After chatting for a while, Cao Ya said goodbye to Su Ganxiu, Jiao Fei, and the other three.
“Senior brother, aren’t you coming with us? With you here, we’ll have a better chance of helping the Primordial Heavenly Demon Seal advance,” Su Ganxiu said.
"With you here, Junior Brother, everything will be fine," Cao Ya said with a smile. "Jiao Fei has so many magical treasures, including quite a few powerful flying swords. With you in charge for now, what can't you cut through?"
Su Ganxiu chuckled but remained silent.
After Jiao Fei's primordial spirit was restored, he also learned of many schemes within the sect, so he was not surprised by the words of his two senior uncles and senior masters.
"Uncle-Master, I wish you a speedy attainment of Dao, becoming the first second-generation Nascent Soul cultivator in our Heavenly River Sword Sect to achieve Dao! Haha, Master's expression at that time will definitely be quite interesting," Xu Qing laughed.
Cao Ya laughed heartily, then bid farewell to his four fellow disciples, without even going to see the Qi Refining level disciples inside the Qiankun Star Shuttle.
He stayed in the Great Sun Phoenix Palace for hundreds of years and rarely went down to the mortal world. Many of the disciples he knew in the past had basically died of old age. The few who survived were also very old and had no hope of achieving the primordial spirit.
After thinking about it, he decided not to provoke those people.
Besides, by following Jiao Fei, they are guaranteed to escape the Seven Phoenix Realm and avoid being reduced to ashes in this third Seven Phoenix Realm calamity.
Those who cultivate Qi have a limited lifespan. Without special methods, they generally live for a few hundred years before dying of old age.
The primordial spirit, however, enjoys an infinite lifespan and is immortal.
Therefore, the greatest dream of every Qi cultivator is to cultivate a primordial spirit!
However, among hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of Qi Refining cultivators, not even one might emerge with a Nascent Soul.
The primordial spirit has never been an easy thing to achieve!
Watching Cao Ya's figure disappear into the distance, Pang Wei clapped his hands and sighed:
"This senior brother is truly gifted, and he has such a dashing demeanor."
Su Ganxiu raised an eyebrow and smiled:
"If you want, you can live a carefree life. After all, you've become a primordial spirit with great magical power. Besides, you're not from the Seven Phoenix Realm. Although you're close to the Seven Phoenix Realm, you haven't been noticed by the Underworld Phoenix and haven't been listed in the Book of Life and Death."
Pang Wei was speechless and said:
"Junior Uncle is joking. Since Pang Wei has made up his mind, he will not change it."
Su Ganxiu smiled slightly, pointed her finger, and a stream of light disappeared into the Qiankun Star Shuttle.
“Although it’s a technique from the Divine Sect and the Demonic Sect, some disciples might actually be suited to the Demonic Sect’s path,” Su Ganxiu said softly. “It would be a good thing if one or two more primordial spirits could emerge.”
“Indeed.” Xu Qing nodded, and together with Pang Wei, they transformed into a beam of light and entered the Qiankun Star Shuttle to comfort the many disciples and pass on various demonic techniques.
Although it is a legitimate sect of Xuanmen and one of the nine major sects of Taoism, the Tianhe Sword Sect does not feel that cultivating the techniques of the Divine Sect and the Demonic Sect is a bad thing.
As long as one can attain enlightenment, what does it matter whether it's the Taoist sect, the Buddhist sect, the demonic sect, or even a heterodox sect?
The Way and its principles are righteous when used correctly, and evil when used incorrectly.
A magic formula itself has no distinction between good and evil.
"Junior Uncle, I heard that this Senior Uncle Cao Ya was the most ordinary among the primordial spirits in our sect?" Suddenly, Jiao Fei looked around and quietly asked Su Ganxiu.
"How would I know!" Su Ganxiu laughed. "I just came from the outer star system, and my understanding of the Seven Phoenix Realm is not as good as yours."
"It seems that Senior Uncle Cao Ya is a late bloomer, someone who has accumulated knowledge and experience before making a breakthrough," Jiao Fei sighed.
“Not really,” Su Ganxiu pondered. “Before I came here, I did hear the two founders mention some information about the Heavenly River Sword Sect of the Seven Phoenix Realm.”
"Oh, what did the two patriarchs say?" Jiao Fei asked curiously.
“You know Senior Brother Guo Songyang and Senior Brother Luo Gongyuan yourself, and you’ve met them many times, so I won’t go into detail. I’ll just talk about this Senior Brother Cao Ya,” Su Ganxiu said. “According to Ancestor Guo Xiaoshan, Senior Brother Cao Ya’s Qi Refining level had always been unknown, and even his cultivation progress was known to few people. It wasn’t until he suddenly attained the Nascent Soul stage that the Tianhe Sword Sect was shaken. Ancestor Guo was also quite surprised, not expecting Senior Brother Cao Ya to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining so quickly.”
"However, after achieving the Nascent Soul stage, Senior Brother Cao Ya disappeared from public view again."
"Now that I think about it, it must be because my senior brother was single-mindedly focused on his cultivation, ignoring worldly affairs, disliking fighting with others, and being impatient with magical duels."
"Hey, that's true. When it comes to swordsmanship and magic, nothing beats comparing one's cultivation level."
"Sword techniques and spells are merely defensive measures; true cultivation is the foundation."
Su Ganxiu chuckled as he spoke, then sighed softly, his emotions complex and difficult to describe.
"It seems that Senior Uncle Cao Ya's comprehension is quite rare," Jiao Fei said thoughtfully.
The fact that he could improve his cultivation level by focusing on arduous practice without much training clearly shows that Master Cao Ya's comprehension is among the best in the world!
"Stop thinking about it. You already have Senior Brother Cao Ya's Dao techniques, don't you? Cultivate your Primordial Spirit Dharma Body as soon as possible, or the Blood Rebirth Realm of the Demonic Sect. Only then can you refine the Life and Death Seal. Otherwise, even if you leave the Seven Phoenix Realm, you won't be able to escape the Primordial Heavenly Demon Seal," Su Ganxiu said lazily.
His fate was sealed, so there was no rush.
Even if one makes it onto the Yang God Ranking, it's nothing more than patiently waiting for thousands of years.
Because the Heavenly Phoenix will eventually leave, and once she leaves, the Ancestor of the Fighting Techniques will be able to make a fortune.
However, he had no intention of going to the Tianhuang Universe with Tianhuang.
After all, the one who wins in a battle of magic is the true master.
After listening to what Junior Uncle Su Ganxiu said, Jiao Fei pondered for a while and decided to stop cultivating. He used his divination techniques to deduce Lin Xiaolian's whereabouts and went elsewhere with Su Ganxiu.
His most urgent task was to find Lin Xiaolian.
Jiao Fei was also a little worried, what if something happened to Lin Xiaolian, Gongsun Hong and the others...
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On the other side, Cao Ya did not recklessly tear through the void to travel, nor did he transform into a streak of light and flee.
He walked between heaven and earth in his original human form.
Whew~~
Suddenly, a sword aura emanated from his body, and a flying sword leaped out, transforming into a black-robed boy with a sharp sword intent that seemed capable of cleaving through the ocean and the sky.
"Master, you're already on the verge of achieving the Dao of the Primordial Spirit, while I'm still only at the True Form level," the black-robed boy said, sounding aggrieved.
“Zhan Hai Tong’er, why the rush? I’ll nurture you with my magic power all the time. Once your true form is stable, then we can talk about the Illusion God level.” Cao Ya said, spreading his hands helplessly. “The main problem is that the Great Dao that suits you has already been taken. You can’t condense the Innate Divine Restriction and break through to the Illusion God level. There’s nothing I can do about that.”
This black-robed boy is Cao Ya's only magic weapon, called the Sea-Slaying Sword. Originally at the Void Spirit level, it was finally upgraded to the True Form level after Cao Ya refined it for hundreds of years at the Great Sun Phoenix Palace, allowing it to take form.
However, the path of magical treasures leads to the illusory god after the true form. That realm is no different from the merging of the primordial spirit with the Dao. One must condense an innate divine restriction and merge with a great Dao before one can advance.
Therefore, magical treasures above the level of Illusion God, like the Dao-Merging Primordial Spirit and the Undying Demon Soul, occupy one of the Three Thousand Great Daos.
Whether it is a living being or an object, as long as it is at the level of Dao Integration or Illusionary God or above, it must be integrated with a Great Dao, otherwise it is impossible to advance to this level.
The universe has three thousand great paths, but the number is limited.
This has resulted in many geniuses being stuck at the limit of the Nascent Soul Dharma Body Realm, unable to break through even a fraction of the way, despite their efforts to refine their skills until they vomit blood.
Guo Songyang, Luo Gongyuan, and Su Ganxiu belong to this category of people.
In fact, Cao Ya originally belonged to this category as well.
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