword master.

"As expected of top-tier magic power, it is more than a hundred times stronger than low-grade magic power."

As Li Yuan manipulated this magical power, he deeply felt that the limits of magic were endless.
"Senior Brother Yuan Gang cultivates eighty-one kinds of high-grade magic power. One of his magic powers is enough to crush a star. Any spell or supernatural ability driven by him can be multiplied in power."

If Senior Brother Yuangang is already so powerful, how vast and boundless must Master's magical power be?
The thought had barely formed in his mind when Li Yuan extinguished it, his heart filled with vigilance:
"As the patriarch said, the closer one gets to the Great Dao, the more difficult it becomes. My rapid progress is only because I am still far from the Great Dao. I must not become arrogant."

Having reached the pinnacle of the sword world, he became famous throughout the realms, accumulating a great deal of merit, and enjoying pleasant conversations with many true disciples and elders of his sect...

As these events came together, even though Master Li was calm and composed, he was somewhat restless without realizing it.

"Magic power is the convergence of the three elements, the union of humanity and heaven. When arrogance arises in the heart, the magic also changes. If one is not vigilant, one may attract an extremely powerful demon..."

Li Yuan let out a long breath, feeling that he should take some time to calm down.

……

After becoming more alert, Li Yuan became even more composed, declining all the invitations from his fellow disciples to a banquet and focusing all his energy on arduous cultivation.

Every day he still practices his skills, refines demons and nourishes his sword, contemplates his true form, fishes and listens to sounds, but he is no longer as impatient as before. Instead, he leaves some free time to manage his divine realm and grotto.

Liyuan has two large and small grotto-heavens. Besides this place, there is also the one inside the Sky-Escape Boat.

He lived here and handed over the spiritual puppets such as Li Yi to them. He then managed the small grotto-heaven inside the Sky-Escape Boat, which was only a few thousand miles in circumference.

He first purchased a large number of spirit puppets, and then spent thousands of small merits to set up a spirit-gathering array.

Cultivators use divine runes to create restrictions and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Cave heavens, on the other hand, require formations. In essence, they still use divine runes to create restrictions and draw in the corresponding spiritual energy.

It may seem mysterious, but it's actually not difficult to understand.

With the blessing of the Five Extremes Scripture's power to control objects, Li Yuan set up the 'Five Elements Gathering Spirit Array', which is rooted in the Duntian Boat Cave Heaven, but in reality, it still needs to be driven by his magic power.

Within the grotto-heaven, he cultivated spiritual fields, planting only spiritual rice and herbs of the fifth realm or higher, irrigated with water from the Sun and Moon Thunder Pool, and there were no adverse effects.

The Divine Realm is not a grotto heaven. Before the Dharma Realm is refined, it is impossible to set up formations. However, with the nourishment of magical power, it is possible to raise Dao soldiers.

Li Yuan has five types of Taoist soldiers.

The most crucial element is naturally the White Bone Demon Soldier. The Human Demon Mountain has already been upgraded to a Spirit Treasure, and thanks to the nourishment of the demons, it is steadily improving.

Besides, there are still two gourd-shaped Dao soldiers, but the number of Zhenfa Dao soldiers has increased to eighty-one, which was naturally purchased by the Sword God Group.

Finally, there were 108 Yin and 108 Yang Dao soldiers.

These two types of Dao weapons belong to the category of superior Dao weapons. If they can be combined into one to forge the 'Yin-Yang Dao Weapon', it can even be considered a top-tier Dao weapon.

He purchased these two types of Taoist weapons, naturally because of the Shadow Demon Body.

After Yin reaches its extreme and Yang is born, the Shadow Demon's body possesses both Yin and Yang transformations. The demonic shadows forged by devouring all things also have Yin and Yang distinctions and can be used to forge Yin-Yang Dao Weapons.

After returning to the mountain, Li Yuan did not let the Shadow Demon Body idle. He reopened the Hidden Corridor and did not waste the opportunity to explore the hidden places that he only got once a year.

However, the opportunity within the Blood Phoenix's belly was clearly rare and hard to come by. This time, it was just an ordinary, strange place in the third realm. The Shadow Demon Body didn't even need to use it for half a day before it devoured the place and returned.

"boom!"

As the Shadow Demon emerged from the long, dark corridor, it heard a tremendous roar.

Outside the stone platform, darkness surged, as if an ancient behemoth roared within, shaking the entire world. The already enormous stone platform expanded even more.

[Eleventh-Rank Military Master, Li Yuan]

[Number of troops that can be controlled: 11]

Inside the stone platform, Li Yuan looked up at the Commanding Talisman that hung high like a star map.

There were no new changes to the Military Register, but the Long Corridor leading to the Secluded Valley was different.

[Secluded Corridor]

[Number of times that can be walked: 1 (once every six months, cannot be accumulated)]

[Entry Levels for the Mysterious Land: First Heaven, Second Heaven]

"Tsk."

With a thought, Li Yuan left the spoils of this trip in the Divine Realm and turned to enter the Netherworld Corridor.

"The randomness of the Hidden Corridor is also very high..." Perhaps because he was carrying a huge sum of money, Li Yuan was very calm and did not care at all about how much the Shadow Demon Body had gained this time. After sorting out the Listening Sound, he withdrew from the Commanding Space.

After advancing to the eleventh level of the Military Commander's Register, Li Yuan also began to work on changing his innate talents. He had already prepared all the necessary pills and incense.

Perhaps it was because of his chaotic body, or perhaps it was because his inherent talent was already very high, so the speed of changing his talent was not fast, but he consumed a lot of spiritual pills.

Li Yuan was very calm and composed. He spent his days practicing magic, demonic arts, and swordsmanship, listening to sounds, fishing, and even reading books and cultivating spells when changing his innate talents.

Everything is in order.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the Tian Shi Yuan Battle Ranking has been finalized once again.

Li Yuan has held the top spot on the list for ten years, while the second and third places have changed. Two years ago, Lin Yue and Wu Yunlong disappeared from the list, obviously having refined the Great Elixir.

The former was unaware, while the latter sent a divine message, saying that he had already refined a first-grade Great Pill and was comprehending his innate divine power, looking forward to a battle with him at the fourth realm.

Li Yuan readily agreed, offering his congratulations without further ado.

He went into seclusion, but not a complete retreat. He kept the Knowledge Orb with him every day, and he even kept an eye on the Sword World.

Years have passed, and more and more cultivators have climbed the Sword Realm, but only Jiu Yunji has managed to break through to the eleventh level. Most cultivators would not be willing to take such a forbidden pill as the God-Splitting Pill.

However, several more people broke into the tenth floor, all of whom were disciples of various Weitian Dao Sects.

"One hundred and twenty years is still a bit long..."

Li Yuan muttered to himself, keeping a close eye on things.

After that, he entered the Battle Hall and fought another battle, maintaining his position as number one in the battle.

This is a stable source of good deeds, and he will not give it up. In recent years, he has accepted a challenge from someone every six months or a year to maintain his income.

After that, he immersed himself in cultivation once again.

Six months later, he drank a cup of Enlightenment Tea, and his magical power suddenly increased dramatically, with all his skills also improving simultaneously.

At the same time, accompanied by a cry from within the divine realm, the Fire Phoenix's true form was perfected, and the sixth strand of golden nature was refined. After playing with it, he refined it into his chaotic body.

In the same year, the true form of the Xuanhuang Qilin was also perfected, and the seventh strand of golden essence was refined, which was also used to enlighten the chaotic body.

The seven strands of golden energy fell into the Chaos Body without any obvious changes. If it weren't for the guidance of his master, Li Yuan would have even doubted that the Dao Body could not be enlightened at all.

However, he naturally trusted his master completely and continued to cultivate step by step.

Thanks to the continuous nourishment of elixirs, Li Yuan's cultivation of magical power was extremely fast, and he had already accumulated as many as 286 strands of the Five Emperors' magical power.

Of course, the enlightenment tea also plays a role.

Although he had enough magical power, Li Yuan was not in a hurry to refine the metal element back; he simply increased the intensity of his visualization.

Another year passed, and the true forms of Zhulong and Richao were still not complete, but the combination of spells had made progress. Li Yuan successively condensed two divine lights, "Yang Xing" and "Yin Xing".

These two divine lights originated from Zhulong and Richao, and were also blessed by the power of the Five Emperors, possessing considerable power, but they could not be integrated into the Five Elements Divine Light.

In the seventh year of Li Yuan's seclusion in the mountains, Qi Yun returned to Dongxuan Mountain, mainly to purchase Taoist soldiers and elixirs.

The two met a few times, and Li Yuan spent over a thousand minor merits to purchase a large amount of elixirs and spirit rice, along with many martial arts techniques he had collected from outside the mountains, and entrusted him to send them back to Dayun Star.

Qi Yun has been down the mountain for nearly ten years, and the Great Fortune Star has changed quite a bit. However, the purchase of the General Knowledge Sphere requires him to go to the Taixu Pavilion in person, which he finds quite regrettable.

A year later, a new 'Five Elements Thunder Pool' appeared on Xuan Teng Island. It was three zhang square and its thunder water could nourish spiritual plants and also nourish the true forms of the five elements.

It has many ingenious uses, but of course, it also requires many powerful figures.

Li Yuan intensified his cultivation and began attracting more demons. To his regret, Ling Shu Tong Zi refused his request to move to the secluded bamboo forest.

Even if all he needs is a bamboo hut, it won't do.

Li Yuan felt regretful, but he dared not disturb his master over such a trivial matter, so he could only suppress his thoughts for the time being.

In the ninth year of his seclusion, the Shadow Demon died once.

The long corridor gave Li Yuan a surprise, this time directly sending the Shadow Demon to a sixth-realm strange land, but unfortunately it failed.

He didn't care. Even after refining the Shadow Demon, he still explored the Netherworld every six months to maintain his gains, mainly accumulating Shadow Demons.

After eighteen explorations, the number of demonic shadows increased dozens of times, and each one contained one or two strands of magical power. Sacrificing them all would be enough for him to fight hundreds of life-or-death battles.

The best of these can be refined into Yin-Yang Dao weapons, or used to drive the Sun and Moon Wheels. At worst, they can be sacrificed to transform into thunder and water to nourish the Mysterious Vine Tree and the Dao-Nourishing Grass.

Over the course of ten years, the Yundao Grass had covered the entire Xuan Teng Island, and although the Xuan Teng Tree had not yet broken through the thousand-zhang mark, its reserves were already extremely abundant.

Once Li Yuan refines the Great Pill, he can climb to the peak of the fourth level in a very short time!

On this day, Li Yuan entered the divine realm.

Eight flowers have already bloomed on the myrtle tree, although seven of them are only about to open, and the first bud to bloom has even shown signs of withering.

The results are imminent.

That cup of Enlightenment Tea greatly shortened the time it took for the Mystic Vine Tree to bear fruit.

"We need to speed up the demon-refining process!"

Seeing this, Li Yuan adjusted the use of the demon and increased its nourishment to the Xuan Teng Tree. As a result, a year later, the Xuan Teng Tree bore a purplish-black fruit.

After that, he further increased the nourishment of the mystic vine.

When the Battle Rankings were finalized again, Li Yuan drank his third cup of Enlightenment Tea, and his magical power surged once more.

And under Li Yuan's watchful gaze, the fruit fell from the branch, already ripe.

"Boom!"

On this day, the divine realm resounded with thunderous booms.

Li Yuan threw the fruit into the sea. As the divine realm trembled, a small island about three zhang square slowly emerged, and a small tree sprouted from the ground.

"Woo~"

When Li Yuan arrived at the second island, the small tree swayed gently and transformed into a small purplish-black snake. With a flick of its tail, it landed in his palm and rubbed against him affectionately.

"From now on, I'll call you Xuan Yi."

Li Yuan stroked the little snake, took out a wisp of pure blood essence obtained from refining the demon, and fed it to the snake. The little snake swallowed it in small bites, and its size visibly increased.

"Snapped!"

It took root as soon as it landed, growing to a height of about ten feet, and the island expanded accordingly.

"Eat as much as you can."

Li Yuan, wielding the Xuan Teng Snake Sheath, used his sixth-level Azure Emperor Longevity Scripture cultivation to lay the foundation for Xuan Yi.

With the nourishment of qi and blood, the newly grown Xuan Teng tree quickly grew to more than twenty zhang (approximately 33 meters) in length, and the island also expanded accordingly, reaching a radius of about one li (approximately 5 kilometers).

Seeing that the island was monotonous, Li Yuan simply moved the 'Yellow Emperor Temple' over and cut a section of Yundao Grass. With the help of thunder water, the barren island quickly came to life and became a lush green.

"This sapling's potential is no less than that of the mother vine!"

Feeling the changes in the divine realm, Li Yuan was satisfied.

As he expected, after the second Xuan Teng tree was planted, the foundation of the Divine Realm also increased, which would eventually affect the level of the Dharma Realm.

When Xuan Yi first sprouts, it doesn't change much yet, but as it grows, the changes will become more and more obvious, and later, there will be a third, a fourth...

If all nine Xuan Teng Trees are cultivated to the limit of the fourth realm, then it is almost certain that he will cultivate a first-grade Dharma Realm.

There's no other reason than its profound and extensive foundation.

"But we need more Thunder Pools, and more demons!"

After hesitating for a moment, Li Yuan still moved the 'Five Elements Thunder Pool' to the second Xuan Tree Island.

After all, there is a Xuan Yin Thunder Pool near the Xuan Teng Mother Tree.

As for the Sun and Moon Thunder Pool, it is rooted in the Sun and Moon Wheel, so it is impossible to move it here.

"The technique for creating nine Thunder Pools is easy to explain, but how many demons would be needed to raise nine Thunder Pools?"

Li Yuan frowned, wondering if he should give the Shadow Demon Body more responsibilities, as his own demon refining was not keeping up with the consumption.

Skeleton Demon, the true forms of various ferocious beasts, the Mysterious Vine Tree, the Thunder Pool...

He needs more devils!

"Let's ask Brother Fufa later."

Li Yuan did not rush to make a decision, but he was unable to contact Fu Fa Dao Ren afterward. The latter had already gone into seclusion to refine his sword after obtaining the whetstone.

……

"...Legend has it that cultivators who cultivate the Dao of Ten Directions Annihilation must sever their three souls and seven spirits, and evolve into ten avatars...If all ten avatars reach the ten realms and merge into one, there is a 40% chance of achieving true union with the Dao!"

"...It is said that the Ten Realms of Wrath are about to perish, and the Dao essence of the realms is more intense than ever before. This can help cultivators reverse their innate abilities and also enhance the foundation of their natal spiritual treasures..."

"...Yu Zhenhuan is hesitating whether to host a banquet for her junior brother. He can comprehend the Great Void Dragon Path as soon as he enters the sect, which will surely bring him great fortune and may help him succeed in his demonic cultivation. However, she is afraid that Li Yuan will misunderstand..."

"...Deep within the Ruins of Return, on the shore of a vast ocean, an old fisherman still casts his line, seemingly having already freed himself from the clutches of the Mysterious Origin Bodhisattva..."

"...Legend has it that the Celestial Venerable Yuandong possessed a supreme weapon of slaughter, which was divided into seven parts and passed down to his seven disciples on seven different mountains. These seven parts were for slaying gods, Buddhas, demons, monsters, immortals, life, and death... On the First Venerable Mountain, the Immortal-Slaying Gourd was passed down..."

……

Within the space where the troops were commanded, various sounds echoed and intertwined.

On the platform of the human tribulation, Li Yuan sat fishing. He was multitasking, contemplating his true form while also sorting out the various sounds he had heard during his twenty-one years of seclusion.

After the Palm Sound Talisman advanced to the fifteenth level, the quality of the Listening Sound improved significantly. In addition, Li Yuan had no shortage of offerings, resulting in more than ten times the amount of Listening Sound compared to before.

Naturally, a lot of useful information has been accumulated.

"That old guy..."

Li Yuan was most concerned about the Fisherman of Misty Waves, because he had mentioned in the previous conversation that when he was adventuring in the Sword Realm, this old fellow had tried to go fishing.

Although it might not be a trap for him, it still made him extremely wary.

"Never leave the mountain unless absolutely necessary!"

Li Yuan composed himself and categorized the various listening materials.

Guixu, Weitian Dao Sect, Juedi, various realms, grotto-heavens and holy lands, demonic cultivators, forbidden lands... The accumulated listening over twenty-one years can almost be considered an intelligence database.

"There's still no news about Senior Brother Yuan Han and the others..."

Li Yuan sorted out the listening sounds related to the Xuanhuang Realm. Over the years, there have been many similar listening sounds, but they are unrelated to Yuan Han and Gu Xuansheng.

However, someone named 'Fang Han' appeared multiple times.

"Opening up the Ruins of Return is far too dangerous. In just twenty years, two more true disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect have died in another world..."

As Li Yuan was pondering this, he suddenly had a sudden realization.

In the Niwan Divine Realm, Zhulong roared to the sky, and ten golden crows flew out of the Sun Nest, just like ten great suns across the sky!

(End of this chapter)