Chapter 1010: Chapter 978: Infinite Celestial Fire Map

"I want to go too."

Lu Zhiwei spoke; she likewise yearned for the Central Ancestral Realm. If she kept staying in Lingxi State, it would be hard to make much progress on the Dao.

"Me me me, take me with you. I’ve long since grown sick of this one-acre-three-points of land in Lingxi State! It’s about time to go have some fun in the Central Ancestral Realm, to see the sights!"

Shanshan manifested, turning into the image of a rainbow-robed young girl. She spoke with a face full of excitement, brimming with lively vigor that made one’s eyes light up.

As a Nascent Soul Cultivator whose cultivation had already reached the Third-Layer Nascent Soul, Shanshan didn’t put on the airs of a powerhouse in the slightest.

In front of Lu Ping and the others, her every move was like that of a girl in her early teens—lively, restless, mischievous and quirky.

"I’ll go with you as well."

Zhi Lu opened her mouth, wanting to stay by Lu Ping’s side.

"Hahaha, go, go, go, everyone goes."

Seeing that everyone around him wanted to travel together, Lu Ping laughed heartily. He could indeed bring Lu Yuanshan and the others with him, to strive for better resources and a longer road of Dao.

Lingxi State was certainly good—it was their homeland, the place where the Cyan Mountain Sect had started. They had weathered many storms here and had countless memories.

But the path of cultivation was, by its nature, a climb to higher places, a journey toward regions with better resources.

The Central Ancestral Realm was precisely such a place.

On the heaven-and-earth of Lingxi State, the paths of Lu Yuanshan and the others had already reached their ceiling; it was difficult to make much further progress.

At this point, a change had to be made.

The future development of the Cyan Mountain Sect was the same.

Everyone reached a unified intention and began discussing concrete matters.

How many people should be sent over to the Central Ancestral Realm in the first wave, where to set up the Sect’s branch hall, what things needed to be brought over, and what needed attention.

When choosing a location over there, what environment, power dynamics, and so on needed to be taken into account.

All of these were things that had to be carefully considered.

The group talked freely for a full day and night, mostly following Lu Ping’s suggestions while occasionally listening to Zhi Lu’s ideas.

After all, among everyone here, the two of them understood the Central Ancestral Realm the best.

Lu Ping finally proposed that the first step was to occupy a Spirit Vein in the Central Ancestral Realm and establish their territory first.

Once they had a territory, only then could they better plan, set up all kinds of Sect facilities, and relocate population.

As for the choice of location, Lu Ping decided to consult the Void Celestial Extreme Saint.

"In your case, you at least need a Tier Six Spirit Vein as your cultivation ground, so you might as well choose a Tier Six—ideally a Tier Seven—Spirit Vein as your starting point."

"As for the specific siting issue, once you return to the Central Ancestral Realm, I’ll discuss it with you in detail. You can also personally go look at those regions and see which one suits your Sect’s development."

The Void Celestial Extreme Saint’s avatar said.

Three months later, Lu Ping set out alone, deciding to first head to the Central Ancestral Realm to obtain a Spirit Vein between Tier Six and Tier Seven as their initial territory.

Spirit Veins of this level were almost always occupied by Sects, powerful cultivators, or Demon Beasts; they were certainly not unclaimed land.

If he wanted to occupy one, he could only seize it by force.

With his Divinity Transformation Stage strength, Lu Ping was not afraid. As for Lu Yuanshan and the others, they would stay in the Sect for now.

During this period, Lu Ping began preparing to tailor Spiritual Treasures for himself.

The Spiritual Artifacts used by cultivators at and below the Nascent Soul Stage could all be collectively called Magical Artifacts, within which there were also divisions like Magical Treasures and Lifebound Magical Treasures.

Magical Treasures were in fact just the Magical Artifacts used by Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators; the difference was merely in the name.

A Lifebound Magical Treasure was the Golden Core Cultivator’s personal exclusive Magical Treasure, one whose power could increase along with their cultivation.

The Magical Artifacts used by Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators were called Spiritual Treasures. In terms of Tier, they belonged to Tier Seven Spiritual Artifacts, since Nascent Soul cultivators at most could wield Tier Six Spiritual Artifacts.

Tier Seven Spiritual Artifacts—this was the basic class of Magical Artifacts for Divinity Transformation Stage cultivators.

Tier Eight Spiritual Artifacts were the same and were also called Spiritual Treasures.

Magical Artifacts that reached the Tier Nine level were called Supreme Treasures, used by Void Refining Stage cultivators.

Above that were Supreme Dao Treasures, exclusive to Mahayana Stage cultivators.

On Lu Ping’s person right now, there was only one Spiritual Treasure, and that was Red Shadow.

Moreover, it was a Five Elements Spiritual Treasure, an extremely rare existence among Spiritual Treasures. Its difference from ordinary Spiritual Treasures lay in that as long as the wielder cultivated any one among Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth attributes, they could use it in harmony.

One would not find the treasure’s power restricted or unable to fully manifest just because one was a Water Attribute Cultivator wielding a Fire Attribute Spiritual Treasure.

With only Red Shadow, Lu Ping naturally felt it wasn’t enough. On the suggestion of the Void Celestial Extreme Saint’s avatar, he planned to equip himself with one or two more Spiritual Treasures.

At the same time, he would refine a Lifebound Spiritual Treasure.

This was a step every Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator would take—refining a Lifebound Spiritual Treasure that belonged solely to themselves and could perfectly resonate with them.

Lu Ping’s Artifact Refining Technique had yet to reach the Tier Six level; he still couldn’t refine a Tier Six Spiritual Treasure. He could only commission others to refine one, or buy a finished product.

Here in Lingxi State, not to mention finished Spiritual Treasures being available for purchase, even Tier Six Spiritual Materials were extremely scarce, almost extinct.

The best option, of course, was to go to the Central Ancestral Realm to handle this matter.

This couldn’t be delayed. In addition, after reaching the Central Ancestral Realm, Lu Ping still needed to obtain follow-up Cultivation Techniques—those that could assist cultivation.

At present, Lu Ping had many Cultivation Techniques on him, such as Divine Court Heart-Focusing Sword, Cyan Lotus Immortal Technique, Celestial Departure Sword Technique, Spirit Void Jade Platform, Infinite Celestial Fire Immortal Technique, and so on.

Most of these were auxiliary Cultivation Techniques; some specialized in tempering the Divine Soul. As for Divinity Transformation Level Cultivation Techniques, he only had this one, the Infinite Celestial Fire Immortal Technique.

The origin of this Immortal Technique went back to when he obtained it from Gao Tianhe.

Back then, this senior had promised that after Lu Ping broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, he would gift him a fortuitous encounter. That encounter was precisely the Infinite Celestial Fire Immortal Technique.

"Infinite Celestial Fire Immortal Technique is inherited from the Central Ancestral Realm, passed down by one of the Nine Ancient Immortals. There are no strict attribute restrictions on cultivating this technique."

"Whether one has a Fire Attribute, Water Attribute, or an Abnormal Attribute Spirit Root, all can cultivate this technique. I’ve been cultivating it for quite some time now."

Lu Ping muttered to himself.

This Infinite Celestial Fire Immortal Technique was by no means simple; its background was tremendous.

It was said that a very, very long time ago, in primordial ages too distant to trace, nine Ancient Immortals descended from the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm into this world. They each left behind one Immortal Technique in different locations across the Central Ancestral Realm.

The Infinite Celestial Fire Immortal Technique was one of them and could be cultivated all the way to the Ninth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Stage.

These past years, Lu Ping’s Main Cultivation Technique had been the Infinite Celestial Fire Immortal Technique. As long as he cultivated it step by step, after reaching the Divinity Transformation Stage he could attempt to refine a Lifebound Spiritual Treasure recorded in the technique—the Infinite Celestial Fire Map.

This Infinite Celestial Fire Map possessed extremely strong Attack Power, and was especially effective at restraining the Divine Techniques of the Demonic Dao. It was a nemesis to Demon Fiends and evil spirits.