Chapter 335: 335. Chapter 330: The Immortal Cauldron Forges the Dao, Three Sages Enter the Gigantic Spirit Realm

335. Chapter 330: The Immortal Cauldron Forges the Dao, Three Sages Enter the Gigantic Spirit Realm

Longyuan Mountain enjoys spring all year round, with a hundred shades of verdant beauty, myriad layered peaks crouching like tigers and coiling like dragons.

"The signal towers from all sides have been successfully linked; the world deep in the universe has been opened, allowing entry in soul form to explore the vast opportunities of the new world."

"That realm is mysterious, possibly reflecting the real world; everything cultivators experience there is real, and you will also face Huanyu cultivators."

"Upon entering, you must take the matter seriously."

Ye Qin looked at Zuo Ci, Li Bai, and Zhidun, and seriously gave his instructions.

Qinghuan, although he had instructed him, the various great sects wanted to enter the depths of the universe to explore another world, but each sect concealed information, making what was revealed extremely vague.

However, one point can be certain.

"This requires preparation."

Hua Tiancheng suppressed the gloom in his heart, forced a smile, and walked over to speak.

I thought entering the Gigantic Spirit Realm would allow me to accomplish something, but I didn't expect the interior to be a place where sect factions stand in rows, with danger no less than that of the real world.

But actually, overall they are about the same; those who got ahead have only come here four or five times.

Zhidun's face showed a thoughtful expression.

A newly arrived cultivator was grabbed by an old man, who anxiously tried to dissuade him.

The vast Huaxia, spanning five thousand years, saw all predecessors who sought the path of cultivation end in failure; had it not been for the Demon Master stepping into the river of ages to guide them, they would have long turned to dust.

Granny Lu said, her voice harmonious, giving a feeling like basking in spring breeze.

"Provoke them, and you're throwing away your life."

"Boom—"

"How could it be that easy."

At that moment, a ragged youth in the crowd clung to many scrolls, shouting.

Zuo Ci saw the scholar beside him and asked softly.

At that moment, a grand voice resonated beside Hua Tiancheng's ear.

He handed Hua Tiancheng the finished cigarette butt, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins, his face showing an expression of unfinished intent.

The early explorers all came from the great sects; they jointly dug out this world in the depths of the universe, which is why they went to great lengths to build signal towers across the cosmos.

"Old beggar, I've caught you this time; last time I used your map, I entered a forbidden place and nearly got the old man killed."

"Primitive Spirit Domain maps, come buy! Ten heavenly essences per sheet."

"For the people of Daxia, we will never disgrace our mission."

"How can this world still have things that can utterly kill cultivators?"

"Upon entering this place, you must never act alone."

The cultivators of the Longyuan Immortal Sect near Longyuan Mountain and the Daxia Cultivation Bureau were staring so hard their eyes were about to go bald.

"Let's go take a look."

Zuo Ci led the way, light mist pushed to both sides, and finally the Three Sages stepped into the Lotus Gate.

Xiong Wang clutched his head and scratched wildly, his whole bear face twisting.

He too was a loose cultivator, hoping to form a good affinity with the cultivators present, so that if danger arose later, perhaps an acquaintance could help save his life.

Ye Qin's divine sense echoed within the Three Sages' minds; since the Three Sages were entering the otherworldly passage for the first time, they must make ample preparations and allow no mishap.

"My sect's elders once said that the Gigantic Spirit Realm is a mysterious place; cultivators of different cultivation levels entering the Lotus Gate will be sent to designated locations. We are currently in the Primordial Spirit Domain, where cultivators above the Earth Origin Realm may not tread; only those at Earth Origin Realm or lower may enter here."

"The Primordial Spirit Domain also has their bases; provoking them will surely bring endless trouble."

"Hum"

"The Soul‑Curse Palace is an ancient great sect, established long ago, and thus was also one of the core sects that participated in the excavation of the depths of the universe."

Hua Tiancheng let out a breath of relief.

"Hiss."

Li Bai pulled Zuo Ci and Zhidun back from the crowd, then gave them a look.

The nearby Huanyu cultivators who had arrived earlier saw this, gathered around, pricked up their ears to inquire, making preparations for future travels in the Primordial Spirit Domain.

"Gigantic Spirit Realm!"

"Boom."

"First time entering this place, a bunch of unsophisticated earth cultivators?"

"What?"

The sect says that upon entering this realm with one's soul, the soul can mirror the body, the soul's realm rises, and upon returning to the body the realm increases on its own; even if the soul perishes, in reality it can be reborn!

The red‑faced man made a quiet gesture, then muttered weakly in the crowd.

Ye Qin instructed, saying that earth cultivators have a short time to cultivate in the world, and to prevent future Huanyu cultivators from endangering Earth, many things must be understood in advance.

Rumor has it that its sect master obtained a powerful inheritance in a secret place in the Gigantic Spirit Realm, thoroughly researched the soul, and created the Five‑Poison Nails, which specifically kill souls; the demise of a soul can be reflected in the real world, causing the corporeal body to lose all vitality.

Having now received the Demon Master's transmission of creation, defying heaven to live another life, I must continue the Way of Cultivation for future generations.

Hua Tiancheng's mouth corner kept twitching; the incense cigarette slipped from his lips, leaving only a tiny flame burning on his left hand.

Upon hearing this, Xiong Wang's face showed a human‑like admiration, then turned into a stream of light that vanished into Longyuan Mountain.

Ye Qin stood atop Longyuan Mountain, gazing down at the myriad‑mile rivers and lands, encircled by nine green copper shadows like stars holding the moon.

The next moment, the scene shifted, and they saw an ancient star‑ry road winding toward them, spanning the cosmos.

A red‑faced man squeezed in, also giving instructions; he said this was his third time entering this place, a lone loose cultivator wanting to pull a few people as companions to avoid accidents while treasure‑hunting in the Primordial Spirit Domain.

"Heaven‑Earth Mystic Sect, the myriad qi's origin, encompassing heaven and earth, nurturing all beings, penetrating wisdom, the five qi surging, the nine provinces' primal cauldron, open."

That Lotus Gate seemed alive; whenever a cultivator entered, a mysterious flow of light would writhe upon it.

Zuo Ci gazed at the mysterious, profound architecture amid the glowing mist and exclaimed in surprise.

The green bronze tripods in places like the Yellow River, Mount Tai, and Mount Hua trembled, countless mysterious runes flickered, and nine huge pillars of light shot up from the ground, piercing the heavens.

As you command.

Keep your soul steady, just in case.

Zhi Dun glanced at Li Bai and Zuo Ci, then also went over to the opposite side to gather.

Even the Demon Master can venture into space; sending the Three Sages in is no longer a big deal for him.

Since the Giant Spirit Realm possesses something that can utterly doom any cultivator who enters, we must find out exactly what it is.

Zhi Dun saw the huge stone stele beside the Lotus Gate, softly chanting; upon it light mist swirled, exceedingly desolate and distant, runes flickering and shedding seven-colored radiance.

Beside Zhi Dun, a youth looking like a scholar with a book satchel spoke, his eyes nearly bursting.

The Three Sages glanced at Granny Lu; Lu Flame Valley's acceptance of disciples surely isn't as simple as it appears—when things are abnormal, there must be a demon.

The Three Sages rose and bowed deeply to the Demon Master.

Then he picked up the phone to inform the Internet department and posted an announcement on the official website.

Oh dear.

Good fellow, no wonder all the major sects spend vast resources to build Signal Towers; the Giant Spirit Realm actually still possesses a powerful inheritance waiting to be discovered—if one obtains it, they can surely swiftly enhance the strength of Earth's cultivators.

Lu Flame Valley occupies a place in the Primordial Spiritual Domain, taking sect development as its mission; if any cultivator wishes to join, it can provide disciples a sanctuary.

Senior, the Soul-Cursing Palace possesses the Five Poison Nails Killer's Mallet—wouldn't that let them dominate the Giant Spirit Realm?

The old man, his beard and hair white, gave a serious reminder.

A subtle emanation came from the old beggar's body; the Three Sages stared, yet they didn't see how the old beggar slipped out of the swordsman's grasp.

"Earth Origin Realm? I don't know how far the peak of Golden Core is from it!"

It's too unbelievable.

Those three just now were disciples of the Slaughter Ghost Sect, specializing in the Slaughter Path, their methods cruel and toxic; many cultivators have died at their hands.

Rumor has it that the Five Poison Nails were forged from the bodies of powerful ancient cultivators of the Giant Spirit Realm, requiring hundreds of ingredients and extremely complex to make; even though the Soul-Cursing Palace possesses the Five Poison Nails, they would never lightly use them unless facing a formidable foe.

Li Bai exclaimed in surprise, there is a mysterious gate; on both sides of the gate sit two colossal cultivator statues cross-legged, each holding a huge axe in their left hand, while their right hands join to support a white Lotus Gate.

Before the three could react, they found themselves already stepping onto it, and in no time they reached the end, where a huge gate appeared before their eyes.

The Three Sages glanced at the others; obviously this secret is unknown to many sects.

The Heaven Sect spends vast resources building Signal Towers to enter and explore a new world; their ambitions are certainly great, they freely send Huanyu cultivators into that world merely to help the sect learn about the new world's situation.

"The Bear King has come in person; does the Demon Master have any further orders?"

"As the Demon Master said, there are Huanyu cultivators within the world."

The Giant Spirit Realm has only just been opened; in fact, the major sects have only been stationed there for less than a few years, after all, excavating this world from the depths of the universe has only happened in recent years.

A Huanyu cultivator beside the Three Sages chatted with his companions, saying their varied attire suggests they are a sect delegation from some planet, arriving together to prevent any mishap in the Giant Spirit Realm.

A cultivator wielding a long blade dashed out of the crowd, a diagonal ferocious sword scar on his face—clearly a hardened warrior who has walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood; he pushed through the crowd and directly lifted the old beggar.

Li Bai had sobered up from his drink, his eyes gleaming brightly, as if he had discovered a new continent; this news was too momentous, making his breathing grow ragged.

"A map of the Primordial Spiritual Domain from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion costs one hundred heavenly crystals; you still want to buy the real thing with only ten heavenly crystals? You must be dreaming!"

They discovered that the red-faced man actually withdrew from the crowd with a solemn expression, and moreover intended to flee into the distance.

After the cultivators who first arrived here learned of the crisis in the Primordial Spiritual Domain, they had already panicked; meanwhile, Lu Flame Valley, as a power in the Primordial Spiritual Domain, now has its senior elders personally coming to recruit disciples, their attitude warm and approachable, so many independent cultivators have directly signed up.

He even thought the Bear King had gone berserk from deviation, almost scaring his old bones to pieces.

Ye Qin's expression remained calm, brilliant light bursting from his eyes, green primordial energy surging toward the nine directions, and he then commanded:

"Bear King, inform Great Xia: the Three Sages will use the Nine Provinces' Primordial Cauldron to enter another realm for training; any anomaly with the Primordial Cauldron need not cause panic."

The Bear King said, picking up a cigarette from the table, taking the lighter from Hua Tiancheng's hand and lighting it; humans smoke these white little sticks day and night, he is very curious why they have such great appeal.

"Could Elder Ge know them?"

The red-faced man, upon seeing the old woman who had squeezed in, sized her up from head to toe; upon seeing her fiery red gourd, he cautiously asked.

The Three Sages suppressed their surprise, feeling that their soul and flesh were growing ever more distant.

For this entry, preserving life comes first; thereby enhance strength.

Thus, those who kill and seize treasures do so as casually as drinking tea and eating rice; if the opponent is an independent cultivator it's still manageable, but if one provokes a certain sect, it could mean utter doom.

"How refreshing, give this king a carload."

After that came a mysterious passage, but having gone only a short distance, they felt their vision blur and were instantly transferred into the crowd.

Return the goods, return the goods.

The Three Sages suddenly felt lightness under their feet; they actually saw their own souls slowly departing from their bodies.

Is the demon king of Longyuan Mountain holding a grudge against the window of the Cultivation Bureau?

Damn! Last time it was a tiger that came, this time a black bear has burrowed in.

At this moment, an old woman squeezed into the crowd, holding a cane in her right hand; upon the cane hung a fiery red gourd, its surface covered with divine patterns, clearly an extraordinary object.

A cultivator in his thirties, leading two companions, hovered in place, let out a scoff, then sped off into the distance.

Three Sages had solemn expressions on their faces, and in their hearts they felt a strong sense of mission.

One Huanyu cultivator exclaimed in surprise.

"The Giant Spirit Realm is not as simple as you think; inside there are countless treasures, and the Spiritual Power is several times that of the outside world."

Zuo Ci leaned toward the red-faced man, earnestly inquiring; the lethal Five Poison Nails must be clarified, as it concerns life and death.

Countless mysterious symbols burst forth from the light pillar, converging toward Longyuan Mountain like a galaxy flowing across the sky, leaving every onlooker stunned and unable to move their gaze.

And because the major sects were the first to discover the secondary world, they had already established a foothold there, occupying a place in each region, guarding the disciples of their sect who came for training.

"The Demon Master sent a message: the Three Sages borrowed the Nine Provinces' Vanguard Cauldron to go to another realm for training; the Vanguard Cauldron has undergone an anomaly—do not let the people of Daxia panic."

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"That old beggar is too hateful, selling fake maps everywhere and harming many people."

Many Huanyu cultivators gasped in shock.

Huh?

「Are you Granny Lu of Reed Flame Valley? 」

「Bear King, what's wrong with you...? 」

Hua Tiancheng was organizing the data of human cultivators, smiling as he lit a cigarette.

As for the other cultivators within Huanyu, they could only enter the Giant Spirit Realm depending on the regional situation, because some areas built their Signal Towers quickly, naturally allowing early entry, whereas places like the cosmic frontier where the Heavenly Sect is located entered the Giant Spirit Realm somewhat later.

「Go」

They came from Earth, their cultivation time is too short, they can't compare to the ancient sects of Huanyu.

Bear King originally wanted to enter through the main door, but he still had to take the human elevator to get into the office, which felt very troublesome; he burst through the glass of Hua Tiancheng's office, feeling that this would display his full aura.

The scorching heat of the lighter burned Hua Tiancheng back to his senses, making him grit his teeth in pain.

The sound was noisy and bustling.

The illusory image of the Immortal Cauldron hummed continuously, brilliant runes intertwining, following Ye Qin's thoughts as they wove together with the Three Sages.

「Follow the Demon Master's order. 」

However, just as he hung up the phone, Hua Tiancheng turned his head and was startled.

The Demon Master had repeatedly instructed that the situation of the Earth cultivators who would later enter the Giant Spirit Realm must be ascertained clearly and taken seriously.

The Primordial Spirit Domain has many factions, with no real-world rules to bind them, and even cosmic laws do not reach here.

Hua Tiancheng let out a sigh of relief.

「You are the first wave of cultivators from Earth. 」

That voice was ancient and deep, its tone like the great hu bell reverberating between heaven and earth, mighty and uplifting, filling people with an inexplicable power, making their blood boil.

The Three Sages have existed since ancient times, naturally they had heard of the soul leaving the body, but now, under the Demon Master's heaven-defying methods, they thoroughly experienced it; had they not known it was the Demon Master's doing, they would have thought it was the black-and-white impermanence coming to seize their souls.

Upon entering the white smoke, Bear King only felt a strong surge of energy rushing straight to his crown, his whole head tingling numb.

The Three Sages, guided by the Demon Master, condensed their Golden Cores; relying on that cultivator's words, their realm should not have exceeded the Earth Origin Realm spoken of by the Huanyu cultivators.

「Is this the world the Demon Master spoke of? 」

I almost got killed by his schemes; last time, following the map, I inadvertently stepped into a thunder marsh and almost got struck by lightning, my soul nearly scattering.

The Huanyu cultivators' races, factions, cultivation systems, etc., must be registered and recorded.

「Fellow Daoist, may I ask what is Heavenly Essence? 」

An ancient aura spread across heaven and earth, as if an ancient spirit had awakened after myriad ages, stirring hearts and minds.

The specially tempered glass shattered everywhere with a bang, and then a black figure over two meters tall shot through.

The scholar, not stinting on information, proceeded to explain:

「Heavenly Essence is a special product of the Giant Spirit Realm, containing immense power that can be used for absorbing souls and spirits. According to the announcements from the major sects, this is the spiritual object of the Giant Spirit Realm that, when facing a crisis of destruction, was condensed by the power of law, and the major sects jointly stipulated it as the currency of the Giant Spirit Realm. 」(End of chapter)

According to the news released by the major sects, this is a spiritual object of the Giant Spirit Realm that was condensed by the power of law when it faced a crisis of destruction; the major sects jointly stipulated it as the currency of the Giant Spirit Realm. (Chapter ends)