Chapter 414 - 188: A Nanke Dream, A Change of Heaven and Earth, True Inheritance of the Righteous Celestial Dao Lineage, Condensing the ’Daoist Seed

Chapter 414: Chapter 188: A Nanke Dream, A Change of Heaven and Earth, True Inheritance of the Righteous Celestial Dao Lineage, Condensing the ’Daoist Seed

When my Merit is perfected and I have fulfilled the Daoist Talisman, I can return!

Like right now.

He had become a disciple of the Red Essence Hall, one of the four True Halls of Nanming Mountain—a Daoist Lineage within Righteous Dharma Heaven!

Before setting out to preach the Dao, his Senior Brother, Zhang Chunyang, had secured for him—as Zhang Xuanye—the right to enter Lihuo Cave and temper his Divine Talisman Fire.

The goal was to help him manifest a Daoist Seed, giving him a chance to inherit a Divine Technique and be promoted to the True Inheritance.

Ji Xiu took a deep breath.

’So...’

’Is this Zhang Xuanye really me? Or am I just projecting myself onto him, borrowing his mark on history to comprehend Daoist Techniques?’

At this thought, Ji Xiu felt like he was trying to see flowers through a fog; he couldn’t make sense of it at all.

But soon, he sensed his Divine Talisman Fire being drawn out by the True Fire Technique Flame in Lihuo Cave. It began to flicker out from his Mud Ball Palace of its own accord, growing ever stronger.

He couldn’t help but marvel inwardly. ’As expected of an Outer Dao Lineage that practices Immortal Techniques. When it comes to cultivating the Divine Soul, their foundation is much deeper than that of the True Sects in the Human Immortal Martial Dao System.’

’Just Lihuo Cave alone, built and sealed with forty-eight types of True Flames and exotic fires, is an extraordinary feat. In comparison, the Divine Soul Cultivation Room in the Jiangyin Prefecture Courtyard isn’t even a tenth as impressive.’

[The Tutor is comprehending the Daoist Technique "Divine Talisman Fire" in Lihuo Cave. Tempered by forty-eight types of True Flames and exotic fires, your advance progress surges!]

[+33...+41...+37...]

One day, two days, three days...

In the cave, there was no sun or moon; in the dream, there were no years.

「Some ten-odd days later.」

Ji Xiu sat cross-legged in Lihuo Cave, tempered daily by the True Flames and exotic fires. Not only did the power of his Divine Talisman Fire Daoist Technique increase dramatically, but his Divine Thoughts were also forged until they became ever more substantial and solid!

During this time, he had come to a realization.

’No matter which world I find myself in, no matter the sights before me, and even if it is all an illusion, at least one thing is absolutely real.’

’My own Cultivation!’

’The Daoist Secret Skills I have painstakingly grinded out, sweat drop by sweat drop, through this Yellow Millet Dream Daoist Talisman—those will not be fake!’

[Divine Talisman Fire: (800/800)!]

[Use the body as the soil to plant this Fire Seed. With a single thought, a flame will ignite from the void, melting the form and burning the soul. This is a Daoist Technique of great slaughter, meant for facing one’s enemies!]

[The Tutor has reached Perfection on the advance of ’Divine Talisman Fire’ and is now condensing the Daoist Seed!]

[The Tutor has successfully imprinted the ’Divine Talisman Fire Seed’, rooting it within the Mud Ball Palace!]

[Divine Talisman Fire Seed]

[With this as the root, nourish the Purple Mansion. Only those whose Qi and Blood are so vigorous they boil like a beacon of smoke can refine it.]

[Once this ’Daoist Seed’ is obtained, the technique is born from the mind. There is no longer a need to cast it through the Divine Soul. With a mere gesture, as easily as eating or drinking, you can use the Dao Seed in your Purple Mansion to unleash this technique!]

[As long as the Daoist Seed does not cease drawing upon the Magical Power of Heaven and Earth, the might of this Daoist Technique will never fade!]

A Daoist Seed was the symbol of having cultivated a Daoist Technique to its absolute limit!

Once successfully condensed, not only would its power reach a new level, but it could also be unleashed at any time and in any place.

When one relied on Divine Thoughts to connect with the world and cast a Daoist Technique, they could be thwarted if an enemy used methods of Restriction or put them in Shackles.

However, once a Daoist Seed was condensed, it was like accumulating Magical Power within the Purple Mansion. The Daoist Technique was then cast from the inside out!

So long as the Dao Seed did not run dry, the Magical Power would never be extinguished. This was the fundamental difference between the two methods.

Furthermore, this Divine Talisman Fire Seed was the prerequisite for ’Nanming Li Fire,’ the Divine Technique passed down in the Red Essence Hall—one of the four True Halls of Nanming Mountain.

Only by cultivating this Daoist Seed could one earn the right to study Divine Techniques and advance to the level of a Divine Dao Seed.

Now...

Ji Xiu, by means of the Yellow Millet Dream, had become Zhang Xuanye and cultivated this Daoist Technique to completion here in Lihuo Cave.

The moment he succeeded, he opened his eyes, only to see the entire world—the whole of Lihuo Cave—begin to blur.

In his guise as Zhang Xuanye, Ji Xiu had just stepped out of the secret grotto and barely glimpsed the silhouette of a corner of the Red Essence Hall...

...when the intermittent, congratulatory voice of Zhang Chunyang echoed in his ears:

"Congratulations, Junior Brother! You attained the Daoist Seed after only ten days of comprehension!"

"When the day comes that you comprehend the Purple Mansion, I will petition the True Hall to open the Divine Power Trial for you so you can advance to the True Inheritance..."

Before his words could fade.

CRACK... CRACK...

The sound of shattering glass suddenly rang out!

The world spun around him. A yellow butterfly, its wings beating, appeared from nowhere and once again took hold of Ji Xiu’s Divine Soul. His consciousness faded into oblivion.

[The Tutor has practiced the Divine Technique ’Yellow Millet Dream’. Refinement Progress increased!]

[Current: 0%→10%]

[’Dream Entry’ Innate Talent has been enhanced. Duration of stay has been extended!]

...

「Meanwhile.」

Beyond Jiangyin Prefecture, across the vast East Canghai.

Chaotic Heaven Lake.

Massive warships were anchored here, forming a chain of twelve interconnected water strongholds, all joined as one.

Decades ago, the Red-Beard Celestial King, who had reached the realm of a Pseudo-Martial Saint and was the supreme leader of Chaotic Heaven Lake, fought a desperate battle at sea against the era’s Vast Sea Celestial Blade, Wang Xuanyang. Wang Xuanyang destroyed the Celestial King’s physical body with a single slash. Afterward, the great Chaotic Heaven Lake fell into disarray—when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.

But with Wang Xuanyang’s disappearance, the fractured and scattered remnants of Chaotic Heaven Lake quietly began to regroup. At the same time, they forged intricate connections with the powers within the prefecture.

「On this day.」

When news that Wang Xuanyang had returned—his Cultivation completely gone—reached Chaotic Heaven Lake...

The veteran bandit lords of Chaotic Heaven, those who had been crushed and scattered by Wang Xuanyang in the past, were all stirred into a frenzy. One after another, they clamored to storm Golden Turtle Island and capture the old man alive.

As the bandits and Water Bandits from every corner of the rivers and lakes grew restless, not even the Qi Cultivation Grandmaster who now held the top seat could keep them in check.