Chapter 444 - 437: The Enemy Is in the Sea of Suffering

Chapter 444: Chapter 437: The Enemy Is in the Sea of Suffering

Bai Zichen took out the Suanni Wine Pot and tipped it, causing a ball of golden Spiritual Liquid to fly out.

’I’m still missing two types of Spiritual Materials for the Sun Element Copper Bone. They can’t be found in Liang Country, so I’ve already tasked a merchant house to transport them from the Central Domain... It’s a shame I couldn’t establish a connection with Celestial Punishment Peak. Going through their channels would have been much easier.’

Yuu Ziliang had left too early, leaving Qingfeng Sect without a liaison to connect them with Celestial Punishment Peak.

Bai Zichen didn’t mind aligning with Celestial Punishment Peak. The Moral Sect was overbearing, but they were far better than those mercurial and unscrupulous Demon Path Sects.

They were also better than the unorthodox sects, which teetered between good and evil. While they might occasionally act chivalrously, they were more often treacherous, self-serving, and prone to killing their own.

As paragons of the Righteous Dao and part of the Celestial Punishment Peak lineage, he didn’t have to worry that they would resort to plunder in Zengguang Immortal City. However, their demands on those beneath them were extremely strict, with every action measured against their Law Decrees.

But the master of the Immortal City, True Monarch Yuan Mo, seemed to hold some misunderstanding and refused to grant the Qingfeng Sect an audience.

Even the representative of a Demon Path Sect like the No-Life Sect—a sect that would have long since been disciplined and ordered to reform by the Moral Sect if it were in Great Zhou’s territory—was chatting merrily with Yuan Mo.

’Neither I nor the Sect has ever dealt with Yuan Mo, so there’s no reason for him to target us... I wonder if he’s acting on someone’s behalf or for personal reasons, trying to squeeze the Qingfeng Sect out of the Northern Domain’s inner circle.’

All it would take is for the Qingfeng Sect to be left out of the Nascent Soul Sects’ discussions a few times in a row.

If, at the same time, their name was missing from Zengguang Immortal City’s auctions and they weren’t invited to related events,

a dignified Nascent Soul Major Sect like theirs would have its presence in the Northern Domain reduced to almost nothing.

Such were the consequences of a Super Major Sect controlling Zengguang Immortal City, the heart of the Northern Domain. Once Yuan Mo became familiar with the city’s inner workings and got things in order, his influence across the Northern Domain Cultivation Realm would exceed even that of the Du Family’s time.

’However, with the Sect now having two Nascent Soul True Monarchs—Brother Ge and myself—no one would dare to openly disrespect or underestimate the Qingfeng Sect, even if we aren’t invited... Once I finish cultivating the few Divine Techniques exclusive to the Nascent Soul Stage, I’ll go out and properly clean house. I also have to track down Huo Feiyan and bring her back.’

Bai Zichen took out the scroll detailing the shoulder bone portion of the Nine Heavens Bone Forging Techniques and studied it carefully once more.

A chubby, fair Nascent Soul leaped from his Niwan Palace, cradling the Supreme Qingwei Sword Box. A river of time coiled before it like a sash.

Its tiny hands formed a seal, driving dozens of Magic Formulas into the ball of Golden Liquid. In a flash, the liquid merged into his shoulders.

The Nine Heavens Bone Forging Techniques involved the Refinement of Immortal Bones, each of which bestowed a different effect.

He was currently refining the Celestial Might Star Bone. Once the Refinement was complete, it would allow him to resist bewitchment and ignore Spiritual Sense Attacks. It could even nullify attacks from cultivators an entire Great Tier above his own.

With his current Cultivation, Bai Zichen already met most of the Cultivation Conditions for seven of the Immortal Bones.

However, these Immortal Bones also required specific conditions, such as a Tier Five Yin Yang Spiritual Object for the Pole Dazzling Bone, or reaching the Sword Light Splitting Realm for the Formless Sword Bone.

The Golden Liquid seeped into his shoulder bones, prompting a reaction from his Five Crystal Glaze Body. It flared with brilliant light, attempting to reject and block the liquid.

However, with their master deliberately leaving a back door open, the Golden Liquid still managed to permeate the flickering Five Crystal Bones.

Starlike specks began to appear on the shoulder bones, and their color began to shift to a dark gold.

It took a full three months before the Refinement of this bone was complete.

In the end, it radiated a shockingly dignified and solemn aura. Even when inspecting it internally, he found himself unable to look at it directly.

’The first Immortal Bone is finally complete. From now on, I won’t have to fear any sneak attacks targeting my Divine Sense.’

Bai Zichen nodded with satisfaction. At his level of Cultivation, having the Celestial Might Star Bone meant that any technique below the Divinity Transformation Realm targeting the Primordial Spirit was now useless against him.

’At the Nascent Soul Stage, every little increase in strength is incredibly difficult to achieve. Ordinary Divine Techniques are already useless in my hands, perhaps no more powerful than a casually cast Magic, making them worthless to practice... For every new Nascent Soul Cultivator, the most significant change in the early stages is undoubtedly the forging of their Nascent Soul Realm.’

Only by possessing a Realm could one be considered a true Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Moreover, the Realm one establishes is a personal domain; in addition to its use in vanquishing foes, it is intrinsically linked to one’s future path on the Dao.

An incomplete or flawed personal world creates immense obstacles when trying to transform it into a Grotto Heaven Prototype during the Late-Stage Nascent Soul.

It would be incredibly difficult for it to evolve into a true world and generate its own rules of the Great Dao.

Furthermore, once the Realm’s development is complete, rebuilding its foundation is nearly impossible. It can only be accomplished with a truly Heaven-Defying Divine Object.

Once chosen, the path of the Great Dao allows for no turning back.

Therefore, any Nascent Soul True Monarch with further ambitions would never cut corners or seek shortcuts on the path of gathering the Power of Void and refining their Realm.

This was why so many new True Monarchs would disappear for a century right after forming their Nascent Soul, at the height of their success, ignoring the outside world to devote themselves wholeheartedly to forging their Realm.

’With two Space Spiritual Objects in my possession, I already have a great advantage over others... Collecting the Power of Void is the most grueling part. One has to wait high in the sky for spatial rifts, hoping to capture a single wisp of the Power of Void.’

A Nascent Soul True Monarch’s path of the Great Dao is already solidified and clear, so manifesting it as reality within their Realm is not a difficult matter.

The difficult part is the process of gathering the Power of Void, which is time-consuming and mentally taxing. Furthermore, the more one expands the Realm, the more difficult it becomes.

Initially, a single wisp of the Power of Void could expand one’s spatial Realm by a hundred zhang.

Later on, the same amount of the Power of Void might only produce a tenth of the effect.

Knowing at what stage to stop has always been a subject of endless debate among all Nascent Soul True Monarchs.