Yellow Court Daoist-Chapter 161 - 152: Heavenly Phenomena! Ancestor Master’s Tablet! [3rd Update!]

So for the next two months, Lu Qingfeng focused intently on repeatedly cultivating through the realms of Heart Movement and Divine Silence. Within a month and a half, he underwent six cycles of cultivation, accruing 57.15 million Experience Value.

He then strengthened the "Yellow Robe True Skill" and the "Five Thunder Heart Sutra" to the Mysterious level, with remaining Experience Value sufficient to enhance many more magical techniques and other Magic Gates.

At this time, having gained various Thunder Skills, Lu Qingfeng selected the best to integrate and further strengthen, developing his Thunder Skill Divine Abilities.

Divine Thunder Palm emerged, its power unparalleled.

By the seventh cycle, progressing from the early stage of Heart Movement to the peak of Divine Silence, Lu Qingfeng chose to break through.

Advancing to the Fusion Realm.

This lifetime.

Lu Qingfeng was prepared to deeply engage in cultivation.

Understanding Array Formation Restrictions, the higher his Dao ability, the stronger his Divine Soul, the quicker his progression. This is distinct from Alchemy and Artifact Refining. Advancements in Alchemy and Artifact might be hindered in reality due to cultivation level limitations.

However, mastery in Array Formation Restrictions could potentially leverage the terrain or other conditions to set up incredibly powerful array formations.

Harnessing the power of heaven and earth, formidable foes can be vanquished.

Even simply deploying an Array Flag Magical Artifact like the Dutian Fierce Fire Divine Flag could exert greater power, offer various changes, and be more versatile.

Of course.

Apart from the mastery of Array Formation Restrictions, there were many more considerations Lu Qingfeng needed to factor in.

As he consolidated the three major realms of Postnatal, Foundation Establishment, and Spirit Void through continuous cultivation in the game world, cementing his foundation and deepening various insights, he faced no barriers in reality at least until reaching the Spirit Void Fusion Realm.

At least, he encountered no bottlenecks in realm comprehension.

Only True Yuan and the physical body needed refining, and certain thresholds had to be overcome.

However, compared to ordinary cultivators confronting the unknown, he was better off by a factor of thousands.

"Beyond Spirit Void is the Core Formation Realm, marking one as akin to a mundane immortal, worthy of the title True Man. In some Lower Realms, Core Formation True Men are even called Human Immortals, indicating the extraordinary among men."

"Core Formation grants a Life Span of three thousand years."

"Each minor realm is exceptionally challenging. Though the importance of Root Bone diminishes, profound understanding, determination, and opportunities remain indispensable."

"Even if I devote myself entirely to cultivation, breaking through to the True Primordial Spirit Realm might not be possible, and I could find myself stuck at some bottleneck indefinitely."

"If I further exhaust Experience Value delaying cultivation, it's even more hopeless to reach a stronger realm before my Life Span runs out."

Lu Qingfeng pondered.

As one's realm increases, the difficulty of cultivation rises in tandem, exponentially more challenging than in lower levels.

This can also be seen from the time perspective.

A Life Span of three thousand years in the Core Formation Realm. Spending three thousand years there, many cultivators remain trapped at that level, eventually dying and their path ending.

From Jiedan to before Spirit Void, Lu Qingfeng's understanding of realms is tier by tier.

Like cultivating to the Peak of Foundation Establishment Qi Introduction, expending Experience Value, then restarting from the early stage of Qi Introduction.

Or cultivating to the Peak of Spirit Void Grain Avoidance, expending Experience Value, and restarting from the early stage of Grain Avoidance.

But after entering the Core Formation Stage.

If he cultivates to the Peak of Jiedan Xudan, expending Experience Value, and then starts over from the early stage of Void Core, it's very possible, he might hover in the Void Core Realm his entire life.

Then when the three thousand years of Life Span is exhausted, another reincarnation is needed.

In the next life, if there are no opportunities like this life, it could take two to three hundred years or more.

The cost in time is too high.

This lifetime in Changqing Realm, unlike the past, where Spiritual Energy has revived and no Great Divine Power Practitioner exists, there is an abundance of opportunities. Realizing realms and accumulating experience for reality can be reserved for the next lifetime.

In this life, only with stronger cultivation can he vie for more opportunities.

Perhaps there will be unexpected rewards.

"It's just right to focus on cultivating this lifetime, to see just what realm I can ultimately reach."

"Core Formation?"

"Primordial Spirit?"

"Or even Mahayana?!"

Lu Qingfeng's eyes sparkled, "Cultivating to the Spirit Void Fusion Period in reality takes a hundred to two or three hundred years. In the game world, it would be at least ten thousand years. First familiarize with the challenges of cultivating in Core Formation, Primordial Spirit, and even Mahayana stages, so when reaching the Spirit Void Fusion in reality, I can spend some time carefully crafting the various realms of Fusion and Core Formation before my 'old capital' runs out."

In summary.

In the game world, the experience accumulated in cultivation is enough for Lu Qingfeng to use in reality for a hundred or even two to three hundred years.

The repeated realization of realms in the Spirit Void Fusion and beyond is not urgent.

Lu Qingfeng also wants to see, with the efforts of this lifetime, just what level he can ultimately cultivate to.

Then, he chanted determinedly.

In the last half-month of the second Heavenly Change, Lu Qingfeng focused on his cultivation in the Fusion Realm, stabilizing the early stages of this state.

"Next—"

Having completed his cultivation session, Lu Qingfeng gazed toward the distant horizon.

There, a gap appeared in the sky's canopy, revealing an ancient floating temple that seemed like an immortal palace from ancient times, now covered in scars and deeply damaged. Thick vines cascaded from the void above the ancient temple, connecting heaven to earth in a spectacular sight.

Three months prior, when the second Heavenly Change started, strange occurrences began manifesting across the Changqing Realm:

In the depths of the sea, ancient sea monsters that had been incubating for years caused giant waves and storms. From deep within the earth, constant tremors suggested the impending arrival of a terrifying ancient entity. Mountains and plains suddenly became shrouded in thick mist, disorienting and trapping anyone who entered, both mortals and cultivators.

Mountains crumbled from either the void or the earth herself, appearing overnight, standing upon the land scorched and ruined as if enduring hardships in ancient times that were now manifesting again.

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Vines abruptly emerged in the void, countless in number. Some climbed these vines and saw the Immortal Palace and even rumored sightings of a Divine General who controlled thunder, and dancing immortal maidens.

The Divine General feasted on dragon liver and phoenix gall while the maiden's dance in feathered garments added to the merriment. Amidst the music and dance, the grandeur of the Immortal Court was mesmerizing.

...

These bizarre sights even unsettled the major Immortal Sects, compelling them to send their people to investigate. But of those who went, few returned. Gradually, the Immortal Sects grew cautious and dared not venture out freely.

Three months later, the Heavenly Change concluded.

The ancient temple attached to the thousands of vines that had been dangling from the void was the first to appear. Countless cultivators from the Changqing Realm looked up to see this grand ancient temple spread across the high expanse over the Central Plains.

It seemed within reach, yet whether one climbed the vines or flew, the ancient temple remained elusive.

The cultivators then realized that although the ancient temple appeared to have traces, it hadn't truly manifested into their world. Or perhaps their cultivation levels were simply too low to reach such heights.

However, upon closer inspection, the temple — previously rumored to house the Immortal Palace, Divine Generals, and immortal maidens — didn't match the reality. The temple was just like the extensively war-torn ancient mountains from the Changqing Realm, marked by the ravages of time and ancient conflicts, imparting a sense of inexpressible sorrow.

"Sea monsters, mist, ancient mountains, ancient temple..."

Lu Qingfeng watched the void temple from afar, his anticipation for further changes in the Changqing Realm growing. Unlike ordinary people, he understood the major trends of Changqing Realm from ancient times to present, including the reasons behind the two Heavenly Changes and those likely to continue.

The mysterious locations did not shock him as much as they did the native-born mortals and cultivators of Changqing Realm. Rather, he was filled with anticipation.

He anticipated the transformations of Changqing Realm, and what remarkable maneuvers the Great Powers above might yet perform.

"Eh?"

As he pondered the ancient temple in the void, Lu Qingfeng felt a sudden intuition.

His figure flickered, and he found himself within the Ancestor Hall.

The Soul Searching Temple's Ancestor Hall.

Here rested the spiritual tablets of ancestors from since the beginnings of the Soul Searching Temple, mostly those of mortals. Hindered by Changqing Realm's isolated environment, which cut off routes to immortality, even the most talented eventually met their earthly ends.

Before the destruction of Changqing Realm, when Soul Searching Temple was still considered an Immortal Sect, the ancestors from that time were beyond tracing.

Even the successors of the temple over the past thousand years were unaware that it used to be a top-tier Immortal Sect in the Changqing Realm.

Yet, above all these ancestors, there was still one spiritual tablet revered.

It read—

The Soul Searching General of the Thunder Department.

While past ancestors of the Soul Searching Temple's time as an Immortal Sect were unknown, it was recognized that this Thunder Department General founded the temple's teachings and was thus honored as the Founding Master.

As the second Heavenly Change ended.

This ancestral tablet displayed an extraordinary phenomenon.