Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 267 The Gap Between Clashes
"Very well, let me see your limit!"

Chen Beiwu flicked his finger in the air, and his inner essence, energy, and spirit poured out, transforming into a landscape of "Jianmu Duguang Tianhe Shengxuan Five Elements One Qi Transformation Dragon" that slowly unfolded.

The combat in the Confrontation Realm is different from combat in the real world.

If Chen Beiwu were to push the Heavenly Gifted Initial Scenery to its limit in the real world, he didn't know if the Golden Egg, with its terrifyingly powerful physical body, would be unable to withstand the enhancement of the Beast Taming and Participation Scenery and would be severely injured, or even perish.

But he will definitely be the first to fall into a coma due to exhaustion of his energy and spirit, and depletion of his spiritual power.

However, there is no such concern when fighting in the Contender Realm.

Even if he dies, he'll be a hero again after leaving the Contending Realm. At most, he'll suffer minor injuries and need some time to recover.

"boom!"

In the instant the landscape appeared, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which had been isolated within the lava cage, began to surge, reflecting a series of strange phenomena.

A towering Jianmu tree rises from the ground, its branches like a green dragon coiling in the sky, breaking through the clouds and connecting the thirty-six heavens. Its leaves support mountains and rivers, suppressing the earth's veins.

A silver river descends from the heavens, intersecting with the Tongtian Jianmu tree, revealing a pair of golden dragon eyes that appear and disappear intermittently.

In the direction the dragon's eyes were focused on, a plump golden scale kept leaping up, trying to go against the flow of the Milky Way, cross the Five Elements Mountain with its flowing five-colored spiritual light, and ascend to the Heavenly Realm.

"The Jianmu tree reaches to the sky, and all rivers flow into it."

"The Five Elements transform into a dragon, and all things return to their true nature!"

These extraordinary phenomena, seemingly occurring slowly, are in fact happening in an instant.

Chen Beiwu clasped his hands together, and all the strange phenomena collapsed.

Jianmu (建木) is its bone, the Milky Way (天河) is its vein, the Five Elements are its scales, the Qi (一气) is its claws, and the true meaning is its soul.

"Roar!"

The moment the [Jianmudu Guangtianhe Shengxuan Five Elements One Qi Transformation Dragon Landscape Map] merged into its body, the golden egg's scales stood up, emitting a clanging sound like metal striking stone, and its body gradually lengthened and stretched, condensing into a winding dragon body.

The twenty-four vertebrae on the dragon's body lit up in sequence, extending from the tail to the neck, corresponding to the circulation of the five elements in the universe.

Immediately, the golden egg's head was torn apart, and a golden dragon horn burst forth from its body.

Four bloody holes burst open in its abdomen, and new five-toed dragon claws, still stained with blood, emerged, completing the final transformation of the fish leaping over the dragon gate.

In an instant, the strange phenomena dissipated, and what came into Chen Beiwu's view was a golden dragon that soared into the sky, riding the clouds and mist, its power shaking heaven and earth, exuding the overwhelming ferocity of a third-realm demon general.

"Roar."

Feeling the boundless power within its body, the golden egg flicked its tail, blasting open the lava cage. Looking up at the Flintstone Dragon, a sense of unease arose in its heart.

The latter, however, stood on the lava ground, and with a flash, its dragon claws, carrying lava from the earth's core, fiercely attacked the golden egg's neck.

"boom!"

The shockwave from the violent collision spread outwards from the center of the battle between the two beasts, and drops of scalding lava dripped down the golden egg's gilded dragon scales.

"We held on!" Chen Beiwu felt a sense of relief.

As a celestial beast, the lava flowing around the Flintstone Dragon is not ordinary lava, but rather the lava heartfire born from the deepest part of the earth's core.

Its color is 'black and red', and it can instantly vaporize metal and melt magical treasures.

However, the most outrageous thing is that the lava in the Earth's core is connected to the Earth's lungs, endlessly regenerating, and can defile the cultivator's Dharma body and Dharma form, igniting upon encountering magical power.

The Daoist Canon, in its chapter on Crimson Fire, records: "The molten rock at the Earth's core, which has endured countless eons, can melt the indestructible metal and scorch the nascent soul in the Purple Palace."

Of course, the Flint Dragon in front of us is currently in its growth stage and has not yet reached the peak of its bloodline. The lava flowing around its body is only in its infancy and is far from being as powerful as described in ancient books.

Even so, the power it unleashed was enough to melt the magic power of a Golden Core cultivator. The golden egg's gilded body could block it once, but it might not be able to block it a second time.

"Roar!"

Fortunately, the golden egg did not suffer this blow for nothing. Its dragon tail swept across the enemy, passing over the ferocious and terrifying lava in the earth's core, and fiercely pierced through the heart of the flint dragon.

"Zizzy!"

But in the next instant, the magma in the heart of the Flintstone Dragon began to churn, overflowing with rolling magma that spread at a visible speed along the tail of the Golden Egg Dragon, gradually reaching its entire body, attempting to transform into a lava volcano to completely devour the Golden Egg.

'Damn molten core body!' Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed, enduring the pain in his brain, and he exerted all his strength to activate his divine sense.

The extraordinary nature of the Heavenly Mystic Beasts lies in the fact that they inherit, to varying degrees, the immortality and eternal nature of their fathers, the Four Realms Demon Kings.

Unless he can find the core of the Flintstone Dragon's molten core, all of the Golden Egg's magical attacks will be transferred to the magma, and will not be able to cause the Flintstone Dragon any damage at all.

However, the Heavenly Gang Mystic Beast possesses a powerful innate divine sense that is closely integrated with its physical body. Even though Chen Beiwu has a divine sense comparable to the late Golden Core stage, he cannot find the core of the molten core in a short period of time.

'Having an innate Dao body is awesome; you can directly gain the recognition of Heavenly Mystic Beasts by relying on it.'

As Chen Beiwu drew back the bowstring, a fleeting thought crossed his mind.

People are more mad than people.

Even though Chen Beiwu possessed the Nine-Breath Chaos Treasure, he couldn't help but feel a trace of jealousy towards the noble son and daughter of the Dao Venerable and Immortal Venerable.

The Heavenly Dipper Beast is unruly and difficult to subdue, even for Nascent Soul True Monarchs.

The difficulty of forming a contract with a Heavenly Gang Mystic Beast cub is somewhat lower, but it is still not a peer that even Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment geniuses can aspire to.

It should be noted that the Celestial Beast cubs of the Immortal Alliance have been raised by their fathers since childhood and have extremely high standards.

Even the Golden Core prodigies of the Thirteen Immortal Sects struggle to gain recognition, let alone some Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment prodigies from the Immortal Alliances.

In the eyes of some Heavenly Divine Beast cubs, the so-called Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment are nothing more than ants that can be crushed at will, and they are not even worth paying attention to, let alone being recognized.

Only the Innate Dao Body can be taken seriously, since the Innate Dao Body represents at least one Refining Void Dao Venerable.

Before an existence like the Refining Void Dao Venerable, let alone the Heavenly Gang Mystic Beast, even the Creation Primordial Beast has no right to be arrogant.

It was precisely because Chen Beiwu was well-read and knew the pride in the heart of the Heavenly Gang Mystic Beast that he did not use the Jade Purity Token immediately.

If it were so easy to subdue the Heavenly Gang Mystic Beast through a contract, Chen Beiwu would have already ventured deep into the Jade Purity Mountains to find a Five Qi Vine contract and make up for his own shortcomings.

They wouldn't need to go to the library every now and then to look up information about the Five Qi Vine and imagine plans for subduing the Heavenly Gang Mystic Beasts.

"Om."

With a slight flash of light from the Lingtai Guardian Mirror, Chen Beiwu's mind returned to calm after cleansing his thoughts. He released his right hand, and the Twelve Calamity Arrows, which had been brewing for a long time, once again shot out as a deadly line.

But this time his target wasn't Yu Zhaohua, but the Flint Dragon, which had clashed head-on with the Golden Egg several times without sustaining a scratch.

In an instant, a dark line of death divided the sky and earth, slicing through the rolling lava.

Yu Zhaohua then joined his two fingers together in a hand seal, a crimson mark appearing between his brows. Within a three-zhang radius around his body, spiritual energy twisted and surged, transforming into countless sparks that covered the Flintstone Dragon, forming a semi-transparent glass-like barrier. This was none other than the third-tier fire-attribute treasure technique, [Crimson Flame Glass Barrier].

The Crimson Glazed Shield has three main effects: First, it can negate a fatal blow from a third-tier spell at a critical moment.

Secondly, when attacked, it automatically spews out glazed red flames to inflict burning on the opponent.

Third, reduce the energy storage time of the Flint Dragon Release spell.

"boom!"

The death line vanished, and the glass dome collapsed.

Chen Beiwu's unleashed attack, the Twelve Calamities, was evenly matched with the precious technique released by Yu Zhaohua.

However, the Flint Rock Dragon was somewhat impatient and unwilling to continue fighting with the Golden Egg. Its pair of molten gold dragon eyes lit up, and it mobilized the power of heaven and earth of the entire Contending Realm.

'The Sword of Flint!'

Sensing the terrifying power unleashed by the Flintstone Dragon, Golden Egg retreated rapidly under Chen Beiwu's command, meeting his gaze from afar.

Even with the help of the Heavenly Gift of the Initial Transformation, it has become a being close to the Third Realm Flood Dragon, but there is still a considerable gap between it and the Flint Rock Coiled Dragon.

Because the Golden Egg did not truly develop its own immortal golden nature, but relied on the blessing of the Heavenly Gift of the Initial Scenery to be extremely close to the Golden Core level, that is, the combat power of a third-realm demon general. However, the Flint Rock Coiled Dragon is undoubtedly a Heavenly Gang Mystic Beast capable of fighting beyond its realm.

Its next strike, unleashed using its fourth-tier talent, will surely be earth-shattering.

Then the Flint Dragon raised its claw and stomped down.

"boom!"

The earth suddenly collapsed, and thousands of miles of lava surged into the sky, igniting spiritual energy and unleashing a torrential downpour of fire. A solitary, sword-shaped peak, tens of thousands of feet tall, rose from the ground.

Wherever the lava sword passed, everything in the world was pierced and annihilated, not even the golden dragon that soared in the sky.

Seeing the golden dragon's body break apart, half of it dissipating into the world, and the other half turning into lava and charred rocks, becoming part of the ten-thousand-foot-tall sword-shaped solitary peak, Chen Beiwu slowly raised his head, his gaze fixed on Yu Zhaohua and the Flint Rock Coiled Dragon looking down from above.

The next second, the Flintstone Dragon's body swayed, and the world in front of it suddenly changed.

The golden dragon, still domineering and imposing, now had a towering lava sword peak before it, which crashed through its body.

'The opponent also wields the flint sword; could they be of the same race?'

'No, that's not right, this is the flint sword I unleashed!'

The Flint Dragon projected in the Contending Realm was not very intelligent, and it took a while to realize that it had fallen into its opponent's illusion.

'Can we win?' Chen Beiwu stood atop the golden egg, his eyes fixed on the Flint Rock Dragon.

The Flint Sword is a fourth-tier supreme profound technique that surpasses even third-tier treasure techniques. Even Golden Core cultivators cannot unleash such a level of profound technique.

Although the Flint Dragon has a powerful bloodline and can use a portion of the power of a fourth-tier supreme-grade profound ability with the bloodline of the Heavenly Gang Mystic Beast within it, it can only use it once.

If he's lucky enough to hit the molten core directly, he has a chance to win this battle and achieve a five-game winning streak.

"Roar."

Golden Egg instinctively sensed something was wrong.

In order to fully unleash the third level of Mirror Flower Water Moon, 'Illusory Image Condensed into Solid, Injuring the Enemy Without Form,' its magical power was almost completely exhausted.

Even after taking a direct hit from the Flint Sword, the Flint Dragon's aura showed no signs of weakening and even continued to rise.

'Three Yangs Condensed Armor!'

'Melting jade and forging bones!'

'The Fire Zone'

'Nirvana in Flame!'

"..."

With her delicate hands forming hand seals, Yu Zhaohua, under Chen Beiwu's astonished gaze, used less than two breaths to continuously unleash thirty-six fire-attribute treasure techniques on the Flint Rock Coiled Dragon, causing the latter's aura to surge dramatically, transforming it into an incomparably pure lava beast.

"No, it's one thing for the Flintstone Dragon to survive a fourth-tier top-grade Profound Technique, but how can a Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator unleash thirty-six different fire-attribute treasure techniques within three breaths? What's the difference between that and cheating?" Chen Beiwu was shocked.

That's outrageous. Compared to him, Yu Zhaohua, who possesses an innate Dao body, is practically cheating.

Not only did he contract with the Heavenly Dipper Mystic Beast, but he could also instantly unleash three-tiered magical techniques in a single breath while possessing the body of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, with virtually inexhaustible mana within his body.

No wonder Senior Brother Jiang said that those who are not skilled in Foundation Establishment are unlikely to be a match for those with an Innate Dao Body.

Fortunately, such monsters are not numerous in the Five Great Grotto-Heavens.

'Golden eggs, come at me all at once! I want to see just how strong this innate Dao body really is!'

Holding the Twelve Yuan Chen Fiend Bow, Chen Beiwu charged towards the sky-covering lava core along with the golden egg.

In order to push the Heavenly Gifted Initial Realm to its limit, he and the Golden Egg were already on the verge of their limits, and they could be forced to withdraw from the Contending Realm at any moment due to the collapse of their essence, energy and spirit.

In this situation, what is there to fear in a fight to the death!
……

Meanwhile, in another arena of contention.

[Challenger]: Shen Yuanbao

[Cultivation Level]: Mid-Foundation Establishment
[Rival in the Contender Realm]: Chen Beiwu, a candidate from the Jade Purity Immortal Sect at level 24523, whose highest historical ranking was third on the Rising Star List (Mid-Foundation Establishment Realm).

Shen Yuanbao's eyes lit up with delight as he gazed at the gradually solidifying projection of Chen Beiwu and the golden fish-dragon before him.

Alright, alright, the chance to get revenge has finally arrived.

Given that their cultivation levels are equal, Shen Yuanbao doesn't believe he will lose.

In his mind, the last defeat was simply due to the difference in their cultivation levels.

'bring it on! ’

Shen Yuanbao's eyes flashed with lightning, and the Purple Lightning Leopard beside him pounced on the golden fish dragon in an instant.

'boom! ’

'boom! ’

'boom! ’

As lightning and golden fish-dragons intertwined, after dozens of rounds, Shen Yuanbao retreated to create distance, preparing to unleash his trump card technique specifically designed to target Chen Beiwu.

Just then, Shen Yuanbao's consciousness suddenly became hazy, and a golden dragon tail suddenly pierced through his dantian.

'Impossible! I won't lose to the same opponent twice!'

Before Shen Yuanbao's consciousness left the Contending Realm, a fleeting thought of resentment crossed his mind, but it could not change the fact that he had been defeated once again.

After this crushing defeat, he didn't even have the right to have Chen Beiwu project the Heavenly Gifted First Scene.

……

Another arena for fierce competition.

Not only Shen Yuanbao, but Yu Zhaohua also saw Chen Beiwu's projection after easily winning four consecutive games.

'Interesting, Chen Beiwu is actually ranked above Gu Xiao.' Yu Zhaohua was somewhat surprised.

The rankings in the Contender Realm won't be manipulated.

Since the opponent was able to appear in the fifth level, it means that in the competition for the top realm, Chen Beiwu is the genius with the closest aptitude, talent and strength to her among the cultivators on the Jade Purity Immortal Sect's list of the past ten years.

He is undoubtedly the most talented person besides those with innate Dao bodies.

'What a pity.' Yu Zhaohua didn't rush to start the fight, but instead carefully examined Chen Beiwu's projection.

No matter how talented a cultivator is, they still need various resources to cultivate by borrowing beasts and embark on the path of immortality.

Yu Zhaohua was born into the Tianyuan Yu family, a Daoist immortal clan, and knew all too well how vast the gap was between a prodigy from a humble background and a member of a powerful Daoist clan.

It is no exaggeration to say that the resources available to the Daoist Immortal Clan and the True Venerable Clan's prodigies are beyond even the imagination of Golden Core True Persons.

Even so, Chen Beiwu was still able to overcome the gap in family background and stand above many powerful clans and geniuses, becoming one of the most dazzling new stars of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.

This demonstrates Chen Beiwu's exceptional comprehension and talent.

If Chen Beiwu hadn't come from a small county in Yunlong Prefecture, but instead from a Daoist Immortal Clan like her, enjoying countless resources, perhaps even she, with her innate Daoist body, wouldn't have been able to suppress him.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world; family background and physical constitution are also part of a cultivator's strength.

At least for now, Yu Zhaohua doesn't believe he will lose to Chen Beiwu.

Of course, if Chen Beiwu is willing to put aside his pride and follow the example of many of the humble predecessors in the Immortal Alliance, and form a marriage alliance with the True Venerable Clan or the Dao Venerable Immortal Clan, becoming part of the Dao Venerable Clan, he may have the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with her in the future.

With the support of resources from the Immortal Alliance, he forged a first-grade golden core, broke through to the position of True Monarch, and stepped into the realm of Divine Transformation True Venerable.

(End of this chapter)