Chapter 689: The Arrogance of Xu Yan's Soul Transformation in Years Past

In the Cultivation World, a phenomenon often occurs where the development of an immortal civilization in a certain region relies entirely on a single individual.

It is that terrifying; top-tier cultivators possess hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times the spiritual consciousness computing power, knowledge reserves, and innate talent of ordinary humans, making their explorations utterly inaccessible and incomprehensible to mortals, let alone comparable.

The Great Sun Sword Master and Sword Disciple of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion are typical representatives of this.

"You exaggerate, you exaggerate."

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun did not agree with the remarks of the surrounding comrades: "The Cultivation World is ultimately a realm of results; the Great Sun Sword Pavilion has fallen, regardless of how they fell."

"Since they have fallen, it means their path has huge flaws; at least in one or several aspects, the Immortal Sects surpass the Great Sun Sword Pavilion."

"Indeed,"

"You are also right; that is the logic."

Zhenjun Shenji Canghai Tianjun pondered for a moment, offered no rebuttal, and agreed: "At least, Jiang Ding's explosive inspiration could transform into a true prototype so quickly; the Immortal Sect system plays a huge role."

"Otherwise, the Great Sun Sword Pavilion alone would not have accomplished it in five hundred years; they have talent for fighting and killing, but talent for scientific research..."

"I do not belittle anyone, but if you bind the hands and feet of the Immortal Sect Academy, gag their mouths, and only allow them to move their eyelashes, even then, their R&D capability surpasses that of the Great Sun Sword Pavilion."

"Hahaha!"

The surrounding Canghai Tianjun laughed heartily.

"Do not be too exaggerated; they have a massive scale and many powerful experts; do not disparage them like this... leave them one hand and one foot, that would be more objective."

The Canghai Tianjun chat group was instantly filled with cheerful laughter.

Unfortunately, the fluctuation frequency of their divine sense could only be captured by Soul Transformation cultivators; from the outside, they all appeared full of majesty, dignified and steady, and Nascent Soul Master Dinghai Zhenjun could not see this.

"By the way, how have Xu Yan and Wang Sanqiu been doing recently?"

"Has the Immortal Sect's Da Zhou blockade encountered any glitches?"

Amidst the laughter, someone remembered something and asked.

"Of course, they are doing very well."

The chubby Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's eyes swirled with cold killing intent like deep ocean currents, yet his expression remained normal as he smiled: "They are great tycoons, controlling their own small realm independently, served by the trade routes of the Badaxian Sect; spirit stones are plentiful enough to pave roads, and heavenly treasures and earthly gems are abundant enough to feed chickens and dogs; how could their fortune be small?"

"How unlike us few, struggling to earn money by publishing articles."

"Great tycoons... hah!"

The surrounding Canghai Tianjun laughed heartily, paying no mind to their own shabbiness and feeling no shame.

"Wait a moment, I will go check."

Yuan spoke briefly and concisely, dashed out like a streak of smoke, and did not return until quite some time had passed.

"No problem."

He reported to everyone: "The Immortal Sect's Da Zhou is fine; it still acts firmly upon the two of them. According to the compromise treaty from two thousand years ago, they are forbidden from contacting the Immortal Sect's core secrets, forbidden from leaking any Immortal Sect Gong Fa, and forbidden from participating in Immortal Sect internal politics; none of these have been violated."

"With the Central Array Spirit Computer strictly monitoring, the possibility of a problem is very small."

"Furthermore, in our calculations, even if the most dangerous situation occurs—some wise and heaven-piercing Lian Shi grand master has a sudden inspiration, cracks the Immortal Sect's Da Zhou, and leaks Immortal Sect Gong Fa—that, while troublesome, is not a major issue."

"The Immortal Sect's advantage does not lie in the Gong Fa,"

"but in the system."

Storybooks often contain tales where, due to the leakage of a certain Gong Fa, enemies find flaws and easily surround and kill the owner.

This is very ridiculous.

Is your Gong Fa that weak?

Must there be a backdoor or a hidden key that, once touched by others, can instantly kill you?

How is that possible!

Small sects might be like this; their ancestor's inheritance is just so-so.

Immortal Sect-level powers absolutely cannot be!

Their Gong Fa is magnificent and grand; they are hexagon warriors, with divine sense, magic power, magical treasures, and spiritual souls all strong; not a single aspect can be missing.

Even if you know my Gong Fa, so what?

Do you have the supporting cultivation foundation? Do you have the relevant talent base? Do you have the Immortal Dao industrial support?

Do you really think the Gong Fa of a domain hegemon power can be picked up and cultivated immediately to advance to Soul Transformation?

You speak of flaws?

Does a tank have flaws? Does a warship have flaws? Does a nuclear bomb have flaws?

Ridiculous to the extreme!

The power is right there; whoever dares to jump, thinking they have mastered the secret, will still be pressed to death by a single palm!

"The Immortal Sect's Da Zhou has not leaked; oh ho!"

"Those two are doomed."

Senior Wanji Canghai Tianjun, the Academician of Material Science, said with schadenfreude: "Xu Yan cultivates the 'Wan Hua Ci Yuan Jing', just like our Great Sun Sword Disciple, but he cultivates the version from two thousand years ago."

"Back then, the Immortal Sect was so poor it was falling apart; the Gong Fa was only deduced to the Hua Shen Chu Qi level, and the later parts were missing."

"What is that young man's cultivation level now?"

He turned and asked.

"Hua Shen Zhong Qi peak; he lacks no resources, his cultivation speed is quite fast, but he has been stuck for nearly five hundred years."

Yuan spoke out.

"Then that is a great pity."

Senior Wanji Canghai Tianjun shook his computer-screen head, seeming regretful.

"Senior,"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, always nicknamed Little Fatty, had only recently advanced to Soul Transformation back then and knew little, so he asked with some curiosity: "Did the Badaxian Sect not give him a Gong Fa?"

"I saw in the intelligence reports that back then, powerful figures from the Badaxian Sect exerted deterrence and secretly forced the issue, with even the powerful figures of the ally Wuxingtian Sect vaguely involved, and only then did the Immortal Sect compromise."

"The Badaxian Sect cannot possibly lack a Soul Transformation-level Gong Fa."

"There is one available."

"It is even a Hua Shen Zhong Qi-level Gong Fa."

Yuan smiled: "The great powers of the Brother Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace gave the two of them a 'Divine Thunder Myriad Thunder Scripture', claiming it was a True Immortal inheritance capable of reaching the Hua Shen Zhong Qi realm directly, a smooth great path. Moreover, they gave the first half, and even gave the second half with a seal added. This was the main reason for their two defections."

"As for Xu Yan, he boasted of peerless talent, surpassing all within the realm. Regarding the current development of the Immortal Gate's military formations and the research and development of numerous scripture-level Gong Fa, he once made enormous contributions. He was hailed as the Great Sun Sword Disciple of the Immortal Gate in that era, with arrogance reaching the heavens."

"He believed that the great powers of the Brother Brother Xuanwu Heavenly Palace were deceitful and had traps; this was inevitable. But he could see through them, solve them, take their essence, and integrate it into his own Dao's Gen Ben Gong Fa, thereby advancing to the Hua Shen Zhong Qi realm, gaining a lifespan of thirty thousand years, becoming invincible within the realm, ensuring his family's prosperity for ten thousand generations."

"Later..."

Yuan shrugged: "The result seemed not to be as he expected."

"He seemed to have mistaken the collective wisdom of the Immortal Gate for his own? I do not know why he developed such an illusion, nor why he so lightly regarded the Hua Shen Zhong Qi great powers, thinking his own solitary wisdom could overturn them."

"Now, he seems to be trapped in a stubborn and terrible bottleneck, unable to break through the Hua Shen Zhong Qi realm for eternity."

Yuan said calmly.

"In a sense, they are very fortunate to be plotted against by multiple Hua Shen Zhong Qi great powers."

"This is a fortune that countless Soul Transformation cultivators would not dare to even dream of."

Traitors of the Immortal Gate,

are destined to be trusted by no one.

Especially since their talent is superior, causing the Hua Shen Zhong Qi great powers to fear them; naturally, they must exhaust all efforts to lock them down, destroy any possibility of their advancement, and let them contentedly serve as pawns, restraining and disturbing the Immortal Gate. Enjoying wealth and honor is enough; these will not be lacking.

Do not think of arrogant and ridiculous things.

This is bad for everyone.

(End of this chapter)