Cultivation Starts from Farming

Xu Ping and Duan Shuang concealed their cultivation and altered their appearances.

They wandered like the most ordinary cultivator couple, sometimes even transformed into mortal couples, slowly traversing the vast lands of the eight realms of the human world.

Their journey spanned a hundred leisurely years.

They ascended to the eternal ice fields of the extreme north, observed glaciers like forests, and comprehended the path of ice; they ventured into the boundless forests of the southern wilderness, hearing ancient trees whisper and sensing the rise and fall of vegetation.

They traveled and played, witnessing the diverse customs, spectacular scenes, and strange events of each realm.

They saw the rise and fall of mortal dynasties, the fluctuations and inheritance of cultivation sects, the struggles and opportunities of loose cultivators, and many unknown secret realms and ruins.

Sometimes, inspired, Xu Ping would exchange pills and materials of rare destiny with some low-level cultivators they encountered along the way for local spiritual objects, ancient books, or to hear them recount local legends.

Gradually.

In several widely known cultivator gathering places within the eight realms, a legend vaguely spread about a celestial couple capable of trading all things, whose power was unfathomable.

Some said they were compassionate, having once saved a city from plague with an Immortal Pill.

Some said they were mysterious, able to discern hearts, with traded items often meeting the other party's most urgent needs.

Others said they were transcendent, as if they did not belong to this world, merely passing through the mortal realm.

Xu Ping and Duan Shuang merely laughed off these rumors.

They continued at their own pace, walking leisurely, contemplating, while Xu Ping steadily and firmly improved his proficiency in the Ten Thousand Woods Evergreen Scripture.

A hundred years of travel were like several lifetimes to mortals, but to them, it was a serene period on their path.

The opportunity for ascension was yet to be found, but their Dao hearts became more harmonious, and their affection deepened during this long companionship.

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A hundred years of travel passed in a flash.

To mortals who live and die quickly, this was an unimaginably lengthy time, enough to witness dynastic changes and family fortunes.

However, to Xu Ping and Duan Shuang, Divinity Transformation cultivators, this was merely a serene period in their extensive lifespans, a precious spiritual and emotional nourishment along their path.

Xu Ping's Dao heart grew increasingly harmonious, his connection with all things becoming closer.

And the relationship between him and Duan Shuang, through a hundred years of inseparable companionship, weathered storms, witnessed splendor, and became profoundly deep, transcending simple love, adding elements of fellow cultivator collaboration and an enduring bond.

The only slight regret was that during these hundred years, Xu Ping, relying on his formidable divine sense and keen spatial awareness, discovered several areas where space was relatively weak.

After carefully probing these places, Xu Ping always shook his head slightly.

"Still... lacking somewhat," he sighed inwardly.

The spatial weakness here wasn't enough to give him complete confidence for a relatively "gentle" space tearing.

If he forced a start here, risks would still exist, not the perfect solution he sought.

Therefore, after traveling around the seven major realms, their footsteps returned to the starting point — the Nanchuan Realm.

"Let's go to the Yellow Dragon Desert, and have another look at that Thunder Space," Xu Ping said to Duan Shuang.

He recalled the scene when he obtained the Thunder Spirit, discovered the true dragon's bones, and the Upper Realm rift there, where space was unusually weak from prolonged erosion by the essential Thunder Power of the Upper Realm.

Duan Shuang naturally had no objections.

Their figures flickered, and shortly they found themselves in the desolate and yellow expanse of the Yellow Dragon Desert.

The sky still sporadically produced geomagnetic thunderstorms, with purple-white electric pythons lighting up the sandy sea, exuding an aura of destruction that chilled low-level cultivators.

Yet, this violent thunder was like a gentle breeze to the present Xu Ping and Duan Shuang, completely nonimpacting.

Xu Ping didn't even wield his mana; the natural emanation of vitality and Dao rhythm from his Nirvana Golden Body sufficed to repel and extinguish approaching lightning.

They easily found the clandestine spatial node and stepped into the unusual Lightning Secret Realm, entirely formed by thunder.

In the secret realm depths.

Above, in the void, dense space cracks continued to appear and vanish, occasionally releasing wisps of pure purple Upper Realm Thunder Power that permeated, blending with the dragon bones and secret realm below.

Xu Ping quietly sensed for a moment.

His divine sense was far stronger than before, discovering places he hadn't previously noticed.

Soon, satisfaction appeared in Xu Ping's eyes.

"The spatial structure here, subjected to many years of higher-level power erosion, is more fragile and unstable than elsewhere."

He attentively sensed the subtle fluctuations from the space cracks, "Though still risky, it meets my criteria."

As for the occasionally leaked Thunder Power capable of annihilating Nascent Souls?

To Xu Ping, it wasn't even an itch.

"This place it is," Xu Ping finally decided, choosing it as the starting point for ascension.

Duan Shuang stood by his side, feeling the unsettling chaotic spatial waves and the majesty of thunder, gently inquiring, "Xu Lang, have you decided on this place?"

Xu Ping nodded but then said, "Not now, but after waiting some more."

"First, let's return to the Heaven-Suppressing Sect ruins, my Ten Thousand Woods Evergreen Scripture... hasn't reached Perfection yet."

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