For a whole month, Zhang Ruochen was in closed-door cultivation at the Yuanxu Peak Sacred Ground, and he finally refined the Dan Qi of the Spirit Charging Sacred Pill completely.
Without any surprises, his cultivation level, reached the peak of the Thoroughfare Realm.
Zhang Ruochen attempted to impact the Heavenly Realm, but was unsuccessful.
The distance between the Earth Thoroughfare Realm and the Heavenly Realm was like the distance between the earth and the sky. In Zhang Ruochen’s consciousness, jumping up from the ground was on the verge of touching the sky, but it was always that one step short.
Zhang Ruochen frowned tightly and asked himself, “How exactly do I reach the Heavenly Realm?”
Each of the eight realms of a Saint was very difficult to break through, and the later one got, the harder it became.
Back then, the Canglan Martial Saint was also stuck at the peak of the Thoroughfare Realm, and it was only after travelling to the Northern Domain and fighting against the Immortal Blood Clan, and going through life and death experience after life and death experience, that he was able to break through to the Passing Heaven Realm.
Zhang Ruochen knew that he was not in the same situation as the Canglan Martial Saint.
He had experienced far more life and death battles than the Canglan Martial Saint, and his understanding of the Holy Dao had long surpassed the Tong Tian Realm without any flaws, and breaking through to the Tong Tian Realm should be a matter of course.
Why would the impact fail?
Right at this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s nose, smelled a faint fragrance, and only when he raised his head did he realise that Mu Lingshi had actually arrived beside him.
“I personally made the Meditation Tea, have a taste?”
Mu Lingshi carried a jade cup and handed it over to Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen said, “You’re worried that I’ll go off the deep end because of my hasty cultivation?”
“How could I?”
Mu Lingshi widened her round eyes and added, “This cup of Meditation Tea, but I asked for the recipe from Xiao Hei, picked the leaves of a total of six kinds of sacred medicines, used the spring water of the Sacred Spring, and boiled it for three days in a row to make such a cup. After drinking it, not only can you meditate and ward off evil spirits, but you can also enhance your cultivation.”
“Only in the Heavenly Court Realm is there such a bountiful resource. In the Kunlun Realm, it’s hard as hell to find these six holy medicines.”
Mu Lingshi knew that Zhang Ruochen’s enemies were incomparably powerful and that he was under pressure that was unimaginable to normal people, if it were her, she would have already despaired or given up on herself.
In fact, Mu Lingshi was really a little worried that Zhang Ruochen would go overboard.
Zhang Ruochen naturally understood Mu Lingshi’s feelings and revealed a smile, saying, “Such a good tea, let’s drink half of it each!”
Seeing Zhang Ruochen reveal a smile, Mu Lingshi was in a good mood and also smiled sweetly, “You drink first.”
Zhang Ruochen was not polite and picked up the jade cup and drank half of it before handing it back to Mu Lingshi.
As Mu Lingshi drank the rest of the Meditation Tea, suddenly, her heart stirred and she remembered something else, saying, “Recently, there are several Half-Saints and Saints from the Guanghan Realm that want to defect to the Yuanxu Peak Sacred Ground, should we take them in?”
“Saints are actually coming to defect to us?”Zhang Ruochen was a bit surprised.
Mu Lingshi said, “You’ve been cultivating in seclusion all this time, so naturally, you don’t know the importance of a holy land, now, this Senior Sister will tell you about it.”
“Wash your ears and listen.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t want Mu Lingshi to worry about him, thus, he also tried his best to act as relaxed as possible.
Mu Lingshi pinched the hem of her skirt and took a seat opposite Zhang Ruochen before placing her white skirt again, covering her two long, slender legs, and said, “There are only fourteen sacred sites in the Red Dragon Sacred Realm in total, each of which is located on top of the Sacred Vein, and are the fourteen best places to cultivate.”
“Among them, the largest holy land was occupied by the Savage Sword Great Sage, establishing the Red Dragon Holy Temple.”
“Other than that, only a Saint King level figure is qualified to become the master of a holy land. Under the seat of each Saint King, there are dozens, even hundreds of Saints again, as well as a large number of Half-Saints.”
“Therefore, in other holy lands, cultivation resources are quite tight. Those Saints and Half-Saints naturally want to come and join our Yuanxu Peak Holy Land.”
The Holy Land, because of the holy veins that watered and nourished it, the concentration of heaven and earth’s holy qi was extremely high, and in the soil, holy springs could be born, capable of breeding holy medicines, holy stones, and holy jades.
All of these things were cultivation resources that Half-Saints and Saints could only dream of.
Zhang Ruochen nodded thoughtfully and said, “How many Saint Kings are there under the seat of the Barbarian Sword Great Sage?”
“Fifteen.”
Mu Lingshi spat out her tongue and laughed, “Did it scare you?”
“Not really.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Mu Lingshi said, “Even the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect of the Seven Ancient Sects only has a few Saint Kings. Are you really not surprised at all?”
“The cultivation environment here is more than ten times stronger than the Kunlun Realm. Under the seat of a Great Saint, there are actually only fifteen Saint Kings, which is a lot less than I expected.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at Mu Lingshi’s delicate, snow-white face, this Senior Sister, who was a little bit older than him, always had the appearance of a teenage girl in her teens, and when she smiled, she was extraordinarily beautiful, as if she was the Senior Sister.
On Mu Lingshi’s face, a blush surfaced and she said, “What are you looking at?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I’m thinking about something. On the seventh day of the first month, why on earth did I bring so many cultivators to the Peakless Mountain to snatch the marriage, being so impulsive and childish is not like my style of doing things.”
“Then why on earth?”
Mu Lingshi got a little nervous.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head with a smile and did not continue, saying, “Lingxi, your natural talent is very high, and you’re a Great Achievement Ice Phoenix Ancient Sacred Body, your future achievements will definitely not be low. Do you want me to find you a powerful master?”
Mu Lingshi was smart enough to hear the meaning in Zhang Ruochen’s words and immediately said, “You want to branch me out? Don’t even think about it. Originally, I was going to marry the Kunlun Realm’s Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root, Qiu Yu, and in the future, I would be able to have the wind and the rain, it was you who snatched me away, and now you want to leave me alone?”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes turned serious as he said, “My enemy is a god, following me may not lead to a good end, you need to think it over?”
“There’s no need to think about it, anyway, I can no longer marry in this life, I can only follow you.”Mu Lingshi said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “If you can’t even get married, I guess there is no woman who can still get married.”
“The key is not whether I marry or not, but that there is simply no one who dares to marry. What if on the day of the wedding, you snatch me again? Who dares to take that risk?”Mu Lingshi looked as if she had relied on Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen was actually speechless and said, “That’s fine, from now on, you’ll follow me in my cultivation, and you’ll be the one to take care of the Yuanxu Peak Sacred Ground, and in the Sacred Ground, you can use all the cultivation resources as you please. As for those Saints and Half-Saints who have come to defect, who knows if they will harbour bad intentions, so you don’t need to pay any attention to them.”
After explaining all of this, Zhang Ruochen was ready to head to the Red Dragon Sacred Hall to ask the Barbarian Sword Great Sage for advice on his doubts about cultivation. With his current situation, what exactly did he have to do, in order to break through to the Heavenly Realm?
The Yuanxu Peak Sacred Ground and the Red Dragon Sacred Temple were ten thousand miles apart.
In the Kunlun Realm, 10,000 miles was naturally not that far away, and with Zhang Ruochen’s speed, he could cross over in less than half an hour.
It would be even faster if he used the Great Spatial Shift.
However, it was not possible in the Heavenly Court Realm, Zhang Ruochen had already tested it, and with his cultivation, his bursting degree was even less than a third of Tone.
One must know that his degree was comparable to that of a Supreme Saint.
The spatial structure of the Heavenly Court Realm was also quite stable, Zhang Ruochen was simply unable to perform a Great Spatial Shift, even if he went all out, he could only move a distance of a few feet.
In the end, Zhang Ruochen could only forcefully enlist Little Black as his mount to carry him to the Red Dragon Sacred Temple.
Outside the Yuanxu Peak Sacred Ground, a large group of Half-Saints and more than a dozen Saints had gathered, and when they saw Zhang Ruochen sitting on Little Black’s back, a large clamour rang out.
“That one must be the owner of the Yuanxu Peak Sacred Ground, I didn’t expect him to be so young.”
“He actually owns an Owl Sacred Beast that can fly, I’m afraid his identity is quite impressive.”
Upon hearing the words “Owl Sacred Beast”, Little Black was so angry that his body trembled violently and almost fell from mid-air. It let out a long whistle, “This Emperor is an immortal bird.”
“Wow…”
Little Black’s body continued to grow larger, flames emerging from its body, releasing an increasingly powerful Saint Dao aura.
Immediately, those Half-Saints and Saints below were all shocked and didn’t dare to say anything more.
It was only when Little Black and Zhang Ruochen disappeared into the sky that they began to talk again, “What a powerful Owl Saint Beast, has it already reached the Saint King realm?”
“For a mount to be at the Saint King level, the owner of the Yuanxu Peak Holy Land is definitely not a simple person, say it’s not necessarily a descendant of the Barbarian Sword Great Sage.”
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Zhang Ruochen sat on Little Black’s back and asked the doubts in his heart, saying, “Are you an owl or not? Or a cat? Or an immortal bird?”
“Of course it’s an undead bird that is invincible and immortal under the heavens. If it wasn’t for Sumeru that bald donkey pitting this Emperor, how would this Emperor have become what he is now?”Little Black said in a very uninterrupted manner.
Zhang Ruochen said, “What exactly is going on?”
Little Black said, “This Emperor was originally an Immortal Bird, but, 100,000 years ago, the Sumerian Bald Ass sealed this Emperor’s physical body in the Sea of Yin and Yang, and refined this Emperor’s Sacred Soul into the Artifact Spirit of the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram.”
“I also don’t know if the Sumeru Condor has some unknown bad taste, actually refining the form of the artefact spirit, into a cat.”
“You have to know that an Immortal Bird can choose Nirvana when it is on the verge of death. Nirvana is equivalent to crossing the Death Tribulation, where the entire body burns to ashes, and then the body is regrouped again. At this time, what is in the mind is what the coalesced body is.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “So, at that time, what you had in mind was that it was half the body of an immortal bird and half the body of a cat?”
“Of course not.”
Little Black added, “This Emperor was trying to condense a most domineering Immortal Bird body, but unfortunately, at the last critical moment, he failed to control his intention, and it turned into the current one that is neither a cat nor a bird.”
“It’s all because of that old bald donkey, Sumeru, who made this Emperor be a cat for 100,000 years, otherwise how could this Emperor have condensed a cat’s head at the last critical moment.”
Zhang Ruochen also laughed and added, “What about that huge Saint Dao aura in your body? Once it is released, it is more powerful than the Saintly Might of an average Great Saint.”
“This Emperor is already powerful, slaughtering the heavens and killing the earth, omnipotent.”Little Black said.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “Really? Let’s battle once? If you lose to me, in the future, you will always be my mount?”
Little Black was a bit weak and didn’t dare to fight with Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Alright! To tell you the truth, it’s actually because this Emperor was struck by the Divine Dragon Sun and Moon Chaos Pagoda, and there was a remnant of the Divine Artifact’s strength left in this Emperor’s body. Even after Nirvana, this Emperor was unable to dissolve that Divine Artifact Residual Force, and the power in his body is quite chaotic right now, which is why he was unable to wield any strong battle power.”
“When this Emperor refines that Divine Weapon Remnant Force, controls the power in his body, and recovers to his peak state, a Great Saint like the Barbarian Sword Great Saint will surely kill hundreds of them in minutes.”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart stirred as he asked, “In the Sea of Yin and Yang, who exactly is that golden man with dragon horns?”
Xiao Hei whispered, “That is a forbidden character, we can’t afford to mess with him anyway. At first, he didn’t want to kill people, so this Emperor was able to escape. Otherwise, anyone who goes to the Yin Yang Sea would also have a death wish.”
“Anyone?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“No, anyone.”
Little Black added, “This Emperor remembers that Old Bald Ass Sumeru once mentioned that 100,000 years ago, the Kunlun Realm was ranked in the top ten on the Ten Thousand Realms Merit Ranking, with gods and goddesses, and it was unknown how many times more powerful than the current Guanghan Realm.”
“Of course, this Emperor didn’t know about the existence of the Heavenly Court Realm at that time, and it was only now that he understood the significance of the List of Merits and Virtues of All Realms.”
Zhang Ruochen was also a bit shocked and said, “A hundred thousand years ago, the Kunlun Realm was ranked in the top ten of the Ten Thousand Realms, how powerful must it be?”
Little Black said, “That’s why the Kunlun Realm is much more terrifying than you can imagine, leaving behind many forbidden things and forbidden places. The Yin Yang Sea, is one of them.”
Half a day later, Zhang Ruochen and Little Black arrived at the Red Dragon Sacred Temple.
