Cultivation Starts from Farming

Xu Ping seemed to casually chat with Dragon King Ao Guang for a few moments, as the topic gradually shifted towards a broader realm.

Then, as if inadvertently, he asked, "Fellow Daoist Ao Guang, overseeing the East Sea, and with your extensive connections, do you know which domain among the Eight Great Domains of the human realm currently lacks a Divinity Transformation cultivator in control?

Or perhaps... which domain's Divinity Transformation fellow seems to be nearing their end, with their fortune about to return to the heavens and earth?"

With these words, the Dragon King Ao Guang's heart suddenly tightened.

He instantly understood Xu Ping's intention.

This was an attempt to find the next place in the human realm that could "accommodate" or even "cultivate" a new Divinity Transformation.

Or rather, to set sights on some "ownerless" or soon-to-be "ownerless" vast fortune.

A layer of cold sweat instantly seeped behind him, but faced with Xu Ping's all-seeing gaze, he dared not conceal anything.

"To answer the fellow Daoist,"

Dragon King Ao Guang calmed his mind and respectfully replied, "As far as I know, currently, on the surface... all the Eight Great Domains have Divinity Transformation cultivators stationed."

"As for those with scarcely any lifespan left…"

He carefully recalled, confirming, "Among them, the aura most decayed, whose lifespan is likely running low, should be Fellow Daoist Black Soul occupying the Guardian Earth Realm."

"Black Soul?"

Xu Ping's eyes flickered, "Is he the one who previously sold the 'Quasi-Fifth-Order Puppet' to the Dual Saints of Star Palace in the Central Domain?"

"That's right."

Dragon King Ao Guang nodded, silently mourning for Fellow Daoist Black Soul for a moment.

Though he did not know exactly what Xu Ping planned to do, but being targeted by this ominous star, the Guardian Earth Realm was unlikely to experience peace, and might even face impending disaster.

Xu Ping further inquired, "Does Fellow Daoist Ao Guang know approximately how much life span does this Black Soul have left?"

Dragon King Ao Guang pondered for a moment, based on the aura he perceived years ago, and speculated, "Can't declare specifically."

"But from my observation, his vital essence is declining, his divine soul deeply engulfed in gloom, he should have about fifty or sixty years of life remaining, at most no more than a full cycle."

"Fifty to sixty years..."

Xu Ping nodded, noting down this information, then expressed thanks to Dragon King Ao Guang.

Fifty to sixty years may seem long for ordinary people, but for Divinity Transformation cultivators, especially for someone plotting a realm's fortune, it's insignificant.

This period is sufficient for him to carefully arrange and plan.

Dragon King Ao Guang quickly waved his hand, indicating that it was just a small effort, not worth mentioning.

...

An hour later.

A Dragon Palace elder brought a chilling jade box, cautiously presenting it before Xu Ping.

The lid opened, revealing a fist-sized Spirit Fruit, entirely azure as if a concentrated ocean, with naturally flowing dragon patterns on its surface, emitting a rich vitality and pure water element fluctuation.

It was the Vast Sea Dragon Saliva Fruit.

Xu Ping verified it was accurate, satisfactorily storing the jade box, and no longer lingered, transforming into a green Escape Light, directly leaving the Dragon Palace of the East Sea.

Dragon King Ao Guang personally escorted him to the palace door.

He watched until the Escape Light completely disappeared at the horizon's end, vanishing from perception, his long tense mind finally relaxing.

"Finally... sent him away."

Dragon King Ao Guang muttered to himself, his back soaked with cold sweat.

His hindrance in advancing to the Mid-Stage Divinity Transformation and the backlash suffered, a crisis affecting the survival of the Dragon Palace, had apparently been temporarily weathered under Xu Ping's "intervention."

Though the price paid was the Dragon Palace treasure "Vast Sea Dragon Saliva Fruit," akin to bleeding profusely, Xu Ping ultimately did not take his life, nor enforce even harsher demands.

This, in the cultivation realm of survival of the fittest, was already a misfortune within fortune.

Dragon King Ao Guang resolved that in the coming centuries, he would remain in the depths of the Dragon Palace to heal, while strictly restraining the dragon spirits, avoiding all external conflicts.

Especially anything related to that ominous Xu star.

This worldly turmoil, the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, could no longer stir.

...

Departing from the Dragon Palace, walking above the waves.

Xu Ping felt the slight chill and abundant spirit within the jade box in his arms, and his plans for Duan Shuang's future path were mostly clear and certain.

Guardian Earth Realm.

This place would be chosen for Duan Shuang's Divine Transformation breakthrough.

Waiting for Black Soul to pass, and his Divinity Transformation fortune returns to heavens, when that happens, Duan Shuang can be guided to inherit and subdue the vast fortune of the Guardian Earth Realm, thus breaking through the Divinity Transformation bottleneck.

Moreover, Black Soul also possesses the method to refine Quasi-Fifth-Order Puppet, which he finds quite intriguing.

Though he obtained one Quasi-Fifth-Order Puppet, he truly hasn't figured out how to craft it.

This time, if he can obtain it, it would be ideal.

"Fifty to sixty years remaining..."

Xu Ping calculated the time, "This period allows Shuang'Er to continue honing her Dao heart, enduring Heart Demon tribulations."

By then, her mental state cultivation should have reached a flawless and perfect state.

Thus, with Duan Shuang's inherently solid late-stage Nascent Soul foundation, plus the Dragon Palace Spirit Fruit, Star Palace treasures, and other top resources he prepared for her assistance, and concurrently inheriting the realm's nascent Divinity Transformation fortune…

"The probability of breaking through Divinity Transformation should indeed be non-negligible." Xu Ping's eyes flashed with a trace of anticipation.

The path to Divinity Transformation he paved for Duan Shuang, though not guaranteed to be foolproof, has already reached the utmost human capability.

The rest depends on her own destiny and the unseen opportunity ahead.

The blue robe swayed, the figure drifted further away.

...

Time flies, thirty years have passed.

Star Palace core, in the secluded cultivation secret hall.

At this moment, Xu Ping stood solemnly at the center of the secret hall.

Not far in front, Duan Shuang sat cross-legged, eyes tightly shut, her delicate body trembling slightly, with a face of exquisite beauty interwoven with pain, struggle, and confusion.

Her aura was extremely unstable, sometimes soaring, sometimes faint, as if locked in intense internal conflict.

Xu Ping, fingers pointed like swords, his fingertips surrounded by deep and dark streams of peculiar airflow.

It was his refined and enhanced "Demonic Truth Words" through profound understanding of divine sense and heart demon's essence.

This technique originally aimed at disturbing focus, but Xu Ping, having personally experienced the elusive methods of extraterrestrial demons, held an understanding of its operation far beyond the cultivators of this realm.

After his refinement, these Demonic Truth Words could vividly simulate the various trials and phenomena of Divinity Transformation Heart Demon Tribulation, directly targeting flaws in the Dao heart.

He utilized this Divine Technique to conduct Dao heart training for Duan Shuang.

In the illusion, Duan Shuang was undergoing countless hardships.

She witnessed Xu Ping failing at Divinity Transformation, perishing, his Dao disappearing.

Saw herself losing foundation, reduced to a mortal, aging through the years.

Saw old enemies appear before her, Purple Bamboo Mountain engulfed in flames.

...

Various scenes played out like a carousel, endlessly assaulting her mind's defenses.

"Argh…"

Duan Shuang let out a suppressed cry of pain, beading sweat on her forehead, and a complexion pale as paper.

Her aura flickered like a candle in a storm, wavering, seemingly about to extinguish completely, sinking into the heart demon illusion.

Xu Ping observed silently, with profound eyes, refusing to intervene.

This tribulation of Dao heart is something external forces cannot assist with; it must rely on one's own will to break through and establish.

All he could provide was a Trial Arena infinitely close to reality, yet always leaving a trace of life.

As Duan Shuang's spiritual fluctuations reached a critical point, and the illusory heart demon nearly devoured her will entirely…

In that moment of urgency.

Duan Shuang's clenched silver teeth nearly drew blood.

At this moment, an intense intention of unwillingness, defiance, and refusal to surrender, like a prairie fire igniting in darkness, erupted fiercely from the depths of her divine soul.

"Break it!"

Within the illusion, she exclaimed a shout from the soul.

Her hands seemed to gather a sword of cold moonlight, decisively cleaving down upon the endless heart demon illusions!

Sss!

Like snow melting, mirrors shattering!

All the suffering, fear, and temptations, beneath this shout and decisive slash, collapsed with a crash.

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