Mysterious mirror hanging high

"What's so difficult about this?"

Yuanji smiled and said, "Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that Zhongyue Zhenjun Qi Liyan is the direct descendant of Qi Tianhua, and his origin is the most righteous. If we were to rank them among these four, he would naturally be the first in line, and any spiritual resources for transformation would come to him first."

"Although Wu Kaizhi, the [True Master of Painting] of Beiyue, doesn't have the surname Qi, he is at least a true disciple cultivated by Songfeng Pavilion since childhood. It's not wrong for him to be the second in line."

"And [Master Qin] Xiao Guanyue... is a true disciple of the Penglai Holy Land. He was accepted into Songfeng Pavilion by chance, so logically speaking, he's half a member of the family... But now that [Penglai Mountain] has reopened, and Penglai disciples have entered the world, Xiao Guanyue, as a noble descendant of the Xiao family, can definitely return to the Penglai Holy Land."

"It seems that she could become a deity in either Songfeng Pavilion or Penglai Holy Land. She is the one we don't need to worry about the most."

"As for [Master Qi] Yang Dingfeng... after all, he came from the demonic path and turned from darkness to light. I'm afraid in terms of priority, he'll have to take last place."

But Jing Yu shook his head at this moment: "Master Yuanji is wrong. It's not just that the possibility of Qi Zhenjun becoming a god is extremely small... It's impossible for him to be allowed to become a god at all."

Yun Xuance nodded in agreement. "That's right. Qi Tianhua has been wary of Yang Dingfeng from the very beginning. At least in Songfeng Pavilion, he has no chance of becoming a god."

Yuanji was stunned: "Is Qi Tianjun going to go to this extent?"

"How can we, the lower cultivators, guess what the Heavenly Lord is thinking?" Yun Xuance laughed.

Upon hearing this, Yuanji grumbled inwardly, "Haven't you been speculating all along?"

Then he asked in confusion, "But isn't the purpose of cultivators cultivating immortality to achieve immortality? Master Qi is such an extremely intelligent person, couldn't he have understood what Master Qi Tian was trying to say? How could a genius with the potential to become a god willingly let his path to godhood end in vain?"

Jing Yu said thoughtfully, "There's been rumors circulating that Yang Dingfeng was struck by a cold poison, severely damaging his foundation...his path to enlightenment has long been severed. Do you think this is true?"

"Do you suspect that Yang Dingfeng was not poisoned at all?" Ye Xingyun murmured.

"If not, why would Xiao Guanying say that among the Five Mountains of Songfeng, four peak masters are capable of reaching the state of becoming a god? Shouldn't there be three?" Jing Yu asked in return.

Yun Xuance said quietly:

"Perhaps Yang Dingfeng wasn't poisoned, this was just a tactic of his to stay under the radar."

"Or maybe he really is suffering from a cold poison, otherwise Qi Tianjun wouldn't be so confident in using him."

"Yang Dingfeng's thoughts are as deep as the abyss. He hides them too deeply, yet everyone thinks he is hiding something, but no one knows what he is hiding."

Nangong Fuhua pondered and said, "If that's the case, then isn't Xiao Guanying's words meant for Yang Dingfeng to hear?"

"This Qi Zhenjun is incredibly calculating and is exactly the top-tier advisor Xiao Guanying needs to conquer the world. Furthermore, he's distrusted within Songfeng Pavilion and has no hope of achieving divine enlightenment... This is forcing Yang Dingfeng to abandon the righteous path of Penglai and re-enter the devil's world!"

Jing Yu shook his head: "This is not difficult to guess. Could it be that none of the Yuanying Zhenjun present here can think of this?"

"Perhaps Xiao Guanying is on the second level just to alienate the relationship between the True Lords of the Righteous Path and kill with a borrowed knife."

"Besides, I think the more everyone feels that Master Qi has no reason not to rebel, the less likely he will rebel."

Ye Xingyun scratched his head: "This is so complicated, I can't wrap my head around it."

"If you can't turn around, then don't turn around, Fulu, just do what you are good at."

Yun Xuance said gently, "Perhaps this Suying Tianjun's recruitment is an opportunity... If he can really promise you two places at the Divine Transformation stage, with your foundation of having reached the Nine Apertures of the Infant Stage, you might be able to earn one back."

"With him endorsing you, becoming a spirit shouldn't be difficult. Take advantage of this first."

"It's hard to say." Jing Yu shook his head. "Xiao Guanying is not a fool. What if Fellow Daoist Fulu turns against us after becoming a Divine Being? If we want to seize this opportunity to become a Divine Being, we will need to use various means of enslavement and control as a supplement."

Ye Xingyun said indifferently: "That's fine. Maybe that guy's control method will fail for some unknown reason."

Jing Yu sighed inwardly, "Ye Xingyun, Ye Xingyun, your destiny is to [seek good fortune and avoid misfortune], not [turn misfortune into good fortune]! Having unparalleled luck is not a reason for you to rush into danger..."

At this time, Yuanji touched his shiny forehead and asked doubtfully:

"I have one thing I'm confused about. If one reaches the Divine Transformation Stage, one needs Immortal Spiritual Energy to refine the laws and enhance their cultivation... Then why can the Divine Transformation cultivators of the Divine Cauldron Immortal Dynasty, hiding in the cave heaven, continue to cultivate to the middle or even late stages of the Divine Transformation Stage? It's simply because they are Pseudo-Divine Transformations, their understanding of incomplete laws, and their combat power is far inferior."

Yun Xuance said calmly:

"Three possibilities..."

"The first possibility is that the Divine Cauldron Imperial Clan or even the Divine Cauldron Family's cave heaven contains the [Immortal Eye], which can provide the pseudo-gods in the cave heaven with the means to continue their cultivation."

"This isn't nonsense... It's said that within the cave where the Penglai Holy Land is located lies an Immortal Eye. This is why the Penglai Holy Land dared to close the mountain for a thousand years. At least the several Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarchs there won't be any delay in their cultivation because of the closure."

"The second possibility is that they might have some treasures that can absorb [Fairy Spiritual Energy] from the upper realm..."

"The third possibility is... they might have some kind of container that can store [Immortal Spiritual Energy]. The Immortal Spiritual Energy currently being supplied to the Divine Transformation cultivators is simply a stockpile left over from the time when the Divine Cauldron Immortal Dynasty ruled the present world."

"After all, the Divine Cauldron Immortal Dynasty once ruled the entire Immortal Continent for an entire era, and its foundation is unfathomable... Perhaps all three possibilities exist simultaneously."

Jing Yu said thoughtfully:

"If the advancement of the Divine Transformation cultivators of the Divine Cauldron Immortal Dynasty can be explained by their inherent strength, then the fact that Qiu Dongxuan, who was previously suppressed in the Penglai Holy Land, could break through from the middle stage of the Divine Transformation to the late stage is even more incredible."

"Indeed, if Qiu Dongxuan has only been at the middle stage of the Spiritualization Realm, the Penglai Holy Land's confinement formation is enough to suppress him."

Yun Xuance sighed, "No one knows how he obtained the cultivation principles of [Immortal Spiritual Energy]..."

"I even suspect that Qiu Dongxuan is truly a genius. He didn't rely on [Immortal Spiritual Energy], but relied on his understanding and time to gradually comprehend the laws, and forcibly overcame the bottleneck of the middle stage of the Spiritualization Realm!"

"After all, without the assistance of [Immortal Spiritual Energy], even if a Divine Transformation cultivator's comprehension of the laws is as slow as a turtle's crawl, it doesn't mean there will be no progress at all."

Ye Xingyun took a deep breath. "If he could break through the bottleneck and reach the late stage of the Spiritual Transformation Realm without relying on immortal spiritual energy, then how high must Qiu Dongxuan's talent and understanding be! How resentful must such a talented cultivator be that he has no hope of ascending to the Immortal Realm?"