Dao Ye is going to ascend

Chapter 734 The Origins of the Ten Fiends, Qin Qian's Battle Against Li Yuan (Part 2)

Is Yu Huan really visiting?
"Is it for that Demon-Refining Ground again?"

Li Yuan had an idea and went out to greet him.

When Yu Huan saw Li Yuan outside the cave, she was startled:
"Junior Brother Li has already formed the Great Elixir?"

In just over thirty years, she entered the Dao and reached the Great Elixir stage—a speed far faster than she had anticipated.

In particular, since ascending to the top of the sword realm, Li Yuan has been classified as a member of the 'foundation faction,' which, as the name suggests, is a cultivator who values ​​foundation over realm.

With such a solid foundation, how could one's cultivation speed be so fast?
"It was a lucky success."

Li Yuan smiled and invited Yu Huanzhen inside.

This little grotto already has quite a grand appearance.

The streams of spiritual spring water converge into a river, irrigating thousands of acres of spiritual fields, and spiritual beasts have already taken up residence among the mountains.

However, for the 'Li family', this was not a significant family business. Allowing Li Yi and Li Er to manage it was simply to prevent the cave from looking too monotonous.

Inside the bamboo building, Li Er had already brewed the spiritual tea.

“Junior Brother Li is a genius, no wonder he is valued by Master.”

Yu Huanzhen picked up her teacup, her eyes filled with a complex expression: "Congratulations, Junior Brother, on achieving the Great Elixir."

In just over thirty years, this junior brother who used to be cautious in front of her has surpassed Wang Xian and become the number one disciple in the contemporary lineage.

Reaching the pinnacle of the sword world carries immense weight.

It was already an open secret among the disciples of Dongxuan Mountain that she had become a true disciple of the Fu generation. On the contrary, she had made little progress in more than thirty years and was probably vying for the position of true disciple in the next generation...

"Thank you, senior sister."

Li Yuan also picked up his teacup and took a sip: "Senior Sister, is there something important that brings you here?"

"Um……"

Yu Huan carefully chose her words: "Now that Junior Brother has forged the Great Elixir, he must be ready to consecrate the Demon-Slaying Immortal Sword. I wonder if you can find a place to consecrate it?"

"The Great Elixir is newly formed and still needs to be stabilized. However, the place for the Sword Offering has not yet been found."

Knowing her purpose, Li Yuan put down his teacup:
"Senior sister, please speak frankly."

"Junior brother, do you still remember the Demon Refining Grounds I told you about years ago?"

Yu Huan got straight to the point.

"I still remember how my senior sister could teleport tens of thousands of miles with a flick of her finger, leaving me astonished by her extraordinary abilities."

Li Yuan picked up the teapot and poured tea for her.

"...Junior brother, please don't make fun of me."

Yu Huan was truly overwhelmed when she heard this.

Li Yuan smiled and asked, "Senior Sister, why don't you tell me about the Demon Refining Ground?"

"That place of demon refining is called the Ten Wrathful Realms. It is a small realm on the verge of destruction. It seems that because the world is about to return to nothingness, it has spawned countless evil spirits and strange beasts in recent years."

Seeing that Li Yuan did not refuse outright, Yu Huan was overjoyed and quickly recounted all the information she knew.

Li Yuan held his teacup and listened quietly.

What Yu Huanzhen said was largely the same as what he had previously inquired about, and in terms of details, his information was even more comprehensive.

"Legend has it that the Ten Realms of Wrath were home to ten extraordinary and ferocious beasts, from which this realm derives its name. However, after this realm was established by the Daoist sect, these ten extraordinary beasts never reappeared, until this realm was on the verge of destruction..."

Yu Huan was very frank and told him everything she knew.

She chose a strange beast named 'Geng' from among the Ten Evils.

"Ten Fiends?"

Li Yuan gently swirled his teacup, the corresponding intelligence forming in his mind.

The Daoist Yong'an from Shizun Mountain was also very sincere. Although he did not agree to go, he still sent a secret scroll containing information about the Ten Wrathful Realms.

He had read it before, and it included information about the Ten Evils.

These are ten rare beasts that are born only when the time is right and the time is right. They are extremely rare and are top-grade materials for refining treasures and techniques. Daoist Yong'an is looking for a beast called 'Toad'.

According to him, it was used to refine the 'Immortal-Slaying Gourd'.

"To be honest, junior brother, over the decades, I have hired people to explore this realm many times, but the results have been meager. Several groups of cultivators have seen the Ten Fiends, but they have been unable to capture them."

Yu Huan was quite helpless.

If those ten evil realms hadn't been on the verge of extinction, and hadn't caused turmoil upon touching the Dharma realm, she would have committed suicide there decades ago.

"Please allow me, Junior Brother, to consider this matter. The Great Elixir has just been formed and still needs to be stabilized."

Li Yuan did not agree directly.

"Cultivation comes first; this is the proper way to put it."

Yu Huan didn't say much, and got up to take her leave.

Li Yuan saw her out, and after returning to his room, he activated the Communicative Knowledge Sphere to contact Wu Yunlong. Shortly after, a bright screen rose up, and a cheerful voice rang out:
"I have long admired Fellow Daoist Li's name. Meeting you today, I can confirm that you are indeed handsome and refined, and possess the seed of the Xuan Dao!"

"Senior, you're welcome."

Li Yuan returned the greeting with a cupped hand.

The screen displayed a valiant Taoist priest dressed in a crimson robe, with a red gourd hanging from his waist. It appeared to be the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, which was passed down to only one person in the Master Mountain lineage.

He was sizing up the Taoist priest Yong'an, who was also sizing him up, and was somewhat surprised to see that the priest's aura was calm and composed.

"Fellow Daoist Li has already formed a Great Elixir?"

"I had a stroke of luck a few days ago and managed to succeed."

Li Yuan didn't care. He had just completed his Great Core formation, and his aura was different from usual. Experienced cultivators could tell at a glance.

Master Yong'an naturally praised him repeatedly, and then got down to business:

"Fellow Daoist Li, do you intend to go to the Ten Wrathful Realms?"

"I'm just a little curious about this world, but it's not appropriate for me to go down the mountain now that I've just completed my Great Core."

Li Yuan left room for maneuver.

In fact, he was not going to go down the mountain. Instead, he planned to send his Shadow Demon to go down the mountain, capture the Ten Fiends to consecrate the sword, and make a couple of deals along the way.

"so……"

Master Yong'an nodded, indicating that he would answer any questions.

Li Yuan didn't stand on ceremony and asked all his questions, which Yong'an Daoist answered in detail.

"There are probably quite a few people eyeing these Ten Wrathful Realms."

After a long while, Li Yuan put away the knowledge sphere, pondering to himself.

The Taoist priest of Yong'an clearly knew far more than Yu Huanzhen.

These ten evil spirits were born in response to the calamity and are suspected to be related to the will of the Heavenly Realm. This is what Daoist Yong'an said. He himself guessed that the will of the Heavenly Realm was probably the 'Heavenly Heart'.

"Before the Dao Sect opened up the Ten Realms, no Dao Lords had ever emerged from them. They could only be considered small realms. The Heavenly Heart of this realm may not be of much use to Dao Lords, but it is of great use to great cultivators."

"Ostensibly, they are ten evil deeds, but in reality, they are aimed at the will of Heaven?"

Li Yuan's thoughts were churning. He felt it was worth a try, since the Shadow Demon Body was just sitting idle anyway, and his Thunder Pool, which he had accumulated over twenty years, was almost overflowing.

"If Heaven truly has its will, I might as well cast a shot!"

With a thought, Li Yuan sensed the Shadow Demon Body, which was still on its way to the Sword God's Tomb.

……

Woo~
The ruins were dark and gloomy, with almost no light.

A dark shadow moved through the darkness, as inconspicuous as a drop of water in the sea.

The Shadow Fiend was on his way.

Under the cover of the demonic shadow, the Nine Smoke Silk was activated to its limit, and its speed was quite fast.

"His speed is much slower than that of Senior Brother Fufa. This is only because he deliberately slowed down to take me with him; otherwise, he would be thousands of times faster than me..."

Li Yuan took possession of the Shadow Demon's body and used the Shadow Demon's magic to activate the Nine Smoke Robe.

With his main body reaching the fourth realm, and his Shadow Demon Body accumulating even more power, he naturally entered the fourth realm. He could then freely activate the Nine Smoke Robe, a high-grade spiritual treasure with only basic divine restrictions.

In an instant, it can summon clouds nine times and move nearly 300,000 miles.

But the Floating Dharma Master can easily propel it, leaping thousands of times in an instant, covering billions of miles in the blink of an eye.

"The difference in their levels of understanding is like a chasm."

Li Yuan muttered to himself, urging Jiu Yanluo to rush towards the Sword God's Tomb at top speed. At the same time, he kept an eye on the dark and mysterious Guixu. If he encountered any low-grade strange places, he wouldn't mind taking a detour.

Six months later, the Shadow Demon God arrived at the Sword God Continent, threw that wisp of energy into the Sword Realm, and then turned and left, returning to Dongxuan Mountain.

……

"Bang~"

A figure fell out of the sword realm, then covered his face and left.

In the void of the Sword Realm, the Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword coldly watched as a Dharma Heaven cultivator, who had suppressed his realm with a secret treasure, was forced out of the Sword Realm by the sword.

The reason for fighting was because they were wary of that Heavenly Dao Lord; otherwise, given its temperament, it would have surely used a single sword strike to trace back to the source and sever its Dharma Heaven.

"A naturally born sword-wielding saintly body is hard to find..."

The Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword sighed.

In the past twenty years, the number of cultivators climbing the sword realm has exceeded that of the previous million years. Although the vast majority of them have little potential, there are quite a few outstanding talents.

Qin Qian, for example, possessed a divine body of time and space, was skilled in magic and martial arts, and had great talent in combat. He reached the eleventh level of the Sword Realm eight times in a row, which made him take notice.

However, he is not a naturally born sword saint.

"If I had to choose him, why wouldn't I choose Li Yuan?"

The Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword looked towards the eleventh level of the Sword Realm. Qin Qian was attempting to break through to this level for the ninth time. He seemed to have cultivated a body-refining divine ability and had successively defeated the young Sword Lord and the middle-aged Sword Lord.

"The Time-Space Sacred Body, what kind of body-refining divine abilities does it cultivate?"

Upon seeing this, the Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword frowned slightly.

The Spacetime Sacred Body corresponds to the Great Dao of Void, where all laws are both illusory and real, and real and illusory. It has a unique advantage in fixing the void and breaking the boundary, so it shouldn't be cultivating any body-refining supernatural powers.

This is even more awkward than Li Yuan wearing a Taoist robe but using a hammer...

"Om~"

At this moment, the Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword had a sudden thought. Following the sound, it saw a stream of energy coming from the entrance of the Sword Realm, and in an instant, it headed straight for the twelfth level of the Sword Realm.

"This is... Li Yuan's aura?"

The Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword moved instantly, blocking the path of that aura. It sensed it and reacted immediately:

"Has his cultivation level made a great leap forward again?"

Cursing inwardly, the Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword still couldn't extinguish this aura. It truly couldn't afford to provoke the Dao Lord's beloved disciple.

only……

"This kid was far superior to Qin Qian twenty years ago, and now he has made tremendous progress..."

Looking at the aura that had disappeared into the twelfth level of the Sword Realm, the Tai Xuan Tong Tian Sword felt somewhat melancholy.

If no one can surpass Li Yuan in the next hundred years, should I still call that kid master?
……

"Xu Xunyi has finally made it into the eleventh floor! His progress is truly remarkable!"

"He had already reached the peak of the Divine Palace. How could he have made great progress in his cultivation without breaking through the realm? He just spent more than 20 years refining a supernatural power."

"Qin Qian has lost again!"

Outside the Sword Realm, a large number of cultivators were watching the battle, and many were taking photos.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Qin Qian and Xu Xunyi, who had both entered the eleventh level of the Sword Realm, were both defeated. The former was defeated by the elderly Sword Lord, while the latter was narrowly defeated by the young Sword Lord.

"We can't beat them..."

Outside the Sword Realm, Qin Qian staggered a few steps. That sword almost cleaved his Divine Realm in two. Even with his profound foundation, he was somewhat unable to withstand it.

Because he has already lost nine times in a row.

"I have mastered the 'Nine Transformations of the Profound Heaven,' and my physique is no less than that of an ordinary fourth-realm cultivator, yet I still couldn't withstand this sword strike. How could Li Yuan's 'Eight Desolate Prison Suppression' withstand it?"

Back in the courtyard, Qin Qian managed to swallow only one spirit pill, his heart filled with surprise and doubt.

The Nine Transformations of the Profound Heaven he learned came from the Dao Lord of the Profound Heaven in the Immortal Yang Great Realm. It is said that the Dao Lord had clashed with Dao Lord Tianyu many times and were mortal enemies. Logically speaking, the Nine Transformations of the Profound Heaven should not be lower in rank than the Eight Desolate Prison Suppression, and due to the limitations of cultivation realm, cultivators in the third realm can at most only enter the basics, so there should not be any difference between them.

"Or perhaps he cultivated multiple body-refining techniques?"

Qin Qian frowned.

"Om~"

At this moment, the general knowledge ball trembled slightly.

Qin Qian frowned and clicked on it, and the deep voice of the Nile monk came out:

"Are you going to waste a hundred years in this sword realm?"

Qin Qian understood what he meant, but...

"I'm just one step away from breaking through to the twelfth level of the Sword Realm!"

"Was that almost?!"

The monk felt a tightness in his chest: "If you spend decades, you might have a chance to break through to the twelfth level of the Sword Realm, but are you confident you can defeat your senior brother?"

"Have!"

Qin Qian never doubted this.

"..."

The monk Nyarlathotep couldn't understand, and after a moment of silence, he said, "By the time you storm into the Sword Realm, Li Yuan might have already forged the Dharma Realm..."

"I only need to follow the steps to return to the peak of the Dharma Realm, and with the momentum of rebuilding, I can cultivate the Dharma Heaven in one fell swoop. Even if he is a peerless genius, he will never be faster than me!"

Qin Qian was very certain.

He was a manifestation of the Heavenly Heart, born from the Pool of Reincarnation. He was born with both the Heavenly and Human Transformations, and the two realms of cultivation that he had severed himself did not disappear. His cultivation speed was much faster than that of a normal innate Dao body.

"...I obtained three drops of Yellow Spring Water from the Xuanhuang Realm, which can allow you to consume three forbidden pills!"

The monk Nile felt a pang of heartache; these three drops of the Yellow Springs' source water were far too valuable, but he had no choice but to reluctantly give them away.
"If you have consumed the forbidden pill but still cannot reach the pinnacle of the Sword Realm, then follow my instructions to forge the Great Pill, and then go to the Ten Fiends. At that time, you will be able to enter the Great Luo Heaven after refining the Dharma Realm and becoming a true disciple!"

Qin Qian remained silent for a moment, knowing that the arrangement by the Nile monk or the Daoist was the most appropriate, but he was still unwilling.

In silence, he forced himself to fight three battles against Li Yuan in the Weitian Martial Arts Arena, despite his exhaustion.

All three matches ended in draws.

With a sigh of relief, Qin Qian responded:
"In this world, I will surely defeat him!"

……

hum~
Beneath the mystical vine tree, Li Yuan sat cross-legged, refining his technique while simultaneously sensing the Shadow Demon Body. He nodded only after noticing a wisp of energy entering the twelfth level of the Sword Realm.
"In this way, even if that junior brother or someone else takes the forbidden pill, it will still be considered a fair competition."

After confirming that there were no major oversights, Li Yuan urged the Shadow Demon to return to Dongxuan.

"The Profound Yin Thunder Pool might be able to hold a few strands of Qian Yang Divine Thunder..."

Li Yuan had already begun planning his next journey with the Shadow Demon.

The Sun and Moon Thunder Pool contains both Yin and Yang thunder. Theoretically, the Shadow Demon Body, which already possesses the transformations of Yin and Yang, can also manipulate the Qian Yang Divine Thunder.

In this way, with Yin and Yang united, the Xuan Lei (mysterious thunder) will inevitably become even more lethal.

“The Ten Realms of Fiends are not the Sword Realm. They are teeming with ferocious beasts and evil spirits, making them an unparalleled treasure land for the development of the Shadow Demon Body. Even without the Ten Realms of Fiends, one should still go there.”

With a weight lifted from his mind, Li Yuan devoted himself to practicing magic.

Over the course of several months, he exchanged over a thousand spells based on the Five Elements from the Scripture Pavilion, as well as ten additional Five Elements True Form Diagrams.

The former was to prepare for the creation of the Dharma Realm, while the latter was used to strengthen the power of the Five Emperors.

There is no limit to magical power. In theory, once the Golden Core is formed, one can cultivate as many magical powers as one wishes. However, the speed of magical power cultivation will also slow down accordingly.

Li the wealthy man didn't care much about this. With a huge sum of money in his pocket, he consumed spiritual pills every day, and his cultivation speed far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators.

"call!"

"call!"

Within the divine realm, colors intertwined, and the Five Extremes Ancient Temple trembled gently, beating rhythmically like a heart.

Li Yuan focused his mind and sensed carefully, and could faintly see that each of the five ancient temples was nurturing a divine light.

That is the Five Extremes Divine Light!

"The Five Extremes Divine Light ranks among the great supernatural powers."

Li Yuan was quite looking forward to this innate divine ability.

His senior brother, Fulong, was once known as the number one person below the Dao Lord because of this great supernatural power, which shows how powerful this supernatural power is.

"It won't be weaker than the Origin God Fist!"

Li Yuan was multitasking, also trying to comprehend the Origin God Fist.

He has collected all the corresponding divine runes for the Origin God Fist, and only needs to refine them to master this killing technique.

……

Half a month later, feeling that he had made the right choice, Li Yuan stood up.

"Om~"

With a thought, various scenes appeared in his divine realm, and divine patterns, like rainbows, stretched across the land, slowly merging and transforming into various divine restrictions under his gaze.

The condensation of supernatural powers is far more complex than that of spells. Even with his Chaos Divine Body, Li Yuan was extremely cautious in activating the Prison Suppression Divine Power and then taking control of the 'Inheritance Jade Slip'.

"Om~"

The next instant, the divine realm roared.

Beneath the mystical vine tree, Li Yuan stood solemnly, enduring the overwhelming flood of information.

"Roar!"

The guardian white tiger was the most perceptive. It roared as if facing a formidable enemy, and all the fur on its body stood on end.

In the dim light, it seemed to see an indescribably terrifying being wearing a crown.

"boom!"

Li Yuan's mind was shaken; even though the Great Core was complete, he still found it difficult to bear.

In a daze, it seemed as if I saw an unparalleled god, who stood majestically in the long river of time, his fist reaching to the heavens, guarding the ancient years, magnificent and boundless.

"Origin God Fist!"

With this power in his hands, Li Yuan felt as if he had been diligently cultivating this supernatural ability for thousands of years.

"Om~"

In the next instant, thousands of divine patterns intertwined, transforming into a single seed of divine power, which then plunged into the vast ocean.

Supernatural powers have been mastered!
Li Yuan decisively ended his control and focused his mind on sensing this newly born seed of divine power.

Unlike the Prison-Suppressing Divine Seed bestowed by the Floating Dharma Master, this Divine Fist Seed is quite weak and needs constant nourishment to grow stronger. Currently, it is only at the initial stage.

Of course, with the blessing of the jade slip, before the seventh level, he only needed to cultivate step by step, without any bottlenecks.

"Therefore, you only need to focus on refining your magic, cultivating more spells, and accumulating your magical power to perfection to create your own Dharma Realm!"

Feeling his own progress, Li Yuan was filled with joy.

He has not yet fully experienced the benefits of altering his innate abilities, and he can sense that refining a first-grade Dharma Realm is by no means difficult for him.

Even if there had been no tribulation to attain enlightenment, he would not have encountered any bottlenecks before the Dao Reflection stage.

"The divine and demonic talents are equivalent to those of quasi-gods. Before the seventh realm, the only thing to worry about is the tribulation... From the sixth realm onwards, there is a tribulation for each realm, which requires mastering both magic and martial arts."

Li Yuan's cultivation plan was constantly being adjusted.

The highest priority is to reverse one's innate Dao body.

There's no other reason than that those with divine or demonic endowments have no bottlenecks before the seventh realm, while those with innate Dao bodies can directly reach the ninth realm.

The ultimate forms of these nine sacred bodies, such as the Innate Chaotic Dao Body and the Innate Enlightenment Sacred Body, are even referred to as half-step Dao Lords. There are no bottlenecks before the tenth realm!
"Before cultivating the Heavenly Law, one must defy the innate Dao body..."

A thought crossed Li Yuan's mind.

With his innate body defying conventional norms, a normal cultivator could only seek fortune in the Void, but he had an additional path: mastery and empowerment.

In fact, with nine strands of golden essence entering his chaotic body, he naturally had a 10% chance of reversing his innate nature, but 10% was too low...

"We can only take it one step at a time."

After a long while, Li Yuan opened his eyes. The Sphere of Knowledge trembled slightly, and the message came from Feng Xiuqi.

"Master Daoist, someone has broken into the twelfth level of the Sword Realm!"

"Ok?"

Li Yuan was slightly surprised: "So fast?"

He had seen a photo of Qin Qian venturing into the Sword Realm a month ago. Although the latter had made rapid progress, according to his estimate, it would take at least twenty or thirty years before he could hope to break into the twelfth level of the Sword Realm.

How long has it been?

"He consumed a forbidden elixir!"

Feng Xiuqi shared the photos.

When Li Yuan clicked in, he saw sword light crisscrossing like a sea.

"boom!"

A deafening roar echoed within the light screen.

Li Yuan watched the battle intently, and suddenly saw a dragon-like creature with its tail appear. Qin Qian was surrounded by the dragon-like creature, and disappeared abruptly before the sword light could engulf him.

"Time-space teleportation!"

Li Yuan was slightly startled, but he had already recognized this supernatural power as originating from the 'Great Void Coiling Dragon Path'.

This is not a magic escape technique, but a strange and supernatural power similar to the 'Starry Sky Great Shift' that the Five Dragon Immortals used before.

"Now you're qualified to challenge me."

Upon seeing this, Li Yuan was slightly surprised but remained calm.

At this moment, Qin Qian is indeed qualified to challenge him from twenty years ago, but the one guarding the twelfth level of the Sword Realm now is himself in his strongest state before advancing to the fourth realm.

……

"boom!"

Using time-space teleportation, Qin Qian crossed the Sea of ​​Sword Light.

Under the watchful eyes of countless cultivators both within and outside the sword realm, he used his own body as a sword to defeat the elderly Sword Lord who had caused countless cultivators of the third realm to despair.

"Success!"

Even though his body was riddled with holes from the sword light, Qin Qian was overjoyed. He could feel the incense burning rapidly in the Divine Realm!

In the realms of Guixu, this is also the most precious currency.

"call!"

In the next instant, he fell into the starry sky of the twelfth level of the Sword Realm.

Qin Qian looked around and immediately spotted the Yixin Temple, located a thousand miles away amidst the remnants of a meteorite.

"One Mind Contemplation!"

This Taoist temple had already become known to cultivators from all realms after Li Yuan's photo of him ascending to the top of the Sword Realm was taken.

But at this moment, there was no Sword Master Yixin in front of the Taoist temple, only a Taoist priest wearing a purple-black Taoist robe and holding a giant hammer across his knee.

"Li Yuan!"

In that instant, Li Yuan, far away in Dongxuan Mountain, felt the divine realm tremble, and the incense smoke, dozens of times stronger than usual, spread out in a rolling motion.

"Dongxuan Liyuan!"

"It's been over twenty years, and only now has someone come to stand before him..."

Who will win this battle?

Inside and outside the Sword Realm, the number of cultivators watching the battle increased exponentially, and many powerful cultivators from distant realms also came to watch.

"call!"

Under the watchful eyes of countless cultivators, Qin Qian swallowed a spiritual pill to heal his injuries. Three days later, he finally stood up and walked towards his junior brother.

(End of this chapter)