Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Longyuanze.

When news of Zhou Chunhua's successful ascension to godhood reached Long Yuanze, several fifth-tier superior-grade dragon kings who had fought against him were also filled with shock.

The Fire Dragon King, in particular, was terrified.

They all knew how deep the blood feud was between the Zhou family and the Dragon Clan of Longyuanze!

Now that Zhou Chunhua has successfully ascended to godhood, if they were to encounter them in the future, I'm afraid none of them would be able to escape death!

But the person who was most shocked was actually Golden Horned Dragon Saint!

He had previously been invited by the Azure Phoenix Demon Saint to personally go to Changchun Valley to keep watch.

If Venerable Changchun dares to leave Changchun Valley, he will be responsible for helping to hold him off.

However, after he arrived outside Changchun Valley, he did not wait for Venerable Changchun to come out; he could only sense that the other party's aura was still in the valley.

Since Venerable Changchun is not coming out, he naturally won't show himself either.

However, he never received any news of the Azure Phoenix Demon Saint's successful operation, and only then did he realize that something was wrong. He hurriedly went to the Yu Kingdom to investigate the situation.

He then discovered that there was an unfamiliar aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator residing on Kunwu Peak, and through searching some cultivators within the Yu Kingdom, he discovered that the Azure Phoenix Demon Saint was being hunted down.

Although he was not clear about what had happened at the time, he wisely refrained from attacking Zhou Chun and quickly retreated back into the Dragon Abyss Marsh, ordering people to do their best to gather information.

It wasn't until six months after Zhou Chunhua's successful ascension to godhood that news of further progress reached the Golden Horned Dragon Saint.

He was extremely shocked after reading the news.

"I never expected this! Changchun had such a trump card hidden away! The legendary [Heavenly Punishment Demon-Slaying Sword] has actually been kept among the human race all along. They really kept it well hidden!"

"Fortunately, the Azure Phoenix Demon Saint helped me avoid this disaster; otherwise, if I had suddenly faced this sword attack, I would have lost half my life, if not died!"

Inside the Dragon Palace, Golden Horned Dragon Saint felt a wave of fear after reading the news.

In fact, after hearing the news that Zhou Chun was attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, he had considered taking action, since the feud between Long Yuanze and the Zhou family had a long history.

However, when the Azure Phoenix Demon Saint discussed with him who should take action, the Azure Phoenix Demon Saint did not want to touch Venerable Changchun and took the initiative to go and disrupt Zhou Chun's cultivation.

Unexpectedly, the Azure Phoenix Demon Saint did not want to fight Venerable Changchun, but he just happened to encounter Venerable Changchun, who even brought out the [Heavenly Punishment Demon-Slaying Sword]!

Recalling the lack of news from the Azure Phoenix Demon Saint, the Golden Horned Dragon Saint felt a chill and sighed softly, "Now that the Azure Phoenix Demon Saint has been slain, and that Pure Jun True Man has successfully transformed into a deity, with the [Heavenly Punishment Demon-Slaying Sword] still circulating in the world, the human race is even more difficult to deal with!"

They had originally planned to launch another full-scale counterattack against the human race before the turbid evil energy dissipated.

However, with the fate of the Azure Phoenix Demon Saint unknown and the human race now having Zhou Chun, a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator, even the Golden Horned Dragon Saint is unsure whether the counterattack can proceed.

On the other hand, Zhou Chun practiced swordsmanship and sought enlightenment every day, living a very comfortable life.

After successfully transforming into a deity, all the worries that had been weighing on his mind vanished completely.

Leaving aside his own safety, the Zhou family no longer needs to worry about facing any crisis of extermination.

Even if another racial war breaks out, the Zhou family, as the family of a dignified Nascent Soul stage Venerable, will surely remain as stable as Mount Tai.

If the Zhou family were to face the threat of annihilation, it would surely be a matter of life and death for the human race. At that point, there would be no point in worrying about anything!

Therefore, Zhou Chun's current mindset is truly one of detachment from worldly affairs, undisturbed by anything.

As he himself said, practicing swordsmanship with the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage naturally leads to rapid progress.

In just five short years, he touched the threshold of sword intent, a realm that his son Zhou Xinyuan had never reached in his entire life of sword practice!

At the same time, Zhou Chun has also made considerable progress in creating new martial arts techniques.

The exclusive cultivation techniques for Nascent Soul stage cultivators are all modifications based on existing techniques, simply adding some cultivation routes according to their own unique Dao bodies.

It should be understood that the physical body of a Nascent Soul cultivator is already transforming into an acquired Dao body, and due to the existence of the power of the Great Dao Laws, it is already vastly different from an ordinary physical body.

Even for a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, cultivation requires following fixed meridians. Changing the cultivation route without authorization can easily lead to meridian rupture and uncontrolled magical power.

Once one reaches the Nascent Soul stage, the physical body has already transformed into an acquired Dao body, enabling one to do many things that are impossible for a mortal body.

Neither Venerable Changchun nor Venerable Taigeng would give Zhou Chun their own unique cultivation techniques, as that would concern their personal privacy.

However, they also provided Zhou Chun with many suggestions, including the cultivation techniques left behind by deceased human cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage.

Many of the ideas and practices broadened his horizons and completely overturned his previous understanding of cultivation methods.

He is now slowly exploring and testing, and he is making considerable progress.

If all goes well, he should be able to create his own unique cultivation method within 30 to 50 years.

On this day, Zhou Chun was comprehending the essence of swordsmanship when suddenly his mind stirred, and he temporarily stopped his sword comprehension.

A moment later, his consciousness traversed a vast distance and arrived at Snow Dragon Ridge in the Ice Kingdom.

After successfully transforming into a Nascent Soul, Zhou Chun sent his second Nascent Soul, transformed into the Ice Nether True Person, to Snow Dragon Ridge for cultivation.

After all, this avatar has not yet broken through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, so keeping it by one's side is not of much use.

At this moment, what was drawing Zhou Chun's attention was not the Ice Nether True Man, but those [Six-Winged Ice Silkworms].

After Master Bingming divided three drops of [Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow] among the four [Six-Winged Ice Silkworms], the [Six-Winged Ice Silkworms] fell into hibernation.

Now all these strange insects have awakened and undergone bizarre changes.

Inside the ice chamber, for some unknown reason, the four Six-Winged Ice Silkworms suddenly began to fight each other.

They didn't use any special techniques; they just used the most ordinary biting and strangling methods, killing very fiercely.

After witnessing this scene from the perspective of Master Bingming, Zhou Chun's thoughts raced, and he ultimately chose to remain a bystander.

For him now, the four [Six-Winged Ice Silkworms] are actually of little use, and these strange insects cannot be handed over to others for cultivation like spirit pets.

In that case, even if they all die, it would only be a pity.

But if they can produce a silkworm king through this battle, it might be of some use to Zhou Chun.

After waiting for a full five hours, the four [Six-Winged Ice Silkworms] finally determined a winner.

One of the Six-Winged Ice Silkworms, despite being severely injured and on the verge of death, ultimately triumphed.

Logically speaking, given its extremely severe injuries, it shouldn't have lived much longer.

However, at this moment, something surprising happened!

The corpses of the other three dead Six-Winged Ice Silkworms suddenly transformed into pure white wisps of cold air that surged toward the dying Ice Silkworm.

After absorbing the three streams of cold energy transformed from the essence of its companions, the severely injured and dying ice silkworm was immediately revived and regained its vitality.

Then it quickly spun a cocoon and fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun could only ask Master Bingming to keep a close eye on things and to report back to him promptly if there was any news.

Two years later, Zhou Chun had an epiphany about sword intent on Kunwu Peak and mastered several profound sword moves from the "Tai Xuan Flying Immortal Sword Manual".

Once his sword intent was formed, he immediately drew out the Great Roc Soaring Sword that he always carried with him.

He gripped the hilt of the sword, which resembled an eagle's head, and asked in a deep, resonant voice, "Fellow Daoist Lingxiao, I have already comprehended the sword intent. May I now refine it?"

As he spoke, he also released the sword intent that he had just condensed.

Although his sword intent had only just been condensed, due to his own cultivation level, even the sword intent of some late-stage Nascent Soul sword cultivators might not be as strong as his.

Upon sensing the sword intent he released, the spirit of the [Great Roc Soaring to the Sky Sword] manifested, nodding slightly to him and saying, "Having comprehended sword intent, you can at least be considered a sword cultivator. Fellow Daoist Zhou, given your sincerity, I naturally will not go back on my word!"

After saying that, he passed on his "Spirit Communication Treasure Technique" to Zhou Chun.

Having received the refining techniques from it, Zhou Chun, with his cultivation level, naturally learned and mastered them very easily.

Because it cooperated actively, Zhou Chun quickly completed the ritual of recognizing it as his master.

After refining the Great Roc Soaring Sword in this way, Zhou Chun quickly gained a detailed understanding of the sword's supernatural abilities.

As a supreme spiritual treasure, the [Great Roc Soaring Sword] naturally possesses extraordinary supernatural powers.

It comes with "Soaring Sword Intent", so even those who are not skilled in swordsmanship can activate it to unleash powerful sword intent abilities.

It also comes with three sword techniques: [Slashing the Void], [Breaking the Law], and [Splitting the God]. Each of these sword techniques can mobilize the power of the Great Dao Laws and unleash unimaginable power.

Zhou Chun can also infuse it with the power of the Golden Element Dao Law he has mastered, making its power even greater!

Furthermore, if Zhou Chunruo uses the [Great Roc Soaring to the Sky Sword] to activate his sword techniques, he can choose to imbue the sword techniques with any one of the three sword-dao divine abilities.

In conclusion, the power of this [Great Roc Soaring to the Sky Sword] absolutely lives up to its reputation as a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure.

With it in hand, Zhou Chun's strength increased by more than double!

In the second year after Zhou Chun finished refining the [Great Roc Soaring Sword], the Zhou family's protective mountain formation, the [Qian Tian Gui Yuan Formation], was also officially completed thanks to the hard work of the formation masters of the Wei Chen Sect.

Once this formation is complete, it will immediately encompass the entire area within a thousand miles around Kunwu Peak, covering almost half of the Kunwu Mountain range!

In order to set up this formation, 30% of the Zhou family's treasure trove was taken away.

This was only because of Zhou Chun, a Nascent Soul cultivator; many forces were willing to exchange some array-setting materials at a fair price or even at a discounted price.

Otherwise, it would probably take the Zhou family decades just to collect the materials for setting up the formation!

However, all of these efforts were worthwhile.

The Qian Tian Gui Yuan Formation not only has a wide coverage area, but is also adept at controlling changes.

Within the array's range, the array's power can be freely mobilized to create several independent areas.

With the help of this formation, the Zhou family separated dozens of separate areas in the Kunwu Mountains to raise different types of demonic beasts, ensuring that they did not invade each other and saving a lot of manpower.

At the same time, this formation also has the effect of gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and can increase the concentration of spiritual energy in a certain area within the formation's range. It can be said to be a versatile formation!

Zhou Chun was very satisfied with the effect of the formation and gave Xuanwei Zhenren a token as a reward.

If any cultivators from the Weichen Sect bring this token to the Zhou family in the future, he will be willing to help them as long as their requests are not too unreasonable.

This reward clearly delighted Xuanwei Zhenren, who thanked her profusely and left with the token.

Because of the existence of the [Qian Tian Gui Yuan Formation], the area of ​​the Zhou family's mountain gate was directly expanded, and Zhou Chun did not hesitate to designate the area within a hundred miles around Kunwu Peak as the Zhou family's forbidden area.

Apart from the few Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the Zhou family and his demon king spirit pet, even Zhou Yuanxin is not allowed to enter without permission.

At the same time, Zhou Chun officially stepped down as the head of the Zhou family and passed the position to his son, Zhou Xinyuan.

As for Zhou Xinyuan's lack of skill in handling clan affairs, that's not important. Just like before, he can find a proxy to help manage things.

From this point on, Zhou family cultivators rarely saw Zhou Chun, the family patriarch. Even those newly formed core cultivators could only pay their respects to Zhou Xinyuan, as Zhou Chun would no longer receive them.

Zhou Chun also spent his time cultivating and comprehending the Dao on Kunwu Peak, rarely leaving his cave.

At the same time, after his repeated persuasion, Luo Qingni officially moved to Kunwu Peak, and the two became a divine couple.

Time flies, and twelve years have passed in a flash.

On this day, Zhou Chun experienced another sensation during his cultivation, and his mind focused on the incarnation of the Ice Netherworld True Man.

However, inside the ice chamber where the Six-Winged Ice Silkworm was sleeping in its cocoon, spiritual energy from heaven and earth surged in and poured into the cocoon.

Outside, thunderclouds gathered in the sky, forming a celestial tribulation thundercloud.

"Strange, why is there a Heavenly Tribulation?! Does this demonic insect also need to undergo a tribulation to advance to the fifth rank?"

Bingming Zhenren muttered to himself, then immediately withdrew from the area and ordered all the cultivators who had gathered in Snow Dragon Ridge to retreat to avoid being affected by the tribulation lightning.

As for whether the Six-Winged Ice Silkworm can survive this Heavenly Tribulation, Zhou Chun is not sure.

boom!

Not long after the cultivators in the Snow Dragon Ridge stronghold retreated, heavenly lightning crashed down, striking the silkworm cocoon in the underground ice chamber.

However, to Zhou Chun's surprise, the cocoon remained completely undamaged under the lightning strikes, demonstrating an astonishing level of defensive power.

One lightning bolt after another fell, and soon the first round of nine lightning bolts had all fallen.

The cocoon that had withstood the bombardment of nine lightning bolts only showed slight scorch marks and still showed no signs of breaking.

Such defensive power is almost no less than that of Lord Fushan when he underwent his tribulation!

When the second round of tribulation lightning began to fall, after seven consecutive bolts of lightning, the cocoon finally began to crack.

But as strands of white ice silk emerged from the cocoon, the crack was quickly repaired.

Zhou Chun was amazed by this scene.

It wasn't until the third round of tribulation lightning struck, after five consecutive strikes, that the cocoon finally succumbed to the heavy blows and suffered extensive damage.

At this moment, the creatures inside also revealed their forms.

What appeared to be a strange white beast that resembled both an insect and a dragon!

It is long and narrow, with a body that looks like it is made of ice crystals. It is transparent and white, with six pairs of ice crystal wings on its back. It has wings but no feet, and a pair of crystal short horns on its slightly rounded head, making it look somewhat cute.

When the cocoon was insufficient to withstand the lightning strikes, it flew directly out of the cocoon. With a flap of its six pairs of ice crystal wings, white cold air gathered and formed ice crystal shields to protect it.

Using this method, it was able to pass through the remaining three tribulation lightning bolts relatively easily.

It wasn't until the final bolt of lightning struck that it took it seriously, opening its mouth to unleash a beam of white, icy energy to meet the attack.

After the tribulation lightning shattered the white, icy pillar of light, its power was also largely depleted. The remaining lightning, after shattering the ice crystal shields, left only some gray-black scorch marks on the white beast before falling silent.

After the tribulation lightning dissipated, it was time for the familiar part for Zhou Chun.

The silvery-white "Imperial Dew" fell from the sky and was completely absorbed into the body of the white beast as it flapped its wings.

After it absorbed all the "Emperor's Essence", it flew towards True Person Bingming on its own.

It flew to within a hundred feet of Ice Netherworld Master, then stopped and bowed to him, saying, "This humble demon greets Master, thank you for protecting me!"

"Interesting. You'll have to come with me first. I'd like to know just who you are!"

The Ice Nether True Man, possessed by Zhou Chun's consciousness, narrowed his eyes, stared at the white beast for a while, then nodded with an amused expression. He immediately waved his hand, signaling the white beast to follow him into the cave for a detailed discussion.

Upon seeing this, the white beast obediently replied, "This little demon obeys."

He then followed them into the cave below. (End of Chapter)