I conquer the immortal with my strength.

Chapter 656 The Twelve Heavenly Capitals

The valley was already crowded with cultivators, all casting their gazes in that direction.

Seeing that he was merely a Fifth-Rank True Immortal and looked disheveled, most people merely glanced at him and then looked away, continuing to wait for their relatives and friends.

Outside the valley entrance, the Heavenly Court government of Qionghua Shangjun had already dispatched heavy troops to guard it. The entrance and exit of Reincarnation Valley were heavily guarded, and any robbery or murder was strictly forbidden.

The cultivators here are either receiving people or waiting for others.

Zhu Qiluo's twelve-horse eagle demon and Tuoba Gang's rock-armored behemoth were also among them.

Upon entering the City of Reincarnation, a middle-aged True Immortal in a green robe with a smile approached, bowing respectfully. His tone was gentle yet urgent.

"Congratulations on your safe return, fellow immortal! I am the elder of the Bai family of Baixiao Mountain, in charge of external affairs. I wonder if you have obtained the Reincarnation Vermilion Fruit? If you have, my Bai family is willing to purchase it at a high price."

The Valley of Reincarnation is fraught with peril; surviving is a miracle. Most True Immortals are severely injured and their vital energy greatly depleted; those who manage to obtain the Vermilion Fruit of Reincarnation are extremely rare. Yet, some always harbor a glimmer of hope, expecting to snatch a Vermilion Fruit from the survivors.

Xia Daoming remained calm, shaking his head with a wry smile.

A hint of disappointment flashed in the eyes of the Bai family elder, but he was not surprised. He was used to this kind of reaction, and immediately put on a smile, cupped his hands in farewell, and went to his next target.

Along the way, Xia Daoming was surrounded and questioned by several groups of similar merchants, and he responded with the same expression: a wry smile, a shake of the head, and a few words indifferently.

Immediately, he walked through the crowd and went straight back to the inn where he had stayed before entering the valley.

He rented a cave dwelling, set up layers of protective arrays, and kept the door closed to all outside visitors.

After everything was arranged, Xia Daoming took out a Reincarnation Vermilion Fruit.

Red as blood and bright as pearls, the vermilion fruit has flowing gold and black patterns, like the Wheel of Life and Death, with a mysterious and profound aura.

Xia Daoming sat upright on the stone bed, took a deep breath, opened his mouth and swallowed the vermilion fruit, preparing to use the medicinal power of the fruit to break through to the Sixth Assembly Realm.

The Reincarnation Vermilion Fruit melted upon entering the mouth, and a massive force of life and death cycle exploded within the body.

While Xia Daoming was in seclusion refining the Reincarnation Vermilion Fruit, True Immortals emerged one after another from the Reincarnation Valley.

Zhu Qiluo left the Valley of Reincarnation not long after Xia Daoming left.

As soon as she left the valley, she didn't linger and flew directly to Danxia Mountain on the eagle demon.

As for the other True Immortals, only a few powerful or influential ones, like Zhu Qiluo, did not linger in Samsara City and left directly.

Most True Immortals, regardless of whether they obtained the Reincarnation Vermilion Fruit, would first return to Reincarnation City, either to rest and heal their injuries and restore their strength, or to consume the Reincarnation Vermilion Fruit to secure their gains and enhance their power.

The next day.

As the turmoil and chaos of Samsara Valley arrived as expected, Samsara City was shrouded in several extremely terrifying and angry pressures.

"boom!"

A colossal, rock-armored beast descended from the sky, its feet treading on the palace, its roar shaking the heavens.

The entire city almost shook.

"Who! Who killed my Third Young Master of Stonebone Mountain!!"

Its roar was like thunder, causing countless immortals to turn pale.

Immediately afterwards, on the other side, three palace-dressed female immortals struck golden chimes, their cries filled with sorrow.

The mournful cry, with its strange rhythm, resonated in the ears, stirring the soul and making it difficult to control oneself.

"Boom-thump-thump-"

The sound of bells and chimes echoed through the city, as if summoning the souls of the dead, and even the air seemed to freeze into a gloomy and desolate atmosphere.

At the same time, the river outside Reincarnation City was churning.

Giant waves surged on the river, several dragons roared and coiled, water shimmered into the sky, and crashed against the city walls with a sound like thunder.

On the city tower, the female general in red watched as the giant rock-armored beast trampled the buildings inside the city, three palace-dressed immortals recklessly struck the bells and chimes, and several dragons outside the city stirred up storms and waves that kept crashing against the city. She smiled helplessly.

She never dreamed that the geniuses and promising young immortals from Chijiang Dragon Palace, Shigu Mountain, and Luoyun Mountain would perish inside the Valley of Reincarnation this time.

Their deaths were an absolutely earth-shattering event for Qionghua Shangjun.

This could even influence the future power structure of Qionghua Shangjun to some extent.

Now that these three major forces were venting their anger in Samsara City, even with the Crimson-Clad Female General's status and strength, she was unwilling to risk incurring their wrath at this time. Fortunately, the three major forces quickly departed shortly afterward.

The death of a promising young immortal is no small matter and must be reported as soon as possible.

The woman in red secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Samsara City returned to peace.

Inside his cultivation cave, Xia Daoming was focused on refining and absorbing the medicinal power of the Reincarnation Vermilion Fruit, completely unmoved by the turmoil in the city. He seemed to have forgotten that he was the one who started this whole mess.

a few days later.

Inside the cave.

Xia Daoming slowly opened his eyes, his eyes filled with joy.

In just a few days, he broke through another small realm in his Qi Refining path and became a Sixth-Rank True Immortal.

However, those who chose to stay in Samsara City, whether to heal and recuperate or to consume Samsara Vermilion Fruit, have not yet made any moves.

Therefore, Xia Daoming is not in a hurry to leave.

After all, the people he killed in the Valley of Reincarnation were extraordinary. Even though he knew that no one would suspect him, he decided to blend in and avoid attracting attention, adhering to the principle of caution.

After briefly sensing the improvement in his strength and stabilizing his realm, Xia Daoming took out an ancient scroll made of some kind of animal hide from his storage ring.

The ancient scroll slowly unfurled.

The words “Twelve Capital Heavenly Laws” are clearly written on it.

Before leaving the valley, Xia Daoming had a look of surprise on his face because he had found this ancient scroll in Tuoba Gang's storage ring.

Xia Daoming studied it carefully.

After a day and a night, he rolled up the ancient scroll again, put it into his storage ring, and then fell into deep thought.

The scroll depicts the ancient body-refining techniques of the Twelve Capitals passed down by the Kuafu clan:
Based on the twelve internal organs, it transforms into the twelve capital heavens;
Each heaven is a small world, powerful enough to create heaven and earth.

According to records, anyone who can forge a "Dutian" (a type of celestial being) is already comparable to a Golden Immortal.

If all twelve can be completed, and the twelve capitals can be united as one, the might of the ancient Kuafu can be restored, splitting mountains and shattering peaks, and causing the stars to shift.

However, forging any Heavenly Realm requires an incredibly strong physique, immeasurable vital energy, and a powerful divine weapon to guard it.

All three are indispensable.

"No wonder Zhu Qiluo said that body cultivation has declined nowadays, and there is not a single person in the vast Qionghua Shangjun who has cultivated body cultivation to the first level of the Dutian realm."

Tuoba Gang is said to have the bloodline of Kuafu, so his physique is considered strong, but compared to me, neither the Blood Sea nor the divine weapon it nurtured is far inferior.

Even if he eventually manages to cultivate all twelve divine weapons, the Blood Sea is limited in size and the quality of the divine weapons' origins is generally low. Forging a Heavenly Capital would probably be much more difficult than attaining the Golden Immortal Dao.

Fortunately, I had the help of the system back then, which opened up the boundless sea of ​​blood. By chance, I also obtained the 'True Martial Divine Weapon Technique', which nurtured a powerful divine weapon with true fire and true water. Later, I also obtained the Ancestral Dragon Overlord Body Divine Power, which enhanced my physique and made me even stronger.

"I believe that once I gather all twelve divine weapons, cultivate further, and comprehend my own 'Twelve Heavenly Laws,' I should have a chance to forge a Heavenly Capital! Once I successfully forge a Heavenly Capital, it will be far beyond what an ordinary Golden Immortal can achieve!"

Thinking about what would happen next, Xia Daoming felt his blood boil and his spirits soar.

In a blink of an eye.

A month has passed since Xia Daoming left the valley.

During this period, twelve powerful True Immortals from Shigu Mountain, Luoyun Mountain, and Chijiang Dragon Palace descended upon Samsara City one after another to inquire about and investigate the deaths of Tuoba Gang and others.

As expected, there was no gain whatsoever.

They had no choice but to leave one after another.

After that, people began to leave Samsara City one after another.

Xia Daoming also mingled with the crowd and left Samsara City.

　That concludes today's update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)