The Prodigies War-Chapter 2835 The Wonders of the Ten Directions Demon Realm
In recent years, Yuan Changtian, who served as an elder of Origin Sky Pavilion, had undoubtedly become the most prominent figure within the Origin Sect.
He hailed from the Ninth Heaven Domain and was a divine son of the Divine Yuan Clan. He possessed the cultivation at the intermediate Nirvana Spirit Stage, and his talent, attainments, and status were so formidable that they made all others seem laughable.
Despite that, Yuan Changtian was not a domineering or arrogant individual. On the contrary, he came off as a humble and gentle man. His attitude when interacting with others was impeccable, and he had become quite well-liked within the sect.
It was hard not to notice him stepping out to congratulate Lin Xun right at this moment.
"So it's Elder Yuan." Lin Xun smiled. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"
Yuan Changtian smiled warmly and said, "I had witnessed Brother Lin's brilliance earlier and couldn't contain my admiration, so I couldn't help but come and offer my congratulations."
"Thank you." Lin Xun said, "If there's nothing else, then I'll take my leave."
Yuan Changtian was speechless for a moment before he said, "Brother Lin, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
"So there is something?" Lin Xun asked mildly.
Yuan Changtian pondered before asking, "Brother Lin, do you know why Pavilion Master Yan Ji confined you for nine years?"
"Elder Yuan, do you know the reason for this?" Lin Xun asked.
Yuan Changtian smiled and said, "This is just a hunch, so don't take it seriously. But if you want to hear it, I'd be happy to share some of my speculations."
"Please enlighten me."
"Ten years from now, the Immortal Dao Battle hosted by the Shaman Sect Ancestral Court will begin in the Ten Directions Demon Realm. At that time, each of the four courts will send five Immortals to participate and compete with each other." Yuan Changtian continued, "Based on this, the reason why you were confined for nine years is probably to give you an opportunity to participate in such an event ten years from now."
Lin Xun asked in surprise, "Is there really such a thing?"
Yuan Changtian smiled and said, "The Immortal Dao Battle is an inevitable event. As for whether Pavilion Master Yan Ji had such intentions, I am just making a guess."
After listening, Lin Xun thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Then we'll talk when I emerge from confinement in nine years."
Yuan Changtian clasped his fists and said, "Then I will not bother Brother Lin any more. Farewell."
He turned and left with Yuan Xiliu following closely behind. Such a prominent figure, who held a position of a guest elder, was acting like a servant in front of him. This only highlighted Yuan Changtian's extraordinary status.
"Immortal Dao Battle..."
Lin Xun watched Yuan Changtian leave. Then, without a second thought, he also turned and left, returning to his cave haven.
...
That evening, Tao Leng brought a new sect nameplate and handed it to Lin Xun.
"Brother, from now on, you are a deacon like me." Tao Leng smiled and congratulated him.
“As a deacon, you receive fifty thousand catties of immortal divine essence each month, can freely enter and exit the Scripture Mountain to consult our texts, and can also recruit your own disciple! According to regulations, deacons can choose a successor from among the nine peaks or seek out outstanding talents from outside, but they can only accept one. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
“The successor will receive the same treatment as the disciples of the three pavilions, with the sect distributing cultivation resources monthly.”
"Senior..." Lin Xun began to speak when Tao Leng interrupted him, "You and I are both deacons now, so naturally we're at the same level now. Please don't address me as 'senior' anymore."
Lin Xun smiled and, without refusing, bowed, saying, "Brother Tao."
Tao Leng also smiled. "That's right. You're now in a position of power and influence, on par with the nine peak masters. You've replaced Zhongli Zhe, who, as deacon, was responsible for disciplining and rewarding the elders of the nine peaks. Now, that responsibility falls to you."
At this point, he casually added, "By the way, I remember you were once challenged by Elder Zheng Qian when you were at the Ninth Peak, right?"
Lin Xun immediately understood and smiled. "So, Brother Tao, what should I do about that?"
Tao Leng answered without hesitation, "Do a coordinated approach with both inside and outside forces."
"Inside and outside forces? What do you mean?"
"In the Ninth Peak, everyone, from the peak master to the disciples, is on your side. They're the inside forces. Simply ask Peak Master Qin Wuyu to gather information that could harm Zheng Qian. Then, you can step in and inflict a heavy blow on him."
Tao Leng's eyes narrowed as a cold glint flashed in them. "However, if you want to completely defeat this man, that alone won't be enough. You'll also need to create opportunities for Zheng Qian to make obvious mistakes. If he does, combined with the incriminating evidence you've gathered, these two combined forces will be enough to remove him from his position of an elder, rendering him completely powerless."
Lin Xun was astonished. No wonder so many people within the nine peaks feared Tao Leng, their very faces turning pale at the mention of his name. His tactics were truly ruthless and sophisticated.
"Brother, why are you looking at me like that?" Tao Leng asked, puzzled.
Lin Xun smiled. "The advice of a wise man has really expanded my horizons."
Tao Leng shook his head and snorted. "Mere flattery."
Lin Xun said, "I'm actually not that concerned about how to deal with Zheng Qian. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask you, Brother Tao, about the Immortal Dao Battle."
Tao Leng snorted. "It's not a secret. I'll tell you everything I know."
A quarter of an hour later, Tao Leng left. Lin Xun fell into deep thought after hearing all that the other man knew about the Immortal Dao Battle.
Apparently, since ancient times, every three thousand years, the Shamen Sect Ancestral Court would launch a dao battle that was located in the Ten Directions Demon Realm. During this, each of the four courts would send five Immortals to participate.
A Heavenly Longevity Immortal would be extremely vulnerable if they entered the Ten Directions Demon Realm. Meanwhile, Transcendence Immortals were the backbone of the four courts and were generally not easily dispatched. Therefore, in previous iterations, the four courts often dispatched Nirvana Spirit Immortals.
The rules of the Immortal Dao Battle were simple: hunt Desolate Law Power Beasts within the Ten Directions Demon Realm. The more an expert killed, the higher their ranking.
After the end of the Immortal Dao Battle, the four courts would be ranked based on the number of Desolate Law Power Beasts that were hunted by their respective successors.
To Lin Xun, this was simply a grand competition among the Immortals of the Four Great Ancestral Courts, and there was nothing special about it.
However, according to Tao Leng, the Immortal Dao Battle was much more complex than what it seemed on the surface! Every three thousand years, an incredible upheaval would occur within the Ten Directions Demon Realm, giving rise to countless incredible opportunities.
For example, in the past, some had subdued rare ninth grade Heaven Rank law powers and law spirits. Some had obtained broken fragments of Divine Rank law powers. Some had obtained an Eternal Divine Elixir. Finally, some had received a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve a breakthrough in their cultivation, entering the Transcendence Realm in one fell swoop!
This was precisely why the Immortal Dao Battle was orchestrated by the Four Great Ancestral Courts. Because such a fortuitous event only occurred once every three thousand years, the Immortal Dao Battle also only took place once every three thousand years.
Learning this sparked a keen interest in Lin Xun. For a powerful being at the Immortal level, achieving a breakthrough was incredibly difficult. This could not be achieved through mere years of cultivation, nor could it be achieved simply by accumulating cultivation resources.
Even a powerful expert with great perseverance and enlightenment could not achieve a transformation of their dao if they simply practiced in isolation. Ultimately, the opportunities that could support a breakthrough at this level were exceedingly rare.
Take the Nirvana Spirit Realm, for example. Ordinary cultivation resources were of no use at all. The most helpful element for cultivation at this level was the refinement of law powers.
However, law powers were an extremely rare kind of treasure, and the higher their rank, the harder it was to find. In domains like those below the Seventh Heaven Domain of the Eternal True Realm, possessing a single Earth Rank law power was enough to support an entire Immortal Imperial clan.
Who would have the heart to refine such a law power? This was the fundamental reason why Nirvana Spirit Immortals were so rarely seen in the domains below the Seventh Heaven Domain.
After all, in those places, because law powers were so scarce, getting enough resources to produce a Nirvana Spirit Immortal was extremely difficult.
Even within the Origin Sect, Nirvana Spirit Immortals cultivated at an extremely slow pace. Some veterans had been immersed in this realm for thousands of years, and some had even cultivated for tens of thousands of years.
Besides their own personal reasons, the most crucial factor was the lack of law powers! Furthermore, this was just the Nirvana Spirit Realm.
As far as Lin Xun knew, the path to advancement for the Transcendence Realm was ten or even a hundred times more difficult than that at the Nirvana Spirit Realm! Thus, for Immortals, any opportunity to achieve a breakthrough in their cultivation was naturally something they wouldn’t miss.
However, such opportunities were extremely rare, requiring a long wait and the blessing of fate. Participating in the Immortal Dao Battle was undoubtedly such a perfect opportunity for them.
It all came down to the fact that Desolate Law Power Beasts were scattered throughout the Ten Directions Demon Realm! The residual law power within these beasts was immensely beneficial for cultivation in the Nirvana Spirit Realm!
According to Tao Leng, the Ten Directions Demon Realm was an extremely strange and dangerous place, and buried within it were the law powers left behind after the collapse of countless epochs. This was somewhat similar to the Great Thousand Battlefield.
However, the difference was that, for countless years, no one knew exactly how many epochs had been buried within the Ten Directions Demon Realm. Every three thousand years, a beast tide erupted within it, and it was these Desolate Law Power Beasts that brought about this tide!
Rumors said that these ferocious beasts had fed on shattered law powers from birth, resulting in their immense power. Naturally, Lin Xun was extremely intrigued by this
Although he had gathered considerable amounts of law power over the years, most of it had been refined by Wushuang. Now, having reached the Nirvana Spirit Realm, he too needed to refine law power to advance his cultivation. Consequently, it was time to consider how to gather more.
Nine years from now, I must seize this opportunity!
Lin Xun came to a conclusion. Time waited for no one. Only about ninety years remained until Pavilion Master You Beihai attempted to certify his Eternal dao. Currently, Lin Xun was only at the early stages of the Nirvana Spirit Realm.
If he had any hope to compete for the position of the pavilion master, he needed to be at least at the Transcendence Stage. This was the most basic requirement. To ultimately secure the position of pavilion master amidst competition from the other deputy pavilion masters, even being a Transcendence Immortal might not be enough...
Furthermore, all of this would have to be achieved within the next ninety years. This put a lot of pressure on Lin Xun. Breaking through the realms was never a simple matter.
This was especially true if one wished to achieve a drastic breakthrough on the path to immortality. Thousands of years might not be enough time to reach the Transcendence Realm by following the normal path of cultivation.
Thus, a different path needed to be found!
