Chapter 600 Celestial Star Positioning, Collecting the Four Ancestral Decrees (Part 1)

On the way back.

Not to mention the helpless rage of the Taoist priest who glared at him with his beard bristling, yet was utterly powerless to do anything about it. Wang Yu didn't like to make threats; he would wait until he had the sword in his hand to vent his pent-up anger.

He's just an ordinary old guy.

They can be regarded as enemies, but they should never be taken as a life goal, much less a motivation for spiritual practice. Instead, they are an obstacle on the road ahead.

Keep it in mind and wait for the right opportunity.

That's all!

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The Void and the Dao Treasury.

Upon their return after several months apart, Xingyue and Leiyao immediately came over. The latter, with a complicated expression, sighed.

"Brother Dao is too reckless. The attempt to go to the moon is unprecedented in history. Lei Yao originally wanted to try it for you first."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yu thought of the treasures that were almost overflowing in his Sea Heart Ring, and immediately showed a strange expression, waving his hands repeatedly.

"No need for that. How could I not believe in the law that I created?"

These words only strengthened Lei Yao's belief that he was inherently good, and she wondered if the cultivators who died at Wang Yu's hands would find it laughable.

Wang Yu, however, shamelessly accepted this sincerity.

Xingyue, standing to the side, asked curiously.

"Um... what is it like on the moon? Why didn't you just try to cross over and leave?"

Those bright eyes looked at him with a kind of expectation.

Wang Yu, however, remained calm.

“There are still some loose ends to clean up, how can you leave so soon? Your pupil techniques are still in their infancy. I have a few lunar phase herbs here that can help you truly get started.”

"If you diligently cultivate this secret technique in the future, you will surely master the Returning Moon Pupil Technique within a hundred to three hundred years. I am not worried about Xingyue's aptitude, but if Junior Sister Lei cannot break through to the Nascent Soul stage, even if she has this pupil technique... I'm afraid she will have difficulty mastering it."

Lei Yao shook her head and smiled faintly.

"I am fine. Lei Yao still needs to rebuild the Lei Huo Guan family. After a hundred years, we should leave the secret realm and find a spiritual place to rebuild the sect."

"Alright."

Wang Yu nodded, but didn't say he would forcefully help.

Even if he wanted to, he was powerless. He might have a way to help people condense their infant spirit, but he didn't have the opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. He pondered for a moment and then said.

"The ruins of the four capitals of the ancient immortal dynasty contain the Extreme Yin Dragon King, a divine medicine raised by the ancient human emperor. It is helpful for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. However, I have already taken two of the four capitals. Even if I obtain the divine medicine in the remaining two capitals, it will be difficult to complete them."

"It is more suitable for cultivators with Yin and Ice attributes. It is incompatible with Junior Sister Lei's cultivation method. Even so, it is still a hope. This is a way to access the underground feng shui wonders. Subduing the Dragon King and finding the ruins of the Northern and Southern Capitals can only be done by Junior Sister herself."

Having said all that, Lei Yao wouldn't pretend to be reserved and refuse. After accepting the jade slip, she clearly guessed Wang Yu's subtext.

"Brother Dao, are you saying goodbye?"

"yes."

Xingyue tried to speak but didn't, though a hint of sadness was hidden in her eyes. This affection, though not strong, flowed quietly like a babbling brook.

She had no right to dissuade them, and was only slightly disappointed.

Looking at Wang Yu's face, it seemed as if he wanted to remember this first man.

After sighing, Wang Yu looked at Xingyue.

He bowed respectfully.

"As the years pass, all the beautiful days and scenes will be in vain. Even if I have a thousand kinds of feelings, to whom can I speak of them?"

Upon hearing this, Xingyue immediately understood Wang Yu's intentions.

But he chuckled on the surface, and his anxiety finally dissipated.

She said irritably, "Save those flirtatious words for those fairies and saintesses outside. I'm not buying it."

The relationship between the two started off very badly.

Wang Yu understood that these words were merely planting a seed, so that if Xingyue had the opportunity in the future, she could also escape her cage through this path.

If we could meet in the celestial realm, it would be a completely different scene.

There is also an opportunity to start over.

Whether he's a scumbag or not is another matter. He has only grasped three-tenths of the profound mystery of the Star Moon Dao Body. He thinks that if he can obtain the full ten parts in the future, it will be of great help to his Dao integration and even his cultivation of the Star God inheritance.

"All good things must come to an end. I hope that we can still have some friendship when we meet again someday. Farewell."

After saying that, Wang Yu activated the Void Stele.

His figure was instantly swallowed by the spatial ripples, and before he was finished, four small steles were thrown out. They were the key to the secret realm, the "Void Stele". All four were left behind, clearly indicating that they had no intention of returning.

"Why……"

Xingyue turned around abruptly, wanting to say something, but Wang Yu had already left.

Changxi, who was watching from a distance, saw the demon leave.

Only then did he dare to approach, and seeing that the two girls were in low spirits, he immediately said in an annoyed tone.

"Why are you all grateful to that fiend? Have you all been brainwashed by him? He stole the temple's foundation, and even the foundation of my Sword Sect. He's rotten to the core!"

Lei Yao shook her head.

"Although our first meeting wasn't very friendly, that was because your primordial spirit was severely damaged and you were in a hurry to recover."

That's all.

She shook her jade hand, revealing the obvious Qiankun Ring.

"Apart from the spiritual items that are effective for the primordial spirit, all other resources were returned to me by my fellow Daoist. He also secretly sent a message to Lei Yao, asking her to take care of the Sword Sect and help it rebuild its mountain gate."

Changxi was somewhat unconvinced: "I was deceived by this demon... never mind, I can't explain it to you. Sister Xingyue, don't be fooled by him, he's good at lying."

Having been imprisoned for many years, her mental will had collapsed more than once, and her hostility and hatred towards Wang Yu would not be easily eliminated.

But Xingyue wouldn't listen to her.

Her bright eyes remained fixed on the ripples.

“I will catch up with you as soon as possible, for a hundred years, a thousand years… one day, the stars and moon will also reach the day of enlightenment and ascension.”

Changxi: "..."

Aside from facepalming, I really don't know what to say.

She could only be terrified by the unfathomable power of Wang Yu's mind control technique, and even began to doubt whether she herself had been manipulated. She even began to waver.

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The Ice Prison Realm Space Layer.

Having already mastered the method of locating objects in the void, Wang Yu was no longer affected by the chaotic field of the spatial layer being reversed, and immediately proceeded according to plan.

Take out the feng shui compass and unfold the Zhou Tian Xing Chen ritual.

Both the Water Token and the Earth Token emitted a hazy spiritual light, like a thread in a loving mother's hand, passing through each star rune along the ritual route.

Wang Yu made a hand seal with one hand and chanted an incantation.

"The starlight of the heavens inspires the spirit, illuminating the darkness and guiding the way to enlightenment."

"The secret of heaven begins with a single command; through understanding the mind, heaven, and my own actions..."

"—Celestial Positioning!"

Feng shui secrets are somewhat like praying to the heavens, and nine out of ten secret methods involve incantations for praying to the heavens.

Read it.

It can borrow the divine mechanisms of creation to reveal profound mysteries.

otherwise.

Those extraordinary formations created by heaven and earth are beyond the reach of ordinary feng shui masters. The hidden mechanisms inherent in heaven and earth are difficult for people to find easily.

It's somewhat like an obstacle from fate.

Without the right fate, one cannot find it no matter what. However, feng shui masters can forcibly find extraordinary celestial formations by using incantations. The saying that excessive use of this technique will diminish one's own destiny is not unfounded.

The method of locating the heavenly secrets is among the best.

but.

As long as it's not used to lock down the extraordinary formations arising from heaven and earth, it won't harm one's own destiny. In short, as long as you don't go against the will of heaven, you can use it freely without worry.

As the two energies merged, the guidance on the feng shui compass immediately pointed to the depths of darkness. Without hesitation, Wang Yu transformed into light and moved on, guessing that it must be the ancestral token on Lian Tian's body.

He was initially worried that Lian Tian would die at the hands of the Prison King Ling Guan.

Whether his relics will end up in the hands of the Daoist Kongkong is uncertain. At present, it seems that only the Chaos Pivot warship can catch the eye of a Dao-Merging expert.

As for the other odds and ends.

"You'll know once it's over."

Wang Yu shook his head and continued on his way in silence.

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In the vast darkness, time passed unnoticed.

Several months passed in the blink of an eye. Without the Tian Shu warship, Wang Yu had to constantly adjust his direction as he flew through this dark and inverted space.

Meanwhile, the outside world...

The Twisted Forest of Flesh and Blood.

At some point, the area where the Taoist Kongkong sat cross-legged had shrunk considerably, leaving only an area the size of a football field.

Similarly.

The twisted flesh and blood were also shrinking proportionally, and the spectacular sight of it stretching for thousands of miles was no longer there.

“Strange, ever since I encountered that ant, the power of the life demon has been constantly weakening.”

This phenomenon is unreasonable.

After all, the struggle between the two has entered its final stage, and theoretically he will find it increasingly difficult, since his understanding of the Dao is far less profound than that of the ancient demon.

Even a new consciousness nurtured by a mere body is far superior to his early stage of Dao Integration, which has only been advanced for a thousand years. However, he still cannot relax and must be wary of being plotted against by an ancient demon.

"Judging by the time, Young Master You should be arriving soon."

Ten days later.

A beam of eerie light suddenly emerged from the shadow of the Taoist Kongkong, quickly transforming into a pale-faced, pure black-eyed, and sinister young man clad in a Nine Nether Python robe.

This person is the rival of the Azure Blood Dragon Lord, the tenth son of the Nine Nether King.

—Mingfeng.

The Nine Nether King attained enlightenment from the corpse of a Netherworld Beast, and his offspring were mostly mixed with other ghostly and evil species. This person possessed the superior ferocious beast-level bloodline of the [Nine Nether Mastiff].

He was not even three thousand years old, yet he had already entered the early stage of the Dao Integration Realm, and his realm was similar to that of the Daoist Kongkong. However, in terms of combat power, he could defeat twenty Kongkongzi.

However, without the blessing of the Prison King's Spirit Seal, his aura was suppressed to the peak level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Upon seeing this, Kongkongzi quickly took out the spirit seal.

With a flick of his finger, a surge of energy enveloped Ming Feng, granting him the power to maintain his peak strength for at least a few days.

Ming Feng then felt much better.

Without any politeness, he said, "Give me the spirit seal for safekeeping. I also know this method of protecting one's aura."

Kongkongzi smiled awkwardly: "Young Master You Shi is joking. The Prison King's Spirit Seal is a legacy of the Void Dharma Lineage and cannot be entrusted to others. Let's get down to business."

Ming Feng was taken aback, then sneered without giving him any face at all.

"Your lineage's inherited artifact? Isn't this the Spirit Official Seal issued by the Prison Department? How dare you!"

Kong Kongzi was so frightened that her face turned pale.

He then said, "Never mind, I'm not one to meddle. Where is the Chaos Pivot Warship?"

Kong Kongzi quickly handed over a top-tier Qiankun Ring.

This was the bargaining chip he used to persuade the Nine Nether King, so naturally he wouldn't let it go. He retrieved it from the edge of the Chaos Layer early on, as this was the only way to buy him more time in the prison.

What can be done?

After receiving the Qiankun Ring, Ming Feng suddenly flew into a rage.

"Are you kidding me?!"

"This is just a fake, and the craftsmanship is so poor that it can be seen at a glance that it was made by the local natives. How could you, a great Dao-Merging expert, not be able to tell?"

Kong Kongzi's face turned even paler. Despite being a cultivator of the same realm, he stood very low, and a glint of light flashed in his deep eyes.

"Young Master You Shi, whether this ship is real or fake is for the Nine Nether King to decide."

Truth and falsehood, reality and illusion.

Sometimes what is true is not necessarily true, and what is false is not necessarily false. Calling a deer a horse is the ultimate manifestation of this principle.

Moreover, even if the Tian Shu warship was just a poor imitation, where did the manufacturing technology come from?

Considering that time period, the first human emperor had already become a disciple of the immortal Xuande, which may have been done with the immortal's permission.

Regardless, this is an excellent pretext for attacking the Azure Blood Dragon Lord. How far it can go depends entirely on the abilities of that Nine Nether King.

Therefore.

This knife is definitely real, and Ming Feng has to accept this favor whether he wants to or not.

"—How dare you!"

"It seems I underestimated your Void Lineage."

Kong Kongzi waved his hand repeatedly.

"No, no, no, this is all just my own selfish desire."

Adopting such an attitude is the only way to be truly capable of both offense and defense, and also to sever ties with one's sect as much as possible to avoid being implicated in a failure.

A moment of silence fell between them.

Ming Feng accepted the Qiankun Ring, but his attitude remained disdainful, and he even became more impolite.

"Hmph, if there is a next time..."

"I will personally execute you. I don't have much time in the mortal realm this time, so I can't be discovered by the prison department. Tell me how far things have progressed and how you want me to help you?"

Kongkongzi has returned to normal.

Pointing to the twisted flesh beneath his feet, he said, "The Blood Demon has been sealed, but the method of creating the Living Demon clones is truly troublesome. It took me a lot of effort to capture them all in one place, and only the final seal remains."

Ming Feng frowned and scrutinized him for a while.

"This is easy to handle, step back a bit."

"yes!"

Ming Feng then summoned a black jade crown, exhaled a breath of Netherworld Qi, and invisible ripples spread out. Black spots and mold appeared on the twisted flesh, and a rich, putrid stench rose into the sky.

Kongkongzi exclaimed in shock.

"The Nine Netherworld King's Crown! This is... a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure?!"

"Indeed, today I will let you, a fellow from a minor lineage, have a good look at your eyes."

The ranking of artifacts in the cultivation world is not complicated.

【Magic Artifacts】Suitable for Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators, they are divided into first and second tiers, and also into four grades: lower, middle, upper, and top-grade.

[Magic Treasure] Suitable for Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators, corresponding to the third and fourth tiers.

【Lingbao】 is suitable for those who have reached the Nascent Soul stage or the Void Refinement stage, and corresponds to the fifth and sixth major realms.

Above that are the artifacts that truly give birth to a spirit and master some of the Dao principles. There are seventh and eighth tiers, but their names are counted separately.

Dao-Merging cultivators are well-suited to use [Earth Profound Spiritual Treasures], as these artifacts are governed by the Dao principles of the Lesser Completion Realm, and cultivators below this realm are almost unable to activate them.

Just like the incomplete treasure that Wang Yu possessed, the Five Elements Heavenly Escape Saint Armor, which contained the Five Elements Dao principles at the Lesser Completion stage, it was a top-grade treasure among the Earth Profound Spiritual Treasures.

Going further up.

Even cultivators in the Mahayana stage rarely possess the [Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure]. Once obtained, one can dominate within the same realm, and only the strongest in this realm can wield it.

As for whether one's natal magic weapon can evolve to this level.

It actually contains a paradox.

The Tongtian Lingbao has mastered the Dao principles of the Great Completion Realm, while cultivators in the Mahayana stage need to fully comprehend their own Dao principles in order to condense the fruit of the Great Dao and attempt to transcend tribulation and ascend to immortality.

It is often only in the late stage of Mahayana that one can upgrade one's natal magic weapon and possess the power to reach the heavens. Therefore, it is truly awe-inspiring that Ming Feng, who is merely at the Dao Integration stage, possesses a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.

A smug smile appeared on Ming Feng's lips.

"A country bumpkin who's never seen the world."

Although this Heavenly Treasure belonged to his father, it was essentially a gift to him, reflecting his belief in his potential. He believed that once his father broke through to the Mahayana stage, the treasure would truly belong to him.

The Great Completion Realm Nine Netherworld Dao Principles contained within it can serve as his guiding light, a privilege that his father's other sons could not obtain.

This led to his increasingly arrogant personality.

What he didn't know was...

Perhaps his nine older brothers and sisters had all forged their own paths and did not need this kind of infantile guidance and protection. They could hope to achieve great success in comprehending the Dao of the Nine Nether Kings, but becoming an immortal was out of the question!

Only those cultivators who truly have ambitions and yearn to become immortals.

That's why he chose to climb the thorny path of seeking the Way. This trip to the Demon Prison is not without its trials, to see what he's made of.

As time passed, the Forest of Flesh and Blood was stained with black.

It seems like a done deal.

The change happened in an instant!

(End of this chapter)