I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 874 The robbery begins, the robbery comes

Zhou Tianyan smiled indifferently: "That's a narrow-minded view. Gu Yuanqing, you are also a cultivator, don't you know that all under the Heavenly Dao are mere straw dogs? The path of cultivation is about seizing the creation of heaven and earth, exploring the mysteries of the sun and moon, and gathering great power into one's own body. In a race of a hundred boats, the winner is king. This is an immutable principle, how can there be right or wrong?"
The Linglong Realm has limited resources and an finite path. Those who come later and wish to reach the top must naturally compete with those who came before them, with those who share the same path, and with heaven and earth.

Zhuo Ming's failure was due to his inability to compete with you; his luck and methods were inferior, and it was to be expected. If we were to seize your Dao foundation in the future, it would be the same. This is the Dao.”

Gu Yuanqing said, "According to your logic, the strong can arbitrarily deprive the weak of everything. If one day I were to slaughter and refine you, I would surely feel at ease?"

Zhou Tianyan's Dharma Body rippled slightly with starlight, his tone remaining calm: "If that day truly comes, it will be because my cultivation is insufficient, and I have failed in the struggle for salvation. I have nothing to say."

Gu Yuanqing laughed: "That's indeed the case. Since that's the case, is there anything else you want to say? If not, then I can send you on your way!"

Zhou Tianyan shook his head: "That's about it. I doubt you'll tell me anything else. As for the rest, you don't need to bother with it."

As he spoke, the starlight dharma image was about to annihilate itself.

Gu Yuanqing raised his hand and made a loose grasping motion.

The power of the grotto descended, and the Dao of Manipulating Objects imprisoned everything, even halting the self-annihilation of the Dharma Form.

Zhou Tianyan's expression suddenly froze, and his eyes revealed horror.

Gu Yuanqing smiled calmly: "You intend to use your Dharma form to annihilate me and inform me, right? But... now that you're here, you can't just die as you please!"

As he spoke, Zhou Tianyan's figure suddenly shrank, eventually transforming into a crystal-clear rune that fell into Gu Yuanqing's hand. Then, it vanished into thin air and was suppressed deep within the Beiquan Cave.

Li Chengyi stepped forward and asked, "Father, is this person a True God powerhouse from the Primordial Divine Sect?"

Gu Yuanqing nodded slightly and sat down on a chair nearby: "Don't overthink it, he's just here to confirm something."

“The people of the Underworld Palace truly deserve to die. I shouldn’t have brought them up here.” Li Chengyi said with some regret.

Gu Yuanqing shook his head and smiled: "Even if you didn't bring him up, if he wanted to break into Beiquan Mountain, you wouldn't be able to stop him. The result would be the same. Moreover, even if he couldn't get in, some things would be confirmed. Just as he said, if it were Zhuo Ming, he wouldn't have stopped him."

“After this probing, the Ancient Divine Sect will probably make its move soon,” Li Chengyi said.

Gu Yuanqing tapped his fingers lightly on the table, his expression calm: "It's only a matter of time. They're just eking out a living in the Ancestral Hall, waiting for this. Even if ordinary cultivators have the opportunity to break through to the Chaotic Undying Realm, they might not even look at them."

To them, I was born of the destiny of this era in the Linglong Realm, making me the best divine embryo and foundation for their cultivation. If they could seize my body, they would have a chance to resume their path and ascend to the position of true god once more. They would not give up such an opportunity.

Li Chengyi hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then, Father, should we... take action ahead of schedule?"

Gu Yuanqing pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it. Your mother is about to undergo the tribulation of becoming a Void Immortal. Don't let the Ancient Divine Sect disturb her Dao heart. Your mother is about to undergo the tribulation, and she will sense it. There will be no baseless rumors. So I'm afraid that no matter whether I make a move in advance or not, the Ancient Divine Sect will most likely launch an attack at that time."

Gu Yuanqing himself was also a great cultivator, so he could sense things that were closely related to him. This sense of the secrets of heaven was most obvious when he merged with the Qian Yuan Realm.

Zhou Tianyan's arrival this time is a sign that calamity is about to begin.

Clearly, Zhuo Ming's words are not credible at all.

It's actually quite normal. If I were one of those people from the Ancient God Sect, I would never allow any real changes to occur in the realm I control.

These old guys are very afraid of death, and that's why they will stop at nothing to nip any risk in the bud.

When they realized that Gu Yuanqing had escaped their notice and survived the Chaotic Heaven Undying Tribulation, their thoughts were not to let it go, but to kill them before Gu Yuanqing could truly grow up.

This realm was the foundation upon which they survived.

As Zhou Tianyan said, Gu Yuanqing's appearance robbed them of their opportunities and luck, so how could they tolerate it?

Li Chengyi nodded slightly: "And what about this elder from the Underworld Palace?"

"Kill him!"

……

Inside the Ancestral Master Hall of the Primordial Realm.

The five colossal statues awoke, but the one in the center remained with its eyes closed, seemingly still asleep.

"My Dharma body aura has disappeared, as if I have been cut off from the secrets of heaven." Starlight flowed around Zhou Tianyan, faintly transforming into the shape of the Boundless Heavenly Secrets Diagram.

"Was he suppressed or killed?" asked Wan Hua Feng Jun Feng Wuhen.

"Wait a second."

……

After a long while, Zhou Tianyan frowned slightly.

"how?"

"The clone still exists. If nothing unexpected happens, it should have been suppressed."

"This Gu Yuanqing is indeed not simple."

"Even when Zhuo Ming's true body went there, it was suppressed. It's normal that he couldn't defeat a mere wisp of his spirit."

"Could it be that Zhuo Ming has successfully possessed the body, but the original Gu Yuanqing has a great secret, which is why he is unwilling to meet us?"

A moment of silence fell over the space.

"No, if he really succeeds in possessing someone, he'll be trying to cover it up."

"Then let's plan to take action. If this person is not dealt with, I will not be at ease. He was born with great fortune from the previous era, and he has the help of heaven and earth. Even sitting at home, treasures will be delivered to his door. When he encounters calamity, he will turn misfortune into fortune and danger into safety."

"Indeed, this person's cultivation is still shallow. If we wait until he undergoes the tribulation of the Chaotic Heaven and Immortals, a single change could cause us to lose our opportunity. He has hidden cards, and if his cultivation were higher, the variables would be even greater."

"However, Zhuo Ming's failure shows that killing this person is not so simple. After all, we don't have much time to make a move after we leave this hall."

"Even the Qian Yuan Realm might not be able to be preserved."

"If we can't protect them, then so be it. We can clean them up together to avoid leaving any remnants. This Yuanhui has only just begun. The strength of the demon race has already been wiped out, so they are unlikely to pose a major threat. We have enough time to wait for the next Linglong Realm to be born."

"However, it might not be safe enough for one person to act alone, just in case..."

……

Gu Yuanqing waited calmly.

The Qian Yuan Sect sent a large number of refined materials for weapon forging into the mountains.

While cultivating, Gu Yuanqing also prepared to forge a flying sword. There were still two years until Li Miaoxuan's tribulation. If he could forge the flying sword before then, he would have more confidence when facing the Ancient Divine Sect in the future.

The forging of flying swords is actually simpler than the creation of the Beiquan Town World Seal.

The requirement for the Beiquan Town World Seal is that it can bear most of Gu Yuanqing's Dao essence, while the flying sword only needs to bear the sword Dao, focusing more on the way of attack, and the materials and techniques are more singular.

When collecting the World Seal of Beiquan Town, they had already collected a lot of materials for forging flying swords. Qingping Dao Palace is known for its weapon forging and swordsmanship, and its treasure trove also contains a lot of materials for weapon forging.

In just three months, all preparations were completed.

Inside the main hall, a refining platform made from a single piece of void silver was already in place. This item also belonged to the Qingping Dao Palace, but Gu Yuanqing used the Dao Source True Fire to refine it completely.

The Qian Yuan Sect has gathered resources from all sides and meticulously refined various rare and precious materials, which are categorized and suspended around the platform, their inner light shining brightly and their energy pure. Among them are the Nine Heavens Thunderstruck Wood Core, the Ten Thousand Year Star Iron Essence, the Taiyi Geng Metal Soul, the Nine Nether Profound Ice Marrow, and so on, all of which are rare treasures that are hard to find in the outside world.

He sat cross-legged in front of the weapon-refining platform, closed his eyes and regulated his breathing, bringing his state to a state of perfect harmony.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the scriptures of weapon forging flowed. This method of weapon forging had been incorporated into Gu Yuanqing's cultivation technique back then. Gu Yuanqing had even used it to temper his physical body. When he was forging the Beiquan Zhenshi Seal, he further deduced its meaning. It can be said to be the supreme method of weapon forging.

Seven days later, he suddenly opened his eyes and pointed his fingers like a sword, gently tapping the weapon-forging platform.

Om-!
The Dao Source True Fire fell into the refining platform and transformed into a raging inferno.

Then, with a thought, rare treasures such as Star Iron Essence and Taiyi Gengjin Soul flew out and entered the Dao Source True Fire.

The chaotic flames blazed brightly, creating a sense of inward collapse in the surrounding space.

The two extremely hard and sharp materials began to slowly melt under the influence of real fire, gradually returning to their purest original particle state.

The impurities and exotic energies contained within were stripped away and burned away by the true fire, leaving only the most original and brilliant essence, like miniature stars and incomparably sharp golden light, floating up and down in the flames.

Gu Yuanqing's divine sense surged forth, transforming into countless strands of thought that probed into the true fire to guide and organize the essence of the materials.

Each strand of divine thought contains a unique vibrational frequency and Daoist rhythm, like countless miniature hammers of intention, impacting, blending, and shaping the essence of the material from the most subtle level.

This is not a physical beating, but a tempering at the level of the Great Dao.

Each tremor of divine thought is like imprinting the essence of materials with the marks of the Great Dao, such as resilience, sharpness, and agility.

The vast stellar power of the Star Iron Essence and the unparalleled sharpness of the Geng Metal Soul, under the repeated forging of divine thought, permeated each other, each containing the other, gradually forming a flowing and ever-changing prototype of a sword embryo.

Next, more materials were added in sequence.

The wood heartwood struck by lightning from the Nine Heavens brings forth an inexhaustible life force and the power of thunder to ward off evil; the Void Silver Powder can enhance its spatial affinity and concealment properties...

The integration of each material requires Gu Yuanqing to use his divine sense to precisely control it, to melt its nature with the true fire of the Dao source, and to temper its spirit with the methods in the Nine Tribulations Undying Scripture, so that the sword embryo can achieve a mysterious balance and sublimation.

January passed in the blink of an eye.

The sword embryo slowly rotated in the Chaos True Fire, gradually stabilizing its shape. Its entire body turned dark silver, and its surface was filled with various strange phenomena such as starlight, sharp metal energy, and thunder patterns.

Its internal structure is so dense and perfect that it seems to form its own miniature world.

Of course, the ability to forge such a perfect sword blank also requires the intervention of the power of controlling objects.

As the sword embryo took shape, Gu Yuanqing opened his Celestial Realm, enveloping the entire hall.

Various Dao principles imprints floated and fell in strands, as if their own Dao River was flowing down and into the sword, and Dao patterns gradually emerged on the sword embryo.

With each inscription, the sword embryo trembled slightly, emitting a clear ringing sound, and its aura transformed accordingly, with the light within the sword becoming even brighter.

……

Once all thirty-two Dao Principle imprints were applied, the aura of the Dao Source Seed flowed out, weaving a phantom world in the void with its own sword Dao will, enveloping the sword embryo.

Then, Gu Yuanqing flicked his finger, and a drop of his own blood essence fell into the sword. The blood of the illusory immortal caused the sword to begin its final transformation.

With essence and blood as the guide, the true seed's aura and the Dao source's true fire tempered each other internally and externally. All the material properties and imprinted Dao principles were forcibly integrated, purified, and sublimated at this moment, completely merging into one, without distinction between them.

When the Dao Source True Fire extinguished, the illusory image of the Dao Source True Seed disappeared into the sword, a clear sword cry rang out, and the sword energy soared into the sky.

A heavenly tribulation was about to strike outside Qian Yuan Island, startling all the disciples on the island.

"The Sword of the Immortal?"

The Black Tortoise carrying the mountain also woke up, looked up for a moment, then retracted its limbs and continued to sleep.

Over the years, it has gotten used to it.

……

Hundreds of millions of miles away in the spirit realm, a powerful cultivator named Hun Tian Bu Si looked towards the direction of Qian Yuan Island.

"The Great Dao is shaking; could it be that someone else is undergoing the tribulation of becoming a Void Immortal?"

“It doesn’t seem so…it should be the birth of a treasure of the illusory immortals,” said Lingbao Daozun.

"Could it be that Brother Gu has crafted another one?"

"It must be him. Besides him, who else in the world could have mastered it? The crafting tradition of Qingping Dao Palace is no less than that of my Lingbao Dao Palace."

……

This time, Gu Yuanqing did not bring the Heavenly Tribulation into the Beiquan Cave Heaven, because as Gu Yuanqing loosened his restraints on the flying sword, it transformed into sword light and shot into the tribulation clouds.

The ninety-nine heavenly tribulations all fell upon the sword.

This ethereal immortal sword underwent its final transformation during the heavenly tribulation.

As the light of the celestial tribulation faded, only a long sword remained suspended in the void, unleashing its immense power without restraint.

Gu Yuanqing raised his hand and made a gesture.

The longsword, like a swallow returning to its nest, fell into the cave.

It circled around Gu Yuanqing for a while before finally landing in his palm.

The sword's light completely subsided, revealing its true form.

It is about three feet and three inches long, with a simple and grand design. The whole body is dark blue, but upon closer inspection, one can see that there are illusory starlight and shadows deep in the sword.

Just holding it in one's hand, one can vaguely feel a resonance with one's own Dao, as if one could control it with a thought, a feeling completely different from manipulating the Demon-Sealing Sword or the Demon-Subduing Sword.

Gu Yuanqing could even clearly feel the slight intimacy that the longsword was showing him, indicating that although the sword was newly made, it already possessed a kind of spirit.

"I'll call you Qingming!"

Gu Yuanqing smiled, and then the sword transformed into a stream of light that entered his brow and entered his celestial world for nurturing.

Actually, this sword is still not perfect. Even the materials used are not entirely satisfactory. However, if I find a precious material in the future, I can refine it into the sword. This is one of the advantages of crafting a magic weapon myself.

……

In the blink of an eye, another half year has passed.

That morning, Li Miaoxuan emerged from her seclusion.

"How do you feel?" Gu Yuanqing chuckled.

Li Miaoxuan nodded slightly: "Your Daoist aura is sufficient, and your mind is clear. You are only one step away from completing the tribulation in seven days."

Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "Seven days is just right. You can meet with Cheng Yi and the others to relax and not be too tense. As for other matters in the Qian Yuan Realm, everything has been prepared. You can focus on your tribulation."

(End of this chapter)