Over these fifty years, the Wujian Region faction suffered heavy losses, with two Nascent Soul True Monarchs falling in battle.
Meanwhile, the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty lost one Nascent Soul True Monarch.
Overall, the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty held the upper hand.
Yet, as time passed, the Wujian Region faction received increasing support.
The Dazhou Immortal Dynasty was accustomed to acting with overbearing tyranny. Once they occupied a territory, they imposed the dynasty's rule, leaving many factions across the Eastern Wilderness unwilling to see them continue expanding.
These factions provided aid to the Wujian Region faction, both openly and in secret.
If the Wujian Region fell, the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty would inevitably use it as a center to expand in all directions, threatening nearby and distant domains alike.
Given the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty's ambitions, they would never stop at merely occupying the Wujian Region.
Rumble—
"Everyone, prepare for battle."
The Wujian Hall Master immediately stepped forward, his figure vanishing.
The Dazhou Immortal Dynasty had launched another offensive, deploying their Nascent Soul combatants to tear through the defensive line the Wujian Region faction had established in the Sky Rift Grand Canyon.
You also flew toward the peak of the sea of clouds to meet the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty's True Monarch Chongtian.
At the other end of the cloud sea, beneath the boundless sky, a magnificent ring of dharma power clouds emerged. It gathered the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth, its terrifying aura blanketing a radius of several hundred miles.
Standing in the center of those heavy rings of dharma power was a single figure—True Monarch Chongtian.
As mid-stage True Monarchs, the battlefield between you and True Monarch Chongtian lay at the peak of the sea of clouds.
As for the early-stage True Monarchs? Their fierce battles took place among the cloud layers below.
Looking at True Monarch Chongtian, you directly struck out with a Sea Overturning Seal.
Boundless dharma power gathered, forming a massive seal capable of upending mountains and seas. Like a collapsing ocean, it pressed down upon True Monarch Chongtian.
Over the past fifty years, you had exchanged blows with True Monarch Chongtian more than ten times, gaining a solid understanding of this mid-stage True Monarch of the immortal dynasty.
"This move again?"
True Monarch Chongtian furrowed his brows. Channeling his dharma power, he manifested a giant axe half the height of a man and slashed at the great seal.
The sharp axe light tore through everything, dissolving into nothingness almost simultaneously with the Sea Overturning Seal.
Immediately after, True Monarch Chongtian swung his axe again.
Riiiip—
A small pagoda surfaced above your head, dropping heavy curtains of light that forcefully blocked the axe light.
Seeing this, True Monarch Chongtian sighed inwardly.
Over your dozen or so encounters, True Monarch Chongtian had launched multiple offensives, only for every one to be blocked by your Exquisite Pagoda.
Of course, this was also because True Monarch Chongtian had not resorted to any life-risking trump cards.
"Qingyuan, you brat, is hiding beneath your tortoise shell all you know how to do?"
True Monarch Chongtian's eyes flickered as his voice rang out.
Over these fifty years, True Monarch Chongtian had felt the battlefield's pressure growing ever heavier.
He wanted to use you as a breakthrough point.
Even if he couldn't kill you, he needed to at least injure you to boost the morale of the immortal dynasty's True Monarchs.
"Hahahaha, even without the Exquisite Pagoda, what could you possibly do to me?"
Your heart stirred. You intentionally stepped out of the Exquisite Pagoda's protective range, exposing a deliberate flaw.
'Now!'
Without another word, a vertical eye silently opened in the center of True Monarch Chongtian's brow.
An invisible ripple of soul energy flashed across tens of miles, landing directly upon you.
"Qingyuan, you brat, you fell for it."
A smile surfaced on True Monarch Chongtian's face. The vertical eye on his brow was a hidden trump card, a soul-type innate talent.
Even a mid-stage True Monarch of the same level would have their soul shaken upon taking a hit from it.
However, before True Monarch Chongtian could follow up, he saw you retreat back into the Exquisite Pagoda's range, your expression entirely normal.
'This boy took a strike from my vertical eye and actually had no reaction at all?'
True Monarch Chongtian was secretly shocked. This was the first time he had used this trump card.
'Not bad.'
You felt quite satisfied, having learned of another one of True Monarch Chongtian's trump cards.
Through that vertical eye strike, your Divination had deduced many of his underlying secrets.
The more direct contact you had with True Monarch Chongtian and the deeper your understanding of him grew, the easier your Divination calculations became.
That vertical eye strike was indeed terrifying, but your Second Nascent Soul had borne the entirety of it.
Following your main Nascent Soul's advancement, your Second Nascent Soul had also evolved to the Mid Nascent Soul Stage ten years ago.
Combined with your Indomitable Will talent, your resistance to soul attacks far surpassed that of other mid-stage True Monarchs.
You fought fiercely with True Monarch Chongtian for a while longer. He used his vertical eye a few more times, but upon realizing it couldn't affect you in the slightest, he gave up.
Several hours later, the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty's offensive slowed, and True Monarch Chongtian fell back.
You gazed at True Monarch Chongtian from afar.
"It is not the optimal time yet."
You pinched your fingers to calculate.
Over these fifty years, with your Second Nascent Soul evolving to the Mid Nascent Soul Stage, the quality of your dharma power had significantly improved, and your spiritual sense had risen with the tide.
Compared to fifty years ago, your head-on combat strength had skyrocketed by thirty to fifty percent.
If you went all out, you were confident you could heavily injure True Monarch Chongtian, with a high chance of destroying his physical body.
But as for thoroughly killing him to obtain the essence souls and demonic cores of the four True Spirit Bloodline beast kings he had collected... you still lacked confidence.
The difficulty of completely killing a mid-stage True Monarch was exponentially greater than killing an early-stage True Monarch. Furthermore, the Dazhou Immortal Dynasty's other mid-stage True Monarchs were also on the battlefield, especially Prince Zhennan.
You needed to wait for the perfect convergence of timing and terrain to cut off all of True Monarch Chongtian's escape routes in one fell swoop.
Returning to the rear fortress, you informed the Wujian Hall Master that your rotation time had arrived.
You had spent fifty or sixty years on the battlefield. It was time to rotate out and let another mid-stage True Monarch take your place.
Even Nascent Soul Stage True Monarchs needed stable rest. Prolonged exposure to the battlefield and constant life-and-death struggles against enemy True Monarchs would exhaust them.
This was exactly why the rotation system existed.
Every Nascent Soul True Monarch only needed to hold the line for a few decades before returning to their respective domain to rest.
Year 433. You were 450 years old.
You smoothly returned to the Wujian Region.
Outside Jiuli Valley, you saw Dachun, along with Ye Feng, who had brought him here.
Having deduced the approximate time Dachun would emerge from Nether Mountain, you had instructed Ye Feng in the Taiyuan Region to wait outside in advance.
As soon as Dachun appeared, he was to bring him to the Wujian Region.
"Young Master!"
Dachun's appearance hadn't changed much from your memories, but his aura was drastically stronger.
No matter how much he restrained it, you could still sense the vast Qi and Blood surging within his body.
A Rank 4 body cultivation True Monarch—and a pure Rank 4 body cultivation True Monarch at that.
You faintly detected that Dachun's physical body contained a certain pure golden nature.
It was the embryonic form of the Indestructible Golden Body belonging to supreme ancient body cultivation True Monarchs.
"Dachun, give me a drop of your blood essence."
You hadn't forgotten your main objective; you planned to use Divine Ability Transformation to refine Dachun's blood essence.
"Okay."
Although Dachun didn't know what you intended, he immediately sliced a wound into his chest and laboriously squeezed out a single drop of blood essence.
Having stepped into Rank 4 pure body cultivation, Dachun's blood essence had completely turned pure gold, exuding a vaguely holy scent.
You solemnly collected this drop of blood essence.
Then, you looked at Ye Feng.
Hundreds of years had passed, and Ye Feng had already cultivated to the Late Core Formation Stage.
But that was his limit. He had entered his twilight years, his demeanor showing his old age.
Because you had planted a demon seed in him, Ye Feng had never attempted a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm, which was how he had lived until now.
Compared to Ye Feng, True Person Blood Sea had died during his attempt to break through to Rank 4 ghost cultivation, and Xiao Hei had similarly failed its breakthrough to Rank 4 beast king, both suffering the fate where the body dies and the Dao perishes.
"Guild Leader, these are the chamber of commerce's profits from over the years."
Ye Feng respectfully handed you a storage bag.
You accepted the storage bag and told Ye Feng to return to the Taiyuan Region.
You, meanwhile, led Dachun into Jiuli Valley.
You had great use for Dachun. As a Rank 4 Early Stage pure body cultivator, his strength when fully unleashed approached the Mid Nascent Soul Stage. He would be highly useful for your upcoming plans.
"Dachun, how long can you stay out this time?"
You looked at Dachun and asked.
"The guardian spirit said I can rest for a hundred years."
Dachun scratched his head and spoke with simple honesty.
"A hundred years is enough."
You felt a wave of relief.
Afterward, while chatting with Dachun, you learned of his body cultivation divine abilities.
Dachun's first body cultivation divine ability was called Shrinking the Earth into an Inch.
His second body cultivation divine ability was Physical Black Hole. Once used, it generated an irresistible suction force in all directions with him at the center.
This suction force was the ultimate counter to the Nascent Soul spirit bodies of Near-Ancient Era True Monarchs.
As for his third body cultivation divine ability, it was Indestructible Golden Nature.
This was the embryonic form of the Indestructible Golden Body achieved by supreme ancient body cultivation True Monarchs.
As long as Dachun cultivated to the Fourth-Order Late Stage, his Indestructible Golden Nature would evolve into the Indestructible Golden Body.
'Why isn't my third body cultivation divine ability Indestructible Golden Nature...'
You speculated that this was perhaps the difference between your path and pure body cultivation. Possessing three body refining divine abilities just like a pure body cultivator was already a shortcut you had managed to exploit.
More than half a month later, you successfully refined Dachun's blood essence.
Whoosh—
Your figure blurred, transforming into Dachun's appearance. Your physique and aura were now completely indistinguishable from his.
'Hmm? It replicated the Physical Black Hole body cultivation divine ability?'
You carefully sensed it. Refining Dachun's blood essence with Divine Ability Transformation had retained his Physical Black Hole divine ability.
'That works too.'
You had originally been more interested in Shrinking the Earth into an Inch, but Physical Black Hole was fine too.
As for Indestructible Golden Nature? Even if your third body refining divine ability wasn't this one, you believed your future fourth or fifth body refining divine abilities would surely be of this type.
Year 440. You were 457 years old.
"Yan'er."
You looked at Li Yan and said solemnly, "Break through to the Nascent Soul realm."
Li Yan was nearly 460 years old. If not for the heavenly treasures you had provided, her Qi and Blood would have declined long ago.
Even so, at her age, Li Yan had to attempt the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm. She had reached the absolute peak of what she could achieve in all aspects.
With your help, Li Yan's physical body had barely stepped into the Tier 3 level, slightly increasing her hopes of surviving the Nascent Soul Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.
"Okay."
Li Yan looked at you, her starry eyes filled with intense reluctance and attachment. In the end, she resolutely began her attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.
Whoosh—
The Nascent Soul phenomenon of a dharma cultivator instantly materialized.
It immediately drew the attention of the many disciples in Jiuli Valley.
"A core condensation phenomenon? Which Core Formation Perfection Stage cultivator is attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul realm?"
"Wait, the condensation phenomenon is over at True Monarch Qingyuan's cave dwelling. Could it be one of his subordinates attempting the breakthrough?"
The Jiuli Valley disciples discussed animatedly among themselves.
Over the past few centuries, your prestige had already surpassed that of True Monarch Beiheng.
Whether it was your Mid Nascent Soul Stage cultivation base or the fact that you had completely slain the immortal dynasty's Nascent Soul True Monarchs in the Sky Rift Grand Canyon, both had brought massive renown to Jiuli Valley.
'The core condensation phenomenon is normal... proceeding steadily and surely.'
You observed Li Yan's core condensation phenomenon. Although it couldn't compare to your past self swallowing spiritual energy like a whale gulping the sea, it was still considered excellent among Core Formation Stage cultivators attempting the Nascent Soul breakthrough.
Over a month later.
The condensation phenomenon quickly dissipated, and layers of tribulation clouds gathered, azure lightning rolling within them.
'The Heavenly Thunder Tribulation!'
You gazed at the black tribulation clouds from afar.
For Li Yan, out of the three Nascent Soul hurdles, the hardest was actually the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.
Second was shattering the core to form the nascent soul.
And the very last was the Heart Demon Tribulation.
This was the advantage a Fourth-Order musical grandmaster brought to one's state of mind.
Her chances of passing the Heart Demon Tribulation were even higher than those of True Monarch seeds at the same level possessing a Flawless Gold Core.
Rumble!
Nine bolts of heavenly lightning struck down, and Li Yan finally survived the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation.
The black tribulation clouds twisted, exuding an ominous aura.
Half a day passed.
The tribulation clouds scattered.
They were replaced by a brand-new Nascent Soul aura.
'She smoothly stepped into the Nascent Soul Stage?'
Joy swelled in your heart.
Li Yan successfully entering the Nascent Soul Stage meant that your investments in her over the years hadn't gone to waste.
A Nascent Soul Stage Primordial Yin Treasure Physique would play a crucial role in your future cultivation.
In addition, with the experience of Li Yan stepping into the Nascent Soul Stage this time, there was a high probability that she would successfully reach it in every subsequent simulation.
"Master..."
As soon as you entered the cave dwelling, you felt a soft, fragrant body throw itself into your arms.
"Yan'er."
You hugged Li Yan and rubbed her head. "Right now, your priority is stabilizing your realm."
"Okay."
Li Yan nodded obediently, still hanging on your every word.
Even though she had broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage, with hundreds of years of emotional bonds tying her down, Li Yan still didn't have the slightest thought of rebelling against you.
You watched Li Yan, completely unguarded around you, sit cross-legged on the spot and begin stabilizing her realm.
Then, you glanced at Dachun in another area of the cave dwelling's training ground. A sudden thought welled up in your mind.
Right now, you were at the Mid Nascent Soul Stage, while Dachun was a pure Rank 4 Early Stage body cultivator whose combat strength approached the mid-stage. Li Yan was at the Early Nascent Soul Stage, and your Second Nascent Soul residing in a Rank 4 corpse puppet was also equivalent to an independent Nascent Soul combatant.
It was worth noting that even for the dominant faction of a super domain like Wujian Hall, including its mid-stage Hall Master, they only had five or six Nascent Soul level combatants in total.
Yet, through your own individual strength, you had reached a height nearing that of the entire Wujian Region.
One person was a sect.
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