Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Flames burn the heavens and earth, bronze cauldrons hold the nine provinces.

The Eastern Heaven Daoist Xuanjing Immortal Lord and his disciples, who had been in a dominant position and were about to win a great victory, suddenly fell into the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron and became the possession of the Longevity Immortal Lord.

It makes one sigh at the unpredictability of life.

Hearing the cacophony of angry curses from within the cauldron, the Immortal Lord of Longevity was not annoyed at all. Instead, he stroked his beard with a rather self-satisfied air and laughed, "The Dao is the mystery within mystery."

"The so-called 'flower in a mirror' and 'moon in water' are actually the same thing."

"Whether it is Yanzhou that supports the Mountain and River Cauldron, or the Mountain and River Cauldron that contains Yanzhou, Xuanjing, can you see clearly?"

As he spoke, the Immortal Lord of Longevity laughed with increasing self-satisfaction.

The Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron, this great immortal treasure, has been refined by the Immortal Lord of Longevity for so many years, nourished day and night with the spiritual essence and vitality of the Yan State's earth veins. To this day, even the Immortal Lord of Longevity himself can no longer distinguish whether it is the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron or the Yan State Cauldron.

Lingfeng Zhenjun, Jingxing Zhenjun, and Jingxiao Zhenjun, the three Fifth Tribulation True Monarchs, watched helplessly as the earth and sky collapsed in an instant, and then Wanshou Immortal Monarch won a decisive victory. The rapid changes in the battle situation made these Fifth Tribulation True Monarchs feel somewhat unreal.

At this moment, "True Lord Jingkan" was already clapping with a smile: "Congratulations, Immortal Lord, on your swift success."

"He can turn his hand to make clouds and rain; I never imagined that the entire Yan Province would be under the control of the Immortal Lord. Xuan Jing's defeat was not unjust."

Hearing Jingkan Zhenjun's words, which sounded like both praise and sarcasm, Lingfeng Zhenjun couldn't help but look at Wanshou Xianjun: "Immortal Lord, what is this?"

The victorious Immortal Lord Wanshou was in high spirits. He glanced at the equally puzzled True Lord Jingxing and True Lord Jingxiao beside him, and then asked, "I know that the three of you have doubts in your hearts, and I will not hide them from you."

"Why do you think the vast Yanzhou is divided into five regions: east, west, south, north, and central? Why are so many Daoist palaces set up in Yanzhou to occupy various leyline nodes?"

As he spoke, the Immortal Lord of Longevity waved his sleeve, revealing the original map of Yanzhou.

On the map, with the Longevity Immortal Palace at its center, the various Daoist palaces in the five regions of Yanzhou were like nodes and hubs, occupying the earth's veins and spiritual veins, thus incorporating the entire Yanzhou's mountains and rivers into the territory of the Qiankun Daoist Sect.

On the map, the earth veins and energy of the entire Yanzhou flowed through various Dao Palace nodes, converging at the Longevity Immortal Palace in the central region of Yanzhou, and then spreading back in all directions.

If Yanzhou is likened to the human body, then the flow of earth veins and qi is like blood, and the Longevity Immortal Palace is the heart.

If we consider the flow of earth veins and energy as circulating through the heavens, then the Longevity Immortal Palace is the central palace, holding the spiritual energy of all bodies.

From any perspective, the Longevity Palace is the most crucial core of Yanzhou.

Lingfeng Zhenjun stared intently at the map, suddenly feeling a sense of familiarity. He then quickly looked at the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron beside him. He saw that the locations of the legal and spiritual restrictions on the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron were very similar to the Dao Palaces scattered throughout the five regions of Yanzhou. The spiritual laws operating within the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron were just like the flow of the earth veins throughout Yanzhou.

No, it's not just similar, it's almost exactly the same!
Seeing this scene, True Monarch Lingfeng could hardly hide his shock. Although Immortal Monarch Wanshou had been in charge of Yanzhou for more than ten thousand years, and although there had long been a saying that Yanzhou had been refined by Immortal Monarch Wanshou, True Monarch Lingfeng had never thought that this was actually true!
The Immortal Lord of Longevity not only seized the destiny of Yan Province, but also refined the entire Yan Province?!
A Mahayana Immortal Lord seizing control of one of the nine provinces in the vast Xuanmen world—who would believe that?!
However, the Immortal Lord of Longevity did just that, and he succeeded!
After Lingfeng Zhenjun seemed to break through the illusion and discover the truth, Jingxing Zhenjun and Jingxiao Zhenjun also noticed these similarities that they had subconsciously overlooked in their daily lives. The two Fifth Tribulation Zhenjun looked at Wanshou Immortal Lord with surprise and doubt, as if they were looking at some incredible being.

Could it be that all these years, they have been meditating and refining artifacts, or even practicing magic in seclusion within the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron of the Immortal Lord of Longevity?!
Could it be that they've been cultivating under the very nose of the Immortal Lord of Longevity all these years?!

Even though Ling Feng and the other two were Fifth Tribulation True Monarchs, the thought of this gave them goosebumps.

Cultivation is a private matter. In the end, whether it is cultivation, weapon crafting, or magic refining, it is a private matter. Who would want to be monitored and acted under the watchful eyes of others? What difference would that make between them and domesticated spirit beasts or immortal beasts?
Refining a continent of a vast world? Is that something a Mahayana Immortal Lord could accomplish?

Is the Immortal Lord of Longevity truly just a Mahayana Immortal Lord, and not a Pure Yang Dao Lord? Or is the one before us not the Immortal Lord of Longevity at all, but an incarnation of some other being?
Seeing the three people's surprised and wary expressions, Immortal Lord Wanshou snorted coldly: "What nonsense are you thinking?"

"Do you really think this old man can refine such a vast Yan Province?"

"This is merely a method bestowed by Ancestor Qian Tian to help me better mobilize the power of Yan Province."

"Do you know what this kind of supernatural power is called?"

Before Lingfeng Zhenjun and the other two could ponder, Jingkan Zhenjun said with some surprise, "The Universe Qi Mountain and River Vessel Technique?"

"Once this technique is used, the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron will no longer be under your sole control."

The Universe as One Qi, the Mountain and River as a Vehicle?!
Lingfeng Zhenjun and the other two were somewhat confused. First, they did not know what kind of power and drawbacks this supernatural ability had. Second, they did not understand what Jingkan Zhenjun meant by saying that the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron was not solely under the control of Wanshou Immortal.

"True Lord Jingkan" looked at True Lord Lingfeng and the others, and shook his head: "I will take pity on you and tell you."

"The so-called 'Qiankun Yiqi Shanhe Zaiqi Method' means, in your understanding, that the entire Yanzhou is used as a furnace, and the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron is used as a sacrifice. It gathers the earth veins, spiritual veins, human energy, and destiny of the entire Yanzhou, and uses the various Dao Palaces that occupy the hubs of the earth veins and energy veins as nodes to provide the power of the entire Yanzhou to nourish the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron."

"In this way, the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron is almost equivalent to Yan Province. Every time it is activated, it is equivalent to bringing a part of the power of Yan Province. As long as Yan Province is undamaged, even if the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron is destroyed, it can be easily restored."

"But the same"

Immortal Lord Wanshou took over the conversation and said casually, "The Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron is not only my natal treasure, but also the symbol of Yanzhou and the treasure of Yanzhou's destiny."

"And my life is now closely tied to this Yanzhou. We share its glory and its loss." Hearing the words of the Immortal Lord of Longevity, the three of them, including True Lord Lingfeng, finally understood that the Qiankun Qi Mountain and River Vessel Technique was actually using a ready-made Mahayana Immortal Treasure as a sacrifice and nourishing it with the power of the continent. While the Mahayana Immortal Treasure was being nurtured by the earth veins and fortune of this continent, it was also being permeated by this continent.

In the end, this Mahayana celestial treasure became its external manifestation in this continent.

So, is this Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron still the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron of the Immortal Lord of Longevity, or the Yanzhou Cauldron of Yanzhou?
Only then did Lingfeng Zhenjun and the others understand the true resolve with which Wanshou Xianjun fought against the Dongtian Daoist in Yanzhou. No wonder Wanshou Xianjun didn't care about any sacrifices, because this Mahayana Xianjun had long since placed his life and fortune in Yanzhou.

At this moment, the Immortal Lord of Longevity appeared remarkably calm and composed: "Without this Mountain and River Vessel Carrying Technique, how could I have used my ability to turn my hand into clouds and rain, and how could I have put Xuan Jing and the others into the cauldron?"

Jingxing Zhenjun was still somewhat puzzled: "Immortal Lord, since your Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron can contain all things, why didn't you take action directly when Xuanjing and the others entered Yanzhou?"

Immortal Lord Wanshou snorted coldly: "Xuan Jing is different from others."

"Whether it's Yuan Yi, Zhao Zhen, or those juniors from Tianhe, Penglai, and Qinghua, they have all fought in Yanzhou. Their aura has long been imprinted on Yanzhou. At the same time, when they practiced their magic on the land of Yanzhou, they were also tainted by the aura of Yanzhou."

“Therefore, I can take them in at any time. However, Xuan Jing has not made a move since entering Yanzhou, nor has he absorbed any spiritual energy from Yanzhou. He is like an anomaly in Yanzhou, not belonging to Yanzhou. How can I take him in?”

"Therefore, I have been patient and waiting for him to make his move."

"As long as his aura is imprinted on the heavens and earth of Yanzhou, as long as he absorbs the spiritual energy of Yanzhou, then he will not be able to escape from my grasp!"

Having said that, the Immortal Lord of Longevity looked at the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron he held in his palm, stroked his beard and laughed, "This time, whether it's Tianhe Xuanjing, Yuanyi, Zhaozhen and the others, or even Penglai Lingyuan, I will use the rolling red dust energy of Yanzhou and the fire of creation of heaven and earth to refine them into a furnace of precious pills!"

"Especially that Penglai Spirit Abyss, such a rare genius that only appears once every tens of thousands of years, if refined into a pill, it would be enough to give my Qiankun Dao Sect another peerless prodigy who inherits its destiny!"

As they were talking, the Immortal Lord of Longevity's smile suddenly froze, followed by a suspicious look: "Hmm?"

"What about Penglai Lingyuan?"

Is Penglai Lingyuan not within the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Cauldron?
Not to mention the Wanshou Immortal Lord was stunned, the "Jingkan True Lord" beside him was also stunned for a moment, and then glanced at the Wanshou Immortal Lord with a deep look: "Lingyuan first broke through the Beitian Pass in Yanzhou and stole part of Yanzhou's fortune. Then he broke through the realm and merged with the body in Yanzhou and seized Yanzhou's fortune again."

“Now, although Lingyuan has been tainted by the spiritual energy of Yanzhou and has imprinted his own aura on Yanzhou, he is still considered a part of Yanzhou, no different from you and your Mountain, River and Sun Cauldron.”

"What will you use to win him over?"

Upon hearing this, the Immortal Lord of Longevity's face darkened: "I forgot about this!"

Meanwhile, beyond the Yan State, in the coastal region of Zhu State.

Jiang Sheng stood alone on the edge of Zhuzhou, gazing at Yanzhou, feeling somewhat discouraged: He had won so many battles, closing in step by step, and was just one step away from a complete victory and the complete takeover of Yanzhou. But Wanshou Immortal Lord had somehow managed to capture all the True Lords sent to Yanzhou by the Eastern Heaven Daoist School, and even Xuanjing Immortal Lord had fallen victim to his trick without realizing it!

How magnificent were the military formations of the Eastern Heavenly Daoists in the past?
Hundreds and thousands of immortals from the upper three realms, hundreds of millions of Dao soldiers, war ships that stretch for hundreds of thousands or even millions of miles, and war artifacts that seem to stretch as far as the eye can see.
It was truly a scene of banners like clouds and soldiers like rain.

But now, only Jiang Sheng remains. It would be a lie to say that Jiang Sheng is not alarmed.

"Immortal Lord of Longevity, what a grand gesture, what a profound scheme!"

"They actually dared to use so many Upper Three Realm cultivators from the Qiankun Dao Sect as bait to lure our Eastern Heaven Daoist School into their scheme!"

"No wonder the Qiankun Dao Sect sent this person to oversee Yanzhou; they truly chose the right person."

"But why were my uncles, grand-uncles, and even Immortal Lord Xuanjing taken away by Wanshou, while I remained unharmed?"

As Jiang Sheng pondered, he suddenly seemed to sense something and looked down. He saw a small, exquisite dragon aura swirling around him. As Jiang Sheng looked over, the dragon aura also shook its head and wagged its tail, as if to show affection.

This is the dragon's aura of Yanzhou!

Looking at the Yanzhou dragon aura surrounding him, Jiang Sheng suddenly realized something: he had broken through and merged with the body in Yanzhou, so in the end, he had the fortune and destiny of Yanzhou, so he was also a part of Yanzhou!

Thinking of this, Jiang Sheng suddenly understood: So that's how it is!

"The reason why Wanshou can't take me away is because I'm already a part of Yanzhou!"

"That's it, that's it"

"But how can I rescue Immortal Lord Xuanjing and the others?"

Just as Jiang Sheng was deep in thought, a laugh rang out in his mind.

"Isn't this the renowned leader of the contemporary Xuanmen sect, Penglai Lingyuan?"

"Why are you standing here all alone, looking like a wilted eggplant?" (End of Chapter)