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Chapter 837: The Thousand-Year-Old Five Temple Immortal Brew, The Heavens Capital Domain Erupts
Chapter 837: The Thousand-Year-Old Five Temple Immortal Brew, The Heavens Capital Domain Erupts
The Absolute Spirit Region!
No!
Back then, that realm was known as the Tyrant Blade Domain!
After Luo Chen had fully tempered his spirit energy and stabilized his cultivation, he sought out secluded areas beyond the borders to experiment with various methods.
Unintentionally, his divine sense reached its maximum range, allowing him to perceive some of the Tyrant Blade Domain's situation.
At that time, a cold and sinister white-robed Demonic Cultivator and another Great Demon Emperor simultaneously discovered his divine sense probing.
Luo Chen later learned that one of them was Seven Rhinos, one of the nine commanders.
But as for the white-robed Demonic Cultivator, Luo Chen had never seen him appear, nor did he know his name or background.
Yet, he still remembered the feeling of encountering an arch-nemesis!
Even when separated by thousands of miles, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel his Nascent Soul's weakness and his soul's trembling.
It was evident that he was an extremely dangerous existence.
Coupled with a rumor that had circulated among Nascent Soul experts for over a hundred years and the recent string of bizarre incidents, Luo Chen began to connect the dots.
His sudden change in expression immediately caught the attention of the other two.
Golden Plume True Monarch was initially uncertain, but after seeing Luo Chen's reaction, he couldn't help but ask, "Luo Chen, do you already know who is behind this?"
Luo Chen raised his eyes and said, "Golden Plume, you should have an idea by now, too!"
Wind and Moon Fairy's face showed dissatisfaction, and she said, "Stop speaking in riddles and just tell us!"
Golden Plume's expression was filled with fear. He took a deep breath and slowly said, "Do you know why Divine Essence Immortal, the Supreme Elder of the Five Elements Divine Sect, didn't intervene when our sect was destroyed?"
"Was it because Divine Essence Immortal was injured in the Cangwu Mountain Battle and couldn't take action?" Fenghua Fairy asked, glancing at Luo Chen subconsciously.
Golden Plume also acted in this manner, but his answer was slightly different.
"Even with a severe injury, it's hard to believe that he would just watch as our disciples were slaughtered and even be forced to abandon a base that had been established for seven hundred years. There's someone else that Divine Essence Immortal truly feared!"
"According to Divine Essence Immortal, there was a sinister presence lurking in the shadows, bringing him a sense of great threat. He didn't make a move, and neither did the other party, which led to the tragic outcome of two of the Five Peaks Immortals dying and one being injured."
"If my guess is correct, the sinister presence described by Divine Essence Immortal is undoubtedly connected to the current situation where the real Nascent Soul experts of Windflower and Iterating Cloud Sects died in such a gruesome manner."
"It might even be the same person!"
Fenghua Fairy's eyes showed disbelief, and she muttered, "What kind of existence could make a Great Cultivator feel such immense fear?"
Luo Chen's expression changed.
That thing indeed made him feel like he had a thorn in his back, causing a sense of threat. But it shouldn't be so terrifying as to lose the courage to fight! Especially since the old demon, Divine Essence Immortal, was a late-stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator!
Golden Plume's words were exaggerated.
Suppressing his doubts, Luo Chen cleared his throat and said, "In any case, among our enemies, there's something specifically targeting Nascent Soul experts like us. If we encounter it, we must be cautious during the battle."
"The Alchemy Sect's words are absolutely right!" Fenghua Fairy agreed, and the anger she felt due to her junior sister's death gradually subsided.
Golden Plume lightly nodded, though not as confident as before, he hadn't lost his courage.
After all, he and Luo Chen were both powerful beings who had directly killed Demon Emperors of the same level.
Without encountering an opponent they couldn't defeat, it was impossible to be intimidated before the battle!
...
After a brief exchange, the three of them didn't stay in the Iterating Cloud Sect for long and continued their pursuit towards the Seven Grottoes Domain.
However, unlike their initial full-speed flight, their speed had noticeably decreased.
This way, they could conserve spirit energy and maintain a relatively better state to respond to potential battles at any time.
During their journey, the three didn't communicate again but instead spread out their divine sense to stay vigilant of their surroundings.
At this moment, Luo Chen felt a slight regret.
He had been a bit careless when they set off.
If he had brought along both of his split souls, he would have been in his peak condition, but now he was lacking.
Fortunately, it wasn't too late to mend the situation. At least he had gone to Hundred Mile Qing River to bring Black King along.
With Black King's assistance, whether in battle or during their journey, things would be much more convenient for him.
In fact, there was an additional surprise!
"Master, there are a total of eighty jars of spirit wine. Among them, the Five Temple Immortal Brew you mentioned has fifty jars, most of which are over a thousand years old. The remaining spirit wines all have names attached, indicating they are no ordinary items."
Black King's voice entered Luo Chen's ears.
Luo Chen's expression remained calm, but his heart was filled with joy.
When they arrived at the Iterating Cloud Sect, to investigate how the Demonic Race broke the array, he released Black King.
Black King had the talent to absorb spirit energy and naturally understood how to discern spirit energy, so he could help Luo Chen clearly distinguish the remnants of the Demon Emperor's spirit energy left on the broken array foundations.
It was also during this investigation that Black King discovered a cellar that had been unsealed due to the destruction of the Iterating Cloud Sect.
There, a large amount of top-grade spirit wine was stored!
These spirit wines weren't cheap items used by the Iterating Cloud Sect to deceive the world, but instead, they were tributes that even the Abyss Sect would send people to collect regularly!
The Five Temple Immortal Brew mentioned by Elder Lu of the Shouyang Mountain was among them.
Although Luo Chen hadn't yet checked the specific quality, according to Black King, with its thousand-year-old vintage, it was undoubtedly the finest of wines!
With the deaths of the three Nascent Soul experts of the Iterating Cloud Sect, their decline was inevitable.
These Spirit Wines were better off being used to help Luo Chen refine his body rather than being given away cheaply to others.
"In the future, if there's a chance, I'll take care of a few Iterating Cloud Sect cultivators as compensation!"
Luo Chen thought this way, feeling not a shred of guilt in his heart.
That's how the world worked; if he didn't take it, others would. Possessing a precious treasure yet lacking the power to protect it was like a child carrying gold through a bustling city, inviting trouble.
It was better to take it himself and avoid creating unnecessary calamities.
Three streaks of escaping light, like meteors, streaked across the sky, and in a day, they had reached the Seven Grottoes Mountain and the Seven Grottoes Domain where it was located.
Unlike when they first arrived at the Iterating Cloud Domain, many small forces were rushing towards the Iterating Cloud Sect.
This time, the situation was the opposite.
Countless cultivators were fleeing like locusts, as if something terrifying had happened inside.
As for what could make them feel terrified? The answer was self-evident.
In front of a collapsed mountain, three figures gazed at the distant ruins of six mountains still burning with raging flames, falling into silence.
After a long while, Fenghua Fairy spoke in a hoarse voice, "If Medicine Master sees this, he would probably feel like his heart has turned to ashes!"
These seven empty, serene, and natural mountains were precisely the foundation of the Seven Grottoes Mountain.
At its peak, each of the seven mountains had a True Man, and their might was no less than that of ancient and powerful sects like the Dongyang Sect.
Unfortunately, as time passed, the Seven Grottoes Mountain gradually declined.
At that time, Medicine Master, whose name was Yao Ping, was still a direct disciple of the Crimson Pill Peak, with exceptional talent and great prospects on the path to immortality.
To save the declining Seven Grottoes Mountain, he resolutely dedicated himself to the path of pill refinement, intending to use the power of pills to restore the glory of the Seven Grottoes Mountain.
For this, he had no choice but to slow down his cultivation speed, and it was only with great difficulty that he advanced to the Nascent Soul realm at such an advanced age.
But he did achieve what was within his capabilities! Relying on his attainments as a Fourth Stage Pill Master, he cultivated a new Nascent Soul True Man within the sect and established connections with many outside, even someone as powerful as Deng Taiyue was willing to serve him.
Given time, with his gradual management, the Seven Grottoes Mountain could have returned to the ranks of the top sects in the Eastern Wilderness.
But now, everything was destroyed!
Just as he was gaining momentum in the path of pill refinement, the newly rising Luo Chen had taken that away from him, and now even the foundation of the Seven Grottoes Mountain was gone.
Medicine Master himself was already quite old, and he might never live to see the day when the Seven Grottoes Mountain rose again.
"Let's go, to the Celestial Apex Domain!" Golden Plume said.
Without any hesitation, the three of them left without alerting the surviving cultivators of the Seven Grottoes Mountain and hurried to the next domain.
Luo Chen was indeed interested in the various spiritual herbs that the Seven Grottoes Mountain had collected over the years, but now was not the time.
...
The Celestial Apex Domain was not particularly famous in the Eastern Wilderness.
But if you changed its name, everyone would know it.
Heaven's Apex Zen Sect!
Within this domain, there was a Nascent Soul Upper Sect, but it was not a Daoist sect; it was a Buddhist power.
The founder of this sect, Hui Ping, was rumored to be one of the 108 high monks from the Western Desert Hanging Temple.
After leaving the Hanging Temple, to propagate Buddhism, Hui Ping came alone to the Eastern Wilderness. With the permission of the Abyss Sect, he occupied a small domain and established the Heaven's Apex Zen Sect.
Here, bald monks were everywhere.
Even female cultivators tired of the mortal world joined the Buddhist order, establishing nunneries, and becoming so-called nuns.
According to Hui Ping's vision, by gradually promoting Buddhist principles and spreading the Buddhist teachings, he would eventually gather a large number of believers in the Eastern Wilderness.
But all of this depended on him being alive and capable of suppressing a region as a Great Cultivator! In the Cangwu Mountain Battle, Hui Ping and the Happy Union Old Ancestor died on the spot.
Without this top-tier expert, the Heaven's Apex Zen Sect, which already lacked deep foundations, instantly became leaderless, unable to produce even a single Nascent Soul expert.
Even under the protection of the Abyss Sect, this domain was still named Heaven's Apex, and no other major power forcibly intervened, but in reality, it had become a chaotic and filthy place.
Many low-level cultivators, greedy for the resources of the Zen Sect, pretended to become monks, but in truth, they only sought to take.
As for the Buddhist teachings, with their minds in disarray, where was the Buddhist heart to speak of?
According to Golden Plume and the others' vision, the leaderless Celestial Apex Domain couldn't possibly resist a Demon Emperor's invasion and might have already become a human hell.
But after actually entering the Celestial Apex Domain, what they saw and heard was a scene of "peaceful times," with no signs of a major battle.
In a Zen garden filled with birdsong and flowers, three figures walked slowly.
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Fenghua Fairy retracted her divine sense and sighed, "Where is this still a pure land of Buddhism? It's clearly a place that conceals filth and accepts corruption!"
Golden Plume sneered, "In this world, strength is revered. Heaven's Apex Hui Ping has the strength, so he can spread his faith and propagate Buddhism. Now that he's dead, how can people believe in a Buddhism that even he couldn't protect?"
Fenghua Fairy nodded, "What you say is not wrong, my friend. We seek longevity, but the answer lies in the sword. If we follow Buddhism's idea of being without desires or pursuits, then seeking longevity in cultivation becomes the greatest greed. Such a self-contradicting faith is simply laughable!"
At this point, she looked at the quiet Luo Chen.
"Pill Sect, you agree, right?"
Luo Chen raised his head, his expression calm.
"I'm not good at debating scriptures, nor do I want to criticize the authenticity of faith. I only know that anything that aids my path to longevity is good."
"Your principle is quite flexible."
The corners of Golden Plume's mouth twitched as he casually asked, "During the Cangwu Mountain battle, you were there too. Did you witness the battle with your own eyes? Three Great Cultivators, what kind of things did they face that resulted in two deaths and one injury?"
What kind of things?
Luo Chen glanced at him, and due to his low cultivation level at the time, he couldn't see the true nature of the battle.
But in his heart, he couldn't help but think of the golden flames that filled the sky, incinerating everything in their path.
Such domineering flames, even the Withering Prosperity Divine Flame that had already advanced to the fifth stage, still paled in comparison!
Fenghua Fairy suggested, "Let's take a short rest."
"After traveling for so many days, our spirit energy has been greatly depleted."
"Since the Heaven's Apex Zen Sect is unharmed, it's clear that the true target of Jinxiu Immortal's group of Demon Emperors is the Heavenly Capital Sect. The battle might happen tomorrow, and we can't afford to be lax."
Luo Chen and Golden Plume had no objections. They suppressed their auras and each found a place with abundant spirit energy to begin restoring their spirit power.
Inside a luxurious golden and jade-colored meditation room, Luo Chen glanced at the Golden Core stage monk who was fast asleep and assumed a meditation posture.
However, he wasn't truly meditating. After rushing for several days, his spirit energy had indeed been depleted, but he constantly held a supreme-grade Hongyuan Pill in his mouth, so it didn't affect him at all.
This rest was merely a break before the upcoming battle.
In his heart, he pondered Jinxiu Immortal's intentions for this group of Demon Emperors.
As Fenghua Fairy said, their initial goal seemed to be to destroy all the Nascent Soul stage powers along the way, but it wasn't the case.
The true intention was the Heavenly Capital Sect!
The Heavenly Capital Sect was the top-tier sect renowned for its array formations in the Eastern Wilderness. The grand array at the Heaven Ascending Pass was also presided over by the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Capital Sect, the Heavenly Capital Child.
If the Heavenly Capital Sect were to be destroyed, would the Heavenly Capital Child still have the heart to defend the Heaven Ascending Pass?
And the targets of the other two routes were likely also top-tier sects with great reputations.
For example, the Void Emperor Sect, and for example, the Dongyang Sect!
As long as they could take down these targets, the numerous cultivators at the Heaven Ascending Pass would surely be in a state of panic, and they would no longer have the will to fight a prolonged battle.
"To be honest, this act of taking advantage of the various powers' reinforcements to the Heaven Ascending Pass and then attacking from behind, is more like Deng Taiyue taking advantage of the demonic beasts swarming out to go on a rampage and sweep through resources in the Million Mountains, rather than our initial assault on the Absolute Spirit Region."
"But won't they be afraid of the Abyss Sect taking action?"
Regarding the upcoming battle, Luo Chen and the others still had some confidence.
This confidence was not only based on their own strength but also on the fact that the Heavenly Capital Sect would receive assistance from the sacred land, as the Heavenly Capital Child had said.
Otherwise, how dare they rashly pursue them for thousands of miles?
As long as this group of Demon Emperors slowed down their destruction, with three mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators blocking their retreat and the strong cultivators from the Abyss Sect surrounding and attacking them, it wasn't impossible to annihilate them.
At the very least, they could drive these Demon Emperors away.
After resting for a while, Luo Chen quietly got up, went outside, and met up with Fenghua Fairy and Golden Plume. They flew towards the direction of the Heavenly Capital Domain.
Inside the meditation room, the monk slowly woke up, his face filled with terror as he looked around, but he couldn't find anything.
He had no idea what had happened.
Only a pair of light golden pupils seemed to be imprinted in his mind.
"This sacred land is indeed good, but anyone can come and go freely."
"This Zen Sect is not a place for me to stay!"
The monk felt fearful and quickly packed his belongings, preparing to flee.
...
What is the moment of life and death? What is the moment when a great building is about to collapse?
This moment, just like the present!
Inside the Heavenly Capital Sect, the four Nascent Soul True Monarchs who had received the message from the Supreme Elder had already, several days ago, recklessly activated the Mountain Defense Array without any hesitation.
What kind of scene would a top-tier sect renowned for its array formations present when it was fully activated?
With the towering Heavenly Pillar Mountain at the center, the light of the Mountain Defense Array began to spread outward.
Wherever the light passed, array formations rose and fell, responding to each other.
Large arrays contained smaller arrays, and smaller arrays formed larger ones, stretching as far as the eye could see, with no end in sight.
The grand array drew out boundless spirit energy from the earth's meridians, causing the entire Heavenly Capital Domain, with a radius of tens of thousands of miles, to start boiling.
This was a rare sight in the world.
This was also the foundation of the Heavenly Capital Sect, built over thousands of years.
It wasn't just for defense; countless killing arrays were also hidden within the numerous array formations. The tens of thousands of disciples of the Heavenly Capital Sect were activating the arrays, preparing for a fierce battle!
Until seven figures stepped into the Heavenly Capital Domain.
The ground began to tremble, the sky started to rumble, and the boundless spirit energy transformed into terrifying killing moves, like waves crashing one after another towards the seven great Demon Emperors.
After swiping his hand and sending a giant tree flying, a man with gourd-shaped hair and colorful floral robes frowned.
"Great Commander, the Heavenly Capital Sect is even more troublesome than we imagined!"
Behind him, two more cultivators wearing colorful floral robes and gourd-shaped hair frowned, their faces filled with worry.
The leader among them was a beautiful woman wearing a palace skirt.
Her expression was calm as she looked at the continuous attacks coming from all around, and she didn't show any sign of surprise.
"The Heavenly Capital Sect also participated in the ancient great war. Although it wasn't very famous, its foundation is profound. After three thousand years, it's natural that they've turned this domain into an iron bucket, solid as gold."
"You three brothers don't need to worry about these attacks. We will handle them for you."
"Your task is only one: find the array's circuits and locate the array core!"
"You must be quick. Once the Heavenly Capital Sect is destroyed, we can retreat."
(End of Chapter)
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