Born with immortal seed

Chapter 818 The Primordial Youthful Vigor

Bai Zichen raised his palm and slashed at the river of time, causing the earth to shake and everything around him to seem about to perish.

But once it falls into the river of time, it is quickly swallowed up by this illusory river, without even causing a ripple.

Even if the offensive were ten or a hundred times stronger, it wouldn't do anything to the river.

They stopped and stood still, as if waiting for something to happen.

A quarter of an hour later, a Taiyin Clear and Turbid Slash struck down, shattering the peak a hundred miles away into dust.

Bai Zichen's face showed a satisfied expression. This was not a delayed burst method, but a normal Taiyin Qingzhuo Slash.

Simply by manipulating the river of time, he cleaved forward a quarter of an hour.

"It is not limited to any particular style or technique. As long as it comes from my hand, it can strike a quarter of an hour in the future or a quarter of an hour in the past. When fighting with others, the sword light sweeps across the battlefield, mixed with swords from the past and swords from the future. The difficulty of defending against it is not as simple as it seems on the surface."

What appears to be an ordinary strike is actually terrifying only to the opponent in the battle.

This is only because Bai Zichen has limited control over the River of Time. If time could be extended to a day, a month, or a year, the difficulty of defense would increase exponentially.

The most extreme and ideal scenario would be to stroll through the river of time and arrive at the time when your opponent is at their weakest or old and frail.

A single, gentle strike is all it takes to defeat the enemy.

No matter how profound your realm, how mysterious your supernatural powers, or how powerful your magical treasures are at this point in time, it is still different from your current state of direct combat.

If I kill you before you've even entered the path, it will instantly affect you in the present moment, bringing an irresistible death.

This is the rule of the Great Dao of Time; not to mention those who have reached the Void Refinement stage, even those who have reached the Integration stage cannot resist it.

Only when one reaches the realm of a true immortal of the Mahayana path, gathers all worldly threads, shines as brightly as the sun and moon, is free from the afflictions of the five signs of decay in heavenly beings, and has no flaws in the past or future.

Only such a person is unafraid of being manipulated and altered by the river of time.

For there is no longer a time of weakness, nor a day of old age.

"Currently, we can only achieve this for a quarter of an hour. It's already quite exaggerated for someone in the Void Refinement stage to be able to advance or retreat at will, or make changes at time points tens of thousands of years away. I really don't know when we'll be able to do that."

Bai Zichen pulled his hands back into his Daoist robe and stepped out into the herb garden, which was filled with fifth-order spiritual plants.

He gently blew a breath toward a vermilion fruit tree that would take at least a thousand years to mature, and suddenly cicadas began to chirp. The four seasons changed instantly around it, with spring, summer, autumn and winter taking turns.

The Zhuguo tree blossomed and bore fruit at a speed visible to the naked eye, reaching maturity.

Bai Zichen seemed to have exhausted all his strength after just one breath, his forehead covered in fine sweat.

He twisted off the fragrant red fruit, tossed it in his palm and played with it a few times to make sure it was no different from an ordinary spiritual fruit before tossing it to the jade rabbit behind him.

His ability to strike enemies in the future and the past is a result of his deepened mastery of the river of time.

But to make a spiritual plant mature a thousand years ahead of time by blowing on it is a newly acquired divine power of the Great Dao.

The innate youthful vigor is in one breath.

With a single breath, it can cause spiritual plants to transcend a thousand-year growth cycle and mature instantly.

When his supernatural powers are fully developed, he can even blow away a large number of cultivators in one breath, causing them to fall like straw.

Moreover, dying under this supernatural power is not related to cause and effect, nor does it create karma; it is as if Heaven has taken back one's lifespan.

Only one breath can be exhaled every sixty years, making it a deadly move against cultivators whose cultivation level does not exceed one's own.

No matter how exaggerated the human wave tactics are, they are useless in the face of this great divine power.

"Master's supernatural powers are unparalleled, making my skill in cultivating spiritual plants pale in comparison."

The Jade Rabbit stared at the Vermilion Fruit Tree in a daze for a while before carrying the spiritual fruit and trotting after it.

It tends to the spiritual plants, and with the dual blessing of the herb garden and the bloodline supernatural power, the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual plants can grow to maturity in just two thousand years.

Furthermore, the combination of various crops with different characteristics in the herb garden, including the preservation of spiritual fruits, is something that even a fifth-level spiritual plant master cannot do.

Compared to how the master could make a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual plant mature in one fell swoop, it was simply worlds apart.

Their natal spirit beasts all knew that their master cultivated the Great Dao of Time, but to this extent was still beyond their comprehension.

The Jade Rabbit, unaware of the limitations on the use of the Primordial Youthful Essence, was filled with anxiety, fearing that it would lose its job.

Among all the spirit beasts, it ranks last in terms of realm, bloodline, and supernatural powers.

Bai Taotao is a manifestation of innate spiritual root, blessed by heaven and earth, and her talent for cultivation is comparable to that of the top cultivators.

He was born with the Great Dao of Longevity, which gave him an extra advantage when fighting others.

Aside from being completely countered by the Great Dao of Time, who can withstand a group of invincible longevity ghosts constantly stealing their lifespan during a battle?

Needless to say, the pandas were raised by their owners from a young age and have the deepest bond with them.

It also activated the bloodline of the demon god Bai Ze, a bloodline that would rank among the top three even in the Heavenly Demon Realm.

Although he is gluttonous and sleepy, and lacks practical combat skills, his intuition is astonishing.

Having just entered the fourth stage, one can see through the movements of Nascent Soul cultivators.

There is also a divine ability to see into the heavens and measure the earth, which is the strongest bloodline inheritance of the Bai Ze clan.

Legend has it that the demon god Bai Ze, who lived deep in a sacred place and never left, was able to know everything in the world by observing the heavens and the earth.

Once Gun Gun advances to the fifth rank, nothing below the Integration Realm will have any secrets from it.

Fortunately, the other two dragon offspring offended their master and were not taken as their natal spirit beasts, otherwise the Jade Rabbit would have been even more panicked.

With its inherent qualities, it would need time to hone its skills before it could reach the fifth rank, and it would be best if it had the assistance of a high-ranking spiritual object.

If even the final care of the herb garden is no longer effective, I'm afraid its status in the owner's eyes will plummet.

"How many jellyfish pearls have been collected in the cave?"

On that day in the Black Sea, after learning that jellyfish pearls could improve the quality of water spirit roots, Bai Zichen specially ordered people to capture a large number of thousand-year-old clam spirits and raise them in the cave spirit lake.

They also specially brought in a pool of seawater to prevent the clam spirit from being unable to adapt to the environment.

Over the years, the clam spirits have been born and died, and several generations must have passed.

“There are already 105… We could have had more, but I discovered that the jellyfish pearls produced by the clam spirits are more effective if they live longer. So I gathered the essence of sunflower water to extend the clam spirits’ lifespan by a few more years. If you need them, Master, I will go and kill the clam spirits to obtain the pearls immediately.”

The jade rabbit's face paled; it hadn't expected its master to suddenly ask about such a low-level spiritual creature.

It was afraid that its actions would affect its master's plans.

"It's alright. Send the ones that are available to the island first, and let the clam spirits live."

Bai Zichen waved his hand dismissively, clearly embarrassed by his lack of funds; otherwise, he wouldn't have thought of the spiritual creatures of the mortal realm.

In the Nazhen Pavilion, spiritual items that can improve the quality of water spirit roots can be bought at any time, but they are 30% more expensive than the Earth Solomon's Seal.

For him, who only had a few top-grade spirit stones left, this was an insurmountable obstacle.

The kind of mission to acquire ambergris fruit that happened to be grown in the cave was a rare and unpredictable event.

Given the current situation, and the lack of support for him to leave Langyuan to earn immortal crystals, he can only wait.

Even if the jellyfish pearl can slightly improve one's water spirit root, it would be good.

Time flies, and several years pass in the blink of an eye for a Nascent Soul cultivator; it may just be a regular period of seclusion to comprehend a divine ability.

'This is getting increasingly outrageous; they've even placed special markings outside the cave. Once I'm marked, I can't escape their tracking no matter where I go...'

When Bai Zichen left the mansion, he glanced around and saw more than a dozen complex marks gleaming with a faint light.

Hidden in the void, without any fluctuation of true essence, it would be impossible to avoid it during normal travel.

Unfortunately, he happened to run into Zhulong Yin-Yang Eyes, which had greatly improved. He could see the distribution of these marks without deliberately activating them and easily bypassed them.

'It seems my attempt to intimidate them wasn't powerful enough, failing to scare away those watching from behind. Or perhaps Han Fang simply didn't leak my words?'

Bai Zichen was somewhat puzzled. Based on his understanding over the past few days, the Nine Void Immortal Domain was among the lowest-ranking territories occupied by the Dao Court.

Langyuan's status has been declining over the years, and the strength of the Immortal City is not what it used to be.

A Celestial Lord from the Middle Celestial Realm should not be ignored like this.

However, so far, he has not received any pressure from the defense, which has put him at ease.

Otherwise, all the forces he could rely on would be rendered ineffective, and he really didn't know how to resist them.

Jade Platform.

Bai Zichen submitted an application for the Crimson Immortal Grass, expecting to be told that there was no stock available and he would have to wait in line.

Unexpectedly, after checking the white-armored guard's token, the celestial official took out a crystal box, inside which was a bright green spiritual herb with diamond-like water droplets hanging on its leaves.

This was so unexpected that he paused for a moment before taking the crystal box.

Even after leaving Yutai, I still couldn't understand why things had gone so smoothly.

'If it's just a rumor that's been spread, it doesn't explain why they're acting so recklessly at the entrance of my cave... Are they trying to get me to expel the turbid energy quickly, or do the higher-ups at Langyuan have two different opinions about me?'

Having obtained the Crimson Immortal Grass, Bai Zichen didn't delay. He swallowed it whole before even leaving the Jade Platform to avoid any accidents.

A layer of fine sand appeared on the surface of the skin and fell to the ground with a rustling sound.

After the process was over, I felt noticeably lighter.

"Excellent, another trace of impurity has been removed, bringing me closer and closer to the Void Refinement stage..."

Bai Zichen felt that his guess was quite likely.

If it's the former, it means that you are safe until the turbid air is eliminated, and you can rest assured for the short term.

The other party couldn't possibly be doing this out of mere personal preference; it must be because the negative energy is harmful to him or prevents a certain plan from being implemented.

Instead, they will secretly help him smooth things over, and we'll see if his application for the Transcendent Pool and the Crimson Immortal Grass goes smoothly.

If the second guess is correct, it means there are potential allies, which is also a good thing.

Having figured this out, Bai Zichen felt a sense of relief. Instead of returning to his cave, he went to the Hall of Longevity, which was open to the guards for free.

Inside are the cultivation methods and supernatural powers created or passed down by all members since the establishment of the Taoist temple, which have been transcribed into books and stored there.

In addition, there were all sorts of spoils of war plundered during the development process, including the destruction of the Nine Realms and the conquest of countless worlds.

Of course, the content available to ordinary members will not be too sophisticated, and for example, the cultivation techniques will only be available up to the Refinement Scroll.

Any higher, and the contents are sealed by powerful magic, making them invisible.

However, for Bai Zichen, it is still a huge treasure trove with inexhaustible value.

(End of this chapter)