Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Muli Lake, Xuanfeng Island.

After the war to counterattack the Dolan Grassland came to an end, Zhou Chun and his apprentice Zhou Zhiying returned to Xuanfeng Island on Muli Lake.

Accompanying them was Venerable Changchun.

Upon entering the island, looking at the ancient-style cave layout, Venerable Changchun couldn't help but exclaim, "The [Heaven and Earth Reversal Array] is a famous forbidden array from ancient times. In terms of its profoundness, it surpasses many of the mountain-protecting arrays of major sects today. I never expected that there would be such a human cultivator's cave hidden in the heart of the alien races on the Dolan Grassland."

Hearing his words, Zhou Chun nodded in deep agreement, saying, "Yes, when I first entered this place, I was also very surprised. I never expected this place to be so hidden!"

After saying this, he continued with a face full of emotion, "It's all thanks to the opportunities here that I was able to pass through the Core Formation and Nascent Soul stages relatively smoothly. Without these opportunities, perhaps I wouldn't be where I am today!"

Most people might find his words somewhat puzzling.

But Venerable Changchun was no ordinary person. Once he entered, a quick scan with his divine sense revealed that there were no secrets left on the island.

He immediately nodded slightly and said, "The Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree, the Heavenly Infant Fruit, and the Supreme Purity Immortal Mushroom—the opportunities left behind by the original owner of this cave are indeed extraordinary. It seems he was a person of high moral character!"

"Although True Master Xuanfeng ultimately stopped at the Nascent Soul stage, he was indeed an admirable senior sage. He was a true seeker of the Dao, and even though he himself failed to attain enlightenment, he wished to bless future generations, hoping that they would inherit his aspirations and go further on the Great Dao!"

As Zhou Chun spoke of this, he also cupped his hands in the direction of Xuanfeng Zhenren's final defeat and death to show his respect.

He and Venerable Changchun then spent half a day sitting idly on the island, discussing matters concerning the future development of the human race, especially compensating the Nine Yuan Sword Sect and developing the Dolan Grassland.

Tai Geng, the Divine Lord, was seriously injured and would not recover without a period of one or two hundred years of seclusion.

During this period, Zhou Chun was required to take his place in overseeing the Great Zhou Kingdom, monitoring the Dolan Grassland, and coordinating and presiding over matters such as rewarding merits and punishing demerits after the war.

Basically, it can be said that for the next period of time, Zhou Chun will be the chief steward of the human race, responsible for managing all major affairs of the entire human race.

Therefore, he needs the support of Venerable Changchun, especially in terms of high-end spiritual objects.

Fortunately, Venerable Changchun was a man of great understanding and was well aware of the great sacrifices made by Venerable Taigeng and Zhou Chun. Therefore, he generally gave his full support to the matters requested by Zhou Chun.

He not only offered Zhou Chun twenty portions of pine sap from the Immortal Pine as a reward for his service, but also promised to refine two batches of Nascent Soul Pills, with all the necessary materials provided by Changchun Valley!

With these things supporting him, Zhou Chun had enough confidence to reward those who had made contributions.

That's how it is in the cultivation world: the most precious and scarce high-end resources are always controlled by the top echelons.

As long as Zhou Chun can satisfy those Nascent Soul stage cultivators when rewarding their merits, then he will have succeeded.

As for how to reward the others, that will naturally be handled by the Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Each major sect can simply take out a portion of their reserve resources, which will be sufficient to reward their merits.

Moreover, such rewards are mainly for sects and families; if a rogue cultivator dies, there is no compensation!

After talking for half a day, Venerable Changchun returned to Changchun Valley to refine pills, while Zhou Chun stayed behind to handle the aftermath.

He planned to station people throughout the Dolan Grasslands and occupy the former territory of the Multiwinged Tribe.

At the same time, Xuanfeng Island can finally be openly brought under the control of the Zhou family.

Therefore, he first settled Silver Dragon Lord in Muli Lake, which also served as a place to protect Xuanfeng Island.

He also openly and legitimately allocated the entire Muli Lake area and some surrounding regions to the Zhou family as a reward for his and the Zhou family's contributions in this war.

Upon learning of this, Zhou Yuanshan immediately dispatched a large number of Zhou family cultivators to the area.

In this war, the State of Yu did not engage in any battles, and the Zhou family's participation was also minimal, resulting in negligible casualties.

However, by leveraging Zhou Chun's name, they reaped considerable benefits.

Fortunately, after hundreds of years of development, the Zhou family now has a large number of members and controls many vassal families and sects, so it is very easy to transfer people to build new territories.

Furthermore, with the experience of building the Yu Kingdom beforehand, they are unlikely to make any major mistakes when building a new territory.

While handling various affairs, Zhou Chun also took the time to learn about the gains of the demon kings and their spirit pets in the wilderness.

In the previous great battle in the wilderness, his four demon king spirit pets killed three fifth-tier demon kings, and obtained two low-grade fifth-tier demon cores, one of water attribute and one of wind attribute.

The wind-attribute one was easy to obtain; Zhou Chun directly bestowed it upon Yishan Jun to help him break through to the fifth-tier mid-grade demon king level.

He kept the water-attribute demon core, intending to give it to Luo Qingni later to use as material to refine a batch of pills.

Two years later, Venerable Changchun had finished refining two batches of Nascent Soul Pills, totaling eleven pills.

Zhou Chun took one of them as a reserve for the Zhou family, and distributed the remaining ten as rewards.

Among them, the Nine Yuan Sword Sect obtained three [Nascent Soul Pills] to compensate for the loss of three Nascent Soul stage cultivators!

Zhou Chun also set aside two drops of the pine sap from the Immortal Pine for his disciple Zhou Zhiying to drink, in order to extend his lifespan.

In the past two years, the Multiwinged Clan seemed to have tacitly accepted the human race's occupation of parts of the Dolan Grassland, and did not intentionally provoke any more disputes, but instead silently licked their wounds.

Meanwhile, the beast tide in the cultivation world of the far west has been quelled by the human race, and many high-level demonic beasts have fled back to the Wilderness of Ten Thousand Beasts.

As for Longyuanze, there was no further news.

It seems that after witnessing the true strength of Venerable Changchun and suffering severe injuries to several of them, these alien races have temporarily quieted down and become obedient.

Under these circumstances, Zhou Chun also moved from Xuanfeng Island to the Jiuyuan Sword Sect's mountain gate to take charge.

The infestation of the Green-Faced Demon Bees within the Great Zhou Kingdom has not yet been eradicated. Zhou Chun has issued a special decree ordering the sects of the Great Zhou Kingdom and neighboring countries to work together to eliminate the insects and eradicate the plague.

For this reason, he even sent Feng Yuanjun and Fu Shanjun to help eliminate the insects and eradicate the plague, going to heaven and earth to wipe it out.

After three years of pest control efforts, the rampant swarms of "Blue-faced Demon Bees" were finally reduced by more than 90%, with only a few remaining, which were no longer a threat.

Only at this point can the war be said to be completely over.

"This is a summary of my own insights into the Nascent Soul stage. Fellow Daoist Ye, you can take it and study it. You can research it yourself, but please do not pass it on to others!"

Inside the Nine Yuan Sword Sect's mountain gate, after Zhou Chun summoned Ye Qingxuan, whose injuries had stabilized somewhat, to offer his condolences, he simply waved his hand and tossed him a jade slip.

This unexpected surprise left Ye Qingxuan somewhat stunned.

But he quickly regained his composure, and bowed deeply to Zhou Chun with an excited expression, saying, "Senior Chun Jun, I will never forget your great kindness!"

Having said that, Ye Qingxuan raised the jade slip in his hand and declared, "I hereby swear that I will never reveal a single word of the contents of this jade slip. May anyone who breaks this oath be condemned to eternal damnation!"

Seeing that he was so cooperative, Zhou Chun nodded in satisfaction and then said, "Fellow Daoist Ye, please read the contents of the jade slip first. After your injuries have healed, I will communicate with the sword spirit of the [Great Roc Soaring to the Sky Sword] and have it accept your command for a period of time. At that time, you can use this sword to comprehend the power of the Great Dao Laws within it!"

This promise filled Ye Qingxuan with joy, and he repeatedly expressed his gratitude.

Sword cultivators also have different magical attributes. Ye Qingxuan happens to have metal-attribute magical power. Therefore, although he can use the holy sword passed down in the sect, he finds it difficult to comprehend the fire-attribute Dao law within it.

This is also the biggest reason why the spirit of that holy sword refused to acknowledge him as its master.

Otherwise, given his talent in swordsmanship, he would very well have gained the approval of the Heavenly Treasure Flying Sword!

Now that Zhou Chun is willing to temporarily lend him the [Great Roc Soaring Sword], which is also a metal-attribute flying sword, he is essentially providing him with a chance to reach the Nascent Soul stage. This is even more important than the Nascent Soul experience.

After all, as for the Nascent Soul Transformation experience, he already had the experience from the Holy Flame Venerable obtained from the Holy Flame Sect, and there were also Nascent Soul Transformation experience obtained from other places by his predecessors and ancestors within the sect, so he was not actually lacking in this kind of thing.

However, a flying sword of the Heavenly Treasure level is something that someone of his cultivation level simply cannot obtain!

If it weren't for the spirit of him and the other sword cultivators of the Nine Yuan Sword Sect who swore to defend the human race to the death that moved Zhou Chun, Zhou Chun would definitely not have been willing to help to this extent.

Tai Geng God Venerable was quite good to Zhou Chun back then, but not to this extent!

After making his promise to Ye Qingxuan, Zhou Chun dismissed him.

If nothing unexpected happens, Zhou Chun will likely have to remain at the Nine Yuan Sword Sect for another hundred years.

Fortunately, although the spiritual energy concentration here is a bit low, there are plenty of sword cultivation manuals. Given Zhou Chun's status, all the manuals of the Nine Yuan Sword Sect are naturally open to him.

He can also use this opportunity to properly hone his swordsmanship.

Time flies by, and fifty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

For the vast majority of those fifty years, Zhou Chun spent his time cultivating at the Nine Yuan Sword Sect's mountain gate.

His injuries have long since healed, and he has gained much insight into the application of the power of the Great Dao Laws in the previous series of battles. After decades of summarizing and pondering, his strength can be said to have improved again.

Moreover, his self-created "Golden Cauldron Divine Skill" is constantly being improved and optimized, becoming even more perfect.

Having practiced swordsmanship for fifty years in the top-tier sword sect, the Nine Yuan Sword Sect, Zhou Chun has made considerable progress in swordsmanship. Now, in terms of swordsmanship alone, only Ye Qingxuan in the Nine Yuan Sword Sect can defeat him.

This is the advantage of cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage; with their superior perspective, they have a significant advantage in learning anything.

If Zhou Chun were to learn alchemy, artifact crafting, talisman arrays, and other skills now, as long as he was willing to spend the time, there would be no problem for him to reach the Grandmaster level in all of them!

Besides his own significant gains, those associated with Zhou Chun also made considerable progress.

With the help of the Pure Yang Breakthrough Pill and the Acquired Yi Wood Essence he gave her, Luo Qingni successfully broke through to the late Nascent Soul stage and became a new great cultivator of the Zhou family!

Under the nourishment of that "flesh spirit mushroom", Feng Yuanjun's cultivation level steadily improved, and he was not far from advancing to the fifth-order superior demon king.

The previous war allowed the Zhou family to acquire a lot of high-level demonic beasts and alien flesh, enough for the "Flesh Spirit Mushroom" to eat for a long time.

In addition, Lord Yishan has finally advanced to become a mid-grade fifth-order demon king, so he hasn't fallen too far behind!

Zhou Chun's second Nascent Soul incarnation, Ice Nether True Man, has also made great progress in his cultivation. It is estimated that he will be able to advance to the late Nascent Soul stage in at most a few decades of cultivation.

In addition, with the official development of Xuanfeng Island and the allocation of the area around Muli Lake to the Zhou family, a branch of the Zhou family has been established. They have even released many dragon-born demon beasts into the lake. Currently, there are four Golden Core stage cultivators from the Zhou family cultivating on the island, and the Heavenly Wind Thunder Eagle has also come here to oversee the situation.

At this time, although Wu Yuzhu, a late-stage Golden Core poison cultivator, had passed away, the number of Golden Core cultivators in the Zhou family had actually increased to twenty-three!

In fact, the Zhou family now has as many as thirty-four fourth-order demonic beasts!

Yes, thirty-four!

Since the lifespan of demonic beasts is generally longer than that of cultivators, many of the older generation of cultivators in the Zhou family left their spirit pets behind after they passed away.

For example, the Azure Dragon left behind by Zhou Daoyi, and the Crimson Flame Dragon Python left behind by Zhou Xinyan, among other demonic beasts.

In addition, the Zhou family has acquired a large number of high-level bloodline demon beasts over the years, and often obtains fourth-order demon cores. Furthermore, fifth-order dragons and fire phoenixes frequently bestow their essence blood, resulting in the emergence of some fourth-order demon beasts in the family that originally had no owners!

Of course, these fourth-order demonic beasts that originally had no master will quickly recognize a Zhou family cultivator as their master after advancing to the fourth order.

If we include fourth-tier demonic beasts, the power that the Zhou family can currently mobilize truly surpasses that of many top-tier major forces!

The key point is that the Zhou family has not yet reached its limit, whether in terms of the growth rate of Golden Core cultivators or the growth rate of fourth-order demonic beasts!

Perhaps in a few hundred years, the number of Golden Core cultivators in the Zhou family will reach fifty, and the number of fourth-order demonic beasts will reach seventy or eighty!

The Zhou family is so powerful that it has surpassed any other cultivation family in recorded history. Many independent cultivators and even cultivators from small families have begun to refer to the Zhou family as the "Zhou Immortal Clan".

Now, whenever a Zhou family disciple travels outside, their Foundation Establishment cultivation is enough to make even Purple Mansion stage cultivators bow down and befriend them. Many Golden Core stage cultivators from other cultivation families even have to curry favor with the Zhou family's Purple Mansion stage cultivators.

At this point, Zhou Chun could no longer offer any guidance or advice to the Zhou family; they could only rely on the wisdom of future generations!

All he could do was to forcefully reverse the course if future generations went astray!

At this point, only a few decades had passed before the turbid evil energy completely dissipated. All the cultivators who understood the significance of this matter were counting down the years, waiting for that day to arrive.

Since Ye Qingxuan had recovered from his injuries, Zhou Chun also kept his promise and temporarily lent him the [Great Roc Soaring to the Sky Sword] to communicate with the envoy.

As Zhou Chun had expected, the sword spirit of the [Great Roc Soaring to the Sky Sword] was not very resistant to Ye Qingxuan. His pure sword intent made the sword spirit appreciate him very much.

On this day, Zhou Chun received a message from Venerable Changchun that the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint had already perished, and all his essence and vital energy had served as a gift to Venerable Changchun!

After the Venerable Changchun brought back the essence and vital energy of the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint through the [Asura Blood Transformation Gu], he also entered a state of seclusion to refine this rich essence and vital energy so that his body could return to its prime.

During this period, he could not make a move in his true form, and the Green Robe Venerable also had to protect the Dharma in Changchun Valley. Therefore, Zhou Chun also had to keep a close eye on the alien races from all directions.

But based on his and Zhou Chun's deductions, it's highly unlikely that those alien races will make any moves during this period.

First of all, the injuries sustained by the previous sixth-tier alien experts could not possibly be recovered so quickly.

Secondly, both the Multiwinged Clan and the Triangular Clan had suffered heavy losses, and even if they wanted to do something, they were powerless to do it.

Therefore, Zhou Chun only made a few appearances to inspect the border areas of the four alien races, and was not very worried that another great battle would occur.

Thirty-five years later, Zhou Chun's second Nascent Soul incarnation, Ice Nether True Man, advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage.

At this moment, the turbid evil energy dissipated further, and even a Nascent Soul stage Venerable like Zhou Chun could feel the world cheering.

For this world, the existence of the chaotic and turbid energy outside is like a virus that hinders the world's operation. Now the virus is dying off completely, and the world is about to recover its health. It is only right that the world cheers for this.

It is precisely because of this that Zhou Chun believes that the arrival of the spiritual energy tide is highly likely to happen.

After some thought, he summoned Ye Qingxuan and said, "The turbid evil energy is almost completely dissipated. When it does, perhaps some opportunity will arise. I must return to my own cave dwelling to await that moment. Fellow Daoist Ye, if you wish to continue to safeguard the Great Roc Soaring Sword, then you may also come with me to the Yu Kingdom!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxuan immediately replied without hesitation, "It is my honor to be able to cultivate under Senior Chun Jun's guidance, and I would naturally be more than happy to accept it!"

It's hard to say how much progress he's made in comprehending the laws of the Great Dao through communicating with and controlling the [Great Roc Soaring Sword] over the years, but his sword intent has indeed improved, which is quite remarkable.

Therefore, as long as Zhou Chun doesn't forcibly take back the sword, he will naturally cherish this hard-won opportunity as much as possible.

Not long after, Zhou Chun took Ye Qingxuan back to the Kunwu Mountains.

He then sent Ye Qingxuan to Chang Geng Peak to comprehend the Dao and practice swordsmanship, while he himself quietly cultivated in his cave. Occasionally, he would accompany Luo Qingni and call his son Zhou Xinyuan to give him some pointers.

At the same time, Zhou Chun did not forget some "old friends" and specially informed Nangong Wuqing and other cultivators about the possibility of a divine opportunity appearing after the turbid evil energy was dispersed.

His demon king spirit pets, as well as his relatives and friends, were all notified and made the necessary preparations just like him.

Twenty-two years later, a day destined to be recorded in the annals of the cultivation world.

On this day, colorful clouds appeared in the skies above all parts of the world, filling the sky and illuminating the entire world in vibrant colors.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was more active than ever before. Even cultivators who had just embarked on their cultivation journey in the Qi Refining stage could feel the difference in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth compared to the past.

Against this backdrop, all cultivators in this realm, whether human or demonic beast, under the glow of the multicolored light, underwent a special baptism.

On this day, many cultivators broke through the barriers that had held them back for so long, and many demon beasts also broke through the shackles of their bloodlines and broke through to higher realms.

In the State of Yu, at the place where Lord Fengyuan resided, a clear and melodious phoenix cry suddenly rang out.

She was already just one step away from becoming a demon king, but with the help of this opportunity, she successfully advanced to the fifth-tier superior demon king!

A Zhou family cultivator who was in seclusion to form his core also succeeded in forming his core in one fell swoop with the help of a fortuitous opportunity.

And cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage like Zhou Chun reaped even greater rewards.

They were able to directly comprehend the laws of the Great Dao, clearly feeling the laws of the Great Dao of this world resounding and pulsating, allowing them to glimpse many mysteries that were previously difficult to perceive.

But in Zhou Chun's opinion, perhaps the people who benefited the most from this opportunity were those like Ye Qingxuan who had reached the Nascent Soul stage.

Because the laws of the Great Dao are more active than ever before, it is much easier for them to comprehend and come into contact with the power of the laws of the Great Dao.

During his enlightenment, Zhou Chun discovered a faint surge of the Golden Element Dao Law power emanating from Chang Geng Peak, which was likely triggered by Ye Qingxuan.

Although this power of the laws of the Golden Path is extremely weak, it is a crucial step in creating something from nothing!

Now that Ye Qingxuan has taken this step, his chances of surviving the "Cataclysm of Vital Energy" are much greater.

The colorful glow that filled the sky lasted for about half a day before dissipating, and afterwards everything seemed to return to normal.

But all cultivators know that the world has changed!

The turbid and malevolent energy that had existed for tens of thousands of years has finally completely dissipated from this world. From now on, cultivators will no longer have to worry about being harmed by it.

"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is increasing; it seems the spiritual energy tide is indeed about to appear, and it probably won't be long!"

On Kunwu Peak, Zhou Chun awoke from his enlightenment and, after briefly sensing the changes in the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, uttered a sigh of realization.

He then looked toward Chang Geng Peak, where Ye Qingxuan seemed to still be in a state of enlightenment.

Seeing this, he did not rush to disturb the other party, but silently sorted out his own gains.

Three days later, after Ye Qingxuan regained consciousness, Zhou Chun appeared before him in a flash and solemnly warned, "The turbid evil energy has dissipated, and the tide of spiritual energy in heaven and earth may descend within a hundred years. If Fellow Daoist Ye wishes to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, you must prepare as soon as possible, otherwise the power of the Forty-Nine Tribulations will definitely increase significantly after the tide of spiritual energy descends!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxuan's gaze sharpened, and he bowed to him in gratitude, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Chun Jun. I understand what to do!"

With a hint of reluctance, he took the Great Roc Soaring Sword from his back, presented it to Zhou Chun with both hands, and said, "This sword is returning to its rightful owner. I will never forget Senior Chun Jun's kindness in bestowing this sword upon me to aid my path!"

"Young Ye, you should focus on your Nascent Soul transformation. Once you've successfully achieved it, you can find a powerful spiritual treasure and exchange it with Fellow Daoist Zhou for this!"

The sword spirit of the Great Roc Soaring Sword also manifested at this moment and took the initiative to speak about its own plans.

Neither Zhou Chun nor Ye Qingxuan took these words to heart.

Leaving aside whether Ye Qingxuan could find a Tongtian Lingbao willing to follow Zhou Chun, Zhou Chun himself might not be willing to make the exchange.

It was ultimately just a sword. Zhou Chun respected it because of its power, but he wasn't going to be controlled by it! (End of Chapter)