Dao Ye is going to ascend

Chapter 743 The Two Fiends of Water and Fire, The Golden List of the Other Shore (Part Two)

Beneath the mystical vine tree, Li Yuan sat cross-legged. The black stone in front of him trembled slightly, and faintly, one could see an extremely ferocious ape struggling and roaring within it.

"This black ape is quite ferocious."

Li Yuan did not rush to break the seal, but instead focused his attention on sensing the violent ape within the black stone.

In his perception, this black ape was much more ferocious than the One Heart Sword, but in terms of rank, the Dao Lord's remains were naturally higher.

"The Blood Phoenix is ​​associated with fire, and the Black Ape with water. When water and fire combine, the power of the Eight Desolations Suppressing Prison Divine Power will greatly increase."

Li Yuan calmly raised his finger and lightly tapped the black stone. With a 'crack', the seal on the black stone broke, and a black ape fell to the ground.

When it first broke free of its seal, it was only the size of a fist. By the time it landed, it had grown to be over ten feet in size. It seemed to have suffered a severe injury, and a strong stench of blood instantly filled the entire Xuan Teng Island.

"roar~"

The moment the black ape broke free, it let out a violent roar and stretched out its two hairy arms, ready to tear Li Yuan in two.

"As expected, there's a 90% chance of death. Senior Sister Tongqing's move was truly precise."

Li Yuan could sense the immense aura, but he remained calm and raised his hand to point again:
"town!"

The mind moves, the Dharma follows!

Within the divine realm, the cultivators were like creator gods, wielding all sorts of spells at will. In an instant, two chains emerged from the vast ocean, arriving first despite being launched later, and tightly bound the arms of the raging ape.

Then, thousands upon thousands of divine chains emerged from the ocean, dragging the monstrous ape, whose body had swelled and which was struggling desperately, into the vast sea.

Over the course of thirty years, Li Yuan had gained a deep understanding of the Prison Suppression Divine Power, and with the support of the Five Emperors' magical power, its power was far greater than it had been at the beginning.

He had tried before; with just one chain, he could suppress a fourth-realm demon. With thousands of chains, he could even suppress a fifth-realm cultivator!
"Boom!"

As if a stone had fallen into a deep well, Li Yuan's heart trembled, and he felt a violent shock in his three elements.

This black ape possessed exceptional talent and a high level of cultivation. Even though it was severely injured, its strength remained above the fifth realm. The moment it fell into the vast ocean, the divine realm also reverberated and shook.

"Om~"

At this moment, the Five Extreme Mountains trembled slightly, suppressing the divine realm that was trembling as if it were about to disintegrate.

"Roar!"

The ocean was boiling, and the violent ape struggled desperately.

"town!"

Li Yuan had another idea.

With a loud rumble, Mount Zhongji rose from the ground, like a celestial sword piercing the vast ocean, and the Yellow Emperor Temple shone with dazzling brilliance.

As the Yellow Emperor subdued the prison, his light burst forth, and the power of the Prison Suppression Divine Power instantly more than doubled. With a mournful cry, the black ape plunged into the depths of the ocean.

"The Prison Suppression Divine Power and the Yellow Emperor's Thick Earth Classic are a perfect match!"

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

The Yellow Emperor's Thick Earth Scripture at its peak of the fourth level is already quite miraculous. Even without the Prison Suppression Divine Power, when Zhongji Mountain exerts its full power, it can suppress even a fifth-realm demon for a short time.

"Om~"

Li Yuan closed his eyes and entered a meditative state.

A burst of light appeared in the sea of ​​his mind, and a 'prison' that resembled a Taoist temple or a Buddhist monastery emerged.

Outside the prison, a yellow light shone like gold, which was the divine light of the Yellow Emperor.

Inside the prison, a blood-red phoenix could be faintly seen flapping its wings and crying out. As if sensing the changes in the prison, it was also struggling, trying to escape.

"The Eight Desolate Prison Suppression is easy to learn but difficult to master. The reason is that when imprisoning ferocious beasts, the beasts that have already been imprisoned not only cannot be used, but will also struggle fiercely."

"At first, one or two heads were fine, but later on, six or seven heads were struggling together. If one was not careful, their three elements would be shattered, and they would die and their souls would be destroyed..."

"The more powerful this supernatural ability is when it imprisons a ferocious beast, the greater its power becomes; however, the stronger the beast, the greater the backlash it inflicts..."

Li Yuan remained calm, the essence of the Eight Desolations Suppressing Prison flowing through his mind.

The flaws of this great body-refining technique have been rectified by Daoist Tianyu. As long as the corresponding ferocious beast is imprisoned, not only will their power increase greatly as they respond to each other, but the difficulty of imprisoning them will also decrease significantly due to their mutual restraint.

"Wow~"

As Li Yuan's thoughts turned, the sound of thousands of chains twisting and turning resounded throughout the area.

The great prison within the sea of ​​the mind trembled violently. Then, countless chains flowed backward, dragging a black ape with bloodshot eyes and extreme ferocity into the great prison.

"Wow~"

The chains trembled slightly as if composing music. Li Yuan activated the Eight Desolations Prison Suppression. The Blood Phoenix, which had been struggling desperately, suddenly cried out and instead flapped its wings to help the prison suppress the Xuan Ape.

"Roar!"

"Wow!"

The cries and roars of the two ferocious beasts rang out incessantly.

The phoenix was originally an unparalleled genius among the Blood Phoenix clan, a deity who embodied the laws of heaven and earth. Even in death and with its soul destroyed, it remained extremely ferocious.

Despite suffering repeated blows, after more than twenty years of nurturing, it has retained some of the ferocity it had before its death.

The black ape possessed the bloodlines of both a great demon and a witch god, and its talent was extraordinary. If it had not been captured by the Taoist nun Tongqing, it would probably have already reached the Dao realm. Even though it was severely injured, it was still at least at the peak of the fifth realm.

The collision of the two ferocious beasts caused the great prison to tremble violently, the tremors spreading throughout Li Yuan's body, causing blood to seep from his pores and his internal organs and meridians to tear and recombine continuously.

Even though he tempered his body with incense every day, he could hardly withstand such a collision. His divine realm trembled and roared. If it weren't for the suppression of the Five Extreme Mountains, it would probably have disintegrated and shattered.

"Luckily, I didn't choose the One Heart Sword, otherwise I'm afraid I would have given up halfway..."

Li Yuan remained calm and composed, letting the divine realm roar and vibrate as he simply activated his Prison Suppression Divine Power and watched calmly.

He always prioritized caution in his cultivation, and this seemingly dangerous scene was actually something he had carefully considered many times beforehand.

As expected, as time passed, the tremors in his mind gradually subsided, the roar of the black ape weakened, and finally, with a huge roar, it fell into the prison.

"Om~"

When the prison fell silent, Li Yuan felt a chill run through his limbs and even deeper into his body.

"It's done!"

With a thought, Li Yuan switched his perception and control. With the blessing of the weapon-wielding talisman, his mind returned to the darkness, and he followed that cool sensation deep into the depths of his body.

In a daze, he saw an incomparably deep and vast 'starry sky'.

The endless stars flowed and swirled here, and faintly, they seemed to be changing shapes, sometimes transforming into blood phoenixes, sometimes into black apes.

In the end, under Li Yuan's watchful gaze, they were transformed into towering prisons!

"call!"

The moment Li Yuan opened his eyes, ripples appeared in the void before him, and his gaze seemed extremely heavy.

He stood up and felt that this small grotto had become even more fragile, as if he could tear the void apart with a single hand.

"When water and fire combine, immense power is generated..."

Li Yuan sat cross-legged again and swallowed a large number of spiritual pills to fuel the transformation of his physique.

The blessing from those two ferocious beasts put immense pressure on his physique, but as long as he had enough resources for cultivation, his physique could improve by leaps and bounds.

If he can digest the benefits of the two evil spirits who imprison him, even without activating the Prison Suppression Divine Power, his physical cultivation might surpass that of magic power and the Divine Realm, making him comparable to cultivators of the Fifth Realm!

"call!"

"Suck!"

Li Yuan closed his eyes and entered a meditative state. He felt as if there were furnaces burning inside his body. The various elixirs he had swallowed melted away at an extremely fast speed, turning into heat that flowed into his limbs and bones.

In that instant, he sensed as if there were thousands of ferocious beasts roaring for food within his body, and the hundreds of spirit pills were consumed in no time.

His vital energy was growing stronger at a visible rate.

"Comfortable!"

After exhausting all the elixirs, Li Yuan let out a long breath and swallowed another handful of elixirs.

With a huge sum of money in his pocket, Master Li was not short of elixirs at all. Not to mention fourth-level elixirs, he could even eat fifth-level elixirs as a meal.

However, he did not become obsessed with tempering his physique. He simply adjusted his cultivation plan, and did not neglect the cultivation of techniques, physical training, visualization, or demonic cultivation.

……

Several months later, Yu Huanzhen returned together with the Shadow Demon.

"The Underworld..."

In the small grotto, Yu Huanzhen frowned upon hearing Li Yuan's advice: "Junior Brother Li, do you suspect that the Ten Realms have already fallen into the hands of a powerful cultivator from the Underworld?"

"Ah."

Li Yuan nodded.

He did not explicitly state that his Shadow Demon body had joined the Underworld, but instead emphasized the giant hand that descended from the sky when Zhao Wangji performed the sacrifice.

Of course, he didn't explain why the underworld cultivators had descended.

Since it concerned the mastermind's fishing, he couldn't possibly reveal even a fraction of it.

"The giant palm swept across the sky, yet it didn't alarm us; it was indeed the work of a great cultivator..."

Yu sighed sincerely, but had already given up the idea of ​​entering the Ten Wrathful Realms again: "This time, I really have to trouble Junior Brother Li."

"Senior sister, what are you saying? It was just an avatar that went there."

Li Yuan waved his hand.

"In truth, I was too persistent."

Yu Huanzhen picked up his teacup: "Now that I think about it, the Ten Realms have never produced a Dao Lord since ancient times. How could the Demon Refining Sword be imbued with innate Qi by using the Ten Realms as a sacrifice?"

Yu Huanzhen revealed the reason for his obsession with the Ten Wrathful Realms.

The reason is not complicated: she heard that the Ten Fiends were born from the world, and that using them to aid the sword would help the Demon Sword to attain the Innate Number in the future.

"How easy is it to compare one's innate numerical value with that of a Dao Lord?"

Li Yuan poured her tea, but his thoughts were preoccupied with his Demon-Refining Immortal-Slaying Sword.

Even though his natal spirit sword was fully enlightened by nine strands of golden essence and received the original sword energy of the Nine Extremes Heaven, it only barely gained a fraction of innate qi.

“The innate spiritual treasure is ultimately easier to attain than to merge with the Dao.”

Yu Huanzhen sighed silently.

Li Yuan simply poured her tea without saying anything more.

Yu Zhen is a pure sword cultivator, with most of her cultivation focused on the Demon Refining Sword. This spiritual treasure is crucial to her future path, and she will strive for it as long as there is even the slightest possibility.

Just like Yuan Han and Gu Xuansheng, who knew the Xuanhuang World was so dangerous, yet still risked their lives.

A moment later, Yu Huanzhen got up to take his leave.

Li Yuan escorted her out of the cave.

Before parting, Yu Huanzhen invited him to explore the Ruins of Return, but Li Yuan declined, having no intention of leaving the mountain.

"Cultivation is all about competition."

As he watched her leave, a wave of emotion surged within Li Yuan.

Attaining the Dao Lord position before the end of one's lifespan is the goal of all disciples of the Weitian Dao Sect, since the second life is too illusory and most Dao Lords cannot live a second life.

However, even with the greatest elixir of life extension, a cultivator's lifespan is limited to a maximum of 20,000 years.

The difficulty of attaining the Dao Lord position within 20,000 years is unimaginable. "The Great Luo Heaven has a history of 72 eras, and there have only been twelve Dao Lords..."

Li Yuan recalled his conversation with the old Taoist priest Yun that day.

In the seventy-two eras, spanning hundreds of millions of years, only two people were able to attain the position of Dao Sovereign after their lifespan expired; the vast majority perished in the war to open up the Ruins of Return.

This applies not only to the Great Luo Heaven, but also to other Weitian Dao Sects.

Therefore, all disciples of the Weitian Dao Sect who aspire to the position of Dao Lord strive to advance further before their lifespan ends, fearless of hardship.

"If I had not been granted this divine mandate, perhaps I would have ended up like this..."

Feeling grateful for the kindness of his ancestor, Li Yuan turned and returned to his cave.

The more he knew about the difficulties others faced in their spiritual practice, the more he cherished the days he could spend practicing peacefully, unwilling to waste even a single moment.

"Om~"

Within the divine realm, countless demonic shadows intertwined like black clouds and then disappeared into the shadows.

Leaving his spoils behind in the divine realm, the Shadow Demon entered the Netherworld Corridor without stopping, heading towards the next eerie place.

This time, Li Yuan instructed it to find a way to bring back the strange land as well, to use it to temper the divine realm and refine the ten-scene golden pill.

"call!"

On the ever-growing Yangbing Island, Li Yuan summoned the White Bone Demon.

After another ten years of accumulation, thanks to the sacrifices of countless demons, the number of skeleton demons has increased dramatically, reaching 108 in the four realms.

"The number of skeletal demons is almost at its limit. If there are any more, we won't even have enough demon bones to supply our daily needs..."

Li Yuan looked at the white skeletal demons lined up on the island.

That mountain of white bone demons is now hundreds of feet high, and is already a top-grade spiritual treasure. It is constantly chewing on the bones of demons and spewing out white bone demons.

Before the Mountain of Human Demons, there were tens of thousands of skeleton human demons, and they were at least at the second realm.

Standing at the very front was the fourth-realm peak human demon who had devoured the Great Ape Demon God Mark.

"Among the secret Taoist military tactics of White Bone Mountain, there are thirty-two methods for cultivating White Bone Demons. The one most suitable for me is probably the 'Gu-raising method'."

Li Yuan pondered to himself.

The method of raising gu, as the name suggests, involves letting the skeletal demons kill and devour each other, and the surviving demons will naturally be far superior to those of the same level.

"Thirty-six skeleton demons of the same realm devoured each other, leaving only one. According to the legends of Bone Mountain, this one demon can be called the 'First Limit,' meaning a demon that has broken through a major limit..."

"And so on, the thirty-six first-limit human demons devoured each other, and the last one left was the second-limit..."

"In this cycle, a seventh-level White Bone Demon can rival a god-demon cultivator of the same realm, while an eighth-level demon can rival a Saint Body cultivator of the same level!"

"Theoretically, the highest limit for a Bone Demon is only the ninth level, which corresponds to a cultivator of the same level who has reversed their innate Dao body..."

After making some mental calculations, Li Yuan felt a chill run down his spine.

"No wonder the Gu-raising method is also called the 'Bone Mountain Forging Method.' Let alone the ninth limit, even the sixth or seventh limit Bone Demon requires a massive amount of bones..."

Li Yuan shook his head in disbelief.

The method of raising Gu (a type of poisonous insect) is the one with the highest potential among all the secret military training methods passed down in White Bone Mountain, and it is also the one with the fewest practitioners.

There's no other reason than that it consumes too much energy.

According to this secret method, the Nine Limits White Bone Demon can fall below its limit.

A nine-limited white bone demon in the first realm will only have eight limits when advancing to the second realm, and will fall back to seven limits when advancing to the third realm...

To maintain this, the number of skeleton demons required is virtually endless.

"Only the White Bone Dao Lord could refine it... I wonder how many Ninth Limit Human Demons that Dao Lord has?"

"...Dao soldiers have always relied on numbers to win, so there's no need to pursue the Nine Limits. In fact, the Three Limits of Humans and Demons are enough for me..."

"The cost of the three restrictions is not small either..."

With a thought in mind, Li Yuan raised his hand and with a single press, pushed all the White Bone Demons back to White Bone Demon Mountain.

He wants to be reborn and start from scratch, beginning his training as a human-demon in the first realm.

"Boom!"

The White Bone Demon Mountain roared violently, and billowing white smoke enveloped the entire mountain like mist.

Li Yuan then used the "White Bones Like Mountains" military technique to transform the mountain of humans and demons into a battlefield.

"This Demon Mountain is still too small. If it could become a divine treasure, it could nurture a Bone Cave Heaven, which would be much more convenient for forging weapons..."

Li Yuan paused to watch for a moment, then instructed the Burning Heart Ape to look after him. He had already left the Divine Realm and continued practicing his cultivation techniques.

……

After the Shadow Demon returned, Li Yuan began his seclusion.

He said he was in seclusion, but he simply declined any invitations to go out. Every day, he practiced his internal energy cultivation, magic, and demonic arts, visualized and refined his body, listened to music and fished, read books, and practiced new spells.

Occasionally, they would enter the secret realm of the Divine Burial Coffin to fight against the Five White-Clad Dragon Immortals, using this experience to hone their magical combat skills.

The Shadow Demon constantly explores mysterious places and, following Li Yuan's instructions, tries to extract the remains of strange lands to strengthen the divine realm. Occasionally, it also takes a trip to the underworld.

With the support of numerous good deeds, Li Yuan's cultivation improved day by day, and his magical power deepened.

In the third year of his seclusion, he sent his shadow demon body out to purchase a large number of divine runes needed for refining techniques, as well as three life star cores, thus advancing his weapon mastery to the twelfth rank.

In that year, a cultivator named Qi Dongjun, a cultivator at the third realm, broke into the eleventh level, but was narrowly defeated by the elderly Sword Master with the help of forbidden pills.

In the fifth year, Li Yuan temporarily left seclusion and met with Daoist Zhiqing, purchasing two artifacts corresponding to the "Pure Yang Scripture" and the "Pure Yin Scripture".

Although he has not yet obtained these two great scriptures, the power of the Shadow Demon Body has greatly increased with the help of these two powerful objects. During one exploration, he actually managed to take down a dilapidated Fifth Realm Mysterious Land.

After eight years of seclusion, he stabilized his transformed physique. Even without activating the Prison Suppression Divine Power, his physique was comparable to that of a fifth-realm cultivator, and his combat power had greatly increased.

The following day, he fought the Five Dragon Immortals in white with all his might. Although he was not victorious, he once again stormed into the Origin God City, exploring its mysteries from the inside out.

At the end of his tenth year of seclusion, the Battle Rankings were finalized again, and he still had no place on the monthly Battle Rankings.

The next day, he drank the fifth cup of Enlightenment Tea, and his magical power increased dramatically. At the same time, the many spells and restrictions he had cultivated over the past ten years rapidly improved, and the Five Extreme Mountains solidified a bit more.

"Om~"

Within the divine realm, the Xuan Teng Mother Tree, which had reached the peak of the fourth realm, emitted a faint light.

"The potency of the Enlightenment Tea has not diminished; in fact, it has increased..."

Beneath the mystical vine tree, Li Yuan raised his hand at the opportune moment, and a dark purple seed landed in his palm. With the nourishment of the Enlightenment Tea, the second seed also matured.

Immediately, he threw the tree seed into the ocean. With a loud 'boom', the third Xuan Teng tree stretched out its branches and leaves, breathing in and out the demonic blood energy brought by the Nine-Headed Serpent.

"The foundation of the Divine Realm has grown again, but it still seems to be far from reaching the Ten Scenes..."

Li Yuan focused his mind to perceive.

In his perception, the divine realm was perfectly harmonious and complete, like a flawless elixir, interwoven with golden essence, shining brightly amidst the darkness.

But it is still a first-grade Great Elixir...

"No wonder many disciples of the Cave Profound Realm don't know about the Super Grade Great Pill; the required reserves are truly enormous..."

Li Yuan wasn't in a hurry and went to Yangbing Island instead.

Over the course of ten years, the White Bone Demon Mountain has made considerable progress. Nourished by countless bone materials and the magical power of the Five Emperors, it has begun to show signs of perfection, but it is still far from being a divine treasure.

"Om~"

Li Yuan focused his senses and saw a fierce battle raging inside the White Bone Demon Mountain.

Thousands upon thousands of skeletal demons devoured each other, and among them emerged a demon of the fifth limit, the very one that had once devoured the mighty demon ape.

He sat quietly in the center of the battlefield, and no human or demon dared to challenge him.

Li Yuan watched silently for a moment, then left. He was patrolling the divine realm. After ten years of cultivation, the Five Extreme Mountains had already taken on a certain appearance and were only one-third away from becoming a nascent Dharma Realm.

After leaving the Divine Realm, Li Yuan sorted through the various listening sounds and then continued his cultivation.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

"The Battle Rankings have been finalized again!"

Inside the bamboo house, Li Yuan felt something, but there was no ripple in his heart.

Although the popularity of reaching the top of the sword world has dropped a lot, the merit income it brings is enough for his daily cultivation. Even though he takes spiritual pills every day, his merits are still increasing instead of decreasing, and his minor merits have reached as many as 160,000.

However, despite his great achievements, he received no financial reward.

Over the past twenty years, he has received numerous invitations from his senior disciples to explore the Ruins of Return, and even the old Daoist Tianyun invited him to explore the forbidden land, promising him great merit, but he refused them all.

"The four realms are almost complete."

Inside the bamboo house, Li Yuan drank a cup of Enlightenment Tea in one gulp.

With the blessing of the Enlightenment Tea, he focused his mind on comprehending the true form diagram of the Origin Divine City. Over the years, he has been working backwards to decipher this cultivation method and has made considerable progress.

Now, his Hunyuan Wuji Mountain already contains some of the Dao essence of the Origin God City.

"Om~"

A surge of emotion welled up within me, and the hazy remnants of the ancient divine city gradually became clearer, though there were still no city gates, and things like stone tablets and the imperial city were still very blurry.

Li Yuan didn't dwell on it, focusing instead on sensing the surroundings.

After a long while, he heard the roar of the divine realm. The Hunyuan Five Extremes Mountain and the Five Emperors Temple trembled together, radiating dazzling divine light, and had reached complete perfection!

"It seems that even a top-grade Great Pill is just one step away..."

Sensing something, Li Yuan connected the Shadow Demon Body, which had returned from exploring the hidden realm, into the Divine Realm. In the next instant, thousands of demonic shadows dragged a fifth-realm strange land out of its body and threw it into the ocean.

……

……

Deep within the Ruins of Return, beyond a forbidden zone, Daoist Tianyun sat cross-legged, seemingly sensing something.

For a moment, he opened his eyes, somewhat surprised and doubtful:

"Master has summoned me again?"

Daoist Tianyun was surprised, but dared not be negligent. He obeyed the summons and entered the Great Luo Hall once again.

To his surprise, the Great Luo Hall was empty at this time, with only the purple-robed Taoist sitting cross-legged on the high platform, and no other fellow disciples.

'Master, what is this...'

Daoist Tianyun was somewhat flattered and quickly bowed in respect.

"Disciple Tianyun greets Master!"

"Ah."

The purple-robed Taoist nodded slightly and said:

"A century ago, the Lord of Crimson Heaven obtained a 'Heavenly Embryo' from the depths of the Ruins of Return. After discussing with us, he decided to join forces to forge a supreme treasure called the Golden List of the Other Shore..."

"what?"

Daoist Tianyun felt a jolt in his heart, and a sense of unease washed over him.

"This treasure has been refined for a decade, and it is time for it to be unearthed..."

(End of this chapter)