My Mythical Path to Immortality in Another World

Each such contest involves the change of control over dozens of divine realms, with far-reaching consequences.

It is no exaggeration to say that what the outer disciples fought desperately and fought bloody battles to expand their territory is nothing compared to what the true disciples won through gambling and fighting.

These divine realms, won through gambling victories, also require careful guarding and management.

The sect has only four true disciples. Although it is not a single lineage, it has no followers or disciples.

However, even if there are a few disciples and followers, how many of them have enough strength and ability to guard the divine realm?

Therefore, to ensure the proper development of these divine realms, the true disciples often bestowed them upon their trusted confidants or those who voluntarily came to join them. This is why the true disciples wielded the most power within the entire sect.

However, on the other hand, it's impossible for everyone in such a large sect to be interested in vying for power and engaging in intrigue.

In reality, there are still a considerable number of people who are single-mindedly pursuing the true meaning of the Tao and have no interest in power or status.

Such people usually choose to remain aloof and would never easily attach themselves to any power. The infamous Ten Heavenly Kings are a typical example of this.

Ultimately, the reason for this situation is mainly because the cultivation world always follows the ironclad rule of "might makes right".

Faced with such a harsh reality, many people have no choice but to band together for survival and development, or to attach themselves to those with great power.

Zhao Gongming had no desire for power; otherwise, he would not have been able to successfully cultivate his array formations and become a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.

Zhao Gongming hoped deep down that the sect could maintain a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere, free from the chaos of power struggles and intrigues. Therefore, he could not remain untainted within the Lingbao Dao Sect.

To understand the root of the chaos within the Lingbao Dao Sect, we must begin with its inner sect.

Despite their seemingly imposing presence and authority over inner sect affairs, the Seven Immortal Attendants have not received any official title or recognition from the sect, making their status entirely illegitimate.

That's why they always had a burning desire in their hearts, single-mindedly wanting to do something earth-shattering to prove themselves.

Thus began a fierce power struggle.

Zhao Gongming stepped forward and began to coordinate the various forces within the outer sect.

The reason for this is simply that the inner sect is in such a chaotic state that the turmoil has already affected the outer sect. Even the true disciples have not been spared.

The four true disciples and the four outer disciples held prestigious positions and could remain aloof and detached from worldly affairs. However, what was troublesome was that the unhealthy atmosphere of power struggles within the inner sect was spreading like a plague, even severely affecting their respective disciples.

Now, these true disciples could no longer remain calm and composed.

Especially when the Seven Fairies turned their fighting against the Three Holy Mothers and the Three Immortal Maidens, both Duobao Daoist and Zhao Gongming could no longer tolerate it.

Coincidentally, whether it is the four true disciples or the four outer disciples, their personnel composition is surprisingly consistent—all are predominantly female and deficient in male.

The four true disciples and the four outer disciples each have only one male immortal, while the other three are all female immortals.

This phenomenon naturally became a handle for the Seven Immortals to attack at will, mocking the male immortals of both the True Lineage and the Outer Lineage as mediocre and incompetent.

Therefore, when Zhao Gongming realized that Luo Xuan was rising rapidly like a new star, he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

Zhao Gongming was overjoyed, especially after learning that Luo Xuan possessed a talent for formations and was even capable of fighting against experts of the Hunyuan realm.

Zhao Gongming did not pay too much attention to Chen Jiugong's defeat.

After all, the differentiation of divine essence is a method of sacrificing one's own potential in order to gain great power in a short period of time. While this method may bring some strange aspects, it also has obvious drawbacks.

Although Luo Xuan successfully defeated Chen Jiugong, this does not necessarily mean that Luo Xuan was stronger than Chen Jiugong.

In Zhao Gongming's mind, Luo Xuan's experience of using the technique of divine essence differentiation to control three thousand fire crows to form an array made him more skillful in the use of arrays, and his speed in setting up arrays was several times faster than in the ordinary way.

Chen Jiugong's speed in deploying the formation was slightly slower than Luo Xuan's, which allowed Luo Xuan to seize the initiative.

Chen Jiugong has already comprehended and mastered the true meaning of Hunyuan. He is fully capable of pre-constructing the formation and transforming it into the power of all phenomena.

In this way, Luo Xuan's original advantage in the speed of setting up the formation was completely lost.

While it is true that setting up an array in advance and transforming it into the power of all things can enhance its power, it is extremely difficult to accurately control its power.

For this reason, this method is usually not applicable to sparring matches between fellow disciples.

Generally speaking, when fellow disciples use formations, they actually set up the complete formation and then let their opponents try to break it.

If the formation is unfortunately breached by the opponent, it may produce a wonderful effect of destruction followed by reconstruction.

Furthermore, Luo Xuan had set up a living formation, using the power of tens of thousands of fire crows to enhance its power.

These fire crows are not only numerous, but also move flexibly and unpredictably, making the entire formation full of variables and uncertainties.

Chen Jiugong was not lacking in such methods, but he believed that he was already a level above others. If he were to use such methods to win now, it would not only be unfair, but even if he won, it would not be honorable. On the contrary, it would be more admirable to lose.

However, even so, it could not conceal Luo Xuan's astonishingly powerful strength.

Afterwards, Zhao Gongming personally preached to Luo Xuan for a hundred years and passed on his powerful Ten Directions Overturning Sea Formation to him.

Upon learning that Luo Xuan's magical artifact had been destroyed, Zhao Gongming generously bestowed upon him a large quantity of incomparably precious spiritual materials and exempted Luo Xuan from the tribute he was required to pay for the next thousand years.

In addition, Zhao Gongming specially dispatched Yao Shaosi to accompany Luo Xuan to Tiangui Island and Sanxian Island.

This Heavenly Turtle Island was established by the Holy Mother Turtle Spirit outside the gate of the Lingbao Dao Sect as a divine domain.

Although the Holy Mother Guiling usually stays at the Lingbao Dao Sect's mountain gate, given Luo Xuan's current level, it is obviously unlikely that he could invite her to personally help refine a magic weapon.

However, there are still many turtle people on Tiangui Island who also possess certain weapon-refining abilities, which is enough to meet Luo Xuan's needs. Moreover, in this way, there is no need to owe the Turtle Spirit Mother such a great favor.

The purpose of going to the Three Immortal Islands was to allow the Three Immortal Maidens to test Luo Xuan.

If Luo Xuan passes this test and is deemed a suitable candidate, then the Three Immortal Maidens will teach him their renowned Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, thus laying a solid foundation for Luo Xuan's future cultivation path.

Yao Shaosi led Zhao Xuan on his journey to Tiangui Island.

On Heavenly Turtle Island, all sorts of magical divine turtles and tortoises dwell. They live on this land full of spiritual energy, absorbing the endless Daoist essence from the Divine River, and are able to nurture incomparably precious Creation Elixir within their bodies.

This Creation Elixir has amazing effects; if an unfinished magical artifact is nurtured in it, its quality can be significantly improved.

Furthermore, the longer it is nurtured, the purer and more concentrated the energy contained in the Creation Elixir becomes, and correspondingly, the higher the quality that the magic weapon can achieve.

However, as miraculous as the Creation Elixir is, its price is also astonishingly high, making it only available to those with substantial wealth or special backgrounds.

However, some true experts who understand the art of weapon crafting prefer to craft magical artifacts themselves rather than simply rely on external forces to improve their quality.

Zhao Gongming told Zhao Xuan that it was best to forge magical artifacts himself. In particular, after learning that the flames of the Three-Legged Fire Crow had already begun to possess the attributes of creation, he emphasized the importance of working hard in alchemy, weapon forging, array forging, and talisman forging.

And this is emphasized during the preaching process.

Because of the unique flame power of the three-legged fire crow, whether it is refining pills, forging magical artifacts, setting up formations, or drawing talismans, it will be twice as effective with half the effort, showing a unique advantage.

The two went to Heavenly Turtle Island with the purpose of purchasing the Creation Elixir.

Not just anyone is qualified to purchase such a rare treasure.

Without the intervention of a noble disciple of the Creation Dao Sect, the price to be paid would likely be prohibitively high for most people.

That is why Zhao Gongming specifically arranged for Yao Shaosi to represent everyone in the negotiations.

Yao Shaosi was Zhao Gongming's second disciple. His talent was slightly inferior to that of his senior brother Chen Jiugong, but he was more favored and loved by Zhao Gongming.

Like Luo Xuan, Yao Shaosi was also among the Great Golden Immortals.

Both of them were able to break through this realm by using the technique of divine essence differentiation.

They all achieved an extremely profound understanding of the Dao of Formations by integrating their divine essence into the formation.

Then, through the assimilation of divine essence, they all resumed their path of cultivation.

Although Yao Shaosi was still at the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, his actual combat ability was in no way inferior to that of a typical Hunyuan Golden Immortal.

One of the main reasons why Yao Shaosi was so favored by Zhao Gongming was that he possessed an extraordinary temperament.

Because of this outstanding character, when Zhao Gongming went to the mountain gate, Chen Jiugong stayed behind to guard the gate, while Yao Shaosi accompanied him.

If it were Yao Shaosi who was guarding the house, then the situation of initially being arrogant and then becoming obsequious after provoking Zhao Xuan would basically not have occurred.