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

Chapter 510: Spiritual Skills Completed, Immortal Pass Approaching

"Master Lin, have you found anything else?"

Tuoba Yucheng looked at Lin Xi's thoughtful expression and suddenly changed to one of joy, so he asked.

The latter immediately replied:

"Fellow Daoist Tuoba, please wait for a moment. I still need to confirm it." After saying this, he called many true immortals to go to the mine to explore.

Watching Lin Xi constantly moving on his own space model, he seemed immersed in it.

Tuoba Yucheng suppressed his excitement.

Lin Xi was a guest from outside the Tuoba Immortal Clan. He was taken in by the Tuoba family because he practiced the laws of space and had outstanding attainments in the art of formations.

Over the years, he has married women from the Tuoba clan and had many descendants, making him an important outsider in the Tuoba family.

Because of the incident in Jinhai City, the family specially sent him here.

After years of research and several explorations, the immortals in the city continued to suffer losses.

Many people had doubts about Master Lin, but Tuoba Yucheng was the only one who believed in his decision.

Because he knew that among all the people present, if there was anyone who had the best hope of finding the location of the Hongmeng treasure, it was only him.

"It's a pity that the ancestor is guarding the clan and cannot leave easily. Otherwise, why can't we find any trace of such a broken Hongmeng treasure?"

After waiting for a long time, the monks who were investigating from outside finally returned, and the various situations he reported were exactly what Lin Xishui had expected.

"Brother Yucheng, I have discovered something!"

"Oh, Master Lin, can you tell me in detail?"

So Lin Xi pointed to the law model in front of him and said:
“We previously speculated that this Hongmeng treasure had a spirit, which was correct but also likely to be biased.

“But one thing is certain: this space treasure has always been under a special law, namely the space tide.

"The space tide in Cinder City occurs once every ten thousand years, but in the void outside Cinder City, the space tide may not be the same.

“I have conducted experiments and investigations many times, and I have always found traces of such tides.

“Its timing is unclear, but it is like the waves on the seashore, which pile up continuously and eventually form a large-scale spatial tide that affects the Cinder City.

"And the void creatures in the void battlefield of Cinder City were all swept here by the outer tides...

"According to observations and calculations, the last outer void tide occurred six hundred years ago. As long as we spend more time studying it, we can determine its regular changes.

"And deep in this tide, it is very likely that the Hongmeng treasure is located..."

……

The headquarters of the Red Cloud Gang, more than seven hundred years have passed since Mi Tian’s escape.

The reputation of the Huangming Society no longer exists in Jinhai City, and of the former gangs, only a few major forces such as the Hongyun Gang remain.

Most of the rest were lost in time, joined the Tuoba family, or were taken in as vassals by the Chamber of Commerce using fairy jade.

Although the Hongyun Gang is similar, it was originally a force established by the cultivators of the Hong family, so there are still essential differences.

The calamity clouds in the sky dissipated, and Wei Zhong flew down. The aura on his body became more and more profound, causing the nearby cultivators to reveal envious expressions.

"Brother Wei's cultivation is becoming more and more profound. I am really envious of him."

Those present included three old comrades from the Hongyun Gang and several True Immortal disciples of the Hong family.

After nearly a thousand years of living together, they are familiar enough with each other to sit together and drink tea and discuss philosophy.

Seeing that Wei Zhong had survived the tribulation and his cultivation had become more profound, these fellow True Immortals were extremely envious.

"I haven't congratulated Brother Zhou on condensing a Dao Seed of Law yet!"

Wei Zhong cupped his hands in congratulations, but Zhou Haoming shook his head:
"Condensed soil is just a Dao seed, not as good as Wei Daoyou."

The other party practiced for many years, and finally by chance he succeeded in condensing the Tao seed and stepped into the realm of true immortality.

As for the other two, Fu Lingfan and Hua Shuiyao, the former has a special Tao seed, which is related to talismans, while the latter had a special Tao seed in his body before entering the Jinhai City.

From then on, all the cultivators present had achieved the level of True Immortal.

Hong Ruochuan couldn't help but admire Wei Zhong's restrained aura:
"Brother Wei, you are using the thunder of heaven and earth to practice, which is very rare in the fairy world."

Wei Zhong wanted to know more, so he sat cross-legged.

Zhou Haoming, who was sitting next to him, had already asked the question:

"Oh, can you explain it in detail, Brother Ruochuan?"

The latter narrated:
“There are only a few people in this world who practice the Dharma Body, and even fewer who can condense the Dharma Law.

“Thunder practitioners mostly use the spiritual objects of the laws of heaven and earth to practice, and few use the thunder tribulation of heaven and earth to replenish themselves.

“First, it’s because the thunder is hard to control, and it can easily backfire on you if you’re not careful.

“For example, Fellow Daoist Wei’s unique method of inducing catastrophes shortens the time interval between the nine catastrophes of the Mahayana, but if you are not careful you will induce your own immortal catastrophe.

"This kind of immortal calamity changes dynamically depending on the level of the cultivator. It is the biggest obstacle on our path to immortality and is extremely dangerous..."

Speaking of this kind of calamity, Wei Zhong had only been ascending for a short time and did not understand it.

Taking the initiative to ask, everyone explained:
"At the True Immortal level, the three disasters and nine tribulations are the main ones, lightning and fire burning the body, cold wind corroding the soul, and the fire of cause and effect...

“There are many types, but over the years, we monks have already figured out how to deal with them.

"Fellow Daoist Wei has only been promoted to the immortal realm for a short time. There is still enough time to prepare for this difficulty before the calamity of ten thousand years."

Hong Ruochuan sighed:
“It’s still easy to reach the True Immortal level, but if you rise to the Mysterious Immortal level, it’s much more dangerous. Every calamity could be a fatal step on the road of cultivation.

"The 'Five Decays of the Celestial Beings' occur every thirty to fifty thousand years, and include the exhaustion of magical power, decay of the physical body, decline of the primordial spirit, collapse of the Qi, and collapse of the Dao heart.

"Each battle is a great test for the cultivators. Most of the Xuanxian did not die in the battle, but died from the Five Degenerations of Heaven and Man."

If there was a look of sorrow on his face, those who didn't know him would think that he was a profound immortal and was about to face this kind of calamity.

“However, there are always capable people in this fairy world who have mastered the secret art of warding off disasters and are able to survive for a long time. For example, Bai Kai from the Desolate Dark Society.

“His strength is mediocre, but he has lived long enough, so there must be some secret in it.

"It's a pity that the latter died so quickly that he was unable to leave behind this secret method..."

When talking about the Huangming Society, everyone sighed again.

Wei Zhong asked Hong Ruochuan if he had heard of the escape, and the latter shook his head:
"It's strange to say this. Several cities outside Jinhai City have not heard of this person. It is very likely that he has hidden his cultivation and identity, and his whereabouts are unknown..."

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhong lowered his head slightly, with a lingering gloom in his heart.

After communicating with his fellow practitioners for more than half a minute, he bowed and said goodbye, then went back into the practice room for another round of retreat.

"Fellow Daoist Wei is really diligent in his practice. He has only been out of retreat for less than an hour," several people sighed, but they also lost interest in talking, so they said goodbye to each other and left.

In the training room, Wei Zhong looked inward with his spiritual sense and saw that the internal thunder core was getting fuller and fuller. He muttered:

"It's almost there. The Great Perfection Tribulation has been accelerated. After spending a large amount of Immortal Jade to collect Thunder Treasures, the progress of True Immortal towards Mysterious Immortal is faster than I thought."

Over the past few hundred years, Wei Zhong has survived four great heavenly tribulations, and each of them has been a great tonic for Wei Zhong's thunder-based body training.

The power of the thunder law in Wei Zhong's body was expanded to a great extent, and the gaps in the thunder hub became smaller and smaller, and it was constantly being completed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, because of the huge consumption of cultivation, Wei Zhong had to refine immortal tools frequently, which made his immortal-level refining skills more and more advanced. For the familiar thunder method, five elements, yin and yang, the magic seal tool was just a snap, and there was not much difficulty at all.

Even apart from these attributes, Wei Zhong's success rate in refining equipment is also quite high.

Over the past few hundred years, Wei Zhong not only provided several magic weapons to Yunlai Baiwufang, but also customized several for his fellow members of the Hongyun Gang.

With such proficiency, Wei Zhongyu also picked up the plan of refining the time artifact.

“The upgrade of the Shixu Seven Extremes Umbrella is really complicated. After so long, I can only barely upgrade it to the level of a magic seal.

"Moreover, it is done through the five elements, which does not add much to the application of the law of time."

Wei Zhong frowned, not knowing what to do.

"My understanding of the laws of time is still too superficial. Do I really have to wait until the time seed is condensed?

“But if I condense the Dao Seed at this moment, there is no guarantee that my spiritual power will be promoted to the Immortal Level, which will attract the Immortal Palace Guards. How is this different from a sheep walking into a tiger’s mouth?”

Wei Zhong showed hesitation. For the sake of his own practice safety, he even suppressed the rare treasure "The Record of Time" in order to reduce the contamination of the aura of the law of time.

"It seems putting the cart before the horse to repeat the same mistake just for a magical weapon."

Thinking of this, Wei Zhong put aside the idea of ​​upgrading this magic weapon.

Instead, he focused all his attention on practicing thunder magic.

Many years passed like this, Wei Zhong was obsessed with practicing, and he went through the nine tribulations of the Mahayana one after another.

As his cultivation level continued to improve, Jinhai City was also undergoing rapid changes.

However, after only a few hundred or nearly a thousand years, the treasure-hunting forces in the city shifted their focus of exploration from the mining area to another void battlefield.

It is rumored that the Hongmeng treasure that the cultivators are seeking is in a special space behind this void battlefield.

It is precisely because of its rich power of space laws that the void tide of the Ashes City, which occurs once every ten thousand years, is triggered, thus creating this special place on the edge of the void.

Such rumors continued to spread in the market, some people believed them firmly, while others did not take them seriously.

Wei Zhong paid no attention to this, but just watched the Hong family monks coming in and out of the base, and the True Immortals replenished their ranks one after another.

After a detailed calculation, it was discovered that the number of immortals who had died in the explorations exceeded ten fingers.

The losses of the Hong family alone were so great, not to mention the other forces.

Many chambers of commerce suffered heavy losses as a result and had to withdraw from the exploration queue.

The Tuoba family, as the leader, suffered even more tragically. Many Xuanxian and True Immortals died here. Even Tuoba Yucheng, who had the two Tuoba heroes, was injured.

However, this loss did not dampen the enthusiasm of the Tuoba Immortal Clan. Through repeated explorations, they found that the distance between them and the Hongmeng treasure was getting closer and closer.

A thousand years passed, and Wei Zhong's aura became increasingly mellow.

Its purple-gold pupils are like real lightning.

The laws of thunder and lightning in the body have become extremely concentrated.

Looking inward with spiritual consciousness, the once bumpy Thunder Hub was filled up by 99%.

"Breaking through the realm of Xuanxian will happen soon!"

The sound was like spring thunder; when Wei Zhong stood up and took a step, the sound was also like thunder.

At this moment, it would not be an exaggeration for Wei Zhong to say that it was the law of thunder itself.

A hazy gray fog appeared out of nowhere, sank above Wei Zhong's head, and then wrapped around his body.

Wei Zhong raised his arm, and the self-condensed circle surrounded his forearm.

"This calamity energy is like a maggot on the tarsal bone. Once it is attracted, it cannot be driven away. No wonder it is easy to find a way to avoid calamity in the fairy world, but it is hard to find a way to attract calamity."

Over the years, Wei Zhong has been interested in this calamity energy and the reasons behind it more than once.

I commissioned many parties to collect relevant methods, but found nothing.

Not to mention the Yunlai Baiwufang and other chambers of commerce, even the Taiyi Immortal Clan like the Hong family has difficulty finding clues.

Under such circumstances, Wei Zhong became more fascinated and curious about "calamity energy".

“The long river of time law has been occupied by others. Although the Thunder Road is smooth, the Thunder Palace, a behemoth, remains standing. There may be something fishy behind it.

“Perhaps, this path of calamity is where my chance of survival lies?”

Wei Zhong held the calamity energy in his hands, carefully savoring the principles of heaven and earth contained therein.

As it gets closer to the calamity energy, the mysterious energy between heaven and earth becomes heavier.

Before Wei Zhong could comprehend this, calamity clouds had already gathered in the sky and the might of heaven was pressing down.

Wei Zhong opened his eyes, revealing a sense of wanting more:
"Unfortunately, there is not enough time!"

Wei Zhong flew up and broke into the dark clouds in the sky, carrying the huge black clouds deep into the high-altitude strong wind layer.

This place is very far away from the Jinhai City. If there is no one observing carefully, it will be difficult to see the scene of Wei Zhong's tribulation.

Wei Zhong stared at the thunderclouds around him. The power of the thunderclouds was something Wei Zhong had never heard of before.

"The ninth calamity of Mahayana, a thunder calamity that has never been experienced in the demon world, has finally arrived."

Thinking back to when he had exhausted all his spiritual cultivation to descend to this world, and then practiced all the way to ascend here, Wei Zhong had mixed feelings.

He took a deep breath, and the thunder in his belly began to roar, like a unicorn's roar or a dragon's roar:
"Come!

"Let me see what your ninth calamity is capable of!"

……

While Wei Zhong was concentrating on dealing with the disaster, monks had already gathered in the Jinhai City.

In the City Lord's Mansion, Tuoba Yucheng looked at the clansmen in front of him with a serious expression.

Below are five Xuanxian and thirty Zhenxian, which constitute most of the strength of the Tuoba family here.

"How are the other chambers of commerce and gangs gathering their manpower?"

Tuoba Hong stepped forward:
“Uncle Hui, although the assembly order has been issued, there has been little response.

"Many chambers of commerce are worried about the loss of their capable generals, so they only promote a small number of True Immortals and Loose Immortals..."

"Humph, a bunch of timid people, dare to covet the Hongmeng treasure without spending a lot of money."

The conversation changed:
"What's going on with the Hongyun Gang, no, the Hong Family?"

After thousands of years of investigation, the Tuoba Immortal Clan had already deduced from clues that the power behind the Hongyun Gang was the Hong Immortal Clan.

"The Hong family's attitude is unclear. The other party does not seem to be very enthusiastic about this and did not react to the order."

"Humph, do you want to see my Tuoba family die completely in the void, and then his Hong family will take over?

"Send a message to the Hong family. If they don't want to accompany us, they should just leave Jinhai City and stop annoying others."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)