Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 383 Celestial Clan

On the continent of the Celestial Clan, Yi Ling and Yi Jun were flying in the sky.

The Celestial Race is a species whose strength and potential surpass those of humans among the many intelligent beings in the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm.

There are a large number of fifth-order Celestial Phenomena on this continent, but the entire Celestial Phenomena race only has less than three million members.

The Celestial Phenomenon Clan possesses a powerful bloodline. Had they not lacked a sixth-tier cultivation inheritance, they might have even become a race capable of competing with some powerful demon beast clans.

The Celestial Phenomenon Clan is born with powerful physical talents. Almost every member of the Celestial Phenomenon Clan possesses divine power and the aptitude for cultivation.

The cultivation of the Celestial Phenomenon Clan also leans towards the physical body. It is said that a sixth-level Celestial Phenomenon Clan member possesses a physical strength comparable to a true spirit.

According to the legends of the Celestial Phenomenon Clan, there was once a Celestial Phenomenon King who fought a true dragon in the depths of the ocean.

After three years of investigation, Yi Ling discovered that the legend of the Celestial Clan was not necessarily unfounded, and that the place where the legend took place was the East Sea.

At this moment, in the sky.

Yi Jun transmitted his voice:
"Aren't you going to look for the real dragon anymore?"
I have found the trail of a real dragon. In just a few years, I will be able to pinpoint its location. However, whether I will be able to capture it in the end is another matter.

"I'm at a crucial moment in my pursuit. Are you asking me to come here, or have you already found a more suitable target?"

Yi Jun and Yi Ling split up to search for the true dragon in various sea areas.

They had just reunited when Yi Ling hurriedly took him flying to continue their journey.

Yi Ling transmitted his voice:
"Didn't you notice anything unusual about this sea area?"

"There are indeed many powerful demon beasts in this sea area. Not long ago, I encountered a sixth-order demon beast at sea and fought it for three days. Just when I was about to defeat it, six more sixth-order demon beasts appeared, so I had no choice but to leave."

Besides that, I also sensed the auras of no less than ten sixth or seventh-tier demonic beasts.

There are indeed quite a few high-level demonic beasts in this sea area.

Yi Ling said:

"I converted a large number of demon beasts and read their memories. I learned that the demon beast groups in this sea area all have a mission: to keep an eye on the Celestial Phenomenon Clan."

Through those memories, I already know that the Celestial Clan gives birth to a Celestial King with a mutated bloodline every ten thousand years.

This Celestial King possesses power comparable to a True Spirit. Without needing to cultivate, its bloodline alone allows it to reach the seventh rank upon adulthood, just like a True Spirit.

Yi Jun thought to himself, "A seventh-order being and a seventh-order true spirit are clearly not the same thing."

Just like the True Immortals who have achieved the Dao in cultivation, it is estimated that perhaps only one out of ten thousand True Immortals can fight a True Spirit alone.

Even if Yi Ling says that the bloodline of the Celestial Phenomenon Clan is powerful, how powerful can it really be?

Yi Jun didn't believe that there were any living beings in the world who could be compared to a perfect true spirit.

However, this is Yi Ling's business. Yi Ling doesn't want to capture the true dragon, which suits him perfectly.

Capturing a true dragon in a short time is extremely difficult unless one takes advantage of the dragon's transformation and weakened strength, like Yi Yan did. Otherwise, the success rate is negligible, and one might even lose a lot of magical treasures or spiritual swords.

Yi Ling clearly saw that Yi Jun looked down on the Celestial Phenomenon Clan, but she did not explain.

The main reason she learned about the Celestial Elephant Clan's power was not because she converted the demon race and obtained their memories, but because after absorbing the memories of a hundred lifetimes, she discovered that the Celestial Elephant Clan was highly similar to the Divine Elephant Clan in her memories.

In the timeline where Yi Ling experienced a hundred lifetimes, even if there were great demons in the starry sky, they didn't seem to be true spirits and couldn't be considered perfect beings. The true dragons in that timeline also seemed to be somewhat different from the true dragons in the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm.

In general, in her memories of a hundred lifetimes, although the dragon race was also very strong, they did not seem to have the invulnerability of true spirits, nor did they have the long lifespan that was practically infinite.

In that time and space, the dragon race was just a member of the demon race, only they were known for their longevity and strength among the demon race.

After digesting the memories of a hundred lifetimes, Yi Ling was no longer as eager to capture the true dragon as he had been in the Divine Tree Forest.

Because she doubted that her Buddhist supernatural powers might be able to subdue the true dragon of this time and space.

Just as she was looking for a few sixth or seventh-tier dragon beasts to replace the true dragon, she accidentally discovered the Celestial Phenomenon Clan, which was very similar to the one in her memory.

In my memory, the Divine Elephant Clan was a race far more powerful than the Time-Space Dragon Clan.

In that time and space, there were many forces equal to the Buddhist realm, and from my memories, there were three forces that surpassed the Buddhist realm. These three were all forces of a single race.

One of them is the Celestial Realm.

The Celestial Realm is the territory of the Divine Elephant Clan, and all the Celestial Gods there are of the Divine Elephant Clan origin. There are as many as eight Supreme Gods in the Celestial Realm who are of the same rank as the Buddha.

In Yi Ling's last life's memories, she only met the Buddha once before he caused her to vanish into oblivion, or rather, to awaken her true self. His power completely surpassed that of the seventh rank.

In the memories of countless lifetimes, many living beings have limits to their species.

Just like the human race, in that world, the seventh rank was the limit. There were a few beings like Buddha among the human race, but such beings could not be achieved through normal cultivation. The Buddhist realm existed for an incredibly long time, yet even in Yi Ling's last life, when the Buddhist realm shattered, there was still only one Buddha.

The Divine Elephant Clan is different. Unlike the human race, which has an extremely high reproductive rate, the Divine Elephant Clan's numbers are less than one ten-millionth of the human race's.

Yet, this small number of Divine Elephant Clan members gave rise to one of the three strongest forces in that era. It's conceivable that the bloodline of the Divine Elephant Clan was far superior to that of the human race.

Yi Ling's refusal to explain to Yi Jun was also driven by her own selfish motives.

She knew that Yi Jun, like herself, had been asked by Yi Dong to find some powerful bloodlines. Although what Yi Dong wanted most were true dragon bloodlines of various attributes, if Yi Jun knew about bloodlines like the Celestial Elephant Clan, which were no less powerful than true spirits, unexpected changes might occur.

Yi Ling didn't know why Yi Jun wanted to advance to the Great Dao Golden Core stage in the Vast Ocean Spirit Realm.

But after the world changed on the Frozen Continent, she understood.

Yi Jun was paving the way for his cultivation after reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

It is likely that when the Qingzhou Grand Array is completed and the Qingzhou Immortal Kingdom is established, Yi Jun will leave behind his descendants in the Qingzhou Immortal Kingdom, just like Yi Dong.

In other words, Yi Jun is not only helping Yi Dong find a powerful bloodline, but he is also searching for one himself.

Soon, after flying for three days, Yi Ling brought Yi Dong to a place called the Heavenly Plain.

"There are ten royal cities on this plain."

Before the True Dragon descended upon the Vast Sea Spirit Realm, the Celestial Phenomenon Clan was one of the dominant races in the Vast Sea Spirit Realm.

These ten royal cities were all left over from that time. The Celestial Kings, whose bloodlines mutated or reverted to their ancestral forms, could only be born in these ten cities.

According to my information, there are still three months until the birth of the Celestial King.

My goal is to become the Celestial King. Now we are each in charge of five royal cities. Let's see which royal city will be the Celestial King this time.

When the Celestial King is born, not only will powerful demons appear, but even true dragons might. You need to hold them off for a day.

"Can't you just take it and leave?"

“The bloodline of the Celestial King is related to these ten ancient cities. Normally, it would take three months to stabilize the bloodline, but even if I use a secret method to speed up the process, it would still take one day.”

After Yi Ling finished speaking, she disappeared.

Upon seeing this, Yi Jun shook his head, and dozens of phantom-like longswords appeared in front of him before quickly disappearing.

Half a month later, Yi Jun had a general understanding of the situation of the five royal cities in the Heavenly Gift Plain.

"This is not what Yi Ling said. The Celestial Phenomenon Clan only has fifth-level cultivators. In each of the five ancient cities, there is a sixth-level Celestial Phenomenon cultivator."

Yi Jun wasn't particularly concerned about the sixth-order celestial being.

However, as time went on, he discovered a problem using the information he gathered with the magical sword.
"How is it possible that these five sixth-order celestial beings can live forever?"

Could it be that the path to immortality exists within the lineage of these celestial beings?

The Great Dao of Longevity is arguably the most core Dao of the Great Dao Nascent Soul stage. Without the Great Dao of Longevity, there is no point in advancing to the Great Dao Nascent Soul stage.

Thinking that the Celestial Beings might possess the Dao of Immortality, Yi Jun's gaze immediately shifted, and a five-colored longsword appeared before him. The blade of this five-colored longsword was like a mirror, and after Yi Jun's image fell into it, the image changed with Yi Jun's will, and his physical body also changed.

Soon, Yi Jun transformed into a celestial being with an elephant's head, a muscular body, and a height of seven meters.

Yi Jun shot towards a royal city like a shadow.

In a canyon in the Heavenly Plains, Yi Jun stood before the corpse of a Celestial Being who looked exactly like him.

The memories of this celestial being have already been received by him through soul searching.

This person is a priest of the Bluestone Royal City.

Yi Jun has been collecting a lot of information about the Celestial Clan these past few days.

Among the cultivators of the Celestial Clan, those at the first and second tiers are warriors, while those at the third tier and above are priests. Among them, the third tier is the assistant priest, the fourth tier is the chief priest, and the fifth tier is the grand chief priest.

The sixth-tier Celestial Being seemed to be asleep. Even the fourth-tier High Priest had no memory of the sixth-tier Celestial Being, as if the sixth-tier Celestial Being did not exist.

Yi Jun actually wanted to replace a fifth-tier high priest, but most of the fifth-tier high priests are currently in the city.

Not only does the ancient city of Qing Shi possess powerful formations, but it also harbors powerful demon races lurking within.

It's too difficult to quietly replace a fifth-rank high priest within the ranks.

Yi Jun picked up the corpse from the ground and looked in one direction of the canyon.
"Forget about the ancient elixir, it also requires powerful earth vein beasts and innate deities. Is this upcoming royal sacrifice something like the celestial kingdom's heaven-worshiping ceremony, capable of attracting innate energy?"

The priest's task is to retrieve a fifth-tier spiritual herb that has been growing for ten thousand years within this enchanted canyon.

Now that Yi Jun has taken his place, he naturally needs to help him complete the task so that he can participate in the upcoming royal sacrifice.

Yi Jun had no interest in ordinary treasures, but he was very interested in profound knowledge, especially the King's Sacrifice, which seemed to be related to bloodline.

(End of this chapter)