Seeking Fortune And Avoiding Calamity, Starting From The Heavenly Master's Mansion Chapter 387: Lei the Celestial Master, Battles Tang's National Master (Part 1) - Novel Cool

Chapter 387: Lei the Celestial Master, Battles Tang's National Master (Part 1)

Chapter 387: Lei the Celestial Master, Battles Tang's National Master (Part 1)

"A true ancient Fulu sect inheritance..."

Yuan Mo Bai looked up, deep in thought.

Lei Jun exchanged a glance with Wang Gui Yuan.

Wang Gui Yuan shook his head slightly, indicating that he also had limited knowledge on the matter.

Thanks to the information sent by Senior Sister Xu Yuan Zhen earlier, the members of the Tang Celestial Master's Mansion were already somewhat aware of the general situation in Penglai.

Although Penglai is currently abundant in spiritual energy, it may have undergone a catastrophe in the past, and the people currently in Penglai are not the result of long-term existence and reproduction over the years.

Whether it was Huang Xuan Pu or others, they all entered Penglai from the outside world through their respective means and opportunities.

Here lies the remnants of the ancient Taoist traditions, as well as precious treasures.

Huang Xuan Pu and the others returned to their respective human realms and established a Taoist country, obviously borrowing power from them.

However, Penglai itself currently does not have a legitimate ancient Fulu sect inheritance or cultivators.

The Dragon and Tiger Mountain Celestial Master's Mansion in the Great Han human realm is the first known ancient Fulu sect inheritance that has survived to this day.

However, it cannot yet be confirmed if the Great Han human realm is connected to Penglai.

"According to Yuan Zhen's nephew, the Western White Emperor can be confirmed to be the head of the Shu Mountain sect in the Ming Dynasty's human realm."

Yuan Mo Bai gathered his thoughts, his expression returning to its usual gentle smile as he spoke softly, "Her name is Han Qing Tao, and she is of Ming Dynasty imperial descent."

Lei Jun, Wang Gui Yuan, and Chu Kun, the three brothers, nodded together, their expressions unsurprised.

They had expected as much before.

After all, a Great Vehicle high immortal of the Fourth Realm of the Nine Heavens was significant enough.

In the Ming Dynasty's human realm, Confucianism was dominant, suppressing Buddhism and Taoism even more obviously than in the Tang Dynasty's human realm.

Given this background, it was easier for the head of the Shu Mountain sect in the Ming Dynasty to have divergent thoughts compared to the higher-ups of the Shu Mountain sect in the Tang Dynasty.

Especially since Han Qing Tao, the head of Shu Mountain in the Ming Dynasty, also had a rather unique background.

Speaking of which, the Ming Dynasty imperial family name was 'Han', which sounded a bit intriguing to Lei Jun.

He had heard Nie Fang mention that in the early years, before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, when the founding emperor was still opposing the previous Qian Dynasty, an ethnic minority dynasty, he had called himself the 'Bright King'...

"According to Nie Daoist from the Xuanji Temple, the current situation of the Ming Dynasty's human realm's Taoist sect is only slightly better for the Dan Ding sect's sacred site, the Zhenwu Temple."

Chu Kun said, "It is said that when the Ming Dynasty was first established, the ancestor of the Zhenwu Temple had once supported the Bright King, making great contributions. Later, during the power struggle between the new emperor and the young emperor, the Zhenwu Temple also assisted the new emperor. Therefore, the Dan Ding sect's lineage in the Ming Dynasty's human realm is in a much better situation than the Fulu and Refining sects?"

Yuan Mo Bai: "More or less. However, relatively speaking, it is still a world of Confucianism. The Zhenwu Temple is only slightly better off, the Refining sect's sacred site, Shu Mountain sect, is in a difficult situation, and our Fulu sect has almost been cut off from its lineage."

Han Qing Tao was a noble lady of the Ming imperial court, and her ascension to the position of head of the Shu Mountain sect in the Ming Dynasty could be attributed not only to her exceptional talent and cultivation but also to her background.

In the Tang Dynasty's human realm, the late Shu Mountain elder, Zhang Dongyuan, never had the opportunity to become the head of Shu Mountain from start to finish, and he himself did not expect it.

Back then, Shu Mountain experienced a large-scale internal strife and split, causing serious damage to its foundation.

Zhang Dongyuan was the last Great Sword Cultivator of the Eightfold Heaven after Chen Donglou left and Wei Qiyue and Wang Dongchu rebelled. He obtained the ultimate treasure, the Qingming Sword.

However, the new head of Shu Mountain decided upon by the entire sect was the next generation's Zhang Taogang.

However, the overall background environment of the Ming Dynasty's human realm was different from that of the Tang Dynasty.

"Over there, because the Confucian cultivators are linked to the fate of the Ming Dynasty, sharing the same country, they will suppress other cultivation methods to a greater or lesser extent."

Lei Jun said, "The Shu Mountain sect, as a Taoist Refining sect lineage, is actually one of the less restricted sects in this regard."

The Refining sect is also known as the Outer Dan sect.

To some extent, it is like blatantly seeking external objects.

In actual combat techniques, they are less influenced by Confucian rituals.

Nie Fang's cultivation of the Yin Shi sect's lineage of Taoist techniques is also similar.

"On the other hand, is the Taoist Refining sect lineage also easily avoided by Confucian scholars?" Chu Kun guessed.

If so, then Han Qing Tao, a Ming imperial court noble lady, becoming the head of Shu Mountain seemed to carry a richer meaning.

"But she will find it difficult to continue standing in the Ming Dynasty's human realm."

Wang Gui Yuan said, "Senior Sister made her identity as the Western White Emperor and her secret plan to establish a Taoist country in the Ming Dynasty's human realm public. The Ming imperial court has declared Han Qing Tao a criminal.

In addition to the Ming court, it is said that the number one cultivator in the Ming Dynasty's Taoist sect, who is even more revered than Han Qing Tao, the master of the Zhenwu Temple, has personally come out to assist the Ming court in capturing Han Qing Tao and the members of the Taoist country in the Ming Dynasty's human realm."

Lei Jun: "Just like Huang Xuan Pu back then, one move affects the whole body."

Wang Gui Yuan: "The Ming court is also in chaos on all sides, but that human realm has a deep foundation and many powerful cultivators."

Lei Jun nodded slightly.

When he had contacted Senior Sister Xu Yuanzhen before, he had heard her briefly mention it.

The history of the Ming Dynasty's human realm was about two thousand four hundred years longer than that of the Tang Dynasty's human realm, and while the time of the surge in spiritual energy was not that early, it was still a few hundred years earlier than that of the Tang Dynasty's human realm.

It was not long after the founding of the Ming Dynasty that the spiritual energy in the Ming Dynasty's human realm began to rise.

While this was beneficial to the cultivators there, it also caused some of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earthly Realms to re-establish contact with the Ming Dynasty's human realm.

Hence, there was the incident of the young emperor retreating into the secret realm with his subjects and changing the secret realm into the Heavenly Principle.

Although the Ming Dynasty's human realm had also gone through many trials and tribulations, after a certain number of years had passed, there were quite a few powerful cultivators in that human realm.

However, Confucian cultivators dominated.

Many royal family members studied literature and followed the Confucian path.

"I once heard Shang Nan, the merchant from the Taoist country in the Ming Dynasty's human realm, mention to Zong Cuo Shangren of the Vajra sect that there is also a Sumeru sect in the Ming Dynasty's human realm."

Lei Jun recalled, "I remember it was the Karma sect, one of the five sects of the Vajra Realm of Sumeru.

Wang nodded, "The master mentioned that the Sumeru Karmic Order has established itself in the mortal world of the Great Empire.

However, they are also deeply despised by the scholars of the Imperial Academy, and they have not been able to gain significant development within the territory of the Great Empire.

Thus, over the past hundred years or so, the Sumeru Karmic Order turned their attention northward, and their connection with the northern tribes in that mortal world has gradually deepened, with both sides supporting each other. Now, they have become a significant border threat to the Great Empire."

The Great Empire was established by overthrowing the rule of the tribal nation of the Great Qian.

While the tribal nation withdrew from the Central Plains, they have flourished and gradually regained their strength over the years, and there have been frequent signs of them moving southward again.

The Sumeru Karmic Order's contact with them has allowed the order to develop significantly outside the Great Empire's territory, in the Western Frontier, the grasslands, and the snowfields. Both sides collaborate, keeping a close eye on the Imperial Court and the Central Plains.

On the side of the Great Kingdom, having just experienced the calamity of the invasion by the Lonely Eagle Khanate, which was instigated by the Sumeru Vajra Division last year, Lei Jun and the others couldn't help but feel a bit complicated upon hearing the news about the Sumeru Karmic Order from the mortal world of the Great Empire.

"Yuan Zhen, who returned from the mortal world of the Great Empire, mentioned that most of the Southern Wastes over there is now under the jurisdiction of the Great Empire."

Yuan Mobai said, "Only by going further south, close to the coast of the Southern Sea, are there practitioners of the Wu Sect. However, it is said that the mortal world of the Great Empire used to be connected to another mortal world there, and the two sides had fought. But the portal between the worlds has long since been closed."

Lei Jun: "Do we know which mortal world it is?"

Yuan Mobai: "Yuan Zhen didn't know at the time. She stayed in the mortal world of the Great Empire this time to investigate this matter, which is one of the things she's interested in.

According to the rumors, those who entered the mortal world of the Great Empire from that world were mostly martial artists, but they were not from the tribal khanates."

Lei Jun slightly raised his eyebrows, "Oh? No wonder the master is interested. I'm also quite curious."

The practitioners were mostly martial artists, but they were from the Imperial people, not from the tribal groups.

So, it's most likely not the mortal world of the Great Song or the khanate worlds.

Based on the information we have, it doesn't seem like the Great Han world either.

And it definitely isn't the Great Kingdom world.

"At least the portal to the Southern world of the Great Empire is currently sealed."

Yuan Mobai said, "In comparison, for the Great Empire, the current threats, apart from the internal strife caused by the Little Empire and the Human Path Country, are mainly from the north and the east. In the north, the tribal groups and the Sumeru Karmic Order are fueling each other's growth and have already become a force to be reckoned with. In the east, it is said that a portal has opened up over the sea, connecting to another place in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, called 'Dark Abyss.'"

Lei Jun nodded silently.

Dark Abyss, one of the Ten Earths, is known alongside places like the Earth Sea, Yellow Springs, and the Endless Abyss as one of the Ten Earths.

In legends, it is the direction of the evolution and destination of the world's creation and destruction.

It is said that it was once occupied by a large number of powerful demons, cold and silent, filled with evil aura, in addition to abundant spiritual energy, forming an endless abyss that devours the heavens and the earth.

Overall, while the current Great Empire's country is under threat, it seems to be holding up for now.

It has deep accumulations, but now its strengths and weaknesses are similar to those of the Little Empire before.

To some extent, it can be seen as an enlarged version of the Little Empire.

Its relative advantage lies in the fact that the Great Empire is based in the real mortal world, and its national fortune and dragon veins are not plagued by the temporal and spatial worries that the Little Empire had in the secret realm of Dark Cavern.

However, it is still too early to say whether the country can remain stable, as there are many factors at play.

Chu Kun smiled and said, "Please ask Brother Zuo to allow me to watch and help you calm the tsunami from the sidelines."

Lei Jun said, "Let's go."

After bidding farewell to Yuan Mo Bai and Wang Gui Yuan, the two quietly left the mountain and headed overseas.

Upon receiving the news, Tang Xiaotang eagerly rushed to meet up.

"If you had told me earlier, I would have sparred with you first before going to Luoyang. Now I have to travel back the same route again!" Tang Xiaotang complained.

Lei Jun said, "The intention was to provoke you and make me the relaxed party, employing tactics, all tactics."

Tang Xiaotang, upon hearing this, did not get angry but instead smiled and said, "Oh? How solemn. I like it."

She sized Lei Jun up and down and asked, "Have you reached the Ninth Heaven and cultivated a new innate divine ability?"

Lei Jun replied, "I have not cultivated it yet, but I already have a draft in mind. I plan to cultivate a divine ability of yours, the Shenxiao Pure Yang Fa, and manifest the Pure Yang Thunder Dragon."

He enjoyed pondering various divine abilities and spells.

However, he did not always insist on creating his own without practicing the wonderful methods passed down by others; otherwise, he would not have mastered the Tian, Di, and Ren Fa thoroughly, the three major Fa passed down by the Longhu Mountain.

Lei Tian Shi was very inclusive in this aspect.

However, when it came to actual combat techniques and building a framework, he had his own ideas.

Whether it was a Fa passed down by predecessors or a self-created one, they could all become a part of the framework.

"Are you... trying to take advantage of your Yin-Yang Immortal Body and natural intuition, relying on my Pure Yang Thunder Dragon, and combining it with your own Yin Thunder Dragon, to create a new Pure Yin Thunder Fa?" Tang Xiaotang gave Lei Jun a sidelong glance.

Lei Jun candidly said, "Indeed, that is my intention. My Yin Thunder Dragon is deep and treacherous, and its power is considerable. Under my conscious control, it can also walk the path of righteousness and peace. However, when it is outside of my control and left to exist on its own, it is not as stable, so I am considering cultivating another Pure Yin Thunder Fa to achieve a balance of righteousness and oddities."

Tang Xiaotang did not object, and with a flash of golden thunder light, she immediately condensed a Shenxiao Pure Yang Fa:

"Then, let's spar again after you cultivate the new Fa."

Lei Jun said, "Little Sister, there is no need for caution. Haven't you also not refined the Broken Void Returning Origin Stone, the Initial Yin Soul-Shattering Grass, and other spiritual objects?

When it comes to exchanging insights and sparring between fellow disciples, as long as we pay attention to the occasion and impact, we can do it anytime, right?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaotang immediately smiled and said, "That's true."

Lei Jun said, "By the way, I heard from Big Sister that she went to the Great Ming via Mount Penglai and successfully elevated her sacred body root bone to an immortal body root bone. At that time, she only mentioned it briefly, and I didn't have the chance to ask more. What kind of immortal body was it?"

Tang Xiaotang smiled and said, "Cosmos."

Lei Jun pondered, "Cosmos Immortal Body, not the Starlight Immortal Body? However, if it continues to elevate, it should all be..."

The tall woman pouted, "She can take her time, but I will definitely be faster than her. I will achieve the natural intuition before she elevates her root bone again!"

Lei Jun said, "I wish Little Sister success, but from now on, I will not wish you a smooth-sailing journey."

Tang Xiaotang giggled, "There's no need for well-wishes, just congratulate me after it's over."

Lei Jun said, "Oh, then I wish you an early cultivation of the Five Spirits and Five Qi, and the attainment of the Third Layer of the Ninth Heaven. After all, I heard from Big Sister that she has recently cultivated the Bright Spirit Seven Qi, and her cultivation has reached the Fourth Layer of the Ninth Heaven."

Tang Xiaotang's eyes widened, "You really know how to get on my nerves!"

Lei Jun said, "Tactics, all tactics."

Tang Xiaotang was so angry that she started laughing, "Fight you, big-headed ghost!"

As she spoke, her hair and eyebrows had already turned a light golden color, and her pupils seemed to have golden thunderfire surging out.

Lei Jun stood calmly in midair, without making any moves. However, with him as the center, the pitch-black universe starry sky began to spread out in all directions.

As the sole observer, Chu Kun watched from a distance and saw that gold and black now occupied the two ends of the sea and sky, respectively.

"In the end, we are still slightly inferior to you."

Tang Xiaotang's golden Pure Yang Domain expanded around her body, "If I release the Three Lights Mist, I will concede defeat."

When it came to fellow disciples sparring, Lei Jun had no objections, "Then I'm afraid the time will be too short."

The two Great Vehicle landscapes clashed.

The black and golden worlds could not be completely unfolded in the heavens.

It was as if the two worlds were squeezing against each other, with their boundaries constantly twisting and undulating.

Both Great Vehicle landscapes emitted a powerful suction force, but they could not budge each other's stance.

However, under the squeeze and collision, a large amount of golden "seawater", woven from Pure Yang True Fire and Pure Yang Immortal Thunder, transformed into a surging tide and poured into Lei Jun's Primordial Universe.

Tang Xiaotang let out a long laugh, and along with the surging tide of Pure Yang, she proactively charged into Lei Jun's Great Vehicle landscape.

Under the undulation of the Pure Yang Sea, even though Lei Jun had entered her Primordial Universe, he could not gain the home field advantage.

However, Lei Jun remained calm and collected, with purple thunder and green earthfire intertwining in the void.

They were both well aware of each other's techniques.

At this moment, there was no need for excessive cleverness. With dragon roars and tiger roars, the Nine Heavens Thunder and Nine Abyss True Fire had already formed a purple-green Tai Chi diagram.

The Tai Chi diagram rotated, and the intense light generated from the combined attack of the dragon and tiger shone directly onto Tang Xiaotang, who had charged into the Primordial Universe.

(End of Chapter)

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