Dao Ye is going to ascend

Chapter 753 Xuanhuang 'Substitute Training'

Even among the top-tier celestial realms, the Nine Realms of Guixu have varying levels of power.

According to the intelligence gathered by Li Yuan, even at its peak, the Xuanhuang Great World could not compare to the Heavenly Demon Realm.

There is no other reason than that the Heavenly Demon Realm has an unparalleled giant who has already attained enlightenment before the Primordial Era and has dominated the Ruins of Return for more than a few centuries. If his Dao had not been destroyed by the Origin God Emperor, the Nine Realms of the Ruins of Return would still have to respect the Heavenly Demon.

Even without the innate Demon Emperor, the Heavenly Demon Realm is vast, its demons are fierce and ruthless, and because it was nurtured by divine runes, its war potential is extremely great.

But now, Li Yuan feels that the Xuanhuang Realm is about to surpass the others.

"Three Saints, Five Emperors, Twelve Golden Immortals... If this Dharma Net can elevate the Five Emperors, no, if it can elevate the Twelve Golden Immortals, then the Xuanhuang Realm might have the possibility of competing with the Witch God Realm for the title of the first in the Ruins of Return."

Recalling the nine-layered net of law, Li Yuan seemed to already smell the scent of war brewing.

From the time the Origin God Emperor attained enlightenment until the nine wars of creation before the beginning of the ages, only a few were for the purpose of seizing the Heavenly Realm; most were because the threat from the Void had become too great to ignore.

As far as he knew, the reason for the last opening of the Ruins of Return was because the Queen Mother of Ten Thousand Kun in the Witch God Realm wanted to prove reincarnation, and the time before that was because the Primordial Demon Emperor seemed to have signs of returning.

The Xuanhuang Realm, which has forged a legal net, may already pose a threat to the present world.

"The Law Net may not have the ability to elevate one to the Dao Lord level when it is first established, but what if the Law Net radiates beyond the Xuanhuang Great World and even touches other top-level dimensions?"

Although it was just his own conjecture, Li Yuan felt that the Three Saints' creation of the Dharma Net must be heading in this direction.

It might not succeed, but if it does...

"A storm is coming."

Gently rubbing his temples, Li Yuan suppressed his wandering thoughts. Although he was a person who was always prepared for the worst, he was not one to worry unnecessarily.

While the Nine Realms of Guixu are indeed powerful, the fact that the Weitian Dao Sect was able to suppress Guixu for decades must be because it had absolute power over Guixu.

He just felt a sense of urgency, realizing that his cultivation speed was still a bit slow.

"call!"

With a breath of stale air, Li Yuan closed his eyes and entered a meditative state.

He began planning his Sword Lotus Body and his own cultivation path in the Xuanhuang Great World.

Once he was caught in the legal net, he didn't want to leave.

This legal net is indeed terrifying, but if used properly, it can certainly become a great help.

"With my current level of cultivation and the foundation of my Sword Lotus Body, my progress in visualizing the Dharma Net will certainly not be slow. It's hard to say whether I'll reach the fourth or fifth level, but I should be able to quickly reach the third level of the Dharma Net."

"At that time, as long as my main body cultivates the Dharma Heaven, the Sword Lotus Body will surely be able to leap to the peak of the fifth rank!"

Even while planning his cultivation path, Li Yuan couldn't help but secretly marvel at how fast the cultivation speed of the Dharma Net Initiation was terrifying.

And for him, it might be even more ferocious.

"After reaching the fifth realm, there will inevitably be tribulations when breaking through, and the initiation cultivation is no exception. This is the biggest constraint for Xuanhuang cultivators who want to make rapid progress after reaching the fifth realm..."

Li Yuan was extremely skilled at extracting intelligence, and in just one or two days, he had already discovered the only flaw in the Dharma Net Initiation cultivation.

Spells, supernatural powers, magical strength, and fundamental laws can all be bestowed upon one, but the way of combat and martial arts can only be honed through countless battles.

Master Li felt that he also had some expertise in martial arts combat.

"The only problem is that my own cultivation level restricts the Sword Lotus Body..."

Li Yuan has a very clear understanding of himself.

He had enough savings. As long as he could circumvent the surveillance of the law, cultivating the Dharma Realm would be a natural progression for him, but that was still far from crossing the Dao Tribulation.

Unless his true self also joins the Three Saints Sect, obtains the talisman, and receives the Dharma net initiation.

"The Dharma Net Initiation can only be performed by the Sword Lotus Body, but by initiating the Initiation Avatar, I myself can also benefit greatly, and it may not be impossible to make rapid progress!"

With a thought, Li Yuan connected with the net of law.

Within the legal network, one can exchange for elixirs, and among the many elixirs, he spotted the 'Mysterious Yellow Elixir' at a glance.

Among the intelligence he gathered was a record of the Xuanhuang Pill.

This is the most famous elixir in the Xuanhuang Realm, without exception. Before the Xuanhuang Great World was sealed off, this elixir was the 'currency' circulating throughout the Xuanhuang Myriad Realms.

It has the ability to nourish the three elements, strengthen magical power, and heal injuries. Moreover, it comes in a full range of grades from low to high. It is said to be a spiritual pill produced by the Xuanhuang World Tree from the absorption and exhalation of chaotic spiritual energy.

"If one can take this pill every day, even if one cannot practice cultivation techniques, one's magical power will increase rapidly. Moreover, this pill has the ability to nourish the three elements, which is of great benefit to the Dharma realm."

Li Yuan was making plans in his mind.

The Dharma Net radiates throughout the myriad realms, containing countless treasures. Even though the Dharma Net's reach is limited at the first level, he still saw many things that greatly tempted him.

Yellow Springs Water, Trees and Leaves of the Xuanhuang World, All Kinds of Great Medicines and Rare Treasures...

"The foundation of the top-tier celestial realm is truly astonishing."

Li Yuan felt that even without the initiation ceremony, such a large amount of top-tier resources would definitely increase his cultivation speed by a huge margin.

But this requires profound and skillful deeds.

"This Xuanhuang Merit is not easy to obtain..."

Li Yuan pondered how to earn good deeds.

The Weitian Martial Arts Competition does not prohibit Daoist disciples from killing each other, and even encourages it, since the Great Luo Diagram provides a safety net, ensuring that injuries will not result in death.

However, the Xuanhuang Great World was vast and boundless, and even if he wanted to take action, he couldn't find anyone.

There's even less hope of opening up a new dimension in the Guixu realm.

"The only thing that suits me is the priesthood..."

Thinking to himself, Li Yuan communicated with the Dharma Net, among which [Sacrifice] was the main source of Xuanhuang Good Deeds.

All kinds of practices, supernatural powers, and spells, whether obtained through initiation or self-cultivation, can be exchanged for corresponding good deeds.

[The First Level of the Five Ancient Punishments: Half a Great Merit]

To exchange for the initiation, you need the Primordial Five Punishments Sword with great merit, but if you sacrifice it back, you only get half the price.

Aside from the Five Primordial Punishments, the only thing the Sword Lotus Body can be sacrificed for is itself. [Nurtured by the Spiritual Root, a Sword-Cultivated Being: 800 Major Merit Points, 24,000 Minor Merit Points]

"According to the judgment of the law, the Sword Lotus Body is worth 1,600 merit points, which is a very high price."

Li Yuan calculated that this price was enough to push the Primordial Five Punishments Sword to the sixth level or even higher, which showed the great potential of the Sword Lotus Body.

It should be noted that the sword lotus can produce thirty-six sword lotus seeds at a time, and even if it is exhausted, it can produce them again by absorbing and exhaling various kinds of tranquil energy.

"Unfortunately, it's impossible to sell."

Li Yuan felt a pang of regret. If this net of laws belonged to the Great Luo Heaven, he might have tried to exchange for it, but naturally he had no such thought at the moment.

He was browsing through the "Sacrifice" section of the legal code.

Compared to spells and supernatural powers, the ritual items of the Magic Network are extremely complex. All spells, supernatural powers, spiritual treasures, and magical power can be exchanged. As long as you have them, the Magic Network will accept them all.

Newcomers like Li Yuan, who have nothing to exchange for, can exchange for manuals of various spells and supernatural powers corresponding to the level of the magic network to cultivate themselves and exchange for Xuanhuang merits.

Even cultivators who lack the Xuanhuang Merit required to exchange for the secret manuals still have a way to go.

"The mercy of the Three Saints?"

As soon as Li Yuan had a thought, all sorts of information rushed in like a torrent, constantly pulsating as if being updated in real time.

He looked up and saw a rather eye-catching stream of text:
【The Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram: Originating from the Weitian Dao Sect, it is one of the secret fundamental techniques of the Crimson Bright Heaven, extremely incomplete, and extremely difficult to cultivate...】

[Requirement: Cultivate this fundamental technique to the peak of the third level and condense 810 strands of Crimson Brightness Dharma Power]

[Reward: 30 major merits, 120 minor merits]

"Service repair, no, service boosting."

Li Yuan's eyelids twitched.

I felt that this Xuanhuang Great World was taking a very new path. As far as I could see, it was much more 'trendy' than the Weitian Dao Sect or other Guixu Otherworld.

In fact, he had previously glimpsed the shadow of the Taixu Divine Realm within the legal network, and this sacrificial training method seemed very much like a bounty offered by the Underworld...

"The Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram..."

Suppressing the pounding in his heart, Li Yuan focused intently on watching.

The Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram originates from the Crimson Bright Universe Dao and is part of a Dao-level cultivation technique. This fundamental technique is never passed on to outsiders, so it goes without saying how cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm obtained it.

Moreover, it wasn't just the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram. He glanced at it casually and saw a batch of familiar cultivation techniques and supernatural abilities, including but not limited to the secret methods of the Daoist sects such as the Yuan Cave Heaven, the Great Luo Heaven, and the Taihuang Heaven.

Among them, Li Yuan even saw the 'Black Emperor Underworld Scripture'.

"The pay is not low."

Li Yuan focused his attention on sensing.

The information screen displayed before his eyes showed that any cultivation techniques or supernatural abilities originating from outside the Xuanhuang Great World offered high rewards, while those from outside offered very low rewards.

He did the math in his head and figured the price was roughly 50% of the cost of 'initiation and cultivation'.

"'Skill-boosting' cannot directly sacrifice the learned techniques to the law network, and once the task is completed, some merit points must be deducted; otherwise, the relevant memories will also be stripped away by the law network..."

"The 'leveling service' in the Xuanhuang Great World is quite sophisticated."

After observing for a while, Li Yuan had a clear understanding of the rules for accepting missions here.

"On the surface, there are indeed no obvious loopholes to exploit."

Li Yuan thought about it and casually accepted a 'repairing' task.

That was a wood-elemental spell, requiring thirty-two layers of magical restrictions, which was not difficult for him at his current level.

Sword Lotus possesses both metal and wood elements, and with the assistance of its physical body, along with the support of the Chaos Divine Body and the Primordial Five Extremes Mountain, it can complete the task in a very short time if it so desires.

"But we can't go too fast. To be on the safe side, we should delay it a bit..."

After pondering for a while, Li Yuan simply accepted nine more low-difficulty tasks and then disconnected from the legal network.

"call!"

In the courtyard, Li Yuan exhaled a breath of stale air, and wisps of mist immediately enveloped him.

This was his first time practicing cultivation techniques after arriving in the Xuanhuang Great World.

"It's very different..."

Li Yuan focused his attention on sensing.

A normal cultivator, upon entering the Dao, can merge with heaven and earth, and then use divine runes to create restrictions in order to draw in the corresponding spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

However, what the Xuanhuang cultivators merged with was the Dharma Net, which carried infinite Daoist principles and laws. It did not require any divine restrictions, and when they conceived it, the corresponding spiritual energy of heaven and earth would immediately follow.

"The Netherworld Law Network makes cultivation ten times easier!"

Li Yuan felt a chill run down his spine.

The practice of cultivating internal energy is essentially a cultivator absorbing the power of heaven and earth. Since the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is wild, cultivating internal energy often requires a high degree of concentration.

But at this moment, in his perception, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here was like a tamed puppy. He called out softly, and it pounced over, wagging its tail.

The speed at which the Sword Lotus Body Refinement Technique was approaching that of his true form!
While the Sword Lotus Body's inherent talent was certainly high, the assistance from the Law Net also exceeded his expectations...

"The difficulty of cultivation has dropped dramatically."

"But if one becomes immersed in it, once one breaks free from the law, I'm afraid one will be unable to cultivate at all..."

Feeling the overwhelming spiritual energy of heaven and earth, Li Yuan became alert.

But he knew very well that he was unaffected because his cultivation speed was naturally very fast.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, or even a cultivator with fifth or sixth-level talent, they would probably be so immersed in it that they would be unable to extricate themselves.

With this thought in mind, Li Yuan communicated with his main body, preparing to try and take advantage of the legal network.

(End of this chapter)