Chapter 1189: Ancestors Were All Well-off

The Yuzhe Minor Realm is not a true Dharma Realm. All the spiritual energy and other resources required for its operation originate entirely from the spiritual leyline of Mount Chicheng.

With the Mount Chicheng spiritual leyline now elevated to the sixth-tier, the Dan Ding Jade Tree at the heart of the Minor Realm, whose Dharma Fruits had been consumed, is unexpectedly showing signs of regenerating.

Chen Mobai was delighted to witness this.

Many of these Dharma Fruits contain sixth-tier knowledge that the Immortal Sect previously had no use for, so they remained unutilized. However, now that he has activated the true functions of the Realm Gate, they can resolve the most significant resource challenges.

With diligent development, perhaps in the future, the Immortal Sect's God Transformation cultivators will be able to achieve Void Refinement without needing to expand outwards.

Besides the Dharma Fruits, the Dan Ding Jade Tree also emitted a faint, refreshing fragrance, a result of the abundant spiritual energy.

Even God Transformation cultivators like Chen Mobai felt revitalized upon smelling it, subtly sensing their qi and blood undergoing transformation. His Longevity Art, long integrated with him, showed signs of further advancement.

"What an extraordinary fragrance; it even makes my qi and blood surge."

Qi Yuheng, who had just arrived, could not help but show surprise after catching the Dan Ding Jade Tree's fragrance. His physique was the strongest in the Immortal Sect, surpassing even Narcissus in her true form, and he was recently close to breaking through to the mid-grade of the fifth-tier.

"It's the foundation of my Martial Weaponry lineage, the Dan Ding Jade Tree. This is likely due to the spiritual leyline of Mount Chicheng ascending to a higher tier..."

Chen Mobai said with a smile. Everyone present listened with envy; while the four Great Daoist Academies each possessed their own unique foundations, the other three combined could not rival the Martial Weaponry lineage.

It can only be said that the ancestor of the Dan Ding Sect truly lived up to their reputation as a guest of the Purple Cloud Palace in ancient times.

"Chunyang, I have good news. The Three-Eyed Race's planet has completely moved beyond our Immortal Sect's observation range."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai nodded calmly.

Internally, however, he felt a faint sense of regret.

After all, the departure of the Three-Eyed Race's planet meant the Immortal Sect had lost the opportunity to capture it.

That was a source of Dao Merit traveling through the cosmos!

However, without the Purple Cloud Palace descending to ascertain the Three-Eyed Race's true strength, Chen Mobai dared not wager on the Immortal Sect's ability to overcome them.

For prudence's sake, it was better to let the Three-Eyed Race depart.

Subsequently, the tremors within the Mount Chicheng mountain range grew increasingly frequent and intense. However, with Chen Mobai, a sixth-tier Earth Master, and God Transformation cultivators like Qi Yuheng from the Immortal Sect, they collectively suppressed all the leyline fluctuations. Meanwhile, the Three Great Halls had already evacuated all Immortal Sect residents from the Chicheng Grotto-Heaven and the four nearby blessed land cities within the Mount Chicheng region.

During the suppression process, Chen Mobai gently released the integrated sixth-tier fire spiritual leyline through the original channels of the Sky Veil Earth Net Grand Formation, distributing it to various spiritual nodes across Diyuan Star. This replenished their losses incurred after firing the Primordial Chaos Qi Cannon.

Yun Hai also seized this opportunity, preparing to locate 252 spiritual nodes beyond the original thirty-six Grotto-Heavens and seventy-two Blessed Lands. He planned to use these as hubs to reconstruct the Sky Veil Earth Net into the Cosmic River Luo Star Array.

Chen Mobai also assisted with this. A sixth-tier Earth Master's capabilities in this area far surpassed Yun Hai's as an array master, allowing him to effortlessly complete the localization of all spiritual nodes.

However, fully developing and constructing all of them would require a very long time.

After all, it was a seventh-tier grand formation.

Yun Hai, for his part, intended to make this endeavor his lifelong pursuit.

"It's a pity that Ancestor Qianxing hasn't fully awakened. Otherwise, if the ancestor and I were to join forces, we could certainly achieve twice the results with half the effort."

Once Mount Chicheng's spiritual leyline began to settle, Yun Hai, now with time on his hands, expressed his regret.

Among the Immortal Sect, Qianxing possessed the deepest understanding of array arts. Even without complete knowledge of seventh-tier grand formations, he relied on his innate talent and insight to deduce parts of the Star Dao from the sixth-tier Sky Veil Earth Net.

If Qianxing were still alive and managed to complete the setup of this seventh-tier grand formation on Diyuan Star, he might very well use it to advance further and step into the Void Refinement Realm.

Of course, even if a complete set of spiritual nodes were established on Diyuan Star, the resulting formation would only be a pseudo seventh-tier grand formation. The knowledge Yun Hai gained from the Realm Gate indicated that to truly deploy a seventh-tier Cosmic River Luo Star Array, each spiritual node must be a star possessing a sixth-tier spiritual leyline.

However, for the Immortal Sect, a pseudo seventh-tier was sufficient; it could, at the very least, prevent any Void Refinement existence from entering.

This would allow Chen Mobai and the others to depart with peace of mind.

"This is simple. In a while, I'll find an excuse to transfer him to the Sky Veil Earth Net Management Bureau to oversee things. You can then find a way to motivate him and get him involved in the grand formation's reconstruction. Although he has a lazy disposition, when he encounters something he's truly interested in, he can unleash an enormous amount of enthusiasm."

Over the years, Chen Mobai had clearly understood Chen Xingxing's character. Hearing Yun Hai's words and considering both the Immortal Sect's grand endeavor and Qianxing's potential to reach Void Refinement, he decided it was time for him to emerge.

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Upon realizing Chen Mobai understood his hint, Yun Hai's face lit up with joy, and he immediately expressed his gratitude.

By this time, Mount Chicheng's spiritual leyline had fully ascended and stabilized.

Without the restraint of Chen Mobai and other God Transformation cultivators, incredibly pure yet gently warm fire spiritual energy began to surge in currents from the deepest part of the Ten Thousand Treasures Cave. It appeared to transform into continuous expanses of crimson mist, enveloping the entire Mount Chicheng mountain range, creating a spectacular sight.

Under this dense fire spiritual energy, some of the mountain's spiritual plants began to struggle, while many others instinctively emitted joyful cries due to the vibrant spiritual energy. This was because Mount Chicheng was originally a fire-attribute leyline, and the spiritual plants capable of surviving and thriving there fed on fire spiritual energy.

Chen Mobai observed that the fire spirit trees, which covered the entire mountain, began to sprout fiery red leaves within a very short time.

Furthermore, more than half of the Vermilion Fruit trees on the Martial Weaponry Daoist Academy's mountain peak conveyed a strong urge to break through and ascend.

Most of these Vermilion Fruit trees were third-tier, with a few occasionally being fourth-tier. They had been cultivated by the Martial Weaponry Daoist Academy from cuttings of the tree located in the deepest part of the Ten Thousand Treasures Cave. For thousands of years, under the care of the academy's spiritual plant students, they had reached the peak of their respective ranks. However, due to controlled spiritual energy, they had been unable to advance further.

Now that Mount Chicheng's spiritual leyline had been upgraded to the sixth-tier, the spiritual energy had increased tenfold or more. Not only these Vermilion Fruit trees but even the ancient tree in the deepest part of the Ten Thousand Treasures Cave showed a tendency to advance.

Chen Mobai naturally supported this development.

After all, the Immortal Sect would undoubtedly need to refine more Infant Nurturing Pills in the future. If the Vermilion Fruit trees could advance, with sufficient fire spiritual energy, they would produce more raw materials and potentially, in several years, even more fifth-tier Vermilion Fruit trees.

However, if so many Vermilion Fruit trees were to advance simultaneously now, it might cause the spiritual leyline, which had just painstakingly stabilized, to continue to vibrate, and the success rate would not be very high.

Chen Mobai immediately intervened, using his "Responding to Earth Spirits" ability to control the sixth-tier spiritual leyline, causing it to retract its spiritual energy.

Meanwhile, True Monarch Taohua, at Chen Mobai's signal, used her innate divine ability to communicate with the spiritual plants throughout Mount Chicheng, causing those with weaker sentience to halt their advancement. Of course, some disobedient ones, fueled by the previously abundant spiritual energy, had already eagerly taken the step towards advancement.

At this point, cutting off the spiritual energy would naturally halt their progress, but doing so would inevitably ruin the spiritual plants.

Chen Mobai could only simultaneously control the spiritual leyline and allocate sufficient fire spiritual energy to those spiritual plants that had begun to advance.

Instantly, various parts of the Mount Chicheng mountain range began to glow with spiritual and treasure lights, emitting diverse exotic fragrances.

Under True Monarch Taohua's care, more than half of these spiritual plants successfully advanced, partly thanks to the excellent cultivation provided by the Martial Weaponry Daoist Academy's spiritual plant department.

Those that failed, however, were consumed by the vibrant fire spiritual energy, turning into bursts of flame and then into charred remains.

Chen Mobai could only sigh. He then cast the Longevity Sect's grand art, "Withered Wood Comes to Spring," preserving a trace of vitality in these spiritual plants, in the hope that they might revive in the future if the opportunity arose.

After entrusting this matter to Deng Daoyun, Chen Mobai led Qi Yuheng and other Immortal Sect cultivators into the deepest part of the Ten Thousand Treasures Cave.

He was leading them to select Dharma Fruits from the Dan Ding Jade Tree.

Since these Dharma Fruits could regenerate on a sixth-tier spiritual leyline, there was no longer any need to hoard them. It would be better to utilize them now to enhance the Immortal Sect's strength.

The Immortal Sect had long since grown accustomed to Chen Mobai's pragmatic approach.

"Chunyang, thank you. My Kunpeng lineage's ancestor also left behind some classics concerning the Candle Dragon Dao and the Dragon Palace. You are welcome to examine them if you have time."

After Qi Yuheng took a Dharma Fruit and refined it, feeling that he had benefited from the Martial Weaponry lineage's foundation, he decided to offer something from his own lineage.

Chen Mobai naturally nodded in agreement. The Candle Dragon Dao was also a major power within the White Crane Daoist Field, and generations of Void Refinement cultivators would travel to the Dragon Palace.

According to the Dan Ding Sect's records, besides Ancestral Dragon, a Pure Yang being, the Dragon Palace also housed nine great True Dragon powerhouses.

The weakest of these nine True Dragons were at the seventh-tier of cultivation, with those ranked higher even reaching the eighth-tier.

And the Candle Dragon was one of these nine great True Dragons.

Among the Four Directions and Four Palaces, the Dragon Palace possessed the greatest power.

"Unfortunately, all the foundational knowledge of my Heaven Mending lineage is contained within the Heaven Mending Seal..."

After hearing this, Qingping felt he should also contribute something, but after pondering, he realized he seemed to have nothing Chen Mobai would consider valuable, and thus looked ashamed.

"My Jumang lineage, however, does possess some records of the Phoenix Palace. If True Monarch Chunyang is interested, I can have Cui'er compile them and send them to you."

Taohua, rarely finding the Jumang lineage not at the bottom, immediately spoke about her own lineage's heritage.

In reality, Ancestor Changchun had told her these details. The Jumang lineage's ancestor originally assisted the true spirits of the Phoenix Palace in caring for precious spiritual plants. The three Longevity Immortals were able to take human form because they were nurtured by the essence of the Phoenix true spirit's Nirvana.

Within the Phoenix Palace, there existed a legendary eight-tier Azure Jade Parasol Tree, said to be the highest achievement of spiritual plants in this universe to attain the Dao.

That was where the Phoenix Palace's Saint Venerable, the Heavenly Phoenix, underwent Nirvana.

It is said that before the Heavenly Phoenix entered the Purple Cloud Palace, it had a formidable mortal enemy. Each time it underwent Nirvana, only under the protection of that Azure Jade Parasol Tree could it deter its great enemy from approaching.

Precisely for this reason, after attaining the Dao, the Heavenly Phoenix did not hesitate to expend a massive amount of its essence to infuse the parasol tree with its own Nirvana qi, causing it to also ascend to the eighth-tier.

This eight-tier Azure Jade Parasol Tree, although considered the weakest among all Pure Yang beings in terms of combat, ranked among the foremost in terms of defensive power, earning it the esteemed title of "Wood God."

Chen Mobai gladly nodded in response to Taohua's kind offer.

After completing the distribution of the Dharma Fruits, he wasted no time and went directly to the Kunpeng Daoist Academy to peruse the classics left by Ancestor Longzhuo.

The origin of the Candle Dragon Dao was exceptionally clear: back when the Candle Dragon from the Dragon Palace roamed the universe, it encountered a pleasing cultivator at the White Crane Daoist Field. It passed down the Six Imperial Sutras and a drop of its blood, instructing that if the cultivator could cultivate a Dharma Realm, they should seek it out at the Dragon Palace for formal induction.

Unfortunately, this ancestor of the Candle Dragon Dao met with ill fortune; he failed to even cultivate a Nascent Soul. Before his lifespan concluded, he forcibly refined the Candle Dragon's blood, which caused his body to explode.

Fortunately, before his death, this ancestor had taken on several disciples and passed down the Six Imperial Sutras, from which the Candle Dragon Dao sect originated.

A thousand years later, a heaven-sent genius emerged within the Candle Dragon Dao. Not only did he successfully cultivate the Six Imperial Sutras, but he also found a way to dilute the Candle Dragon's blood to a degree that cultivators could refine and absorb. He became the first cultivator to establish a Dharma Realm and journey to the Dragon Palace.

After him, the path to Void Refinement using the Six Imperial Sutras was opened. The Candle Dragon Dao then produced many more cultivators who established Dharma Realms, gradually becoming a major power within the White Crane Daoist Field, standing alongside sects like the Dan Ding Sect.

Chen Mobai's primary focus was on the information concerning the Dragon Palace.

However, the Kunpeng lineage's classics did not contain much information on it either.

There was only a record of the powerful true spirit, the Candle Dragon, said to have mastered the Great Dao of Time. It could control time and peer into the past, present, and future, making it one of the most powerful beings in this vast universe. Even Pure Yang Dao Ancestors showed it considerable deference.

After reading this, Chen Mobai sighed, acknowledging that their ancestors had indeed been illustrious.

The ancestor of his Martial Weaponry lineage was a guest of the Purple Cloud Palace, and the Kunpeng lineage's ancestor was no less impressive.

The Heaven Mending lineage was also said to have been established by a great power from the Xuan Palace, though the identity of this individual remained unknown. If they were a Dao-integration True Immortal, they likely vanished with the annihilation of the Xuan Palace.

After all, a great power of the Xuan Palace capable of integrating with the Dao would surely have participated in the Tortoise Spirit Holy Mother's creation ritual.

If they were merely at the Void Refinement stage, they would likely have succumbed to old age by now.

Just as Chen Mobai finished reading and was preparing to leave the Kunpeng Daoist Academy, Pei Qingshuang located him and handed over some classics dictated by True Monarch Taohua.

"The Azure Jade Parasol Tree!"

After Chen Mobai finished reading, this was the most astonishing piece of information.

Although he had long known that the Azure Jade Parasol Tree could ascend indefinitely, he never imagined its origins were so profound.

Its origin was an eighth-tier spiritual plant. He wondered what Great Dao this Wood God had mastered.