Double penetration, starting from being a trader

"Let the grand event begin," said Dongyuan Tianzun.

He then sat down in the main seat on the high platform with the other five Heavenly Venerables.

Upon hearing this, the others also moved closer to the platform.

The geniuses from the Xuanhuang Realm who had left the platform also returned to it.

The cultivators from the Three Saints Sect and the Blood Demon Palace began to sit on either side of the high platform.

As for the immortal corpse puppet's seat, it was somewhat unusual. She did not sit on either side of the high platform, but rather in the location where the Qionghua Sect was situated.

The Qionghua Sect cultivators had no objections to this; the person before them was not even afraid of a Heavenly Venerable, so how could they dare to say anything more?

At this moment, a masked woman from the Qionghua Sect approached the immortal corpse puppet and said with a smile:

"I am Song Shiyue of Qionghua Sect. Fellow Daoist, your supernatural powers are truly admirable."

Song Shiyue is also a fifth-step cultivator of the Dao Integration Realm and is currently the sect leader of the Qionghua Sect.

Compared to the Three Saints Sect and the Blood Demon Palace, the Qionghua Sect is much weaker.

There are only three experts at the fifth step of the Dao Integration Realm, and only one Heavenly Venerable.

The immortal corpse puppet simply nodded at Song Shiyue in response.

Seeing that the immortal corpse puppet showed no intention of speaking, Song Shiyue did not give up, and instead said:

“Fellow Daoist, you killed someone from the Blood Demon Hall. Although the Blood Demon Hall hasn’t caused you any trouble yet, I’m certain that they will not let you off the hook afterward.”

Upon hearing this, the immortal corpse puppet immediately turned its head to look at Song Shiyue:
What are you trying to say?

Song Shiyue smiled faintly: "Although our Qionghua Sect is weaker than the Blood Demon Palace, we still have a Heavenly Venerable in charge. Protecting you, fellow Daoist, is not a problem. As long as you agree to join our Qionghua Sect with Xingfeng Sect, my ancestor will definitely protect you."

Song Shiyue was very concerned about the Immortal Corpse Puppet and Xingfeng Sect. She had already learned about Xingfeng Sect's intelligence.

This force is different from Tianxuan Holy Land and Taiyi Sect.

If their Qionghua Sect could reclaim Xingfeng Sect, it would undoubtedly increase their strength.

In her view, her ancestor would also support this, as it wouldn't be a problem for him to protect the Immortal Corpse Puppet and Xingfeng Sect from the Blood Demon Palace.

Upon hearing this, the immortal corpse puppet showed no expression on its face, simply replying calmly:

"Thank you, but I don't need it."

After speaking, the immortal corpse puppet turned its gaze back to the high platform.

Upon hearing the immortal corpse puppet's resolute refusal, Song Shiyue immediately frowned:
"Although your strength is extraordinary, the Blood Demon Palace has two Heavenly Venerables. If you are not clear about the strength of a Heavenly Venerable, I can explain it to you more clearly."

However, the immortal corpse puppet did not respond to Song Shiyue's words and simply ignored her.

An elder from the Qionghua Sect nearby transmitted his voice:
"Sect Master, let's just let this person off the hook since she doesn't know what's good for her. She'll regret it later."

Song Shiyue nodded: "The cultivators outside are still a bit shallow. They think they are very strong because they can suppress others of the same realm in the Dao Integration stage. Little do they know that the Dao Integration stage is just the Dao Integration stage. In front of the Heavenly Venerable, they are just ants."

In Song Shiyue's view, the immortal corpse puppet was undoubtedly an arrogant and haughty creature.

She'll truly regret it when the Blood Demon Palace comes looking for trouble later. Even if she doesn't recruit them, they'll come to her of their own accord.

Just then, Wei Xian of the Three Saints Sect walked up to the high platform.

He first bowed deeply to the several Celestial Venerables, and then turned his gaze to the group of geniuses in the arena.

"This competition of geniuses is the most important event in the Xuanhuang Realm in tens of thousands of years. As geniuses of the Xuanhuang Realm, you have performed very well in the past few decades, and the Heavenly Venerables are very satisfied with you."

"Next, I will distribute the rewards for this competition of geniuses. All cultivators who participated in this competition of geniuses, regardless of their ranking, will receive 100,000 spirit stones and a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure!"

Upon hearing this, many cultivators from outside the realm showed expressions of surprise.

The Heavenly Treasure is considered one of the most powerful treasures outside the realm, and it is generally only possessed by cultivators who have reached the Dao Integration stage.

The fact that the Xuanhuang Realm gives every genius a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure is enough to demonstrate the Xuanhuang Realm's profound resources.

With a flick of his sleeve, Wei Xian sent over a hundred storage rings flying into the hands of the geniuses on the high platform.

Each storage ring contains 100,000 Yuan Stones and a corresponding Heavenly Treasure.

"Thank you for your generous gift, Heavenly Venerable!" All the geniuses bowed to the six Heavenly Venerables sitting on the high platform.

Wei Xian continued speaking:
"The top ten from this battle of geniuses will remain; the rest of you may leave."

Upon hearing this, everyone stared intently at the high platform. The top ten rewards in this competition of geniuses were the key; the previous rewards were merely an add-on.

Soon, only ten young geniuses remained on the platform.

Of these ten people, six were from the Blood Demon Palace, three from the Three Saints Sect, and only one from the Qionghua Sect.

Two of the top three spots were held by the Blood Demon Palace, but the first place was taken by Meng Jingxian of the Three Saints Sect.

This shows that the Blood Demon Palace had the advantage in this battle of geniuses. If Meng Jingxian hadn't won first place, their disadvantage would probably have been even greater.

Chen Feng was also in the crowd, in ninth place.

After the ten people stood in place, Wei Xian left on his own initiative.

Dongyuan Tianzun looked at the group and said:

"As we mentioned before, anyone who makes it into the top ten in this competition of geniuses will receive at least one Yuan Spirit as a reward, while the first place winner will receive three!"

This immediately made even the Dao Integration cultivators from the Blood Demon Palace and the Three Saints Sect's eyes light up.

The Primordial Spirit is an essential item for breaking through to the Dao Integration stage and becoming a Celestial Venerable.

Although the Xuanhuang Realm has been broken through the boundary for thirty years, the six Heavenly Venerables have not sent a single wisp of primordial spirit to any of the Dao Integration cultivators within the sect during these thirty years.

This also displeased many Dao Integration cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm, who believed that the Heavenly Venerable had monopolized the Dao Integration spiritual objects and did not want anyone to threaten their status.

Many cultivators have this speculation, after all, only a monopoly on resources can ensure a stable position.

Compared to the excitement of the cultivators from the Xuanhuang Realm, the cultivators from outside the realm were completely bewildered.

The cultivators outside the realm were unaware of the Yuanling.

But seeing the excited expressions of the cultivators from the Xuanhuang Realm, they understood that this was no ordinary treasure.

Dongyuan Tianzun wasted no time and immediately made a gesture with his right hand.

A dozen or so orbs of light, radiating brilliant glow, appeared before the crowd.

As soon as these orbs of light appeared, the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) and laws became active, as if they were welcoming their master.

The cultivators from outside the realm were all shocked by what they saw.

In particular, some cultivators from outside the realm who have achieved Dao Integration felt an intense longing within their Dao Fruit the moment they saw the Yuanling.

This longing is like seeing the most delicious delicacy in the world.

Chen Feng looked at the ball of light in front of him with a surprised expression.

This was the first time he had ever seen Yuan Ling.

I had only heard people from the Xuanhuang Realm mention this before; it is the foundation of a star field and a world.

Mastering the primordial spirit is equivalent to mastering a world. Chen Feng also felt the yearning emanating from the Dao Fruit within his body. This yearning was somewhat similar to that of the Dao Rhyme Crystal, but much stronger.

At this moment, Chen Feng noticed that there were also runes flashing on these orbs of light.

According to his estimation, this should be the method by which Dongyuan Tianzun binds these primordial spirits.

The voice of the Celestial Venerable of the Cave Origin rang out again from the arena:

"I know that many people have been wondering in recent years why, after we broke through the boundary and obtained the primordial spirit, we didn't share it with everyone, but instead kept it all to ourselves. Today I will tell you why!"

After Dongyuan Tianzun finished speaking, he pointed his finger forward.

The dozen or so elemental light clusters in the arena suddenly began to flicker with an eerie light.

Immediately afterwards, a thin black line appeared on these primordial spirit orbs, one end of which was connected to the primordial spirit, while the other end disappeared into the space.

All the elemental spirits in the field were connected by black lines.

Upon seeing this scene, the cultivators of the Xuanhuang Realm all changed their expressions.

Although many cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm have never seen a Yuanling, they have read related texts.

The primordial spirit is the origin of a star field, and is incomparably pure. How could it be connected by black lines?

Upon witnessing this scene, Meng Jingxian couldn't help but ask herself:

"Master, what's going on?"

The aged voice did not answer Meng Jingxian, but sighed and said:

"I never expected this place to be like this. We need to change our plans."

Meng Jingxian wanted to ask more questions.

But at this moment, the voice of the Demon Lord of Cold Weather came from the arena:

"Senior Dongyuan, is this why you refuse to hand over the Yuanling to us? What are those black lines?"

Dongyuan Tianzun spoke in a deep voice:
"We don't know exactly what it is yet, but this thing can continuously absorb the energy from the primordial spirit. Not only that, but because of the existence of this black line, we are unable to refine the primordial spirit at all!"

The faces of the several Celestial Venerables were all extremely grim.

In fact, they discovered the problem with the primordial spirits in the outer star system as early as thirty years ago.

At first, they thought there was a problem with just a single elemental spirit, so they tried various refining methods and collected new elemental spirits.

However, thirty years later, they had collected almost all the elemental spirits from the surrounding star fields.

These elemental spirits are all the same as the first elemental spirit they obtained; they simply cannot be refined.

Just then, Hun Leizi from the Heavenly Profound Holy Land couldn't help but ask:

"Senior Dongyuan, may I ask what this primordial spirit is?"

Hun Leizi's confusion was shared by many cultivators from outside the realm, as they couldn't understand the conversation between the Xuanhuang Realm members at all.

Dongyuan Tianzun glanced at Hun Leizi and then said:
"Since you've asked, I won't hide it from you anymore. This primordial spirit is the key for a cultivator at the fifth step of the Dao Integration stage to advance to the Heavenly Venerable realm."

Dongyuan Tianzun began to explain in detail the function of Yuanling and how to obtain it.

The cultivators from outside the realm were all shocked after hearing what Dongyuan Tianzun said!
They never expected that the spiritual object related to the Dao was actually in their star field!

And they've been guarding this magical object for so long, yet they didn't know anything about it.

At this moment, the cultivators from outside the realm finally understood why the people of the Xuanhuang Realm wanted to occupy their star fields.

But by then it was too late to understand.

Clearly, the primordial spirits of the surrounding star fields have been taken away by the Celestial Venerables of the Xuanhuang Realm, and they do not know how to extract the primordial spirits from the star fields, let alone refine them.

Anger, resentment, and regret—these were the thoughts rising in the hearts of all the cultivators from beyond the realm at this moment.

But there's nothing they can do at this moment.

Given the strength of the Xuanhuang Realm, how could they possibly turn against it?
After hearing Dongyuan Tianzun's words, Chen Feng suddenly understood.

No wonder no Celestial Venerable has appeared in the Xuanhuang Realm for so many years.

Although he knew that there was a problem with the Celestial Venerable's refining of the primordial spirit, he did not know the specifics of the problem.

Chen Feng had thought about obtaining the primordial spirits of these star fields a long time ago, but he didn't know how. Only these six Heavenly Venerables in the entire Xuanhuang Realm knew about it.

Just as everyone was lost in thought, Li Shijian, who had been sitting silently, stood up and said impatiently:
"Alright, enough with the nonsense, just tell them the plan."

Li Shijian looked very haggard, clearly having expended a great deal of energy over the past few decades in refining his primordial spirit.

The Blood Fiend Celestial Venerable beside him said:
"Fellow Daoist Dongyuan, there's really no need to waste any more time."

Upon hearing this, Dongyuan Tianzun stopped wasting words and immediately got straight to the point:
"The reason I've gathered everyone here is twofold: first, to announce the top ten of this grand event; and second, to ask for your help in setting up a large array to trace the source of these black lines!"

"I can promise that as long as the problem of the black lines of the Yuanling can be solved, we will give a portion of the Yuanling as a token of our gratitude, and at the same time we will tell you how to refine the Yuanling."

Dongyuan Tianzun was speaking to the cultivators outside the realm.

This is also the reason why the six of them gathered together from the surrounding star regions.

Upon hearing this, the cultivators from outside the realm did not show any joy; instead, they became tense.

Those who can reach the Dao Integration Realm are not fools. Why would these Heavenly Venerables be so kind as to give them their primordial spirits and even teach them how to break through to the Heavenly Venerable Realm?

This tracking formation must come at a great cost.

At this moment, Honghuzi stepped forward and bowed to Dongyuan Tianzun:
"Senior, what kind of formation is this? Is there any danger?"

Dongyuan Tianzun had clearly anticipated this question, and he calmly replied:
"Don't worry, there is no danger in this formation. It can be activated with the source blood of everyone."

The moment the words "Source Blood" were uttered, the expressions of the cultivators present changed drastically.

Source blood is not like essence blood or soul blood; it concerns the life and death of every cultivator.

A Dao Integration cultivator has a maximum of five drops of Origin Blood, which is the true innate essence of each cultivator.

Even a single drop less would be a huge loss for a cultivator who has reached the Dao Integration stage.

First, the foundation will be damaged, making it extremely difficult to break through to higher realms in the future. Second, one's own Dao Fruit may wither due to the loss of source blood.

Finally, the source blood is forced out of the body, which will incur unimaginable pain for ordinary people.

Honghuzi, his face ashen, asked:
"Could another cultivator take my place?"

If lower-level cultivators could replace them, then these Dao Integration cultivators would naturally have nothing to worry about.

Upon hearing this, Dongyuan Tianzun shook his head: "No, the Origin Tracing Formation we developed requires the Origin Blood of a Dao Integration cultivator to activate, and it must be a cultivator from your outer star field!"

"As for the reason, it's quite simple. Our formation actually uses the primordial spirit itself to find the source of the black line. To do this, we must control the primordial spirit."

"If you want to control the primordial spirit, you can only use the source blood of the beings in your star sea as a medium, because the cultivators and primordial spirits in your star sea are originally of the same origin."

"The quality of source blood from low-level cultivators is simply insufficient to serve as a medium, so only Dao Integration cultivators can do this, and the higher their realm, the better." (End of Chapter)