Beast Families: I Have an Illustrated Book of All Souls

Chapter 1576 The Ceremony Begins: Sixth-Tier Wooden Heart (Two Chapters Combined, Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

The rolling sea of ​​fog is like the mighty Yangtze River, surging endlessly.

A ray of golden light pierced through the clouds, revealing the morning glow.

"Roar!"

"Ha!"

A dragon's roar and a phoenix's cry pierced the sky, as the phoenixes soared and danced in the heavens.

A fierce wind arose, the sea of ​​fog dissipated, and a magnificent six-story palace was revealed on Penglai Mountain.

Before the shrine, a golden mirror reflected golden light, transforming into a long golden beam that flew down to the foot of the mountain.

The pervasive golden light transformed into golden steps, like a ladder to immortality, spanning tens of thousands of feet and revealing itself at the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, before the divine palace, Ye Xuecang, as Ye Jingcheng's great-uncle, personally wore a golden Taoist robe, head held high, looking straight ahead.

Golden light shone on his face, his eyes, and the lines of his face, making him appear incredibly excited.

"The time has come, the Nascent Soul Ceremony begins!" As soon as Ye Xuecang uttered these words, the entire Spirit Mountain seemed to boil over.

Every thousand feet, a figure stood beside the golden steps, speaking in a loud voice:
"The time has come; the Nascent Soul Ceremony begins!"

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As the ceremony began, countless cranes appeared in the sky once again. Some of these cranes were tens or hundreds of feet in size, while others were only a foot long. They were clearly still young cranes, but even so, the crests on their heads were still exceptionally bright red.

They all swooped down from the sky and landed at the foot of the mountain.

And one by one, the cultivators began to climb the mountain.

Of course, not just anyone can climb these golden steps.

To ascend the golden staircase, one must at least be a Golden Core cultivator or a Golden Core power.

Even the top-tier Purple Mansion is no match.

Furthermore, those who can ascend the golden steps are all distinguished guests of the Ye family, and the gifts they present are meant to be celebrated and known throughout the world.

The golden staircase remained still, but cultivators at the Purple Mansion, Foundation Establishment, and Qi Refining stages followed the Ye family cultivators toward a plaza not far up the mountain.

At least 100,000 cultivators have come today.

This plaza could not possibly accommodate so many cultivators, but the Ye family had set up three secret realms within it.

A banquet had already been prepared in the secret realm, and everyone entered the realm to celebrate the Nascent Soul Ceremony with the Ye family.

"Wei Yuanyu of the Wei family of Yanzhou congratulates Divine Lord Qianchen on his great success in transforming into a deity, wishing him boundless immortality and endless blessings. He hereby presents a fifth-tier nine-leaf spirit orchid, a fourth-tier top-grade spirit herb, the Frost Chrysanthemum, and a fourth-tier superior-grade Golden Sun Sacred Fruit..."

Without hesitation, Wei Yuanyu, at the prompting of the Ye family members, stepped onto the golden staircase.

Originally, the ones who should have arrived at this moment most for the Ye family were Tiansha Sect and Tiandao Sect.

After all, the former is the Ye family's sect in the Central Region, while the latter is the Ye family's sect in the Eastern Region.

However, the Heavenly Blade Sect is already a Nascent Soul power, and the Heavenly Sand Sect is extremely closely related to the Ye family.

Only then will they choose from the remaining forces.

After all, this first force either has a very powerful background or serves as a great example.

Among the Ye family's affiliated families, the Wei family is undoubtedly the most exemplary.

The gifts were the most numerous, and a large number of female cultivators from the Wei family were brought along, so even the Ye family didn't know how to refuse.

Because the Wei family has no requirements, nor do they need talented members of the Ye family; they just need to find someone they like.

Over the years, as the Ye family has grown in number, holding wedding banquets has become more complicated than it used to be.

Compared to cultivators from other factions, female cultivators from the Wei family, who were vassals, clearly knew the situation better.

"Wan Chengjie of the Wan family of Taiqing Prefecture, Yanzhou, congratulates the Divine Lord Qianchen on his great success in becoming a deity. May his immortal spirit be boundless and his blessings everlasting. I hereby present him with a fifth-tier Golden Luan Fruit and a piece of fourth-tier Golden Extreme Meteorite Iron..." After the Wei family, it was the Wan family's turn. Wan Chengjie had also gone to great lengths to obtain this fifth-tier Golden Luan Fruit.

He had attended many auctions before.

It was only because the Ye family did not restrict the teleportation array in the Eastern Region that he finally obtained this fifth-tier spirit fruit after several failures.

Now, the Wan family has also reassigned a branch of their clan to the Taiqing Prefecture of the Yan Kingdom.

Of course, since the Wan family knew about the Sand Sea, the members of the Taiqing Prefecture were all newly arrived members of the Wan family in the Spirit Mountain.

They had no idea where the desert was, nor did they know about the Tianfeng Oasis or the Tianli Grassland.

Only Wan Chengjie, the patriarch of the Wan family, knew a little about it, but he was also restricted by the family's jade book.

Even so, Wan Chengjie was still deeply grateful.

I also deeply admire the decisions made by the Wan family's ancestors back then. If it weren't for those decisions, how could the Wan family be what it is today?

On the contrary, he felt that his efforts in the desert over the years were nothing.

As the Wei family, Wan family, and other Golden Core affiliated forces ascended the golden ladder.

The Gu family, Xiao family, Heyu Sect, Zifu Sect and other Golden Core forces also presented their congratulatory gifts, walked up the golden steps, and presented their gifts to Ye Jingcheng in front of tens of thousands of witnesses.

This round saw over eight hundred cheers.

This also means that more than 800 Golden Core cultivators came to offer their congratulations.

It should be noted that a prefecture in the Central Region is typically home to three to four Golden Core cultivators.

A prefecture is roughly divided into more than ten sub-prefectures.

Including the three states of the Demonic Sect, the Central Region has a total of fifty-three states.

And then there are the Golden Core forces in the Northern, Western, and Southern Regions.

It is estimated that there are only about three hundred Golden Core forces in the entire Great Yu Realm.

This also means that many Golden Core forces from other realms have also arrived.

If we include the Golden Core cultivators, the number has exceeded 1,500.

Compared to the Nascent Soul Cultivation Conference, the only difference is the lack of top-tier Nascent Soul Cultivators.

After all, low-level cultivators at the Nascent Soul Assembly cannot auction off sixth-tier treasures.

They basically won't get any benefits from the Sixth-Order Nascent Soul Cultivation Conference.

However, the Nascent Soul Ceremony is different. Nascent Soul cultivators will also preach. Normally, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would attract countless people to preach, let alone a Nascent Soul cultivator.

He was none other than the most miraculous Nascent Soul cultivator in the Great Yu Realm for hundreds of years, Lord Qianchen.

Furthermore, some deity transformation ceremonies also involve the recruitment of disciples and followers by the immortal clan or sect to which the ceremony takes place.

Once you get inside, it's like ascending to heaven in one step.

At the very least, there are various spiritual wines and teas to taste, and you can also meet many cultivators and make friends with other high-level cultivators.

As the Golden Core cultivators ascended the golden steps, cranes also took flight alongside them.

"The Heavenly Blade Sect of Yanzhou congratulates Divine Lord Qianchen on his great success in transforming into a deity. May his immortal aura be vast and his blessings everlasting. We hereby present him with a fifth-grade superior Golden Spirit Ancient Ginseng, a fifth-grade Azure Abyss Yang Jade, and a fifth-grade ancient treasure, the Blood Demon Blade..."

The Heavenly Blade Sect has only survived to this day under the protection of the Ye family.

Mo Dao Zhenjun also knew that if it weren't for the Ye family, he might not even be alive now.

Not to mention breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage and becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator, revered by thousands.

Of course, this "Ancient Treasure Blood Demon Blade" is not an ancient treasure, but a demonic treasure.

This demonic artifact can devour a cultivator's lifespan. Back then, when the Heavenly Blade Sect sought the protection of the Ye family, they offered this demonic artifact to the Ye family.

The Ye family never accepted it, only borrowed it occasionally.

Now is the perfect time to send them out together during the ceremony.

Following closely behind the Heavenly Blade Sect was the Medicine King Valley, and the person who arrived was none other than Liu Huan. She wore a green robe, and beneath her hairpin, three thousand willow branches cascaded down, making her appear even more beautiful.

She gazed at the sky with her beautiful eyes, looking directly at Ye Jingcheng.

The latter landed before the divine palace, like a banished immortal, inspiring awe and preventing any other thoughts from arising.

"Zhao Zhou Medicine King Valley congratulates Divine Lord Qianchen on his great success in becoming a deity. May his immortal spirit be boundless and his blessings everlasting. We hereby offer you the sixth-grade spiritual grass, Qilin Yuancao; the fifth-grade supreme spiritual flower, Huanzi Linghua; the fifth-grade superior jade ginseng..." Medicine King Valley listed more than twenty kinds of spiritual herbs in a row.

Moreover, the worst among them is still a fifth-grade spiritual herb, and there are quite a few of them, which are the spiritual herbs that the Ye family is looking for.

Even the elders of the Ye family couldn't help but nod towards Medicine King Valley.

The Ye family was still grateful to Medicine King Valley, otherwise they would not have returned the sixth-order spiritual vein and Divine Medicine Mountain to Medicine King Valley.

It's important to know that the Ye family had to pay a huge price to purchase a sixth-order spirit gathering array and a sixth-order spirit attracting stone.

Not to mention, a sixth-order spirit herb garden also needs a lot of sixth-order spirit soil and at least fifth-order spirit eye spring water for irrigation.

However, no excessive demands were made on Medicine King Valley.

To this day, it is indeed proven that Medicine King Valley is still worthy of the Ye family's trust.

As the Nascent Soul cultivators began to ascend the golden steps, spiritual rain began to fall from both sides, blessing the cultivators.

Of course, the spiritual rain mainly covers the descendants of the Nascent Soul faction.

A Nascent Soul cultivator from a more distant area might only bring along one or two juniors they value.

However, the sects that are closer to home are different; they usually bring a dozen or twenty people with them.

There were even as many as forty or fifty people.

These people are also Lingyu's main targets.

"This spiritual rain is fourth-order spiritual water, carrying a chilling aura, and probably contains some cold marrow fluid!" The Nascent Soul cultivators didn't feel much of a difference yet.

But those who bathed in the spiritual rain and enjoyed the dew were all overjoyed.

Even a single drop of spiritual rain represents a significant opportunity!
"Starry Sea Starry Gate congratulates Divine Lord Qianchen on his great success in becoming a deity. May his immortal spirit be boundless and his blessings everlasting. We hereby present him with a Five Elements Token magic treasure and a fifth-tier Purple Moon Fruit!" Soon, it was the turn of the Sun and Moon Saints of the Starry Sea Starry Gate.

Both of them had already handed over the gifts, which were definitely qualified treasures.

The Ye family accepted it directly, and someone delivered it to Ye Jingcheng.

After the Star Gate's offering of gifts concludes, it will be the turn of the Nascent Soul forces from other regions and realms.

What surprised the Ye family was the Qingxia Palace, and the Qingxia Fairy who had met Ye Jingcheng once before.

"Qingxia Fairy of the Zisha World congratulates Lord Qianchen on his great success in becoming a deity. May his immortal spirit be boundless and his blessings everlasting. I hereby present you with a sixth-tier Moonlit Peach Wood Heart!"

When Fairy Qingxia spoke, even Ye Jingcheng was taken aback.

This treasure was not on the list and was not presented.

But the treasure's rarity and the sheer surprise it brought were truly astounding, even to Ye Jingcheng.

Although they couldn't gather enough sixth-grade peach wood cores, for the Ye family, sixth-grade peach wood cores were no less valuable than sixth-grade red fox essence blood.

Ye Jingcheng didn't think he could find such a treasure quickly in the spirit world.

However, if one were to actually gather enough recipes for a sixth-tier peach wood pill, it might be possible to upgrade the peach wood into a sixth-tier peach wood spirit.

You should know that nowadays, a single peach can extend one's lifespan by two hundred years, and once you reach the sixth rank, a single peach can extend one's lifespan by five hundred years.

Three pills can add nearly a thousand years to one's lifespan.

In the mortal realm, it would definitely have extraordinary significance.

Of course, Ye Jingcheng also knew that Fairy Qingxia was willing to give such a valuable congratulatory gift.

It's probably because of Ye Jingcheng's sharing at the Dan Conference back then.

Although Ye Jingcheng didn't share much, his ideas about the Divine Realm and the sixth-order alchemists still had a significant impact on Fairy Qingxia.

"Fairy Qingxia, please take a seat." As a Nascent Soul cultivator, Ye family members would naturally step forward to guide her.

This time, Ye Xuecang also gave up the main position to Ye Qingyan.

Although Ye Qingyan is not well-known outside, many people still know that he is the second alchemist of the Ye family.

"It is said that there is an exceptionally talented alchemist in the Ye family's Qing generation. Seeing him today, I can confirm that his alchemy skills are indeed remarkable," Fairy Qingxia said.

To ordinary people, the reason why alchemists work might not be obvious.

However, they can sense alchemists to some extent.

First of all, their affinity for fire-attribute spiritual energy is quite different.

In particular, Fairy Qingxia has already come into contact with the divine realm related to fire attributes.

"You flatter me, Fairy Qingxia. I'm just enjoying the benefits brought by my eleventh uncle." Ye Qingyan waved his hand.

"In terms of alchemy, I still need to learn more from you, Fairy," Ye Qingyan then said politely.

“Alright, I have plenty of time this time, so there’s no rush to return to the Zisha world.” Fairy Qingxia nodded in agreement.

This was something Ye Qingyan hadn't expected.

But having said all that, he naturally didn't say anything more, but simply nodded.

The presentation of the Nascent Soul continued as the two chatted.

Various fifth-tier spiritual herbs, treasures, and materials appeared one after another.

Many of the treasures were things that even some of the higher-ups in the Ye family had never heard of.

And with the successful offering of the last Nascent Soul cultivator.

Suddenly, azure clouds rose on the distant horizon, and at the same time, a giant azure ship appeared at the edge of the sky.

The one at the head of the giant ship was none other than the Divine Lord Zheng Yuan.

Today, the Divine Lord Zhengyuan is in high spirits, even though he is not the one who will be participating in the Divine Transformation Ceremony.

But he was his apprentice.

Therefore, he took out the spiritual treasure that the righteous sect had recently acquired, the Azure Cloud Wind-Treading Boat.

"Master." Ye Jingcheng also stepped forward.

This was the first time Ye Jingcheng had moved.

His steps were incredibly graceful.

What should have been a simple step in the air instantly brought him to the side of the Divine Lord Zhengyuan.

"This is the 'Short Reach to the Ends of the Earth' divine power and another secret footwork technique!" Many Nascent Soul cultivators in the shadows exclaimed in surprise.

Even the Divine Lord Zhengyuan was taken aback.

I never expected Ye Jingcheng to show off like this.

But soon, his joyful brows relaxed slightly.

He knew Ye Jingcheng's personality; he would never show off.

This is probably to let the other Nascent Soul cultivators know that his current strength is absolutely not to be underestimated among them!

After all, for a Nascent Soul cultivator, if they fail to kill their prey after plotting, and the fight escalates to the death, it is a consequence that no Nascent Soul cultivator force can afford.

Because at that time, your disciples no longer dared to leave the teleportation array.

Even after leaving the teleportation array, one must worry about being killed by an enemy Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Master has nothing good to give you, so I'll just give you a drop of sixth-tier white ape blood essence and a sixth-tier purple-light grass!"

(End of this chapter)