Chapter 398: The Sacred Body of Mountains and Rivers, Breaking Through the Grand Virtual Realm

Chapter 398: The Sacred Body of Mountains and Rivers, Breaking Through the Grand Virtual Realm

Spirit Honor Mountain was undergoing a transformation due to the arrival of the Red Cat, who had tricked the Wind Spirit Tiger. The spirit beasts of Spirit Honor Mountain were being trained and transformed into a formidable demon army.

The Nine Mountains Realm was also in a state of turmoil. Meng Chong's arrival had led to consecutive assassination attempts, some overt and others covert. If not for his powerful abilities, indomitable physical body, and exceptional martial arts skills, he might have perished.

"Who is targeting me?"

Meng Chong had changed his appearance, donning a wig to conceal his bald head, the most distinctive feature that made him easily recognizable.

"Big Brother appeared in Da Gai Shan, but his traces have disappeared for a while. Is he in seclusion, attempting a breakthrough? What forces are behind these attacks on me? For now, I'll change my identity and venture into the Sky Cave to accumulate treasures. I can take my revenge after I enhance my strength."

Meng Chong had formulated his next course of action.

Due to the nature of martial arts, once he made a move in the Sky Cave, his traces would be quickly exposed. Therefore, he couldn't stay there for too long.

"I'm almost done comprehending the Minor Eye of Heaven's Way. I should spend more time on it."

Meng Chong began to conceal his presence and headed toward the Sky Cave.

...

Li Xuan sat in his chair as he usually did, leisurely playing with a jade scepter in one hand while holding the Grand Primordial Book in the other.

He had already reached the seventeenth page of the Grand Primordial Book, just one page away from finishing it entirely.

By now, Li Xuan's understanding of the Grand Primordial Heaven's Dao had reached an incredibly high level.

It was also because of this that he was gradually perfecting the realm that came after the Heaven and Earth Realm.

The Martial Arts Compendium was also being further refined.

He was not far from his goal of three thousand divine arts, and these arts encompassed a wide range of wonderful uses, not limited to just offense and defense.

"The path of divine arts is truly profound," Li Xuan marveled inwardly. "Having the Heaven's Dao as a reference makes creating divine arts much easier."

He felt that his martial arts endeavor had made significant progress recently.

"Xu Yan has gone to the Nine Mountains Realm, and Meng Chong should be heading there soon as well," he thought.

Among his five disciples, only Jiang Buling had yet to truly enter the door, but the issue with his non-transformation qi was almost resolved, and he was close to entering the Extreme Soul Martial Arts as well.

Day after day, those around him diligently cultivated, including his maid, Cailing, who had activated her bloodline and received the Sea Spirit inheritance. Her cultivation had become much more diligent, and her strength was progressing rapidly.

Shi Er, Meng Shushu, and Zhou Ying had all broken through to the late stages of the Divine Will Realm, and their cultivation speed had undoubtedly increased thanks to the pills and the dense heavenly energy of the divine realm.

Fang Hao's array techniques and message talismans had also improved tremendously, leading to progress in his exotic martial arts.

Meng Chong had returned and then left for the Nine Mountains Realm.

"Your disciple Xu Yan has enlightened the Minor Eye of Heaven's Way. You have achieved perfection in the Minor Eye of Heaven's Way."

The feedback from the Grand Daoist's Golden Book had arrived.

Li Xuan was overjoyed. In that moment, he felt as if his eyes could see through everything in the heavens and the earth.

A third eye even seemed to appear between his brows, shimmering with a wondrous light.

This third eye was formed of a radiant glow and was extraordinarily profound.

"So this is the Minor Eye of Heaven's Way. As expected of Xu Yan—he never fails to impress!"

With the Minor Eye of Heaven's Way, Li Xuan felt that everything had changed. As he looked at the Grand Primordial Book, he felt as though he could see the traces of the Heaven's Dao.

He could almost see the marks of the one who had depicted the Heaven's Dao, the traces of their existence.

Reading the Grand Primordial Book became even easier, and when he looked up at the sky, he could discern the operation of the Heaven's Dao, the existence of the laws of heaven and earth, and even the origin of all things.

It was as if he could see beyond the sky, a vague outline of a world above.

"This is interesting!"

Li Xuan didn't continue reading and instead focused on his ocular divine arts, finally filling the gap in his abilities.

"If the Minor Eye of Heaven's Way is already so powerful, how formidable must the true Eye of Heaven's Way be?"

Li Xuan felt that the divine art he had fabricated was too incredible, and the difficulty of cultivating it would be immense.

"With the Minor Eye of Heaven's Way, I should be able to discover the hidden existence within the stone house, right?"

Li Xuan mused.

There was a mysterious stone house in the royal palace of the Wu Kingdom, concealing unknown secrets that were likely related to the owner of the Grand Primordial Book.

However, Li Xuan did not immediately go to the Wu Kingdom's palace to investigate.

"There's no rush," he thought as he suppressed his curiosity. "I'm not strong enough yet, having not fully grasped the Grand Primordial Book, and the secrets of the heavens aren't going anywhere."

"Your disciple Xu Yan has enlightened the great divine art, Heaven's Will Determination, and you have achieved perfection in Heaven's Will Determination."

Xu Yan had enlightened another divine art.

Heaven's Will Determination!

This divine art was one of the great divine arts Li Xuan had fabricated, a special type of art, and he never expected Xu Yan to truly comprehend it.

"As expected of the pioneer of my martial arts endeavor," Li Xuan praised.

His good mood prompted him to guide Feng Yan, who was busy, in the cultivation of divine arts.

Feng Yan was overjoyed and listened intently, afraid to miss even the tiniest detail.

In recent days, he had been running errands for the Exotic Arts Court and the Pill Refining Court. As an Immortal Grand Exalt, he did this menial work for the chance to learn divine arts and gain recognition from a master.

Now, the opportunity had finally come!

Feng Yan cultivated a minor divine art, but as a Grand Primordial Martial Artist, it was still extremely difficult for him to cultivate divine arts.

However, if Wu Tiannan could cultivate divine arts successfully, it meant that Grand Primordial Martial Artists could do the same.

Even if the divine arts they cultivated were slightly weaker than those of the Grand Wilderness Martial Artists, they were still divine arts and could enhance the strength of Grand Primordial Martial Artists.

After giving Feng Yan guidance on cultivating divine arts, Li Xuan returned to his own martial arts endeavors. Whether Feng Yan could cultivate a divine art or not depended entirely on his own talent.

"It's a sure thing that Jiang Buling will enter the Extreme Soul Martial Arts, so I should also prepare the Extreme Soul Martial Arts divine arts.

"The cultivation methods of the Extreme Soul Martial Arts should also be unique, and even the weapons of the Extreme Soul Martial Artists should be different.

"It's time to create the Extreme Soul Martial Arts Compendium and the exclusive divine arts and techniques of the Extreme Soul Martial Arts."

Li Xuan felt that he had no time to spare in his pursuit of martial arts, and although he appeared relaxed, every day was filled with tasks related to his endeavor.

Time passed as he focused on creating martial arts.

"Your disciple Meng Chong encountered an ambush by a True King Exalt, and in exchange for minor injuries, he killed one True King Exalt. Your martial arts experience has increased."

Suddenly, the feedback from the Grand Daoist's Golden Book startled Li Xuan.

Meng Chong had been ambushed but managed to kill one of his assailants in exchange for minor injuries?

"What force did Meng Chong offend in the Nine Mountains Realm?" Li Xuan wondered in surprise.

Since the life-saving jade talisman he had given Meng Chong hadn't been activated, it meant that Meng Chong's life hadn't been in danger despite the ambush.

"Immortal Grand Exalts have to remain in the Sky Cave and can't easily leave their posts. With Meng Chong's defense, it would be difficult for a True King Exalt to inflict serious damage on him.

To his surprise, the Grand Daoist's Golden Book continued to provide feedback over the next month, all regarding Meng Chong being besieged.

On one occasion, Meng Chong was ambushed and severely poisoned. He used his Golden Body's acupoints to absorb the poison and feigned near-death, counter-killing one of the assailants.

"With Meng Chong's robust and profound physical body, ordinary poisons should not be able to harm him. Moreover, he also carries detox pills refined by Su Lingxiu. Yet, they still resorted to such despicable means. Which force has Meng Chong offended?" Li Xuan frowned.

As this trend continued, even an Immortal Grand Exalt might take action personally. With Meng Chong's current strength, he would not be a match for an Immortal Grand Exalt, and the life-saving jade talisman Li Xuan had given him would surely be triggered.

Li Xuan decided to inquire about the forces in the Nine Mountains Realm, wanting to identify which one specialized in using poison or cultivating toxic martial arts.

Surprisingly, the results showed that there were no forces in the Nine Mountains Realm that excelled in using poison or cultivating toxic martial arts, not even any well-known practitioners of toxic martial arts.

Li Xuan was astonished. Could it be that Meng Chong hadn't gone to the Nine Mountains Realm?

Feng Yan was an Immortal Grand Exalt and had a high status in the Nine Mountains Realm, so he should have a good understanding of the region.

"Stronger people grow in the face of crises. Meng Chong's strength will also increase faster as he faces these challenges," Li Xuan thought.

He believed that Meng Chong's current crisis might also be an opportunity for him to enhance his abilities. With the life-saving jade talisman, Meng Chong should be able to survive even if he encountered an attack from an Immortal Grand Exalt.

"Your disciple Xu Yan has broken through to the Divine Physique Realm, and you have achieved perfection in the Grand Virtual Realm."

Xu Yan had broken through to the Divine Physique Realm.

Li Xuan was overjoyed, as his strength had finally improved.

He had achieved perfection in the Grand Virtual Realm.

"Your disciple Xu Yan has undergone a profound transformation in the Divine Physique Realm, evolving into the Sacred Body of Mountains and Rivers. You have obtained the innate Sacred Body of Mountains and Rivers."

Once again, Xu Yan had transformed and ascended, just as expected, and this transformation had resulted in the Sacred Body of Mountains and Rivers.

"Perfect and flawless, his innate talent has improved again," Li Xuan marveled inwardly.

With this transformation, Xu Yan's innate talent and strength had greatly increased, and his understanding of the Heavenly Realm martial arts would become much easier.

"Sacred Body of Mountains and Rivers..."

Li Xuan contemplated his own body, feeling as if it was nurturing a vast landscape of mountains and rivers, as if his body was a manifestation of the mountains and rivers themselves.

"Is this the embryonic form of the Heavenly Realm of martial arts?" Li Xuan mused.

He believed that after Xu Yan's transformation, his Sacred Body of Mountains and Rivers would also embody the essence of mountains and rivers.

"The Heavenly Realm is not far off now."

Li Xuan heaved a sigh of relief, feeling a sense of relief that Xu Yan would soon be able to comprehend the Heavenly Realm martial arts.

Once Xu Yan entered the Heavenly Realm, it would be a significant transformation and enhancement.

With Xu Yan's breakthrough and profound transformation, the feedback kept pouring in.

"I should also perfect the martial arts of the realm above the Heavenly Realm."

Li Xuan felt that his next focus should be on refining the martial arts for the realm beyond the Heavenly Realm.

"This Red Cat is really something."

Some time ago, the Red Cat had gone to the Nine Mountains Realm with the intention of establishing a demon race in the Divine Realm. However, with its current strength, the task was extremely challenging.

To Li Xuan's surprise, not long after its arrival, although it had not yet founded the demon race, it had managed to gain control over the spirit beasts of Lingzun Mountain.

Through the Great Demon God Control, Li Xuan could roughly grasp the Red Cat's situation, and he was quite surprised that the Red Cat had been able to gain control of the Lingzun Mountain spirit beasts so quickly.

"The Wind Spirit Tiger is of the same clan as the Red Cat, and it is the king of spirit beasts. There's a saying that two tigers cannot share a mountain, but because there are few tigers, they may be more tolerant of their kin..." Li Xuan began to understand how the Red Cat had managed to persuade the Wind Spirit Tiger.

"These two people..."

Li Xuan's eyebrows furrowed as he noticed something unusual about two individuals, one in the Qimen Court and the other in the Dan Yi Court. Although they had legitimate identities and were doing odd jobs in the respective courts, Li Xuan's Small Heavenly Daoist Eye saw through their true nature—they were spies, and highly skilled ones at that.

Their every action and behavior was flawless, without any loopholes.

After all, those who were assigned to work in the Qimen Court and the Dan Yi Court had been personally vetted by the Great Yue Huang, an Immortal Grand Exalt.

The fact that they could deceive even the Great Yue Huang indicated their exceptional abilities, and the force behind them was surely not to be underestimated.

"Late-stage True King Exalt..."

Li Xuan looked at the other people in the Qimen Court and the Dan Yi Court, including those from the Tianwu Sect and the Wanlei Sect who had come for exchanges and cooperation.

"Another one, from the Tianwu Sect, and also from the Wanlei Sect... Are they spies from the Underworld or some other force?" Li Xuan was astonished.

Regardless of whether they were from the Tianwu Sect or the Wanlei Sect, those who were sent for exchanges and cooperation were trusted individuals. Yet, these individuals were spies!

"They've cultivated a special martial art that excels in concealing their aura and is suitable for infiltration. This martial art hides their true aura deeply, making them appear to be practitioners of the Tianwu Sect and the Wanlei Sect on the surface, while their actual martial arts foundation belongs to another force..."

These spies appeared to cultivate the martial arts of the Tianwu Sect and the Wanlei Sect, but their fundamental martial arts did not originate from these sects.

If not for Li Xuan's Small Heavenly Daoist Eye, it would have been difficult to uncover this secret. Even he almost missed it, and it was highly unlikely for an Immortal Grand Exalt like the Tianwu Sect Master to discover it unless the spies revealed themselves.

"They're hiding pretty deep, even infiltrating my disciple's territory..." Li Xuan pondered for a moment before deciding to expose the spies' identities.

After all, they had infiltrated his disciple's domain, and as their master, he couldn't just sit idly by.

He called Shi Er and instructed, "Go and inform Feng Yan to apprehend these individuals. Let the Great Yue Huang interrogate them thoroughly."

"Yes!" Shi Er nodded without hesitation.

Feng Yan received the order and immediately carried it out without questioning. As an Immortal Grand Exalt himself, he easily captured the spies.

"Elder Feng Yan, why are you arresting us?" One of the spies demanded angrily.

Su Lingxiu and Fang Hao were also puzzled, unsure why Feng Yan had suddenly taken action.

"You know why!" Feng Yan replied with a cold smile.

The Di Ying members' hearts sank as they wondered if their cover had been blown. But that was impossible; their infiltration skills were impeccable.

"I am from the Tianwu Sect..."

"Shut up!" Feng Yan interrupted.

Feng Yan's actions naturally drew the attention of the Great Yue Huang, especially since two of the captured spies were individuals he had personally assigned to the Qimen Court and the Dan Yi Court.

Cheng Zhan, representing the Wanlei Sect and handling affairs in this area, furrowed his brows, unsure why Feng Yan was targeting practitioners from the Wanlei Sect.

"Brother Feng Yan, what's the meaning of this?" The Great Yue Huang asked with a frown.

"Spies. Interrogate them thoroughly," Feng Yan said as he handed the captives over to the Great Yue Huang. "The guidance from the senior is infallible."

The Great Yue Huang, Cheng Zhan, and the leader of the Tianwu Sect turned pale upon hearing those words.

(End of Chapter)

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