In the beginning, he was ranked alongside An Shigeng as a spoiled brat.

With a soul-suppressing bell ringing from the void.

Zhang Xiaoshan's primordial spirit trembled, his vision went black, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself once more in that ancient bronze space.

At the same time, the immense merit of two hundred million suddenly illuminated a large area of ​​the bell wall.

One by one, enormous Heavenly Dao divine runes lit up, and Zhang Xiaoshan, as if suddenly enlightened, saw countless Heavenly Dao divine runes surge into his sea of ​​consciousness and foundation.

Supreme Golden Chapter, Kunlun Qi Refining Technique, Taiyin Treasure Scripture...

Based on the Golden Core chapter, countless Heavenly Dao divine patterns intertwined and wove together, gradually evolving into a completely new cultivation method.

Moreover, in his ethereal state, Zhang Xiaoshan's consciousness unconsciously began to operate along the new Pure Yang Daoist Technique.

Instantly, the spiritual energy of the entire Yaochi Immortal Palace surged wildly into Zhang Xiaoshan's body, enveloped in golden light, extending far beyond the Flying Immortal Platform area.

Chapter 952 The Ancient Golden Core Path

"Palace Master!"

A vast expanse of spiritual energy, as boundless as a sea of ​​clouds, converged at the Flying Immortal Platform, causing all the disciples of the Jade Pool Immortal Palace to look towards the forbidden area.

Such a vast and boundless spiritual energy, with a faint pressure, enveloped the entire Yaochi Forbidden Area, even affecting the disciples' area of ​​the Yaochi Immortal Palace, making the female disciples curious.

"Chunyangzi is comprehending the Dao!"

During this period, none of you shall approach the forbidden area, lest you disturb Chunyangzi's opportunity for enlightenment.

"Yes, Palace Master!"

Even though the elders and elite disciples had long suspected something, they were still inexplicably shocked at this moment.

Enlightenment is not a state of oneness with heaven and man, like a sudden enlightenment in the human world, but a great opportunity on the path of cultivation.

Each enlightenment brings profound gains.

Zhang Xiaoshan entered a state of enlightenment last time, and now, after such a short time, he has entered one again.

For a moment, the entire Jade Pool Palace was filled with expressions of envy and jealousy.

Meanwhile, the Palace Master of Yaochi Palace was watching Zhang Xiaoshan's cultivation from above. He had just broken through to the fifth level of the Golden Core stage. Not only was his foundation solid and stable, but it was also slowly improving. It was believed that he would soon be able to break through to the sixth level of the Golden Core stage.

With such a terrifying cultivation state, breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage in three years is not a dream.

In particular, Zhang Xiaoshan's solid foundation far surpasses that of his peers.

You should know that this is the Kunlun Daoist Sect. The Kunlun Qi Refining Technique 873 is the orthodox Xuanmen sect and the most superior Qi refining method.

Therefore, to be able to far surpass one's peers among geniuses is to be a genius among geniuses.

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Merit gives back to the source, and spiritual essence naturally arises!

Within Zhang Xiaoshan's Purple Mansion, the Nine Provinces Cauldron, which bears the divine patterns of the Heavenly Dao, is exuding a vast, majestic, and ancient aura.

In particular, the innate spiritual energy and nine-colored mist flowing back from the giant bell's space to nourish the Purple Mansion began to roam freely from within the Nine Provinces Cauldron, filling the entire Purple Mansion space. Finally, the nine-colored mist of primordial yellow energy condensed around the Nine Provinces Cauldron, resembling a sky full of jewels, auspicious dragons and phoenixes, and a goddess bestowing wondrous gifts…

The Pure Yang Dao Technique derived from 200 million merits is far more powerful than the previous 30 million merits.

Not to mention the abundant and pure innate spiritual energy that rapidly enhanced Zhang Xiaoshan's primordial spirit and golden core, which not only showed no signs of weakness but also made his magical power even more refined than before.

Moreover, the originally bright yellow golden elixir became even more dazzling and magnificent after being cleansed by the innate spiritual energy.

Furthermore, the combination of the Pure Yang Cauldron and the Nine Provinces Cauldrons serves as a testament to their divine power.

This is also why the golden light enveloped the entire Feixiantai.

As the nine-colored mist was gradually absorbed by the Nine Provinces Cauldron and condensed upon it, the golden light of merit expanded from the Flying Immortal Platform to the Jade Pool Forbidden Land and the Jade Pool Immortal Palace...

Therefore, every time the cultivators of the Jade Pool Immortal Palace looked towards the forbidden area, they were filled with endless envy.

Cultivation makes one oblivious to the passage of time; years have passed since then.

The Golden Elixir has seven orifices, eight orifices, nine orifices...

With the innate spiritual energy fed back from the giant bell space and the rich Kunlun pure energy of the Jade Pool Immortal Palace, Zhang Xiaoshan unknowingly reached the peak of the Golden Core stage.

However, Zhang Xiaoshan had no intention of stopping at this point.

The innate spiritual energy generated by the merit of two hundred million merits is so abundant that wasting it would be a sin.

In particular, the Pure Yang Dao Foundation condensed nine-colored mist around his body, and countless Heavenly Dao divine patterns flashed. Each time, Zhang Xiaoshan had a different understanding, which not only prevented him from losing his balance due to the sudden surge in power, but also caused his primordial spirit power to surge like never before.

Moreover, Zhang Xiaoshan needed to condense all the nine-colored mist onto the Nine Provinces Cauldron to lay the foundation for his primordial spirit, Qingyun.

In ancient times, there was no distinction between gods and humans.

The disciples of the sage are all peerless geniuses, who have condensed their primordial spirits into auspicious clouds to protect all directions.

Only by condensing the primordial spirit Qingyun can one become a true cultivator of the Xuanmen, and the power of the primordial spirit will become more refined and powerful, equivalent to carrying a fully charged power bank with you.

Moreover, this is only the most basic and ingenious application.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Xiaoshan absorbed all the innate spiritual energy, and the nine-colored mist condensed completely into the Nine Provinces Cauldron.

When Zhang Xiaoshan woke up again, he felt that everything in front of him had changed.

Not only is the world clearer, but even the power of heaven and earth is no longer a vague concept, but a power that can be readily obtained.

The state of transformation!

Without condensing the so-called Nascent Soul or Primordial Spirit, he has already reached the legendary Divine Transformation realm.

Moreover, the golden elixir within the Purple Mansion did not develop a tenth acupoint; in fact, all nine acupoints on the golden elixir disappeared, transforming into a larger, more rounded and dazzling golden elixir.

Golden Core Realm?

But Zhang Xiaoshan felt that he had definitely broken through to the Nascent Soul realm.

The powerful and abundant pure Yang magic was more than ten times stronger than the previous Nine Aperture Golden Elixir; his control over the power of heaven and earth was such that, as soon as he was enveloped in golden light, he could instantly mobilize the power of heaven and earth within the golden area.

It should be known that the Nine Revolutions of the Golden Elixir is the most advanced Golden Elixir method in the Xuanmen (Taoist school).

The magical power condensed at the Nine Apertures Realm is more than three times more abundant and purer than that of an ordinary mortal Golden Core.

The gap between the Nascent Soul stage and the Golden Core stage, even if large, is at most three times.

This is the foundation of a great sect of Taoism.

Therefore, the only possible reason why Zhang Xiaoshan broke through to the Nascent Soul realm without condensing a Taoist primordial spirit is—

The Ancient Golden Elixir Path!

In ancient times, a single golden elixir was the Great Dao, eventually evolving into an immortal spirit.

However, the Golden Core is only at the first level of cultivation, and it will explode if it receives even a little spiritual energy.

As for the Taoist primordial spirit, more precisely, it is called the primordial spirit.

The sublimation of magical power in the Nine Aperture Golden Elixir is similar to breaking through the elixir to form an infant, making the magical power more profound and refined. When the magical power of the primordial spirit is refined to the extreme, it will generate a bit of spirituality, which is the so-called primordial spirit, or 'true spirit'.

A single spark of true spirit is eternal and indestructible, born as a Buddha, saint, or immortal!

This primordial spirit is the foundation for a cultivator's immortality. Once one transcends tribulation and becomes an immortal, one can live forever and shine as brightly as the sun and moon.

Or perhaps through reincarnation, this primordial spirit can help them embark on the Great Dao in their next life.

For a moment, Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.

Because he knew that the ancient Golden Core Dao could not possibly be realized in this world. Unless he wanted to stagnate at this level, or needed ten or a hundred times more innate spiritual energy to help him break through.

In this way, each breakthrough requires hundreds of millions of merits.

Moreover, this is only the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm; one can only imagine the amount of merit required to reach the Void Return realm.

Therefore, after only a short period of thought, Zhang Xiaoshan decided to choose to condense the Taoist primordial spirit and abandon the ancient Golden Elixir Dao.

Leaving aside the immense power of merit that follows, even just the Golden Core Path will face a tribulation of lightning that is known as the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, a calamity that guarantees certain death.

Zhang Xiaoshan didn't think he could survive this divine punishment.

Therefore, abandoning the Golden Elixir Path and instead focusing on condensing the Taoist Primordial Spirit is the right path.

This world no longer allows the existence of the ancient Golden Core Dao.

Chapter 953 The Divine Weapon of Slaughter - The Dragon-Slaying Sword

[Host: Zhang Xiaoshan]

Realm: Refining Spirit

Talent: Innate Pure Yang Dao Body

Martial arts: Pure Yang Daoist Technique, Supreme Golden Chapter, Nine Yang Bing Fire Spell...

Items: Xuanhuang Chunyang Cauldron (Enhanced), Nanming Lihuo Seal (Enhanced), Seven Star Yaoguang Sword (Enhanced), Imitation Five Fires Seven Birds Fan (+), Dragon Slayer Sword (+)...

Merit: **

call!

Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the merits listed behind him and let out a sigh of relief.

Before going into seclusion, he consumed 200 million merits to deduce the Pure Yang Dao Technique, after which his merits dropped to around 60 million.

This retreat lasted longer than he expected, a full five years. Although he did not achieve the significant growth he had envisioned, at least he gained merit and there were no major problems.

After all, he was in Kunlun at this time, not ruling the world in the mortal realm.

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"Fifty million merits to strengthen the Dragon Slayer Sword!"

As for the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan?

Although it was a replica, the merit required for its enhancement was 120 million, which greatly surprised Zhang Xiaoshan.

Clearly, this replica is also an ancient artifact!

Therefore, Zhang Xiaoshan plans to strengthen himself when he goes out to gain experience, and he will save his merits for other uses.

Examples include refining one's Taoist primordial spirit, helping the Jade Pool Palace Master strengthen her protective magical artifacts, or comprehending ancient immortal techniques...

These are all best done as early as possible, while the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan can be strengthened at any time.

Boom!

A bell rang, resonating throughout the Purple Palace and cleansing the Golden Elixir, and the Xuanhuang Merit Qi appeared out of thin air.

In an instant, the Dragon-Slaying Sword, fused with the power of merit, became even more piercing and chilling, its sword aura containing an unparalleled sword light capable of tearing apart heaven and earth, slaying gods and Buddhas alike.

The Dragon-Slaying Sword is an ancient divine weapon, extremely malevolent, and primarily focused on killing.

The White Sword is light and agile, belonging to the category of immortal swords, but its power is far inferior to the Dragon-Slaying Sword.

However, the Baiyi Sword is suitable for Bai Suzhen, allowing her to become one with the sword and transform into a white dragon.

And the Dragon-Slaying Sword?

Zhang Xiaoshan took the enhanced divine weapon and felt the terrifying power contained in the sword energy. This divine sword was extremely powerful in killing, and it was probably a scheme planned by the old Taoist Xuanxu.

The Dragon-Slaying Sword possesses an extremely strong killing aura, and only certain Taoist enforcers are suitable to wield it.

But Zhang Xiaoshan possessed merits and was protected by golden light.

Even if the Dragon-Slaying Sword is at its sharpest, Zhang Xiaoshan will not be affected by its malevolent aura.

Moreover, once the merit is enhanced, the malevolent energy of the Dragon Slayer Sword will be suppressed by the merit, and it will not affect the mind of the sword wielder.

The Xuanhuang Pure Yang Cauldron!

After putting away the Dragon-Slaying Sword, Zhang Xiaoshan summoned the Pure Yang Cauldron. The palm-sized golden cauldron exuded an ancient and vast aura.

Within the Purple Palace, the cauldron is the Nine Provinces Cauldron.

Once refined, it manifests as the Pure Yang Cauldron.

Therefore, the connection between the Pure Yang Cauldron and Zhang Xiaoshan is like that of an external avatar, making it a natal magical artifact.

Even though we are thousands of miles apart, we can still sense each other.

Moreover, compared to before, the Pure Yang Cauldron exudes an aura of antiquity and eternity, and does not resemble a newly forged magical artifact at all.

Instead, it resembled an ancient divine artifact, exuding awe-inspiring power that was irresistible.