Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Kunwu Mountain.

After sending her son Zhou Xinyuan away, Zhou Chun's life returned to normal.

Over the years, he has diligently cultivated his skills, and although he has not taken any elixirs, his magical power has been steadily increasing.

According to the experience of predecessors, it takes about two to three hundred years after the late stage of the Nascent Soul stage to achieve full magical power.

If we calculate the timeline like this, he will only need to cultivate for another hundred years or so to achieve perfect magical power.

So he's not in a hurry at all in this regard.

Now, his only concern is how to survive the "calamity of vital energy".

It should be noted that there are less than four hundred years left before the turbid and evil energy completely dissipates.

This period of time may seem long, but for a Nascent Soul cultivator aspiring to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, it is by no means a sufficient amount of time.

Therefore, Zhou Chun now has no choice but to start practicing those extraordinary skills and secret techniques to deal with the "Cataclysm of Primordial Qi".

Based on his own circumstances, he chose two secret techniques from the extraordinary skills and secret methods given to him by the Tai Geng Divine Venerable: the Golden Body Qi Absorption Method and the Divine Thought Body Preservation Method.

The former tempers the physical body, developing its ability to adapt to and withstand the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, while the latter is a method of tempering the divine consciousness, tempering the divine consciousness's ability to control the physical body's magical power.

Both of these secret methods were created to deal with the "Cataclysm of Primordial Qi". They are not divided into any grades or levels, and it all depends on the level that the cultivator can achieve.

The practice of techniques like the "Golden Body Breathing Method" requires consuming and cultivating various types of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. The more types of spiritual energy one consumes and cultivates, the better the effect.

The "Divine Conservation Method" mainly involves a lot of practice; you can achieve the desired effect through continuous practice.

Zhou Chunxian chose these two secret techniques because their cultivation conditions were not demanding, and he could start practicing them now.

After he made his decision, the Zhou family's General Affairs Hall quickly issued a batch of highly rewarding tasks, which involved the large-scale acquisition of various types of malevolent and spiritual energy, and also provided magical artifacts for collecting those spiritual and malevolent energies.

With the help of the entire Zhou family, Zhou Chun accumulated dozens of common types of evil energy and spiritual energy in less than half a year.

He didn't hesitate and immediately sealed his cultivation with a secret technique, relying solely on his physical body to cultivate the spiritual and malevolent energies.

With his cultivation level, if he didn't do this, the spiritual energy and malevolent energy that entered his body would be dispelled and refined by his magic power.

While Zhou Chun was focused on his cultivation, news of Zhou Xinyuan's sword duels kept reaching him.

As he expected, the proud and arrogant Zhou Xinyuan went directly to the Great Zhou Kingdom after hearing that he could go out to find people to fight with. He sought out disciples from famous sects such as the Nine Yuan Sword Sect to spar with them.

Then, in a sword fight, he lost all ten battles, unable to even manage a draw!

After this series of defeats, he seemed to have been somewhat discouraged and was currently only staying in a cave in Tianyuan Immortal City to cultivate in seclusion.

Zhou Chun didn't concern himself with this, and simply had someone keep an eye on things.

But just three years later, a shocking piece of news spread throughout the human cultivation world, astonishing all human cultivators.

That is the creator of the talisman jade, the famous Nascent Soul stage cultivator of the human race, Tianyi Divine Venerable, who has actually perished!

According to news from Tianyi Sect, Tianyi Divine Venerable, with his lifespan nearing its end, took the initiative to go to the Dolan Grassland to engage in a life-or-death battle with the Holy Ancestor of the Multi-Winged Clan.

In the end, the Heavenly One God was no match for his opponent and perished at his hands!

However, after this battle, the multi-winged ancestor was also severely injured and could only go back to settle his affairs!

The spread of this news evoked both heartfelt admiration for Tianyi God, a powerful human cultivator at the God Transformation stage, and gratitude for everything he had done for humanity, and also a sense of unease, fearing that this incident might lead to another racial war.

"The fact that the Heavenly One God Venerable chose this way to end his life is truly awe-inspiring!"

On Mount Kunwu, Zhou Chun was stunned for a long time after hearing the news before he sighed with emotion.

He couldn't help but recall his few meetings with the Heavenly One God. The senior expert gave him the feeling of being as deep and unfathomable as the sea.

Unexpectedly, this senior master, renowned throughout the world for his water-attribute supernatural powers, was able to do something so resolute in the final stage.

This quickly reminded Zhou Chun of another human cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, Venerable Yuan Yang.

As far as he knew, Venerable Yuanyang was also nearing the end of his lifespan, but he didn't know what choice the other party would make!

Because of the passage of time, information about Tianyi Divine Venerable and Yuanyang Venerable from their early years is now only known to cultivators of the same era and some top-tier powers.

Even Zhou Chun only knew that Tianyi God Venerable had successfully transformed into a deity about seven or eight hundred years earlier than Yuanyang Venerable. Later, Yuanyang Venerable also successfully transformed into a deity. The fact that the human race had produced two deity-stage deities in a thousand years greatly shocked the surrounding alien races.

Now that the Heavenly One God has passed away, Venerable Yuanyang should also be nearing the end of his life. Will he follow in the footsteps of the Heavenly One God?

"If he can truly emulate the Heavenly One God, I will show him some respect and will not delve into the past!"

Zhou Chun muttered to himself, then calmed down and continued his cultivation.

The fall of the Heavenly One God is undoubtedly a great loss for the human race.

Zhou Chun believed that those alien races would definitely not restart the war at this time.

After all, the multi-winged clan's holy ancestor was also seriously injured by the Heavenly One God, making it almost impossible for him to participate in the battle again, and the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint had not yet recovered his sixth-order strength.

With two less Tier 6 beings, they won't gain much advantage by restarting the war.

Sure enough, in the years that followed, although the Multiwinged Clan intensified its search and pursuit of human cultivators who entered the Dolan Grassland, there was no indication of them gathering to invade.

This put the minds of some cultivators who were worried about another racial war at ease, and their lives returned to normal.

Seven years later, Lord Fushan finally lived up to expectations and successfully advanced to a mid-grade fifth-tier demon king.

"That wasn't easy, Stone, you've finally broken through!"

On Kunwu Mountain, Zhou Chun looked at his beloved pet, which had returned after advancing to the fifth-tier mid-grade demon king, and was filled with emotion.

Among the five demon king spirit pets, Fushan Jun was one of the first to advance to the fifth-tier demon king.

However, it took him more than eight hundred years to successfully advance from a low-grade fifth-order demon king to a mid-grade fifth-order demon king.

This is indeed very difficult!

After hearing Zhou Chun's words, Fu Shan Jun looked at him with gratitude and said, "The stone is where it is today entirely because of Master's cultivation. Master's kindness and virtue are beyond measure!"

That statement is absolutely correct.

He was originally an ordinary rock tortoise, with the worst background among the five demon kings' spirit pets. He succeeded in defying fate by following Zhou Chun.

Therefore, he remained loyal to Zhou Chun and never complained at any time.

Even now, both Lord Fushan and Lord Yinlong are well aware that if they hadn't followed their master Zhou Chun, they might never have been able to condense a demon core in their entire lives, let alone reach where they are today.

In the words of cultivators, Zhou Chun is their greatest opportunity. They only need to follow Zhou Chun closely to receive good fortune and have a smooth path to cultivation.

"What's the point of saying such things when we've shared a thousand-year friendship!"

Zhou Chun shook his head slightly, not paying any attention to these things.

He quickly waved his hand, grabbed a storage bag from his private treasury, and tossed it to Lord Fushan.

"This is the corpse left behind after the Chongxuan Demon King's soul-possessed avatar collapsed, along with a large amount of earth-attribute spiritual materials. You can use them to refine your stone mountain and enhance your own strength."

Upon hearing this, Lord Fushan immediately took the storage bag and replied in a deep voice, "Stone understands, and will certainly not disappoint his master again!"

"It's all over now, and the Demon King Chongxuan is dead. You don't need to blame yourself for it."

Zhou Chun looked into his eyes and spoke slowly, not wanting this to cause any change in his partner.

"Stone understands."

Lord Fushan nodded slightly, responded, and then left with his storage bag.

Zhou Chun did not take back the Spirit Eye Stone he brought back, and allowed him to continue using it.

Several years later, another happy event occurred in the Zhou family.

Zhou Xuanjing, a junior member of the Zhou family who had only recently established his foundation, was accepted as a disciple by the alchemy master Luo Qingni because of his outstanding talent in alchemy.

According to Luo Qingni's words to Zhou Chun, Zhou Xuanjing has an outstanding talent for alchemy, not much worse than she was back then. If his cultivation can keep up in the future, he might also become a master alchemist!

This made Zhou Chun extremely gratified and very happy.

His grand-disciple Zhou Yufu has already successfully opened his Purple Mansion and become a master of formations. Once he successfully forms his Golden Core, he is expected to become a grandmaster of formations.

Now, another person with outstanding talent in alchemy, Zhou Xuanjing, has emerged, and the Zhou family has a future leader in the field of alchemy.

The emergence of these exceptionally talented clansmen is a testament to the Zhou family's current prosperity and the emergence of a surge of talented individuals.

But his joy was short-lived, as a message from outside caused Zhou Chun to fall silent again.

The news was about Zhou Xinyuan. After fighting thirty-three sword duels with Golden Core stage sword cultivators and Golden Core stage cultivators proficient in sword control techniques, he only won four and drew three, which greatly damaged his confidence.

But perhaps his obsession with the way of the sword is too deep. He has now hidden his cultivation to the Purple Mansion stage, changed his appearance, and gone to fight those Purple Mansion stage sword cultivators again, seemingly trying to regain his confidence.

This self-deceiving behavior left Zhou Chun feeling quite disappointed and helpless.

After pondering alone for a long time, he called Zhou Yuanxin, who was in charge of the Zhou family's general affairs, to his side and said, "Keep an eye on the younger generation in the family and the various vassal forces. If there are any with good swordsmanship talent, report them to me."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuanxin, though unsure of his intentions, immediately replied respectfully, "Yes, this junior will certainly pay close attention to this matter."

Then he wisely withdrew.

In just three years, Zhou Yuanxin brought back a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator with considerable talent in swordsmanship.

This young man comes from a vassal family of the Zhou family. His family only has three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators. Although he himself has outstanding swordsmanship talent and extraordinary combat strength, he is now nearly fifty years old and still has not been able to establish his foundation due to his low-grade spiritual root aptitude.

Because Zhou Chun only wanted juniors with good swordsmanship talent, and this boy was the one who showed the best swordsmanship talent after many tests, Zhou Yuanxin decided to give him a chance and brought him back to the Zhou family.

When he brought this man before Zhou Chun, the middle-aged man, who had only just learned the truth, knelt down and kowtowed deeply to Zhou Chun with eyes full of excitement and awe, saying, "Junior Yang Jian pays respects to Senior Chun Jun!"

Zhou Chun merely glanced at the middle-aged man named Yang Jian, then casually tossed him a jade slip, saying, "Take this sword technique and study it. If you achieve something within three years, the Zhou family will take care of everything for you in the future, from Foundation Establishment to Opening the Purple Mansion!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, take him away first. He can report back to me after he has mastered the sword technique."

"Yes, I understand."

Zhou Yuanxin bowed and then led the person away again.

In just two years, the middle-aged man named Yang Jian learned the sword technique given to him by Zhou Chun, and Zhou Yuanxin immediately reported it to Zhou Chun.

Upon learning of this, Zhou Chun sent his apprentice, Zhou Zhiying, down the mountain to bring his son, Zhou Xinyuan, back.

Half a month later, Zhou Xinyuan, who had been traveling for many years, returned to Kunwu Peak.

"Your son greets his father."

Inside the cave, Zhou Xinyuan saw Zhou Chun and her throat moved slightly, as if she had a lot to say, but in the end she just bowed her head and paid her respects.

Zhou Chun looked at his son, who had clearly aged considerably, and remained silent for a long time.

After a long silence, he finally spoke: "The family has recently discovered a promising swordsman. Zhiying finds it troublesome and is unwilling to take on a disciple. Apart from her, you are the only one in the family whose swordsmanship is decent. Why don't you teach him first? Whether or not you take him on as a disciple is entirely up to you."

However, they didn't ask Zhou Xinyuan about her experiences and gains from traveling abroad over the years.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Xinyuan felt both relieved and somewhat puzzled.

With his intelligence, he certainly understood that if it was just to teach people swordsmanship, Zhou Chun had no reason to call him back to teach him; there must be a deeper meaning behind it.

However, he couldn't grasp the deeper meaning at that moment, so he suppressed his doubts and nodded gently, saying, "I understand, then teach me this matter!"

"Since you've agreed, then go find Yuanxin and ask for the person yourself!"

Zhou Chun waved his hand, and really didn't say anything more.

So Zhou Xinyuan could only leave with a heart full of doubts.

Nine years have passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Zhou Chun, having finished cultivating the "Golden Body Qi Absorption Method," scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that his son, Zhou Xinyuan, had already returned to his cave.

Upon seeing this, he came out of his seclusion room.

"My son, what brings you here today?"

In the living room, Zhou Chun took a sip of the tea served by Zhou Xinyuan and then casually inquired about the purpose of her visit.

The father and son have now separated their households, and Zhou Xinyuan will not come to his cave to disturb him unless there is something else going on.

As for the specifics of what happened, he had a rough idea after seeing Zhou Xinyuan, but he pretended not to know.

Upon hearing his question, Zhou Xinyuan stood up, bowed deeply, and said, "Your son is unfilial; I was too unruly in the past, causing Father so much worry!"

Why do you say that?

Zhou Chun put down her teacup and stared at him intently as she asked.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xinyuan took a deep breath, raised her head, and looked at him, saying, "Father, I finally understand why you asked me to teach Jian'er swordsmanship. I finally know why you always said I had no talent for swordsmanship!!"

"Oh, then tell me, what's my intention?"

A glint flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, but his tone remained perfectly calm.

Zhou Xinyuan didn't pay attention to his tone, and simply replied in a deep voice, "I went out to find someone to duel with before, and lost dozens of matches in a row. I lost so much that I lost all my confidence, but I was unwilling to accept defeat and refused to admit defeat!"

"Back then, I was still only thinking about how to practice swordsmanship diligently, hoping that one day I would have an epiphany and regain my lost face with the sword in my hand!"

At this point, Zhou Xinyuan paused slightly, then sighed softly with emotion, "But these past few years of teaching Jian'er swordsmanship, witnessing his rapid progress in the art, his achievements in just a few years are equivalent to what I accomplished in decades, have finally shown me what true swordsmanship talent is!"

"Those Golden Core sword cultivators who defeated me didn't have the same favorable cultivation conditions as me, but they were able to form Golden Cores and make a name for themselves with their swords, which is enough to show that they are all very talented in the way of the sword!"

"They can beat the child now, and in a few years, they will only improve even more!"

"How laughable that I couldn't see this before, daring to challenge others' talents and professions with my own hobby. How could I not lose so miserably!"

After he finished speaking, his face was filled with bitterness.

Zhou Chun couldn't help but smile after hearing his heartfelt words.

Zhou Chun nodded slightly with a smile and said, "It's a little late to realize this now, but it's not too late."

After saying that, she looked at him and asked, "So, have you thought about what path you're going to take from now on?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xinyuan immediately nodded and said, "I understand. I will not completely abandon the sword control technique in the future, but I will also no longer focus my main energy on it. In the future, I will concentrate on cultivation, diligently practice other supernatural abilities and secret techniques, and first reach the late stage of the Golden Core realm!"

"Excellent!"

Zhou Chun clapped his hands with a smile and said with some emotion, "Do you know? For your father, there are only two things to worry about right now. The most important thing is, of course, breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, and the second most important thing is you!"

"I have already prepared all the spiritual items for your Nascent Soul formation, but the formation of the Nascent Soul is not something that can be accomplished simply by having spiritual items as an aid."

"If you yourself are not self-reliant and your mindset is flawed, then it will be very difficult to successfully overcome the 'inner demon tribulation'!"

At this point, Zhou Chun looked at his son with a face full of relief and sighed, "Fortunately, you've finally come to your senses and gotten back on the right path!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xinyuan lowered his head again, saying with a tone of shame, "Your son has been unfilial and has disappointed you in the past. I will certainly strive to improve myself in the future and will no longer cause you any worry!"

"Alright, now that you've come to your senses, let bygones be bygones. Focus on your cultivation and strive to achieve the Core Formation and Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible; that will be the best way to repay your father!"

Zhou Chun waved his hand and smiled, letting bygones be bygones.

As he said, these are the only two things he's worried about now.

Now that his son has come to his senses and understands his good intentions, he no longer needs his mother to worry about him, and he can now focus on doing something else.

To be honest, the spiritual and malevolent energy collected by the Zhou family cultivators is no longer very effective against him. He may have to search for the more dangerous and difficult-to-collect spiritual and malevolent energy himself in the future.

Seven more years passed, and Zhou Chun's second Nascent Soul incarnation, Ice Nether True Man, also broke through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

The cultivation level of the second nascent soul incarnation is originally restricted by the main nascent soul, and cannot exceed the main nascent soul's cultivation level. Ideally, it should be one small realm lower than the main nascent soul's cultivation level.

Conversely, if the main nascent soul's cultivation level is already high enough, then the cultivation speed of the second nascent soul incarnation will also increase.

Therefore, although Zhou Chun's second nascent soul incarnation did not take any elixirs or miraculous medicines, after hundreds of years of arduous cultivation, he naturally reached the mid-stage of the nascent soul realm.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun simply withdrew his second nascent soul avatar and sent it to various parts of the cultivation world to search for rare evil energy and spiritual energy.

However, at this very moment, news of Venerable Yuanyang's passing suddenly spread throughout the cultivation world.

Unlike previous announcements of the fall of the Heavenly One God, this one was personally announced by the Heavenly One Sect.

The news of Venerable Yuanyang's passing was first spread secretly in other places, and then somehow it spread throughout the cultivation world.

When the news spread, Yuanyang Temple also came out to refute the rumors, claiming that Venerable Yuanyang was simply in seclusion.

However, even without Venerable Yuanyang showing up, such rumors were enough for human cultivators who knew some of the inside story to make their own judgments.

"It seems this Senior Yuanyang is even weaker than I expected. I really don't know how someone like him managed to achieve the Nascent Soul stage!"

On Kunwu Mountain, after reading the refutation statement from Yuanyang Temple, Zhou Chun couldn't help but shake his head slightly, feeling somewhat ashamed of Venerable Yuanyang's actions.

Normally it would be fine, but now the human race is facing an unprecedented change. Since he is about to pass away, wouldn't it be better to sacrifice himself for the greater good of the human race and leave behind an excellent reputation for himself?

If he truly sacrificed himself as heroically as the Heavenly One God Venerable, the status of the Yuanyang Temple as a major sect will not be lowered for at least the next thousand years. No one will dare to cause trouble for the Yuanyang Temple because the Yuanyang Venerable is no longer here!

Zhou Chun didn't understand what Venerable Yuanyang was thinking, but he just couldn't stand the other party's choice.

If it were him, he would definitely choose to die a glorious death alongside the enemy, just like the Heavenly One God Venerable!

Several years later, Zhou Chun received news that Master Xuanzhen had passed away peacefully, and the Zhenxuan Sect held a grand memorial ceremony for him, inviting him to attend.

He knew the True Mystery Sect's intentions, and he had previously promised True Master Xuanzhen a favor, so he personally went to the True Mystery Sect and hinted at the matter.

With his hint, even if the True Profound Sect didn't use that favor, most major powers wouldn't dare to target them because of the passing of True Master Xuanzhen.

However, just six months after Zhou Chun returned from the True Profound Sect, the Divine Venerable Tai Geng suddenly arrived at the Zhou family, bringing important news. (End of Chapter)