Born with immortal seed

Chapter 598 Who am I, and who is me?

“My little paradise is now ready to be inhabited by living beings, allowing them to multiply and thrive here… Along this waterway, a few acres of spiritual fields can be cultivated at will, yielding five harvests a year, easily feeding hundreds of thousands of people.”

"The lake and the bamboo forest together can easily accommodate a thousand cultivators."

"The newly expanded territory is rich in resources, with several spiritual lands formed, and at least several hundred cultivators."

Bai Zichen grabbed Gun Gun, took a step, and instantly arrived at the boundary of the nascent cave.

This is the advantage of being in one's own world; there are no restrictions, and all supernatural powers are enhanced.

"Within reach yet worlds apart" has become a literal concept. Any corner within the nascent grotto-heaven can be reached at a moment's notice, comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator in the real world.

He ignored the output of his own world, and the thought of migrating people in arose but was immediately dismissed.

The benefits are that it adds vitality and can also help manage the initial shape of the cave and do some chores.

The downside isn't specifically to Bai Zichen, but rather that those cultivators and mortals who have entered the nascent stage of the cave have no protection whatsoever. A major battle would be like the collapse of the heavens and the earth, the re-creation of the world, and could potentially lead to their complete annihilation.

Given the current situation, such major battles are inevitable in the future.

We should consider this matter only after we've further strengthened our abilities and can protect all the living beings in the cave.

"However, in the worst-case scenario, I can rush back to the Northern Region to retrieve the sect disciples in the nascent form of my grotto-heaven and escape to a distant place... Although I have attracted a lot of hatred, as long as it's not a Nascent Soul Demon Venerable personally chasing me, I can definitely escape the encirclement. At worst, I can just run wildly towards those famous forbidden areas in the cultivation world, and I refuse to believe that I can't find a way out!"

Bai Zichen became fierce and whipped Gun Gun again, giving it a good stern warning.

If I don't work harder at cultivation, I'll have to go outside and bring back another spirit beast to raise.

As a result, Gun Gun has been very well-behaved these past two days, but its appetite has also decreased significantly. It no longer finds even its favorite tender bamboo shoots appealing. Instead, it spends its days either devouring the flesh and blood of a fourth-tier demon or training its spiritual power in its own way.

Thinking of the fact that the number one sword cultivator in the cultivation world had a natal spirit beast that was only a mid-grade mutated Tai Chi Bear of the first three tiers, Bai Zichen felt a sense of urgency that his son was not living up to his potential.

He even took out the sacred beast essence blood that the Dragon Lord had long coveted, ignoring the fact that Gun Gun buried its head in its chest in fright, and separated a trace of the sacred beast's aura onto it.

Even the Dragon Lord coveted its power, wanting to use the essence of the sacred beast to advance to the fifth rank.

Since the rolling beast was only at the middle level of the third rank, it started by carefully analyzing a wisp of aura to see how it would react.

"To have possessed such astonishing and terrifying power for so many years, yet never being able to put it to use, what a waste..."

Bai Zichen reached out and lifted the essence blood of the sacred beast into the void, like the most dazzling pearl, but no other jewel could possess such power.

At his current level, he can directly manipulate the essence blood of sacred beasts without worrying about the spread of their aura.

"I wonder if I can use that so-called 'Heaven-Stealing and Sun-Changing Technique' written by humans for demons in my situation. I'll try it again after I reach the Nascent Soul stage."

After Bai Zichen had made all the arrangements, his figure flickered and he disappeared from the nascent cave.

The next instant, he returned to the real world.

It's not the nascent soul of the past entering the realm, but rather the entire person, including the physical body, entering the embryonic form of the cave heaven, truly leaving the real world.

This is much safer than having a nascent soul enter while only a physical body remains to protect it, especially when one is homeless in the wild.

The entrance to the nascent cave was not something ordinary cultivators could discover, thus effectively establishing a security guarantee.

With a flick of the finger, a large lock formed by the power of time fell down.

Even if a cultivator with a higher cultivation level discovers the initial form of the cave, it would still be a long and arduous process for that person to decipher and enter it.

If it is a well-constructed nascent cave, even a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot destroy it in a short period of time.

Furthermore, the Great Lock of Time completely cuts off all cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage who are not familiar with the Great Dao of Time, so they should not even think about winning with sheer numbers.

Looking around, there were no cultivators nearby. Bai Zichen rode his sword into the air and headed straight for the Great Phoenix.

After flying on his sword for several days, he clearly felt that the order had deteriorated significantly since he left the Great Zhou.

Surprisingly, several groups of bandits were seen openly fighting on the main trade route. They even continued to fight instead of retreating when they saw the banners of super sects.

This would have been completely impossible in the past.

This means that while the control of the sects in the Central Region over their own territory is rapidly declining, their deterrent power is also constantly decreasing.

The days when a Foundation Establishment disciple from a major sect could easily intimidate a Core Formation cultivator simply by virtue of their reputation seem unlikely to be repeated.

Bai Zichen didn't meddle in other people's business and went to the volcano that Baoxuan Daoist had mentioned.

"Good news, it's at least tens of millions of miles away from the Azure Lotus Sword Sect... Bad news, how come it's so close to the Ruyi Buddhist Kingdom? If a fifth-order flying sword were to emerge, it would be impossible to hide it from the Treasure Wheel Buddha."

The Nanming Lihuo Sword is one of the three divine swords of the Qinglian Sword Sect. More than 600 years ago, it was still in the hands of the peerless genius Nie Chixia, who failed in his challenge against the Heavenly Tribulation of the Nascent Soul stage.

When a person dies, their spiritual essence vanishes, and the divine sword disappears.

Strictly speaking, the Qinglian Sword Sect has a legal right to possess the Nanming Lihuo Sword, and they have certainly been searching for it everywhere.

Therefore, Bai Zichen was afraid that Nanming Li Huojian was too close to Qinglian Sword Sect, which would definitely lead to another conflict.

After all, the Nanming Lihuo Sword had been in the Qinglian Sword Sect for so long, and there was bound to be some affection for it, so the sword spirit was easily inclined to choose between it and the sword.

Now that the Azure Lotus Sword Sect is so far away, there's no need to worry. But another Divine Transformation Sect has arrived: the number one Buddhist sect in the world, the Kasyapa Sect.

The Buddha Ratnavali established a Buddhist kingdom on earth here, where hundreds of millions of believers live, almost a completely different world from the outside.

Within the Buddhist realm, the Buddha of the Precious Wheel possesses strength comparable to the Heavenly Punishment Peak Master, placing them close to the strongest in this world.

The volcano is only ten thousand miles away from the Buddha Land of Auspicious Wishes, and any slight disturbance will be sensed by the Buddha of Precious Wheel.

In this era of great contention, no one would want to miss out on a treasure of the Nanming Li Huo Sword's caliber.

"Let's investigate first; we might not even get the flying sword..."

Bai Zichen racked his brains but couldn't come up with a way to take away a fifth-tier flying sword without anyone noticing in front of a Nascent Soul level Buddhist cultivator.

We can only proceed cautiously and adapt to changing circumstances.

As you venture deeper into the volcano from its entrance, the molten lava and flames that could easily melt rocks and turn them into gold all give way, bowing their heads and lying prostrate on the volcanic rocks.

Although he had not mastered the Great Dao of Fire, his control over flames was no less than that of such cultivators.

His foundation, built upon the Fire Dragon Returning to Origin Scripture, allowed him to absorb true fire, and the refined Sun Origin Copper Bone made him fearless of heavenly fire.

This means that pure flames in the cultivation world have almost no chance of harming him.

Swish!
A fiery snake leaped out of the shadows, but before Bai Zichen could raise his hand, a flash of sword light swept across and cleaved it in two.

It fell to the ground, splitting into two pools of flowing fire essence, which slid into the molten lava.

"Fire-type spirits are starting to appear. It seems we're not far from the place the Daoist Baoxuan described!"

Bai Zichen's spirits lifted, and his legs were already submerged in the bubbling, steaming, and fiery lava, as if wading in cool water.

……

Beiyuan, Piaoxue Temple.

Heaven sent down sweet rain, fairies scattered flowers, and yet another majestic glacier shone brightly in the world.

The boundless primordial energy of heaven and earth surged forth, cheering and leaping, rushing towards the central altar.

At the same time, the forty-nine giant ice crystals below Piaoxue Temple simultaneously emitted an astonishing chill, adding an even more frigid atmosphere to the mountain gate, which was already a land of ice and snow.

A mountain spring and a pool of icy water instantly froze into ice.

Until the graceful figure on the altar slowly rose, drawing the icy and snowy intent throughout the entire mountain gate to follow, condensing into a huge image of light and shadow behind her.

"end!"

With a soft shout, the wind and snow in Piaoxue Temple stopped completely, the weather calmed down, and returned to normal.

"Congratulations to the Abbot on achieving the Nascent Soul stage and becoming a True Lord, fulfilling the long-cherished wish of the past masters of this temple. May your path to enlightenment be everlasting!"

Dozens of female cultivators knelt on the ground and offered their congratulations in unison.

"Get up. Now that you have taken this first step, it means that the direction I have chosen is correct... You will all have the opportunity to reach the Nascent Soul stage in the future. You will not have to be like those predecessors, who, no matter how talented they were, could only stop at the Perfect Core Formation stage!"

Xuechan raised her arms, her skin as white as snow, so much so that one could almost see the veins and blood within her body.

The Snowdrift Sect's lineage has a flaw in its cultivation method: it makes forming the Golden Core easy, and with the Nine Yang True Fire, even achieving perfect Golden Core formation is not difficult.

However, the final step of transforming into a Nascent Soul is a hundred times more difficult than that of other cultivators. All the patriarchs of the past generations have died under the Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation, without exception.

Xuechan traveled the world for hundreds of years, searching for various methods without success, until a dozen years ago when she had a flash of inspiration and was inspired to complete the cultivation technique.

The more he thought about it, the more feasible the method seemed. In any case, he had already reached the peak of Core Formation and made sufficient preparations for Nascent Soul Transformation, so he might as well embark on the path of Nascent Soul Transformation directly.

In this way, they crossed the insurmountable barrier that had trapped countless ancestors of Piaoxue Temple.

"The cultivation world is currently rife with conflict and chaos. Fortunately, the patriarch has blessed me and allowed me to attain the Nascent Soul stage; otherwise, how could I maintain the sect..."

Xuechan turned lightly, about to step down from the platform, when a great fear welled up in her heart, and her body trembled involuntarily.

The disciples of Piaoxue Temple below looked at each other, wondering what had happened, but dared not ask.

In the blink of an eye, a powerful pressure descended upon Piaoxue Temple. The fourth-order grand formation that they were so proud of was as fragile as paper in front of the newcomer, who tore open a large hole with a wave of her hand.

It was described lightly, without a trace of human activity, and not even a clash of weather elements occurred.

All the disciples of Piaoxue Temple were utterly devastated. This was far more terrifying than the breaching of their mountain gate. The great formation had been destroyed without any warning, which showed just how powerful the attacker was.

Even a Great True Monarch, even with a fully formed Nascent Soul, might not be able to do it in an instant.

A cold and beautiful female cultivator in a tall crown and ancient robe, with flowing sleeves, suddenly appeared, ignoring the layers of restrictions of Piaoxue Temple as if she were returning to her own home.

"So that's how it is..."

Xuechan's face turned deathly pale, devoid of any color, and she slumped onto the execution platform, understanding dawning on her.

"Who am I, who am I..."

The aloof female cultivator murmured, her face blank, and gently raised her slender hand to grab Xue Chan below.

(End of this chapter)