Longevity by Grinding Skills

Chapter 529: Chapter 529: The True Monarch’s Summons

Bi Yuan said, deeply moved, "Yunfan, you carry a heavy burden now. I’m afraid we’re only holding you back."

Xu Yunfan felt a little awkward. ’The main reason I’m keeping everyone here is to prevent my secrets from getting out,’ he thought. He couldn’t help but chuckle dryly. "Master, you’re being too serious."

He cleared his throat, moving past the topic, and continued.

"The name True Martial is now history. From this day forward, this peak shall be renamed Divine Sky Peak."

Xu Yunfan continued, "Master Bi, I’ll have to trouble you to lead the peak’s disciples in transitioning their cultivation. You will personally teach the basics of the True Scripture to Wu Yan, Chen Tiezhu, and the others. Xuezhen, Qingming, Elder Ni, and Elder Mayi, I’ll ask you all to please assist them and answer any questions the disciples may have."

"As you command, Peak Master!"

Everyone replied in unison.

They were all seasoned veterans and naturally understood that their fate now rested on Xu Yunfan.

Although Ancestral Master Chunyang was still in this world, he was far away in the Wansheng Sword Sect. Moreover, as a Golden Core True Monarch of the Sword Sect, his every move was under scrutiny. For them to go to him rashly would be to do nothing but cause trouble.

With the gloom over their future dispersed and a Supreme Scripture in their possession, the future of True Martial—no, Divine Sky Peak—was finally looking bright.

Of course, these were the thoughts of Bi Yuan and the others, along with a multitude of disciples.

「For the next three months」

The entire peak was swept up in an orderly yet frenzied storm of transformation.

Beside the giant Black Tortoise Stone Statue, the imposing "True Martial Peak" stele was completely erased. In its place, branded by Divine Sky True Essence and wreathed in arcs of lightning, were the three grand words "Divine Sky Peak." Their aura was magnificent, imbued with the thunderous authority to shatter the Ten Thousand Laws.

They had been inscribed by Xu Yunfan’s own hand.

Across the peak’s complex of jet-black palaces, the corners of many eaves became wreathed in faint arcs of Divine Sky Lightning. Simple Divine Sky Runes were inscribed upon the interior walls, and a subtle, almost imperceptible aura of immense, world-shaking thunder began to permeate the air.

On the Martial Arts Arena, the usual battle cries were replaced by the low drone of chanting.

All disciples, whether from the Outer Sect or not, and regardless of their previous cultivation progress, focused their entire beings on transitioning to the introductory section of the *Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying Scripture* under the guidance of Bi Yuan and his core team.

Some disciples were reluctant to abandon their previous cultivation progress and didn’t want to switch. Xu Yunfan didn’t force them.

’After all, we’re all part of the Primordial Sect. Self-awareness is a good thing. They’re all assets, so it doesn’t really matter what they cultivate. Of course, if they can’t pay back their loans in the end, I’ll just have to take a little something from them directly.’

’Xu Yunfan would have loved to take the high road and pretend he was above all this, but here in the Primordial Sect, under the watchful eyes of the other peaks’ Foundation Establishment Daoist Masters, he had to do as the Romans do. It wasn’t easy for him, either.’

’As for wanting more advanced Cultivation Methods, or even Artifact Refining Techniques? Sorry, but you’ll have to cough up the Contribution Points.’

’Don’t have any?’

’Then go do Sect missions to earn them. Or take out a loan.’

’In short, there were plenty of options. He wasn’t worried about these assets having no way to generate revenue.’

Xu Yunfan didn’t involve himself too much in the day-to-day affairs.

He spent most of his time deep within his private manor, simultaneously stabilizing his Dao Foundation and processing his gains and insights from the battle at Cold Crow Pass.

He was also waiting for True Monarch Qing Yuan’s next instructions.

Just as Chu Chengnan had said, in the chess game of a Golden Core True Monarch, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was merely a valuable pawn, as of yet unable to escape the rules of the board.

True Monarch Qing Yuan had ordered him to return to the Primordial Sect within three days and await further instructions, so naturally, Xu Yunfan could not leave the Sect lightly.

Although there had been no word so far, Xu Yunfan was well aware that he could be summoned at any moment.

The only thing that surprised Xu Yunfan was that after his return to Divine Sky Peak, the Foundation Establishment Daoist Masters of the other peaks seemed to have gotten the news. The many disciples from Hundred Desires Peak who were originally loitering at the foot of the mountain had all vanished.

Xu Yunfan felt a helpless sigh escape him. ’I was hoping to take this opportunity to have a chat with Daoist Master Bai Hua,’ he thought. ’That Hundred Desires Devouring Essence Technique is quite remarkable. If I could cultivate it to its depths, and then practice its advanced True Skill—the *Heaven and Earth Interchange Yin Yang Separation and Reunion Scripture*—I would no longer be limited to drawing essence from just men and women.’

’You could literally drain the sky, the earth, the very air itself.’

’How could a Dual Cultivation Method be so inconvenient?’

’This True Skill would make for an excellent auxiliary technique, so of course Xu Yunfan was interested.’

By now, between the Divine Sky Scripture, his own Daoist Cultivation, and the Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends he had obtained from Zhenyuan Temple, he had already forged a perfect Divine Sky Dao Foundation.

The scripture reached up to the highest Celestial Palace of the Divine Sky’s nine heavens, and forged down into the Profound Vault Undying Combat Golden Body.

It integrated offense and defense at any range, making it virtually perfect.

Three months flew by amidst the feverish rebuilding and cultivation transition on Divine Sky Peak.

One day, as Xu Yunfan was sitting in meditation within his manor, pondering how to condense the Divine Sky Scripture’s Grotto Heaven Embryo and journey to the Nine Heavens’ astral gales to harvest the essence of thunder...

Suddenly, a calm yet familiar voice, carried by an aura that effortlessly bypassed the layers of restrictive spells around his manor, sounded beside his ear.

’To Pure Source Mountain, Purple Bamboo Temple. At once.’

"Finally..."

Xu Yunfan opened his eyes. The immense Magical Power within him slowly receded, and a glint of lightning flashed in their depths before vanishing. Above his manor, the layers of heavy black clouds that had been lingering and crackling with occasional thunderbolts also began to disperse.

He rose to his full height, smoothed down his already unwrinkled Daoist robe, and stepped out of the manor with a calm expression.

Without alerting anyone, Xu Yunfan transformed into a streak of divine purple lightning. He shot up from the ground in an instant, broke through the misty barrier surrounding Divine Sky Peak, and plunged directly into the vast sea of clouds in the Primordial Sect’s core region.

The Primordial Sect’s Nine Great Immortal Mountains hung like nine colossal pillars supporting the heavens, suspended above a boundless sea of spiritual clouds. Rosy light and auspicious mists swirled about them, creating the very picture of an immortal domain.

Each Immortal Mountain seemed to be a small, independent world, its immense Spiritual Pressure contained yet palpable, magnificent and boundless.

Pure Source Mountain was one of these peaks.

From a distance, the Immortal Mountain was shrouded in a deep, cool, azure halo. Its topography was strange and precipitous, its sheer cliffs wreathed in clouds and mist, making it look like a celestial paradise.

The moment he neared the domain of Pure Source Mountain, an invisible beam of guiding Spiritual Light enveloped him, pulling him through the thick layer of spiritual clouds.

Upon entering Pure Source Mountain’s territory, the Spiritual Qi immediately became exceptionally pure and crisp, suffused with a sense of profound vastness.

All over the mountain grew spiritual bamboos that resembled purple jade. They stood tall and straight, their needle-fine leaves glinting with a cold, metallic light. They swayed without any wind, knocking against each other to produce crisp, metallic chimes. The sound converged into a natural, musical ward that could both cleanse one’s Heart and Spirit and conceal a deadly intent.

He followed the winding jade steps upward. After passing through a dense sea of overlapping purple bamboo, the view suddenly opened up.

A wide, flat platform on the mountain’s summit held a solitary Daoist temple.

The temple was not divided into courtyards; it consisted of a single, large hall.

The doors to the hall stood wide open, revealing an exceptionally sparse and simple interior.

The floor was paved with the same deep purple, jade-like spiritual bamboo, polished so brightly it reflected one’s image.

There were no statues for worship or any complex decorations inside the hall. Only upon a raised dais at the far end sat a single, rustic meditation cushion, also carved from purple bamboo.

The top of the grand hall was not a conventional roof; it was open to the sky. Through a massive skylight, one could see a complex Star Map swirling across the heavens, formed from countless Talismans and Dao Patterns.

Wisps of Starlight and pure Dao Rhyme, both linked to the Celestial Dao, were being drawn down into the hall.

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