Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 308 Devastated
Qingming Peak, Shuiyan Residence.

Shen Lingxing and Chen Beiwu stood ten feet apart.

The former is the renowned chief disciple of Yuqing Sect, who has been famous throughout the Immortal Sect for many years; the latter is a peerless genius who has shown his talent and forged the Primordial Golden Elixir.

The confrontation between the two can be seen as a testament to the old and new eras.

"It just so happens that Beiwu also wants to experience the strength of Chief Yuqing."

Chen Beiwu looked up and met Shen Lingxing's eyes, his expression calm and unwavering.

boom!
The two made no move; the mere clash of their energies caused the waterfall to stagnate, and the spiritual energy that filled the surrounding world divided the two sides.

Sensing the terrifying power of this aura, Shen Lingxing slightly suppressed his fighting spirit and revealed undisguised admiration.

"What a Primordial Golden Core! Junior Brother's strength is indeed extraordinary."

Shen Lingxing's words were not just polite talk; cultivators of the Immortal Alliance could roughly understand the strength of their opponents by observing the clash of their auras.

Ordinary Golden Core peak cultivators, faced with his locked aura, would have their magical power disordered and their aura unstable, forcing them to retreat.

The fact that Junior Brother Chen, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, could so easily and calmly absorb all of his energy with an unchanging demeanor indicates that they are opponents of the same level.

"Senior Shen is also incredibly strong."

Like a sedan chair carried by people, Chen Beiwu politely replied to Shen Lingxing's praise, then quickly changed the subject:
"But it's pointless for us to keep testing each other like this. Why don't we just take action?"

"Wait a minute!"

Jiang Chuan Zhenjun, who was standing to the side, called for a halt and said with great interest, "The sect has long had a rule that disciples should enter the dueling platform to spar, and Qingming Peak happens to have one."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Su Muyu and Mo Chen agreed.

It’s not too big to watch the bustle.

The cave dwelling on Qingming Peak cannot support a duel between two Golden Core prodigies. It is easy for the duel to be abruptly stopped halfway through. It is much more enjoyable for them to watch a duel on the dueling platform.

Chen Beiwu and Shen Lingxing exchanged glances and nodded slightly, agreeing with Jiang Zhenjun's opinion.

"Om."

Seeing that the two agreed, Jiang Chuan casually clenched his right palm forward, and the scenery around Chen Beiwu and the other man instantly distorted and stretched, turning into a blurry, flowing, bizarre and colorful thing.

The next instant, the feeling of solid ground came over me, and the distorted light and shadow around me suddenly froze.

Chen Beiwu discovered that he and Shen Lingxing were already on the dueling platform at Qingming Peak.

'Is this the teleportation technique of a Nascent Soul True Monarch?' Chen Beiwu's mind trembled slightly.

This was the first time he had ever experienced the methods of a Nascent Soul True Monarch so directly.

No wonder some cultivators on the Immortal Alliance's official website believe that the gap between the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages is insurmountable.

A Nascent Soul True Monarch only needs to unleash his Dharma form to annihilate hundreds of Golden Core True Immortals.
"No, Senior Brother Jiang Chuan is no ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarch; we can't use that to measure Nascent Soul combat strength."

Chen Beiwu's mirror flashed slightly, cleansing his mind and spirit, and his gaze met Shen Lingxing's once again.

Without venue restrictions, they can showcase their abilities without any reservations.

"Junior, aren't you going to make the first move?" After a brief standoff, Shen Lingxing frowned slightly.

He admitted that Chen Beiwu was very talented.

Including him, there is almost no other young prodigy in the Jade Purity Immortal Sect who can compare with Chen Beiwu's talent.

However, with the Immortal Sect Exchange Conference approaching, which concerns the reputation of the sect, the leader cannot simply be talented; they must be able to withstand the test of real combat, possess the strength to stand alone, and face the chief disciples of each sect.

Shen Lingxing's requirements are not high. If Chen Beiwu can withstand a hundred moves from him, he can take over the position of leader of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.

However, no sooner had Shen Lingxing finished speaking than a sudden change occurred.

Chen Beiwu, who was standing ten zhang away, suddenly disappeared.

The next instant, Shen Lingxing's pupils contracted, and a calm and gentle voice rang in her ears.

"Senior Shen, you flatter me."

Shen Lingxing's eyes flickered slightly, and he saw a slender finger pointing directly at his brow, with a wisp of primordial true qi swirling around the fingertip that made the hairs on his body stand on end.

'interesting!'

Upon seeing this, the eyes of Jiang Chuan Zhenjun and the other two brightened slightly.

This kind of spatial breaking and invisible traversal is somewhat similar to the teleportation of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, and is far beyond the grasp of ordinary Golden Core cultivators.

"Junior, you've got some impressive skills!"

Shen Lingxing was slightly startled, but her expression remained unchanged, instead revealing a confident smile:
"But, junior, do you really think you've won?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Lingxing suddenly lost all vitality, his face and skin quickly turned ashen, and he transformed into a lifelike wooden puppet.

Chen Beiwu's eyes narrowed slightly as he recognized the Five Qi Vine's Heavenly Gang Profound Power [Five Qi Puppet Transformation] at a glance. It could split into five qi and parasitize all things to form puppet clones.

"Buzz!"

Just then, a deep hum suddenly rang out from the core of the wooden puppet, and the lifelike wooden texture on its surface instantly turned crimson red, stirring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This is self-destruction!

Chen Beiwu swept his divine sense across the area and immediately retreated using the Cangming Step.

However, the Five Qi Puppet self-destructed too quickly. A nearly pure white burst of destructive lightning erupted from the puppet's center, completely engulfing Chen Beiwu's figure. The rampaging lightning could almost crush a Golden Core Perfection cultivator with overwhelming force.

But Chen Beiwu remained expressionless, because he was no longer fighting alone.

"Roar!"

As the roar of a dragon resounded, a colossal creature suddenly appeared amidst the raging thunder and fire—a domineering dragon with three heads.

Faced with the raging thunder and fire, the golden egg did not retreat at all. Its three dragon heads roared to the sky, tearing apart and annihilating everything in front of it in the most domineering and savage way.

'What kind of exotic dragon is this?'

High above the dueling platform, Shen Lingxing formed hand seals, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He and the Five Qi Vine created the [Three Elements Three Scenes Thunderfire Spell] based on the Five Qi Puppet, with fire essence as the guide and five thunderbolts as the image. The spell is extremely powerful and ranks as a third-tier supreme item. It can contain the power of thunder and fire in wood, hide it in a false form, and explode it to shatter the soul and burn the true qi.

An ordinary Golden Core cultivator at the peak of his cultivation would be reduced to ashes in an instant without any special protective magic treasure.

But what does Shen Lingxing see now?
A three-headed dragon at the peak of the Golden Core stage was able to withstand the combined attack of the Three Elements Three Scenery Thunderfire Curse by him and the Five Qi Vine head-on, without suffering any injuries or damage to its aura.

'Looks like we can get a little more serious now.'

Shen Lingxing looked down at Chen Beiwu, a slight smile playing on her lips.

After finishing his hand seal, he spread his five fingers and pressed them down hard on Chen Beiwu and the golden egg.

"Cover the ground!"

Shen Lingxing let out a low shout, which shook the entire dueling platform and even Qingming Peak.

Rumble!
An invisible and intangible yet extremely heavy magnetic force descended instantly.

At that moment, the space within a hundred miles of Chen Beiwu and the golden egg suddenly collapsed downwards.

This collapse was not a spatial collapse caused by magic power, but a terrifying profound phenomenon caused by a Golden Core cultivator working with a Fellow Beast to use immortal golden magic power to draw upon the power of heaven and earth, causing the earth's core to tremble and the magnetic gravity to erupt.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Chen Beiwu felt a sudden weight lift around him, the ground beneath his feet groaning under the immense pressure, countless cracks spreading wildly from him. At this moment, not only did Chen Beiwu's movements become sluggish, but every inch of his skin and every bone and flesh inside his body was constantly enduring a terrifying gravity powerful enough to crush refined gold into powder.

Even the circulation of primordial true qi within the dantian and dantian is severely suppressed.

Seeing this, the golden egg dragon's eyes narrowed slightly, its body shimmering with three-colored divine light, and three illusory dragon shadows, neither gold nor jade, neither flesh nor spirit, emerged behind it.

Among them, the metal phase phantom evolves into the sharp edge of Taibai, the water phase phantom evolves into the gentleness of Taiming, and the wood phase phantom evolves into the endless harmony of Taihe.

The three phases merged into one, and the three phases manifested their divine power, instantly tearing a hole in the magnetic gravity that sealed the heavens and earth.

However, this is merely the starting stance of the Overturning Profound Truth technique.

The ground behind Chen Beiwu suddenly rose up and stretched, shooting into the sky and unleashing an ancient and primal aura.

Chen Beiwu scanned the area with his divine sense and his eyes showed surprise.

What was that ground stretching and lifting up? It was clearly a gigantic, suffocatingly large worm rising up.

The giant insect had no eyes or obvious facial features. Its skin was shiny and tough, and its entire body was dark gold. Its body was about seven zhang thick.

Its massive body, which was only visible above the ground, was hundreds of feet long and occupied almost half of the fighting platform, exuding an indescribable aura.

This colossal beast was none other than the Earth Dragon, which was not among the Heavenly Dippers, yet was nurtured step by step into a Heavenly Dipper Mystic Beast by Shen Lingxing, the chief disciple of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.

[Name]: Earthworm
[Attributes]: All five elements are present (primarily Earth).
[Bloodline]: Fourth-tier Supreme Grade
[Mysterious Power]: Escape from all earthly forms, Substitute one for another, Reincarnation from the filthy earth, Drawing a circle on the ground as a prison...

Myriad Earth Escape: A fourth-tier supreme profound technique. The body of the Earth Dragon can escape into any earth and rock environment, ignoring most array restrictions. It can travel eight hundred miles in an instant, comparable to the teleportation prowess of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, yet leaves no trace.

Substituting Plum for Peach: A fourth-tier supreme-grade mystical technique. The injuries inflicted by the Earth Dragon can be absorbed by the earth, and the regeneration of severed bodies can be achieved in the blink of an eye.

Drawing a Circle as a Prison: A fourth-tier supreme mystical technique. The earth's core contains evil spirits, and the primordial magnetic fields are mutually rooted. It embodies yin and yang, and can bind spirits and lock gods to form a primordial magnetic barrier, imprisoning magical power, isolating spiritual energy, and trapping enemies within a small space.

Impure World Reincarnation: ? ? ?
[Introduction]: The Earth Dragon is not a dragon, but a special celestial beast formed from a silkworm that burrows underground and absorbs the essence of the earth.

It has no eyes or bones, feeds on the soil, hides when faced with calamity, and has an extremely strong ability to protect itself. Even among the Heavenly Dipper Mystic Beasts, it is one of the most difficult mystic beasts to kill.

Recalling the information revealed by Senior Brother Jiang Chuan and others, Chen Beiwu's divine sense stirred, and he carefully examined the giant beast behind him.

The Earth Dragon truly lives up to its name; it can manipulate the earth's veins and control the magnetic field, making its defensive and trapping abilities among the top of the Heavenly Beasts.

As for their ability to survive and escape, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they are unparalleled among the Heavenly Gang.

However, it is still inferior to the Three-Phase Mysterious Dragon and the Five-Qi Vine.

This viewpoint is not Chen Beiwu's arrogance, but rather his absolute confidence in his own Primordial Dao and the profound understanding of the Primordial Golden Elixir.

"United Weapons Transform into Soldiers, Covering the Earth to Form a Prison, Primordial Magnet Suppresses the Prison Ring!"

Shen Lingxing gave a low shout, and his hand seals changed once again.

After the previous probing, Shen Lingxing knew that he had an advantage in his cultivation level, but he also understood that ordinary magical techniques and profound abilities could not do anything to Chen Beiwu.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to use a killing move that could temporarily trap a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

"Boom!"

The earth dragon roared to the sky, and through the connection of the co-existing contract, its enormous body burst forth with an incomparably dazzling dark golden light, before shrinking to a smaller size in the blink of an eye.

This shrinking and contraction is not a simple change in size, but rather a combination of the earth's magnetic energy, the essence of the Earth element, and the profound mysteries of drawing a circle on the ground.

In an instant, the colossal worm, as large as a mountain, vanished, replaced by a dark gold ring floating in the air, exuding a heavy aura.

This ring, no bigger than a bowl, was like a living thing, its internal space slightly twisted and collapsed, emanating a binding power that made even Golden Core cultivators tremble.

This is precisely the Primordial Magnetic Prison-Suppressing Ring transformed from the Earth-Covering Dragon.

The moment this ring appeared, Shen Lingxing's aura surged, and his entire body underwent a dramatic transformation.

Although Shen Lingxing was powerful and his aura was as vast as the sea, he was ultimately just a Golden Core Perfection cultivator, belonging to the category of Golden Core True Person.

However, after the transformation of the Qi into weapons, Shen Lingxing's Qi surged at an astonishing rate.

However, in the blink of an eye, he broke through the barrier of the Golden Core Perfection and boldly stepped into a completely new realm.

That's power far beyond the Golden Core level!
Those who condense their nascent soul in the Purple Palace and attain the position of True Lord have already formed their Yang Spirit.

If the nascent soul is not destroyed, the body will not die; the vital energy, magical power, and blood will be immortal, and the body can be reborn from a drop of blood, giving birth to the true form of a lord.

At this moment, although Shen Lingxing's aura has entered the realm of True Monarch, he has not truly stepped into this realm and condensed the Purple Mansion Nascent Soul Dharma Image.

However, the aura, magical power, divine consciousness, and ability to mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that it exudes have already touched the threshold of the early stage of the Nascent Soul True Monarch.

In short, Shen Lingxing's strength now surpasses that of a fake Nascent Soul cultivator. He can easily crush a Golden Core cultivator and fight against a Nascent Soul True Monarch. However, if a True Monarch uses his Dharma Aspect, he can only be defeated.

"Primordial Magnetic Forbidden Enclosure - Town!"

Shen Lingxing clasped his hands together, and the Yuan Magnetic Prison Suppressing Ring, which had been spinning rapidly, emitted a resounding hum that shook the heavens and the earth, and instantly disappeared into the air.

The next instant, the Yuan Magnetic Prison Suppression Ring suddenly appeared above Chen Beiwu and Jin Dan's heads, unleashing a golden ring phantom magnified millions of times.

Countless solidified dark gold magnetic chains descended from within the golden ring, transforming into a sky full of chain shadows, attempting to seal the heavens and earth and completely subdue and lock Chen Beiwu.

'As expected of the sect's top disciple, surpassing countless geniuses of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.'

Upon seeing this, Chen Beiwu closed his eyes slightly.

Among all the geniuses he encountered in the Immortal Alliance, Shen Lingxing was the most dazzling, capable of crossing the Golden Core barrier and displaying strength infinitely close to that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

'Strange, is Junior Brother Chen really planning to admit defeat so easily?' Mo Chen raised an eyebrow and transmitted his thoughts.

In his view, Chen Beiwu closing his eyes and not using any profound abilities was no different from choosing to give up.

But would an extraordinary person capable of forging the Primordial Golden Elixir really admit defeat so easily?

"Watch closely." Jiang Chuan Zhenjun glanced at Mo Chen.

The duel between the two has reached a critical moment. How can we know the outcome until the very end?

Moreover, in Jiang Chuan Zhenjun's mind, Junior Brother Chen is not the type to easily admit defeat.

"At the beginning of the Great Yi, there was no death for countless eons."

With a thought, Chen Beiwu formed a hand seal in front of him that contained the five kalpas of birth and death.

The Five Qi Vine on his shoulder also closed its eyes familiarly, and a burst of five-colored light suddenly erupted behind him.

The five elements of light—green, red, yellow, white, and black—all soared into the sky, ignoring the sealing of the Primordial Magnetic Prison Ring, and frantically flowed into the Primordial Azure Seal formed by Chen Beiwu.

Time freezes at this moment.

Without any earth-shattering momentum or dazzling brilliance, Chen Beiwu slowly raised his right hand, and a cyan Dao seal about the size of a palm slowly condensed.

"boom!"

As the Primordial Azure Seal descended, the Primordial Magnetic Prison-Suppressing Ring, which sealed off heaven and earth, let out a mournful cry, as if it had encountered an invincible nemesis. Instantly, countless cracks appeared on the ring, and it began to disintegrate and dissipate on its own.

"puff--!"

Shen Lingxing, whose mind and spirit were connected with the Prison Ring of the Primordial Magnetic Suppression and whose magical power was fused, was struck as if by lightning. He spat out blood, and his aura plummeted from being comparable to a Nascent Soul True Monarch to the Golden Core Perfection stage.

tread!
tread!
tread!
Shen Lingxing had to take three steps back before he could barely suppress the backlash from the broken Tongcan Huabing Xuantong and stabilize his own consciousness, magic power and qi, so that he would not be too badly injured and have to kneel on one knee.

Chen Beiwu slowly closed his hand seals, looked directly at Shen Lingxing, and asked calmly, "So, Senior Shen, would you like to continue sparring?"

Upon seeing this scene, the three of them, including Jiang Chuan Zhenjun, all showed solemn expressions.

What did they see? The Primordial Five Calamities Seal!
The Primordial Five Tribulations Seal is a prerequisite for the Jade Purity Sect's divine power. It cannot be cultivated without great opportunities, great fortune, and great perseverance. It is also the ordained tradition of the Jade Purity Immortal Sect.

It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Beiwu's ability to obtain and successfully comprehend this profound knowledge has a significance that far exceeds the outcome of a single battle!
(End of this chapter)