Chapter 1201

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Time flows like water; seven hundred years have quietly passed.

Seven hundred years — for mortals, that is the turnover of several generations.

For most cultivators, it is also a sufficiently long stretch of years.

But for Xu Zhangqing.

Seven hundred years are merely three new branches grown on that Undying Phoenix Tree in his Shen Guo.

Seven hundred years are merely the Five-Colored Earth expanding its area threefold under the nourishment of starlight.

Seven hundred years are merely another halo of light added to the pale blue thunder ball in the Chaos Divine Lord's chest.

And his cultivation has also stepped from Refining Void Early Stage into Refining Void Middle Stage.

The scale of the Shen Guo has expanded nearly fourfold compared to when he first broke through.

The world barrier, reinforced by the Space Earth Origin Fruit Tree, can now withstand the impact of Void Turbulent Currents; the Three Spirit Saint Trees' law rainbow lights have increased from three strands to nine, piercing every corner of the Shen Guo's sky dome.

One thousand years old.

This year, Xu Zhangqing has just turned one thousand years old.

Out of a total lifespan of ten million years, one thousand years is only one thousandth.

But for the people around him, this one thousand years occupies the vast majority of their lives.

Even all of it.

Ruo Qunshang has been stuck at the Nascent Soul Perfection realm for a very long time.

In fact, when her minor realm was stuck, Xu Zhangqing gave her a top-grade Realm-Breaking Pill.

The result was merely breaking through two minor bottlenecks.

No helping it — her aptitude is what it is.

To have her current realm and cultivation, who knows how many Spiritual Treasures and divine pills she has consumed.

As for that great threshold from Nascent Soul to Spirit Transformation, she has always been one final layer of window paper short.

At first, Ruo Qunshang was extremely anxious.

After all, the Nascent Soul stage only grants a few hundred years of lifespan.

Later she thought it over and didn't care anymore.

No longer obsessed with raising her realm, she began to lean toward family life.

Xu He and Xu Sui have also both reached Nascent Soul Perfection.

This pair of siblings clearly inherited the strengths of their mother, Bei Qingtang.

In many aspects, they are in no way inferior to the disciples of the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion.

As for Qingyao, although she started cultivation earlier and her Single Spirit Root cultivates faster.

But her aptitude and talent come from the Clear Moon Immortal Maiden of the Tianyuan Realm.

Therefore, she is a step slower than Xu He and Xu Sui, and is only at Nascent Soul Late Stage for now.

As for the two grandsons, Xu Mu and Xu Xiao's situations leave Xu Zhangqing quite gratified.

Xu Mu awakened a Five Elements Spiritual Root from childhood; in seven hundred years he cultivated all the way from Golden Core Stage to Spirit Transformation Stage, and his strength has few peers among his generation.

Xu Xiao carries both the Human Race and Three-Eyed Clan bloodlines; his father is the Son of Destiny Xu Ping'an, his mother is the Three-Eyed Clan genius Li.

Despite an even shorter cultivation time, his realm has likewise reached Spirit Transformation Stage.

And Linglong, far away in the Gui Xu Long Mu, has also broken through to Spirit Transformation Stage with the help of the Lord of Gui Xu and Zhao Ziyue.

Half of the Mirage Dragon Bloodline in her body thrives like a fish in water in that environment of Gui Xu.

Xu Ping'an?

Whenever Xu Zhangqing thinks of his eldest son's situation, his heart is always a mix of pride and a complex, indescribable emotion.

Ping'an's aptitude and talent were the highest among the children to begin with.

Later he became a disciple under Zhen Yuanzi, the First Personal Disciple of the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion, specializing in the Laws of Time.

In seven hundred years, his cultivation broke through from Spirit Transformation all the way to Refining Void, then pushed from Refining Void all the way to Refining Void Perfection — only one step away from the Unity Stage.

That is to say, from the time Xu Zhangqing turned one thousand, he was officially surpassed by his own eldest son.

Happy?

Happy!

Sad?

A little!

As for the Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion, there haven't been any major changes.

Seven hundred years have not changed anything here.

Any external factors affecting the Immortal Mansion's stability were directly erased by the Great Dao Venerable's power, leaving not even a trace.

But human cultivators' lifespans are ultimately limited.

Not everyone sits on a lifespan of ten million years like Xu Zhangqing.

Over seven hundred years, the faces around him have changed quite a lot.

The Elders, Stewards, and Disciples of the Spirit Plant Bureau — some broke through realms and were transferred to higher posts, some were stuck at bottlenecks until their lifespan ran out, some went out to travel and never returned.

Among them, the one who makes Xu Zhangqing sigh the most is Zhang Zaizhi.

He was already the oldest member of the Spirit Plant Office, and his cultivation realm was not high.

Even if Xu Zhangqing gave him a top-grade Realm-Breaking Pill, which could increase the odds by fifty percent.

But half a year later, what arrived was not the good news of a realm breakthrough, but the bad news of his death and the extinction of his Dao.

The man was still dead, leaving nothing behind.

What about Gu Chenzhou, the Deputy Justice of the Yaoguang Star Foreign Affairs Office?

A high-grade Realm-Breaking Pill only increases the odds by twenty percent.

Did a gambler heading toward death ultimately succeed?

No!

He died too!

Clearly he had bet everything, yet still failed.

At first, whether it was Zhang Zaizhi or Gu Chenzhou, everyone would miss them a little.

But as time passed, very few people could still remember their names.

Actually, there was another piece of bad news from the Tianyuan Realm.

Zhao Ziyue later went there once and found that the place had changed greatly.

Among acquaintances, Li Sancai and Chu Qiu were still alive, but Pei Mo was dead!

This man who submitted to neither heaven nor earth ultimately died in a secret realm.

"Senior Brother Zhu..."

"Lao Hu..."

"Pei Mo..."

"Who's next?"

Now there was one fewer person Xu Zhangqing cared about.

Fortunately, there were also two pieces of good news.

The first concerned Xu Xiao.

On the Three-Eyed Clan's side, they had sent a summons as early as when Xu Xiao was at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, with Clan Leader Qiong personally issuing the invitation, the meaning very clear.

This child possessed top-grade bloodlines of both the Human Race and the Three-Eyed Clan, his vertical pupil was unique, and he must undergo orthodox tempering in the Three-Eyed Clan Ancestral Land.

Qiong also expressed willingness to personally cultivate Xu Xiao for a period of time.

At first, Feng Buhui was not too reassured, after all Xu Xiao was a disciple he had watched grow up.

Only later, after Qiong promised many conditions, even conditions Feng Buhui could not refuse, did he finally agree.

The second came from Xu Mu.

The talent displayed by this eldest grandson was only slightly inferior to his father Xu Ping'an.

Therefore he was accepted as a direct disciple by a Supreme Elder who had been in seclusion for years and rarely took disciples, through an exceptional appointment.

This elder's qualifications were extremely ancient; even Zhen Yuanzi had to respectfully address him as Senior Uncle.

Being able to enter this person's school, Xu Mu's path of cultivation would be much smoother than his peers.

Both grandsons now had a place to go: one went to the Three-Eyed Clan Ancestral Land to undergo bloodline tempering, the other followed a Supreme Elder to cultivate at the Beidou Xianfu.

"Lao Jiu, stop cultivating!"

At this moment, Baili Hong came again, placing a wine jar in front of Xu Zhangqing: "The wine you brew is still the best!"

"You, you..."

Xu Zhangqing shook his head helplessly, then filled the wine jar.

Baili Hong lifted the wine jar, tilted his head back and took a big gulp, wine dripping down his chin onto his Dharma robe, he didn't care at all, a look of extreme delight on his face: "Lao Jiu, let me tell you something, Second Senior Sister is back."

Xu Zhangqing was stunned: "Second Senior Sister is back?"

Second Senior Sister, Luo Qinghan.

The only female among the nine direct disciples, her Gu Hao was "Cold Moon Governs Fate."

These years, she had been in the Endless Star Domain, rarely returning to the Beidou Xianfu.

Now suddenly returning, the matter was probably not small!