Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

The next day.

In the eastern part of Bliss Fairy Island, within a valley more than 1.2 million miles from Immortal City.

Rustle~

Countless spirit birds were desperately beating their wings, trying to shoot from their perches into the high sky, their movements filled with panic.

Shortly after.

Boom! The ground began to tremble violently, the mountains seemed on the verge of collapse, and boulders kept rolling down from both sides of the valley.

A dangerous and profound aura quietly emanated from beneath the valley, quickly enveloping a thousand-mile area.

Zhang Jing stood with his hands behind his back atop the peak of a divine tree at the high point of the valley, his gaze deep, his expression unfathomable.

At a certain moment, he seemed to sense something.

He looked down slightly, his gaze directly falling upon a stone cave at the bottom of the valley that was dozens of feet high and bottomless.

"It's here!" he murmured to himself.

This was the first beast Zhang Jing had encountered today. Judging from its aura, it wasn't very strong, which he didn't mind, as long as it could burst out Copper Coins.

However, "not very strong" was relative. In fact, the aura emanating from this creature was several times stronger than that of the Winged Tiger Beast he first encountered, nearly reaching the limit of an ordinary Unity Realm Stage being.

Of course, Zhang Jing's strength was now far stronger than before.

"Based on previous experience, at least two hundred Copper Coins should be sufficient!"

Zhang Jing's eyes flickered slightly as he thought.

He had only one goal for coming out this time, to gather enough Copper Coins to purchase the innate divine material needed to upgrade the Five-Color Cloud Flag.

As for Copper Coins used to bribe the lord's staff, naturally that would wait until after the Five-Color Cloud Flag was upgraded into a postnatal Spiritual Treasure.

As he was pondering.

A burly figure quietly crawled out from a deep cave in the valley. It was a blood-colored ape with a golden scale about a zhang in length and width embedded in its forehead, which looked very strange.

"Golden Scale Scarlet Ape!"

With just one glance, Zhang Jing identified the creature's identity.

It was said that the Golden Scale Scarlet Ape had a faint bloodline of the Ancient Monstrous Beast Scarlet Ape, naturally mastering a strand of the Blood Dao and the Gold Dao, extremely ferocious.

He didn't expect to encounter one on Bliss Fairy Island.

On the other side.

As soon as the Golden Scale Scarlet Ape emerged from the cave, its bloody eyes locked firmly onto Zhang Jing's position. It pounded its chest with two large hands and let out an angry roar.

Boom! A streak of blood light flashed by, and the ape burst forward with a terrifying speed that was completely incongruent with its huge size, crossing a distance of a hundred miles in the blink of an eye.

It stood tall before Zhang Jing, hands wielding hammers, smashing down harshly towards the top of Zhang Jing's head.

The blood light permeated, and a torrential blood sea unfolded!

"How dare you!"

Zhang Jing shouted loudly and took a step forward, his figure disappearing into the void. In the next instant, he was above the Golden Scale Scarlet Ape's head.

With a forward thrust of his finger, an outpouring of Void power condensed into a transparent sword wrapped in a sharp innate Qingyun Sword Intent, slashing downwards.

Where the sword passed, the void naturally split to either side, as if dividing purity from turbidity, Yin from Yang, revealing a terrifying sharpness difficult to describe in words.

Awww—

Sensing the danger above, the Golden Scale Scarlet Ape opened its mouth wide and let out a howl tinged with fear. The golden scale on its brow instantly shone with boundless aureate light, draping its body in an impervious layer of golden armor that looked extremely valiant.

However, such a trick was as fragile as paper before the Void sword, unable to withstand even a moment before shattering loudly.

"I must say, the power of the Void combined with the innate Qingyun Sword is indeed very handy."

Seemingly discovering something interesting, a smile couldn't help but appear on Zhang Jing's face.

At the same time.

The commotion from the valley gradually caught the attention of all Unity Realm beings within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.

In an instant, thousands of Escape Lights swarmed toward the valley.

Among them, there were those who wanted to swoop in for gains, those who came to watch the excitement, and those with nefarious intentions.

Especially not far from the valley.

A group of dozens of Unity Realm beings abruptly stopped what they were doing, their gazes collectively turning toward the direction of the valley.

"Damn it, this is clearly our Furnace Fire Alliance hunting territory. Which blind bastard dares to hunt beasts here, do they not wish to live?"

A Daoist with white eyebrows shouted sternly.

"Let's go, take a look!"

The next moment.

Tens of figures turned into escape light simultaneously, surging toward the valley with such fury that it seemed to ignite the heavens.

...

...

At the original spot.

The gaze gently swept over the prone body of the Scarlet Ape covered in golden scales, which at that moment, displayed faint heaving in its chest—breathing out more than it breathed in, in a pitiable state.

"Tsk, can't take a hit."

Zhang Jing shook his head, about to grant the Gold-Scaled Scarlet Ape a swift end. However, the next moment, as if sensing something, his brows furrowed quickly.

"What's the situation, stirred up a hornet's nest?"

Zhang Jing wondered inwardly, while promptly ending the life of the Gold-Scaled Scarlet Ape. Whisps of blue and white energy burst forth from the corpse's mouth and nose, quickly condensing into blue and white Copper Coins.

At a glance, there were as many as three to four hundred!

Zhang Jing happily collected the scattered blue and white Copper Coins.

But at that moment.

"How dare you! This is the hunting area of our Furnace Fire League, and those Copper Coins are the property of our Furnace Fire League as well. Drop them immediately!" A scolding voice suddenly exploded next to his ears, causing his movements to pause for an instant.

Huh?

Zhang Jing was slightly startled.

Furnace Fire League? Hunting area?

I was just in seclusion, so how has the world changed so much upon coming out?

Zhang Jing smiled and shook his head, then, as if he hadn't heard the scolding, he simply continued to move the body of the Gold-Scaled Scarlet Ape into a temporarily opened small void world.

Dozens of figures with varying appearances silently appeared, surrounding Zhang Jing.

"Fellow Daoist, I will say it one more time. We can let go of your interference in our hunting area for now, but those Copper Coins, as well as the body of the beast, must be handed over! Otherwise—"

A Daoist with white eyebrows stepped forward and issued a domineering ultimatum to Zhang Jing:

"You'll have to take a permanent rest right here."

"Oh? You want to keep me here?"

Zhang Jing looked at the crowd with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, making them feel uncomfortable.

"The strength is not bad, there are actually three ordinary beings at the peak limit of the Unity Realm Stage. It seems that many beings of the Unity Realm on Bliss Fairy Island have started to group together,"

he thought to himself.

From the small clues, he could tell an alliance like the one before him couldn't be the only one on Bliss Fairy Island.

If that were indeed the case, it wasn't good news for his plan to hunt monstrous beasts and accumulate a hundred thousand Qing Bronze Coins.

Zhang Jing's heart sank a bit.

He was not afraid, but the existence of such alliances would undoubtedly have a great impact on the speed at which he could hunt the monstrous beasts.

Moreover, Zhang Jing had not forgotten that there were still dozens of Feathering True Immortals within the Bliss Immortal City, and there was no guarantee some of them weren't part of these allegiances. Encountering them could be problematic...

"Troublesome!" Zhang Jing inwardly sighed.

From the appearance of the Furnace Fire League to the present, it had only been a matter of seconds. Yet, in those few breaths of time, hundreds of Unity Realm beings had descended on both sides of the valley, curiously watching.

All of a sudden.

One of the Human Race True Immortals rubbed his eyes in disbelief, pointing excitedly at Zhang Jing, he exclaimed:

"I recognize you, you're Zhang Jing, the one who possesses the Opening God Seal and has been cowering inside the Immortal City, never coming out. My God, how dare you leave the Immortal City?!"

As soon as these words came out, the previously lively valley fell silent in an instant, with only the sounds of heavy breathing ebbing and flowing.

A thousand malicious gazes descended upon Zhang Jing all at once, as if they were about to devour him alive.

Meanwhile, on another side.

Three Dao bodies, led by the Cause and Effect Dao body, quietly stepped onto Bliss Fairy Island.

"Dream Illusion Daoist friend, Water Daoist friend, the River of Destiny's cut-off indicates a great opportunity on this island, and Qingyun Daoist friend is also here,"

the Cause and Effect Dao body mentioned, holding a river that was barely visible and seemed to be made of countless translucent threads, he said with a smile.