Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 252 Dare to Fight?

"Watch your words, this is just a warning."

Chen Beiwu remained calm, sitting in his chair without even moving a finger.

Today is different from the past.

He was no longer the cautious, weak cultivator who was unwilling to offend anyone and sought to accumulate the power of fortune to rise to power.

Instead, he was a cultivation prodigy backed by the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, whose master was a True Immortal Transformation Venerable.

It's no exaggeration to say that with Chen Beiwu's current cultivation level, strength, and background, he could at least solve most problems within the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, if not domineering.

Since Ding Xu couldn't understand human language and had provoked him, Chen Beiwu naturally didn't mind teaching him a lesson and letting him understand why he should respect the strong.

'Such formidable strength!'

Ding Xu struggled to lift his head, his eyes filled with horror.

He wasn't a newcomer who joined the sect this year, but a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who had been in the sect for four years and had forged a transcendent foundation.

Even if Chairman Shen were to personally intervene, it would be difficult to kill him with just a glance.

No, that's not right!

As two of the top four on the rookie list, there shouldn't be a significant difference in strength between Chairman Shen and Chen Beiwu.

This only shows that the exchanges between Chairman Shen and him in the past were not just water, but the sea.

Thinking of this, Ding Xu reached out and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, gritted his teeth, clasped his hands in apology to Chen Beiwu.

“This time, it was Mr. Ding who offended us.”

After saying that, Ding Xu used his magic to get up and left the private room shakily.

"Are you really alright, Beiwu?" Xu Ziqing asked with concern.

"Let's eat. Don't worry about these trivial matters." Chen Beiwu said calmly as he took out a golden egg from his spirit beast pouch.

A golden light flashed, and a golden fish-dragon with horns on its head, a slender body, and a rather plump belly swam leisurely, supported by clouds and mist beneath it.

Upon seeing this, Xu Ziqing's eyes lit up slightly.

The once round, silly golden scales with a belly bulging like a basketball have now grown golden horns, their scales shimmering with dragon patterns, and they have acquired some of the aura of a dragon.

No wonder Chen Beiwu was willing to give up the Crimson-Striped Fire Serpent Egg.

Noticing the intense gaze, Jin Dan suddenly turned around and looked at Xu Ziqing.

"Gulu?"

Xu Ziqing couldn't understand the fish language, so she turned her gaze to Chen Beiwu.

"Ignore it, it's just itching for a fight." Chen Beiwu chuckled.

Xu Ziqing smiled too.

Her contracted Crimson Flame Fox had not yet advanced to the second realm of lesser demons, so sparring with the Golden Egg would be pure torture and could easily damage the contracted spirit beast's confidence.

……

Meanwhile, Qiyunju.

The Three Peaks Cave, deep within the courtyard.

Thunder raged, and tiny arcs of electricity snaked across the jade-green ground, crackling and popping.

In the center of the courtyard, a magnificent thunder lotus slowly bloomed.

The petals of this thunder lotus are as thin as cicada wings, resembling crystals. It is a manifestation of pure lightning power, and its interior is sealed with lightning strong enough to injure a Golden Core cultivator.

At this very moment, however, a colossal beast was hidden within the lightning lotus, unaffected by the raging thunder.

Its eyes are vertically golden, its shoulders are nine feet tall, it resembles a cheetah but is more agile, its fur is dark blue, and its limbs are inlaid with purple crystals.

Its tail, about ten feet long, forks at the end like lightning. When it swings, it can tear the air and produce a thunderous roar, automatically absorbing stray lightning within a radius of one mile.

This beast is none other than the Purple Lightning Leopard, a third-tier lightning-attribute treasure beast ranked eleventh on the Earthly Fiends List, possessing top-tier speed and explosive power.

"Clap clap clap."

Shen Yuanbao looked at the Purple Lightning Leopard and clapped his hands: "Congratulations on mastering the World-Purifying Thunder Lotus."

The Purifying Thunder Lotus is a secret technique of the Shen family, an important inheritance that enabled the Shen family to become a True Venerable Clan. It has nine levels.

Although the Purple Lightning Leopard has only comprehended the first transformation of the Purifying Thunder Lotus, "Initial Tribulation: Lotus Lock," and has not yet comprehended the second transformation, "Middle Tribulation: Lotus Explosion," or the third transformation, "Final Tribulation: Lotus Birth," it is still enough to make it invincible in the second realm, and even capable of fighting against Golden Core True Persons across realms.

Of course, a Golden Core cultivator is far beyond the reach of a mere second-realm demon to challenge.

Even if the Purple Lightning Leopard is a rare earthly beast and has the blessing of the World-Cleansing Thunder Lotus, it is impossible for it to defeat a Golden Core cultivator.

Unless he and the Purple Lightning Leopard can cultivate the World-Cleansing Thunder Lotus to the third level, reviving the bloodline of the Fellow Beasts and transforming into the Heavenly Gang Mystic Beast [Raging Thunder Leopard].

Just then, Shen Yuanbao's divine sense stirred, and the tightly closed gate of the courtyard suddenly opened, revealing the figures of Ding Xu and Ding Xue, the brother and sister, outside the gate.

"You're injured. Who did this?" Shen Yuanbao frowned slightly.

Which cultivator within the Jade Purity Immortal Sect didn't know that Ding Xu was a follower of Shen Yuanbao?

To dare to injure Ding Xu without cause is to slap him in the face.

"Chen Beiwu." Ding Xu gritted his teeth, his expression full of resentment.

He knew that Chen Beiwu had deliberately held back, otherwise his injuries would not have been so light, so he did not hold much resentment in his heart.

He hated that he was too weak, not even qualified to make Chen Beiwu take action.

What I hate is that even after four years in the sect, I still couldn't overcome the gap in aptitude.

"Brother Shen, please help me..."

Ding Xue, who was speaking angrily, was stopped by Ding Xu with a gesture.

"The chairman has his own plan for this matter." Ding Xu recounted the events that occurred in the private room in detail without embellishment.

“You were indeed wrong in this matter.” Shen Yuanbao’s brows slowly relaxed.

"This..." Ding Xue was anxious and wanted to speak up for her brother, but Ding Xu stopped her.

Under their gazes, Shen Yuanbao smiled calmly: "So what if you've done something inappropriate?"

As he said this, he gently stroked the blooming thunder lotus with his right hand, his voice unhurried yet utterly cold: "My people are not for Chen Beiwu to teach a lesson."

"Since Chen Beiwu thinks you are not qualified, then I will personally come to challenge you."

"This time, I will first defeat Chen Beiwu, then Gu Xiao, and with a winning streak, I will seek the Dao of Yu Zhaohua!" Shen Yuanbao declared with boundless pride.

Upon hearing this, Ding Xu and Ding Xue exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with surprise.

The guild leader is so confident, could it be that he has mastered a beast-taming technique that is invincible at the Foundation Establishment stage?

……

Because Xu Lingling was in a hurry to return to the Tianyan Immortal Sect to regulate the innate essence of the Crimson-Patterned Fire Serpent Egg, she decisively left after visiting Chen Beiwu's cave.

In an instant, only Chen Beiwu and Xu Ziqing remained in the cave.

"I plan to try to break through the Qi Refining Limit next year," Xu Ziqing suddenly said.

The difference in talent between cultivators can sometimes be greater than the difference between humans and demonic beasts.

A single Cleansing Song could allow Chen Beiwu, a prodigy, to suddenly break through the limits of Qi cultivation, saving him several years, or even ten years, of arduous training.

No matter what music she listened to, she could not enter a state of enlightenment.

She could only rely on spiritual medicines and pills, spending all sorts of rare and precious materials, and slowly grinding down her cultivation with the help of the Crimson Flame Fox's companionship contract. Even so, she still felt the existence of a barrier at the tenth level of Qi Refining (the limit of Qi Refining).

Although this barrier can be broken by taking a second-tier elixir, it will also leave some pill poison and hidden dangers, causing the super-limit foundation she will condense in the future to be not pure enough, thus losing the meaning of super-limit foundation building.

Of course, taking certain special medicines or pills that can defy fate is an exception.

These rare and precious pills not only do not leave any hidden dangers of pill poisoning, but they can also add more foundation to the future breakthrough of Qi Refining cultivators to Foundation Establishment, thus affecting the quality of Golden Pills.

However, Xu Ziqing was simply not qualified to receive such a precious elixir.

"Are you confident?" Chen Beiwu asked with concern.

"Not bad, I'm about 30% sure." Xu Ziqing smiled.

Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

Xu Ziqing was a concubine's daughter of a Nascent Soul True Clan and studied at the Seven Nine Upper Sect, yet her probability of surpassing the limit and establishing a Foundation Establishment was only 30%.

"The Seven Nine Upper Sect is not like the Thirteen Immortal Sects; a 30% probability is already quite high."

Seeing Chen Beiwu's expression, Xu Ziqing explained softly.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Thirteen Immortal Sects are full of Qi Refining Transcendence cultivators, as if the Qi Refining Transcendence realm is commonplace.

However, in the Seven Nine Upper Sect, there are many cultivators who break through to the Foundation Establishment stage from the Qi Refining Limit.

The reason is simple: the Qi Refining Limit already increases the probability of Foundation Establishment by 20%. In addition, with the boost from spiritual root aptitude and the consumption of the Five Elements for Foundation Establishment, the probability of a Qi Refining Limit cultivator breaking through to Foundation Establishment can reach as high as 80%.

In this situation, some cultivators who lack talent but pursue strength will decisively break through to higher realms.

Only some cultivators with good talent, but who cannot be called the geniuses of the Immortal Alliance, will be caught in a dilemma.

Xu Ziqing is a typical example of this type of cultivator.

Choosing to break through to the limit of Qi Refining will waste one's potential, reduce the possibility of advancing to Golden Core in the future, and may even stop at the peak of Foundation Establishment, regretting not consolidating one's foundation in the past.

Choosing to slowly hone one's skills and break through the limits of Qi cultivation through personal enlightenment may waste a lot of cultivation time, causing one to fall behind other cultivators of the same age. This can lead to a situation where one step behind leads to further setbacks and one fails to receive the attention and training of the sect.

If it succeeds in the end, that's fine. But if you fail to reach the limit of Qi cultivation, it will be a waste of time and a loss.

Therefore, Xu Ziqing's goal is very clear:

If she can successfully transcend the limits of Qi cultivation next year, she will continue to explore her potential and remain at the Qi cultivation level until she can no longer advance.

If she fails to break through the Qi Refining Limit, she will decisively break through to Foundation Establishment and then make up for the deficiency in her Dao Foundation when she prepares to form the Golden Core, attempting to forge a mid-grade three-level Golden Core.

At the very least, she must forge a sixth-grade Golden Core. Only then will she have any hope of attaining the Nascent Soul True Monarch realm, and not be stuck at the Golden Core stage, with no hope of advancing any further in her life.

"Fire-type attacks are violent and difficult to control. If you don't mind."

Chen Beiwu paused for a moment, then said in a gentle tone, "I can help you deduce the operation of your cultivation technique and give you some suggestions for breaking through to the next realm."

He is a sentimental person.

If it weren't for the protection of Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling, his high school cultivation life might have been just like his junior high school life, attracting countless romantic troubles and leaving him no time for leisurely cultivation.

“If it’s you, of course I don’t mind.”

Xu Ziqing's eyes lit up slightly, and she quickly hit a straight shot.

Who is Chen Beiwu?
The only three flawless Foundation Establishment geniuses in the contemporary Jade Purity Immortal Sect!
Even though he cultivates a water and wood elemental technique, which contradicts his own cultivation of the "One Yang Limitless Illuminating Heart Sutra".

However, with Chen Beiwu's ultimate understanding of the 'Qi Refining Realm', even a casual word of advice would be enough to benefit him greatly, and even allow him to see the path to the Foundation Establishment Realm beyond the limit.

Moreover, Chen Beiwu was the man she admired.

Thinking of this, Xu Ziqing straightened her head and stood up, leaving a fragrant breeze behind her. Her curvaceous and alluring figure almost came into contact with Chen Beiwu.

Looking down, one could glimpse the white, plump flesh beneath his head. Chen Beiwu's spiritual platform flashed slightly, but his expression remained calm.

Seeing this, Xu Ziqing felt somewhat disappointed.

Despite being so close to each other, Chen Beiwu showed no signs of being interested.

Could it be that it's just wishful thinking on her part? Or is she simply not pretty enough?

"Hold your breath and concentrate fully on circulating the energy."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Beiwu stretched out his finger and gently touched Xu Ziqing's brow. A wisp of immense magical power flowed along her meridians and slowly merged into her dantian.

Xu Ziqing's eyelashes trembled slightly as she felt a refreshing aura travel along her mind and throughout her body, as if a cool, large hand was caressing her entire body.

The extremely violent fire-attribute magic power within the dantian and dantian also strangely quieted down at this moment, as if it was afraid of the extremely pure true qi within the body.

"Um……"

Xu Ziqing unconsciously let out a soft hum, a blush rising on her delicate earlobes.

There was nothing she could do; Chen Beiwu's magical power was too vast and pure. Wherever it passed, her meridians felt as if they were being soaked in an icy spring, a tingling sensation mixed with an indescribable itch.

Chen Beiwu seemed oblivious, his fingertips continuing to move downwards, lightly touching the Tanzhong acupoint, which is the center of the groove between the two snow-white jade bowls.

Xu Ziqing's heart suddenly raced, and even the One Yang Limitless Illuminating Heart Sutra, which she was operating at full power, slowed down slightly.

"Hold your breath and concentrate, don't let distractions affect you, and circulate your qi along the path guided by my magic." Chen Beiwu's voice remained calm.

He had known Xu Ziqing for six or seven years; he wouldn't take advantage of her for a little bit of beauty.

The reason for pointing the fingertip here is to understand and guide the trajectory of Xu Ziqing's cultivation technique.

Upon hearing this, Xu Ziqing quickly suppressed her distracting thoughts and began circulating the One Yang Limitless Illuminating Heart Sutra according to the true Qi within her dantian.

"Buzz!"

Two hours later, Xu Ziqing opened her eyes, revealing an undisguised joy.

"How does it feel?" Chen Beiwu smiled and picked up the golden egg that was watching the show.

Meanwhile, the Crimson Flame Fox looked at its contract master with a surprised expression.

Although Xu Ziqing's cultivation level had not changed, it could sense that its master's aura had changed, becoming more profound and no longer as weak as before.

"How did you do that?" Xu Ziqing asked in amazement.

The "One Yang Limitless Illumination of the Heart" technique was created by the Divine Transformation True Venerable of the Heavenly Flame Immortal Sect. It is ranked among the Heavenly Grade techniques and is also a first-class Qi cultivation foundation method widely circulated on the official website of the Immortal Alliance.

Chen Beiwu was actually able to alter the energy flow path of this top-grade cultivation technique, something even a Golden Core cultivator might not be able to do.

"After all, cultivation techniques are created by people. They may suit the founder of the technique, but they may not suit your physique. I have simply taken a longer step in the Qi Refining stage."

Chen Beiwu smiled calmly, "If you cultivate according to the Qi circulation path I have outlined, you should be able to grasp the true meaning of this technique more easily."

As for whether you can break through the Qi Refining Limit, that depends on your comprehension.

Xu Ziqing was lucky; the One Yang Limitless Illumination Heart Sutra she cultivated was somewhat similar in concept to the Southern Wilderness Seven Revolutions Qi Cultivation Method, only with different Five Elements attributes.

Otherwise, Chen Beiwu would not have been able to make such complete changes in such a short time.

Upon hearing this, Xu Ziqing looked at Chen Beiwu with even greater admiration.

She pursed her lips, then suddenly stepped forward and hugged Chen Beiwu tightly, her curvaceous figure almost merging with Chen Beiwu like water.

"I have nothing to thank you for, how about I repay you with my body?" Xu Ziqing breathed warmly into Chen Beiwu's ear and tentatively asked.

"boom!"

The next second, a loud shout, like a thunderclap, came from outside the cave.

"Today, I, Shen Yuanbao, officially launch the battle for the cave dwelling."

"Chen Beiwu, do you dare to come out and fight me!"

(End of this chapter)