Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 210: Difficult Ascension
Wei Zhong stared at the Lanhua Thunder Leopard in front of him. After witnessing the Sky-Breaking Divine Thunder and the Black Demon Yin Thunder, he wanted to know what the beast thunder in its body looked like.

The sharp gaze made him feel uncomfortable.

“Daoyou is so powerful that he was able to subdue the divine thunder in the shattered space. Many human Yuanyings came here before, but they were unable to do anything to him and could only return empty-handed.”

Wei Zhong then retracted his gaze and turned to look at the pitch-black crow on the other side.

"This crow probably has beast fire in its body, similar to the thunder leopard."

When he was flying away in flames just now, he was captured by Wei Zhong.

"A lot? Are there two familiar human cultivators?"

“Fellow Daoist, you are joking. My brother and I are hiding in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range and dare not go out. How can we know a few Yuanying humans…”

The crow's mouth was full of sadness.

The man and his two beasts fled for only a hundred breaths before they arrived at a valley. There were many beasts and birds in the valley, including species of monsters that Wei Zhong had never seen before.

It seems that they all live under the protection of these two Yuanying beasts.

Wei Zhong restrained his momentum. The beasts were not very afraid of Wei Zhong and the two beasts and came forward one after another.

When Lei Bao saw that these little guys were not afraid of Wei Zhong, his heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he quickly roared, trying to drive the beasts away.

Wei Zhong waved his hand, and a monkey and a bird appeared at the same place. They were Jiucai and Jinmei.

When the two saw the valley filled with beasts, they instantly became excited.

Wei Zhong turned his head:

"I have two contracted spirit beasts. I hope you two Taoist friends can help take care of them while I am in seclusion."

The two beasts continued with a smile:

"no problem……"

Then he guided Wei Zhong to the waterfall ahead, and finally brought Wei Zhong to a cave inside the waterfall.

There were some fluorescent spots in the cave, so it was not completely dark.

A vine-like spiritual plant grows inside, with blue flowers and glowing white buds on it.

It is because of these spiritual plants that this place is quite bright.

At the same time, there was a hint of fragrance in the air of the cave, which was not as fishy as the monster caves that Wei Zhong had seen before.

'After the demon beasts reached the Nascent Soul stage, their intelligence was greatly improved. Although some of their wildness was hard to change, their way of thinking and attitude towards life were very close to those of human cultivators. These two beasts were very eloquent, and their intelligence was almost the same as that of humans, and they were far superior to Jin Mei.'

"Excuse me, are there any fifth-level monsters that have transformed in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range?"

The two beasts looked at each other and laughed awkwardly:
"You are overthinking, my friend. How could there be a fifth-level being? Even if my demon race wants to, the human race won't..."

There was sadness and bitterness in the crow's words.

Although the monsters in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range are free, they are still greatly restricted by humans.

For example, you are not allowed to go out of the mountains. The mountains will be attacked by human monks every once in a while, resulting in a sharp decrease in the number of monsters.

The intensity of this attack is much stronger than that of the Jindan sect like Qingmu Sect. Most of them are led by Nascent Soul and multiple cultivators attack together.

Every attack would result in the death of a large number of monsters, and even the Nascent Soul monsters might not be able to escape. At the same time, the spiritual creatures in the mountains would also be looted by human cultivators.

This Mountain Range of Ten Thousand Beasts is like crop after crop of wheat, being harvested by human beings one after another.

"The monsters left over from the demon world are living such a miserable life."

The Mountain Range of Ten Thousand Beasts was originally formed by the monsters left over from the demon world after the last cross-border war.

The ancestors of the human race were able to allow them to reproduce and thrive in a large mountain range, so they were naturally well prepared.

However, the clearing every few hundred or thousand years is enough to prevent the monsters from growing stronger, and the mountain range becomes a source of nourishment for the growth of human cultivators.

"Sure enough, the senior who left this mountain range had his own considerations."

Just the Qingmu Sect that Wei Zhong had come into contact with, simply by conquering a small area outside the mountain range, made the entire sect quite wealthy, and even accumulated enough Nascent Soul Elixir.

If the entire mountain range were taken, the gains would be enough to make the cultivation sects in the two states of Fengyun flourish for nearly a hundred years.

While I was thinking, I had already reached the end of the cave.

"It is right here. There is a small section of the fourth-order spiritual vein inside the sacred mountain. It is probably enough for you to restore your spiritual power. Brother Bao and I will withdraw now..."

After the two beasts left, Wei Zhong looked towards the cave in front of him which was slightly larger than the cave passage.

There is a circular stream in the cave, and a rock platform in the stream. Light shines down from the top of the platform, as if it is refracted from the cracks in the rocks.

Wei Zhong flew to the top of the rocky platform, feeling the abundant spiritual energy around him, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"It is indeed a nice spiritual place."

After setting up a protective magic circle, Wei Zhong began to practice his skills, absorbing spiritual energy to restore his spiritual power.

The valley outside the cave was quite lively. With the instructions of Lei Bao and Hei Ya, the monsters were quite polite to Jiu Cai and Jin Mei.

Bring out all kinds of rare treasures for the two to taste.

Under the continuous "bombardment" of spiritual objects, even Jiucai's third-level bottleneck has loosened and there are signs of a breakthrough.

Seeing the power of wind and thunder surging around him, Black Crow sighed:

"This bird's bloodline is quite mixed. I don't know where it inherited the power of wind and thunder from. We can't figure out the origin at all."

Lei Bao nodded slowly, and seeing its colorful feathers, he nodded slowly:
“It’s a bit complicated, but with a life span of more than 300 years, it’s quite extraordinary to have reached the third level bottleneck.”

The lifespan of monsters is longer than that of humans, and their growth rate is correspondingly slower.

It may not be obvious in the early stage, as long as you have rare treasures you can advance quickly, but the later the stage, the more time it will take.

Jiucai has been promoted to the second level for more than two hundred years. No matter what kind of spiritual objects Wei Zhong provides him, he has only been at the second level so far.

And this second-level peak state has been maintained for more than a hundred years, and there has been no sign of a breakthrough, but now there are some opportunities.

"Brother Bao, would you like to lend a helping hand to this junior?"

After thinking for a moment, the latter slowly shook his head:
"You want to befriend that human cultivator, but I, Lord Bao, don't. When he comes out of retreat, we can find a reason to let him go. Why should we offer up our treasures for a little bird demon under his seat?"

After saying this, Lei Bao turned around and left without looking back.

"It's so confusing!"

Black Crow shook his head, knowing that this Thunder Leopard was a stubborn person.

'That human cultivator is only in the early stage of the Nascent Soul, but he is so powerful. The strength he displayed is much stronger than that of a fourth-order middle-stage demon beast like me. How can he be an ordinary cultivator?
"In order to befriend this person, why not take out a third-level spiritual object to help his spiritual pet advance?"

With a sigh, Black Crow flew into the herd, staring at the Nine Colors whose aura was fluttering, and took out a red spiritual fruit from his own black feathers...

Wei Zhong in the cave was completely unaware of anything happening in the outside world. At this moment, besides being busy recovering his spiritual power, he was also putting his spiritual consciousness into his lower abdomen.

That is where the Heaven-Breaking Divine Thunder is located.

At this moment, the silver thunder no longer had the terrifying power that shattered space before, but remained calm under the cover of the thunder dragon's aura.

He tightly restrained his own power and had no effect on Wei Zhong.

His consciousness recalled the description in the "Seven Aperture Thunder Power", which also recorded a secret method to subdue the spiritual thunder of heaven and earth.

"Seal the seven orifices and confine them to the lower dantian, and use the power of thunder and lightning to temper the whole body..." Following the guidance of the spell, Wei Zhong slowly mobilized the spiritual power in his body and adjusted it to a place half an inch below the navel.

Then the spiritual power wrapped around it layer by layer, leaving its own mark on it.

The practitioner can achieve this step through his own Qi and blood, or through external spiritual talismans.

But Wei Zhong is already at the Nascent Soul stage of spiritual cultivation, and he can easily do it using his own spiritual power.

Mysterious runes slowly wrapped the silver lightning ball and guided the lightning to the seven orifices of the human body.

After more than half a month, silver lightning flashed suddenly at the seven orifices of Wei Zhong's eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

This marked the beginning of Wei Zhong's entry into the Seven Aperture Thunder Technique. At the same time, he had also subdued the thunder seed, allowing the power of thunder and lightning to achieve a perfect circulation in his body.

Wei Zhong blinked and saw a new body-refining technique on the panel.

[Seven Apertures Thunder Power: Entry Level (1%)]

He raised his right hand slightly, and silver arcs of electricity flashed between his five fingers under Wei Zhong's control.

Increasing the output of spiritual power, fine black cracks actually formed above the fingertips. This was the effect of the Heaven-Splitting Divine Thunder, which could tear apart the space.

However, the space fragments in Wei Zhong's hands are extremely small and short-lived. They only appear for a moment and will be instantly restored by the space in the human world.

It cannot be used against the enemy at all.

If the output of spiritual power is increased, the space can be shattered, but the thunder seed has just been subdued, so it is hard to say whether it will hurt the enemy or yourself.

"If the master can practice this Seven Aperture Thunder Art to the fourth level, he may be able to use this thunder to tear apart the space of this world and travel a short distance through the air when he is in the Nascent Soul stage."

The strength of space in the human world is limited after all. It is said that when one becomes a god, the powerful force he carries with him is enough to cause the space to tremble.

Those with great magical powers can even use their own spiritual energy to break through space and escape, and their speed is far beyond that of ordinary escape methods.

Wei Zhong looked at the lightning in his hand curiously and asked:
"As a true spirit of the lightning law, can you tell the whereabouts of this lightning?"

The colorful thunder dragon in the white space shook its head slowly:
"It's just a bolt of lightning produced by the collision of the void, not very mysterious. But it's enough for the master at the current stage. Its quality is top-notch in the human world, enough for the master to practice the Seven Aperture Thunder Art to perfection.

“Even if I ascend to the spirit world by then, this thunder can still be used for a short period of time. But it is highly likely that it will no longer have the ability to shatter space, and will become just an ordinary thunder. After all, the stability of the space in the middle thousand worlds is far beyond that of the small thousand worlds.”

Wei Zhong then asked:
"Doesn't that mean that the Divine Transformation cultivators have also lost a lot of their divine power in the spiritual world?"

"Of course."

Wei Zhong took a deep breath and did not ask any more questions. He needed to see everything in the spiritual world with his own eyes. What others said was ultimately just empty talk. How could it be as real as what he experienced himself?
"But ascending to the spirit world doesn't seem that far away from me."

……

In Luohe Mansion, two people gathered here, a Taoist in white robe and a boy in red robe.

They were Hongxu and Baiheng, who had met Wei Zhong once.

A beam of light flew over from a distance, revealing two Taoists.

"I've met the two seniors!"

The visitors were two Nascent Soul cultivators from the Yunji Chamber of Commerce and the Shadow Moon Sect.

Hongxu nodded, stared at Shan Guyan and said:
"Shan boy, take out the fourth-level puppet that you made in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce and let us see it."

"Yes!"

Shan Gu flicked his sleeves lightly, and a red puppet instantly appeared in the same place.

This is the fourth-order puppet jointly made by Wei Zhong and everyone from the Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

However, compared with the rough products in the past, the puppets at this moment are much more refined. Not only have they been polished in appearance, but various rune arrays and built-in magical instruments have also been added inside.

It can be called a true humanoid weapon.

Meng Yi, the Grand Master of Shadow Moon Sect, who was standing nearby, was also looking at the puppet with curiosity.

The Shadow Moon Sect does not understand the art of puppetry, and as for the inheritance of the "Divine Attraction Technique", they are just guarding the treasure in vain. They are even unable to make puppets according to the puppet refining techniques recorded in it.

Therefore, the task assigned by Senior Huashen fell on the Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

Fortunately, after spending several decades, we successfully figured it out.

Shan Gu presented another jade slip to Hong Xu and Bai Heng:

"It contains a detailed introduction to puppets and how to manipulate them. You two seniors may want to take a look."

As they were talking, the consciousness of the two of them had instantly passed through the jade slip and discovered its contents.

"Brother Bai Heng, how is it?"

The Taoist in white robe nodded.

"Yes, it is indeed made according to the description in the Divine Induction Technique. In this way, we will have a better chance of passing the Immortal Sect's test."

Red beard's face flushed:

"Go and try it?"

"Can!"

Bai Heng turned around:

"You two younger ones, come and have a look. Sooner or later, you two will have to face this day."

Shan Gu and Meng Yi bowed their heads and clasped their hands:
"Thank you, senior!"

A pair of black and white jade pendants appeared in the hands of Hongxu and Baiheng, and when the two were put together, they formed a pair of yin and yang eyes.

Spiritual energy was injected into it, and the light in the sky above the four people's heads dimmed slightly. A cool crescent moon was suspended above their heads.

The sun and the moon appear together.

An ancient door also emerged from the void, carved with a dragon head and a phoenix tail, which looked ancient and extraordinary.

This is the entrance to the secret realm in Luohe Prefecture.

Bai Heng gently pushed the door open. Behind the door was a blinding white light, and he couldn't see anything inside.

Several people no longer hesitated and joined in one after another.

When the four people disappeared, the ancient gate that existed in the air also dissipated, and the strange phenomenon in the sky also disappeared.

A bird flew through the forest, passing by the door, without anything unusual happening.

Half an hour passed before the door reappeared.

Four people walked out of it, looking a little embarrassed. Shan Gu and Meng Yi's robes were torn and their faces were pale.

On the other side, Hongxu and Baiheng were in much better condition, only their hair was messy.

“I didn’t expect this puppet test to be so difficult. Only a fifth-level puppet can pass it.

"We have only reached a certain level of cultivation and are only seeking a platform for ascension. Why is it so difficult?"

There was a deep sense of unwillingness in Bai Heng's eyes.

(End of this chapter)