Born with immortal seed

Chapter 662 Differences Between Gourds from the Same Vine

"What's going on? I've been delayed in the Chongming Sea for so long because of the Primordial Longevity Turtle. There aren't even many Great Demons left in the Shattered Star Abyss that have already taken human form..."

Bai Zichen flew out of the Chongming Sea and felt a sense of relief, as if a shackle had been removed.

Knowing that this was due to the unique structure of the Chongming Sea, even he, in his current state, did not have the confidence to venture deeper into the fifth level of the Crystal Palace.

These mysterious beings, connected to the celestial realm, could easily catch you off guard if you're not careful.

The Nine Crystal Master who had just perished before him was a cautionary tale.

Even a master of the Void Refinement Realm can get stuck in the mud.

Even the most perfect cultivator cannot be invincible if someone deliberately schemes against you, targeting your weaknesses, preferences, or background.

With his current abilities, there aren't many who can pose a threat to him under normal circumstances.

However, this world is different from others, and the strongest ancient innate god-kings and wild beast kings have strength comparable to the Void Refinement Realm.

From the memories of Master Jiujing, it can be seen that the Earthly Immortal Realm has also discovered the anomaly in this world.

The number of Heaven-Opening Treasures and Innate Spiritual Roots does not conform to the normal situation where the remaining essence after the creation of the world in the lower realm is sufficient to create them.

In other words, the origin of this world is even more powerful.

These places will be explored after I reach the Divine Transformation stage.

After slaying the ancient tortoise and plundering the most precious treasures floating on the surface of the Chongming Sea, he left the Chongming Sea to catch up with the pioneering army.

On the way, they encountered a messenger who said that the army had suffered a setback in front of Shattered Star Abyss and asked Yu Ziliang in the rear to send more fresh troops.

The letter also listed the resources required, including healing pills, consumable talismans, and war artifacts, but surprisingly, the most requested item was a coffin.

This demonstrates the ferocity of the war; the death toll has reached an astonishing level.

However, several detachments achieved remarkable results.

Apart from the three royal courts, the monster groups in other waters did not grow to such a large scale.

Most of them are like the Merfolk, where the entire clan has only one fourth-tier great demon, leading the clan to multiply and thrive.

The rise and fall of a people depends on one person.

With the Demon Lord fallen and the tide turning against them, the rulers of these races made their own judgments.

They either flee to the deeper parts of the Black Sea, or they join the human race.

Currently, apart from the three royal courts, humanity has not shown any intention to exterminate them.

As long as the tribal king signs a contract with humans, swearing an oath by blood that their descendants will not be separated, humans will be allowed free access to the seas, to cooperate in mining sea veins, and to open up islands with spiritual veins within their territory, etc.

If you sign your real name with your blood on a contract that specifies these conditions, you will be let off easily.

"Three Great True Monarchs, a double-digit number of Nascent Soul cultivators, plus a massive army... after besieging it for years, they still couldn't conquer Shattered Star Abyss!"

The Shattered Star Abyss is not dominated by any particular type of demon race, but rather by demon races with bloodlines from wild beasts that are unable to transform into human form, which make up more than half of the Black Sea's population.

They have always been loyal supporters of the Dragon King, and contributed the most in the war between the human and demon races, suffering heavy casualties.

During the retreat, their enormous size made them easy targets, and they were repeatedly caught up and killed.

Almost all the fourth-tier demons who died on the way came from the Shattered Star Abyss.

This resulted in the interior of the Shattered Star Abyss being empty, and the two canyons there were flat, making it perfect for cultivators to set up battle formations.

It's surprising that the combined effect of these factors made it difficult for the Great True Lord of September and his allies to break through their defenses.

"Could it be that the Shattered Star Abyss also hides a great demon similar to the Primordial Longevity Turtle... The probability is too low. Or perhaps one of the wild beasts that was brought back has a powerful bloodline."

The Black Sea is vast, and some of its most dangerous places are places that even monsters would never venture into, but in these places, one might encounter the descendants of ancient beasts.

Because it has never mixed with demonic beasts and its bloodline has not been mixed, it maintains an extremely high purity of wild beast.

Only here can one imagine what it was like in ancient times when the beast tribes at their peak stood up to the gods, competing with the naturally born gods without any strict organization.

As beings born in this world, wild beasts are vastly different from the demonic beasts that originated from the immortal realm.

Their physical size is only what is visible on the surface. Many descendants of wild beasts cannot even refine their horizontal bones to speak human language. Regardless of their strength, they look no different from wild animals.

But one possesses the Great Dao, needing no arduous cultivation, for it is innate.

Occasionally emerging from the deep sea, revealing its ferocious appearance, it resembles a continent appearing, triggering towering waves with tremendous impact.

The transformed demon race actually has more in common with the human race. When they stand with the descendants of wild beasts, even communication becomes a problem.

Many of these descendants of wild beasts are comparable to fourth-tier great demons simply because of their innate demonic bodies.

If one or two of the descendant beasts that flooded in were excessively powerful, it would not be surprising if the pioneering alliance suffered setbacks before the Shattered Star Abyss.

Bai Zichen flew through the gale-force winds on his sword, using the wind to move, with a crystalline sword thread wrapped around the five fingers of his right hand.

"I never imagined that there would be such an extreme flying sword in the world. In terms of sword light and sharpness alone, even the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword is inferior. Protective magic treasures of the same level are as fragile as paper in front of it and cannot withstand a charged sword. However, if it falls into a stalemate, it will expose its weaknesses such as the sword body being too rigid and easily broken, and the sword intent being too singular and easily countered."

"I really don't know who crafted this flying sword with such obvious advantages and disadvantages... However, if used properly, it can indeed have unexpected effects."

Bai Zichen hadn't yet seen the future prospects of the so-called sixth-order flying sword.

However, the Taiqing Crystal Sword is suitable for a single, fatal blow. Continuous use will expose its weaknesses, making it too extravagant for a fifth-tier flying sword.

Anyone who prepares a fifth-tier flying sword just to use it once will only be able to watch from the sidelines during the subsequent battle.

Bai Zichen had mastered enough fifth-tier flying swords, so he didn't care about this.

Furthermore, if the Taiqing Crystal Sword is damaged, it can be slowly restored by refining it with sword essence.

This is one of the few bright spots among the countless flaws of this flying sword.

In addition, he possesses the Supreme Pure Micro Sword Box, which gives him a greater advantage in repairing damaged flying swords.

The weakness of the Taiqing Crystal Sword, which is prone to breaking, seems to be overcome in his hands.

It seems that because it was threatened with having its sword spirit wiped out and rebuilt if it did not honestly acknowledge its master, the Taiqing Crystal Sword's cooperation was astonishing.

The cooperation from beginning to end showed no signs of being the attitude of a fifth-tier sword spirit.

In comparison, Bai Zichen actually had higher expectations for the Yellow Springs Gourd.

There's no reason why two gourds that grew from the same magical vine should be so different.

He had seen a biography of the Calabash Boy on Huangting Peak. Besides his unprecedented speed of cultivation, which was comparable to that of a reincarnated immortal, the Calabash Boy's cultivation was remarkable.

Another little-known skill of the Calabash Boy is that he has refined his original form, the Azure Calabash, into an extremely special magical artifact.

As the Calabash Boy's cultivation level increases, so too will the grade of the Azure Calabash rise.

To be precise, it's not about upgrading the gourd's grade, but about unleashing its inherent power.

Therefore, even if the Azure Gourd is upgraded to a Heavenly Treasure, it will not attract any heavenly tribulations.

This gourd can fuse flying swords. As long as enough third-tier flying swords are put in, a fourth-tier flying sword will inevitably be created.

All the tribulations that arise from the spiritual treasures are absorbed by the Azure Gourd, ensuring that no flying sword will fail to advance due to the tribulations.

In addition, the Azure Gourd can contain sword energy. As long as a single sword energy is nurtured within it, it can be filled with sword energy after sixty years.

With a gentle flick of the wrist, thousands upon thousands of sword energies will be unleashed without any deliberate effort or expenditure of true energy.

Back when the Calabash Boy was being hunted down by everyone in the cultivation world and was seen as a piece of easy prey, it was the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Moral Sect who came to his rescue.

Therefore, he had a very close relationship with the Daode Sect and lived on Huangting Peak for a period of time before his ascension.

He instructed the younger generation, copied scriptures, and lived a life of drinking tea and appreciating scriptures.

According to a disciple who witnessed the use of the Azure Gourd, the small azure gourd, wherever its mouth faces, will unleash a swarm of sword energy.

It seemed endless, instantly turning the sky above Huang Tingfeng into a sea of ​​sword energy.

The opponent in the drill was the current Huangting Peak Master, an ancestor at the Nascent Soul level, who could only passively defend.

Upon inquiry, it was learned that the Calabash Boy had condensed sword energy by only throwing one strand into the Azure Calabash.

In just sixty years, such earth-shattering changes have taken place.

If it were a top-tier swordsman like Bai Zichen, the gourd could create immense value in his hands.

With his level of swordsmanship, the sword energy he cultivates will be far more powerful than that of the Calabash Boy.

For the Calabash Boy, the Azure Calabash is his most important natal magic treasure, and there's no way he could leave it in the mortal world.

Otherwise, if it really fell into his hands, even the phrase "like adding wings to a tiger" would be far from sufficient.

He was quite shocked when he first heard that the yellow gourd was the Yellow Springs Gourd.

They soon discovered that it was completely different from the Azure Gourd and had nothing to do with swordsmanship.

Only the Yellow Springs water, which condenses into a single drop every hundred years, has an effect on him.

It awakens innate wisdom and enlightens those lost in confusion, somewhat similar to the effects of the Enlightenment Tea.

However, there is an additional, mysterious explanation of innate wisdom, which can awaken memories of past lives.

He was filled with curiosity about this and wished he could refine a drop whenever he had free time to see what he could awaken since he already retained memories of another world.

At the bottom of the Yellow Springs Gourd, dozens of drops of yellowish-brown spiritual water lay quietly, exuding an indescribable allure.

Even Nascent Soul cultivators can gain sudden enlightenment from different aspects when refining the Yellow Springs Water for the first time.

"As for that Tribulation Transcending Secret Technique, I have now mastered the Golden Tadpole Spirit Script and can carefully study its contents to see if it is fake. If it has no effect, that's fine, but I'm afraid that Master Jiujing has ulterior motives and deliberately disrupted the order of the Golden Tadpole Spirit Script in the secret technique."

Bai Zichen glanced at it briefly; the Tribulation Transcending Secret Technique followed the path of severing emotions and nature.

To overcome the tribulation of inner demons, one must choose an emotion to completely sever and cut off, using it as nourishment to forge the Demon-Slaying Thunder Pearl.

The Demon-Slaying Thunder Pearls made in this way are not infused with divine thunder, but rather with cultivated emotional fire.

The Demon-Slaying Thunder Pearl will split into an emotional sword, shattering the inner demons.

In addition, the less emotional fluctuation he experiences, the less influence his inner demons have on him.

From this perspective, the tribulation-crossing technique still has value.

The tribulations one faces when attempting to reach the Nascent Soul stage are certainly hundreds or thousands of times more complex than those faced when attempting to reach the Infant stage.

Before practicing, we should study it carefully to see if there are any hidden dangers or loopholes in the method.

However, severing all emotional ties is not a permanent solution.

Otherwise, as long as one strips away the seven emotions and six desires before undergoing the tribulation, one can be completely fearless of the tribulation of inner demons.

The heavier the suppression, the stronger the rebound.

Having no emotions, one becomes a cold and aloof cultivator with only the Great Dao in one's heart. Seemingly without flaws, once one loses control, one's inner demons will bring out the deepest fears in one's heart.

Even when the feeling of terror has disappeared, it can still make your limbs tremble, lose your self-control, and sink into endless fear.

If this state occurs during a tribulation, it is tantamount to a death sentence.

……

Before the Shattered Star Abyss, shattered banners lay fallen, and blood flowed like a river.

Cries of agony echoed from every corner.

Limbs and severed bodies, cut in two, were everywhere.

The worst case scenario is that the body is reduced to a pile of minced meat, leaving no complete corpse behind.

Only a few people still had the energy to clean up the battlefield and move the bodies of their fallen comrades together.

After a cleansing spell washed away the blood and filth, the identity was verified, and the dead monk and his belongings were placed into a body bag.

Then people would load them onto ships, arranging them according to sects, and once a ship was assembled, they would sail back to the Eastern Region.

During this process, no one dared to covet the deceased's belongings or steal them.

Most of the cultivators collapsed to the ground, their eyes glazed over, staring intently at the fine silver sand before them.

Many people were sobbing silently, not because these cultivators were weak and powerless, but because the bloody battles of the past few years had been a nightmare for them.

Every time they thought they had a chance, a colossal monster would appear in the Shattered Star Abyss, shattering their hopes completely.

In addition, there were multiple mistakes in the command of the higher-ups, who were reckless when they should have been cautious and conservative when they should have fought desperately.

Their indecisive actions resulted in the deaths and injuries of tens of thousands of cultivators.

The main hall of the cloud ship, the core of the pioneering alliance, was also shrouded in gloom.

The Great True Lord of September had a dark purple complexion, with fine, raised lines that seemed to move and linger under his skin, like small snakes wriggling back and forth.

When I first arrived at Shattered Star Abyss, I thought there were only three fourth-tier demons left in this place, and I felt that I could easily capture them.

The Great True Lord of September made the mistake of underestimating his enemy and advancing rashly, and was entangled by a poisonous toad that relentlessly attacked him.

Before dying, it self-destructed its demonic body, and the yellow liquid from its poison sac penetrated the protective aura, landing two drops on its body.

This toxin is not fatal, but it can make the infected person lose all strength, forcing them to use 90% of their vital energy to fight the venom.

Right from the start, they left one of the three Great True Lords missing.

Next, the descendants of the wild beasts in the Shattered Star Abyss displayed astonishing willpower.

Without a fourth-tier superior-grade great demon, they are just barely holding on by ordinary demon beast groups and descendants of wild beasts.

Midway through, thanks to the suggestion of Xiaoyue Zhenjun, Hong Da Zhenjun also felt that the progress was too slow and that they could give it a try.

They selected a thousand elite disciples and two Nascent Soul True Monarchs, preparing to use the power of the battle formation to storm into the depths of the Shattered Star Abyss and destroy a blood pool that allows wild beasts to quickly recover from their injuries.

As a result, they suffered a crushing defeat. Although Shattered Star Abyss did not have any top-tier demons, it had a large number of descendants of wild beasts who were not afraid of sacrifice.

Using the blood of the descendants of the wild beasts, they traded space for time to delay the Great True Lord's progress.

One after another, they sacrificed themselves until enough of the wild beast's blood had flowed, and the entire Shattered Star Abyss met the conditions for blood sacrifice.

Another fourth-tier demon charged to the front of the formation, condensing two blood runes from its self-destructing demonic body, carrying the heavy aura of the Great Dragon Mantle.

As soon as he landed on Xiaoyue Zhenjun, he was pressed to the ground and unable to move.

It took a great deal of effort for the divine general Xiaoyue summoned to finally tear open the blood talisman.

Xiaoyue, who came from a humble background, paid a heavy price in order to prove her abilities and establish merit so that she could occupy one of the three royal courts as her mountain gate when she founded her own sect in the future.

A thousand men raided the stronghold, but only two or three hundred returned unscathed, and even one of the two True Lords was lost.

In the subsequent battle, they misjudged the resilience of the Shattered Star Abyss side and failed to bleed them dry. Instead, the pioneering alliance was the first to give up.

Xiaoyue Dazhenjun herself had to sacrifice two complete sets of magical treasures to successfully escape.

(End of this chapter)