Dao Ye is going to ascend

Chapter 727 Divine Palace Perfection, Three Battles Against the Five Dragon Immortals (Part 2)

"roar~"

Upon hearing the hissing sound that seemed to penetrate directly into the soul, Li Yuan was overjoyed. He immediately put down the Listening Sound, which he had not yet finished organizing, and entered the divine realm.

Beneath the Xuan Teng tree, Zhulong stood upright, roaring to the sky. His vertical eye between his brows was closed, and darkness enveloped the divine realm like a night curtain.

Ten suns soared across the sky, ten golden crows flapping their wings and crying out, scattering a vast expanse of golden light.

In an instant, light and darkness shifted within the divine realm.

"It's finally complete!"

Feeling the changes in Zhulong and Richao, Li Yuan felt joy in his heart.

These two paths to perfecting one's true form were far more difficult than he had anticipated. If it weren't for those two cups of Enlightenment Tea, it might have taken him another twenty or thirty years to achieve perfection.

"Om~"

Between light and darkness, rays of light rose and entered the bodies of the Candle Dragon and the Golden Crow. Immediately afterward, the ten Golden Crows flapped their wings and returned to their nest, and the light and darkness dissipated.

Then, two golden rays shot out from the Candle Dragon and the Sun Nest and landed in Li Yuan's palm.

"boom!"

As the last two strands of golden energy condensed, Li Yuan suddenly felt a change in the three elements, as if his missing limbs had grown back, or as if a blind man had suddenly seen the light.

Even someone as composed as him couldn't resist the urge to roar to the heavens.

"roar~"

All the true forms sang out, their sounds resonating in the divine realm.

In that instant, in Li Yuan's perception, his spirit, physique, and even his magical power underwent changes to varying degrees, as if a dusty mirror had been cleaned.

A strong surge of emotion welled up within him.

"For me, forging the elixir is merely a matter of a single thought!"

Li Yuan sensed the opportunity to forge the pill, and even clearly perceived that he would definitely be able to forge a first-grade pill.

After 21 years of seclusion, his foundation has been solidified to the limit. Thanks to the nine true forms, two spiritual plants, top-level magic power, and top-level spells, his foundation is incredibly profound.

He could cast pills in the blink of an eye, as long as he wanted to!

"call!"

Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Li Yuan focused his mind and entered a meditative state, his consciousness falling into that dark place, where he channeled two strands of golden energy into his Dao body.

To his disappointment, even with nine strands of golden essence injected into it, the changes in the chaotic body were still very subtle.

"No wonder I've never heard of anyone using the metal element to transform their Dao body..."

Li Yuan was not disappointed. With the blessing of the 'Perception Set', he could vaguely feel that his Dao Body was still accumulating and brewing, and was not far from transformation.

Since he went into seclusion, he has been altering his innate constitution every day, consuming countless pills, so it was impossible for them not to have an effect.

"It's time to refine it back to its golden nature."

A thought crossed Li Yuan's mind.

The five emperors' magical powers boiled and burned, intertwining with each other, like a celestial river hanging down into the darkness. Before long, a wisp of golden energy appeared.

He was very familiar with this.

In just a few hours, after expending forty-nine strands of the Five Emperors' power, Li Yuan refined back seven strands of golden essence.

"As expected of top-tier magical power."

Li Yuan secretly praised him.

If this were high-grade magic power, it would require nearly six hundred strands to refine back the seven strands of golden nature.

However, while top-tier magical power has many benefits, accumulating it through cultivation is very slow.

Even if he used up all the elixirs and cultivated in seclusion every day for more than 20 years, he only accumulated more than 1,200 strands of magical power.

This was only because he drank two cups of Enlightenment Tea; otherwise, he might not have been able to gather the 810 strands of magical power required to refine the Golden Core.

"The accumulation of magical power also affects the grade of the pill, but 810 strands of magical power are enough for me to condense a first-grade pill..."

"Enlightenment Tea is not, after all, a powerful medicine specifically for cultivating magical power..."

"Without the aid of powerful medicine, it would probably take more than a hundred years to fully refine the Five Emperors' magical power."

With his thoughts churning, Li Yuan guided seven strands of golden energy into his dantian.

"Om~"

Within the dantian, the Great Luo Banner was still absorbing and releasing magical power to nourish itself, while the Refining Demon Immortal Sword Embryo was still battling with that innate primordial sword energy.

The quality of this wisp of primordial sword energy was too high; even after twenty years, only a very small portion of it had been worn away.

Even a very small portion of the Demon Refining Sword Embryos received enormous benefits.

[Refined Demon Immortal Sword Embryo (Tier 11)]

Normally, the Demon Refining Sword Embryo will only truly emerge after Li Yuan forges a Grade One Great Pill, and only after that can the sword be sharpened and advanced.

But now, thanks to this wisp of primordial sword energy from the Nine Extremes Heaven, this sword embryo has already been upgraded and has one foot already stepped into the realm of top-grade spiritual treasure!

"As expected of the primordial sword energy of a near-eighth-realm cultivator, if it can be fully digested, the Demon Refining Sword will surely reach the level of a divine treasure when it is born!"

After concentrating and sensing for a moment, Li Yuan had a thought, and the seven strands of golden essence had already entered the Demon Refining Sword Embryo.

With a 'hum', fine golden patterns suddenly appeared on the pure black blade of the Demon Refining Sword Embryo, flowing and intertwining until they covered the entire blade!
"Ang~"

Li Yuan's mind was shaken, and he felt that the sword's sound was like a dragon's roar.

After being enlightened by the nine strands of golden essence, the Demon Refining Sword Embryo underwent a sudden change. It trembled violently and roamed within the dantian, greedily absorbing the power of the Five Emperors.

Before long, accompanied by another sword cry like a dragon's roar, the Demon Refining Sword Embryo was upgraded once again!

[Refined Demon Immortal Sword Embryo (Twelfth Rank)]

“Top-grade spiritual treasure!”

Li Yuan focused his attention on sensing the changes in the Demon Refining Sword Embryo.

Not only has its grade improved, but the ferocity of this sword embryo has also diminished considerably, and it has become more spiritual.

If it were any other sword cultivator, they would have to breathe and inhale slowly, concentrating their senses, but Li Yuan's mind naturally generated information about the advanced Demon Refining Sword Embryo.

[...The Demon-Refining Sword Embryo, formed from nine strands of golden essence, is imbued with the aura of a Dao Lord and nourished by innate primordial sword energy...]

[Born with spirituality, one's ferocity recedes; a trace of 'innate nature' is already present...]

"Congenital!"

Li Yuan was startled.

For more than twenty years since he returned to the mountain from the Sword Realm, he visited the Sutra Repository every day, reading countless cultivation scriptures, miscellaneous books, biographies, and travelogues.

The innate number is the ultimate sublimation of spiritual treasures.

The essence of a spiritual treasure that reveals the innate number in one gulp is equivalent to 'being one with the Dao'!
"No wonder my master gave me guidance from afar when I cultivated the Golden Nature back then..."

Li Yuan was overjoyed.

He used nine strands of golden essence, first to ignite the Chaotic Body, and then to ignite the Demon Refining Sword. It can be said that he utilized the golden essence to its fullest extent!
"True teachings are not just a single sentence; what may seem like a single sentence often contains the hard work of countless generations of predecessors. Take, for example, the application of the metal element..."

"Without my master's guidance, I would never have imagined this!"

Li Yuanxin was deeply moved.

The path of cultivation is explored and opened up by generations of cultivators. Even the most extraordinary talents are bound to go astray without the guidance of predecessors.

Back then, after he entered the Daoist path, he had no one to guide him, and he didn't even develop any magical power in three years.

For him, joining Dongxuan Mountain was truly like a dragon returning to the sea!

"Beware of arrogance and impetuosity."

Silently grateful for his master's guidance, Li Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

It was the time of day and night transition. The cave was devoid of sun and moon, yet the sky was already white. Li Yuan stood up and walked out of the bamboo house.

Today, the divine palace is complete, and he wants to reward himself.

"Squeak~"

As Li Yi prepared the spiritual meal, Li Yuan invited the mirage baby, and the little mouse also crawled out of the hole, transforming into a chubby little boy with a silly face.

More than twenty years have passed. The Mirage Infant has returned to the Unity Realm and has nurtured forty-two Mirage Dragon powers. The first level of the Divine Palace has been completed, and it is now working on visualizing its second true form.

The little mouse's progress is already quite unremarkable. Even with the guidance of the Daoist Master, it is still on the verge of unification and has not yet been able to condense its true form, let alone its magical power.

Li Yuan didn't care. To him, the little mouse was a child, not a Dao soldier, so it didn't matter whether it was a high or low level of cultivation.

Just like Ling Shu Tong Zi, what difference does it make to Dao Jun whether it is the Dharma Realm or the Dharma Heaven?
After the banquet, Li Yuan went to the Qi Gathering Platform.

The two gourd-shaped Taoist soldiers were still exhaling and exhaling the Nine-Colored Qi, and they were overjoyed to see Li Yuan.

Thanks to the power of the Five Emperors and the daily practice of slaying and refining demons, these two small gourds have become fourth-realm Dao soldiers. The eighty-one gourd sword energies have merged into one, making them quite fierce.

"call!"

With a flick of his finger, Li Yuan bestowed upon the two small gourds a wisp of Five Emperors' magic power. He then sat cross-legged, lightly flicked his bracelet, and released the White Bone Demon and the Suppressing Law Soldiers.

Compared to cultivation techniques and spells, Dao soldiers have also made significant progress.

Now, he has a total of 108 Zhenfa Dao soldiers, all of whom are of the fourth realm, which he has acquired little by little over the years.

There were many more skeleton demons. In addition to the core 108 fourth-realm demons, there were 360 ​​third-realm demons, lined up in formation, enough to kill ordinary fourth-realm cultivators.

Thanks to these Dao soldiers, Li Yuan didn't even have to make a move against the many fourth-realm demons he attracted when he was refining demons.

"Refine the technique!"

Li Yuan held the Knowledge Ball, closed his eyes, and entered a meditative state, continuing his cultivation practice in the palace.

Meanwhile, he was adjusting his spiritual practice plan.

With his true form perfected and his nine strands of golden essence sufficient, he fully met the conditions for advancing to the fourth realm and could refine a great elixir at any time.

"Before refining the Great Elixir, we must fight the Five Dragon Immortals again!"

Li Yuan's mind was in turmoil. He had already collected all the divine runes for cultivating the Origin Divine Fist, except for the most core 'Origin' divine rune.

He must obtain it before reaching the fourth realm!

After reaching the fourth realm, entering the Divine Burial Coffin Secret Realm would likely mean facing the White-Clad Five Dragon Immortals who have reached the fourth realm.

Just thinking about it made his scalp tingle.

"Besides that, there's the Sword Realm."

Li Yuan was distracted, sensing the myriad phenomena of the vast void.

Twenty years have passed, and more and more cultivators of the third realm are venturing into the Sword Realm. There are now over a thousand cities on the Sword God Continent, and some cultivators have even crossed hundreds of domains to come here.

The Sword Lord's inheritance contains a top-grade Dao treasure with the potential to be of innate level. Even for a Dao Lord, it is quite tempting, let alone other cultivators.
Hundreds of cultivators from various realms gathered together, among whom were many outstanding talents. Every year or two, one person would break through to the tenth level.

Li Yuan is also paying attention to this.

Ding Yunjie and Xu Xunyi from the Ziwei Realm, Lu Yue and Han Qiwei from the Beidou Realm, You Daozi from the Daxuan Realm...

"As many as sixteen cultivators have broken into the tenth level of the Sword Realm. Mu Xiantian truly lives up to his reputation as the Grand Elder of the Tai Xuan Sword Sect. Since the Nine Clouds Extreme, no one has been able to defeat him."

Li Yuan perused the myriad phenomena of the universe.

As more and more cultivators ascend to the Sword Realm, the reputation of those who guard the Sword Realm grows ever greater, with the most prominent being Mu Xiantian.

This Grand Elder of the Tai Xuan Sword Sect is like a dam blocking a river, causing countless geniuses to fall.

Li Yuan wasn't too surprised by this.

More than 20 years ago, Mu Xiantian was able to go toe-to-toe with him in his normal state.

The vast majority of cultivators at the third realm cannot break into the eleventh level of the Sword Realm unless they use forbidden methods such as the God-Splitting Pill.

but……

"Sooner or later someone will take forbidden pills. Even if no one does, people like Xu Xunyi will cultivate their spells in a targeted manner. After a few years or decades, they will eventually break into the eleventh level of the Sword Realm."

Li Yuan understood perfectly.

The allure of the Dao Lord's inheritance and top-grade Dao treasures is too great; there will inevitably be sects and holy lands that specially cultivate disciples of the third realm to attempt these trials.

Sooner or later, some cultivators will be able to break through to the eleventh level on their own, and if they take forbidden pills, it's not impossible for them to reach him.

"Xu Xun and the others couldn't possibly be without forbidden techniques. The reason they didn't use them was probably to leave them for me..."

Li Yuan was already preparing to send the Shadow Demon to the Sword Realm to 'update' his condition after the Shadow Demon returned from his exploration.

Surely the Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword wouldn't refuse. "Huh?"

As Li Yuan calmed his mind and prepared to finish his daily cultivation practice and head to the Divine Burial Coffin Secret Realm, he suddenly saw a familiar name in the myriad phenomena of the Great Void.

"Qin Qian?"

……

……

Sword God Continent, Tongqing City.

In a small courtyard, Qin Qiansong activated his Tongshi Sphere, but his brows remained furrowed.

Dongxuan Residence is not easy to live in.

He had exhausted all his good deeds during his twenty years of seclusion, including that one great merit, and had no choice but to interrupt his seclusion in order to earn some more good deeds.

He was unwilling to contact Guixu unless absolutely necessary.

“Dongxuan Liyuan”.

Qin Qian tilted his ear slightly and could vaguely sense the intertwining of divine thoughts, as countless cultivators mentioned the name 'Li Yuan'.

In fact, he was shocked after learning the whole story of the Sword World.

That senior disciple who ranked last on the photo list actually accomplished something so significant twenty years ago!

Nowadays, that junior brother's name is incredibly famous!
The descriptions of Dao Lord aptitude, Heavenly Lord bearing, young God King, and the strongest cultivator in the three realms left him speechless.

"Reach the pinnacle of the sword realm!"

Qin Qian was secretly alarmed, for he was naturally aware of the Sword Realm.

In fact, many of the cultivators from the Northern Star Realm who infiltrated the mortal world throughout history had climbed the Sword Realm, and he had seen all sorts of information before he left the Northern Star Realm.

"With such talent, it's no wonder he can outshine me."

Shocked, Qin Qian also felt that this was normal.

If even an ordinary disciple of Dongxuan Mountain is this terrifying, then he feels he should switch sides as soon as possible, since he is a true human from the real world, inside and out.

"There are two great guardians on the tenth level of the Sword Realm. The most difficult one to overcome is Mu Xiantian, the Grand Elder of the Tai Xuan Sword Sect. His swordsmanship is divine, and he is virtually invincible..."

"More than twenty years have passed, and not a single person has been able to break through to the eleventh level of the Sword Realm? If this continues, in another hundred years, the Sword Realm will belong to the Li family!"

"Could Dongxuan Liyuan truly possess the potential to become a god-king?"

……

Qin Qian stepped out of the courtyard and focused his mind to sense things. He felt all sorts of thoughts swirling around him and a jumble of conflicting opinions.

Almost all the cultivators, when mentioning his junior brother, expressed extreme resentment, admiration, and a desire to take his place; their emotions were incredibly intense.

"I'm afraid the incense offerings harvested would be enough to buy provisions for cultivation."

Qin Qian was filled with mixed emotions.

Joining the Weitian Dao Sect was completely different from what he had imagined.

He anticipated that his joining Dongxuan Mountain would shock the entire mountain, earn him the favor and attention of his master, and allow him to obtain all kinds of spiritual treasures and resources at will. As long as he followed the steps, he could rebuild the Dharma Realm.

The results of it?
Aside from the 1,200 minor skills and one major skill required for entry, there is nothing else!

"Very well, good deeds must be earned in the end!"

"If Li Yuan can reach the pinnacle of the Sword Realm and gain the favor of the Dao Lord, so can I, Qin Qian!"

"With your fame resounding throughout the realms, why would you fear a lack of resources for cultivation?"

Qin Qian looked towards the Sword Realm, feeling a surge of heat in his heart.

He was once at the peak of the fifth realm. Even after severing two realms, his cultivation speed was far beyond that of ordinary people. In just twenty years, he had already reached the perfection of the Divine Palace!
Moreover, since he has already been enlightened with the metal element, he is only half a step away from forging a first-grade elixir!
"After a hundred battles before descending the mountain, I was evenly matched with Li Yuan. All I needed to do was break through to the eleventh level of the Sword Realm and consume a few forbidden pills..."

Qin Qian's eyes burned with intensity.

Twenty years of secluded cultivation, the vision of the peak of the fifth realm, the innate endowment of the innate spacetime Dao body, plus the Dao-level fundamental method 'Great Void Coiling Dragon Dao' and his past supernatural powers.

He finally shook off the gloom of twenty years ago. On the Weitian Martial Arts Stage, although he had not yet defeated Li Yuan, he was now...

"I will win!"

Qin Qian strode towards the Sword Realm, his clothes and hair moving without wind.

……

In Tongqing City, Xu Xun sat cross-legged, contemplating the 'Three Buddhas'.

Within the sea of ​​the mind, the Buddha's light shines like the ocean, and faintly, three great Buddhas appear and disappear, chanting the Dharma and spreading the scriptures, cleansing the soul and body.

"It will be soon. In a few more years, my talent will transform into the level of a god or demon. At that time, neither Ding Yunjie, Lu Yue, nor Han Qiwei will be my match!"

"Once I reach the pinnacle of the Sword Realm and obtain the Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword, I will have no fear of Xu Xuanji when I return to the Ziwei Realm!"

Xu Xunyi was overjoyed.

The three great scriptures he possessed—the 'Past,' 'Present,' and 'Future' scriptures—each possessed incredible power. It was precisely by relying on these three great scriptures that he was able to defeat countless geniuses and become the 'top scholar' of the Ziwei Divine Dynasty.

"Xu Xuanji!"

Xu Xun composed himself, stepped out of the cave, and heard a commotion.

"Someone has broken into the eleventh level of the Sword Realm!"

"Qin Qian? Who is this person? He doesn't seem to have ventured into the Sword Realm before?"

"I'm afraid it's another near-true disciple of some Weitian Dao Sect?"

A series of divine thoughts flew about.

"Someone has broken into the eleventh floor?"

Xu Xun was startled and looked intently. He saw that the sword realm light screen was dazzling with divine light, and a dragon with its tail was dancing wildly in the sky, shattering the guardian Mu Xiantian who had defeated him many times.

"The True Form of the Coiled Dragon?"

Xu Xunyi opened the general knowledge sphere and quickly opened the image he often viewed. The image owner, named 'Wu Er', was watching the battle and explaining.

"What a magnificent Coiled Dragon Form! It freezes the void and reverses time in an instant—this is the Sacred Body of Time and Space?!"

Somewhere in the Sword Realm, Wu Yunlong was quite shocked.

He had already refined a first-grade elixir, and stayed on the Sword God Continent for cultivation resources. Based on his achievement of once breaking into the tenth level of the Sword Realm, every time he opened the image, a large number of cultivators would watch it.

'This might be the Great Void Dragon Path?!'

Wu Yunlong recognized the technique Qin Qian was using, but he didn't say it aloud. He simply watched the battle while contacting Li Yuan.

The Great Void Dragon Path is one of the twelve major Dao-level scriptures of Dongxuan Mountain.

……

"Boom!"

Light and shadow shattered, and the coiled dragon vanished.

With his clothes and hair billowing, Qin Qian stepped into the starry sky of the eleventh level of the Sword Realm, but he felt no joy in his heart, instead some surprise and uncertainty.

There's no other reason than that the difficulty of climbing the sword realm is much higher than he imagined!

"its not right!"

Qin Qian frowned.

According to the intelligence he gathered, after Tianyu Daojun stabilized the Sword Realm, the difficulty of climbing the Sword Realm dropped significantly, while Li Yuan climbed it at the most difficult time.

Moreover, they stormed into the twelfth level of the Sword Realm with almost overwhelming force!

He was evenly matched with Mu Xiantian, but he was having a hard time fighting him.

"Shouldn't it be that body-refining cultivators are stronger than sword cultivators?"

After much hesitation, Qin Qian finally sat cross-legged to meditate and restore his magical power and spirit.

He originally intended to crush his way into the twelfth level of the Sword Realm and ultimately defeat Li Yuan in front of everyone to obtain the Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword.

but now……

"It doesn't matter, no one will care about the process, as long as we defeat Li Yuan..."

After a long while, Qin Qian walked towards the sword lotus deep in the starry sky.

Sensing his fighting spirit atop the sword lotus, the young swordsman rose to his feet, and a great battle erupted.

……

"boom!"

Thousands of sword lights intertwined like a sea, filling the starry sky.

"impossible!"

Qin Qian retreated abruptly, his pupils contracting violently as he felt a bone-chilling cold.

This elderly swordsman is far superior to the previous two.
"hold head high!"

The true form of the coiled dragon roared, attempting to freeze the void, but was instantly annihilated in the sea of ​​swords.

"puff!"

Qin Qian felt a sharp pain in his chest, and spat out a mouthful of blood essence, which transformed into raging flames, then into the true form of a coiled dragon, and fiercely attacked the elderly sword master.

"I don't believe it..."

……

"puff!"

A moment later, Qin Qian, who had fallen out of the sword realm, spat out a mouthful of blood. He then swept his sleeve to collect the blood essence, ignoring the shocked and regretful cultivators.

He turned around and went back to his own cave.

"wrong!"

"This is wrong!"

Qin Qian could sense the surge of incense offerings in the Divine Realm, but he seemed oblivious, only recalling his battle with the elderly Sword Master and the intelligence he had gathered.

"That sword strike would kill even a fourth-realm cultivator without supernatural abilities. How could a third-realm cultivator possibly defeat it?"

"How could Li Yuan possibly defeat this person?!"

Qin Qian was extremely shocked.

That sword strike could create and destroy all laws, its power was outrageously strong, and he still suffered a crushing defeat despite exhausting all his methods and supernatural abilities!
He was once a peak cultivator of the fifth realm. Although his realm has fallen, his vision remains. No cultivator of the third realm could withstand this sword strike!
Li Yuan, who was evenly matched with him, entered the twelfth floor almost unscathed.

But he himself suffered a crushing defeat...

Something's definitely not right...

Qin Qian reviewed and analyzed the situation repeatedly, and finally, a realization dawned on him:

"That's it, the Body Refinement Divine Power!"

Li Yuan possesses body-refining supernatural abilities, but I do not!
……

"Is this the Great Void Dragon Path?"

Inside the bamboo building, Li Yuan was also watching the battle.

He couldn't help but marvel: "This junior brother is truly amazing. No wonder he was able to comprehend the Great Void Dragon Dao as soon as he entered the sect. His talent is probably close to that of a pre-heavenly being!"

"His fighting skills are superb and seasoned, far surpassing those of Xu Xunyi and others. However, he is still no match for that elderly sword master."

Li Yuan thought to himself that the battle depicted in the photograph had already ended.

Qin Qian suffered a crushing defeat.

"I'm afraid that the one who will eventually stand in front of me is this junior brother!"

After putting away the Knowledge Orb, Li Yuan sensed the Shadow Demon Body and decided it would be best to quickly send it to 'update' the status of the Sword Realm Guardian.

Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens.

"As expected, the myriad realms are teeming with geniuses..."

Li Yuan was not particularly moved, but he felt a little sentimental.

Immediately after resting for nine days and feeling himself at his peak, he entered the weapon-controlling space.

Prepare to face that last guiding light.

(End of this chapter)