Free Web NovelChapter 2867: Chapter 1333: Tai Chu Origin Book_2
Nangong Jin’s words made Azhi tremble all over even more.
If her own life and death were not in Nangong Jin’s hands, she would never have revealed this.
But to her, the most urgent matter was still to get past the hurdle right in front of her first.
"You’ve received Elder Ayue’s Empowerment. You should already have some understanding of how your own Cultivation Technique progresses from Divinity Transformation to Cultivating Void. After returning to the palace, I will, under the pretext of punishment, lock you in the Han Ming Cave Dwelling. If you can seize this chance to successfully step into Cultivating Void, then when the Great Dao Rules of Tianhe Realm have been completely revised, you can ascend with me and tell this matter to the other Ancestors."
Nangong Jin laid out her arrangements for Azhi; after listening, the latter finally let out a breath of relief.
The Han Ming Cave Dwelling was where Heaven and Sea’s top-tier Sixth Rank Spirit Vein lay; it used to be the residence of Han Ming, that Cultivating Void cultivator.
After Han Ming’s Ascendance, that place naturally couldn’t be left vacant. Nangong Jin assigning Azhi there to be confined was clearly gifting her a stroke of great Creation.
But if Azhi failed to succeed in Cultivating Void, she would probably be locked there for the rest of her life, never to come out.
Even so, Azhi was already very satisfied with this disposition.
It was just that, because of this, she would be dragged into the struggle among several Seventh Rank True Immortals of Jellyfish Palace, and would also have to be a traitor to the Merfolk race.
But the matters of the future could be considered in the future; at least, for now, she had survived.
Thinking of this, Azhi bowed to Nangong Jin in salute. "Many thanks, Sect Master."
After they reached an agreement, Nangong Jin did not linger; she sped through the Ninth Level of Heaven at the fastest speed toward Heaven and Sea.
"Sect Master, are we just going to leave the Tai Chu Origin Book in the Five Elements Sect like this?"
On the way back, Azhi could not help asking.
Although she knew outsiders definitely could not pry into the Tai Chu Origin Book, it was, after all, a hidden danger. It was precisely because of this that she had wanted to bring Qing Nu back to Jellyfish Palace.
Aside from Jellyfish Palace’s Cultivation Techniques and the Merfolk Ancestor’s Mantra, the Tai Chu Origin Book still had a possibility of being fully revealed.
That was, if someone matched this Great Dao, and gained the Daoist Scriptures’ recognition, all Dao Rhythm would be self-activated and laid bare.
And the cultivators in Jellyfish Palace who comprehended the Five Great Taoist Books were all Cultivating Void practitioners of Water Attribute Cultivation Techniques. The Merfolk Ancestor was even more so; all the Daoist Scriptures he left were paths of sublimating Water Attribute Cultivation Techniques into the comprehension of the Innate Great Dao.
Therefore, as the only Divinity Transformation cultivator with Water Attribute Cultivation Techniques in the Five Elements Sect, Qing Nu had a tiny chance of getting a glimpse into the Tai Chu Origin Book.
"If it’s not in outsiders’ hands, how will we convict anyone in the future?"
To this, Nangong Jin merely said this one line.
Azhi was stunned at first, then her whole body shivered.
She had never realized that this Sect Master, who had always seemed indifferent to all things, could possess such deep and heavy thoughts.
Of course, it might also be that she had simply been too naive before.
Having gone through this matter, Azhi felt that she was like a blank piece of paper.
But soon, Azhi began to look forward instead.
With the evidence in the hands of the Five Elements Sect, once the Great Dao Rules of the Tianhe Realm were mended in the future, if the Spiritual Void Immortal Realm wanted to move against the Merfolk Ancestor, they would inevitably have to retrieve this Tai Chu Origin Book.
At that time, what the Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor would face would no longer be the Sky Sea Jellyfish Palace, but the Seventh Rank existence of Jellyfish Palace in the Immortal Realm.
Azhi had no idea how the Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor would escape after his Ascendance.
At the thought of this, her grief and pain surprisingly eased a little.
The reason Nangong Jin did not retrieve the Tai Chu Origin Book herself, apart from her judgment that Qing Nu, a mere Divinity Transformation cultivator, could not possibly comprehend it, was that the Eastern Wilderness Qing Emperor was clearly under the gaze of the Taixu Measuring Sky Ruler.
This Treasure of Dao of the Taixu True King commanded the Void Great Dao; with a single thought, it could travel to the Ends of the Earth and back. If it wanted to make a move on the Five Elements Sect, as long as it became aware, it could arrive at once.
No matter how confident Nangong Jin was in her own strength, she did not dare face the Taixu Measuring Sky Ruler.
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Chen Mobai naturally did not know that the Immortal book jade slip, which on the surface recorded numerous Alchemy Recipes, was actually one of Jellyfish Palace’s high-level inheritances.
After the Deity Transformation Ceremony concluded, he began to clean up the mess.
In this great war with Jellyfish Palace, although the Five Elements Sect had won, the losses were also immense.
The Sky Curtain Ground Network Formation had drawn on the Spirit Veins of the Eastern Wilderness. Although it had not drained them dry, it had consumed the accumulation of the Five Elements Sect of over a hundred years in one go.
After the Spiritual Energy in the Formation’s nodes was depleted, although the Spirit Veins could still generate more, on the Eastern Wilderness now, practically everyone could pursue Immortal Cultivation, and the demand for Spiritual Energy was enormous.
Moreover, everyone had paid Spirit Stones; if the Five Elements Sect failed to provide Spiritual Energy, it would be a huge blow to the good reputation Chen Mobai had cultivated over the past century.
Under such circumstances, Chen Mobai could only send his Second Primeval Spirit to Wandering Mountain, transporting the Spiritual Energy produced by that Sixth Rank Spirit Vein into the Eastern Wilderness.
In addition, he circulated the Spirit Vein Qi of idle Spirit Veins within East Wu and the Eastern Yi Territory through the Formation to where it was needed.
After this series of operations, coupled with refining vast quantities of Spirit Stones each day, he barely managed to supply all the cultivators within the Five Elements Sect’s territory with the Spiritual Energy they needed.
But this could only treat the symptoms. The Sky Curtain Ground Network Formation had drawn a bit too fiercely this time; many Spirit Veins had damaged their foundations, and the Spiritual Energy they produced thereafter would gradually weaken. Some minor Spirit Veins had even already begun to dissipate.
Back when the Immortal Gate sealed the Death God Incarnation, this problem had also arisen; it was only after Chen Mobai purchased a Sixth Rank Spirit Vein via a Portal that it was completely resolved.
Under these circumstances, Chen Mobai somewhat wished that Chen Lingming could achieve Divinity Transformation right now.
Because then there would be a Primordial Bead available.
However, this could only remain a thought.
Chen Mobai could only have Zhuo Ming lead the Earth Masters of the Five Elements Sect to activate the Supreme Grade Spirit Stones in the Sect’s Treasury and inject them into the Spirit Veins that had been excessively drawn upon, using this method to repair and enhance the Spirit Veins.
Since the cause of this incident lay with Qing Nu, once she learned of it, she took out all the hundreds of millions of Spirit Stones she had earned over the years and had Zhuo Ming help dissolve them into the Spirit Veins of the Eastern Wilderness.
Yet even so, to restore the Spirit Veins fully to their former flourishing state would still take decades, perhaps even a hundred years.
"We must think of a way to solve this problem before my Ascendance."
Chen Mobai summoned the Nascent Soul Elders of the Five Elements Sect and issued his directives.
"Then we can only rely on external Spirit Vein input."
Zhuo Ming, who understood the situation best, voiced his opinion.
"Which neighboring territory should we take down? I can lead the army."
Upon hearing this, Mo Douguang slapped the Longsword at his waist and requested battle.
This Deity Transformation Ceremony had caused the confidence of all cultivators in the Five Elements Sect to swell to the point of bursting; many disciples now believed their Sect to be the number one in the East Continent.
For one reason only: they had the foundation of a Void Refining Realm.
Although after the Deity Transformation Ceremony, the Spiritual Venerable quickly returned to the Law Domain, Qing Nu’s status as a Void Practitioner disciple had already become common knowledge.
In this, the Impermanence Pavilion’s contribution was the greatest.
As for the matter of Chen Mobai receiving the favor of the Taixu Measuring Sky Ruler, because it concerned the Taixu True King and there was no concrete intelligence, the Impermanence Pavilion instead did not publicize it.
With the awareness that their Sect possessed the foundation of a Cultivating Void expert, the cultivators of the Five Elements Sect, following the mentality of the locals, felt that aside from the territories of the Three Great Sacred Lands in the East Continent, all other Spirit Veins ought to belong to them.
"If we want to make up for this loss, it can only be with Sixth Rank Spirit Veins. On the East Continent, aside from the Holy Lands, Spirit Veins of such Grade exist only in the Ancestor Veins deep within the Ruins."
"But Sixth Rank Ancient Beasts slumber within those Ancestor Veins. If we draw Spirit Vein Qi from them, we might awaken those beasts and provoke great chaos."
"For now, we can only halt all Sect projects that consume Spiritual Energy, then capture unclaimed Spirit Veins in the Ruins, the Mysterious Sea, and the Desolate Sea, opening up sources while tightening expenditures."
Chen Mobai analyzed the current situation once through, then informed everyone present of their next moves.
"The Spirit Vein of the Mysterious Flood DragonRoyal Court is a peak Sixth Rank. If we incorporate it into the Sky Curtain Ground Network Formation, all problems can be solved with ease."
