Chapter 455 - 441: The Man-Eat-Man Southern Domain (3)

Chapter 455: Chapter 441: The Man-Eat-Man Southern Domain (3)

Only a Cultivator who had mastered the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light could control this Array and unleash its true power.

On several occasions when the Five Elements Sect faced a crisis, it was this Grand Array that allowed them to endure and preserve the Sect’s legacy.

However, to make a Tier Four Array unleash power far beyond its normal limits, there were two methods. One was to have a Tier Four Array Master personally oversee it. The other was for a Core Formation True Man who had mastered the Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light to sacrifice their Divine Technique, fueling the Array with their very being.

With the Sun Element Copper Bone successfully cultivated, Bai Zichen dedicated most of his energy to studying the Sword Dao during his travels.

’The Ten Thousand Swords Subdue Nascent Soul Phenomenon saved me at least a century of comprehending Swordsmanship. Without it, I wouldn’t have glimpsed the dawn of Sword Light Division so quickly.’

But it was just a glimpse. Back then, after Tang Fei overcame his Celestial Tribulation, he too had experienced the Ten Thousand Swords Subdue phenomenon.

And yet, it still took him several hundred years and a flash of inspiration seized amidst the profound terror of a life-or-death battle to finally master Sword Light Division.

’The time has come to accept the Starry Sky Sword Intent inheritance from the True Understanding of Sword Dao... If the probability of comprehending Sword Intent was too low in the Core Formation Realm, it should be much easier now that I’ve reached the Nascent Soul Realm and become a True Monarch.’

Increasing one’s Cultivation as a Nascent Soul True Monarch was not something that could be achieved overnight.

Even with his enhanced Inferior Celestial Spiritual Root, which had increased the speed at which he could refine nature’s spiritual energy, Bai Zichen still had a long road ahead of him on the arduous path of the Nascent Soul Stage.

’They say Nascent Soul True Monarchs have such long lifespans that they have time to cultivate Divine Techniques and Secret Techniques, innovate new forms of Magic, and practice them to a Refined and Masterful level... But in my opinion, the real reason is that they simply can’t find a way to break through to the next Realm. Faced with a future that has a visible ceiling, they’re forced to seek power through other means.’

Bai Zichen took out a Mutton Fat Jade Bottle. Inside was a single mouthful of Celestial Essence Jade Dew, which he downed in one gulp.

Due to the lack of its primary ingredients, the potency of this Spirit Wine was greatly reduced compared to the original recipe from Ancient Times.

The original Celestial Essence Jade Dew was of great benefit even to Nascent Soul True Monarchs, but the Spirit Wine now brewed by the Guu Chang Wanderer was only equivalent to a single year of meditative Cultivation.

For a Nascent Soul True Monarch, drinking it was more about savoring its complex flavor and aftertaste; they held no real hope of it significantly advancing their Cultivation.

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「Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.」

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, once so glorious, was a shadow of its former self. Under the leadership of Fang Tiancheng, it had come within a single step of re-establishing itself as a Nascent Soul-Level Sect, powerful enough to single-handedly shift the balance between the Righteous and Demonic Dao in the Liang Country Cultivation Realm.

All of its Core Formation True Men had taken their own lives before the Blood God Son, sacrificing themselves to preserve the Sect’s lineage.

Ultimately, it was the intervention of the Moral Sect that put a stop to the tragedy, persuading the Blood God Son to abandon his plans to eradicate the sect completely.

This allowed one Core Formation True Man from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Honglian, to survive.

But after such a catastrophe, and with everyone knowing that a Mid-Stage Nascent Soul Blood God Son harbored a deep hatred for the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, countless opportunists came to kick them while they were down.

With its current strength, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was indeed unable to defend such a large territory.

Over the past few years, they had already been forced to abandon nearly half of it.

Honglian’s original plan was to secure Celestial Punishment Peak as a backer by handing over half of the Clear Spirit Jade Marrow produced in their Secret Realm directly to Zengguang Immortal City.

Unexpectedly, Zengguang Immortal City didn’t just take the Clear Spirit Jade Marrow. Instead, they demanded that the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect open a shop within the Immortal City and that all of their Core Formation Spiritual Objects for external sale be sold exclusively through the city’s channels.

She had been so busy nurturing the next generation of disciples these past few years that her own Cultivation progress had stagnated.

"Ancestor, the people from the Joyful Union Sect are causing trouble at our gates again! They claim our grazing Spirit Beasts charged into their Spirit Land and ruined the Spirit Grass in several of their medicine gardens!"

"They’ve gone too far!"

Honglian emerged from her private chamber. The young girl who once practiced Cultivation under the protection of her elders had grown into a mature Female Cultivator, with wrinkles already forming at the corners of her eyes.

"Take me to them. I want to see just what the Joyful Union Sect thinks it’s doing!"