Journey to the West: From Fish-Chasing Boy to the Boundless Heavenly Venerable of the Golden Palace

"I ask you, what is the origin of that demon, and where is it hiding now?"

After destroying the statues and temples, the white-robed immortal's anger subsided slightly, and he questioned the local deity again.

"Reporting to the Venerable One, that demon is a red-eyed carp in the Tongtian River. It was fortunate enough to awaken its intelligence, but it has not yet taken human form. Its bloodline is ordinary, and it has no supernatural powers. It created the name 'Dream Lover' and sneaks into women's dreams in the dead of night to flatter and serve them, coaxing them into giving it some blood and food."

The land smiled, with a hint of disdain.

"As for where he hides, this watery area is not under my jurisdiction, so I do not know whether he has a cave or where it is. I only often see him living in the waters near this small temple."

"So it was just a tiny fish spirit."

The white-robed immortal snorted lightly, his face also showing disdain.

This little fish spirit dares to build a temple and erect a statue; it truly doesn't know its own limitations.

But on second thought, this little fish spirit was able to come up with a method of lewd worship to improve its cultivation, so it does have some brains and insights. Perhaps it can be used in the future.

Buzz!

Just as the white-robed immortal was pondering whether to let him go, the peach blossom branch in the fragment of the statue suddenly floated up, transformed into a pink light, and swiftly plunged into the Tongtian River.

"presumptuous!"

To dare to break the law in front of him is truly audacious.

Immoral worship must never be tolerated!

The white-robed immortal immediately abandoned his newly formed idea and commanded the local earth god.

"I order you to capture this fish demon and eradicate this licentious worship!"

"This humble deity will obey the decree."

The land deity's expression hardened, and he immediately bowed to accept the order.

The white-robed immortal's expression calmed down slightly. Although the Earth God was a minor deity, he was still a registered and orthodox deity in the Heavenly Court. Capturing a small fish spirit that had not yet taken human form should not be a problem.

As for my previous idea, I decided to keep this fish spirit for future use. The deception and blood offerings of the wicked are ultimately limited, and they can't accomplish much. They are ultimately useless, so it's better to destroy them now.

It was just a minor illicit ritual, easily destroyed. The white-robed immortal didn't take it to heart. Having given the instructions, he stirred up clouds again and headed straight west.

Watching the white-robed immortal leave, the Earth God slowly straightened up, looked at the destroyed Dream Lord Temple behind him, and then at the dark and gloomy Tongtian River, letting out a soft hum.

Capture the fish spirit? That should be the river god's job, yet he's being given this local deity—isn't that just making a fuss over nothing?

However, the position of the river god of the Tongtian River has been vacant for hundreds of years.

"Never mind, never mind."

Since the immortal had spoken, he could not ignore it.

He is the land spirit, unable to use his abilities underwater. If the fish spirit comes ashore, he will capture it; if it hides in the river, then he has no one to blame but himself.

In short, just keep an eye on your own little corner of the world and prevent the rise of the licentious cult of Mengzhonglang.

Having made up his mind, the Earth God flicked his sleeves, a cloud of smoke obscuring his presence, and he returned to the underworld.

"Who is it?"

At the bottom of the Tongtian River, Li Yue, who was about to return to the west bank, suddenly stopped, still feeling lingering fear.

The temple and the statues were intimately connected to him, and the moment they were destroyed felt as if he had personally witnessed it. The overwhelming and terrifying destructive power, especially the oppressive aura of the high above, like that of a god, still sends chills down his spine.

Looking at the retrieved Dream-Entwining Branch, Li Yue's expression was extremely serious.

No, not just like, but a god!

Righteous gods have the Way, while licentious worship brings no blessings.

Orthodox worship and illicit worship are like light and darkness, and that divine power just now must have come from a legitimate deity.

It was only spread on a small scale, earning some blood offerings, but unexpectedly it attracted the suppression of the true god.

While surprised, Li Yue was also secretly relieved.

Fortunately, he only destroyed temples and statues, and no heavenly soldiers or generals came to capture him. Perhaps it was because his matter was not worth disturbing the heavenly soldiers and generals, or perhaps they did not know his background.

"No! We absolutely cannot go back!"

In either case, Li Yue cannot return to the Mengzhonglang Temple.

If we go again, wouldn't we be walking into a trap?

Thinking of this, Li Yue immediately turned around. Not only tonight, but he could never go to the West Bank again, at least not until he was sure it was safe to go back.

But if that's the case, how can Dreamman continue to level up?

Whether or not Dream Boy levels up is irrelevant; it's just a matter of losing one supernatural power. The problem is, how can one advance to the Five Powers God level without leveling Dream Boy up to level ten?

Of course, this is not the only way to advance to the Five Gods level, but he has already achieved this level after half a year of hard work, and it would be a pity to give up now.

"fine."

Looking at the Yin Si Lu, Meng Zhonglang was already level nine, only four hundred experience points away from leveling up.

Although the East Coast is not a matriarchal society, there are still women. Even though there are no temples, as long as peach petals are scattered on women, they can enter their dreams at night to perform their divine duties.

He can continue to gain experience points.

It will be much slower, but fortunately there are only a little over 400 experience points left, which should be enough in one or two years at most.

It's a pity that the women offered blood sacrifices, but there are always trade-offs.

Without further hesitation, Li Yue immediately swam towards the east bank.

"They're back."

Before dawn, Li Yue returned to the east bank of the Tongtian River.

He spent a year on the East Coast and was actually more familiar with it than on the West Coast.

After thinking it over, I decided to go back to the patch of water plants where I used to live.

After Li Yue left, this place was occupied by other spirits and changed hands several times. Now it is a grass shrimp with two hundred years of cultivation.

Li Yue used some tricks to drive him away.

"Just stay here peacefully."

After settling back in, Li Yue breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it was quite a fright, thankfully it ended without any serious injury.

"That's perfect."

Thinking about it now, I can finally focus on cultivating and seeking to take human form.

It takes three hundred years to take human form, but it doesn't automatically take human form after three hundred years of cultivation; one still needs to cultivate.

After transforming into human form, one can meet the requirements for promotion to Iron Anchor General.

In this way, the Five Gods were no longer in a hurry.

With this in mind, Li Yue calmed his mind and immediately prepared to cultivate.

"Gather the energy of heaven and earth externally, refine the essence of your life force internally. At the intersection of yin and yang, water and fire naturally cook each other. Dragon and tiger are not real beings; lead and mercury are metaphorical names. If you can achieve a state of complete tranquility, the elixir will arise from emptiness!"

With a calm mind and deep contemplation, a set of formulas and methods emerges from the depths of memory.

The term "transformation" refers to taking on human form.

Anyone with nine orifices can cultivate themselves to become an immortal.

Conversely, without the nine orifices, one cannot cultivate immortality.

Monsters are spirits of plants and animals, and many of them do not have nine orifices. Therefore, they must first take human form and grow nine orifices before they can continue their cultivation.

Furthermore, humans are the most intelligent of all beings, born in harmony with the Great Dao, making cultivation easier for them. Therefore, even some demons born with nine orifices often choose to transform into human form.

To transform into human form, one must first condense an inner core!

By pouring all one's magical power and supernatural abilities into it, one can no longer be bound by one's own limitations and can naturally change one's physical form.

Once the inner elixir is perfected, the physical form will also be completely transformed, which is called the perfect transformation.

Therefore, the cultivation during the transformation stage is actually the cultivation of the inner elixir.

Although demons are inherently inferior to humans, they have their own way of making a living and establishing themselves in the Three Realms.

The techniques, incantations, and supernatural powers are engraved in one's bloodline and passed down through generations, awakening when the time is right.

Just like when one awakens their spiritual intelligence, it's like an innate instinct; they know how to absorb the essence of the sun and moon, and how to refine blood food.

Now that Li Yue has broken through three hundred years of cultivation, the cultivation method for the Transformation Stage has also awakened within his bloodline.

Of course, for an ordinary red-eyed carp, this method is extremely ordinary and has nothing miraculous about it.

But as long as it can transform into human form, that's fine.

"Calm your mind..."

After reciting the incantation several times, Li Yue immersed himself in the lush aquatic plants, calming his mind and focusing his attention.

If one can achieve a state of tranquility, the elixir will arise from emptiness.

To condense the inner elixir, one must first achieve a calm mind.

Next, Li Yue focused on his cultivation, as if everything in the outside world was irrelevant to him.