Qinghe Immortal Clan.

Before the group could get close to the flying car, a beam of light flashed out from inside and arrived in front of Lü Yue.

"Fellow Daoist Lü, it's been many years! It's been a long time!"

"Oh! It's Fellow Daoist Huang from the Free and Unfettered Sect. We didn't recognize you just now, so we were a bit rude."

Upon seeing Huang Siyuan suddenly appear in front of him, Lü Yue couldn't help but show a hint of surprise on his face. He quickly led the people beside him forward and bowed to her in return.

Seemingly because someone in the sect was in seclusion attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, Lü Yue and the other elders of the Demon-Slaying Palace in front of him spoke with a slight hint of tension.

"Fellow Daoist Huang, you must have come here to exchange pill formulas!"
I have already explained this matter to Senior Brother Hu. There are no problems on our side. Please come with me to the sect's Treasury Pavilion.

"Fellow Daoist Lü, there's no rush to exchange pill formulas. There's someone in my carriage who wants to see you first. Please come with me!"

"Someone wants to see me! Could it be Song inside?"

Before Lü Yue could finish speaking, Huang Siyuan in front of him raised her hand to him with a meaningful gesture.

Lü Yue, who instantly understood, quickly nodded to him.

“Junior brothers, please wait here for me. Junior Brother Zhu, could you please take my token to the Hidden Gold Pavilion and retrieve the pill formula that Fellow Daoist Huang requested?”

After giving instructions to the people beside him, Lü Yue followed Huang Siyuan into the flying car ahead.

As soon as they entered, they saw Song Qingming sitting at the head of the table not far away, with Bai Yuxian and Li Xuanyi following on either side.

Seeing this, Lü Yue was about to step forward and bow, but Song Qingming waved his hand to stop him.

"I came here today just because I was passing by; I did not come here specifically to pay my respects."

Fellow Daoist Lü and I have known each other for many years, and there are no other outsiders here, so please make yourself at home!"

"Thank you for your kind words, senior!"
"I was unaware of Senior Song's arrival at the sect. I failed to greet you properly and have disturbed you. I hope you will not take offense."

Although he had known Song Qingming for many years, and had even helped him in the past.

However, when facing this Nascent Soul Ancestor who had already reached the pinnacle of the cultivation world, Lü Yue maintained a cautious demeanor and did not take the opportunity to be arrogant.

After exchanging a few casual words, the two began to talk.

Seeing that Lü Yue's expression had relaxed somewhat, Song Qingming changed the subject and asked him:

“Fellow Daoist Lü, when I arrived here just now, I saw that your sect’s back mountain seemed to have gathered a lot of spiritual energy.”

Could it be that one of you, young friend, is already attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul realm?

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When Lü Yue learned that Song Qingming had suddenly appeared outside the "Demon-Slaying Palace," he was already somewhat worried that the other party might have already seen through something.

At this moment, Song Qingming went straight to the point, directly naming the person who was in seclusion in the back mountain.

After thinking for a moment, he didn't dare to keep it a secret any longer.

"Senior Song, to be honest, our sect's Grand Elder began his seclusion thirty years ago, and is now indeed close to the critical moment of breaking through to the next realm."

To avoid any trouble caused by people coming to the sect at this time, we haven't publicized this matter.

Please rest assured, Senior, our sect informed you of the Grand Elder's seclusion several years ago.

When a cultivator is in seclusion to break through a barrier, the worst thing is to be obstructed or disturbed by others halfway through.

When it comes to matters involving their core and important cultivators breaking through to higher realms, the major sects in the cultivation world generally keep it a secret from the outside world.

Song Qingming was not too surprised that the "Demon-Slaying Palace" would choose to keep this matter a secret.

However, He Yuliang's seclusion had reached a critical moment, and the "Demon-Slaying Palace" hadn't even informed him of it.

Clearly, they still seemed somewhat distrustful of Song Qingming, the Nascent Soul Ancestor, fearing that he might come to obstruct their path if he learned of this matter.

In the cultivation world, competition for cultivation resources among humans is a common occurrence.

Back when Ling Zhentian of Xihua Prefecture was breaking through to a higher realm, the "Jade Ancestor" of Xuanhuo Palace, who had a grudge against him, directly attacked outside Tianjian Pavilion.

He was only stopped halfway by Zen Master Baiyue and Ancestor Jinluo, which forced him to retreat on his own.

If it weren't for someone protecting him, and if something had happened to Ling Zhentian during his seclusion back then, he would never have been able to reach the Nascent Soul realm in his lifetime.

Hundreds of years ago, the entire "Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent" faced immense pressure from the northern frontier, while the Fallen Star Sea Demon Clan lurked in the south.

At that time, Chen Qingxuan was the only one struggling to hold the situation together, and there was an urgent need for a human god-level ancestor to change the situation.

At that time, Song Qingming was breaking through to a higher realm, which was a time of great turmoil for the human race.

He was not worried at all that anyone from the "Heavenly Imperial Sect" would come to obstruct his path; on the contrary, he received a lot of support from Chen Qingxuan.

But now, the situation is different.

With Song Qingming's successful transformation into a Nascent Soul cultivator, the human race now has two Nascent Soul ancestors, meaning the demon race in the "Northern Frontier" can no longer gain any advantage.

Moreover, because of the True Demon Uprising hundreds of years ago, the demon race of the "Northern Frontier" took the initiative to sign a peace treaty with the Eastern Phoenix Kingdom, which brought them a thousand years of peace.

At this point, whether Donghuang Kingdom has one more or one less Nascent Soul cultivator will not have a significant impact on Song Qingming and his group.

Instead, they will divide up the limited cultivation resources that belong to them.

Song Qingming could easily guess that the Demon-Slaying Palace would have this concern.

Therefore, he did not choose to force his way into the "Demon-Slaying Palace" protective formation, but instead had Huang Siyuan come forward first and invite Lü Yue to his flying car alone.

Hearing Lü Yue's cautious reply, Song Qingming nodded slightly and said in response:
"The reason why our Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent human race has been able to survive to this day is all thanks to the mutual support of our ancestors."

Back then, Song was able to successfully transform into a deity, also thanks to the help of Senior Chen.

Since Fellow Daoist He has reached the crucial moment of seclusion, I will stay behind to protect him.

This is also to prevent any oversights from occurring when Senior Chen is not present, so that someone with malicious intent could take advantage of the situation.

"We did not inform Senior Song in advance about the Grand Elder's seclusion, so how could we dare to delay your important business because of this?"

Moreover, the sect leader has already sent a message to Senior Chen, so he should arrive soon.

With us guarding this place, there shouldn't be any trouble.

Upon hearing that Song Qingming wanted to stay and help protect the Dharma, Lü Yue looked visibly embarrassed and tried to decline.

But Song Qingming's attitude was very serious, and he waved to him.

"My original intention in coming to Donghuang Kingdom this time was to visit Tianyu Sect and discuss some Dao with Senior Chen."

Staying here for a while won't cause any problems.

Alright! You can go back now.

I will be staying at Xuankong Temple during this time. Just send someone to let me know if anything happens.

"Well... then this junior thanks you on behalf of the sect, senior."

Seeing that Song Qingming's tone left no room for doubt, Lü Yue understood that the other party genuinely wanted to stay and help protect the Dharma, so he did not insist any further.

He bowed deeply to Song Qingming and then voluntarily stepped out of the flying car.

Song Qingming, along with Bai Yuxian, Li Xuanyi, and the others, took a flying car to Xuankong Temple near Dangmo Mountain and stayed there.

When Song Qingming first visited the "Demon-Slaying Palace," he and Huang Siyuan stayed there for a period of time.

Centuries have passed, and Xuankong Temple, which was just an ordinary temple back then, has now become a place of great religious significance.

Because Chen Qingxuan made a pact with "Zen Master Baiyue" back then, many Buddhist sects in Donghuang have developed quite smoothly in recent centuries.

Xuankong Temple has also benefited from this, and has become a considerable force near Dangmo Mountain.

After arriving at the temple, Song Qingming soon met his old friend, "Monk Bukong".

When they met again, his old friend was already old and had a white beard.

Monk Bukong was two hundred years older than Song Qingming. His cultivation had been stuck at the peak of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage, and he had not been able to advance to the half-step Divine Transformation stage, so he only had less than a hundred years left.

Although he didn't have much life left, he was overjoyed to see Song Qingming's "Monk Bukong".

Having practiced the secret methods of Buddhism, he was free from desires and ambitions, and his mind remained perfectly calm.

Unlike other cultivators Song Qingming had met who were nearing the end of their lives, he did not experience the same thing.

Because their own path to survival is not smooth, they complain about fate and others, and begin to fear death.

Song Qingming admired Monk Bukong's ability to maintain this mindset and took the initiative to have a good chat with him.

Song Qingming voluntarily stayed at Xuankong Temple to discuss Taoism with Monk Bukong.

Huang Siyuan then took Bai Yuxian and Li Xuanyi with her to Changnan Town at the foot of the mountain.

This ceramic town, with its streets lined with exquisite bottles and jars, quickly caught the attention of several people.

To study these exquisite porcelain pieces, the group even rented out a kiln and started making porcelain bowls, learning from Huang Siyuan.

While Song Qingming was discussing the Dao with "Monk Bukong", He Yuliang, who was in seclusion in the back mountain of "Dangmo Palace", had also begun to take the final step.

Six months later, as the clouds and mist rolled in behind the "Demon-Slaying Palace", a five-colored glow appeared.

Sensing this strange phenomenon, Song Qingming immediately moved and appeared in mid-air.

Before long, Bai Yuxian, Li Xuanyi, Huang Siyuan, and the others, who also sensed something amiss, used their magic to ascend into the air.

It was a rare opportunity to witness a cultivator's attempt to become a god, which triggered extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth.

For the three women who will also face this challenge in the future, there is no reason for them to miss this opportunity.

On He Yuliang's side, as soon as he triggered the strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth, the entire "Demon-Slaying Palace" quickly sprang into action.

Several years ago, the Demon-Slaying Palace had already transferred all thirty-odd Nascent Soul elders back to the sect.

In addition, there are more than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators who are subordinate to him and can be absolutely trusted by the "Demon Suppression Palace".

Fifty Nascent Soul cultivators gathered in the back mountain of the Demon-Slaying Palace.

With the addition of a level-five sect formation for protection, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would find it difficult to breach its gates in a short time.

After He Yuliang successfully triggered a celestial phenomenon, Chen Qingxuan rushed over a few days later and happened to run into Song Qingming, who was already there.

Since the sealing formation of "Jade Profound Island" was reinforced, Song Qingming and Chen Qingxuan have not seen each other for nearly two hundred years.

When the two met again, Song Qingming discovered that Chen Qingxuan's cultivation aura had improved significantly compared to before, having broken through to the sixth level of the Nascent Soul realm.

After Song Qingming questioned him, Chen Qingxuan finally answered him with a slight smile.

For the past two hundred years, Chen Qingxuan has publicly stated that he has been in seclusion within his sect.

What people don't know is that this "Heavenly Imperial Sect" Nascent Soul Ancestor was actually just an avatar left in the sect.

Its true form is to go out in search of spiritual objects and spatial nodes.

Decades ago, Chen Qingxuan successfully found a large bottle of high-grade spiritual liquid in an ancient demon cultivator's cave in the southern part of the "Falling Star Sea".

Having already reached a bottleneck in his cultivation, he successfully broke through his realm and cultivated to the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage with the help of this high-grade spiritual liquid.

Upon learning of Chen Qingxuan's extraordinary encounter, Song Qingming felt a pang of envy and quickly raised his hand to congratulate him.

Although with Chen Qingxuan's powerful supernatural abilities, there is almost no place in the cultivation world that he cannot go.

However, in today's cultivation world, high-level spiritual items that can be useful to mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators are already rare treasures on the verge of extinction.

Even if a cultivator has the strongest supernatural abilities, without the right luck, it may take hundreds of years to achieve anything.

The main reason why Song Qingming was able to find the ancient secret realm in "Beiming Immortal Continent" was because of the note in the hands of "Yu Zhenzi".

Otherwise, if the two of them had no target to guide them, and were to search blindly like looking for a needle in a haystack, they would never be able to find the entrance to the secret realm in their entire lives.

As Song Qingming offered his congratulations, Chen Qingxuan naturally noticed the change in Song Qingming.

The two had only been separated for less than two hundred years, yet Song Qingming's cultivation level had already risen from the second level of the Nascent Soul stage to more than half of the third level.

Such a cultivation speed has already surpassed that of most cultivators of the same level in the cultivation world.

As someone who had been through it all, Chen Qingxuan could easily guess that Song Qingming must have had some kind of stroke of luck in recent years, and couldn't help but praise him to his face.

Faced with Chen Qingxuan's praise, before the other party could ask any questions, he took the initiative to tell the story of how he and Yu Zhenzi went to "Beiming Immortal Continent" to search for treasure.

He attributed all the reasons for his rapid progress in cultivation over the years to this.

Upon learning that Song Qingming and "Yu Zhenzi" had caused a great disturbance in the Northern Underworld Immortal Continent, and that the two had even joined forces to severely injure the infamous "Nine Nether Old Demon".

Chen Qingxuan also looked somewhat surprised.

"Yu Zhenzi" has been famous for over a thousand years, and Chen Qingxuan knows a little about his supernatural abilities, knowing that he is no match for the Nine Nether Old Demon.

In this battle, Song Qingming clearly played a significant role.

Otherwise, if it were someone with ordinary supernatural powers, the two of them could at most fight the "Nine Netherworld Old Demon" to a draw, and would have no chance to seriously injure him.

With less than a thousand years left to live, Chen Qingxuan, who was already planning to sneak into the spatial node, could not stay in the "Huayang Realm" for long.

Seeing that Song Qingming's supernatural abilities were now comparable to those of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, he couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

As long as Song Qingming is there, if He Yuliang, who is currently in seclusion and trying to break through to a higher realm, can also successfully transform into a Nascent Soul cultivator...

Even if Chen Qingxuan, a mid-stage Nascent Soul expert, leaves, it will not have any impact on the human race of "Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent".

Song Qingming, who was standing to the side, was well aware of what Chen Qingxuan was thinking.

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Since the two rarely met, Song Qingming didn't stand on ceremony with Chen Qingxuan and immediately asked him to discuss the Dao.

Chen Qingxuan, who was meeting with him, had also been looking forward to it.

After all, once one's cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul stage, there are not many people with whom one can communicate and exchange ideas. Chen Qingxuan can also gain something from discussing the Dao with Song Qingming.

While the two Nascent Soul cultivators were discussing the Dao, Bai Yuxian, Li Xuanyi, and several disciples who had come with Chen Qingxuan sat down to listen.

The fact that the only two Nascent Soul cultivators in the "Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent" were discussing the Dao is a rare occurrence, happening only once every few hundred years. Such an opportunity is not something that ordinary people can enjoy.

The reason Bai Yuxian and Li Xuanyi are able to sit here is not because they have any special talent.

The main reason is their relationship with Song Qingming.

Otherwise, if it were an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, let alone being able to sit next to two Deity Transformation cultivators, they probably wouldn't even have the right to see them on a regular basis.

Although there is only one realm difference between a Nascent Soul cultivator and a Spirit Transformation cultivator.

However, the gap between them in their understanding of the path of cultivation is as vast as an insurmountable chasm.

While Song Qingming and Chen Qingxuan were discussing the Dao, Bai Yuxian and the others sat to the side, listening with rapt attention.

Many of their previous understandings of spiritual practice were things they had never experienced before; they had only scratched the surface and could not truly grasp them.

However, in the eyes of Song Qingming and Chen Qingxuan, both Nascent Soul cultivators, these things did not seem to be that complicated.

When the two discussed the Dao, they would occasionally offer a word or two of guidance, which would make the Nascent Soul cultivators listening nearby ponder for a long time.

Time flew by as everyone listened intently to the discourse.

In the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed.

Just as everyone was filled with anticipation, the strange phenomena at the top of the "Demon-Slaying Palace" began to change.

Upon seeing this, Chen Qingxuan and Song Qingming, who had sensed it beforehand, immediately stood up and looked together at the cave where He Yuliang was in seclusion.

"Fellow Daoist Song, it seems the results are in!" (End of Chapter)