Chapter 219: 【Reception at the Spirit Palace, Battling Sword Immortals in Succession】 (Second update, seeking votes)

Song Wuming successfully ascended to the Dixian Jie, but after the ascension, a small accident occurred.

Someone had actually come to receive him.

This matter must be traced back to a world he had experienced called the Jianyu Jie.

Jianyu Jie—just by hearing the name, one can tell that this is a world filled with Sword Cultivators; over ninety percent of the sects here are Sword Sects, taking the Dao of the Sword as the foundation of their cultivation.

Such a world is, in fact, not very good.

The sword is a sharp weapon, primarily for killing and conquest; it can quell conflict, but it can also incite war.

Therefore, a world full of Sword Sects is destined to be very turbulent.

In fact, this was indeed the case.

In order to allow the experts of various Sword Sects to calmly discuss the Dao with him, Song Wuming's method was to defeat them all one by one until they submitted.

In the end, he defeated all the Sword Sects in the world by himself and was revered as the Sword Saint by all the Sword Sects in the Jianyu Jie.

Among them, a place called the "Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Land" even revered him as a generation's Holy Son, claiming they had already sent his information to the upper realm.

Song Wuming did not expect that after ascending from the Yuanshuo Jie to the Dixian Jie, he would actually be found by this upper-realm immortal sect called the Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Land.

The Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Land is a lineage sect founded by Yitong Jianxian.

Yitong Sword Immortal is a Taiyi Golden Immortal and a disciple of Yunye Star Lord, a Daluo Golden Immortal of the Shangqing Spirit Palace.

The person who came to receive Song Wuming was the youngest of the seven True Disciples taken in by Yitong Jianxian, though she was already over two thousand years old.

Yitong Jianxian left his lineage in fourteen small worlds; over these tens of thousands of years, more than two hundred people have ascended, but most of them are merely registered disciples, and only these seven have become True Disciples.

And since Yitong Jianxian sent a True Disciple to invite him, naturally, Song Wuming would be his eighth True Disciple.

In this way, Song Wuming effectively became a disciple within the Shangqing Spirit Palace, and with the protection of the fortune of a top-tier power in the Dixian Jie, he was naturally willing.

Before knowing his identity, what Yuanbai taught Song Wuming was to avoid getting involved in matters whenever possible and to minimize karma.

Therefore, he had no interest in the identity of a Holy Son of this sacred land.

But at this moment, he tacitly accepted his identity as the Holy Son.

The Seventh Senior Sister kept a cold face the entire time, as if she had severed all emotions, but vaguely, Song Wuming noticed she seemed to have some kind of worry.

They flew for a long time.

Although Song Wuming had condensed a hundred Dao Cores to become a Lower Cave True Immortal after his ascension, this flight speed was still too slow.

If he were to use the "Golden Light of Earth-Crossing" from the inherited Supernatural Power imprint, his speed could be more than doubled, but clearly, he could not easily expose this ability of his.

At the same time, even if he used this Supernatural Power, his speed could not compare to the Seventh Senior Sister, who was already at the fourth turn of the Profound Immortal realm.

Along the way, the Seventh Senior Sister led Song Wuming in sword flight, heading all the way into the Jiuchongtian, within the Ba Chong Tian.

The Shangqing Spirit Palace is in the Ba Chong Tian, on the same level as the Heavenly Emperor Palace; it has the three Shangqing Venerables presiding within, is a top-tier immortal sect power, and has a lineage spanning countless epochs.

After traveling for more than two months, they finally reached the territory of the Shangqing Spirit Palace and then found the cave dwelling where Yitong Jianxian resided.

It was still a mountain peak; an independent mountain peak is most suitable as an immortal's cave dwelling, for there is great insight to be found between the mountains and waters.

There were palaces on the mountain peak, and upon arriving at the destination, Song Wuming spoke:

"Many thanks to Senior Sister Huo for bringing me here!"

Huo Miaolan nodded upon hearing this and said:

"Master is waiting inside; you may go straight in. I am going to cultivate."

Song Wuming immediately said again:

"Respectfully sending off Senior Sister!"

After watching her leave, Song Wuming walked into the hall alone and saw a white-haired middle-aged man sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat, and he immediately spoke:

"Disciple Song Wuming pays respects to Master."

Yitong Jianxian looked at Song Wuming and smiled:

"You are indeed a genius of the Dao of the Sword; you have such cultivation just after ascending. Within five hundred years, you will certainly be able to become a Profound Immortal. Since you have a predestined connection with me, from now on you shall be my eighth personal disciple.

I observe that the Dao of the Sword you cultivate is all-encompassing, formless and shapeless; from now on, let your Daoist name be Weimingzi."

This Daoist name was interesting; if it weren't for the fact that Song Wuming felt it fit him quite well, it sounded as if it had been chosen off the cuff.

"Many thanks to Master for bestowing this Daoist name. Weimingzi pays respects to Master!"

Yitong Jianxian continued:

"I cannot offer much guidance on your Dao of the Sword for now; you need to comprehend it yourself. This is the list of all my disciples; you may go and challenge them one by one. When you finally defeat your Eldest Senior Brother, that will be the time for me to personally discuss the Dao with you."

It was evident that Yitong Jianxian highly recognized Song Wuming's talent, believing that he would certainly be able to surpass the Eldest Senior Brother through his own efforts, become a true supreme Sword Cultivator, and subsequently challenge and surpass his master.

Song Wuming bowed and took his leave after hearing this, and no one brought him to choose a cave dwelling to live in.

Immortals do not need to rest.

If they are sleeping, they are actually cultivating.

And Song Wuming's way of cultivation is to constantly challenge others to battle; perhaps Yitong Jianxian felt that Song Wuming did not need a cave dwelling at all, because before he attains the Dao, he will be constantly challenging others and fighting continuously.

Not being selected as a True Disciple means these people's talent is not good enough; in fact, among the registered disciples, the one with the highest cultivation is a fifth-turn Profound Immortal.

It sounds like he has a higher cultivation than the Seventh Senior Sister, but this person is already over twenty-six thousand years old, while Huo Miaolan is only a little over two thousand.

Matters like comprehending the Dao depend on talent.

Perhaps there are acquired opportunities that can help improve talent, but such an improvement is itself a great opportunity, rare and hard to find; most people will not encounter it even once before they die.

Song Wuming is already an Upper Cave Profound Immortal, but he still chose to start by challenging the weakest one, a disciple at the Lower Cave True Immortal level.

The vast majority of registered disciples hover at the level of Lower Cave True Immortal; very few have achieved the Profound Immortal realm, and even fewer maintain the strength of a Lower Cave True Immortal, as they have not ascended for very long.

Being a registered disciple is actually quite good; in the end, one can only rely on oneself.

The protection of the fortune of a top-tier immortal sect and the life of fighting alone in constant fear are two completely different states of living.

Every person capable of becoming a True Immortal is basically an elite of the lower realms.

Even if they cannot reach a higher level in a short time, they already have their own understanding of the Dao of the Sword, which, for Song Wuming, is already good nourishment that can be transformed into a part of his own Dao of the Sword.

Therefore, he did not pick and choose at all; he simply started with the weakest one to challenge and learn from them.

There were only two hundred or so people in total, so finishing all the challenges should not take long.

Just forty-seven years later, Song Wuming reached the perfection level of the Upper Cave True Immortal, condensing three hundred and sixty Dao Cores; the next step was to condense the Profound Mystery Dao Diagram to achieve the status of Profound Immortal.

However, he did not break through, choosing instead to continue challenging the senior brothers and sisters at the Upper Cave True Immortal level.

Eight years later, among the registered disciples, excluding the twenty-two registered disciples at the Profound Immortal realm, all the others had been defeated by Song Wuming.

This year, in the year 4942 of the Supernatural Power Era, Song Wuming stepped into the Profound Immortal realm.

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