Chapter 1221: Turtle Spirit Saintess

Chapter 1

Tianhe Realm, the foremost of the Five Continents and Four Seas, is Tianhai. Originally, the Tianhe Realm was an boundless ocean born in the void. After the Jellyfish created the world, it left its legacy in that primordial ocean, which is the origin of the Tianhai Jellyfish Palace.

Since Senior Sister Six is named "Tianhai," Chen Mobai could basically confirm that the new universe the senior brothers and sisters in Zixiao Palace intended to create today was the Tianhe Realm, where he had traveled back and forth for over two hundred years. Furthermore, the Five Grand Sutras he had obtained from the Heaven Mending lineage were also authored by Tianhai. These scriptures expounded on the process of the Innate Five Grand principles before the creation of the universe and all things. It was clear they contained Senior Sister Tianhai's insights and experiences in opening a new universe.

This meant that the creation of the new universe discussed by the sages in Zixiao Palace today would be successful in the future. But why did Jellyfish and the others disappear without a trace afterwards? Was it due to the destruction of the Profound Palace? Chen Mobai's emotions surged violently, but he remained outwardly calm, continuing to commit to memory every word spoken by the figures in the first row.

Under the persuasion of One Star, Reincarnation snorted coldly and said nothing more. However, in Chen Mobai's view, it was primarily because Senior Sister Tianhai's cultivation was superior. Senior Sister Tianhai had just stated that only those in the Pure Yang realm could attempt to fuse the Three Thousand Great Daos and achieve the Creation realm. Since she dared to open a new universe and derive the Three Thousand Great Daos, she was clearly an eighth-level Pure Yang cultivator.

Although Reincarnation controlled the Innate Life-Death Dao and possessed the Book of Life and Death, an innate supreme treasure, the gap of a major cultivation realm clearly couldn't be bridged by an eighth-level supreme treasure. Moreover, Senior Sister Tianhai also possessed the Gate of Grand Void. Since she had reached the point where she could open a new universe, she had clearly refined it completely.

In this light, Senior Brother One Star, Senior Brother Two Mercy, and Senior Sister Six Tianhai, all seated in the first row of Zixiao Palace, were eighth-level Pure Yang cultivators. As for Senior Brother Three Reincarnation, he was a seventh-level Dao Unification cultivator. What about Ancestral Dragon and Celestial Phoenix, who were seated on the fourth and fifth meditation cushions?

Chen Mobai looked at these two venerable saints, who had remained silent since he arrived. According to information he had previously gathered from Xu Sijiu, in addition to the Pure Yang cultivators in the central dojo, the saints of the Four Palaces were also in the Pure Yang realm. This meant that in the true timeline, Ancestral Dragon and Celestial Phoenix must have already reached the Pure Yang realm. But now, being within Pill Cauldron's memories, he didn't know if these two were at the seventh or eighth level at this specific time. By extension, would Senior Sister Tianhai be the Sacred Mother Guiling of the Profound Palace? Then what was the origin of the saint from the White Palace? It was quite remarkable that they weren't from their Zixiao Palace; truly a hero from the wilderness.

Chen Mobai had seen Ancestral Dragon's original form in the previous two lessons: a nine-headed dragon. However, today, he had transformed into a human, with two horns on his forehead and eight thick, long braids of various colors. Upon closer inspection, these braids were actually Ancestral Dragon's other eight heads, some with eyes closed, others open, observing various parts of Zixiao Palace. One of the jade-white dragon heads met Chen Mobai's gaze, and the latter immediately offered a friendly smile. The jade-white dragon head, acknowledging him as a fellow disciple of Zixiao Palace, nodded in response. After seeing the dragon head's gaze shift away, Chen Mobai's rapidly beating heart began to calm down. Although he knew no one in Zixiao Palace would act against him, he was still very nervous facing such a powerful being. However, after this experience, he could consider himself someone who had been part of a grand occasion, discussing important matters with Pure Yang and Dao Unification grand cultivators. In that case, could he now call himself one of the grand creators of the Tianhe Realm?

After meeting the gaze of one of Ancestral Dragon's heads, Chen Mobai grew bolder and looked towards Celestial Phoenix. She had also transformed into human form, adorned with a phoenix coronet and robes, with ink-black hair and a tall, slender figure. Her delicate melon-seed face featured a pair of narrow, squinted phoenix eyes, as if her spirit was wandering beyond her body. Chen Mobai's gaze evidently caught her attention, causing her to open her phoenix eyes. The moment their eyes met, Chen Mobai smiled and nodded. Upon seeing him, Celestial Phoenix frowned, a hint of disgust appearing in her eyes, and then she promptly closed them. This scene left Chen Mobai stunned. Did Pill Cauldron have a grudge with Celestial Phoenix? Connecting this with Pill Cauldron Daoist cultivating the Nirvana Dao, Chen Mobai increasingly felt there was some hidden secret he didn't know.

While he was pondering, the Pure Yang grand cultivators in the first row had finished speaking. "Those who have reached the Dao Unification realm and above, follow me to the edge of the universe to open up the Void Chaos. Junior brothers and sisters who have not yet reached Dao Unification, await my message. When it's time to infuse the power of the Great Dao, I will have Guiling inform you." Senior Sister Six Tianhai concluded, and Chen Mobai's eyes widened in surprise once more after hearing her. Sacred Mother Guiling, one of the Four Directional Saints, was actually someone else? Then, to Chen Mobai's astonishment, the turtle sitting on the seventh meditation cushion raised one of its claws and waved at everyone. She was Sacred Mother Guiling!?

Chen Mobai's mind was in utter chaos. Xu Sijiu had made it very clear that the destruction of the Profound Palace was caused by Sacred Mother Guiling taking the step to the ninth-level Creation realm. But now, Sacred Mother Guiling was merely a turtle sitting under Senior Sister Tianhai, carrying the Gate of Grand Void. This meant that this turtle would also become Pure Yang in the future. And if Tianhai's mount could attempt Creation, did that imply that Tianhai herself succeeded in Creation after opening the new universe, or even transcended to achieve eternity?! All sorts of clues became entangled in Chen Mobai's mind at that moment, but he still tried his best to find a main thread to connect them.

"Then we'll await Senior Sister Guiling's notification." Inside Zixiao Palace, Chen Mobai heard some Void Refinement cultivators politely greeting the turtle waving its claw, clearly indicating that this turtle was no ordinary character. He also stood up, following the crowd. Then, he saw Zixiao Palace disciples who had not yet reached Dao Unification rise from their cushions, bid farewell, and leave.

"Let's go. Do you perhaps want to stay and keep looking at Senior Sister Celestial Phoenix?" Chen Mobai heard Wangji's clear voice ahead and his heart suddenly tightened. Having been experienced in matters of the heart for a long time, he naturally detected the hidden coldness in Wangji's words. But at the same time, he was also very curious. Didn't Senior Sister Tianhai say that those in Dao Unification realm should follow her to the edge of the universe? At this current point in time, had Wangji not yet reached Dao Unification? However, he knew almost nothing about Pill Cauldron's affairs in Zixiao Palace, and fearing exposure, he dared not ask much, only rising and following Wangji towards the exit of Zixiao Palace. From the fifth meditation cushion, Celestial Phoenix opened her phoenix eyes, watching Chen Mobai and Wangji leave together, her gaze deep and profound.

Outside Zixiao Palace.

Chen Mobai followed Wangji down the familiar Three Thousand Great Dao steps, and just as he was wondering how to converse with her, she suddenly stopped on a stone platform in the middle and turned around. "Senior Sister, what's wrong... " Chen Mobai was feeling puzzled as to why Wangji had stopped, when he saw a flash of cold light before his eyes. Without Chen Mobai noticing, Wangji was holding a pure white, snow-like longsword, which she instantly pressed against his neck. Her gaze was sharp, and the powerful sword qi made Chen Mobai feel as if his life and death were no longer in his own hands.

"Senior Sister!!!" Chen Mobai's eyes were filled with horror. Not knowing where he had slipped up, and in this life-or-death crisis, he could only gesture with his eyes towards Zixiao Palace, still visible on the mountain peak. "The senior brothers and sisters are still there, Senior Sister, don't be rash..." For Dao Unification and Pure Yang cultivators, this distance would certainly still be under their watchful eyes. Even considering that they would both participate in Senior Sister Tianhai's grand event of opening a new universe in the future, Wangji shouldn't lay a hand on him!

On the steps outside Zixiao Palace, besides them, there were other classmates who had left earlier. However, upon seeing Wangji hold her sword against Chen Mobai's neck, they all wore amused smiles, stopping to watch with laughter. Some even swiftly passed the stone platform where the two stood, pretending not to notice. What's going on? Just as Chen Mobai was wondering why Pill Cauldron Daoist's popularity in Zixiao Palace was so poor, Wangji finally spoke: "You promised me..." Chen Mobai was completely baffled by this. What exactly did Pill Cauldron promise you that would make you angry enough to draw a sword in front of Zixiao Palace? Besides, what Pill Cauldron promised had nothing to do with him, Chen Mobai.

"In front of her, you don't even call out my name. Are you trying to act like we're strangers?" Wangji added. Hearing this, Chen Mobai, who had watched countless TV dramas with his mother as a child, instantly imagined an eighty-episode saga of love and hate. Recalling Celestial Phoenix's gaze just moments ago, his heart couldn't help but tremble. So, in that short time within Zixiao Palace, he had already made so many mistakes. But he couldn't be blamed. After all, he truly didn't know how Pill Cauldron addressed Wangji. But the wrong address was probably a minor issue; the big problem was likely his earlier eye contact with Celestial Phoenix.

Just as Chen Mobai's mind raced, wondering how to get through this predicament, a cold snort suddenly echoed from Zixiao Palace at the mountain peak. "Is Zixiao Palace a place for you to flirt? Get down the mountain at once, or don't blame me for throwing you off!" The voice was female. Chen Mobai recognized it wasn't Senior Sister Tianhai's, and given the tone, it clearly belonged to Celestial Phoenix, who was in the first row. A tall figure stepped out of Zixiao Palace; it was indeed Celestial Phoenix. Her phoenix eyes were cold and sharp. As her wide sleeves swayed, an awe-inspiring and domineering power of the Great Dao spread from the mountaintop downwards, like a white bird eclipsing the starry sky. With each flap of its wings, the galaxy swayed and the void shattered. All Zixiao Palace disciples who hadn't left the steps immediately rushed down the mountain at top speed, no longer daring to watch the spectacle.

Seeing this scene, Chen Mobai felt that his speculation was most likely correct. Was it truly a love triangle?! Pill Cauldron was truly shameless, having Wangji yet still coveting Celestial Phoenix. Chen Mobai cursed inwardly, and just as he was wondering how to end this, his surroundings suddenly became illusory. Then, everything before his eyes turned into wisps of green smoke.

After taking a deep breath, he was back in the Jade Peace Minor Realm. Thankfully, he was back. For a moment there, Chen Mobai truly thought he might have met his end in front of Zixiao Palace. He immediately sat upright and circulated the Pure Yang Scroll dozens of times. After confirming there were no issues, he let out a long breath, then rose and looked at the Pill Cauldron Jade Tree before him. If it weren't the legacy treasure of the Pill Cauldron Sect, Chen Mobai would have had the impulse to destroy it. After all, from this scene, he knew that Pill Cauldron carried many karmic ties. However, Chen Mobai knew that these karmic ties had become unavoidable the moment he began cultivating the Pure Yang Scroll. Although Pill Cauldron was dead, Chen Mobai, who inherited his Dao lineage, would have to untangle the threads he hadn't managed to unravel even in death.

Upon realizing this, Chen Mobai's first thought was whether these karmic threads could be transferred to a disciple using methods from the Tianhe Realm. Although he didn't have any disciples on the Immortal Gate side, the concept of a disciple was flexible; anyone willing and with compatible cultivation techniques could qualify. Ming Yihua was a good candidate, cultivating the Pure Yang Scroll, and after forming his Nascent Soul, he would inherit Chen Mobai's Pure Yang Golden Lotus Dao Fruit, also serving as the future representative of the Wuqi lineage. And the predecessor of the Wuqi lineage was the Pill Cauldron Sect. The identity was perfectly reasonable. He just wondered if his good brother would be willing? Chen Mobai sighed aloud at this thought. Ultimately, his cultivation was still too weak. If he were Pure Yang, these minor karmic ties would be nothing.

Thinking of this, he took out the Heaven-Obscuring Talisman refined by Yu Yi. Activating it with his divine sense, the talisman quickly transformed into a misty vapor that permeated his entire body from head to toe. Gradually, Chen Mobai felt as if something was missing from his essence, qi, and spirit. This was the effect of the Heaven-Obscuring Talisman: it masked his past history of consuming pills. Considering that the fifth-tier Heaven-Obscuring Talisman's effect on him was time-limited, Chen Mobai immediately took out the Flying Immortal Dragon Gall Pill he had prepared long ago.

Over the years, True Monarch Peach Blossom, leading the Three Absolutes and Yuanxu, had successfully refined all the medicinal ingredients Chen Mobai had purchased through the realm gate. Besides the Flying Immortal Dragon Gall Pill, even the Spirit-Shocking Soul-Nourishing Pill had been successfully refined. Although Chen Mobai had asked for secrecy to prevent fierce competition among Immortal Sect Nascent Soul cultivators seeking to achieve Divinity Transformation, this news simply couldn't be kept under wraps. After all, among those participating in alchemy were Yuanxu and the Three Absolutes, both at the ninth level of Nascent Soul. And Peach Blossom would certainly hint to Wenren Xuewei. Since the Heaven Mending and Jumang lineages knew, there was no reason to hide it from the even more powerful Wuqi and Kunpeng lineages. Consequently, almost all ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivators eligible for Divinity Transformation became aware. And Chen Mobai, before the Divinity Transformation cultivators departed, would certainly need to allocate the Spirit-Shocking Soul-Nourishing Pills properly. Chen Mobai already had a plan in mind for this.

Time flowed on. Under the effect of the Heaven-Obscuring Talisman, Chen Mobai refined a Flying Immortal Dragon Gall Pill, and his cultivation progress in the mid-stage of the Pure Yang Scroll's Divinity Transformation advanced by leaps and bounds, truly as if it were the first time he had taken it.