Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 648 The True Chosen One
In this world of cultivation, the strongest force is the sect to which Zhu Yan, a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain, belongs.

The last time Lin Jing discovered him, the other party was diligently cultivating.

However, when Lin Jing returned more than a thousand years later, he found that Zhu Yan had disappeared.

Moreover, it was neither ascension nor leaving this realm for another.

In his sect, a memorial stele was erected, with Zhu Yan's name engraved on it, indicating that he had already passed away.

Lin Jing was immediately at a loss. This Taoist priest, as a transmigrator from Earth, was an important part of his search for the path to ascension on Earth.

It's not certain that someone else could cooperate with him so well.

Moreover, this path to ascension is extremely important at present.

As Earth's rules became more complete, he discovered that the treasures he had seized from the Evil Moon Demon General, which could be smuggled to Earth, were no longer usable. After all, the Ancient Immortal Realm was no longer the dilapidated place it once was.

In other words, if he and his pet want to go to Earth, the only way forward is through ascension.

"It shouldn't be."

"Although he may not be the strongest in the lower realm, he is not someone who would die easily."

Lin Jing's divine sense covered the entire cultivation world, but he couldn't find any trace of the other party. He couldn't help but descend to the vicinity of this sacrificial stele...

"Tracing back to the cause from the effect."

With a wave of his hand, Lin Jing reversed the flow of time, and the surrounding environment immediately became illusory, as if he had stepped into another dimension.

The power of time.

After Lin Jing obtained the Reincarnation Immortal Body, although he has not yet reincarnated, in addition to specific abilities, this Reincarnation Immortal Body also has a certain enhancement to the Dao of Time. Although Lin Jing has not cultivated the Dao of Time much in recent years, his understanding of the Dao of Time has become deeper and deeper.

Rewinding time, Lin Jing saw a day when Zhu Yan suddenly left this planet, and after an unknown amount of time, he returned covered in wounds.

He returned to this realm with his last bit of strength, but died not long afterward and was eventually buried here by the sect.

"What happened?" Lin Jing wondered. Even with his divine abilities, he couldn't fully understand such a matter.

It seems we still have to...

He sat down cross-legged on the spot and waited quietly. Several years later, a tortoise came from the sky.

The Book of Gods.

People often come here to worship, which shows that Zhu Yan is a senior figure in the cultivation world and has a certain degree of faith, meeting the resurrection criteria of the Book of Gods.

Soon, Zhu Yan's projection slowly appeared in front of Lin Jing.

Upon opening his eyes and seeing Lin Jing, Zhu Yan immediately showed a blank and astonished expression.

"Why didn't you come looking for me? Why did you secretly die on your own?"

Lin Jing inquired and learned that when the other party left Earth, Lin Jing promised that the other party could come to find him and that he would make up for the loss of the other party's destiny. However, this guy never came before he died.

"The struggle for destiny is inherently won by the strong. My loss of destiny is simply due to my inferior skills," Zhu Yan said nonchalantly.

"After returning, I devoted myself to seclusion and cultivation, intending to become stronger before assisting you in exterminating the Heavenly Demons. But I never imagined that you would become stronger so quickly, destroying the Demonic Sect in such a short time. I am ashamed."

"Even after the path to ascension reopened, you didn't choose to ascend?"

"No." Zhu Yan shook his head: "I have no interest in ascension. Even if I were to ascend, I would hope to ascend to the ancient immortal realm, not the current immortal realm."

Lin Jing nodded. Like his classmates in preparatory school, those who transmigrated from Earth had no interest in ascending to the Immortal Realm. This was because Earth transmigrators hadn't been exposed to the concepts of the cultivation world from a young age, and the pursuit of ascending to immortality wasn't ingrained in their blood.

"Fellow Daoist, you manifested me in this form because you want to know how I died, right?"

"Yes."

Zhu Yan gave a wry smile and said, "When I traveled back, I was thinking about whether there was any way to quickly become stronger. Soon, I thought of the ancient immortal realm."

"If you were able to obtain your destiny from Earth, one of the four great immortal realms, then what about the other two ancient immortal realms where spiritual energy is also declining? Could there be any other opportunities there as well?"

"Therefore, when the Emperor's envoy brought me back, I asked him about the current situation of the other two ancient immortal realms."

"The other two ancient immortal realms are still in a state of dormancy, unable to even give birth to Qi Refining stage cultivators, and their environment is even more harsh than that of Earth, with very few living beings."

Even so, I still held onto a sliver of hope and continued to investigate their whereabouts.

"And then?" Lin Jing asked, intrigued.

"I don't know whether to say I'm lucky or unlucky, but I actually managed to... uncover some things." Zhu Yan said, "I found a Daoist temple left behind by the Immortal Emperor in the lower realm."

"Like Earth, the other two ancient immortal realms also had immortal emperors leading a group of people to cross realms in search of new places for cultivation. When they passed through the immortal realm, one immortal emperor, for some unknown reason, failed to cross realms successfully and instead passed away in the lower realm, leaving behind a dojo that constantly moves and drifts in the starry sky."

Lin Jing understood and said, "You were severely injured in that training ground."

Zhu Yan sighed: "That's right. I thought that even if I couldn't get the Immortal Emperor's inheritance, I might be able to obtain an immortal artifact that could change my fate, just like the old man fishing. But I was too naive. The Immortal Emperor's will still remain in the Daoist temple, and its attack intent is strong. Before I could explore it, I was severely injured by the leaked Immortal Emperor's will."

"After recuperating in a random place for a while, I quickly returned and stopped thinking about it. But who knew that the injury was irreversible? Not long after, my injury relapsed and I died."

"I see." Lin Jing said regretfully, "In a sense, Brother Zhu is quite lucky to have discovered this dojo, but his strength is lacking."

"The fact that I couldn't kill you in one blow shows that your will was already very weak. What a pity."

"Don't expose the hardships of life." Zhu Yan also wanted to be even stronger.

"Then, fellow Daoist, do you wish to be resurrected?" Lin Jing asked.

"Huh???" Zhu Yan was taken aback and said, "Resurrection?"

Lin Jing nodded: "The projection of the Book of Gods can reshape the body under certain conditions, but the conditions are quite harsh, and even if the body is resurrected, it may lose its original power and have to start all over again."

He looked at the mechanical turtle next to him.

The first ancient emperor had actually been revived in this way, and then ascended to heaven.

Although the conditions were extremely demanding, he was still able to meet them now that he was the supreme being of the lower realm.

"Brother Lin, is there something you need from me? If I can be resurrected, I will do everything in my power to help you," Zhu Yan said earnestly.

Lin Jing smiled and said, "Let's talk about it after we successfully revive. I just wanted to discuss the matter of ascending to Earth with you, and also, the matter of the Immortal Emperor's Daoist temple..."

"I have told Brother Lin everything, but the temple is constantly moving and its location is hard to find."

"No need to tell me, just tell it." Lin Jing pointed to the mechanical turtle and said, "It has plenty of time, let it go find it itself."

The mechanical turtle revealed a sharp expression, scrutinizing Zhu Yan.

This kid's got some skills.

It wandered for so long and only ever found a True Immortal-level ruin. But this guy actually discovered an Immortal Emperor's Daoist temple?
He truly deserves to be called the first chosen one; we must find a way to drain his luck.

(End of this chapter)