Terran Guardian - Chapter 3984

Chapter 3959: Xuanling Immortal Sect

“…”

The descending immortal light of the Great Dao replenished Shen Changqing’s energy and all his injuries from the battle.

Recalling the previous battle,

he had a clear understanding of his own strength.

“The third level of the Heavenly Fiend Immortal Scripture’s Sainthood Chapter, if I unleash my full power, can suppress ordinary Fourth Tribulation Half-Saints, but it’s still somewhat lacking when dealing with some strong individuals in the Fourth Tribulation realm.

If I were to face a Fifth Tribulation Half-Saint, I still wouldn’t have the power to contend with him—”

Shen Changqing pondered.

This time,

he had deduced four opponents in total.

Two Fourth Tribulation Half-Saints!

One Fifth Tribulation Half-Saint!

One Eighth Tribulation Half-Saint! The final Eighth Tribulation Half-Saint was needless to say; it was a complete crushing defeat.

A casual strike from the latter was beyond Shen Changqing’s ability to handle.

And the identity of that Eighth Tribulation Half-Saint was none other than the Listening Wave Sword Venerable.

In the battle in Nan Yuan Dao Prefecture, Shen Changqing completely suppressed that Listening Wave Sword Venerable, and even ultimately killed him completely.

In that battle,

Shen Changqing didn’t feel much pressure from the Listening Wave Sword Venerable.

Only now, in a true confrontation, does one truly understand the terrifying strength of their opponent.

Even with his current strength, he is utterly insignificant before the Listening Wave Sword Venerable.

The opponent suppressed him with a single move.

If this weren’t the space of the Seven Profound Divine Tower, he would likely have perished on the spot.

“The strength of an Eight Tribulation Half-Saint is unfathomable, an overwhelming advantage for ordinary Half-Saints. Yet, even so, when I wielded the World-Stabilizing Bell, I still managed to kill the Listening Wave Sword Venerable.

This shows that possessing a top-tier treasure greatly enhances a cultivator’s strength. Even an ordinary Half-Saint can suppress a top-tier Half-Saint!”

Shen Changqing shook his head inwardly.

This is why the appearance of a treasure attracts so many cultivators to fight over it.

Although treasures cannot grant immortality or improve cultivation, they can greatly increase one’s strength, which is a form of indirect cultivation enhancement.

Only with sufficient strength can one compete for sufficient cultivation resources.

Back in the ancient Immortal Realm, the appearance of a Creation Treasure caused many Saints to fight tooth and nail for it, for the same reason.

Subsequently…

Shen Changqing returned to the first level of space.

This battle gave him a clear understanding of his own strength.

With his physical breakthrough, his strength had increased dramatically. At full power, he was capable of suppressing ordinary Fourth Tribulation Half-Saints, but against stronger Fourth Tribulation Half-Saints, he would be no match.

However,

this only referred to his own strength. If he were to use a supreme treasure, not only Fourth Tribulation Half-Saints, but even Fifth and Sixth Tribulation Half-Saints, Shen Changqing wouldn’t necessarily fear them.

Such a supreme treasure refers to something like the God-Slaying Spear, not a creation-level spiritual treasure like the World-Stabilizing Bell.

If it were the latter, it wouldn’t be as simple as dealing with Fifth and Sixth Tribulation Half-Saints.

Shen Changqing was satisfied with his current strength.

After all,

his cultivation was still at the Immortal Emperor realm, but his strength had already steadily entered the Fourth Tribulation Half-Saint realm; how could he not be satisfied?

Once his cultivation broke through to the Longevity Half-Saint realm, he believed his strength would increase significantly.

Afterwards,

Shen Changqing went into seclusion to cultivate again.

Although he had broken through to the Heavenly Fiend Immortal Scripture, he was not complacent. While his strength at the Fourth Tribulation Half-Saint Realm was not weak, he still had a long way to go compared to the top-tier beings. Currently ,

the Seven Profound Dao Sect had come under the watchful eye of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, mired in a quagmire of conflict.

At this time, sufficient strength was essential for self-preservation.

Of course,

even without the Taiyi Immortal Sect, there would be other threats.

In the cultivation world, there was no true peace and tranquility.

Ultimately,

it was all about strength reigning supreme.

…

“Boom!”

Blazing lightning illuminated the void, crashing down fiercely towards Thunder Valley.

When the cultivators of the various peaks of the Seven Profound Dao Sect sensed this fluctuation, they all turned their gazes towards the direction from which the lightning struck, many with subtle expressions.

“The Immortal Emperor Tribulation… Another powerful figure from our sect has reached this realm!” “

It’s rumored that Elder Batian of Zhaoyao Peak has broken through this time. We hear he ascended from the lower realm, obtaining an opportunity from the Heavenly Dao Battlefield. Now, he’s stepped into this realm in one step, truly enviable!” “The Immortal Emperor Realm… I wonder if I will ever reach such a level in my lifetime—”

Many sect cultivators now wore expressions of envy, their words revealing their awe of Batian Divine Lord.

Don’t be fooled by the Seven Profound Dao Sect’s rapid rise in strength; no one in Taiyuan Prefecture can rival them now.

The

Immortal Emperor Realm remains a watershed.

The vast majority of cultivators are stuck at the Ancient Immortal Realm, never quite reaching Immortal Emperor status in their lifetime.

Some cultivators don’t even manage to touch the threshold of the Ancient Immortal Realm.

Of course,

this group of cultivators is relatively small within the Seven Profound Dao Sect today.

As the current overlord of Taiyuan Prefecture, the Seven Profound Dao Sect has requirements for recruiting disciples. Those with poor aptitude have no chance of entering the sect.

And even then, only those with the potential to reach the Ancient Immortal Realm are eligible.

Therefore, most cultivators in the Seven Profound Dao Sect ultimately reach the Ancient Immortal Realm.

Few can truly reach the Immortal Emperor Realm, and similarly, only a limited number can reach the Immortal King Realm. As for those who struggle even to reach the Immortal King Realm, they are even rarer.

“Boom—”

As the final heavenly tribulation descended, purple energy surged in the sky, and an aura belonging to the Immortal Emperor Realm emanated, sweeping across the entire Cangwu Mountain Range.

“Immortal Emperor!”

Inside Thunder Valley, the Overlord God-Monarch couldn’t suppress his smile. Looking inward, he saw that his strength had undergone a tremendous transformation.

Although he had only just entered the Immortal Emperor Realm, his strength had increased exponentially compared to before his breakthrough.

Without truly entering this realm, one cannot comprehend its immense power.

Once upon a time,

even the Overlord God-King never imagined he could one day reach such a level. Even

becoming an Immortal Emperor was difficult!

His breakthrough to the Ancient Immortal Realm and ascension to the Upper Realm was practically his limit. However,

during the battle on the Heavenly Dao Battlefield, he found an opportunity, and with the subsequent advancement of the Immortal Realm, various blessings arose, allowing him to step into the Half-Step Immortal Emperor Realm.

And now,

after years of cultivation and refinement,

he has finally broken through to the next level.

“The Immortal Emperor Realm has a lifespan of billions of years. Reaching this step, the next level is the Realm of Immortality!”

The Overlord God-King took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

Breaking through to the Immortal Emperor Realm was just a new beginning; there was still a long road ahead.

Immortal Half-Saint!

That was the next goal.

Although the Overlord God-King wasn’t entirely confident about breaking through to Immortal Half-Saint,

cultivation itself was all about opportunity. Who could guarantee anything?

One day, he might not find the ultimate opportunity to achieve immortality in one step.

Therefore,

despite the difficult road ahead,

the Overlord God was not discouraged.

Now that he had broken through to the Immortal Emperor realm, his lifespan had greatly increased, and there would be many more opportunities in the future.

Subsequently,

the Overlord God’s divine sense moved, and his figure disappeared.

The appearance of an Immortal Emperor on Zhaoyao Peak did not cause a great stir. Only the elders of various peaks came out to congratulate him, and some cultivators who originally came from the Heavenly Sect paid a private visit. That was

all. In the end

, it was because there were many powerful figures in the Seven Profound Dao Sect.

The appearance of a new Immortal Emperor was enough to attract some attention, but that was all. Since the Overlord God’s breakthrough,

time has passed .

In the blink of an eye, another 100,000

years have passed. In the past 100,000 years

, new cultivators of the Seven Profound Dao Sect have broken through to the Immortal Emperor realm one after another.

Now the number of Immortal Emperors on the twelve peaks is increasing.

All these changes

have been seen by other forces.

As for this,

the forces of Taiyuan Prefecture did not have any other thoughts.

Anyone with discerning eyes could see that the Seven Profound Dao Sect’s fortune was now flourishing, possessing the combined heavenly fortune of the entire Taiyuan Prefecture.

Under such circumstances, it would be difficult for the Seven Profound Dao Sect’s strength not to increase. The strong always get stronger.

That’s the principle.

…

In the two hundred thousandth year since Batian Shenjun broke through to the Immortal Emperor realm, and in the three hundred thousandth year of Shen Changqing’s seclusion,

on this day,

Shen Changqing finally emerged from seclusion.

The first thing he did upon emerging was to summon the peak masters of each peak to understand the changes in the sect over the past three hundred thousand years.

As the sect leader, Shen Changqing could naturally perceive the changes in the sect’s fortune.

Compared to hundreds of thousands of years ago, the Seven Profound Dao Sect’s fortune was now much stronger.

However,

the sect’s fortune was still at the peak of the Ascension Realm.

To truly enter the ranks of the Ninth Grade of Longevity, there was still a long way to go. But there was no way around it.

That’s how the sect’s fortune was.

Every step forward would be extremely difficult.

Such breakthroughs required accumulation.

As more and more powerful figures emerge within a sect, causing its fortune to accumulate and increase, one day, the sect’s fortune will surely break through the shackles of ascension to immortality, stepping into the realm of the ninth rank of longevity.

However, how long it will take to reach that day is uncertain.

After all ,

advancement in fortune is no different from a cultivator breaking through a realm.

Strictly speaking,

the former is much more difficult than the latter.

“…For three hundred thousand years, the number of demonic beasts has been increasing daily. It is said that many top forces have even joined forces to invade the Jade Flower Immortal Realm, attempting to slay that great demon, but all have returned empty-handed.

The two sides fought a great battle within the Jade Flower Immortal Realm, neither able to gain the upper hand. However, the various forces have not given up, instead engaging in numerous battles with the great demon of the Jade Flower Immortal Realm.

And that great demon seems to have been enraged, causing the demonic calamity to become increasingly rampant!”

Yang Daoxu said in a deep voice.

The great demon of the Jade Flower Immortal Realm is the root cause of this demonic calamity, and the Seven Profound Dao Sect naturally cannot afford to be completely oblivious.

Even though this battle is beyond their control, they cannot ignore it.

Shen Changqing remained calm: “Just keep an eye on the Jade Flower Immortal Realm. The fact that the calamity hasn’t subsided isn’t entirely a bad thing.

Those supreme forces in the Demon-Slaying Alliance have accumulated countless years of resources. Now that the calamity hasn’t subsided, we can seize some resources from them.” As long

as the calamity persists,

the Demon-Slaying Alliance will exist.

Over the years, the Demon-Slaying Alliance has given up countless resources.

But even so, Shen Changqing knew that such resource losses were insignificant to those supreme forces in the Demon-Slaying Alliance.

After all, those forces are too ancient. They have existed for countless years.

Their accumulated resources are astonishing.

This

can be seen from the fact that Jiang Daoxuan can casually produce millions of top-grade immortal stones, and even several ninth-grade innate imperial weapons.

Such a powerful foundation is unmatched by other forces.

To put it bluntly,

for most forces, the cultivation resources represented by a single top-grade immortal stone are unimaginable.

This

is the foundation of the Demon-Slaying Alliance.

In the past, these supreme powers firmly controlled vast amounts of cultivation resources, leaving no opportunity for other forces to even scratch the surface. Only

now, with the impending calamity, are these powers forced to shed a little blood.

If this opportunity is missed, obtaining such cultivation resources again will not be so easy. Hearing this,

the other cultivators nodded slightly.

They were well aware of the benefits provided by the Demon-Slaying Alliance.

The progress of all the cultivators present was inseparable from the existence of the Demon-Slaying Alliance.

Without the supply of cultivation resources from the Demon-Slaying Alliance, no matter how much their strength improved, they could not have reached their current level.

Afterwards,

Shen Changqing returned to the Cangyun Immortal Mansion.

Three hundred thousand years had passed in the outside world.

The first layer of space was thirty million years.

In the first ten million years, Shen Changqing successfully stepped into the third level of the Heavenly Fiend Immortal Scripture. In the following twenty million years, his strength improvement was extremely limited.

After entering the third level of the Heavenly Fiend Immortal Scripture, cultivation became increasingly difficult.

Twenty million years had passed. Shen Changqing was still lingering at the entry level of the third level, not even touching the threshold of minor completion.

“To break through, I still need to refine the Chaos Saint Bone Pill. However, with my physical body breaking through, the effectiveness of the third-grade Chaos Saint Bone Pill is greatly reduced.

It would be best to refine a fourth-grade Chaos Saint Bone Pill, then breaking through to the fourth level would be much easier—”

Under the Bodhi tree, Shen Changqing picked up his teacup and sipped his tea.

He had already used up all the Niesheng tea leaves, and was only brewing ordinary immortal tea.

After finishing the immortal tea, Shen Changqing put down his teacup, then flipped his hand, and the Taiyi Dao Token appeared.

“Taiyi Immortal Sect…”

After hundreds of thousands of years,

the Taiyi Dao Token finally made a move.

This was also the main reason Shen Changqing came out of seclusion.

Although he had secretly pledged allegiance to the Jidu Jiang family, on the surface, he still belonged to the Taiyi Immortal Sect. Now that the Taiyi Dao Token had sent a message, Shen Changqing couldn’t ignore it.

The message from the Taiyi Dao Token was simple: it was to have the Seven Profound Dao Sect join forces with other powers to attack and annihilate a force belonging to the Jiang family.

Shen Changqing had also learned about the intelligence regarding this force.

The Xuanwei Realm!

The Xuanling Immortal Sect!

This was the target of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.

This was the first time Shen Changqing had heard of the Xuanling Immortal Sect.

However, from the intelligence provided by the Taiyi Immortal Sect, he clearly knew that the Xuanling Immortal Sect was not simple; openly, it possessed three Half-Saints.

Such a force was naturally not weak.

Now, the Taiyi Immortal Sect intended to attack the Xuanling Immortal Sect, using a Dao Token to send a message that the Seven Profound Dao Sects were among the forces targeting the Xuanling Immortal Sect.

Thinking of this,

Shen Changqing took out the Jiang Family Dao Token and transmitted the message to Jiang Daoxuan.

Not long after, the Dao Token vibrated.

Shen Changqing scanned it with his divine sense, his expression understanding.