The nature’s spiritual energy of Zhengsheng Mountain surged crazily into Changqing Cave, where Lu Changsheng was cultivating; the concentration of spiritual energy within the cave instantly increased several times over.
The Gathering Spirit Colorful Lotus hovered in mid-air, its seven-colored petals shimmering with flowing light.
The Gathering Spirit Colorful Lotus slowly rotated, causing a small area around it to fracture, drawing in the Hongmeng Purple Qi from the void.
Even though it was an extremely faint strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi, it was also immensely vast.
Lu Changsheng attempted to refine the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
“Fragments of the Great Dao?”
Lu Changsheng was surprised to discover that the Hongmeng Purple Qi contained Fragments of the Great Dao and immediately realized the value of the Gathering Spirit Colorful Lotus.
The Qi Gathering Formation only gathered nature’s spiritual energy, while the Gathering Spirit Colorful Lotus could also gather Hongmeng Purple Qi.
Not to mention Daluo Golden Immortals, even Immortal Emperors would covet such a treasure.
It took Lu Changsheng ten years to barely refine this faint strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi and absorb the Fragments of the Great Dao.
“Three Thousand Great Dao… To completely master the Three Thousand Great Dao is truly difficult.”
The Fragments of the Great Dao that Lu Changsheng absorbed from the Chaos Divine Thunder and Hongmeng Purple Qi were far from the complete Three Thousand Grand Dao Laws.
However, with the Gathering Spirit Colorful Lotus that could draw in Hongmeng Purple Qi, he already surpassed the vast majority of Daluo Golden Immortals.
When Lu Changsheng had fully refined this faint strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi, the Gathering Spirit Colorful Lotus drew a second strand of Hongmeng Purple Qi from the void.
Lu Changsheng was overjoyed and continued to refine the Hongmeng Purple Qi.
The Hongmeng Purple Qi was of a higher grade than the Jade Dragon Spiritual Qi of Jing Long Immortal Temple.
Lu Changsheng cultivated at a speed faster than normal cultivators.
Apart from cultivating on Zhengsheng Mountain, Lu Changsheng went nowhere else, just staying put on Zhengsheng Mountain.
Day by day, Lu Changsheng’s cultivation improved.
And so, thousands of years passed by.
“It is unknown what cultivation level the King of Chaos has reached; it is said that in the last tens of thousands of years, the only time cultivators saw the King of Chaos in action, the King of Chaos tore apart a human cultivator of the fourth layer of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm with his bare hands, earning a notorious reputation. The King of Chaos is more than ten times stronger than the Green Ox King. I am probably not its match yet and must find a way to advance my realm.”
Lu Changsheng had promised Grandmaster Taixu and Fairy Qingxia to help them deal with the King of Chaos, but in the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, it was extremely difficult to advance even a minor realm.
Take Daoist Yuxuan, for example, a cultivator of three hundred thousand years, he is a Daluo Golden Immortal.
Qingyue Fairy had been cultivating for a million years and was still a Daluo Golden Immortal.
Quingyue Fairy’s aptitude was not necessarily lower than Daoist Yuxuan’s, which shows how difficult it is to advance even a minor realm within the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
There are also disparities among Daluo Golden Immortals.
Lu Changsheng specifically consulted with Daoist Yuxuan, who personally admitted that he was no match for the King of Chaos.
The King of Chaos was already one of the outstanding figures among the Daluo Golden Immortals.
In other words, if he wanted to defeat the King of Chaos, he must first defeat Daoist Yuxuan; otherwise, facing the King of Chaos would be tantamount to seeking death.
Lu Changsheng still had ten thousand years to cultivate.
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“I wonder who is stronger or weaker between Sect Leader Qingyangzi of Zhengsheng Mountain and the King of Chaos of Accumulated Thunder Mountain?”
When Lu Changsheng encountered Daluo Golden Immortals, they could generally be divided into three levels: the fully accomplished Daluo Golden Immortals who had cultivated for a million years, like Qingyangzi, King of Chaos, and Qingyue Fairy; then there were those like Daoist Yuxuan and Daoist Luo Yu who had cultivated for several hundred thousand years; and finally, there were cultivators like Lu Changsheng and Star Sword Daoist who had just advanced from Half-Step Great Luo to Daluo Golden Immortals, considered initial-stage Daluo Golden Immortals.
“If really necessary, I can also ask the Holy Maiden of Tai Hua Holy Land to intervene, helping to resolve the marriage issue between King of Chaos and Fairy Qingxia. But if possible, I prefer to defeat the King of Chaos myself, as it would also serve as a trial.”
Lu Changsheng had more than one method to deal with the King of Chaos; Qingyue Fairy, the Holy Maiden of Tai Hua Holy Land, and even Qingyangzi of Zhengsheng Mountain, these three powerhouses, Lu Changsheng could find a way to request their help.
If all these methods failed, Lu Changsheng could also turn to the Assassin Immortal Sect and hire a heavenly-level assassin to kill the King of Chaos, but that would come at a great cost and could potentially lead to being targeted by the heavenly-level assassin in turn.
If a heavenly-level assassin knew that Lu Changsheng possessed an against-heaven treasure like the 18th-grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures “Gathering Spirit Colorful Lotus,” they might even kill the client.
All these were less desirable options; ideally, Lu Changsheng still hoped to resolve the issue himself.
Fighting against powerful demons like the King of Chaos was an opportunity to gain battle experience.
Lu Changsheng had gained a lot from the battle with the Green Ox King.
The King of Chaos was the uncle of the Green Ox King and possessed higher cultivation; fighting with the King of Chaos would also be a trial.
Suddenly, Lu Changsheng felt an extremely faint presence near his cave dwelling.
This presence seemed to merge with the world itself, and even his disciples who were in the Heavenly Immortal Realm could not detect this faint presence at all.
Because the existence of this presence was even less noticeable than an ant on Jingyun Peak.
“This person was able to enter Zhengsheng Mountain silently without triggering the Mountain Protection Array; could it be a heavenly-level assassin hired by the King of Chaos? No, this presence feels somewhat familiar.”
Lu Changsheng, who was in the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm and possessed an Innate Taoist Body, noticed this almost nonexistent presence.
In the woods near Changqing Cave, a woman with her face veiled walked through the forest, her unique constitution blending with the void, her presence extremely low, such that out of a hundred cultivators of the same realm, perhaps not even one could detect her existence.
This unique constitution was extremely fitting for an assassin.
“Should I seek him out? But my family is in trouble, and I have nowhere to go; following this person could lead to cultivation resources no less than what my family could provide, perhaps even better; for me, it is undoubtedly the best choice.”