Chapter 290: All Is Well

Five years later, the three senior brothers and sisters passed successive examinations again before being permitted to descend the mountain to subdue demons.

At this time, Lu Zhou had successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage and was already serving as an attendant disciple on the sect's duty roster.

After the mission was successfully completed, the teammates who were in the same group as the three all expressed that they wanted to form a team again in the future.

Fifty years later, Jiang Yu, Jiang Bai, and Jiang Tu all entered the Nascent Soul Stage.

On the day Jiang Tu took his formed shape, the true dragon celestial phenomenon eventually attracted the attention of the Dragon Race, and they sent someone to look for him.

Not long after, Jiang Tu met his own parents, holding a three‑heads‑tall, fragrant and sticky leap‑year daughter; the two dragon kings, each several thousand years old, were so delighted they wept, and they gave Jiang Yu a good amount of dragon tears.

Five hundred years later, Jiang Yu and the three had become Divine Transformations; they had originally agreed to find Jiang Tu and go to a secret place of the Thunder Sect to visit several ghost cultivator seniors and the Mysterious Hall.

But Jiang Tu first came from the Dragon Race, informing them that Old Shopkeeper Lei Long had returned to the Dragon Court.

He also happened to learn a secret: in the Spirit Realm, the Refinement Void Stage is not about secluding oneself, but is tasked with rebuilding the Ascension Pools that were damaged during certain demon‑subduing wars.

The three were overjoyed and frantically searched for where the Ascension Pool of the Heavenly Origin Realm was, which was then discovered by two combined cultivators of the sect.

Shortly after, a Great Vehicle Patriarch of the Taiyi Sect appeared and said, "I, a humble cultivator, ascended from the Heavenly Origin Continent; what business do you have with Heavenly Origin?"

Jiang Yu and the other two were stunned; Jiang Tu, blunt as ever, blurted, "Is that true? I haven't heard of anyone ascending within a thousand years on Heavenly Origin."

"Jiang Tu!" the three shouted together, stopping him.

The Great Vehicle Patriarch clapped his hands and laughed, "Hahaha, such a candid nature. So you come from Heavenly Origin; tell me about its current situation."

Oh right, I was born in the Taiyi Sect of Heavenly Origin, so after ascending via the ghost path I was fooled by that name and directly joined the Taiyi Sect of the Spirit Realm.

The two fellow cultivators who ascended with me on Dragon Emperor Island either entered the Formless Sect or joined the Divine Sword Gate, but not the same one.

Sigh, it's a pity that after us, no more Heavenly Origin Realm cultivators have been seen, and we happen to be in the thick of battling the Demon Race, leaving us no time for anything else.

"So the Patriarch also came via the ghost path." Over the past several thousand years, many Divine Transformations from the Heavenly Origin Realm have vanished while seeking ascension; Lu Zhou and his companions only knew that among the sect's five Great Vehicles, two were female cultivators, but they only knew their surnames, not their full names.

So they have never been able to establish contact with Heavenly Origin cultivators.

After hearing the other side list the customs and scenery of the Heavenly Origin Realm one by one, the three finally detailed the current situation.

The Great Vehicle Patriarch sighed repeatedly after listening, and said that the Ascension Pool was nearly repaired and that soon Heavenly Origin cultivators would ascend.

She also led a few people to visit two other sects, informing two old friends who were in seclusion healing injuries about the situation back home.

Another five hundred years passed before the Ascension Pool was truly unobstructed.

Jiang Yu, with Jiang Tu, and the senior brothers have been guarding the newly built market district here for three hundred years.

That day, the Ascension Pool finally shot a beam of white light into the sky; the few hurried close and watched the Great Vehicle Patriarchs of each sect, after a cultivator settled into the Ascension Pool, cast a jade box of layered protection using the afterglow.

"Lord Fu Ju!" Jiang Tu lunged at Fu Ju, who had just ascended, and Jiang Yu and the others were also thrilled, but they held back from speaking.

Jiang Yu quickly pulled her back, "Wait for Uncle Master to attract more Heaven and Earth qi."

The qi in the Ascension Pool is the gift of Heaven and Earth bestowed when a cultivator ascends.

Fu Ju had already seen them; after surprise she nodded with joy, slowly refined the Heaven and Earth weather, then rose and first paid respects to the Great Vehicles.

After that, she would report all matters of Heavenly Origin face‑to‑face; after she finished recounting everything one by one, an hour had passed.

At that moment, Jiang Yu and the others could finally meet Fu Ju formally; she and Lu Zhou asked anxiously, "Uncle Master, how is my master?"

Jiang Bai wanted to ask about his own master, but feared there was no news.

"All is well," Fu Ju said, grasping the hands of the two junior disciples, looking at Jiang Bai: "The Xuan Du Sword Sect is also fine; I have heard your master and uncle are both preparing to ascend."

In recent years, the three continents' Divine Transformations have been continuous, exchanging resources.

Just a few days ago, the spiritual qi of Heaven and Earth boiled again; many Divine Transformations sensed the opportunity to ascend, and I, a humble cultivator, was among the first to be chosen.

"Great!" Jiang Yu and the others clenched their fists; with more cultivators in their own realm, they could aid each other.

"Uncle Master, here are introductions to the various sects; Jiang Tu has returned to the Dragon Race, and the three of us are in the Taiyi Sect.

Sir, is there any sect you wish to join?" Jiang Yu believed that Uncle Master would definitely join a sect and not remain a wandering cultivator.

Fu Ju chose the Taiyi Sect without hesitation, joking that the place where the junior disciples were familiar was, of course, the first choice.

The group of Great Vehicles saw this and privately ordered more Divine Transformations or Refinement Void practitioners to be sent here to guard, since once the Ascension Pool opens, many cultivators will ascend soon, and recruiting must be swift.

On this side, after Fu Ju joined the Taiyi Sect, Jiang Yu temporarily moved into the courtyard they had purchased.

She wanted to know more about old acquaintances: "Uncle Master, how are the others in the sect? Do you know how Wan Xiyue of the Taiyi Sect is doing now?"

Lu Zhou also wanted to ask familiar fellow sect members, but those who had advanced to Divine Transformation, not just Nascent Soul, had already passed a thousand years; his peers at the Nascent Soul stage were long gone.

However, Jiang Bai, with keen insight, pulled Lu Zhou away, "Let's go prepare some specialty foods of the Spirit Realm for Uncle Master."

Lu Zhou sighed, "They're all dear senior brothers and sisters; you should turn to Jiang Yu."

"Senior brother, don't forget that Uncle Master Fu Ju is a female cultivator; it's more convenient for Jiang Yu to be close to her than us."

"Moreover, our Great Vehicle Patriarch excels at forging weapons, and Uncle Master Fu Ju is also adept at it."

"Should she be able to become a disciple under the Patriarch, it would benefit everyone." Jiang Bai said he had no selfish motives.

The three had relied on each other for years; previously they had not established a firm foothold and did not rashly seek a master, but as their cultivation grew, many tried to recruit them, yet they no longer wished to find a master to oversee them.

Even though the Great Vehicle Patriarch offered protection, being under his tutelage was not easy; receiving his blessing required corresponding contributions.

The Patriarch would not take them as disciples, because the old lady was still waiting for the next generation of Heavenly Origin cultivators to ascend, and thus chose to admit them into the sect's walls.

The three also awaited their own master's ascension to the Spirit Realm; Lu Zhou, sharing this tacit understanding, was the reason he came out with him.

In the room, Jiang Yu heard about former acquaintances—only Senior Brother Lin, Senior Sister Gu, Lu Chenxia, and Senior Brother Huo had successfully become Divine Transformations—she sighed, "Senior Sister Xia, Senior Brother Tang, what about Senior Brother Tao?"

"Three of them luckily became Divine Transformations, but ascension… Young Tao has the greatest hope."

"Wan Xiyue of the Taiyi Sect, in the second year after you arrived at Dragon Emperor Island, went searching for you, and only returned when her master's lifespan was near its end."

"Now, she is also among the younger generation of the Taiyi Sect, having been the earliest to advance to the later stage of Divine Transformation." Fu Ju recounted everything Jiang Yu wanted to know from memory.

Jiang Yu also explained the affairs of the Taiyi Sect in the Spirit Realm in detail, emphasizing the Great Vehicle Patriarch.

Fu Ju understood at once and, instead of dining with the three, immediately went to the sect's headquarters to meet the Patriarch, and successfully became a direct disciple.

Jiang Yu and the three were delighted in their hearts, quietly gathered together and got heavily drunk; the water splashed by Jiang Tu's small hand woke them, "You've been drunk for three days, and someone has ascended."

The three instantly cleared their minds: "Who?"

Jiang Tu: "Demon King."

"Wash your face, eat breakfast." Jiang Yu seemed uninterested, but in an instant she and the senior brothers, grabbing Jiang Tu's hand, ran to watch.

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(End of the book)