Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

"The so-called hegemonic forces were basically born at that time. The sect deserves the title of the World-Suppressing Holy Sect for its meritorious service in saving the world."

The ancestors of the various overlords also benefited greatly from that epochal shift, and most of them successfully ascended to the Spirit Realm. Cangming Immortal City was one of the products of that time.

Lin Zhao let out a long breath.

He was reborn decades ago and has always felt that the Cangyuan cultivation world is a bit... abnormal.

Whether it's the proportion of mortals born with spiritual roots, the combat power of cultivators, the Dharma Domain of Core Formation, or the Dharma Realm of Divine Transformation, all far exceed the normal level.

Now he finally understood why.

It is not surprising that some unusual situations have arisen in the world across two eras.

The Cangyuan Immortal Cultivation World is a vast world spanning billions of miles. The methods of the seven overlords to bring such a world back to life are unimaginable.

The Yunhai Cangming Sect has a history of 70,000 years—it naturally possesses the knowledge of the world returning to nothingness and being reborn.

Returning to the desolate void, one is born from death.

This is the path to Nascent Soul in the Five Elements Returning to the Void True Technique that True Lord Qingyuan just told him!

"That's right." True Monarch Qingyuan seemed to have seen through his thoughts. "The reason why the Five Elements Return to the Void True Technique was born is because the creator of the technique experienced that era's change."

Unfortunately, he was unable to further refine it and make it a fifth-tier Nascent Soul cultivation technique.

"And that's why I brought you here." True Monarch Qingyuan straightened up and looked at Lin Zhao.

"The identity of a secret disciple doesn't offer many practical benefits within the sect."

But it has one advantage—it allows you to obtain all sorts of hidden and profound knowledge from me, things that you can't buy anywhere else, no matter how many spirit stones you spend.

"With this knowledge, coupled with your own talent, achieving the Nascent Soul stage will not be difficult for you."

He turned around, his gaze falling on the vortex of spiritual energy, and his tone became lighter again.

"Let's not talk about the distant ones, there's one benefit right here."

The spiritual energy vortex of Cangming Immortal City is so vast that it frequently gives birth to various rare resources.

On average, one third-tier spiritual object is born every month, one fourth-tier spiritual object is born every ten years, and one fifth-tier spiritual object is born every thousand years.

This is without Cangming Immortal City taking any initiative to intervene.

Qingyuan Zhenjun glanced at Lin Zhao.

"A mid-grade third-tier spiritual item will be born here in three hours. Are you interested in taking it?"

Lin Zhao was speechless. He looked down at the spiritual energy vortex that was powerful enough to crush a Nascent Soul cultivator.

He said to True Lord Qingyuan, "True Lord, I don't want to die yet."

Qingyuan Zhenjun chuckled softly.

"Don't worry, since the sect was established, it has specially made thirty-three spirit boats that can safely navigate in the void and spiritual energy vortexes—as long as you don't go too deep inside, you'll be fine."

He reached out and grabbed at the air, and a small token appeared. The number twenty-four was engraved on the front of the token.

"I've already reserved one for you, the twenty-fourth spirit boat. Would you like to give it a try?"

Lin Zhao already had some understanding of Qingyuan Zhenjun's personality, and upon hearing this, he understood everything.

So this was the real reason why True Monarch Qingyuan brought him to Cangming Immortal City.

From discussing the Dao, to the Cangming Immortal City, and then to the sect's foundation, from beginning to end...

Qingyuan Zhenjun's true purpose was to recruit him to participate in this competition for spiritual objects.

Lin Zhao reached out and took the token.

"it is good."

Qingyuan Zhenjun nodded in satisfaction. After working hard for half a day, he could finally rest and watch a match.

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Half a day later, True Monarch Qingyuan and Lin Zhao were teleported back to Tianxing Peak from Cangming Immortal City.

As the azure light dissipated, I was teleported back to the entrance of the cave, where the third-tier azure-patterned jade tree stood above me.

Qingyuan Zhenjun continued to chatter on, his tone much louder than usual.

Speaking of the competition just now, Lin Zhao was just a hair's breadth away from snatching that mid-grade third-tier Xuanjing Marrow.

Unfortunately, at the last moment, a seasoned expert at the peak of the Core Formation stage beat him to it, and all his efforts were in vain.

"Just a few breaths away! If your spirit boat had been a few breaths faster, we would have gotten our hands on the Wood Crystal Marrow."

Lin Zhao shook his head. That's not true.

His cultivation level was still too low; his combat power was barely enough, but his divine sense couldn't keep up.

Moreover, there are no weaklings among those participating in the battle. Among the core cultivators of the sects, there are quite a few who cultivate various fourth-order techniques, so they cannot be measured by simple realms.

Lin Zhao glanced at the blue-patterned jade tree beside him again.

This thing is extremely abundant in the sect—it is said that there are millions of second-tier plants, distributed on various spiritual vein nodes, specifically used to condense spiritual power.

There are three thousand of the third-tier plants, distributed across various important caves and teleportation nodes, used for teleportation and location.

This time, the return trip from Cangming Immortal City was made using the positioning anchor point provided by the Azure Jade Tree.

However, the sect does not have fourth-tier members.

At least he hadn't heard of it.

If a fourth-tier spiritual plant were to become a demon, it could likely transform into a human, with strength equivalent to a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

The Azure Jade Tree... I wonder if it has any connection to True Lord Qingyuan...

Lin Zhao withdrew his gaze and shook his head.

He had guessed some of the background of True Lord Qingyuan on the surface.

But that's just speculation.

This most mysterious True Lord of the sect cannot be judged by common sense.

He suppressed these thoughts. His journey to explore the Cangming Immortal City came to an end.

Qingyuan Zhenjun has said what he needed to say; now it's time to get back to his real question.

How is the Dharma Realm born?

It seemed that True Lord Qingyuan had been prepared for this.

He took out a white magic bead from his sleeve, and with the spiritual energy fluctuations of a third-tier magic treasure, True Monarch Qingyuan casually tossed it aside.

Lin Zhao caught it with both hands and probed it with his divine sense. Inside were dense records—knowledge of returning to the void and being reborn, which was obviously compiled by the sect.

Lin Zhao put away the magic beads and quickly stepped forward to bow.

Qingyuan Zhenjun waved his hand.

"You can figure out the problems of the Dharma Realm yourself. The rest is up to you to figure out how to successfully bring about the birth of the Dharma Realm."

He leaned against the stone table, tapped his fingers twice on the chessboard, and said, "In short, your Dharma Realm's birth involved three kalpas mixed together."

He raised the first finger.

"The first tribulation is the Heavenly Tribulation. When the Dharma Realm is born, it needs to be tempered by the might of thunder and lightning in order to solidify into a true Dharma Realm. Without this tribulation, the Dharma Realm is just a pile of loose sand that will shatter at the slightest touch."

He raised his second finger.

"The second tribulation is the Tribulation of Return to Nothingness. Your cultivation technique is of the Return to Nothingness attribute, and it will perish after the birth of the Dharma Realm—it will devour everything, including yourself."

You must forcibly reverse this process, reborn the Dharma realm at the end of annihilation, only then can you fully control the power of the Void.

He then raised his third finger.

"The third tribulation is the Transformation Tribulation. After the birth of the Dharma Realm, you will possess some of the abilities required to transform into a Nascent Soul. Once you reach that level, the will of Heaven and Earth will take notice of you. Then the Transformation Tribulation will begin."

He put three fingers together and looked at Lin Zhao.

"When you advance to the Nascent Soul stage, you will be born into the Dharma Realm, and the three tribulations will arrive simultaneously, overlapping at that time."