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Chapter 401: Retreat and Practice (Subscribe)

After all, this kind of people have no way of reaching the highest level on their own.

Then they would naturally place their hopes of becoming immortals on their descendants, or on continuing the inheritance of their own forces.

Looking at the three thousand worlds, without a True Lord Yangshen in charge, what force can sit securely?

Therefore, in order to continue the family power of the sect, the first choice is to cultivate a True Lord Yangshen.

Such as Li Shouyi from the Taoist League, the young monk Tianyin from the Vajra Temple, Bu Lingxu from the Qingyun Sect, Zhao Wuji from the Yuling Sword Mountain... and so on. These geniuses who came from the top Yangshen forces are actually the next generation of Yangshen Zhenjun trained by the major forces and sects.

When Li Shouyi, the young monk Tianyin, Bu Lingxu, Zhao Wuji and others grow to the ninth level of Yin God, their respective sects will prepare for them the extremely Yang-attributed treasures they need to break through to the Yang God.

For these top powers, although the extremely yang-attributed treasures needed to break through to the level of Yangshen Zhenjun are extremely rare, each sect still has a small amount stored.

Of course, the number won’t be too many.

What about those non-top Yangshen forces?

Forces like the Silver Jade Villa and the Blood Demon Sect only have one True Lord Yangshen in their sect. Once their True Lord Yangshen passes away, their own forces will inevitably suffer a severe blow.

Therefore, these forces must and have to scramble for resources in order to cultivate the next True Lord Yangshen.

Such forces often do not have as deep a foundation as top-level Yang God forces such as the Dao League and Vajra Temple, and there are no natural treasures with extremely Yang attributes in their own sects.

So we have to explore other worlds.

Especially a world like the underworld that has never been opened to the public, which was once glorious, must contain countless treasures.

Why would Yinyu Villa want to move its nest from Qingcang Realm to Netherworld?

One reason is that there is too much competition in the Qingcang Realm.

Isn't there another reason that Master Yinyu wants to seize the initiative, obtain the treasure with the most yang attribute, and cultivate the next generation of Yang God for his descendants?
However, Master Yinyu hit a wall. Not only did he fail to cultivate his descendants, but he also completely destroyed Yinyu Villa.

I can only say that I have to bear the consequences of my own actions.

If Master Yin Yu still has a chance to live.

Closer to home.

Therefore, for Chen Yan, the best option is to first quickly improve his cultivation to the ninth level of Yin God Refining, and then quickly look for natural treasures with extremely Yang attributes.

Chen Yan would not save any of these 400,000 merits, instead he would exchange them all for 'Blessings from Heaven' in exchange for twelve days of enlightenment.

Of course, it is definitely not a one-time exchange for twelve days, but in stages.

Try to cover the enlightenment time as completely as possible, and strive to use these 400,000 merit points to reach the ninth level of Yin Shen.

In the outside world, the impact of the destruction of Yinyu Villa is still continuing.

The most obvious point is that the increasingly arrogant external cultivators have obviously stopped their actions.

The number of calamity cultivators, demon cultivators, and evil cultivators that used to occur frequently in various places in Jiuzhou suddenly decreased by more than 70%. Although they are still there, it is not as chaotic as the period when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth just revived.

At that time, the cultivation world in Jiuzhou was in dire straits. All kinds of evil cultivators and demon cultivators from the outside world unscrupulously took the lives of the people in the underworld as blood sacrifices to practice all kinds of magic skills and magic weapons.

It was not until the incident of Chen Yan destroying Yinyu Villa that the arrogance of these outside cultivators was dissipated.

Therefore, the native cultivators of the Netherworld are very grateful to Chen Yan.

They all knew that if Chen Yan had not acted as a deterrent, how could these cultivators from outside world behave themselves?

It would be fine if they could kill one or two individually, but anyone who wants to sacrifice blood on mortals and cause large-scale riots must think carefully about whether they have the strength of the Silver Jade Villa.

Although Chen Yan only destroyed the Silver Jade Villa, everyone is not a fool.

Chen Yan's sudden destruction at this critical juncture can be said to be a warning.

Any cultivator from outside who wants to emerge must think carefully about whether his own strength can match that of the destroyed Silver Jade Villa.

Especially after these outside cultivators learned about Chen Yan's experience, and understood that the forces destroyed in Chen Yan's hands were not only the Yinyu Villa, but also the Yin God force Ghost Crying Sect, they were frightened and silent.

My goodness, this guy is simply a natural born killer!

And what about Chongming Sect and Tianshi Sect?
The former evil ghost sect was so moved that he almost cried after returning to his own mountain gate.

Especially the Chongming Sect, they returned to the mountain gate. At that time, Chen Yan and his men had just left not long ago, and there were still traces of the war everywhere on the mountain.

Looking at the mountain that was almost destroyed by the Super Thunder God Cannon, the Yin Shen Jiu Lian ancestor of the Chongming Sect had a look of resentment on his face.

Fortunately, his Chongming Sect surrendered early, otherwise, his Chongming Sect would have been expelled long ago.

Afterwards, the Chongming Sect and the Tianshi Sect that returned to Minzhou and Dianzhou, plus the Huanxi Sect in Youzhou, these three sects that can be regarded as the strongest local sects in the Netherworld, issued statements at the first opportunity, stating that they would follow Chen Yan's lead from now on.

At the same time, these three families also began to strictly restrain their own disciples. Although they were practicing magic, they were strictly prohibited from taking ordinary mortals as sacrifices for their practice.

If you want to practice, you can either go find demons and evil spirits, or go find those external practitioners.

Anyway, you can't do anything to ordinary mortals.

Although such an order slowed down the training speed of the disciples in their three sects to a certain extent.

But the reputation of the three clans including Chongming Sect gradually improved.

At least the disciples of these three families would not be mistaken for evil cultivators and beaten to death when they walked outside.

Having said that, it's not like the three of them are saying that all their skills are extremely evil. In fact, there are some relatively normal skills in the cultivation world that don't require the blood sacrifice of living creatures. The reason why these skills are called evil skills is simply because they often cause the practitioners to have dark or irritable personalities.

After all, in the history of the Three Thousand Worlds, there have been powerful demons who used their magic powers to break through the level of immortals.

As the three clans of Chongming Sect issued their statements, gradually more and more people began to give Chen Yan the title of the number one person in the Netherworld, and even the title of 'Lord of the Netherworld' was faintly heard.

Chen Yan also heard of this title later, but Chen Yan did not react at all and seemed very calm.

Because Chen Yan knew very well that all the praise from the outside world was only based on his strength.

Only strength is the foundation for standing in the world of cultivation.

After returning to Xiangzhou, Chen Yan immediately began to retreat.

On the Xiangzhou side, Chen Yan temporarily handed the charge to Yi Mu Spirit Body. Anyway, there were no treasures in the Jinsang Secret Realm anymore, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had already revived. There was no such thing as having to be in the Jinsang Secret Realm. Not to mention that the Jinsang Secret Realm itself had a natural illusion array, and ordinary cultivators could not enter at all.

So Chen Yan simply let Yi Mu's spirit take charge of Laoshan for him, while Chen Yan himself returned to the inner world and came back to Thunder Cliff.

Although the ancient thunder pool in Thunder Bluff is no longer there.

But after all, the special environment of Thunder Bluff is here. The extremely rich power of various thunders plus the already rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it can be said that even without the ancient thunder pool, Thunder Bluff is still the best place for Chen Yan to practice, without a doubt.

Since he decided to use these 400,000 merit points to impact the Nine Refinements of the Yin God, Chen Yan naturally had to choose the best external conditions.

Whether it is the place for practice, the place for retreat, or anything else, Chen Yan strives to do his best.

As for the Super Thor Cannon, Chen Yan also left it in Laoshan as a means of attack to complement the Laoshan mountain protection formation [Eight Trigrams Thunder Star Formation] to make up for the serious lack of attack power of the Star Formation.

After testing by Yi Mu's spirit body, it has been confirmed that the power of the Super Thor Cannon is enough to seriously threaten the lives of Yang Shen Zhenjun at the third level of Yang Shen and below.

Combined with the defensive power of the [Eight Trigrams Thunder Star Array], Laoshan can be said to be impregnable.

Even if two or three True Lords of the Yang God came to attack, they would not be able to break through easily in a short period of time.

After resolving his worries, Chen Yan did not hesitate and returned to the inner world and returned to Thunder Bluff.

Returning to the bottom of the dried-up ancient thunder pool, Chen Yan took a glance, closed his eyes, and his consciousness sank slightly, and he came to the void space.

Opening the ancient Book of Merit, Chen Yan glanced at the 400,000 points of merit and silently said in his heart:
"Exchange for the blessing from the Heavenly Official."

"Choose 'Three Days of Enlightenment'."

As the thoughts in Chen Yan's mind fell.

The familiar figure appeared out of thin air again.

Wearing the Prime Minister's Hat with Ruyi Wings on his head, a long beard with five locks, a red robe embroidered with dragons, and a jade belt, he holds Ruyi in his arms...

It is the Heavenly Official of Fortune and Blessings.

The kind old man smiled slightly, opened his mouth and said:

"Blessed by the heavenly official, he received the heavenly fortune and was rewarded with 'three days of enlightenment'."

A familiar obscure fluctuation enveloped his heart and the sound of the Tao echoed in his mind. Chen Yan, who was already familiar with it, had almost no hesitation and focused all his attention on his innate skill "The Supreme Nine Heavens Jade Purity Great Brahma Ziwei Xuandu Thunder Jade Sutra".

“Thunder is the key to heaven and earth, able to reward the good and punish the evil, in charge of life and death; from the emperor of heaven above to the emperor of earth below, thunder is the only way to carry out their orders; from life and death to prosperity and decline, thunder is the only way to control their policies…”

With faith bursting out in his heart and his soul surging, Chen Yan began to immerse himself in the mystery of the Thunder Jade Sutra.

With the blessing of sudden enlightenment, all the confusing principles of the past disappeared at this moment like the sun shining through the clouds.

And when Chen Yan's mind was immersed in the Thunder Jade Sutra, the Yin God, which was originally ordinary and without any magical power, suddenly burst into dazzling light, like a bright moon coming from the ancient times and shining in the sky.

At the same time, within Chen Yan’s soul sea, the earth was shaking, the mountains were roaring, and the soul sea was rising with huge waves without wind, stretching to the extreme, as if it was about to grow again.

"Sure enough, the effect of sudden enlightenment is excellent..."

The Yin Spirit condensed, and feeling the drastic changes in the soul sea, Chen Yan's thoughts kept turning.

Chen Yan's Yin Spirit condensed above the soul sea. At this moment, above the soul sea, it seemed that endless thunder was gathering, and it was breeding an extraordinary fortune.

Just as water drips through stone, as the power of thunder continued to accumulate, Chen Yan seemed to have come to a completely new perspective through the sound of the avenue...

This perspective seems...

Is it a fairy?

"To peek into the ways of the immortals in human form is a miraculous act beyond belief, but the price is not small."

As his thoughts turned, Chen Yan's Yin Spirit was unconsciously immersed in the perspective of this avenue.

With a splash, fine ripples appeared in the clear sea of ​​soul, but the Yin God emitting bright light remained unchanged and consistent, without being affected in the slightest.

As Chen Yan's perspective was immersed in the Great Dao, all the impurities in his Yin Shen turned into flying white feathers, and his essence continued to rise. In the end, Chen Yan's Yin Shen, which seemed unreal and thin, as if it would be dispersed by the wind, naturally flowed out pure white light, illuminating the world and making it seem sacred, like fairy light.

“Is this the world in the eyes of an immortal?”

The essence of his soul continued to rise, the sound of the Tao echoed in his ears, a thought arose in Chen Yan's mind, and then he unconsciously indulged in it, without any thoughts.

Immortals are people whose souls return to their own bodies, whose Dharma bodies are accomplished, and whose supernatural powers are self-sufficient. Their spirits and souls can reach heaven and earth, and they can observe the heavens and attain enlightenment. In their eyes, the world is different.

"yin and yang……"

His soul connected with heaven and earth, the sound of Tao echoed in his ears, and in a trance, Chen Yan saw a bright moon hanging high in the sky and a rising sun.

The sun and the moon shine together, and their beauty is beyond words, as if it is the most magnificent spectacle in the world.

It was so vast that it filled the heaven and earth, illuminating the past and present. Between the sun and the moon, Chen Yan seemed to see mysterious and profound runes...

"The moon, the sun..."

The sound of the Tao became louder and louder, and Chen Yan's consciousness became more and more blurred. The moment he saw the sun and the moon, countless insights emerged in his heart, just like a volcano that had been accumulating for a long time and suddenly erupted.

Just like that, Chen Yan's consciousness completely fell silent, and he was one with the Tao, unaware of the passage of time.

Until one moment, a burning sensation arose in his heart, followed by a bolt from the blue, awakening his dormant consciousness again.

"Boom!"

"hiss!"

Above the sea of ​​soul, Chen Yan's silent Yin spirit opened his eyes, and in the next moment, his consciousness returned to himself.

His consciousness returned to clarity, and his transcendent essence fell. Looking at the soul sea that was as clear as before, a trace of palpitations flashed in Chen Yan's eyes. The Thunder Department Dusi Seal automatically floated above Chen Yan's head, revealing his concern.

The Dragon Sparrow Sword also made a slight sound and asked Chen Yan.

The heat and thunder just now were emitted by the Dragon Sparrow Sword and the Thunder Department Seal.

If they had not awakened Chen Yan, he might really have become addicted to it and assimilated with the Tao until his lifespan was exhausted and he died.

"No wonder a wise man once said that if one hears the truth in the morning, he can die in the evening. The great truth between heaven and earth has an almost instinctive attraction to cultivators."

Chen Yan's heart was in turmoil and there was still a hint of fear on his face.

But immediately afterwards, Chen Yan showed joy on his face, for no other reason.

Eight Refinements of the Yin Spirit.

It became.

……

(End of this chapter)