Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

Zhang Jing's rainbow-like radiance lingered in mid-air for a moment.

His gaze poured directly onto the various figures on the three mountain peaks.

In the very next moment, he retracted his gaze once more.

An inscrutable expression of deep meaning emerged on his face.

"It's quite apparent that the rumors are true, the seven top legacies of the Human Race are indeed divided into four different factions."

At the very next instant.

Zhang Jing landed on one of the mountain peaks.

Dozens of people sitting cross-legged immediately opened their eyes, faces lighting up with affable smiles.

Seven of them directly stood up, giving Zhang Jing a warm welcome.

"Ha ha, another fellow cultivator from Taiyi has just arrived."

"What caused you to arrive this late?"

...

Not much later.

Zhang Jing sat down near the center under the guidance of seven cultivators from the Taiyi Sect.

Thereafter,

Each of them introduced themselves to him.

"My friends, I am Shen Chu, from the Wanlong Blessed Land of the Taoist Sect."

Said a young man, dressed in a moon-white robe and a jade crown with floating clouds, with a smile.

He seemed quite young, probably only twenty-four or five years old.

However, the subtle suggestion of worldly experience in his gaze seemed to remind Zhang Jing not to judge a cultivator's age by appearance. Especially in the Heavenly Realm.

Untold secret realms house countless unique and precious treasures, many of them have the potential to rejuvenate or preserve youth.

Such as his own Revitalization Spring!

In his contemplation,

The others continued to introduce themselves.

"Tan Jin, from the Mie Yan Blessed Land, nice to meet you."

"Wei Lin, from Fufeng World, nice to meet you."

...

...

Their voices slowly faded,

And the seven individuals turned their eyes towards Zhang Jing as if waiting for his introduction.

This fellow cultivator, who arrived very late in the central hunting grounds and had around twenty Jiaoyun Decrees in his possession, aroused their sincere curiosity.

On the other side,

"Two disciples from Blessed Lands, with the other five from different Worlds... "

Zhang Jing mumbled to himself,

A trace of surprise flashed in his heart.

Could it be that he was the only disciple from a Cave Heaven representing the Taiyi Sect in the twenty-ninth field?

Given this,

The number of disciples from different Cave Heavens participating in the Jiaoyun Realm might not be many.

However, upon careful consideration by Zhang Jing,

This situation seemed quite normal.

Compared to the vast number of Blessed Lands and Worlds within the sect, the quantity of Cave Heavens was indeed pitifully small.

On one hand, only a Heavenly True Monarch had the power to open up a Cave Heaven that fully embodied Taoist principles in the void.

On the other hand,

This was because there were only a few Heavenly True Monarchs, like his mentor True Monarch Yuanming, willing to open up their Cave Heavens and receive a large number of disciples.

More True Monarchs, often accepting no more than one disciple every few million years.

After all, as Heavenly True Monarchs with limitless lifetimes, living freely and long, time had almost no meaning for them.

Snap back to reality,

Zhang Jing smiled at the few opposite, softly saying,

"I am from the Red Clarity Grand Brightness Cave Heaven, my name is Zhang Jing, nice to meet you Junior Brothers."

As his voice resonated,

The seven individuals opposite were taken aback.

A Cave Heaven! And not just any, but one of the top ten Cave Heavens, the Red Clarity Grand Brightness Cave Heaven!

They had a senior brother in their twenty-ninth field from the Red Clarity Grand Brightness Cave Heaven, but why hadn't they heard any news about him before?

Had he intentionally been that low-profile?

At the very next moment,

As if realizing something,

They instantly stood up and said in unison:

"Junior brothers were unaware of senior brother's arrival earlier, please forgive us for any improprieties."

"Don't worry about it, please sit down Junior Brothers,"

Zhang Jing said with a smile, his voice mild.

Hearing that,

The seven individuals glanced at each other and let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Their actions instantly attracted the attention of others around.

Seeing this scene,

They quickly understood that a Cave Heaven disciple from the Boundless Tai Yi Taoist Gate had just arrived.

In an instant.

Many people stood up and respectfully approached Zhang Jing to greet him.

Zhang Jing responded to each one with a smile.

About an hour later.

The surroundings became quiet again.

Until now.

Zhang Jing finally had time to carefully scrutinize the other two mountain peaks a thousand feet away, as well as the silhouettes sitting cross-legged on them.

A trace of contemplation showed in his eyes.

On the mountain where he is currently situated, most of them are disciples of Boundless Tai Yi Taoist Gate and Wanbao Immortal Sect, as well as some disciples from the two major legacies' Heavenly Immortal forces.

Without even thinking.

On one of the mountains opposite, eighty percent of them must be disciples from the Emperor's Way and Circle Heavenly Star Temple along with their subordinate major forces.

As for the other mountain.

The people on it should be related to the two top-level legacies: the Ancestor Demon School and the Huangquan Immortal Scenery.

As for the Grand Sumeru Heaven, one of the seven top-level human race legacies, very few disciples appear in the world.

So one doessn't see their disciples and successors here.

Zhang Jing didn't find this strange.

Additionally—

This is just one of the hundred competition arenas.

…

Time was slowly passing.

Unaware, it was already the last day.

The sky suddenly darkened.

A giant face slowly emerged, its heavy gaze immediately scanning each competition arena.

Down below.

Zhang Jing, who was staring at the sky, suddenly looked down at his hand as if he felt something.

In a moment.

The golden light flickering on the Jiaoyun decrees he got from others suddenly started to wax and wane.

Shortly after.

In Zhang Jing's surprised gaze.

The many Jiaoyun decrees in his hand started to dim little by little, ultimately vanishing into nothingness.

"So every individual can only possess one Jiaoyun decree?"

A hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

Just then.

A touch of a smile emerged on the giant face blocking the sky, and then proclaimed in a grand and impassioned tone:

"The number of advancers in this round is one hundred and thirteen thousand five hundred and thirteen! Congratulations to you all!"

"The second round of competition will start in ten days, the victor will be rewarded with a hundred million luck movement and also obtain the Jiaoyang Dharma Seal!"

As his voice fell.

The giant face covering the sky slowly disappeared.

…

At the spot.

Zhang Jing's gaze lowered, seemingly hiding his excited eyes. He could feel his breathing becoming gradually heavier.

A hundred million luck movement!

To the current him, how huge was this number?

Right! When leaving the secret realm this time, he could also withdraw the first round's twenty million luck movement reward.

Suddenly, Zhang Jing felt a brightness before his eyes.

This wasn't some kind of description, but... it actually brightened.

But in an instant.

Zhang Jing found that it seemed as if a golden sun had appeared before him, shining so brightly it was hard to look directly at it.

Is this—

He couldn't help but squint his eyes, gazing upon the dazzling glow.

Upon seeing it, his gaze solidified.

"The Jiaoyun decree?" Zhang Jing said in surprise.

He turned his head to look aside.

At this moment, he realized that it wasn't just him, all people including a few Junior Brothers nearby had the same spectacle appear before them.

Clearly.

The Jiaoyun decree for everyone had undergone some changes.

Not long after.

The dazzling golden light in front of him gradually disappeared.

And along with it, the Jiaoyun decree also disappeared.

"What exactly happened?"

A trace of astonishment flashed in Zhang Jing's eyes.

The next moment.

A strange imprint slowly appeared in his Sea of Consciousness, as if it was made up of numerous mysterious Dao Patterns intricately woven together, it looked like an odd sun of golden light and a myriad of paths.

Underneath this golden sun, there were also scintillating clouds forming.

As if they were an inseparable whole, emitting profound mysteries.

Jiaoyang Imprint: A gifted spell, once it's casted, it boosts the understanding and enormously enhances Dao efficiency.

At this moment.

As if sensing something, the Dao Yuan Qing Yun Dharma Seed began to tremble frantically; the five-colored divine light was suddenly released, continuously flowing in circles.