Lu Changsheng transmitted his power to his disciple, and the system returned a large amount of cultivation level. The system also granted Xia Ningxue additional cultivation power.
Without treasures like the Human Sovereign Cauldron, Primordial Thunder Dragon Soul, and Taiyin Goddess Talisman to share her cultivation power, and with the lifetime cultivation power of the Ancestor from Guanghan Palace, Xia Ningxue’s realm improved rapidly.
Moreover, Xia Ningxue was cultivating in the Endless Ice Domain, where her cultivation level was naturally increasing quite quickly.
With Xia Ningxue’s breakthrough this time, Lu Changsheng benefited greatly, with his cultivation level approaching that of the Seventh-Grade Divine King Realm.
As usual, treasures such as the Human Sovereign Cauldron, Taiyin Goddess Talisman, and Primordial Thunder Dragon Soul took a portion of the cultivation power.
The Human Sovereign Cauldron used it to repair itself, with cracks shrinking at an imperceptible rate.
Although not yet obvious, it was indeed repairing.
The Primordial Thunder Dragon Soul absorbed the True Qi, and its form gradually became robust, with each dragon whisker seeming like actual thunder.
The Taiyin Divine Maiden Puppet inside the Taiyin Goddess Talisman absorbed some cultivation power, causing its eyelashes to flutter slightly.
Strange.
Lu Changsheng noticed movement within the Taiyin Goddess Talisman, his Divine Sense scanned over it. The holy body of the Taiyin Goddess remained lifeless, suspended in the Void.
“Could it be my imagination?”
Lu Changsheng thought he might have sensed incorrectly.
The Taiyin Goddess had fallen, leaving only the shell without any autonomous consciousness. It was impossible for it to come back to life.
While Lu Changsheng was consolidating his cultivation level, Dantai Meng was hesitating whether to take this opportunity to turn the tables and kill Lu Changsheng.
However, her repeated past failures told her it was better not to act recklessly.
Every time she thought she had an advantage, she would be educated in retaliation by Lu Changsheng.
Rather than risk offending Lu Changsheng, it was better to wait patiently for him to negotiate with the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable and then safely return to the Demon Realm.
In the Endless Ice Domain, glaciers were densely packed, filled with an atmosphere of wilderness, immensely vast and boundless.
A figure of icy purity and jade-like beauty walked through the glaciers, an Immortal Sword carried on her back.
The glaciers were densely arranged, with some huge ice blocks containing broken spears and even the bodies of Great Demons.
The Endless Ice Domain was an independent space, but also one of the ancient battlefields. Many strong warriors of the Human Race and Great Demons fell here, leaving behind their magical treasures.
Crack.
A huge ice mountain suddenly shattered, and a giant bear, as big as a hill, swiped its sharp claws at Xia Ningxue who was passing by.
The claw had not even fallen yet, but the pressure had already caused the ice cap to crack, spreading outwards.
Xia Ningxue didn’t even lift her head; with a simple gesture, the Immortal Sword sheathed behind her unsheathed. With a flash of cold light, the bear’s paw hit the ground.
The cold Sword Qi covered the bear in frost, and it was once again engulfed by icy cold.
“There are quite a few Great Demons still alive here, just frozen by the ancient strong with overwhelming coldness. That ancient strong might have reached the state of ‘One Sword Freezes Fourteen Prefectures’.”
Xia Ningxue realized that the Endless Ice Domain might not naturally be so, and it is very likely that an unparalleled ancient strong deliberately lured a large number of the Demon Race into this independent space, then used supreme coldness to freeze countless Great Demons.
The space here was frozen; hence, outsiders found it hard to enter. Only through the concerted efforts of many ancestors from Guanghan Palace could they barely open an entrance.
Xia Ningxue shuddered at the thought; the ancient Great Power that froze the entire space likely reached an incomprehensible level in cultivation.
The deeper one goes, the more bone-piercing the cold becomes, and the denser the nature’s spiritual energy is, with more powerful frozen Great Demons.
Xia Ningxue continued to move towards the depths of the Endless Ice Domain.
The Guanghan Palace Master had asked her to explore the Endless Ice Domain as much as possible, to go as far as she could until she could no longer persist, and then exit the Endless Ice Domain.
Xia Ningxue did so for tens of thousands of years, which further solidified her Dao Heart.
“Lu, it won’t be long before I can get out.”
Xia Ningxue was already able to see the Barrier in the middle of the Endless Ice Domain, surrounded by icy fog, with densely packed glaciers.
As long as she reached the deepest part, she could exit her seclusion.
The Demon Cores of the Great Demons she had killed along the way had also become great supplements for her.
In the Mountain and Rivers Chart space, after consolidating his realm, Lu Changsheng gave Dantai Meng a few Talismans.
[Ding, you have bestowed the Eighteenth Grade Talisman “South Ming Separation Fire Talisman” upon your disciple Dantai Meng, but failed to obtain any mentor reward returns.]
[Ding, you have bestowed the Eighteenth Grade Talisman “South Ming Separation Fire Talisman” upon your disciple Dantai Meng, but failed to obtain any mentor reward returns.]
…
Just when Lu Changsheng thought there would be no other rewards for mentoring today, the last notification excited him.
[Ding, you have bestowed the Eighteenth Grade Talisman “South Ming Separation Fire Talisman” upon your disciple Dantai Meng, and obtained a ten-thousand-fold mentor reward return: the Twenty-Grade Talisman “Youming Ghost Fire Talisman”.]
[Youming Ghost Fire Talisman: A Twenty-Grade Talisman capable of summoning the terrifying Youming Ghost Fire from the Netherworld. Should the Three Souls and Six Spirits come into contact with it, they would immediately disperse.]
A Twenty-Grade Talisman poses a threat even to the powerhouses in the Divine King Realm.
Although the Youming Ghost Fire Talisman is not as powerful as the Taiyin Goddess Talisman, it can still become one of Lu Changsheng’s lifesaving trump cards.
The mentoring rewards today, with the Heaven and Earth Loneliness Pill and Youming Ghost Fire Talisman, were rather fruitful.
Lu Changsheng left the Mountain and Rivers Chart as the Princess came to visit.
“Lu Changsheng, I have news from my father. The Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable has agreed to trade. The negotiation site will be in the Nine Nether, which is fair for both sides. My father asks when you will make the exchange with the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, so he can prepare for it.”
“I don’t plan to trade so soon.”
Lu Changsheng was using Dantai Meng to farm various treasures, how could he willingly let her go?
The treasures returned by the system for bestowing upon Dantai Meng were ten times better than what the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable could offer, and Lu Changsheng would not let the smaller gains overshadow the greater ones.
He would not let Dantai Meng go until the next Divine King Realm disciple emerged.
“Why do you still want to keep her?”
The Princess was puzzled.
Being the daughter of the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable, Dantai Meng was undoubtedly a hot potato, yet Lu Changsheng continued to hold on to her.
“I have my considerations.”
Naturally, Lu Changsheng would not disclose the real reason.
“Alright then, I will reply to my father and ask him to continue stalling the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable. However, I am worried that after some time, the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable might lose his patience and come looking for you personally.”
The Princess reminded Lu Changsheng.
Among those Lu Changsheng had offended, the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable was definitely an existence that Lu Changsheng could not contend with, unable to stand against him even if he used all his means.
Even the Immortal Dragon Emperor had to make ample preparations before daring to negotiate with the Hallucinatory Dark Demon Venerable.
Lu Changsheng reviewed his many disciples, and among them, Lu Qinglian, who had received the Ancient Green Emperor Inheritance, was very likely to become the second Divine King Realm disciple.
But it wasn’t certain.
Dugu Aotian, who possessed the Demonic Cultivation Skills of a Demon Lord, had a bloodline even purer than Dantai Meng’s. With his rapid cultivation progress in Demonic Arts, Dugu Aotian also had the potential to become the next Divine King Realm disciple.
Ji Xuan, his fifth disciple in the Demon Race, her progress in cultivation was an unknown factor.
His fourteenth disciple, Yun Qianyue, possessed memories from ancient times and could overtake the others later.
“By the way, my eleventh disciple, Chen Yi, should have encountered the Queen of Yanzhi Nation by now.”
With Lu Changsheng’s disciples thriving, even he was struggling to keep track of each disciple’s activities while also attending to his own cultivation.
Chen Yi, during her trials, passed through Yanzhi Nation, made a name for herself by fighting demons and evil, was summoned by the Queen of Yanzhi Nation and was even forcefully retained there.
Regarding this matter, Lu Changsheng did not interfere too much; after all, each disciple had their own encounters and destiny – as long as no lives were lost, that was enough.
Using Dantai Meng, Lu Changsheng farmed dozens of Shuttle Talismans and distributed them to the disciples left on the mountain, to be used for entering and exiting the Holy Land for normal trials. In this way, the ancient Helian Clan’s experts lurking at the foot of the mountain could no longer capture the disciples under his wing.
At the foot of the mountain, the Fourth Ancestor of the ancient Helian Clan had been waiting for an unknown amount of time, yet Lu Changsheng and his disciples were nowhere to be seen.
“This master and disciple really are cautious. Could it be they no longer plan to leave their abode?”
The Fourth Ancestor was frustrated, like a farmer waiting for a rabbit – endlessly waiting without any sign of his quarry showing up, he could only keep waiting there.
“I just don’t believe it, let’s see who can’t hold out first.”
The Fourth Ancestor continued to wait…
