Beast Taming Immortal Clan

"So this is the late-stage Nascent Soul realm? The difference between this and the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm is indeed vast!"

Inside the cave, after carefully experiencing the changes in his late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh with genuine admiration.

When his cultivation level broke through from the early stage of Nascent Soul to the middle stage, his magical power increased by 50% to 60%, which he thought was already a significant increase.

But now that he has just broken through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, his magical power has more than doubled compared to his previous peak at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm!

Furthermore, he could clearly sense that his magical power still had considerable room for growth, and that he could continue to increase it through cultivation in the future.

Compared to the surge in magical power, the increase in spiritual consciousness was rather small.

Perhaps because he reached the realm of divine consciousness transformation ahead of time, after breaking through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage, although his divine consciousness also increased, it was not as greatly increased as before.

In comparison, the increase was approximately 30%.

Even so, his spiritual strength now surpassed that of many veteran late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, placing him among the top tier of all late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

After all, not every late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator can reach the Divine Sense Transformation realm before breaking through to the late-stage Nascent Soul realm.

This further advancement in divine sense also made it easier for Zhou Chun to perceive some differences when sensing the world.

Simply put, it has become easier for him to comprehend the laws of the Great Dao and to capture the rhythm of the power of the laws of the Great Dao.

Because of this, he did not rush to leave seclusion, but instead calmly digested the gains from this breakthrough.

Gradually, Zhou Chun discovered that, apart from magical power and divine sense, there were indeed other significant differences between late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

For example, his perception of spatial energy fluctuations and his ability to perceive and utilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth are significantly stronger than those of mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

Zhou Chun had once heard Tai Geng Divine Venerable mention that some truly promising late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators who were on the verge of becoming Divine Realm cultivators could even master the ability to mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth before breaking through to Divine Realm.

Although the amount of spiritual energy they can mobilize is less than one percent of that of a true Nascent Soul stage cultivator, it can still play a significant role in actual combat.

Some spatial supernatural abilities and secret techniques can only be cultivated by cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage.

After seven years of seclusion and arduous cultivation, Zhou Chun initially mastered the [Shrinking Earth to an Inch] supernatural power, which only cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage could cultivate and master.

With the enhancement of the "Void Manifestation" level of power, this divine ability can be unleashed in the blink of an eye, greatly enhancing the survivability of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

It and Zhou Chun's "Golden Escape Technique" are two different types of supernatural abilities.

The former leans towards impromptu combat, while the latter focuses on pursuit and escape, as well as travel and comprehension of the power of the Great Dao.

Just after Zhou Chun mastered the "Shrinking Earth to an Inch" supernatural power and officially emerged from seclusion, the incarnation of the Tai Geng God sent him a message, summoning him to come and meet him.

Upon receiving the message, he immediately rushed to Chang Geng Peak.

"This junior pays respects to Senior Tai Geng."

Although he himself was already at the late Nascent Soul stage, with a cultivation level comparable to that of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable in front of him, Zhou Chun remained extremely respectful and showed no change whatsoever.

After he finished bowing, he felt the sharp, sword-like gaze of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable falling on him.

After a while, the feeling that made him feel uneasy subsided, and then he heard the avatar of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable speak: "Your cultivation has now reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Do you have any thoughts on your future path?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun pondered for a moment before speaking truthfully: "My cultivation has only just broken through, and my magical power still has room for improvement. In the future, I should continue to accumulate magical power and diligently practice my supernatural abilities until my cultivation reaches its limit, at which point I will seek the opportunity to reach the Nascent Soul stage!"

Upon hearing his answer, the avatar of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable nodded and said, "There are still several hundred years before the turbid evil energy dissipates. This time is enough for you to cultivate to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage."

Then, changing the subject again, he said in a deep voice, "However, to reach the Nascent Soul stage, it mainly depends on the cultivator's own foundation and strength. At least for the 'Crimson Qi Tribulation,' there's nothing external that can help you. Only with a solid foundation and profound inner strength can you have a chance to overcome this tribulation!"

"As for the 'Inner Demon Tribulation,' if you can fulfill Fellow Daoist Changchun's request, he does possess a unique spiritual artifact that can be of assistance!"

"With your abilities, you should have a very good chance of overcoming the remaining forty-nine tribulations!"

At this point, he suddenly raised his hand and waved, sending several jade slips flying toward Zhou Chun.

"These jade slips contain some cultivation techniques and secret arts created and summarized by senior cultivators in order to cope with the 'Cataclysm of Primordial Qi'. You can decide for yourself whether you want to spend time studying and cultivating them."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun quickly collected all the jade slips and bowed deeply to the avatar of the Divine Lord Tai Geng, saying, "Thank you, Senior Tai Geng, for bestowing upon me the Dharma. I will never forget your great kindness and virtue!"

"The path to becoming a Nascent Soul is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Although you are still relatively young, if you become complacent because you have entered the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm early, you will definitely not have the chance to successfully become a Nascent Soul in the future!"

The avatar of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable waved his hand and said, "Alright, I've told you everything I needed to. Now that you've entered the late Nascent Soul stage, there's no need for me to stay here any longer. Let's meet again someday!"

"Ah, Senior Taigeng, are you leaving?"

Zhou Chun was startled and looked at the incarnation of Tai Geng God with surprise.

But then the avatar of the God Tai Geng raised an eyebrow, looking at him with a half-smile, and said, "What? Do you still want me to be your Zhou family's maid for the rest of my life?"

"This junior wouldn't dare!"

Zhou Chun repeatedly said he wouldn't dare, then looked at the other person expectantly and asked, "After Senior Tai Geng leaves, how can I contact you if anything happens?"

"If you need anything, you can send a message directly outside that secret chamber. I will likely be cultivating there for the foreseeable future!"

Tai Geng, the Divine Lord, replied calmly, then got up and left.

After seeing off the incarnation of Tai Geng Divine Venerable, Zhou Chun looked at the empty Chang Geng Peak, thought for a moment, and then had Yi Shan Jun move here to cultivate, while still maintaining the ban on Zhou family cultivators entering.

Then Zhou Chun descended the mountain and went to Xuandan Peak to visit Luo Qingni.

Luo Qingni broke through the realm before him, and since he had been in seclusion cultivating supernatural powers for many years, he had naturally emerged from seclusion long ago.

Faced with Zhou Chun's visit, Luo Qingni hesitated for a long time before opening the formation to welcome him into the cave.

After Zhou Chun entered the cave, he didn't mention at all that she had ignored him for so long. He simply smiled slightly at her and said, "Qing Ni, you've successfully broken through to the next realm. I failed to offer my congratulations in time, so let me make up for it today!"

With a serious expression, he cupped his hands in congratulations and said, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Luo, on your great progress in cultivation. May your path to immortality be everlasting and your destiny with immortality continue."

Luo Qingni was slightly taken aback, then returned his bow and said, "I feel the same way. I wish Fellow Daoist Zhou a long and prosperous immortal path, and that you will soon reach the Divine Realm!"

After exchanging pleasantries, the two remained silent for a while, creating an awkward atmosphere.

After a long silence, Zhou Chun took a deep breath and looked intently at Luo Qingni, asking, "Qingni, would you be willing to become my Daoist partner?"

Seemingly surprised by his direct confrontation, Luo Qingni was immediately taken aback, then turned her head slightly away, avoiding Zhou Chun's intense gaze.

She said in a low voice, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, please forgive me, Qingni had no such intention!"

Upon hearing her answer, Zhou Chun frowned and looked at her, saying, "Then why did you... Qingni, before..."

"That was just for the sake of cultivation!"

Luo Qingni then said softly, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are now an ancestor of your clan and have descendants of your own bloodline. If you were to become Daoist partners with Qingni, how would you face the issue of predestined affinity?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "Before Yu Zhen passed away, she had already discussed this matter with Xin Yuan. Xin Yuan is able to understand and sympathize with me. Qing Ni, if you are worried that he will object, you can rest assured!"

This answer left Luo Qingni speechless.

After a long while, she said in a low voice with a helpless expression, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, why do you have to do this? Qingni has always regarded you as a confidant. Wouldn't it be better if we just stayed as we always have been? Why must you make Qingni bear the blame?"

"Alright, I understand what you mean, Qingni. Let's put this matter aside for now!"

At this point, Zhou Chun glanced deeply at the beautiful woman before him, then quickly took his leave.

After returning to his cave, Zhou Chun pondered for a while, then cleared his mind of distractions and took out the jade slips given to him by the avatar of the Tai Geng God to examine them.

The contents of this jade slip are enormous, including cultivation methods for some extraordinary techniques and secret arts, as well as various cultivation experiences summarized by senior cultivators. It is extremely useful for Zhou Chun, a newly promoted late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and is full of practical information.

After spending several days digesting the contents of those jade slips, he skipped over the extraordinary skills and secret techniques and focused on studying the various tips left by the senior cultivators.

The cultivation of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, besides accumulating magical power, is also a preparation for breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage.

Just as the incarnation of Tai Geng God Venerable said, the "Celestial Tribulation" can hardly be helped by external objects; it can only be overcome by the cultivator himself.

This is also the main reason why so many cultivators who attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage ultimately fail to even pass this first hurdle.

However, there are obviously ways to increase the chances of surviving the "Cataclysm of Vitality".

In addition to the three basic elements of a cultivator's own magical power, physical body, and divine sense, there is also the cultivator's understanding of the power of the Great Dao Laws, control of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and even control of his own physical body and magical power!

In most cases, even if there are differences in magical power, physical body, and divine sense among Nascent Soul cultivators who are able to reach the Nascent Soul stage, they will not be too far apart.

Therefore, the things beyond these three basic elements are the key to whether or not one can survive the "calamity of vital energy".

Although Zhou Chun's magical cultivation still has room for growth and has not yet reached perfection, he should learn and master the techniques related to tribulation as soon as possible.

After all, at his level of cultivation, there's really no point in learning a few more powerful divine abilities or secret techniques.

Given his cultivation level as a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, under normal circumstances, he might not go all out even once every few hundred years.

With the Nascent Soul stage cultivator absent, almost no one can threaten the life of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

Therefore, instead of spending energy and time cultivating those powerful supernatural abilities, it is better to use it for enlightenment and cultivation, and try to increase the chances of successfully transforming into a deity.

Just as Zhou Chun was engrossed in studying the insights of his predecessors, news of his breakthrough to the late Nascent Soul stage spread.

The news undoubtedly sparked heated discussions throughout the human cultivation world.

Before this, Zhou Chun was already famous among the human race, and everyone knew him.

However, while everyone was amazed and impressed by his powerful combat strength, they also had some doubts: Could he break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm? And when would he break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm?

Throughout human history, there have been instances of mid-Nascent Soul cultivators possessing exceptional combat power, comparable to late-Nascent Soul cultivators.

However, many of them never truly became late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators in their entire lives, or when they did become late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, their lifespans were already quite limited, making it almost impossible for them to break through to the Divine Transformation stage.

Zhou Chun was previously famous among the human race. Many human cultivators were shocked by his achievements and privately gave him the title of "potential Nascent Soul cultivator," believing that he might become a new Nascent Soul stage Venerable among the human race.

However, cultivators who held this view were a minority before, especially in the Nascent Soul stage cultivator circle, and few people would really take this kind of statement seriously.

After all, only Nascent Soul stage cultivators truly understand how difficult it is to break through to the next level once they reach that stage.

However, when Zhou Chun broke through to the late Nascent Soul stage at the age of less than 1,100 years old, all the Nascent Soul cultivators who learned of this news were shocked and speechless.

Some Nascent Soul stage cultivators from top-tier, long-established forces have discovered that, if calculated solely based on the age at which a cultivator becomes a late-stage Nascent Soul stage cultivator, Zhou Chun is likely the first person in five thousand years to achieve this!

Even Tai Geng, the Divine Venerable, and Ling Feng, who were already at the Nascent Soul stage, were much older than him when they became late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

This discovery caused even those Nascent Soul cultivators who were not initially optimistic about Zhou Chun's ability to successfully transform into a Nascent Soul to begin to have doubts, and some even began to believe the claim of "the potential to transform into a Nascent Soul."

Those cultivators who had previously proclaimed that he possessed the "potential to become a Nascent Soul cultivator" were incredibly excited upon hearing the news. They boasted to their friends and family about their foresight, which led to the widespread dissemination of the title.

Thus, even though Zhou Chun himself didn't leave his house, his name, Chun Jun Zhenren, once again became a hot topic in various countries of the human cultivation world.

Thanks to him, the Zhou family cultivators received the treatment of disciples of top-tier powerful forces when traveling in the cultivation world, and countless cultivators wanted to befriend them.

The Zhou family's various businesses are also becoming more and more successful, and many powerful forces are willing to make concessions and achieve a win-win situation.

Time flies, and another ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Chun's magical power steadily increased over the past ten years, and he gained new understanding and progress in various supernatural abilities and spells.

But at this moment, his cultivation was interrupted by an unexpected event.

He held a letter in his hand, which was personally delivered by a junior brother of Master Chongshan from the Divine Sand Sect of the cultivation world in the far west.

According to Master Chongshan, the Holy Fire Sect of the cultivation world in the far west secretly stole the method of refining talisman jade from their Divine Sand Sect, and privately refined and sold talisman jade.

He has obtained direct evidence and captured the cultivator who leaked the method of refining talisman jade. Now he wants to join forces with the various forces of the Talisman Jade Alliance to make an example of him!

"The Holy Fire Cult? Come to think of it, I have a score to settle with them too!"

Zhou Chun stroked the letter in his hand, and gradually made up his mind.

He quickly wrote a letter and asked his disciple Zhou Zhiying to deliver it to Tianyi Sect and give it to Master Tianxuan.

The leader of the Talisman Jade Alliance is appointed as the Grand Elder of the Heavenly One Sect, so if the Divine Sand Sect wants to facilitate the conquest of the Holy Fire Sect, it must obtain the consent of the Heavenly One Sect.

In Zhou Chun's message, he expressed his stance, stating that he would resolutely defend the interests of the Talisman Jade Alliance!

Master Chongshan sent messages to all the factions in the Talisman Jade Alliance. As long as two-thirds of the factions express their support, the matter of conquering the Holy Fire Sect can be settled.

After waiting for several more months, Zhou Chun received a message from Tianxuan Zhenren, the Grand Elder of Tianyi Sect, inviting him to Tianyi Sect to discuss the proposal of Chongshan Zhenren.

Upon receiving the message, Zhou Chun immediately set off for Tianyi Sect.

"Welcome, Fellow Daoist Zhou, to our humble sect! Congratulations on your breakthrough in cultivation, joining the ranks of Great Cultivators!"

After Zhou Chun arrived, Master Tianxuan personally welcomed him into the Tianyi Sect and congratulated him on breaking through to the late Nascent Soul stage.

"Fellow Daoist Tianxuan, you are too kind. Compared with you all, I, Zhou, still have a lot to learn."

Zhou Chun replied humbly as always, and then followed Master Tianxuan to the council hall.

Soon after, the cultivators sent by various forces of the Talisman Jade Alliance arrived.

Once everyone had arrived, True Man Tianxuan immediately closed the hall doors. He then glanced at the sixteen representatives in the hall and said solemnly, "You all know why I have summoned you here today, so I will keep it brief."

At this point, he said in a solemn voice, "Regarding Fellow Daoist Chongshan of the Divine Sand Sect's proposal to attack the Holy Fire Sect, what are the attitudes of all fellow Daoists? Your statements today will determine whether this matter will proceed!"

After the words were spoken, everyone in the hall showed thoughtful expressions.

After some time had passed, Ye Qingxuan of the Nine Yuan Sword Sect spoke first, his voice filled with murderous intent: "I agree with Fellow Daoist Chongshan's suggestion. If we don't make an example of them this time, the number of forces stealing talisman refining methods will definitely increase greatly in the future, directly affecting the vital interests of our respective forces!"

Upon hearing his statement, Zhou Chun, no longer watching, immediately chimed in, "I also agree with Fellow Daoist Chongshan's suggestion. This trend cannot be allowed to continue. For the long term, we must nip it in the bud with swift and decisive action, deterring those forces that intend to covet the method of refining talisman jade!"

He and Ye Qingxuan represent two different forces: one with a deep-rooted power base, and the other with astonishing personal strength.

With both of them advocating for war, it's hard to say that their stance won't influence the opinions of others.

Therefore, not long after Zhou Chun finished speaking, Nangong Wuqing also said in a deep voice, "I also agree to attack the Holy Fire Sect. Otherwise, all sects and factions will probably look down on our Talisman Jade Alliance, and the name of the alliance will exist in name only!"

With these three heavyweight cultivators becoming the main proponents of war, and with the vote from True Person Chongshan himself, many of the remaining cultivators who had not yet expressed their opinions immediately joined in.

Finally, after everyone expressed their opinions, out of a total of seventeen forces including the Heavenly One Sect, twelve forces agreed to the campaign against the Holy Fire Sect.

According to the rules of the Talisman Jade Alliance, anything agreed upon by more than two-thirds of the representatives must be carried out no matter what!

Therefore, True Person Tianxuan quickly announced, "Now that the voting results are in, fellow Daoists, please return and prepare for the expedition!"

At this point, he said in a solemn tone, "The Holy Fire Sect was once a major sect in a holy land, with profound foundations. In order to ensure that this expedition proceeds without any unexpected incidents and to minimize casualties, each sect should send its strongest cultivators, and at least two Nascent Soul stage cultivators!"

After he finished speaking, Zhou Chun added in a deep voice, "I would also like to add that today's discussion must be kept strictly confidential. Otherwise, if the Holy Fire Sect finds out, we will all be living in constant fear!"

After speaking, he glanced at the representatives of the forces that had voted against him, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Although his gaze was rude, people could only frown and endure it because of his reputation, and no one dared to really argue with him.

After everything was agreed upon and a meeting time was set at the Divine Sand Sect, Zhou Chun and the others dispersed to prepare. (End of Chapter)