Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 490: Chapter 300: Another Ordeal

“Five Elements Immortal Sect?”

“Immortal Mansion Spiritual Roots?”

On Fish and Dragon Island, Xu Yang’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.

He was not interested in Void Spirit Monarch’s legacy, nor did he have any thoughts about the much-hyped Five Elements Immortal Root.

After all, he had already secured the greatest opportunity in this world — an attribute panel, skill characteristics, Zhuanzhou Mengdie, wandering the heavens at will, and countless resources from numerous worlds to support him. He also held the Earth Deity Law that prolonged his life, granting him immortality…

What use did he have for cultivation techniques or treasures? They would merely be gilding the lily. Having them was good, but not having them wouldn’t be a significant loss. It wasn’t worth risking his life over, entering into uncontrollable and unpredictable dangers.

Therefore, he was utterly uninterested in Void Spirit Monarch’s legacy. He simply wished to escape this whirlpool and ensure his own safety.

How to escape?

There were two plans at present: the first was to act first, break through the realm and flee; the second was to wait for the right moment, to fish in troubled waters.

It was said before that after a hundred years, Void Spirit would change!

But this change would not happen within the Void Spirit Cave Heaven, but outside, in the Big Dipper Immortal Sect.

A thousand years ago, shortly after Void Spirit Monarch’s demise, Beidou Holy Son Zhou Tianshu utilized Xuan Zhen to locate this Void Spirit Cave Heaven. He then sent in disciples covertly to develop the site in secret, in search of the Five Elements Immortal Mansion.

Although with the strength of the Big Dipper Immortal Sect, they could have called forth a Mahayana True Immortal to forcibly breach Void Spirit Cave Heaven, they refrained due to concerns about alarming Five Elements Immortal Sect and other sacred places. Fearing that a significant action might expose this affair and trigger a war between the two sects, leading to a battle royale, they had to proceed with discretion and explore in secret.

Such exploration lasted a thousand years. With no results in a millennium, the Big Dipper Immortal Sect grew impatient. Furthermore, they accidentally let the news slip, causing rumors to proliferate. Five Elements Immortal Sect and other sacred places caught wind of this and came for a look, with greedy eyes.

At this time, within Void Spirit Cave Heaven, Xu Yang emerged as a dark horse, under the name of “Thunder Series Spell King Shi Jian,” and wiped out the Three Sects of Golden Core, posing a substantial threat to Void Spirit’s legacy.

Given the internal strife and external threats, Big Dipper Immortal Sect contemplated calling forth a Mahayana True Immortal to forcefully conquer Void Spirit Cave Heaven and seize both Five Elements Immortal Mansion and Void Spirit’s legacy.

But at that time, because Zhou Tianshu, the Holy Son, had committed the majority of their forces to the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Star Sea in the Northern Domain, attacking Void Spirit Cave Heaven now would mean fighting on two fronts, which may reveal their weaknesses.

Therefore, they decided to postpone the attack by a hundred years, intending to deal with the affairs of the Ten Thousand Star Sea first, recall the sect’s fighting force, and then breach Void Spirit Cave Heaven to capture the Immortal Mansion Spiritual Roots.

This was the opportunity of a century, the change of Void Spirit.

Now, more than half a century has passed — only fifty years left, and Big Dipper Immortal Sect would make their move.

Once Big Dipper Immortal Sect takes action, the resulting commotion will undoubtedly be noticeable. Five Elements Immortal Sect and other sacred places searching in the Barbaric Wastes for Void Spirit Monarch’s traces will surely come, initiating a fierce struggle over Five Elements Immortal Mansion.

Given the importance of the Five Elements Immortal Mansion, the various sacred places will fight over it tenaciously, especially the Five Elements Immortal Sect. Even if the Tribulation-Passing Ancestor cannot easily move, they will deploy Mahayana powerhouses to preside over the battle, with many Integration cultivators serving as the main force.

At that time, it will be a chaotic battle of Integration cultivators and Mahayana powerhouses clashing. Considering the potentiality of the various sacred places, no one knows how many Mahayana True Immortals and Integration Great Powers will gather.

In such a scenario, though the situation would undoubtedly be chaotic, trying to take advantage of the chaos would still be highly impractical and extremely dangerous.

Let alone Mahayana, even Integration cultivators possess formidable power. Their cultivation is high, and their Divine Consciousness is strong, capable of Heavenly Hearing and Earthly Vision, leaving nothing overlooked.

Unless restrained by another of equal standing, attempting to take advantage during such presences would be tantamount to courting death.

Thus, waiting is not a good choice.

Xu Yang was more inclined to escape his predicament first.

The century had not yet concluded, and the affairs of the Ten Thousand Star Sea likely remained unsettled. The main force of Big Dipper Immortal Sect was not present, and the various sacred places and other powers probably hadn’t discovered the location of Void Spirit Cave Heaven yet.

Escaping now would carry an extremely low risk!

Of course, it’s possible that the estimate could be wrong, and the Ten Thousand Star Sea matter might have concluded. Big Dipper Immortal Sect’s Mahayana True Immortals and Integration Great Powers could be lying in wait outside, ready to act. In that case, any rash move would be like leaping into a net.

Still, there are risks.

But what in the world doesn’t carry risk? What is truly foolproof?

When faced with two detriments, choose the lesser. Take the smaller risk to avoid greater dangers!

So…

Twenty years later, on Fish and Dragon Island.

Clouds shrouded, enveloping the area in haze and mist.

Suddenly, the formation was released, and the smoke and clouds dispersed abruptly.

“Roar!”

Then, high above in the sky, where it had been clear for thousands of miles, Yang Yun clouds rolled in, forming a dark curtain. It seemed as if the sky were about to collapse, instilling fear and making every hair stand on end.

“What’s that?”

“Tribulation clouds?”

“Is someone Crossing the Tribulation?”

“It’s Fish and Dragon Island!”

“Is someone on Fish and Dragon Island condensing a Nascent Soul and crossing the tribulation?”

Upon witnessing this spectacle, cultivators from all around were shocked.

Ever since Tianshu Sect fell fifty years ago, Spell King Shi Jian disappeared, and Green Jade Mountain became concealed, the Cultivation Realm of Liang Country became the world of Golden Core cultivators — no longer were there Nascent Soul-level existences.

Although these Golden Core cultivators were all holding back their frustration, hoping to break through Golden Core and condense a Nascent Soul, the lack of resources in Void Spirit Cave Heaven meant it was difficult to complete the trials of the three realms of Golden Core in just fifty years.

Even those who completed the trials, considering the dangers of breaking the realm and the might of the Heavenly Tribulation, few dared to risk the attempt.

But today…

“Fish and Dragon Island!”

“Li Liuxian?”

“Who would have thought that this person would be the first to take a step forward!”

“Hmph, even if he took the first step, it’s not so easy to pass the Heavenly Tribulation!”

“Exactly, does he really think everyone is King Shifa?”

“After the Heavenly Tribulation, there are still human tribulations to face, especially those remnants of Tianshu Sect, who certainly wouldn’t want others to ascend to the Nascent Soul.”