Born with immortal seed

Chapter 599 Seeing Through Everything

"No wonder we made no progress for centuries, but suddenly everything became clear..."

"No wonder many of the sect's founders throughout the ages possessed the bearing of immortals. Judging from their performance in the Core Formation stage, they could easily reach the Nascent Soul stage. They had already eliminated all the difficulties in the Nascent Soul stage, yet they still failed before the dawn of enlightenment..."

"Everyone attributed the problem to the inherent flaws in their cultivation techniques, believing that they were not good enough, and they traveled everywhere to befriend powerful people and seek spiritual objects to complete the true meaning of the Great Dao..."

"You thought your years of painstaking effort had moved Heaven, that even though you hadn't grasped the true meaning, you'd found a way to improve your cultivation. Turns out it was your birth that made me complacent, still clinging to illusions. The Snowdrift Temple lineage has returned to the path it was meant to be on..."

Bloody tears streamed down Xuechan's face, starkly contrasting against her fair complexion.

Upon seeing this aloof and beautiful female cultivator, and her face that bore a striking resemblance to his own, it was as if some seal had been broken, and a flood of information filled his mind.

Ancient Taoist traditions, worldly manifestation, and the secret art of return...

She already knew the other party's identity and understood why Piaoxue Temple was such a place where it was easy to achieve the Core Formation stage, but extremely difficult to undergo the Nascent Soul Transformation and Tribulation.

"Ice Soul Fairy!"

Xuechan broke free from her fear, blood flowing from her five orifices, her face contorted in agony. The extreme pain granted her a degree of mobility.

"By using the disciples of Piaoxue Temple throughout the ages as your incarnations, we have prevented our chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage from the very source of our cultivation methods. It's not that the true meaning of the Great Dao is flawed, but rather that we cannot sense your true form. When your incarnations undergo tribulation, they are shaken by the heavenly lightning and lose their composure, naturally failing to overcome the obstacle!"

"When you awaken, you will need to withdraw your true form, gather your power, and truly return. Therefore, releasing the restrictions gave me the illusion of breaking through the shackles. In reality, it was simply returning to a normal state, where I can freely deal with the Heavenly Tribulation, because I already had enough accumulation to reach the Nascent Soul stage!"

Having just experienced the three extraordinary phenomena of Nascent Soul cultivation—heavenly rain, celestial maidens scattering flowers, and an ancient glacier—Xuechan was full of ambition, determined to lead her disciples to heights unparalleled by anyone before her. Now, discovering that everything in her life, and even the fates of her ancestors dozens of generations back, were merely a contingency plan orchestrated by others, a strong sense of resentment welled up within her.

Even if your soul and spirit are destroyed, don't even think about taking anything back from me!

Seeing the delicate hand descending from the sky, she let out a heart-wrenching scream, and her newborn nascent soul began to tremble wildly, on the verge of disintegrating.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
The forty-nine giant ice crystals shattered into powder, and an extreme chill was drawn up from the ground. The palace was covered in frost, the palace walls cracked, and the jade tiles crumbled.

Those disciples of Piaoxue Temple, far from being affected by the cold, had their bodies frozen in thick ice shells, remaining silent and speechless, trapped in eternal stillness.

The newly ascended Nascent Soul cultivator's near self-destruction, coupled with the accumulated power of the Snowdrift Sect, unleashed a power far exceeding that of the Nascent Soul cultivator. A pure, cold light shot out from Xue Chan's fingertips.

This cold light was unremarkable, like an ordinary ice spell, but once activated, it affected time and space.

There was a brief pause in time between Xuechan and the Ice Soul Fairy, and at the same time, space distorted, and she appeared directly between the Ice Soul Fairy's eyebrows.

The Ice Fairy extended her other jade hand, which was hidden in her sleeve. It was a hand covered with ugly scars, like earthworms crawling around, which contrasted sharply with her other beautiful, delicate hand.

But it was this ugly hand that blocked his brow, and even though there was only one inch left, the cold light just couldn't reach him.

Layer upon layer of interconnected spaces allow the cold light to constantly travel through them, and once the void becomes a world of ice and snow, it will switch to the next space.

After tearing apart fifteen layers of spatial fragments, the power of this cold light was finally exhausted and swallowed by the void.

"Why are you so excited..."

Ice Fairy lowered her ugly hand, revealing another scar on the back of her hand, winding and twisting like a new root growing from a dense root system.

Her other hand had already gripped Xuechan's throat, and the newly ascended Nascent Soul was being held in her hand like a chick.

Incredibly, Xue Chan's nascent soul, which was on the verge of collapsing, was infused with a strange power, maintaining its basic form.

"You are a part of me... You must return to me to live another life. Only by returning to me can you live longer, go to the upper realm, and escape this place that is gradually moving away from the Immortal Realm."

Xuechan's eyes were filled with tangible hatred, and she let out a hoarse cry, just as she was about to gather her strength for another attack, when she saw the delicate hand on her neck slightly close.

With a snap, his neck broke, his eyes went blank, and his head drooped down.

The next moment, his entire body turned into light particles, becoming hundreds of ice crystals, which went straight into the Ice Soul Fairy's body.

His aura rose once again, and his already perfected Nascent Soul realm actually advanced another level without any heavenly tribulation test.

The ice crystals and snowflakes in the air, the frigid air from the ground, all seemed to submit to the female cultivator in the sky; here, she was the embodiment of the Ice and Snow Avenue.

Even though there's still a gap between him and a Nascent Soul True Monarch, he has already distanced himself from them.

A cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage can possess heaven-defying strength, even capable of defeating a Nascent Soul cultivator. However, without the test of heavenly tribulation, no matter how profound their understanding of the Great Dao, they cannot control the rules of a region and command all things to follow them.

This can be understood as not having this authority without the certification of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

However, it doesn't reach the level of a true Nascent Soul cultivator, giving the impression of being far from it; perhaps it could be called a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator.

"There should be two more bodies... Their physical bodies are decaying, and they must ascend to the upper realm within a hundred years, otherwise, with only their primordial spirit remaining, they will truly be forever trapped in this world."

After retrieving Xuechan's body, the Ice Soul Fairy's eyes became more lively, no longer so confused, and her ancient and distant voice echoed in the Snowdrift Temple.

In the blink of an eye, all that remained was howling wind and snow, lifelike ice sculptures, and not a single living person in the entire Snowfall Temple.

……

Several sword lights danced around Bai Zichen, slaying all the ferocious fire-type monsters that pounced at him.

The swords flashed, forming a dense encirclement. Even with an endless stream of opponents, numbering in the dozens or hundreds at a time, not a single fire-type monster managed to get through.

These fire-type spirits all possessed at least Core Formation level combat power, with several even mixed in at the Nascent Soul level, putting some pressure on the flying swords.

"The flames flow westward, and fire-type spirits are more concentrated there, but that doesn't mean the Nanming Li Huo Sword will be in that direction... On the contrary, the Nanming Li Huo is the overlord of flames, representing the ultimate power of fire. Other flames can only avoid it and are not willing to stay with it."

Bai Zichen had been searching deep within the volcano for five or six days, his entire focus on finding the Nanming Li Huo Sword, leaving him no time to deal with the fire-type monsters.

He simply released a few of his natal flying swords, letting the sword spirits activate them on their own, a clever response.

There's no doubt about the spirituality of the Avici Heavenly Prison Demon Sword and the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword; ordinary sword cultivators can't even match the subconscious reactions of these two flying swords.

Even the remaining fourth-tier flying swords were all rigidly structured and strictly governed by rules.

Only when encountering a Nascent Soul level Golden Flame Rabbit, which appeared weak, did it swallow the Moon Whirlwind Sword whole and almost break through to within three zhang of its body.

It was still up to the eldest brother to clean up the mess. The lazy Ziwei Xuanlei Sword raised its blade, and the lightning surged. The Golden Flame Rabbit, its whole body charred black, crashed heavily to the ground and shattered into dark volcanic rock, without even a chance to be reborn as a fire spirit.

"This volcano seems to really go straight into the ground. It has a huge area and the temperature is hot enough to make even a fourth-level body tempering cultivator feel scorching."

Bai Zichen was able to ignore the scorching environment because of his Sun Yuan Copper Bone; his Five Crystal Glazed Body alone was already issuing warnings.

We had to leave the volcano long ago, and only after adjusting to normal temperatures and fully recovering could we continue our journey deeper.

The thought that the Nanming Li Huo Sword might be able to escape, or that it might be dormant, made Bai Zichen realize that this was not a viable solution.

With a flick of his fingers, he had already grasped both swords in his hands.

"The fifth-tier Nanming Lihuo Sword is hidden here. You two are the most important flying swords I have. Do you have any way to help me find its whereabouts?"

Having no other option, Bai Zichen could only pin his hopes on flying swords of the same level.

“Master, my strength lies in taking away life and inflicting boundless pain, and there is even a slight possibility of severing cause and effect... but I am really not good at finding people and things.”

The Demon Sword of Avici Hell was speechless for a long time before replying in a muffled voice.

“Venerable Zi Lei holds a prestigious position and his knowledge is far beyond my reach. Perhaps he has other methods.”

Despite being a level higher than the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword, the Abi Heavenly Prison Demon Sword has always maintained sufficient respect for it.

Firstly, the memories from countless years ago are deeply etched in my mind: how tragically those arrogant and domineering demon lords died under the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword, their physical bodies and primordial spirits annihilated at the same time, leaving not even a trace behind.

Secondly, despite being only at the fourth rank, it doesn't believe that the Purple Star Thunder Sword will be limited to just the fourth rank.

It won't be long before we catch up or even surpass them.

"Have."

The Purple Star Thunder Sword's answer was concise and direct.

"There's no other way but for me to transform into a fire dragon and capture Gun Gun, then we'll see what it's capable of... Do you think there's a method?"

Bai Zichen was just thinking of calling out "Gun Gun" from the nascent cave, and as long as he was careful, he estimated that at most a few clumps of fur would be burned.

Since it's a black and white color scheme, it doesn't really matter which color is more prominent.

He immediately realized that the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword had actually said the word 'exist'.

"I transform into a sea of ​​lightning, using electric sparks as bridges to reach all directions, and can detect the status within a hundred miles... However, my current rank is lower than that sword, so I might be deceived. The best method actually lies with you, master."

Whether it's my imagination or not, the Ziwei Thunder Sword seems to be much more willing to communicate than before.

"I have that ability?"

Bai Zichen was stunned for a moment. If he had that ability, what would he be worried about?

"Seeing through everything clearly."

The sound emanating from the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword was always flat and monotonous, but Bai Zichen still showed a rare blush.

Once upon a time, the talent bestowed upon him by the Supreme Pure Sword Box was an important auxiliary means for him, and he made great contributions on many occasions.

However, as their strength grew, the opportunities to use them became fewer and fewer, and they were almost forgotten.

Awakened by the Purple Star Thunder Sword, he realized that the current environment was perfect for using his keen insight.

"It's been a while since we've had any, let's go big!"

Bai Zichen pushed out the Supreme Pure Sword Box, and all twelve flying swords took flight, occupying their positions according to the formation.

However, they did not activate the Star River Sword Formation, otherwise they would have scared away the Nanming Lihuo Sword before even finding their target.

The twelve flying swords shone brightly, and the stars revolved, expanding the range to its maximum.

With a flick of his index finger at the sword sheath, the sword, piercing through every crevice and every inch of magma, was activated, leaving nothing hidden.

(End of this chapter)