Cultivation begins with separation.

Chapter 427 Qianqiu Cicada

Yi Dong didn't take the few Nascent Soul cultivators seriously.

Currently, within his magical space, the Abyss Space, are numerous Great Awakening Warships.

Before mastering "absolute wisdom," even with the Great Awakening Warship, he might not be able to defeat a Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, now that he has mastered "absolute wisdom," he is confident that he can aim precisely.

If the warship can hit them, even a Nascent Soul cultivator or a Void Returner will die if hit by a few more shots.

Even if a true immortal can keep hitting, they can only last a little longer.

While possessing the ability to contend with true immortals, this supernatural power also allows one to evade most of the true immortals' methods.

It was precisely because of this confidence that Yi Dong was able to escape the disaster.

If he didn't have some trump cards up his sleeve, he would rather be coerced into the calamity by the True Spirit Sword and the Karma Puppet than leave casually.

For Yi Dong, life is always the most important thing; even freedom is secondary.

They are not even afraid of true immortals, let alone a mere Nascent Soul cultivator, whom they could easily destroy with a flick of their wrist.

"That's enough, there's no need to fight."

The cultivators in this void have developed the techniques of creating clones and incarnations to an unimaginable degree.

Yi Dong couldn't guarantee whether there were any incarnations of the Three Great Dao Ancestors or other ancient true immortals within this mortal realm.

If he were to be targeted by a powerful being from the Immortal Realm, he might have to retreat into the Calamity again, relying on the Puppet True Spirit Longsword for protection.

The tiny bit of freedom I've just gained is about to be lost.

Thinking of this, Yi Dong transformed into light and rushed into another large tree, using Wood Release to escape.

Before long, the six Nascent Soul cultivators arrived at the place where Yi Dong had disappeared.

"How can there be such a powerful fluctuation of spiritual energy?"

Could it be that some Nascent Soul cultivator has arrived in the Thousand Autumns Forest via intercontinental teleportation?

"Perhaps so. The Thousand Autumn Cicada of the Thousand Autumn Forest is about to appear in the world. It's not surprising that a Nascent Soul cultivator would come."

"Ten thousand years ago, when the Thousand Autumn Cicada appeared in the world, a Xuanwu broke through the boundary from beyond and fought with the Thousand Autumn Cicada, severely injuring it and causing it to disappear."

Will the Thousand Autumn Cicada really appear on time this time?
Moreover, it seems that Xuanwu is still waiting in the Chaotic Star Sea.

"The legend has no credibility whatsoever. How could the Thousand-Autumn Cicada be so easily injured?"

The cicada, also known as the "Thousand-Autumn Cicada," is said to be eternally unchanging and timeless.

If it were that easy to seriously injure, it would have died long ago.

"Sigh, if Xuanwu comes to fight Qianqiu Chan again, the already shattered Qianqiu Forest may really turn into island fragments this time."

"There's no other way. Our time is up, so we can only risk staying in the Thousand Autumns Forest and waiting for an opportunity."

Legend has it that the song of the Thousand-Autumn Cicada contains the secret to immortality. If given the right opportunity, we might also be able to possess the bloodline of those immortal families and gain a long lifespan.

Our Thousand Autumn Forest cultivation world was once the second largest cultivator in the Southern Underworld. Most of the sects and families in the past were related to the Thousand Autumn Cicada.

"If Xuanwu hadn't descended ten thousand years ago, annihilating the entire Thousand Autumns Forest, and all the inheritances and secret texts of those sects and families hadn't been lost, and many rare spiritual plants within the Thousand Autumns Forest hadn't disappeared, we wouldn't have been without a single Nascent Soul cultivator in ten thousand years."

"This is an opportunity for our six sects. If it weren't for the great calamity ten thousand years ago that caused our former power to decline, our sects would not have been able to become Nascent Soul sects."

Let's ignore these old issues for now.

Do you think the Nascent Soul cultivators who came this time are from the Immortal Cultivation Realm?
Rumor has it that Qianqiu Chan once had an agreement with several major sects in the Linxian cultivation world, stipulating that they would not interfere with each other.

The cultivators of Linxian are the number one cultivators in the Southern Underworld.

Several ancient sects in the cultivation world of Linxian possess secret techniques for ascending to the immortal realm.

It is precisely because each of the ancient sects has its own patriarch in the Immortal Realm, and they can contact each other from time to time, that they have been able to dominate the Immortal Realm.

"The Thousand-Autumn Cicada can absorb the power of time in the long river of time and condense the fruit of time."

With just a wisp of Dao Fruit Qi, we can extend our lifespan and even give birth to a bloodline of immortality.

The reason why the Thousand Autumn Cicada's Radiant Fruit, which was condensed ten thousand years ago, was seized by Xuanwu is because most of the Thousand Autumn Cicada's power was placed within the River of Time and not brought out.

This time, Qianqiu Chan will definitely be well-prepared, and the Dao Fruit will surely be able to integrate into Qianqiu Forest. In fact, because Qianqiu Forest is severely withered, it is possible that Qianqiu Chan will bring out more than one Dao Fruit this time.

Perhaps that's why the people from the Immortal Cultivation World disregarded the agreement and secretly came over.

An old woman-like Nascent Soul cultivator sighed.
"Qianqiu Chan and Xuanwu are both beings comparable to Dao-merging True Immortals."

This kind of battle is something we have no way to interfere with.

Hopefully, this time, we'll be able to seize the opportunity.

In the Southern Underworld, only a few sects have records of true spirits.

The six Nascent Soul cultivators present all belonged to sects that flourished after the great calamity ten thousand years ago. Their foundations were relatively shallow, and none of their sects had even produced a Deity Transformation cultivator. They had no records of True Spirits, and were even unaware of their existence.

Otherwise, the old woman wouldn't have said that the two true spirits were comparable to the Dao-merging immortals.

In this world, the only beings who can rival true spirits are the ancient immortals who have existed for countless years within the great sects and religions of the immortal realm.

Ordinary immortals cannot be compared to true spirits at all.

"The concentration of spiritual energy in the Southern Underworld seems to be gradually thinning. I wonder if it's because these two beings are preparing for war and absorbing a lot of spiritual energy."

If we are granted the opportunity to extend our lives, we must leave the Thousand Autumns Forest immediately.

River Valley City.

A young couple, weary from their journey, descended from the air to the city gate.

"Brother, is this River Valley City?"

"That's right, this is the only place in the entire Thousand Autumns Forest where you can obtain a Heavenly Grade Foundation Establishment Pill."

River Valley City was originally just an ordinary market town, controlled by the Foundation Establishment family, the Xie family of the Azure Blood Clan. Twenty years ago, the Lord of River Valley City descended upon River Valley City, slaughtered the entire Xie family, and seized control of the River Valley market town.

Then, within a year, he upgraded the original second-tier spiritual vein to the third tier, establishing River Valley City, the tenth Golden Core Immortal City in the Thousand Autumns Forest. Moreover, in less than ten years, it became the strongest Golden Core Immortal City, one that even the six Nascent Soul sects dared not provoke.

As the man finished speaking, he looked at his younger sister.
"Qingmei, as you know, the Heavenly Grade Foundation Establishment Pills have been consumed over the past ten thousand years, and they are becoming increasingly scarce. Our Guo family's reserves have been completely depleted."

We both possess Heavenly Spiritual Roots. If we don't obtain a Heavenly Grade Foundation Establishment Pill and remain at the Qi Refining stage for two hundred years without establishing our foundation, we'll be nothing but dust in a hundred years.

This time, you…

“I understand. For the sake of the Great Way, none of this matters.”

These two siblings are members of the Liuguang Guo family, a Foundation Establishment clan.

Within the Thousand Autumns Forest, there are some cultivation families with special bloodlines. Their lifespans are far longer than those of ordinary humans, and they have more descendants with spiritual roots. However, their breakthroughs are far more demanding than those of ordinary cultivators.

Simply put, while their bloodline grants them a powerful foundation, it also makes their bloodline shackles more robust, resulting in their cultivation bottlenecks being far more substantial than those of ordinary cultivators.

As a result, these powerful bloodline cultivation families, if they want to establish their foundation, do not need ordinary foundation-establishing pills at all, but rather so-called heavenly-grade foundation-establishing pills.

The materials for the Heavenly Foundation Building Pill have been virtually extinct for nearly ten thousand years.

It's not just the materials for the Heavenly Grade Foundation Establishment Pill; many spiritual items needed by cultivators with special bloodlines haven't appeared in ten thousand years.

The Thousand Autumns Forest was once the second largest cultivation world in the Southern Underworld, home to sects and even families specializing in the Nascent Soul stage.

However, in the great war ten thousand years ago, the high-end forces were basically wiped out by Xuanwu.

One by one, once powerful bloodline families either became Foundation Establishment or even Qi Refining families or simply disappeared.

Furthermore, the existing Foundation Establishment experts within special bloodline Foundation Establishment families are all outsiders, cultivators without special bloodlines.

The Guo family was a declining family of Qi Refining lineage.

If it weren't for his special bloodline, he would have already reached the Foundation Establishment stage or even the Core Formation stage with his Heavenly Spirit Root aptitude.

Because of their special bloodline, even small sects don't want to accept them.

Soon, the two siblings entered the bustling river valley city and headed towards the high mountain in the city center.

Within the city of Hegu, there stands a towering Purple Mountain that reaches into the clouds.

This Purple Mountain is naturally Yi Dong's masterpiece.

Yi Dong originally wanted to live a low-key life in this mortal world.

Unexpectedly, he discovered that there were humans here with the special bloodline of the Thousand Autumn Cicada.

So, he took the opportunity to start studying bloodlines.

The cicada, which lasts for a thousand autumns, is also a kind of true spirit.

Moreover, this kind of true spirit is not the common true spirit such as a true dragon or a heavenly phoenix. In the ancient immortal kingdom era, there were fewer than ten records of this kind of true spirit.

Of course, true spirits are not necessarily more powerful the rarer they are.

On the contrary, true spirits that can form a race are the truly powerful ones.

True spirit races such as True Dragons and Heavenly Phoenixes are generally representatives of those with formidable True Spirit combat power.

Qianqiu Chan is not good at fighting. In terms of combat strength alone, most true dragons of the same age could easily defeat it.

While its combat strength is mediocre, Qianqiu Chan possesses an extremely powerful ability.

That is, the Thousand Autumn Cicada is a true spirit that is almost impossible to die.

Their true forms exist within the so-called river of time.

The river of time exists only in concept. Theoretically, wherever there is a concept of time, there is a river of time, existing somewhere between existence and non-existence, and few living beings in the world can come into contact with it.

It is far more profound than the so-called River of Fortune.

Of course, Yi Dong didn't care much about the ability to store his true form in the river of time.

Because Yi Dong had long ago decided that he would never cultivate any clones or incarnations in this life, and he wanted to maintain his consciousness as one at all times.

If his true form is stored in the river of time, what difference is there between him and being dead if he has no clones to walk in the outside world?
What truly caught Yi Dong's attention was Qianqiu Chan's passive ability: its capacity to draw power from the river of time.

This ability can gradually grow stronger over time; simply put, it allows you to become stronger while lying down.

This is exactly what Yi Dong wanted.

Yi Dong disliked cultivation; to him, it was tedious and boring. The ability to become stronger while lying down was a pleasant surprise for him.

This time, Yi Dong not only wants his descendants to possess the bloodline of Qian Qiu Chan, but he will also integrate Qian Qiu Chan's bloodline into his own.

That's why he decided to be a little more high-profile in the Thousand Autumns Forest.

Yi Dong wasn't particularly surprised that he was able to locate the mortal realm where Qian Qiu Chan was.

After arriving in the core star region and making contact with the major sects and religions of the Immortal Realm, he roughly understood what his reincarnation was all about.

As expected, that immortal realm prepared many people like Yi Dong to be reincarnated there.

Normally speaking, if a soul were to be reincarnated in any way, even if trillions of souls were sent over, it would probably still be impossible for a reincarnated person to stand out in the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm.

After all, most of the fortune of the Heavenly Capital Spirit Realm is concentrated in the hands of meritorious families.

Therefore, the major sects and religions in the celestial realm prepare a great deal of fortune for many reincarnated individuals.

Yi Dong guessed that his luck before his reincarnation had not been exhausted, which was why he encountered an unexpected true spirit, giving him the opportunity to obtain its bloodline.

At this moment, Yi Dong is reviewing the special bloodlines detected over the past year.

"Um?

Didn't I wipe out the Guo family of Liuguang ten years ago?
"How did another Guo family of Flowing Light appear? Is there a loophole in our bloodline guiding spell?"

(End of this chapter)