Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

The night is extremely dark.

Inside a cavern.

A flash of spiritual light illuminates the dark cave for a moment, then disappears again.

Even though it's completely dark.

However, in Zhang Jing's sight, there's no difference between it and daylight.

Yet he still gently waves his hand.

The Five Treasures Ling River shines briefly, a spell slowly rising in the middle of the river to the top of the cave, radiating a bright light.

With the appearance of the light.

Zhang Jing's pale face momentarily becomes visible.

This time, understanding the Tao Intent of the Taoyin Sea Dragon took more than four hours.

During this period, he used all his strength to push the Dharma Seeds of the Dao Yuan Qing Yun, almost completely exhausting Zhang Jing's mind and spiritual sense.

Thinking of this.

Zhang Jing's mind moved, and the Jade Talisman slowly emerged.

[Taoyin Sea Dragon Tao Intent (426/1000)]

When he looked again and saw the progress in understanding the Dao Intent had reached 426, a faint smile couldn't help but flash in Zhang Jing's eyes.

Three and a half months left...

No matter how he calculates, time is ample.

Zhang Jing closes his eyes in relief, starting to regulate his breathing.

His breath slowly settles down.

His previously exceedingly pale face slowly begins to restore its color bit by bit.

...

The next day.

Zhang Jing, whose mind and spiritual sense had only slightly recovered, opened the door early and headed straight for the caves where Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Yang lived.

After a while.

In a spacious cave.

"What, you're saying goodbye?" Liu Lizhi and Yang Bai looked at Zhang Jing together, their faces showing incredulous expressions.

Inside the Mini Void of the Ten Thousand Gods.

Usually, you only say goodbye specially when you're going to another Void.

After all, in the eyes of cultivators like them, one layer of Void isn't vast. Even if you fly from one end of the Void to the other, it only takes seven or eight hours at most.

But Zhang Jing's goodbye.

Obviously, he's planning to go to the Ninth Void.

However ——

He'd only stayed in the Eighth Void for a month and a half. Was he moving too fast?

"Yes, Junior Brother plans to enter the Ninth Void soon, so I came here today to say goodbye to the two Senior Brothers, and also thank you for taking care of Zhang Jing over the past month and a half."

Zhang Jing gratefully said.

Across from him.

Liu Lizhi and Yang Bai looked at each other, silent for a moment.

After a long while.

"Junior Brother, are you... really sure about this?"

Liu Lizhi asked with a dry throat.

He was still a bit incredulous.

He was aware of Junior Brother Zhang Jing's strength when he first entered the Eighth Void.

In his original estimation, even if Zhang Jing was extraordinarily talented, he should have stayed in the Eighth Void for three to four months.

After all, Zhang Jing stayed in the Seventh Void for two full months.

But now ——

A month and a half!

Why was he getting faster?

Especially when Liu Lizhi thought again that he'd been in the Eighth Void for over eight months, compared to Zhang Jing's one and a half months, he couldn't help shaking his head repeatedly.

Across from him.

Zhang Jing nodded with a smile.

Hu——

Seeing this, Liu Lizhi exhaled a sigh of relief and slowly said:

"Since you're sure, Senior Brother won't say much else. Take care, Junior Brother!"

"Take care, Junior Brother!"

Yang Bai also spoke.

It seemed as if he suddenly thought of something. A playful expression couldn't help but appear on his face.

"Hehe, after the Mini Void of Ten Thousand Gods event finishes, I wonder how the Pavilion Master and Senior Brother You will react. Tsk! They surely won't still want Junior Brother Zhang Jing to go the Array Symbol One Way route, will they?"

"Even if those two want it, the Academy Principal probably won't agree."

...

Three days later.

Zhang Jing, seated on the stone slab, opened his eyes, suddenly shooting out a five-colored spiritual light.

The previously gloomy cave suddenly became bright.

At this moment, his mind and spiritual sense had fully recovered.

The forty percent Tao Intent of the Taoyin Sea Dragon had also been completely mastered by Zhang Jing.

He slowly stood up.

Zhang Jing used his large spiritual sense to sweep the entire cave to ensure nothing was left behind. After confirming, he pushed open the door and walked out of the cave.

He looked upwards.

Without any hesitation.

Zhang Jing transformed into a stream of dark light and darted directly towards the Heavenly Ladder.

The fifth ladder!

The sixth ladder!

...

The ninth ladder!

"Too weak, way too weak!"

Zhang Jing felt exhilarated.

The seemingly powerful and abnormal spirit god.

At this moment, it couldn't even hold its breath in his hands.

Not even the strongest ninth ladder spirit god guard, who had just recovered from its shadow state, had the chance to see Zhang Jing before being pierced through its chest by a dark sea dragon the size of a chopstick.

The process was incredibly smooth, as if there were no obstacles at all.

Immediately after.

The Power of Taiyin burst forth, completely freezing the opponent's last bit of life.

Zhang Jing just stood quietly in the middle of the ninth ladder, watching all of this with indifferent eyes. His mind was calm and still.

Shouldn't it be this easy if one has four-tenths grasp of the Tao Intent?

Dao patterns flickered in the palm.

An additional 400,000 of spiritual pith!

A hint of a smile appeared in Zhang Jing's eyes, then he transformed into a stream of light and flew upwards.

Below, a dim and inconspicuous glow suddenly flew out from the body of the spirit god guard, hurriedly catching up with Zhang Jing. It landed gently on his wrist, transforming into an inconspicuous black bracelet.

...

The Ninth Void.

Mist and fog swirled, obscuring the sun, creating an illusion of an immortal realm.

Within the thick fog, the nine-tier Heavenly Ladder loomed vaguely, extending all the way to the deepest part of the dome.

Perhaps due to the lingering mist, the entire Ninth Void was incredibly silent.

In one instant, this silence was broken!

A dark crack abruptly appeared where the Heavenly Ladder stood. The mist diffused everywhere, instantly forming terrifying currents that spanned the horizon and were swallowed by the dark crack.

In the midst of this misty torrent.

A shadowy light swam upstream.

In just an instant, it reached the first tier of the ladder and transformed into a young man's silhouette.

"The Ninth Void."

Zhang Jing looked around with an indifferent expression.

He noticed something.

The number of shadows on the Heavenly Ladder had suddenly decreased.

It wasn't as before, with countless layers densely packed along the boundless edge of the ladder.

While Zhang Jing was observing.

Click, click!

A shadow began to move, the color of its shadow rapidly fading.

Hearing the sound.

Zhang Jing turned his head, then his eyes focused.

The creature looked like a cow but had no horns. Its body was covered in thick greenish scales. Most importantly, it only had one leg.

From just one glance.

Zhang Jing felt the creature was strikingly similar to the Kui Cow from the ancient myths of his previous life.

Although its power was nowhere near as strong.

But——

"Is it a coincidence or some other reason? Nevermind, I may know once I ascend to the Upper Realm."

A contemplative expression emerged on Zhang Jing's face.

Afterward.

His mind stirred.

The black bracelet fell off his wrist and transformed into a miniature black sea dragon, charging directly towards the opponent.

Plop!

A faint sound rang out as a small black hole suddenly appeared on the forehead of the Kui Cow-like spirit god guard.

The Dao pattern in his palm flashed.

An additional 500,000 of spiritual pith!

"Killing a spirit god guard yields 500,000... which means that in the Ninth Void, hunting a common demon spirit yields about 50,000 spiritual pith. Even if I kill only ten a day, that would be 500,000 of spiritual pith."

Zhang Jing meticulously calculated in his mind.

"It'll take around twenty more days to fully comprehend the Tao Intent, and that needs just over ten million more spiritual pith."

Thinking this far, Zhang Jing exhaled a breath of air, his mind settling down.

He then transformed into a streak of light again and continued to ascend.