Chapter 514: Enlightenment at the Daoist Monastery, Ultimate HuanYuan Fulfillment!

Chapter 514: Enlightenment at the Daoist Monastery, Ultimate HuanYuan Fulfillment!

December 30, 2024

Hum!

Whoosh!

Ripples spread through the void, and a streak of light suddenly emerged, quickly descending and materializing into a figure clad in a golden-embroidered dark robe.

Qin Zheng swiftly scanned his surroundings.

Before him was a vast and boundless starry sky, filled with nebulae and a majestic Milky Way stretching across, creating a breathtaking spectacle of colors.

This starry sky was even larger than the Yuan Dongtian!

This was the first thought that came to Qin Zheng's mind.

He then quickly retracted his gaze and looked at the dimly glowing Azure Heaven Mirror in his hand, his expression turning slightly solemn.

Just a moment ago, he had clearly brought everyone into the spatial passage, but now, only he had emerged from it.

Could it be that he hadn't managed to bring everyone into the spatial passage in time?

Qin Zheng's eyes showed confusion.

No, that couldn't be right!

His memory and perception couldn't be wrong. Just before, he had indeed brought everyone into the spatial passage, even including Yang Jian.

He wanted to take advantage of the Beyond Shore Sanctuary to eliminate this enemy who was about to attain enlightenment ahead of schedule.

So, when he emerged from the passage and didn't see anyone else, there was only one possible explanation.

It was this Beyond Shore Sanctuary that had taken the initiative! This ancient sanctuary of the Great Purity Sage had, upon their entry, separated them and allocated them to different areas within the sanctuary.

That was why only he had stepped out of the passage.

Qin Zheng guessed as much and immersed his mind in the Azure Heaven Mirror, wanting to use its power to locate the others.

But at that moment—

Hum!

The Heavens Jade Tower appeared from the inner realm, hovering above Qin Zheng's head. As the tower rotated, strands of ultimate aura descended, and a pulling force emerged from within it.

Before Qin Zheng could react, the tower's light enveloped him, and he was instantly propelled towards the depths of the vast starry sky.

At the end of the Milky Way, an ancient Daoist monastery stood, seemingly present since the beginning of creation, solitary and majestic amidst the starry sky.

Pure, majestic, and ancient.

Boom!!

A golden light suddenly descended from the heavens, breaking the tranquility that had lasted for hundreds of millions of years in the monastery.

The Heavens Jade Tower glowed with golden light, spinning and emitting an aura of excitement, like a returning traveler.

Below the tower, Qin Zheng held the Azure Heaven Mirror, his gaze cautiously scanning the monastery.

Only after entering the Beyond Shore Sanctuary did he realize that the Eight Scenery Palace was not just a single palace as he had seen before but an expansive realm.

If his guess was correct, then his group had been intentionally separated by the Eight Scenery Palace, each person allocated to a different area within the sanctuary based on their individual characteristics.

And it was indeed the most suitable place for each of them! This saved them a lot of time.

Qin Zheng's thoughts raced as he slowly stepped into the monastery, the Heavens Jade Tower hovering above his head.

As he crossed the threshold and entered the monastery, a pure aura washed over him, like a gentle breeze, instantly dispelling the unnoticeable restlessness in his mind.

Qin Zheng felt his mind purified, his innate spiritual light soaring, and his cultivation level increasing significantly. If measured in quantity, it was equivalent to about fifty drops of the Heavenly Dew of the Great Dao.

Qin Zheng's eyes lit up slightly.

Just a remnant of the monastery's aura was equivalent to fifty drops of the Heavenly Dew. If the Great Purity Sage were still here, his cultivation would have progressed by leaps and bounds!

He contemplated the profoundness he had just experienced, and after a few breaths, he refocused his mind and looked ahead.

After entering the monastery, he saw three paths: left, middle, and right.

The left and right paths were narrow, while the middle one was wide. A fragrance of elixirs wafted from the left path, and the right path seemed to conceal divine abilities, while the middle path was empty.

Qin Zheng pondered for a moment and then headed towards the narrow left path.

Based on the auras emanating from the three paths, the left path should be where elixirs were refined and stored, the right path was for the inheritance of divine abilities, and the middle path likely led to the main hall of the monastery.

Currently, he didn't have a pressing need for divine abilities. With the Three Purities divine artifacts of the Beyond Shore level, the Azure Heaven Mirror at the half-step Transcendence level, and the merit techniques from the merit scrolls, he didn't require divine abilities for offense or defense.

What he needed most was a supreme elixir to enhance his cultivation and quickly break through to the legendary realm.

So, after a moment of contemplation, Qin Zheng made his decision without hesitation and chose the left path.

As for the wide road in the middle leading to the main hall of the Daoist monastery, Qin Zheng temporarily placed it after his pursuit of the elixir.

He already possessed the Dao Scripture of Purification, a legacy of the Taiqing Saint, and had a vague perception of the main hall's creation within his heart, so he wasn't in a rush.

Qin Zheng moved like a phantom, swiftly traversing the narrow path on the left. Upon entering the sanctuary, he realized that he couldn't fly in the air and could only measure the ground with his feet.

However, this wasn't a challenge for Qin Zheng. Within a few breaths, the outline of a distant building came into view, and at the same time, a more intense elixir fragrance filled his perception.

This elixir fragrance didn't enter through his nose but directly permeated his divine soul and physical body. At this moment, as he immersed himself in the increasingly rich elixir fragrance, Qin Zheng felt his divine soul and physical body tremble slightly.

Indeed, it was an elixir refined by a powerhouse from Beyond!

Qin Zheng's heart burned with passion, and his footsteps on the ground quickened.

One breath... five breaths... ten breaths...

One moment... two moments... three moments...

After three moments, Qin Zheng's feet, like a phantom, suddenly stopped, and his expression turned solemn as he gazed at the distant building outline.

Something was amiss!

The building outline in his sight hadn't changed from three moments ago, which meant he had been running in place for three moments! Qin Zheng didn't doubt that the building was too far away. With his current realm, even if he couldn't fly in the air, his speed on foot wouldn't be much slower.

In three moments, he could have easily traversed Yuan Dongtian several times, but within this Daoist monastery, he couldn't seem to reach the elixir refining place.

There was something wrong with this path!

With a thought, the Azure Heaven Mirror appeared in his hand, emitting a faint light, and a dense power of space enveloped its body.

Qin Zheng immediately controlled the power of the Azure Heaven Mirror and began to attempt to create a passage to the elixir refining place.

Since he couldn't reach it through conventional means, he would take a different approach. With the help of the Azure Heaven Mirror, a semi-transcendent divine object, he would create a passage and arrive in one step!

Hum!

The Azure Heaven Mirror glowed.

Qin Zheng immediately sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and immersed his mental power into the Azure Heaven Mirror.

One breath... five breaths... ten breaths...

One moment... two moments... three moments...

Another three moments passed.

Qin Zheng suddenly opened his eyes, his expression both solemn and perplexed.

Impossible!

The Azure Heaven Mirror, which had never failed him, couldn't create a passage to the elixir refining place!

Qin Zheng lifted his head and looked at the distant building outline, his eyes searching for the reason behind this situation.

Was it the will of this Beyond Shore Sanctuary interfering, not wanting him to go to the elixir refining place?

Judging by the commotion caused by the appearance of the Heavens Jade Tower before and after, its pulling him to this Daoist monastery deep in the starry sky was proof that this was his place of creation.

Moreover, when choosing among the three paths, he had chosen the left path leading to the elixir refining place, and the Heavens Jade Tower hadn't shown any unusual signs.

As he cultivated the Dao Scripture of Purification, he could vaguely sense that no matter which of the three paths he chose, it wouldn't make a difference.

It was just a matter of sequence; choosing one path didn't mean he couldn't take the other two.

Then why couldn't he reach the elixir refining place?

Qin Zheng's expression remained calm as he analyzed the reasons for this situation, one thought at a time.

At the same time, he also examined his heart.

The Taiqing Saint advocated the Way of Non-Action, emphasizing following the natural flow. From the lingering aura of the Dao Scripture of Purification he obtained upon entering the monastery, he could understand a thing or two.

During his journey to the elixir refining place, his heart was filled with thoughts of gain, and under the increasingly rich elixir fragrance, he became even more eager.

This undoubtedly went against the Great Dao advocated by the Taiqing Saint.

Perhaps this was the reason he couldn't reach the elixir refining place?

With this thought in mind, he quickly spread it throughout his entire heart.

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Qin Zheng put away the Azure Heaven Mirror into his inner world and stood up, gazing at the distant building outline. Then, he took a step forward with his right foot.

Clap~

A clear footstep sounded.

At this moment, Qin Zheng no longer rushed towards the elixir refining place but approached it with a calm mind, step by step.

Purity, spontaneity, and following the natural flow—as long as he kept walking, he would eventually reach his destination.

Qin Zheng kept the Great Dao of the Taiqing Saint in mind and silently recited the teachings of the Dao Scripture of Purification.

His figure slowly moved forward, with tree shadows swaying on both sides and clouds drifting above. A gentle breeze brushed past his face.

Qin Zheng seemed to gradually merge with this Daoist monastery.

Previously, he was clearly separated from the monastery, although he had experienced the baptism of the remaining Dao Aura Spirit, he was unable to maintain a pure heart.

Now, with enlightenment, he actively let go of the various thoughts in his mind, not expecting to reach the place of alchemy, nor expecting to gain any precious elixirs there.

Since he had entered this place and was moving forward step by step, he let go of his many thoughts, maintained purity and spontaneity, and kept his mind pure. As long as he maintained this, he would eventually reach his destination and gain his reward.

Under such circumstances, the distant architectural outline, which had remained unchanged from the beginning, began to magnify at a visible speed, simultaneously revealing more of its interior.

He was approaching the place of alchemy.

A faint smile appeared on Qin Zheng's lips as he gazed at the gradually enlarging architecture.

Previously, he had been running at extreme speeds without any changes, but now, as he walked slowly, he gradually drew closer.

All things in the heavens and earth followed the principles of the Dao and revolved accordingly.

Sometimes, being too hasty might lead to adverse effects. Instead, relaxing the mind and maintaining purity would ensure that as long as one took the first step, remained firm and unwavering, one would eventually reach the destination.

A glimmer of enlightenment appeared in Qin Zheng's eyes.

Whoosh!

At this moment, a breeze formed from the Dao Aura Spirit brushed past him.

Qin Zheng stood still, closing his eyes to sense his body, and just then, the Dao Aura Spirit allowed his cultivation to grow again, with an effect equivalent to five hundred drops of the Great Dao Heavenly Dew.

Boom!

A sound of breaking through a bottleneck echoed in the void.

Not long ago, he had entered the middle stage of the Ultimate Primordial Realm, but at this moment, he directly crossed the late stage and reached the peak.

His divine soul and physical body swiftly transformed.

After an unknown period, when Qin Zheng opened his eyes again, he found himself in a pill refining room filled with the fragrance of elixirs.

In the center stood a tall pill furnace, from which the Dao Aura of the Taiji Bagua emanated. At this moment, divine flames raged within the furnace, showing no signs of having been unused for millions of years.

Qin Zheng stared at the pill furnace, and in a daze, it was as if he saw an immortal sitting before the furnace, casually grabbing a river of stars and tossing it inside.

On both sides of the furnace, two Daoist acolytes held fans in their hands, gently fanning the flames, making them even more vigorous.

Using unimaginable materials to refine elixirs, one could create unimaginable divine pills. Qin Zheng felt a connection, and immediately, he clasped his hands together in a respectful gesture and said, "Junior Qin Zheng, trapped by circumstances, has come to seek elixirs. Please forgive this disturbance, Holy One."

It might have been an illusion, but after he spoke, the flames in the pill furnace became even more vigorous, and the Dao Aura emanating from it became denser.

Qin Zheng stood up and turned his gaze away from the pill furnace, looking around.

On all four walls of the pill refining room, there were shelves filled with elixirs, forming one compartment after another. On each compartment, a white jade gourd was placed.

These were all supreme elixirs refined by Taiqing Saint in the past.

Qin Zheng's eyes lit up, and joy spread like ripples. He took a step forward and went to the left wall first, looking at the elixirs on this side.

"Dragon Blood Tiger Bone Pill."

The first white jade gourd he saw had the name of the elixir engraved on it. However, the name 'Dragon Blood Tiger Bone Pill' seemed a bit ordinary, like a common elixir.

Qin Zheng reached out, took the white jade gourd in his hand, removed it from the shelf, and opened it to look at the elixir inside.

Hundreds of thousands of years had passed, and even if it was an elixir refined by the Beyond Shore Saint, it might have dissipated under the erosion of time.

Moo!

Roar!

Suddenly, the roars of dragons and tigers echoed.

Inside the white jade gourd were ten large, round, and fragrant elixirs, constantly transforming into ten dragons and ten tigers.

Qin Zheng's heart, which had been filled with anticipation, was now completely at ease.

They hadn't dissipated!

The fragrance of these ten elixirs was rich, and faint wisps of heat rose from them, as if they had just been refined.

Qin Zheng immediately took out one of the elixirs.

Buzz!

On the sea of consciousness, the Merit Scroll trembled slightly, and words appeared.

[Dragon Blood Tiger Bone Pill, refined from the blood of the Azure Dragon and the bones of the White Tiger, can enhance comprehension and strengthen the body, improving cultivation!]



Improve cultivation?

Qin Zheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately put the elixir into his mouth, then sat cross-legged on the spot.

Boom!

The potent medicinal power spread throughout his body.

It was as if the Azure Dragon and White Tiger had entered his body!

(End of Chapter)

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