Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 901 The Grand Ceremony of Descending to the Realm, Chaos in Beishan City

Zhou Xun then began to carefully study the elixir formulas inside.

Mainly fifth-grade spirit pills,
In the future, when he refines the Nine Origin Star Dew, his alchemy skills will also need to reach the fifth level.

"Seven Profound Essence Condensation Pill!"

"It's actually a spiritual pill that helps Nascent Soul cultivators improve their magical power!"

Zhou Xun looked at the contents and was utterly amazed.

This pill requires the fifth-tier spiritual herb 'Seven Profound Spirit Condensing Flower' as the main ingredient, combined with more than ten kinds of fourth-tier spiritual herbs as auxiliary ingredients.
Then, by nurturing and absorbing spiritual energy within a fifth-order spiritual vein, the pill can be formed.

"Sure enough, the methods for processing spiritual herbs and the techniques for condensing pills are completely different!"

Zhou Xun diligently absorbed the contents.
Besides using spiritual herbs and elixirs as ingredients, the Taixu Danjing also incorporates the purest spiritual energy in the world.

It can also be used as a material; it's truly an amazing skill.

"It's a pity that even the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion doesn't have this Nine Profound Spirit Condensation Flower!"

After all, Beishan City was just an ordinary immortal city. The highest-ranking cultivator there was only at the Refinement stage, and there were only a dozen or so at the Nascent Soul stage.
It is located on the outskirts of the immortal realm, making it extremely difficult to obtain spiritual herbs of the fifth rank or higher.

"We still need to go to the big city!"

If it were a place like Tianyuan City, let alone fifth-grade spiritual herbs, there would probably be quite a few sixth- or seventh-grade spiritual herbs.

"We'll set off after this descent ceremony concludes!"

Time passes day by day,

Four years have passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, in the cultivation room...

Zhou Xun sat cross-legged on the ground, waved his hand, and transformed into a being who made hand seals, pointing towards himself.
Immediately afterwards, a green light illuminated the entire stone chamber, and then a half-foot-sized, emerald-green spirit herb appeared in the air.

Its leaves also have serrated edges.
It was the fourth-grade mid-level spiritual herb, "Jade Tooth Spirit Amaranth," that Zhou Xun had previously nurtured.

Now that I have successfully advanced to the fourth-tier top-grade level, based on past experience, I can improve my spiritual root sensitivity by a little bit.

Zhou Xun planned to use it to improve the aptitude of his avatar. If he could raise the avatar's aptitude to one hundred points, it would likely significantly boost his cultivation speed.

Looking at the spiritual herb before him, Zhou Xun no longer hesitated.
With hands forming hand seals, he performed the incantation for the Condensing Spring Scripture.

Before long, a green light appeared on the jade tooth amaranth, emitting a soft glow; it was the essence of this medicinal herb.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Xun manipulated the ball of light to move closer to his body.

The moment the ball of light touched the body, the essence dissolved into it.
Zhou Xun felt enveloped in a familiar warmth, and then he felt refreshed, as if he had been elevated.

then,

Zhou Xun patted the storage bag at his waist, and a beam of spiritual light flew out, landing in front of him and transforming into a disc about one foot in size.

It is indeed the Spirit Tester!
Zhou Xun placed his hands on the spirit-testing plate and then activated it with a magic incantation.

A flash of light appeared, and Zhou Xun looked at the spirit-testing disc, smiling slightly:
"Lightning Spirit Root Sensitivity: 84 points,"

He was extremely satisfied with this speed.
Next, he took out the fourth-grade superior spiritual medicine 'Iron Wire Yuanzhi' that he had obtained at the last auction, and cast a spell...

Refine it into your natal spiritual plant.

After all, once you reach the Immortal Realm, obtaining high-grade spiritual herbs is much easier. Based on experience, this fourth-grade superior spiritual herb...

It can be cultivated to a fifth-grade low-level in ten years.

At that time, it will be able to increase the sensitivity of one's spiritual root by a full three points.

In addition, he also plans to purchase some top-grade fourth-tier spiritual herbs to use directly for improvement.

Refining complete.

Then Zhou Xun pushed open the door of the cultivation room and walked out.

Upon entering the insect chamber,

Then they saw the Netherworld Butterfly lying in its nest, fast asleep.

As the Blood Demon Ancestor previously stated, this insect has a chance to further advance and become a fifth-tier 'Phantom Spirit Sacred Butterfly'.
That was an existence that even a peak Nascent Soul cultivator would find difficult to deal with.

After leaving Beishan City, he searched for treasures that could help it advance.

Zhou Xun continued his cultivation for the rest of the time.
During this period, his cultivation level remained unchanged, but his mastery of formations advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the fourth-order top-grade level in just a few years.

However, relative to his Nascent Soul stage combat power,

It's not helpful.

As time passed, Zhou Xun was cultivating the "True Explanation of the Mysterious Void Array Dao" in his quiet room in his cave when suddenly the entire world trembled!
"Rumble--"

It was as if an ancient behemoth was turning over in the clouds, causing the entire city of Beishan to tremble violently.

Zhou Xun suddenly opened his eyes, and golden light burst forth from them, piercing through the roof. The once azure sky was now twisted like a vortex, the clouds were torn into an eerie gray-purple, and spatial cracks spread like a spider web.

"This is."

Zhou Xun felt a sudden heaviness around him, and the surging magical power within his body receded like a tide. The Heavenly Yuan Armor automatically appeared but was dim and lackluster—his cultivation was forcibly suppressed to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!

The protective barrier of the meditation room suddenly shattered, and Sun Yuanxuan stumbled in, her hair disheveled.
"Young Master! The heavens and earth are changing, and the entire immortal city is shaking!" The water source pearl in her hand flickered and was also being suppressed.

With a flick of his sleeve, Zhou Xun lifted her into the air, only to find the entire North Mountain City in complete chaos.

The cultivators on the street ran in panic. Some tried to fly on their swords but fell from mid-air. Further away, the light screen of the city's protective array churned like boiling water, making a teeth-grinding "crackling" sound.

"Roar--"

A deafening roar echoed from the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains, tearing a hundred-mile gap in the clouds with a visible sonic boom.

A streak of blood suddenly shot into the sky from the City Lord's Mansion. Blood Spear Heavenly Lord stood in the void, his iconic spear now dull as ordinary iron.

“Spatial overlap. It really is the Descent Ceremony!” Blood Spear Heavenly Lord’s scarlet cloak fluttered, but his voice trembled slightly.

He gazed intently at the distorted sky, then suddenly transformed into a streak of light and shot towards the depths of the mountains.

Zhou Xun's spiritual eyes flashed, and he discovered that several powerful auras were rising into the sky from within the city:
On the top floor of Tianbao Pavilion, Su Yuanqing stood on the eaves, holding a guqin. Her moon-white robe clung to her delicate body in the strong wind, revealing her graceful curves.

She was completely unaware that her fingertips were drawing blood on the strings, her eyes fixed on a certain point in the sky.

In the direction of Wanzhen Tower, Zhao Wuyai led nine Nascent Soul elders to form a defensive formation.

"Young master, look!" Sun Yuanxuan suddenly exclaimed. A thousand-foot-long rift had appeared in the northwest sky, and colorful rays of light poured down like a waterfall.

In the glow of the sunset, pavilions and towers could be vaguely seen, and the phantom of a crane carrying a lingzhi mushroom swept by. It was clearly a projection of the "Mysterious Spirit Realm" recorded in ancient books!
"What exactly happened?" Zhou Xun frowned deeply.
Recalling the jade slip left by Sun Yuanxuan's mother,

He remembered that it mentioned that in the core area, the upper limit of cultivation for all cultivators was only the Nascent Soul stage.

At this moment, he was in Beishan City, and his cultivation was already suppressed.
Could it be that the core area descended near Beishan City, conveniently obscuring it?
Or perhaps something went wrong during this descent ceremony, resulting in this suppression occurring in all areas.

Zhou Xun guessed in his heart,
But whichever it is, something big is probably about to happen.

The once aloof Nascent Soul cultivators suddenly became no different from ordinary Core Formation cultivators.
That kind of dimensional-reducing gap is gone forever.

How could this not arouse the covetousness of those Nascent Soul cultivators residing in the Immortal City?
It should be noted that the number of Nascent Soul cultivators in the city has now exceeded four figures.

I just hope that those Nascent Soul cultivators haven't discovered this yet.
Otherwise, if they join forces, even Zhou Xun wouldn't be a match for them.
Everyone's cultivation level is the same; even if you have slightly stronger methods...
How many could they possibly have? With ten or a hundred times their numbers, no matter how strong you are, you can only submit. Beishan City gradually descended into chaos.

Standing high in the cave, Zhou Xun's spiritual eyes shone with golden light, taking in the entire scene of the city.

On the streets, cultivators scurried about like ants, and countless streaks of light converged on the North Mountain Prefecture in the center of the city.

A series of booming sounds came from afar, and the light screen of the city's protective array rippled like water, clearly under heavy attack.

"Young Master, something has happened in the city!" Sun Yuanxuan rushed over, her hair disheveled, the water pearl in her hand flickering.

Zhou Xun's gaze narrowed slightly: "With the suppression of the descent, the power of the magic array has been greatly reduced, and some people can't hold back anymore."

Before the words were finished, a blinding burst of spiritual light suddenly erupted from the east of the city.

Two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators joined forces to unleash a hundred-foot-long giant axe, its blade crackling with crimson lightning, and slammed it fiercely into the outer barrier of the Northern Mountain Prefecture.

"boom--"

The protective light barrier trembled violently, cracking open a gap several tens of feet wide. Two Nascent Soul cultivators, their faces filled with ecstasy, were about to rush in when suddenly a clear shout rang out:
"presumptuous!"

A silver figure swept out from the mansion; it was a woman dressed in moon-white spirit armor.

The spirit armor was as smooth as flowing water, with intricate Dao patterns engraved on its surface. Two wing-like armor plates extended from the shoulder armor, gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

The woman raised her hand, and a silver streak flashed across the sky like a bolt of lightning, instantly shredding the giant axe into pieces. The two Nascent Soul cultivators were shocked and hurriedly summoned their protective magic treasures.

"It's Lord Silver Bell! Let's go!"

"Trying to leave now? Too late!" The woman sneered, and suddenly the wings on the back of her spirit armor unfolded, shooting out countless silver threads that enveloped the two of them like a net.

Where the silver threads passed, ripples spread through the void.

Two Nascent Soul cultivators were slammed to the ground with a 'boom,' then struggled to their feet.

Zhou Xun's pupils contracted slightly. Although the silver thread was powerful, it was obviously sluggish in its operation, and its power was only at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!

"As expected," he muttered to himself, "this woman has also been suppressed to the Nascent Soul level."

"Things are probably not going to go well next!"

As if confirming his guess, a deafening explosion suddenly came from deep within Beishan Prefecture.

Immediately afterwards, three beams of light shot into the sky, each belonging to a Nascent Soul Peak cultivator!
"What are you all waiting for, fellow Daoists?" the red-robed elder at the head of the group shouted sternly.
"Now that Beishan City is located in the core of the Descending Realm, even the Old Monster of Beishan is only at the Nascent Soul stage!"

"The treasures of a Void Refinement cultivator are right before our eyes; if we don't seize them now, when will we ever get another chance?"

These words were like a spark falling into a frying pan; the cultivators who had been observing suddenly turned red with anger.

It's unclear who struck first, but dozens of magical beams simultaneously blasted towards Beishan Mansion, shattering the protective barrier like bubbles.

The silver-armored woman's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly formed a hand seal.

A blinding silver light suddenly shone from the spirit armor's chest, transforming into a protective shield around the body. However, faced with the overwhelming attack, the shield was quickly riddled with cracks.

"Pfft—" The woman spat out a mouthful of blood, and her aura visibly weakened.

This scene completely ignited everyone's greed.

"She's hurt!"

"Everyone, attack together! Kill this bitch first!"

"Everyone who sees the treasures of Beishan Prefecture gets a share!"

Amidst roars, hundreds of Nascent Soul cultivators swarmed towards Beishan Prefecture like locusts.

Some people used their magical treasures, some used their secret techniques, and some even burned their life essence, determined to seize this opportunity to get a share of the spoils.

Just then, dozens of figures flew out of the mansion.

All of them were at the Nascent Soul stage.
They were clearly guards from Beishan Prefecture.

The two leading figures, clad in spirit armor, were none other than two Heavenly Lords.

"Fellow Daoist Silver Bell, I'm here to help you!"

The two Heavenly Lords stood guard on either side of the Silver Bell Heavenly Lord, one holding an ancient bronze shield with illusory images of mountains and rivers appearing on its surface.
The other person brandished a crimson spear, its tip wreathed in blazing white flames.

The three formed a battle formation back to back. Although they were suppressed to the Nascent Soul stage, their coordination was excellent. With the help of the original guards of Beishan City, they managed to force the besieging cultivators to retreat for a time.

"Form the Three Talents Formation!" Silver Bell Heavenly Lord wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the runes on his silver armor chest suddenly shone brightly.

The three people's magical powers were intertwined, forming a triangular light barrier around them, which withstood the bombardment of dozens of spells.

Zhou Xun could see clearly from a distance that although the cultivation levels of these three Nascent Soul cultivators were suppressed, their understanding of the laws of heaven and earth far surpassed that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.

Each time the ancient bronze shield parried, it subtly aligned with the trajectory of the Heavenly Dao, while the crimson spear, when thrusting out, faintly stirred the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

"boom--"

Another round of magical clashes ensued, and the plaza in front of Beishan Prefecture was razed to the ground. The three Heavenly Lords fought and retreated, seemingly about to retreat into the inner palace. Suddenly, a sharp whooshing sound came from the sky, and three streaks of dark light fell like shooting stars!

"It's a magic-breaking arrow! Be careful!" the Shield-wielding Heavenly Lord roared, and his bronze shield instantly expanded several times its original size. However, as the dark light approached, it suddenly dispersed, transforming into countless fine black needles.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—" Silver Bell Heavenly Lord's spirit armor was pierced by black needles, and several holes were immediately corroded in his shoulder armor.

She let out a muffled groan, and her wing armor suddenly unfolded, sending countless silver threads raining down on the clouds where the attacker was hiding.

It's obvious that a former Nascent Soul Celestial Lord intervened, taking advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters!

"These lunatics!" Crimson Spear Heavenly Lord roared, sweeping his spear to force back several people.

"If this drags on any longer, we'll really capsize in a ditch!"

Silver Bell Heavenly Lord gritted his teeth and suddenly took out a crystal-clear jade talisman from his robes. The surface of the jade talisman was engraved with complex Dao patterns, and a faint dragon-shaped phantom could be seen moving about.

"A life-saving talisman!" the Shield-Bearing Heavenly Lord exclaimed. "Use it now?"

"There's no time to worry about that!" Silver Bell Heavenly Lord crushed the jade talisman, and a hundred-foot-long azure dragon phantom soared into the sky. The dragon's roar reverberated through the heavens, and its terrifying pressure caused all the attackers to freeze in their tracks.

The Azure Dragon swept its tail horizontally, sending dozens of Nascent Soul cultivators flying like falling leaves. Taking advantage of this moment, three Heavenly Lords transformed into streaks of light and vanished into the inner palace, causing the heavy stone door to slam shut.

"Damn it!" The red-robed elder rose from the ruins, his face contorted with rage. "Keep bombarding them! They won't last much longer!"

At this moment, Zhou Xun noticed that a fierce battle had also broken out in the direction of Tianbao Pavilion in the distance. Countless cultivators were besieging the pavilion, and the protective formation was already on the verge of collapse.

"Young master, should we?" Sun Yuanxuan nervously gripped her sleeve.

Zhou Xun's eyes flickered: "Let's observe the situation first." He took out the Taixu Pill Scripture and put it in his pocket, then checked the several treasures in his storage bag.

Suddenly, a deafening explosion came from the direction of Beishan Prefecture.

The entire mansion was torn to pieces by the blinding light, and three disheveled figures fled in panic. They were none other than Yinling Tianjun and his two companions!
Behind them, hundreds of bloodthirsty cultivators pursued relentlessly. Even more terrifying, someone shouted, "A Nascent Soul cultivator's storage bag contains a fifth-tier treasure!"

This shout was like adding fuel to the fire, and the cultivators who had been watching also joined the chase. The three of them, including Silver Bell Heavenly Lord, fought and fled, and soon disappeared into the Hundred Thousand Mountains outside the city.

Zhou Xun felt a chill run down his spine and turned to look at Tianbao Pavilion.

Sure enough, the battle there had reached a fever pitch. A huge gap had been torn in the defensive array on the top floor of the pavilion, and dozens of cultivators were frantically scrambling for loot inside.

"Let's go, we can't stay in the city any longer!" Zhou Xun grabbed Sun Yuanxuan and transformed into a beam of light, flying out of the city.

(End of this chapter)