Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 800: Chapter 501: Rebellion_2

But now, it is time!

A meek existence in this life, but striking with heavy fists in dreams, such days must come to an end.

Next, he planned to let the Northern Cultivation Realm, like the Dream Realms, experience the marvels of the Wandao School and witness the splendor of “Wudi.”

“Sanqian!”

Xu Yang softly smiled, sitting on the jade platform, and called Gui Sanqian from outside the hall to his side.

“Master!”

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A hundred years had passed, yet he still bore the appearance of a boy, exquisitely carved, endearing Gui Sanqian stepped forward, waiting for his commands.

Xu Yang smiled and without further ado, said, “Go and summon all your senior and junior brothers and sisters.”

“Yes!”

Gui Sanqian nodded and turned to leave the hall.

In just a moment, ten people entered the hall together, the very disciples from Green Jade Mountain of yore.

Li Jinling, Shui Linglong, Feng Qingqing, Gui Wanshou, Ao Hong, Ao Tie, as well as Ji Changkong, Shui Lingling, Gui Sanqian, and…

“Master!”

“Master!”

“Master!”

All ten people entered the hall and paid their respects in unison.

“Rise.”

Xu Yang sat high on the cloud bed and looked at his disciples with satisfaction, nodding, “Good, you have not disappointed my teachings, and you are capable of bearing heavy responsibilities.”

His words were filled with gratification.

When he departed from the Void Spirit Cave Heaven, he had thoroughly plundered its resources, taking with him the sentient beings of wisdom and all flying birds and running beasts, packing them inside White Jade Capital to establish the Wandao School.

He then went to the Southern Cultivation World and, using the “Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion” and “Hidden Dragon Abyss” as bases, developed them one openly and one in secret. Up to this day, although it still could not compete with the Dream Realms like Taoist Magic and Martial Arts, it had achieved no small success, with the number of cultivators surpassing a billion, among whom many were heaven’s pride and the cream of the crop.

Fortunately for him, while he always embraced new things, he never abandoned the old. Thus, the core backbone of the Wandao School in this world still comprised that batch of disciples from Dongting Lake’s Green Jade Mountain who had started with him, among whom, ten…no, nine people like Li Jinling and Shui Lingling stood out as the most outstanding.

Gazing across, four of the ten great disciples had reached the Returning to Emptiness Realm, and the rest also possessed Deity Transformation perfection cultivation.

Don’t look down on Returning to Void and Transforming the Spirit; this world had only been developing for a little over five hundred years, entering the right track for just two to three hundred years. Even he, the Taoist Master, only had Integration cultivation. For several disciples to closely follow and reach the Returning to Emptiness Realm was already evidence of remarkable talents.

Beyond their talents, the results also stemmed from his unique guidance and diligent teaching; both were indispensable.

However, reaching Returning to Void in five hundred years was an achievement that satisfied him; even in the Northern Immortal Sect, they would be qualified to vie for the title of “Saint Heir.”

Looking at his disciples, Xu Yang wasted no more words and began to assign tasks, preparing for action.

A century ago, in the battle of the South Sea, he slew Yue Qing’er and her son Xiao Zhang, incurring a deadly feud with the Ninth Heaven Sword Pavilion. He had to abandon the overt foundation of the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion and hide in the Hidden Dragon Abyss to develop in secret.

The Ninth Heaven Sword Pavilion, a Northern Immortal Sect with hundreds of thousands of years of heritage, was a colossus, an existence ordinary cultivators could hardly reach.

But that was for ordinary cultivators. Xu Yang did not belong to this category.

Hiding and biding his time for so many years, it was time to take a breath.

This Hidden Dragon Abyss was far too small, only suitable for “Hidden Dragons” to lurk. He needed a wider world where the lurking dragon could leave the abyss and ascend to the sky.

Not to mention anything else, just the cultivation itself, progressing from Integration to Mahayana, required the world’s spiritual mechanism to form Immortal Spiritual Power. Ordinary Cultivators, without a personal Taoist dojo, would find it difficult to achieve, and even if they could, it would take a long time.

Xu Yang would not face such difficulties, but he could not avoid spending a few hundred years in the process. After all, the real world was not like the Blue Star in dreams, devoid of merit assistance and Taoist dojo blessings, making cultivation truly arduous—a thousand-year journey to Mahayana was already astonishing.

But Xu Yang did not have so much time. In the Blue Star World, a host of Earth Immortals, Heavenly Immortals, and Golden Immortal Demon Lords eyed him covetously. He had to enhance his strength and deepen his potentiality swiftly to cope with Blue Star’s situation.

How to enhance, how to deepen?

Currently, there were three directions: Earth Immortal Realm, Divine Martial World, and the current world.

The Earth Immortal Realm goes without saying; the Heavenly Secret Realm was an Ancient legacy, containing treasures left behind by Ancient Immortal Gods. Not to mention Ninth Order, even Tenth Order or even Eleventh Order Heavenly Immortal treasures, and Twelfth Order Golden Immortal objects could exist. If he could obtain them and transform them into potentiality, it would definitely greatly enhance his strength.

However, the Heavenly Secret Realm only opens once in ten thousand years, and only nine thousand years had passed since its last opening. The time was not yet ripe; he had to wait.

As for the Divine Martial World, Xu Yang had already confirmed that the Temple of War God was not a supreme Immortal Artifact; it was an Immortal Treasure, a damaged Immortal Treasure that seemed to have originated from the Upper Realm after the “Broken Void”.

Therefore, the Divine Martial World also possessed no small potentiality, even capable of breaking through the void and ascending to the world from whence the Temple of War God came. Its status was feared to be no lower than that of the Earth Immortal Realm and the Blue Star Realm.

But… there was no time!

Now in his world, there remained only one hundred years in the present world, one thousand years in the Dream World, after which he would have to focus on the Earth Immortal Realm, participate in the struggle over the Heavenly Secret Realm, followed by heading to the Blue Star Realm to fend off the invasion of the Desire Realm Demon. Where would he find the time to open up a new world, to attempt new Dream World cultivation?

The Earth Immortal Realm needed to wait for the right moment.

The Divine Martial World wasn’t good to develop for the time being.

That left him with no choice but to while away the time in the real world.

He would first go to the Southern Sea, unify the minor sects, establish a Great Vehicle Dojo, gather the Immortal Spirit Mechanism, then set his sights on the Central Plains, officially bringing Wandao School to the forefront and sparring with the Ten Great Immortal Sects in a competition. If the timing was right, he might even consider taking over the entire Northern Cultivation Realm.

The Ten Great Immortal Sects of the Northern Domain, with their long heritage, had produced more than one True Immortal, and in terms of potentiality, they were hardly less than the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect of the Blue Star World. Acquiring them would surely greatly enhance his base of power.

Taking all these factors into account, whether for his own needs or the needs of the Scholar’s Palace, he could no longer continue to hide his capabilities, to lie dormant.

This matter… must be handled!

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So it went, and three months later.

The Southern Sea, Cloud Dragon Island, was bustling with noise.

“Bright Moon Pavilion’s Leng Yue brings a bottle of Nine Revolutions Jade Dew Elixir!”

“Junior Leng Yue, congratulating Senior Chi Yan on the joy of reaching the Mahayana Realm!”

“Void Spirit Island Master Zhou, brings a hundred pieces of Spirit Communication Precious Jade!”

“Junior Zhou Feng, congratulating the ancestor on his progression to the Mahayana Realm!”

“Family Head Meng from Water Cloud Mountain, presents a Seventh Rank Spiritual Object, a Mountain and Water Spirit Pearl.”

“Junior Meng Xi, congratulating Senior Chi Yan on the joy of reaching the Mahayana Realm!”

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The practitioners from the Hundred Sects and Ten Factions of the Southern Sea, with cultivators arriving from all directions, the voices of congratulatory addresses were ceaseless, never-ending words of felicitation.

Above the banquet, guests took their seats, listening to the congratulatory voices while also observing the surrounding scenes and whispering to each other.

“Tsk tsk tsk!”

“A hundred pieces of Spirit Communication Precious Jade?”

“What a grand gesture!”

“Has this Old Ghost Zhou torn open his own Spirit Island?”

“Even if not, he has surely drained his family’s wealth!”

“And what about Water Cloud Mountain? Digging out the core spirit pearl, that’s a Seventh Rank Spiritual Object!”@@novelbin@@

“Without that Mountain and Water Spirit Pearl, wouldn’t their Water Cloud Mountain turn into barren hills and foul waters?”

“What can they do? They are one of the Ten Factions of the Southern Sea and had quite a bit of competition with Red Flame Island back in the day, creating many grudges. Now that Chi Yan, the old ancestor of Red Flame Island, has broken into the Mahayana Realm, if they don’t make a grand gesture to congratulate him and bury the hatchet, will there be a place for them in the Southern Sea in the future?”

“Water Cloud Mountain is still considered alright. What about the South Sea Sect? Now that they’ve lost even their sect’s entrance, I wonder how long they can survive?”

“I heard that this Chi Yan ancestor secretly got the support of the Nine Heavens Sword Frame, and only then did he breakthrough into the Mahayana overnight.”

“Hmph, calling himself a Mahayana, he hid his true cultivation, provoked a fight with the South Sea Sect, and even used Cloud Dragon Island as a wager. It’s obvious that he plotted to take over their foundation.”

“This Ninth Heaven Sword Pavilion of the Northern Holy Land, one of the Ten Great Immortal Sects, actually disregards its own status to run rampant in the Southern Sea, bullying we cultivators of the minor sects. And they still have the nerve to consider themselves the Righteous Path?”

“That’s mild. With the current generation’s Sword Child dead and the past generation’s Saintess killed, such a humiliation, how could Ninth Heaven Sword Pavilion stand it? Not eradicating the South Sea Sect completely is already them considering their reputation. What’s wrong with making moves to suppress them?”

“Hmph, sounds so noble, if they’re so capable, why haven’t they captured Li Xuanyuan?”

“And who knows where the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion Master has gone. Without him, something feels lacking in the Southern Sea.”

“Exactly…”