Chapter 910

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

The banquet's clamor ended, and Xu Zhangqing arrived at the cultivation chamber.

Here the spiritual energy was rich and thick as paste, and not a shred of sound from the outside world could transmit inside.

Xu Zhangqing sat cross-legged upon the jade platform, eyes slightly closed, green light coiling around his body.

Before him, two spirit seeds floated quietly.

One cyan-blue, one dark purple, each emitting a distinctly different dao rhyme.

On the left was the Cangming Fish Spirit Seed, also named the Dao Heart Lotus Embryo.

Misty water vapor like thin gauze wrapped it, and within a fish-dragon illusory shadow swam.

Water element, withering and flourishing, creation — three dao origins intertwined; a supreme treasure bestowed by the Great Elder.

On the right was the Three-Eyed Clan's supreme treasure, the Three-Eyed Spirit Marrow Seed.

This object was merely thumb-sized, entirely dark purple, its surface bearing three spiral spirit patterns.

At its exact center a point of crystalline white light, like the nascent form of the Three-Eyed Clan's vertical eye.

The spirit seed pulsed faintly; with each rise and fall it emitted divine soul fluctuations.

It faintly hooked into the void, exuding a peculiar pressure.

This seed shunned the mortal; it recognized only wood dao rhythm and creation power.

In the entire Tianyuan Realm, only Xu Zhangqing had the confidence to cultivate it to maturity.

At this moment, Xu Zhangqing's gaze fell upon the two supreme treasures, his thoughts surging.

The Great Elder's act — where was it a simple congratulatory gift and reward?

Clearly it was forcing him to pick a side.

Today's Dongting Immortal Sect was long no longer a monolith.

On the surface it had split and scattered; in the dark it had formed two major factions.

One side was Xuan Yan, the Great Elder who garrisoned Xingqiong Hall and held real power.

The other side needed no guess — it had to be the current Sect Master, Chao Jin.

One sovereign, one minister, yet they had reached the point of covert confrontation and mutual restraint.

Within this, there was surely hidden the Dongting Immortal Sect's most core secret, or say interest.

"Sigh~"

Xu Zhangqing let out a light sigh, his thoughts returning to Qingmu Sect.

Today the sect appeared grand in momentum, rooted in Dongyu, revered by ten thousand people.

The top combat strength it could actually field was, in the end, still far too weak.

On the surface, just three Nascent Soul True Lords.

One himself.

One Ping'an.

One Mo Qiu Shui.

Mu Yunsheng, though at Golden Core Perfection cultivation, did not know when he could cross the tribulation.

As for Li Wudao, this person was indeed a Spirit Transformation Venerable, but he was a Dongting old acquaintance, and moreover his friendship with Sect Master Chao Jin was not shallow.

Unless Xu Ping'an fell into a death trap, he would absolutely not intervene in factional strife.

To survive in this chaotic situation, to protect Qingmu Sect, to protect family.

The only choice was to raise strength.

Golden Core — touching the fringe of law.

Nascent Soul — concretizing law power into a dharma aspect.

Spirit Transformation — letting the dharma aspect transform into a true deity, wielding one great dao.

But this step was hard as ascending to heaven, by no means crossable easily in a mere hundred years.

Xu Zhangqing narrowed his eyes; the spirit plants he could currently make use of were not many.

First, the Dao Heart Lotus Embryo before his eyes.

After refining, it would not only stabilize the Nascent Soul but also amplify creation power.

Second, the Five-Colored Lotus Seed.

Only pity — it required the Five Elements Convergence to cultivate; at present it was useless.

Third, the Three Spirit Saint Tree.

However, this thing could only wait until he later assaulted Spirit Transformation, then be offered up.

Using heavenly tribulation power, letting the Three Spirit Saint Tree evolve into a Wutong Tree, attracting a phoenix to alight.

Thinking back and forth, Xu Zhangqing's eyes flashed: "First refine the Dao Heart Lotus Embryo, solidify the foundation!"

Decision made, he immediately circulated the heaven-grade cultivation method, the Return to Origin Art.

With the dao of returning to one, he stirred the law power, dao rhymes, and laws throughout his body.

In an instant, a gale suddenly rose within the cultivation chamber.

Law power surged and howled through his meridians, perfectly fusing with the withering and flourishing dao rhyme.

"Nascent Soul, exit the body!"

With a light exhalation, within Xu Zhangqing's Qi Sea, a streak of lustrous flowing light flew out.

This was precisely his Superior Nascent Soul.

No more than a foot tall, its face was exactly like his own.

Its aura was pure, several times denser than when he had just broken through.

"Creation Dharma Aspect, manifest!"

The Nascent Soul waved both hands, and the Dharma Aspect phantom spread open behind him.

Human face, bird body, solemn countenance.

Left Wing spring flowers bloomed, Right Wing summer leaves unfurled.

Treading on an Azure Dragon Phantom, a dragon's roar shook the Void.

Holding the Creation Brush, Dao Rhymes flowed at the Pen Tip.

Twenty-four light wheels turned, representing the changing of the four seasons and the laws of Heaven and Earth.

The entire cultivation chamber was instantly enveloped by Creation Power.

Xu Zhangqing's mind stirred, and the Creation Brush in the Dharma Aspect's hand lightly tapped.

Instantly, golden Creation Power surged from the Pen Tip; like the gentlest Glow, it gently wrapped the Dao Heart Lotus Embryo floating in midair.

"With Creation Power, fuse the Dao Heart origin, refine!"

No violent impact, only silent, nourishing infiltration.

Creation Power is the supreme power of "transforming Void into Reality"; using it now to refine the Chaos remnant was simply perfect.

The misty water vapor on the Outer Layer of the Dao Heart Lotus Embryo was dissolved bit by bit; the fish-dragon sprout within let out a light, cheerful cry, transformed into a streak of green-blue flowing light, and surged along the Creation Brush into the Four Seasons Flower Tree Wings of the Dharma Aspect.

Water origin merged into Left Wing spring flowers, making vitality more flourishing.

Withering and flourishing vitality merged into Right Wing summer leaves, making the Dao Rhyme purer.

The Grand Void Vitality Law flowed along the Twenty-Four Solar Terms light wheels, filling the final flaw.

That wisp of Dao Heart origin from Chaos rushed straight into the brow of the Superior Nascent Soul, then extended downward, transforming into a lotus platform phantom that supported the Nascent Soul.

Xu Zhangqing felt his Divine Soul lighten; the Nascent Soul instantly stabilized, and the original sense of emptiness vanished completely.

At this moment, the twenty-four light wheels of the Creation Dharma Aspect suddenly spun faster.

With every turn, a strand of Heaven and Earth Dao Principle gathered into his body.

The Creation Brush in his hand now shone with even greater Spiritual Light, and its power of transforming Void into Reality was greatly enhanced.

Even the Withering and Flourishing Dao Rhyme within his body perfectly fused with the Water Great Dao, giving birth to a wisp of Cang Ming Withering and Flourishing Dao Rhyme.

What is Cang Ming Withering and Flourishing Dao Rhyme?

Taking Cang Ming great water as form, taking withering and flourishing life and death as meaning, taking Creation Power as core.

Water governs nourishment, governs containment, governs gentleness and toughness, governs destruction.

Withering and flourishing governs growth, governs withering, governs Reincarnation, governs rebirth.

The two paths fused, giving birth to a supreme Dao Rhyme that can give life or death, attack or defend, nurture or destroy.

This Dao Rhyme can cause all things to wither and die, draining Spiritual Energy dry.

It can also rapidly repair, allowing dual self-healing of Nascent Soul and Flesh Body.

The Creation Brush's manifestation probability, duration, and power all doubled.

As long as he is in a place with water and plants, he can draw endlessly, nearly immortal.

But it was not over; the refinement continued.

All the power of the Dao Heart Lotus Embryo, not a wisp wasted, was entirely absorbed, assimilated, and forged by the Creation Dharma Aspect.

At this moment, Xu Zhangqing's Nascent Soul, Dharma Aspect, and Dao Rhyme fused into one.

No one knew how long passed, until the last wisp of fish-dragon phantom merged into the Dharma Aspect.

Xu Zhangqing's body trembled slightly; then the Dharma Aspect withdrew, the Nascent Soul returned to its place, and green light converged over his whole body.

At first glance, he was still the gentle and peaceful Sect Master of Qingmu Sect.

But now, his aura was deeper, heavier, and more unfathomable.

Now that his Nascent Soul was stable, his Dharma Aspect flawless, and his body contained an additional Cang Ming Dao Rhyme.

Suddenly, Xu Zhangqing opened his eyes; only to see green-blue light and shadow flowing in his pupils, as if Cang Ming water waves surged endlessly within, and he murmured: "Without this faction struggle, I could not have obtained such a Supreme Treasure."

Thinking about it now, I still have to thank Liu Xuan Zhou!"