Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

The First Void.

At the Heavenly Stairs.

The many disciples from the Outer Academy of the three Dao Institutes have gathered.

After a long wait.

Whoosh—

"He's finally stopped!" The man who wanted to compile the Outer Academy Talent List suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, his thoughts lingering and difficult to calm down.

He unconsciously took another look at the Talent List.

[Rank 614: Zhang Jing (Refining Qi Level 10, 24th step of Heavenly Stairs, Dragon Lake Dao Institute)]

The 'Refining Qi Level 10' tag above was particularly noticeable.

Twenty-four steps up the Heavenly Stairs, which means he reached the Third Void.

But their own Shenxiao Outer Academy's pride, Senior Sister Qin Nian, was only at the sixteenth step of the Heavenly Stairs.

The gap between the two... is somewhat large!

Where on earth did Dragon Lake Dao Institute dig up such a monster?

With his existence.

Is there any meaning left in compiling the Outer Academy Talent List?

Thinking about this.

He quietly put away the record spirit jade in his hand, then looked directly at Shen Qingqing next to him, his eyes showing a trace of awe:

"Fairy Shen... What is this Senior Brother's identity?"

At this moment.

Shen Qingqing seemed to wake from a dream, her eyes still carrying an unbelievable look.

What does accomplishing twenty-four steps up the Heavenly Stairs mean!

Amongst the disciples from the Outer Academy of the three Dao Institutes... No! Shen Qingqing suddenly came to her senses, staring intently at a senior brother from the Xuanguang Daoist Temple Inner Academy, who was not far ahead of Zhang Jing on the Talent List.

This monster seems to no longer be classified amongst the Outer Academy disciples.

His competitors have surprisingly already become the many Inner Academies!

At this instant.

Some thoughts in Shen Qingqing's heart silently extinguished.

The gap between the two was too large, meaningless.

"No wonder Thousand Law Pavilion had chosen Zhang Jing as the next chief. It seems they knew all along." She murmured in her heart.

"Fairy Shen?" The man called out again.

"You are referring to Senior Brother Zhang. He is the next chief of the Thousand Law Pavilion in our Dragon Lake Dao Institute!"

Chen Xiandao on the other side took over the conversation, proudly announcing in a loud voice.

He seemed rather pleased with himself.

"The next chief of the Thousand Law Pavilion, what the hell?"

Including the man who asked the question, everyone was puzzled.

They all heard such an outrageous statement for the first time.

Could someone really be confirmed as the next Pavilion Master of the Inner Academy while still at the Refining Qi Realm?

But looking at the expressions of the Dragon Lake Dao Institute disciples.

It seemed... true!

...

Outside.

Looking at the familiar name slowly settling at the 614th rank, even Pavilion Master Goatbeard, who had witnessed countless Talents and Monsters, had his expressions freeze for a moment.

A sense of absurdity arose spontaneously in his heart.

The situation was somewhat different from his previous estimates.

Or rather,

Both he and You Yuanming had underestimated Zhang Jing's talent in the path of True Method.

To achieve this degree on his first attempt at storming the Heavenly Stairs shows that his talent in the cultivation of the Deep Sea Dragon Swallowing Void Rhyme was nearing perfection.

And it seemed like Zhang Jing had only been Cultivating the high-grade Cultivation Method for just over a year.

If that's the case... Pavilion Master Goatbeard was uncharacteristically lacking in confidence.

Is there a need to persuade him to change to the Array Symbol Path?

"Let's see, what if the kid fails to comprehend the Dao Intent in the end." Pavilion Master comforted himself in his heart.

On the other side.

"Brother Goatbeard, how about handing over that youngster, Zhang Jing... to our Spirit Dao Pavilion?"

The ruddy-faced old man also noticed Zhang Jing's position on the Talent List and turned to look at Pavilion Master Goatbeard, with a sheepish smile, he tentatively asked.

What Pavilion Master Goatbeard could think of, the ruddy-faced old man could as well.

At this moment,

He was seriously tempted.

If this little freak joined the Spirit Dao Pavilion, then... the next chief could still be ranked on the True Spirit List, what an honor that would be!

...

Whoosh—

Chilling wind with tiny ice particles like needles hit Zhang Jing's face, making a clanging sound as if metal was being hammered.

In an instant,

His eyebrows and hair were already white.

Just now on the Heavenly Stairs, he didn't feel anything.

But after coming down, Zhang Jing realized that the environment here was much more harsh than the First and Second Void.

The freezing cold penetrated his robe, straight into the marrow.

If not for the attribute of the Deep Sea Dragon Absorbing Void True Method, [Body Like Dragon], giving Zhang Jing the monstrous physical ability of a sea dragon,

The omnipresent chill would've sapped his strength.

Besides—

Zhang Jing couldn't help but look around.

All he could see was flying snow, a pure white vista, desolate and lifeless!

"Troublesome, troublesome! Hunting Demon Spirits to gather Talent... the prerequisite is to be able to find them in the first place!"

He felt a headache coming on.

Everything in his line of sight was telling Zhang Jing that killing Demon Spirits to obtain Talent in the Third Void might be very difficult.

Zhang Jing unconsciously lowered his head.

The Dao Pattern in his palm was flickering,

[Talent: 7310]

All the way up.

He gradually caught on to some patterns.

With each ascending level in the Heavenly Stairs, the Talent obtained from killing the guarding Spirit Gods would increase exponentially, taking the boundary at each Void level.

For example, killing an ordinary guarding Spirit God.

In the First Void, it could yield ten Talent, in the Second Void, it turned out to be two hundred Talent, while in the Third Void, it was a terrifying one thousand Talent.

Zhang Jing thought of Senior Brother You's advice once again.

Not mentioning the numerous opportunities inside the higher level Voids, just in terms of Talent acquisition speed, the difference was like heaven and earth.

The Treasury of All Gods was only open for a year.

What this implied was self-explanatory.

Zhang Jing looked at the Talent List.

[First: Qiu Han (61st step of Heavenly Stairs, Late Foundation Establishment, Shenxiao Dao Institute)]

[Second: You Yuanming (61st step of Heavenly Stairs, Late Foundation Establishment, Dragon Lake Dao Institute)]