Chapter 800: Huangting Cave Heaven

"Before the Supreme Purple Mist and the Void Emperor, the Great Dao, Jade Morning Lord. In quiet repose at the Jewel Pearl Palace, I compose seven-character verses; scattering and transforming the five forms, changing into myriad gods—all are operated within the heart, following the Heavenly Scripture day and night, and thus one naturally achieves immortality."

The Huangting Cave Heaven lies within the dantian.

It belongs to the Central Earth.

The pale yellow gas within the dantian is precisely the Xuan Huang qi.

Earth is the foundation, its nature gentle and harmonious, making it most suitable for housing the [Longsheng Ting].

Now that he has become nearly a full True Lord, opening a Cave Heaven is vastly easier than before.

Of course.

Besides his own realm having risen, it is also because last year he unlocked the final stage of the Wan Shou Daojun’s inheritance.

A True Lord-level inheritance.

It fully embodies Wan Shou Daojun’s style: proving the Dao through wealth!

The wealth within exceeds the lifetime accumulation of an ordinary True Lord.

Old Li has even begun living the life of eating elixirs like candy beans; in just a year, he exhausted all the spirit herbs within.

Using a method nearly akin to pulling up seedlings to help them grow, he forcibly opened the Huangting Cave Heaven.

The Hunyuan Wanda Fa is difficult to cultivate—how could it be mere idle talk? Nurturing the Dao is hard, and opening a Cave Heaven is equally hard.

Now Li Rui understands that the Wu Zhong Daojun was able to nurture thirteen Middle Seeds not merely because his innate talent was terrifyingly great, but because he was a disciple of the Immortal Court’s Lord, with resources so extraordinary they were staggering.

"Go."

Li Rui silently murmured in his heart.

The [Longsheng Ting] within the Zifu responded, slowly rising and, under the guidance of immortal power, settling steadily into the Huangting Cave Heaven, forming a Three Talents configuration alongside the Niwan Palace Cave Heaven and the Jianggong Cave Heaven.

If one possessed the suppressor of the [Zuowang Yuan], one could even achieve Triple Certification.

Li Rui is not a greedy man.

Moreover, the current situation no longer allows him to continue cultivating in quiet stillness.

That is why he resorted to spending tomorrow’s grain today.

He consumed all the spirit elixirs and herbs passed down by Wan Shou Daojun, and within barely a year opened the Huangting Cave Heaven.

All to prepare for unknown threats.

The Yan Shen Daojun could strike at the Emperor of Yu, the Grand Secretary, and even the True Disciples of Baiyu Jing—why could he not strike at Li Rui?

Only a True Lord possesses the power to resist such methods; for safety’s sake, Li Rui must rapidly enhance his combat readiness.

Otherwise, if one is dead, all accumulation is useless.

When the time comes, act.

Li Rui has never been one to waver between gain and loss; Dual Certification already surpasses too many True Lords—there is no need to insist on Triple or even Quadruple Certification.

Securing what is in hand is the truth.

Even if he possesses True Lord-level combat power, he is still not a true Body Integration True Lord.

Taihuazhou, a towering immortal mountain piercing the clouds.

Within a cave dwelling.

"Zhu Ge Ming is truly cautious—nearly all my covert agents planted in Jinting Small State have been purged."

An old man, his eyebrows nearly brushing the ground, spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Yan Shen Dao Friend, this move of yours, I, Xiang, deeply admire."

Xiang Tianzhi gazed at the Yan Shen Daojun—this praise was sincere.

He was a demonic cultivator.

But not of the faction that delights in strange and occult arts.

In direct combat, he could certainly overpower Yan Shen Daojun, but when it came to arcane techniques, he could only admit inferiority.

And at the True Lord level, being strong in combat is not always truly strong.

For instance, Yan Shen Daojun once used such a method to shatter a Daojun’s spiritual composure, forcing the latter to reincarnate.

Xiang Tianzhi turned his head to glance at another old man beside him, clad in a python robe.

He was the Huanglong Daojun, returned from beyond the heavens.

"Huanglong Dao Friend, do you have any methods?"

Baiyu Jing, Shenxuan Sect, and Xuanfa Temple have been expelled from Taihuazhou; now the entire state belongs to Wan Fadian and the Blood Demon Cult.

Jiejiao is vast and wealthy, yet it cannot allow so many Daojun to remain in Taihuazhou indefinitely.

Otherwise, Wan Fadian would gain the confidence to turn the tables.

Now only three Daojun remain.

The three within this cave dwelling.

Huanglong Daojun: "I observe Jinting Small State—the qi and fortune overflow the heavens, an omen of a flying dragon in the sky; within three hundred years, a Daojun will surely emerge."

If anyone else had said this, Xiang Tianzhi would have dismissed them as a charlatan and slapped them dead.

But the speaker is Huanglong Daojun—this is different.

As always:

Each has his own expertise; Huanglong Daojun may not be the strongest in combat among Daojun, but in reading qi and fortune, he is nearly the strongest, second only to the Tianji Daojun.