Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

"Haha, Junior Brother, it seems you've obtained quite a haul this time."

As soon as Zhang Jingfu stepped out of the bronze palace,

A teasing voice from Feng Wuyu came from not far away.

"Not bad, not bad." He laughed.

This gain, far more than not small, was a big windfall.

"Fifth Junior Brother, congratulations on becoming our Master's disciple." From the other side, Senior Sister Kong in her yellow palace dress nodded at Zhang Jing with a smile, "About the reception banquet, it was the younger brothers who were too arrogant and unreasonable. I hope Fifth Junior Brother won't take it to heart. I will give you an explanation when the time comes."

Having said that.

Senior Sister Kong turned around and walked down the mountain along the white jade steps.

After a while,

Her figure disappeared from Zhang Jing's sight.

At the same spot.

Zhang Jing was slightly taken aback.

This Senior Sister Kong said a bunch of incomprehensible things, like Junior Brothers not understanding and giving an explanation.

In the end, no explanation was given.

He couldn't help but look at Senior Brother Feng Wuyu with a perplexed expression:

"Senior Brother, what did Senior Sister Kong mean? And this 'Fifth Junior Brother'... I remember that there are eight True Disciples in our Cave Heaven, aren't there?"

Across from Zhang Jing,

Feng Wuyu smiled lightly, then patiently explained:

"Let's talk about the reception banquet first."

"Junior Brother, I remember that you received an invitation before coming to the ancestral court. As far as I know, this so-called reception is seemingly a meeting between the Lower Nine Domains and the Heavenly Realm Lineage of the Taikoo Taiyi Cave Heaven, but in reality—"

As if recalling some amusing incidents.

Feng Wuyu suddenly laughed:

"Reality is that the few Dharma Phase Realm cultivators who are the main hosts of the Heavenly Realm Lineage want to take this opportunity to discipline the Junior Brother, to deter the disciples of the other Nine Domains. After all, Junior Brother has just returned with the honor of being the best in the Foundation Establishment Realm of the Jiaoyun Realm, and his momentum is very strong."

Upon hearing this.

Zhang Jing became enlightened.

"Killing the chicken to scare the monkey?"

Feng Wuyu nodded and continued:

"As for 'Fifth Junior Brother'— Junior Brother, you don't actually think that all True Disciples are qualified to become the Master's official direct disciples, do you?"

"In fact, before today, our Taikoo Taiyi Cave Heaven had a total of eight True Disciples, but only four of them are the Master's official direct disciples, while the remaining four are registered disciples."

"Moreover, among these four True Disciples, only I am from the Lower Nine Domains."

With that,

Feng Wuyu's voice suddenly fell.

However, in the next moment, his tone became spirited again.

"But now there is Junior Brother, haha."

After listening.

"There are only four direct disciples in total? And two others..." A thoughtful look appeared on Zhang Jing's face.

While the two were conversing,

Boom—

An earsplitting bell toll suddenly echoed from the higher peaks of Yuhua Mountain, with transparent waves of sound swiftly spreading in all directions.

"Junior Brother, this is the Tao Sect's innate spiritual treasure, the Eight Wilderness Bell. This bell toll will be heard throughout the entire Qingxiao Xuanming sky, indicating that the Tao Sect has gained another True Disciple."

Feng Wuyu looked towards the source of the bell toll and then explained.

"It turns out there really is an innate spiritual treasure!"

Zhang Jing's eyes flashed.

Earlier when Uncle Master Mingyou gifted him the Post-Heaven Grade Spiritual Treasure, the Black Water Flag of Xuanming, he had speculated that there might be the existence of an innate spiritual treasure.

However, he never expected.

Just after leaving this bronze immortal palace, he would discover traces of the so-called 'innate spiritual treasure'.

Coming back to his senses.

"I see, thank you Senior Brother for enlightening me."

Zhang Jing turned to look at Senior Brother Feng Wuyu, gratitude could be heard in his voice.

"Junior Brother is too polite. Both of us are from the Lower Nine Domains and belong to the lineage of Master's official direct disciples, so we should support each other in the future."

There was an unusual seriousness in Feng Wuyu's voice.

"Junior Brother understands."

...

Eastern Pole Continent, at a certain place filled with rich aura.

A few hundred cultivators from three factions dressed in different robes and exuding various auras were in a tense standoff, the atmosphere was extremely tense.

The majority of these people were in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

The few who were in the Golden Core Realm were standing leisurely behind the crowd with a somewhat proud look on their faces.

Off in the distance.

Many cultivators had gathered together, quietly arguing over which side would ultimately prevail.

There were even some cultivators who had already opened bets, which attracted a lot of people to place heavy stakes.

Within the crowd.

An old man with white hair was watching the scene in the distance.

In his heart, he couldn't help but sigh:

"This Lingshu Mountain is truly a good place. Its thirty-six peaks vaguely form a natural formation, each peak is extremely steep and mysterious with countless treasured plants and rare animals dwelling within. Especially the main peak, which gathers the essence of hundreds of miles of earth veins and also borders the Tao Sect's Blessed Land."

As he thought.

Among the three opposing forces,

A young man, who looked extremely youthful but whose cultivation had astonishingly reached the Golden Core Realm, stepped forward. His imposing momentum immediately swept out in all directions.

"Fellow Daoists, as for the ownership of Lingshu Mountain, we, the cultivators of Yushui Sect, Three Elements City, and Dragon Sky Sword Sect, have fought for hundreds of years. Today, let's simply decide the outcome."

"The victorious sect will directly go to the Taiyi Pavilion to apply, and the other two should not obstruct or interfere under any pretext. How about it?"

"Fine, let's do as you say! Let's finish this."

A burly man who looked like a mountain also took a step forward and roared with zealous intent for battle.

Just as the standoff was about to spark a battle.

Boom!

An enormous bell toll suddenly swept across.

The soundwave brought with it an endless storm of Immortal Spirit Qi, its might was immense, but it didn't harm anyone, and not even a single blade of grass or tree was damaged in the slightest.

It was as if a brief illusion had occurred.

However.

None of those present would think that it was an illusion.

Because...

"The Immortal Dao Sect has produced another True Disciple?!"

Someone yelled out involuntarily.

Woosh——

The crowd suddenly erupted, instantly shifting their attention from the impending conflict to something else.

...

Taikoo Taiyi Cave Heaven.

A cave mansion on a certain Immortal Island.

A group of dozens of people was gathered in a spacious reception hall, all appearing to be discussing something, with extremely confident expressions on their faces.

Among them.

The nine Dharma Phase Realm cultivators in the center seemed to be their leaders.

And Qiang Fang,

Who had previously given the invitation to Zhang Jing, was in this group.

...

"Haha, let's do it this way. After this, those people from the Lower Nine Domains will surely behave."

Qiang Fang laughed, his words filled with joy.

"This is very good."

"We need to thoroughly dampen their spirits!"

"Indeed! All the resources for cultivation belong to us in the Heavenly Realm, what do they have to do with it? Those beggars from the Lower Realm, if they want to beg, they should act like beggars. It's already good enough that they have something to eat, yet they still dream of sitting at the table, how does that make any sense?"

"Right! Everyone, be quiet, I have one more piece of good news."

All of a sudden.

The handsome man in the center, donned in a moon-white robe and of noble temperament, spoke with a smile.

The drawing room suddenly fell silent.

"During this Welcoming Immortals banquet, the elder sister will also come. With her backing us, even Senior Brother Feng Wuyu, who we have been worried about, won't be able to make any waves."

As the man's voice faded.

"What! Senior Brother, did you just say that the elder sister will also come?" Someone expressed their surprise.

There was pure disbelief in their voices.

After all, how could such a small matter attract the attention of the elder sister?

However, at this moment.

Boom!

A long, sonorous bell rang out from inside the drawing room and quickly disappeared.

Not long after.

Glug!

Someone swallowed, murmuring:

"Did another senior brother or sister achieve the true disciple position? I wonder which Cave Heaven they belong to."

And in the most hidden corner of the room.

A man with an ordinary appearance slowly opened his eyes, a hint of unease flashing through his deep black pupils.

For no apparent reason.

He had a feeling that the frequent appearances of Senior Brother Feng Wuyu, the emergence of the elder sister, and the other strange behaviors, like actively participating in the Welcoming Immortals banquet.

They were all somehow connected to the senior brother who had just achieved true disciple status.

He wanted to say something.

However, when he lifted his head, the room was full of fanatic and confident expressions.

"Sigh~I hope I'm just overthinking."

The man sighed helplessly in his heart.

...

Time slowly passed.

In the practice room.

Zhang Jing was sitting upright thinking about something, an excited look flashing in his eyes.

With a show of his hand.

A brilliant light flashed.

An unusual immortal crystal appeared in his palm, emitting faint auras of profound origin.

Along with the appearance of this immortal crystal.

Zhang Jing could clearly feel that the mysterious Jade Talisman within the Mud Pill Palace started to vibrate again.

He couldn't help but gaze at his palm.

"Origin Crystal? What exactly are you that you could attract the Jade Talisman?"

He mumbled in his mind.

He pondered for a moment.

Then, without the slightest hesitation.

Zhang Jing, following the implicit guidance or perhaps the guidance of the Jade Talisman, directly attached the Origin Crystal in his hand to his forehead.

In an instant.

He sensed an extremely massive, terrifying power similar to the nature of chaos within this Origin Crystal.

"Taiyi, or should it be said as origin creation?"

Zhang Jing mused to himself.

Besides these two phrases, he really couldn't think of any other words to describe this kind of power.

The next moment.

Inside the Mud Pill Palace, the Jade Talisman glowed brightly!

The power inside of the Origin Crystal began to be slowly extracted.

Two days later.

Zhang Jing put away the Origin Crystal.

The Origin power lost from the crystal was just one-thousandth.

That was the result of his continuous efforts of fighting for two days and two nights.

"It's too slow, or perhaps the power inside is just too high-grade. The Jade Talisman is currently limited by my cultivation level, it can only extract it bit by bit."

Zhang Jing thought to himself.

Then, his mind shifted towards the Mud Pill Palace

At this moment.

About an additional option had suddenly appeared on the Jade Talisman.

"Universal: 1.97 million."

"Universal? Does it mean universal experience?" thought Zhang Jing curiously.

His mind immediately focused on the universal experience option.

The next moment.

A clear sense surged into Zhang Jing's mind.

He could manipulate this 1.97 million universal experience, not only could he add it onto skills, he could also add it onto Dharma Seeds and Immortal Seeds, even though they didn't show any experience value.

He could even——

Add it directly onto the Jade Talisman itself!

Zhang Jing's eyes widened in surprise.

"Does that mean that the universal experience from the Origin Crystal can directly infinitely strengthen a Dharma Seed or an Immortal Seed?"

"And what would happen if it kept being added on the Jade Talisman?"

...

Unknowingly.

Half a year quietly passed.

Zhang Jing looked at the three River of Time Golden Crystals in his hand, anticipation flashing in his eyes.

"This time, it should be able to rank up the universal skills of twenty-four years by two levels."

He was just about to start his cultivation.

However, the next moment.

Zhang Jing seemed to have realized something. Suddenly, an invitation appeared in his hand.

"Is it time for the Welcoming Immortals Banquet?"

After a while.

"Thirty-Eight, for this Welcoming Immortals banquet, you will go on behalf of me. Remember, while we will not cause trouble on our own, we definitely aren't afraid of any either."

Zhang Jing instructed as he handed the invitation to Lu 38.

At the same time.

A Dao Seal shimmering with a brilliant purple glow emerged slowly from his forehead.

Afterward, he drew out a breath from within it and directly injected it into Lu 38's massive forehead.

It transformed into a purple Primordial Chaos Dao Seal that bore an uncanny resemblance to the one on his forehead.

After a few moments.

The Dao Seal slowly disappeared.

"Rest assured, master. I certainly won't embarrass you!"

Lu 38 curiously touched his own forehead, then thumped his chest and made his promise.

"Then go."

Zhang Jing waved his hand.

Lu 38 transformed into a ray of light and disappeared above the Immortal Island.