Shennong Daojun.

Chapter 548 The Mysterious Return, the Divine Ox of Ksitigarbha, and the Subdued Zizhao.

We've seen plenty of arrogant officials who favor the timing of events, but we rarely see arrogant officials who favor the location of the land.

Living environment shapes one's temperament, and upbringing shapes one's body. The people of Dilipai, who live in blessed and sacred mountains year-round, are generally kind-hearted and gentle.

But the person in front of me was radiating a murderous aura. The corrupt energy in his territory had been broken up, and the energy emanating from him was mostly of the type like 'Nine Yin Killing Energy'.

"Let me see what your methods are." Zhao Xing glanced at the other party, and a series of data immediately appeared.

Name: Zi Zhao

Occupation: Farmer

[True Spirit: Sixteenth Rank]

[Nine Yin Earthly Fiend Body: Sixteenth Rank]

[Technique: The Fourth Level of the Mysterious Earthly Fiend Technique]

[Spells: Earthwalking Without Shadow, Returning to the Hidden Soul Curse, Five Fiends Netherworld Array, Myriad Manifestations Sealing Spirit Seal, Nine Grain Underground Palace, Yin-Yang Earth Refining Method, Mysterious Mother Transforming Qi Method...]

"So the cultivation technique is the 'Dongxuan Disha'? I wonder which time and space the 'Dongxuan Di' comes from," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

During the Five Emperors era, there was a division into Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. The [Dongxuan Earth] was one of the Ten Earths, a vast landmass in the universe.

The ten regions covered vast areas, each equivalent to a vast star field today.

However, with the end of the Five Emperors era, the Ten Lands were also destroyed, turning into countless boundary stars and star continents.

Although the bamboo cultivated by Zizhao was initially of ordinary quality, it has now completely transcended the category of ordinary bamboo after being nurtured by magic.

Beneath the ground, the bamboo roots are covered with sharp thorns, shimmering with a golden-red color, and burrow into their territory like venomous snakes.

Layer upon layer, the bamboo of Zizhao, its roots and stems enveloping the soil underground, plowing out tunnels, about to form a life magic array.

In this way, he could prevent Zhao Xing's plants from absorbing nutrients from the ground, and all of them would belong to him.

Zi Zhao was unaware that Zhao Xing was probing his strength. Seeing that Zhao Xing remained silent and made no move, he assumed that the other party knew his power and had given up resisting. He then withdrew his gaze and began to plan his next direction of invasion.

But the next moment, Zi Zhao found himself experiencing a violent tremor that was rapidly passing through the underground soil layers, heading straight for the first layer of root network that had invaded him.

"As expected, they still refuse to give up." Zi Zhao sneered and immediately cast a spell. "Earthly Fiend Strengthening! Swift!"

The golden light spun around on the fingertip before disappearing into the ground.

Subsequently, Zhao Xing's entire territory hardened, and the loose soil solidified completely ten miles underground, resembling hard stone, with a layer of malevolent energy covering the ground.

"Interesting." Sensing this change, Zhao Xing became interested.

If we change the perspective from up to down, we can see that he is above, Zizhao is below, and the layer of soil solidified by the Earthly Fiends in the middle is the thick city wall.

The 'wall' not only prevents the bamboo from taking root, but also blocks the effects of one's spells.

Because Zhao Xing didn't act hastily, Zi Zhao now has the advantage of terrain, just like two armies encountering each other, with Zi Zhao establishing a position first.

"Rebirth of Kunyuan".

Zhao Xing originally intended to use brute force to shatter the invading roots, but at this moment he changed his spell.

Both are Earth Treasury spells, but the effect of Earthly Fiend Solidification is to solidify the earth's strata, while the effect of Earthly Origin Regeneration is completely opposite.

"Tap tap~"

The soil immediately softened and collapsed layer by layer.

The city wall formed by the Earthly Fiends' Solid Foundation began to collapse continuously, and the first layer of underground defense formed by the magic was about to be breached.

"Hmm? Interesting." Zi Zhao gave Zhao Xing a second look.

The Kunyuan Rebirth spell is not profound, nor is its power particularly strong, but it has a wide range of applications.

The fact that the Kun Yuan Rebirth technique breaks the Earthly Fiend Solidification proves that the opponent's magical power is very pure, and their skills and foundation are quite strong.

"The Nine Bends of the Underworld!"

Venerable Zizhao immediately changed his move, and with a whoosh, a layer of water suddenly appeared a hundred miles underground.

As the water flow continued to rise, after the first line of defense formed by the Earthly Fiends was breached, an underground river immediately formed in front of the second line of defense.

"The Qi of the Flying Spring rises and transforms into the Nine Yin River, making my Kun Yuan Regeneration Spell less effective," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

As the saying goes, "isolated yin cannot produce anything," and with the Nine Yin River blocking the way, the Kunyuan Regeneration Technique has nothing to create.

When the Minister of Agriculture of the Ancient Hill was digging tunnels, his biggest fear was encountering underground rivers, as this could potentially destroy the entire project above.

Seven hundred years ago, Zhao Xing only had five ways to solve this. One was to use the Earth Refining Method to draw upon the Qi of Heaven to forcefully suppress the Qi of the Flying Spring. This was the Heaven and Earth Proving Dao Method of General Lan Chuan, which he learned in the White Bone Divine Realm.

Secondly, he used the methods of "Qi Meridian" and "Boiling Amber" to evaporate the water of the Nine Yin River back into gas, which he then used for his own purposes.

This is the Eight Methods of the Diejie Mountain, which I created myself and which was later perfected by several gods in the Ancient Hill.

Thirdly, by utilizing plant soldiers and the mutation method of the "Original Self" faction, although there are only ten bamboo plants, they can now be mutated to directly absorb the water of the Jiuyin River.

However, Zhao Xing's bamboo has not yet grown fully, and now is the time to race against time, so things are a bit slow.

Fourth, use the Spirit Realm Underground Palace Technique to collect the water of the Nine Yin River. At the same time, the underground palace can be used to press down and transform it into the [Nine Yin Underground Palace], just like using materials to build a battering ram to attack a city.

Fifth, he could use the Earth Connection Technique to divert the Nine Yin River to other territories. However, since he was currently fighting with Zi Zhao, it was best not to involve others.

If we try to shift the blame elsewhere, we might attract another adversary. While we're not afraid of that, it's not wise, and it's not an easy way to resolve the issue.

However, seven hundred years later, Zhao Xing had already thoroughly explored the Yuan Gu Di Zang Jing (Earth Store Sutra), and his application of the Di Zang Dharma was now far beyond what it had been before.

Zhao Xing pointed, and the golden light fell into the ground.

"Gulong~"

The Jiuyin River suddenly trembled violently, then its water level dropped rapidly, disappearing by more than half in the blink of an eye.

Venerable Zizhao was somewhat surprised. He looked towards the source where the Nine Yin River had disappeared and saw a phantom bull's head appear at one end of the underground space.

The bull was drinking deeply of the water from the Nine Yin River, which shone with a black-gold hue.

"Is this the Water Buffalo Technique?" Venerable Zizhao was somewhat surprised. He wanted to dispel the Water Buffalo Technique, but after using two different spells, he had no effect.

"No, this isn't the buffalo method, I've been tricked!"

Seeing Zi Zhao's surprised look, Zhao Xing smiled slightly.

The Water Buffalo Technique is one of the Earth Transformation Techniques, but Zhao Xing used the Earthly Treasury Divine Ox Technique, which is more advanced and can only be learned by the mountain chief in the Ancient Hill.

It is highly misleading, and Zizhao used the wrong method to fight it, so it was naturally difficult to succeed.

The underground space coalesced into the shape of a divine bull, its body containing the waters of the Nine Yin River and a large amount of soil, and it rammed down.

"boom!"

The Earthly Fiend's protective barrier was completely broken, exposing the bamboo's root system.

"Moo~"

The Divine Ox roared, its horns glowed red, and flames spewed from its mouth.

Venerable Zizhao was startled. "The Water Buffalo Technique can't breathe fire, this is definitely not it. But what kind of magic is this? I've never seen it before!"

"Five Fiends Netherworld Formation, change!"

Faced with the flames spewed by the black and golden bull shadow, Venerable Zizhao immediately unleashed his ultimate technique, the Five Fiends Netherworld Formation.

The roots of bamboo have formed a vast network underground, which is the life magic array.

At this moment, Venerable Zizhao controlled the roots and stems of the plants to intertwine and move, quickly forming the Five Fiends Netherworld Formation, which completely surrounded the ox.

"Whether you're a water buffalo or a black ox, once you're inside the Five Fiends Netherworld Formation, you're nothing but a dead ox!"

"Heavenly Slash!"

"Lone Sun Demon!"

"Fire-Suppressing Demon!"

"Piercing Heart Curse!"

Boom~~
The territory began to shake, and countless veins of earth, like pipes, gushed out from where the root array was placed, causing the light of the Earthly Ox to dim instantly.

The Heavenly Blade Severing Dao Technique, the Lone Yang Severing Life Force, the Fire Refining Form, the Heart Piercing and the Spirit Shattering – these are all techniques designed to completely defeat Zhao Xing.

The most powerful is the Earth God's Fiend, which is like the wrath of the Earth God, severing the great path of earthly advantage. If this fiend is unleashed, it already possesses the power of a divine realm.

“The Five Fiends Netherworld Formation is one of the ultimate techniques of the Dongxuan Earth Sect. Bowei mentioned it in one of his lectures. It has almost no weaknesses. It seems I have no choice but to attack it head-on,” Zhao Xing thought to himself.

The ultimate skill is perfect, but the person performing it is not.

Zhao Xing hadn't wanted to expend much effort, but now he couldn't. With the blessing of an eighteenth-level True Spirit, the Mustard Seed Domain descended underground, and the previously listless Earthly Treasury Divine Ox instantly regained its vigor.

After continuously breaking through the strangulation of the Four Fiends Formation, the Dharma Image ignited with numerous illusory images, rampaging through the root system space and directly shattering the root system network into pieces.

The sudden surge in the spell's power caught Zi Zhao off guard, and he almost thought he had been attacked by a god.

The Divine Ox of Ksitigarbha now resembles a mad bull.

By the time Zizhao realized what was happening, 80% of the underground roots had already died!

Let alone invasion, the bamboo has no chance of survival if its root system dies.

"How is this possible? Did I run into a demigod from the Bai Zhuo Ji Genius Ranking?" Zi Zhao asked, his expression full of surprise.

"I am already a sixteenth-order demigod, and it is unlikely that even a seventeenth-order demigod could overwhelm me in terms of magical power. Could it be an eighteenth-order demigod?"

For a demigod to undergo tribulation, each step forward is extremely difficult. Everyone knows that the higher the rank of a demigod, the more powerful they become after becoming a god, but no one dares to remain in the demigod stage to withstand tribulation.

The fifteenth level is a threshold; in the endless space and time, those who can survive the fifteenth tribulation are all geniuses.

Having survived sixteen tribulations, it wouldn't be difficult for someone with such talent to find a free and unfettered divine general to be their master.

Above that are the figures on the Bai Zhuo Ji Genius Ranking.

They were all super geniuses who shone in their era.

"We've met our match!"

Venerable Zizhao immediately realized that his opponent was not someone to be trifled with.

"What bad luck, there's such a powerful person next to me."

Unwilling to continue the fight, Venerable Zizhao immediately retreated to focus on consolidating his territory.

Zhao Xing did not continue the pursuit. Venerable Zizhao had managed his territory very well, with multiple layers of underground palaces. Now was not the time to target him.

“He didn’t pursue us. Fortunately, his bamboo hasn’t grown yet, so he probably doesn’t want to take over my territory for the time being.” Venerable Zizhao breathed a sigh of relief.

"However, not wanting to for the time being doesn't mean I won't want to for a long time. I need to take advantage of this time to seize other people's territories and complete the test of the Penglai Divine General. Otherwise, with powerful enemies around, I will be doomed sooner or later."

Venerable Zizhao was no longer as arrogant as before, and he became more cautious about invading and plundering other people's territories for sustenance.

……

"This person is incredibly strong. The silver-haired guy went to invade his territory and suffered a crushing defeat?" Zhao Xing's other neighbor, Venerable Pingyao, also observed the battle and was somewhat shocked.

Pingyao was only a fifteenth-rank Minister of Agriculture. After witnessing the strength of Zizhao and Zhao Xing, he immediately felt his own insignificance.

"I used to think that among the geniuses of countless timelines, I could be considered above average, but now it seems that I am still too weak."

The duel between Zi Zhao and Zhao Xing directly woke Pingyao up.

"If that's the case, there's no point in me participating in this test at all," Pingyao muttered to herself. "This opportunity is not something I deserve."

He was quite decisive, destroying all the seedlings with a flick of his wrist.

Without the seedling, he lost his qualification to participate in the inheritance test and was instantly teleported away.

……

"Swish swish swish swish~"

The battle between Zhao Xing and Zi Zhao caused the five nearby officials in charge of agriculture to give up on the test.

As the saying goes, opportunities cannot be forced. If you lack the ability and insist on participating, it will not be a good thing, but rather a bad thing.

The area around Zhao Xing suddenly became very empty, and there was no one else in sight except Zi Zhao.

“They’re all sensible people.” Zhao Xing slowly cultivated the bamboo seedlings.

"That's fine, now I can cast spells and cultivate bamboo with peace of mind."

Focusing his attention on planting, Zhao Xing quickly began the first step of planning.

"These ten bamboo seedlings are all ordinary species, without even a name. If you want them to soar to the heavens, you must continuously help them advance."

"What type of bamboo does moso bamboo need to evolve into to reach this level?"

"Ten chances may seem like a lot, but in reality, it becomes very difficult for the bamboo to mutate after it has taken shape."

"Therefore, the first step should be to determine the direction of development."

Zhao Xing's mind raced, and he immediately pointed to one of the bamboo shoots: "Transform!"

The golden light shimmered, altering the very essence of the bamboo's life. As it broke through the soil, it instantly transformed into a 'Five Elements Bamboo'.

This uses a variant of the "Essential Self" approach, where Five Elements Bamboo is the type of bamboo whose essence is most easily altered.

Regardless of the timing, location, or inherent nature of the situation, the spells of all three schools can be effectively applied to it.

After the Five Elements Bamboo reached halfway up the mountain, it was clear that it was running out of nutrients, so Zhao Xing turned his attention to the underground.

"To grow tall, the roots must go deep."

Zhao Xing still used the magic of the Original Self School to lay the foundation.

"Among the fundamental methods, I know a divine method called 'Primordial Divine Foundation,' which is a divine method for strengthening the foundation."

Although the Dao of the Original Self is weaker in the Water Bamboo Cave Heaven, Zhao Xing's Primordial Divine Foundation still caused a huge commotion.

The height of the Five Elements Bamboo no longer changes, but its roots break through the many obstacles underground, like an earth dragon constantly drilling downwards.

Soon the underground roots penetrated deep into the half-polar region, and at this time the roots of the Five Elements Bamboo also began to spread to the other territories.

Having previously voluntarily left the Ministry of Agriculture, five territories were vacated, four of which were occupied by Zhao Xing.

Including its own territory, the roots spread over a range of five realm units, penetrating deep into the earth's core.

"The Underground Palace of Life, appear!"

Zhao Xing pointed, and eight life palaces appeared underground. These palaces were used to balance the Qi of the deep earth veins.

The qi of the earth, the qi of the springs, and the qi of the surrounding environment cannot be directly absorbed. Some of these qi are toxic to plants. If they absorb too much of these qi, they may die. Even if they don't die, they will restrict their growth.

"The Divine Ox of Ksitigarbha, appear!"

moo~
An image of a Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva ox appeared at the deepest point of the earth, beginning to assist in regulating the earth's veins.

"Qi-Ze-Di Tong Fa!"

"Rebirth of Kunyuan!"

Zhao Xing continued his spell, and eight main roots took root in the eight life palaces.

Glug~ Glug~
The rhizomes, much like a person drinking water, began to absorb nutrients in large gulps.

The divine ox statue underground was constantly plowing out channels.

Six months later, the first Five Elements Bamboo planted by Zhao Xing had its roots extending three thousand feet into the ground.

The bamboo on the ground is still only half a pole tall.

In comparison, it's as if only the tip of an iceberg has been revealed.

"The deeper you go, the greater the resistance becomes, and the more entrenched the three elements become, making them difficult to move. These nutrients accumulate underground, making them extremely difficult to extract."

"If I don't want to go through all that trouble, I'll have to expand my territory," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"However, I need to see where my limits are, and I won't consider expansion for now."

"Well regulations and laws! Now!"

Zhao Xing opened his right hand, and a point of yellow light in his palm expanded, eventually forming a square frame of light.

Chi Chi Chi!
When the light frame touched the ground, the soil immediately disappeared and crumbled, becoming part of the light ring.

It continues to expand deeper and deeper.

Zhao Xing created a clone of his magical power and jumped into the well.

The Well-Guide Method is a commonly used auxiliary method by the Si Nong of the Geographical Strategist School. It can create a stable underground passage, allowing the Si Nong to personally go down and inspect the underground conditions.

This is different from the escape technique, which does not create an underground space.

In addition, the well-drilling method can also be called the 'drilling method', which can concentrate on a certain point to break through the deep underground, create an opening, and allow the roots to take root smoothly.

Well gauges can also be used as 'skylights' to release soil energy that is not conducive to growth.

This method is more flexible than the underground palace method. If the underground palace method is used to open a skylight for ventilation, the underground palace is too large and inconvenient.

Relying on the well-planning method, Zhao Xing explored the underground depth to 50,000 meters three years later.

"Pong!"

At this moment, the rules of the well suddenly collapsed, and an unparalleled force of gravity crushed Zhao Xing's magical avatar.

"Hmm?" The original body standing on the ground couldn't help but frown.

Because at a depth of 50,000, a dead vein appears.

“Dead veins often occur during underground development. As the earth veins continuously overlap and collapse, all the Qi is squeezed out, leaving neither Yin nor Yang.”

"The existence of the Death Vein is like a 'gravity dungeon,' with extremely terrifying power. And the Death Vein belt set up by the Penglai God General is even more terrifying."

"Spells, principles, and matter are all difficult to form, and everything has turned into a state of chaos."

The Kunyuan Regeneration in the Yuangu Dizang Sutra can activate dormant meridians and revitalize life, but that depends on the circumstances.

It was impossible for Zhao Xing to activate this dead meridian under the arrangement of the Penglai Divine General.

"The divine general's methods are indeed terrifying. Under the current circumstances, five thousand depths underground is the limit that can be explored."

"It is impossible to extract nutrients from deeper levels."

"We can only try to expand our reach."

Zhao Xing raised his head and controlled the roots underground to grow horizontally, thus officially beginning his first expansion.

"he came."

As soon as Zhao Xing made a move, Zi Zhao noticed.

Because the other party came specifically for him.

After three and a half years, Venerable Zizhao had already plundered eighty-nine territories!
He plundered the nutrients from eighty-nine plots of land and concentrated them on his own territory.

Zhao Xing looked up and saw that the largest bamboo in the territory of Venerable Zizhao had exceeded 70,000 poles.

"Very good, fellow Daoist, your methods are excellent."

Zhao Xing stepped to the border of the territory, praising the achievements of Venerable Zizhao.

"Excellent."

The Venerable Zizhao was not as arrogant as he had been three and a half years ago. He jumped down from the bamboo and appeared at the border.

He cupped his hands in a very polite gesture: "Fellow Daoist, I was wrong before. I am willing to give you some space to pass through."

"In addition, beneath my feet lies a nine-sided underground palace, entirely filled with ninth-grade spiritual soil."

"Consider these fertile spiritual soils my apology for what I did earlier."

Zhao Xing smiled and waved his hand: "Don't mention it, it's just a small matter, I don't care about it anymore."

Zi Zhao felt a sense of relief; it seemed this person was actually quite easy to talk to.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xing said the next moment, "I want everything in your territory, so please give it all up, fellow Daoist."

"What?" Venerable Zizhao was stunned.

Zhao Xing spoke the harshest words in a gentle tone, so much so that Zi Zhao didn't even have time to react.

"With your abilities, it is impossible for you to complete this test of inheritance."

"Seventy thousand degrees to the sky, that's your limit."

Venerable Zizhao naturally didn't believe it, but just as he was about to refute it, Zhao Xing confidently pointed to the strangely shaped, enormous bamboo in the center of the territory:

“You fought with me before, and one of your bamboo seeds died.”

"After that, you planned the remaining nine bamboo plants. First, you used the Myriad Manifestations Sealing Spirit Seal, the Nine Grains Underground Palace, the Two Elements Earth Refining Method, and the Mysterious Mother Transforming Qi Method to cultivate a giant spirit bamboo and allow it to grow to its maximum potential."

"But when it grows to 30,000, it reaches its limit."

"After that, you adopted the Eight-in-One Extreme Mother Tree method, cut off the crown of the Giant Spirit Bamboo, and used it as a base to graft eight spirit bamboos onto the Giant Spirit Bamboo one by one."

"This has caused this giant bamboo to grow to a height of nearly 70,000 meters."

Zi Zhao calmed down immediately and looked at Zhao Xing with a shocked expression.

He didn't expect that Zhao Xing would reveal everything he had done over the past three and a half years with just one glance.

What kind of extraordinary person is this, that they possess such a high level of insight?

"May I ask who you are, my friend? I am Zizhao, a disciple of the Dongxuan Earth God Sect from the era of Emperor Yu."

"My name is Han Bing, under the command of the Boundless True God." Since he could persuade people with reason, Zhao Xing didn't want to waste his energy fighting, so he also gave his identity.

"So you're under the command of that true god." Zi Zhao immediately cupped his hands in greeting, then sincerely asked, "May I ask, fellow Daoist, why are you so certain that my method can only cultivate to 70,000 levels?"

“The Ksitigarbha Dharma and the Underground Palace Dharma you used have accumulated too much harmful Qi.” Zhao Xing pointed to the eight nodes of the Giant Spirit Bamboo.

"Although you forcibly continued the segment using the flow of the mother tree, the harmful Qi was not expelled and is still hidden inside. This caused four of the six Qi to clash, and the life path of the eight nodes all deviated seriously."

"You tried to address the root cause by using a more subtle approach, but that only treated the symptoms, not the underlying problem."

"Then, fellow Daoist, do you think there is a solution?"

“I’m sorry, there aren’t any left.” Zhao Xing shook his head. “You only had ten bamboo plants, and they’ve all been used up. Moreover, they’ve been altered multiple times, and the damage is irreversible.”

After pondering for a moment, Venerable Zizhao shook his head and said, "I admit that what you said is right, but I have another method that I might try. I am not willing to give up now."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "You're probably talking about the 'Dongxuan Fanzhao Method,' right? It won't work."

"You know this too?" Venerable Zizhao was stunned. He hadn't mentioned to Zhao Xing that he knew this kind of magic.

He didn't mention it, but it was written on the panel, so Zhao Xing knew it, of course.

The "Dongxuan Fanzhao Fa" is a powerful Ksitigarbha technique that allows a divine tree to burn out its last bit of life force and grow beyond its limits.

It's like when a person is dying and suddenly becomes energetic, even more so than usual.

The "Dongxuan Fanzhao Method" utilizes the power of the earth's veins, starting from the roots and transmitting it throughout the entire plant to perform a major rejuvenation.

"Why do you say my magic is useless?" Zi Zhao asked unwillingly. This was his ultimate skill, and he was still very confident in it.

"It's very simple. The Dongxuan Reflection Method starts from the root, but you first used the Mother Tree Flow method to grow it, so the roots of this Giant Spirit Bamboo have changed."

"The first giant bamboo has become the new foundation."

"Unless you can perform the Cave Profound Reflection Technique nine times in a row, with each interval not exceeding 100,000 immeasurable hours, your first bamboo will wither by the time the reflection is completed, and the second bamboo will not even begin. You will not be able to achieve your goal and will only cause the entire mother tree to collapse."

"Even if you can do that, it still depends on luck. You only have a 50% chance of success each time. You need to succeed nine times in a row to make this secret method a complete success."

Venerable Zizhao was somewhat lost in thought. Putting aside the fact that he couldn't do it, even if he could, the chances of getting heads nine times in a row when flipping a coin were extremely small.

After careful calculation, Venerable Zizhao realized that he would have a hard time succeeding. The reason he had hesitated to use this method was because he was not confident at all.

"Fellow Daoist's insight is truly remarkable; I am convinced." After pondering for a long time, Venerable Zizhao finally bowed to Zhao Xing with his hands clasped. "With your guidance, I have come to understand my shortcomings in this trial and have come to recognize my weaknesses."

"I can give up all the resources, just please don't kill my bamboo."

"I meant nothing by it." Venerable Zizhao said earnestly, his eyes burning with fervor, "I just want to see if you, fellow Daoist, can reach the Ten Thousand Extremes of Heaven!"

(End of this chapter)