Chapter 1389: No Dust Ascends

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"Since Bai Guang has suppressed the God of Death, it seems there should be no problem..."After listening to Chen Mobai's description of the scene perceived through his sword-sense, Ling Zun also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you know where it is?"Chen Mobai raised the God of Death's demonic thought, which was threaded onto the Star-Guiding Sword, and asked about the specific location of the strange vortex.

"Death is never the end!"However, the God of Death's demonic thought only uttered this single sentence, then fell silent, clearly resolved not to cooperate. After all, Bai Guang alone had already suppressed the God of Death's true body; if Chen Mobai, a Void-Refinement cultivator of the Grand Dao of Innate Sagely Virtue, were to go there as well, the suppression might turn into purification.

Seeing this, Chen Mobai summoned his destiny artifact, the Morning Bell, and sealed the God of Death's demonic thought within it. Keeping this thought would allow him to locate the God of Death's true body at any time using his sword-sense. Chen Mobai intended to use this to search for Bai Guang.

Of course, he wouldn't go in his true body. Even with Chen Mobai's current cultivation level, every time he thought of going to the Profound Palace, the Heaven-Connecting Altar would subtly warn him, indicating that the dangers of this annihilated land were far beyond what a Void-Refinement cultivator could navigate. Even with the Purple霄 Palace, he couldn't be careless. After all, there were Seventh-Tier beings in the Profound Palace, and perhaps even demonic experts of the Immortal True Spirit realm hidden there.

With this thought, Chen Mobai pointed at the Morning Bell. Under the operation of the *Can Tong Qi* and *Pure Yang Scroll*, the artifact's Grand Dao power permeated, manifesting another Chen Mobai amidst black and white energies. This Chen Mobai wore a Yin-Yang Daoist robe, with Taiji patterns swirling in his eyes, radiating an ethereal and transcendent aura. Ling Zun was amazed by this sight, and Qian Xing was greatly astonished, for Qian Xing could sense that this Chen Mobai, formed from the Morning Bell, had a cultivation far surpassing his own. "Is it also Void-Refinement?"

"Is this your second primordial spirit? Didn't you say only the Pure Yang Orb could refine something like this?" Ling Zun, knowing the origins of the *Pure Yang Scroll*, asked.

"For cultivators below Void-Refinement, that's true. However, this is mainly due to the subtle uses of the *Can Tong Qi*; it should be called an artifact avatar..." Chen Mobai explained. The *Can Tong Qi* cultivation method, as long as one has a suitable artifact, is the lowest-threshold method for advancement. As his destiny artifact, the Morning Bell had long reached mid-grade Sixth-Tier, similar to the avatar the God of Death manifested by attaching to his cloak. The difference was that the God of Death's avatar drew on the Grand Dao of Death, which was of the same origin as his true body, while Chen Mobai's Morning Bell avatar drew on the Grand Dao of Yin-Yang, which was infused into the artifact. Although Chen Mobai hadn't fully stepped onto this Grand Dao himself, due to the high rank of the artifact, this avatar could be considered a different form of Void-Refinement, capable of easily suppressing beings below the Sixth-Tier.

The reason he used the Morning Bell was that, after acquiring the Purple霄 Palace, this destiny artifact had become largely dispensable to Chen Mobai. Under the protection of Innate Sagely Virtue, it was absolutely impossible for him to suffer qi deviation, let alone be attacked by mind-affecting spells. Since that was the case, he simply refined it into an avatar to handle dangerous tasks on his behalf.

"I plan to have this avatar take the God of Death's demonic thought to the sensed vortex location to see if we can find any trace of Bai Guang." Although their feelings weren't deep, Chen Mobai still wanted to retrieve Bai Guang if he had the ability, remembering the saying "a day as husband and wife is like a hundred days of grace." After all, Bai Guang had been quite good to him and his daughter, and had made immense contributions to the Immortal Sect. Another reason was that Chen Mobai now possessed the Purple霄 Palace and no longer feared Bai Guang. It was time to let her know about family hierarchy.

"The most correct thing Bai Guang has ever done in her life was marrying you." Ling Zun was deeply moved after hearing this. He had been greatly shocked when he first heard that Bai Guang, being stronger, shamelessly broke up a student couple to become the mistress and even bore a daughter, thinking that Bai Guang had been trapped by fate in her pursuit of "reduction and void." But facts proved that fate had favored Bai Guang. At least when Qian Xing pursued "reduction and void," he hadn't encountered a fated woman like Chen Mobai.

"Alas, it's all ill-fated karma!" Chen Mobai, however, sighed, his expression complex regarding his marital bond with Bai Guang. Ling Zun and Qian Xing also knew the reason for this. After all, the matter between Chen Mobai and Qing Nü was common knowledge among the Immortal Sect's higher echelons. One could only say they were destined but not fated to be together.

"This sword might be needed for sword-sense perception later, so I won't return it to you for now." Chen Mobai handed the Star-Guiding Sword to the Morning Bell avatar beside him and spoke to Qian Xing, who nodded repeatedly. Besides having his own Sky-Sea Star Sword, Qian Xing had also decided to walk the Grand Dao of Illusion. After the matter with the God of Death was resolved, a great weight was lifted from Qian Xing's mind, and he planned to attempt stepping into the Void-Refinement stage after fully comprehending the three volumes of the *Grand Void Heavenly Tome*. Chen Mobai and Ling Zun would certainly do their best to assist him in this.

After transmitting a message to Hua Zijing, who was controlling the Numinous Firmament Treasure Palace, Chen Mobai and the other two instantly teleported back to Dixing.

"In the future, when the Immortal Sect expands to other planets, it will definitely need a virtual platform to connect the inhabitants of all these planets. Little Scarlet Heaven, as an extension of the Grand Dao of Illusion, is also key for you to step into Void-Refinement." Chen Mobai, being in the Void-Refinement realm, had a more profound understanding of the Grand Dao of Illusion than Qian Xing, from his elevated perspective. Furthermore, as the master of the Purple霄 Palace and a practitioner of Void Illusions, guiding Qian Xing in Void-Refinement was effortless for him. During this process, Chen Mobai also discovered that his grasp over the Grand Dao of Innate Sagely Virtue had subtly improved. This was the cultivation process after Void-Refinement on this Grand Dao — enlightenment and education!

Qian Xing, as one of the Immortal Sect's "Twin Saints" alongside Bai Guang, possessed top-tier talent. He grasped Chen Mobai's guidance almost instantly, and even for more profound concepts, he could comprehend their true meaning after a brief period of meditation. Meeting such an intelligent and good student, Chen Mobai found himself more and more engaged in teaching. Using the three volumes of the *Grand Void Heavenly Tome* as teaching material, he guided Qian Xing, explaining every word from beginning to end.

Naturally, since he was imparting enlightenment, he wouldn't favor one over another. All cultivators in the Immortal Sect who had reached the God Transformation stage were qualified to attend the lectures. However, because the content discussed Grand Dao and Void-Refinement, those in the Nascent Soul stage were kept outside the threshold; it was simply too profound for them. Even among the Immortal Sect's God Transformation cultivators, only Qian Xing could fully comprehend all the Grand Dao concepts Chen Mobai explained.

Besides Qian Xing, Yuan Xu naturally benefited the most. He also cultivated the Grand Dao of Illusion, and under Chen Mobai's guidance, he even comprehended the divine ability of Illusion Avatar. With this, as long as Yuan Xu's spiritual sense could endure, he could manifest into thousands of forms, simultaneously directing numerous Immortal Sect cultivators in developing new planets.

Time flowed like water. In the blink of an eye, Chen Mobai had been back in the Immortal Sect for thirty years. For the first ten years, he primarily taught Qian Xing and other Immortal Sect God Transformation cultivators about the correct path to Void-Refinement. For the next ten years, he guided Immortal Sect Nascent Soul cultivators on how to achieve God Transformation. For the final ten years, Chen Mobai lived a reclusive life, enjoying family time with his daughter and occasionally meeting Meng Huang'er and Yan Bingxuan. Of course, he spent more time in the Tianhe Realm.

After all, in the Purple霄 Universe, the Immortal Sect was now tranquil. Backed by the Xuangu Dao Field, there would essentially be no major incidents, at most the continuous development of new planets and the migration of Dixing's inhabitants to them. Moreover, with Ling Zun present, Chen Mobai could rest assured. In contrast, the situation in the Tianhe Realm was far more complex. With the changing Grand Dao rules, the pure spiritual immortal energy descending from the Nine Heavens became increasingly dense, causing the spiritual energy throughout the Five Continents and Four Seas to universally elevate by one level. For example, a spiritual vein that was previously a low-grade First-Tier became a mid-grade First-Tier. The consequence of this was an increase in the number of non-human entities becoming spirits and transforming into demons. Beast populations in the Wilderness Ruins also proliferated, leading them to constantly emerge from their territories and launch assaults on human-controlled lands.

In response to this situation, the Eastern Continent Immortal Alliance played its rightful role, forming a vast joint army of cultivators in the East Mausoleum Region to create a defensive line, firmly blocking the demonic beasts pouring out from the depths of the Wilderness Ruins. In other territories of the Eastern Continent, the Five Elements Sect, occupying the most land, saw its demon-hunting missions increase year by year. The Daoist Sect's Heavenly and Earthly Xuanji Instrument also continuously emitted strange glows over the past few decades, detecting many bizarre energy clusters appearing across the Eastern Continent.

On one occasion, because it was in the Wilderness Ruins not far from the Eastern Land, Shen Xi dispatched a team of Daoist Sect cultivators to investigate. They discovered it was a Yellow Spring Road leading directly to the Underworld. Within the Yellow Spring Road, there was even a Fifth-Tier ghost deity. Had the ghost deity not been restricted in power by leaving the Underworld and coming to the mortal realm, and had Xuan De, the team leader, not possessed the sect's profound heritage, it was likely that the entire team of Daoist Sect cultivators would have perished on the Yellow Spring Road.

Not only in the Eastern Land, but throughout the Eastern Continent, Yellow Spring Roads of varying sizes appeared. Underworld specters descended shamelessly upon the human realm to wreak havoc after sunset each night. Furthermore, deep within the Wilderness Ruins, numerous ancient beasts that had been slumbering began to awaken. These were at least Fifth-Tier beings, and some emitted such powerful aura that even the Heavenly and Earthly Xuanji Instrument dared not probe them. Such strange phenomena were not limited to the Eastern Continent but were occurring across all other continents of the Tianhe Realm.

One day, Chen Mobai, who was engrossed in comprehending the Turtle Treasure, was suddenly alerted by a message Qing Nü sent via the Heaven-Penetrating Instrument: "True Lord Wuchen of the Daoist Sect failed in his attempt to break through to Void-Refinement after consuming an Immortal Pill, and passed away on the spot." After reading it, Chen Mobai stood stunned. A long time later, a sigh echoed.

Previously, True Lord Wuchen had consulted him about various aspects of consuming the Immortal Pill. Chen Mobai had meticulously informed him of every detail, particularly emphasizing the pill's violent potency and that ordinary Fifth-Tier body refinement might not be able to withstand and refine it. Unfortunately, for cultivators of this realm, that detail wasn't important. What mattered was that True Lord Wuchen had personally met Chen Mobai and verified that Chen Mobai had successfully achieved Void-Refinement after consuming the Immortal Pill.

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