The host of the immortal weapon is nominally the wielder of the immortal weapon, but in essence he can only be regarded as a container that carries the power of the immortal weapon.

The so-called baptism of immortal spirit may seem beautiful, but if the recipient's cultivation is not sufficient, the immortal spirit will only waste the practitioner's basic potential.

The real baptism of immortal spirit should be that after the practitioner reaches the fairyland, he uses the immortal spirit to cleanse his own worldly filth, so that his physical body can be transformed into an immortal body and get closer to the great way of heaven and earth.

Baptizing oneself hastily before reaching the fairyland may seem to improve one's talent, but in fact it is overdrawing one's potential in advance. It is of no use other than being able to carry the power of fairy weapons.

Whether it is Shen Yuan or the great immortal Ming Hao, their real goal is to become the master of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, rather than to be the host of the immortal weapon's flesh-body puppet.

The master of the immortal weapon uses his human body to control the immortal weapon, while the host of the immortal weapon is controlled by the immortal weapon. There is an almost essential difference between the two.

The Great Immortal Minghao left behind all these backup plans to prevent anyone from controlling the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, but if the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower chooses a puppet host, the Great Immortal Minghao will not care at all.

The host of the immortal weapon is essentially just a slave of the immortal weapon and will not pose any threat to the great immortal Minghao.

In the eyes of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, if Shen Yuan wanted to become the master of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, the tower spirit would most likely hesitate.

But if Shen Yuan's goal was just to become the host of the immortal weapon, the tower spirit would definitely agree without hesitation, and the immortal spirit energy descending from the nine heavens was proof of that.

Yu Ke and others had targeted the wrong person from the beginning to the end.

What Shen Yuan wants to become is not just a host of a magical weapon.

In front of the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda, as the immortal spirit in the sky dissipated, the thousands of practitioners gathered there fell into deathly silence.

Everyone's eyes were filled with irrepressible shock. No one could have imagined that someone would refuse to become the host of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.

Everyone knows that the host of an immortal weapon is essentially a flesh and blood slave controlled by the immortal weapon, but throughout history there are still countless people who flock to it.

Becoming the host of an immortal weapon and undergoing the baptism of immortal spirit is enough to elevate a practitioner's talent by several levels. Anyone who becomes the host of an immortal weapon will at least be able to reach the realm of the Taoist Lord of Hedao in the future.

The host of an immortal weapon at the Daojun level of Hedao, if controlling the immortal weapon, can even briefly contend with the strong ones in the immortal realm and become one of the strongest people in the world.

The Zhulong Sword Master who has wielded the Zhulong Immortal Sword in all generations and the Taihuang Reverend who controls the Taihuang Bell are both famous figures known throughout the world. No one dares to underestimate them even if they know the identity of the host of the other's immortal weapon.

What's more, the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower is a treasure nurtured by the Xuanhuang Realm. Its grade is top-notch among many immortal artifacts. No immortal artifact host has been born in tens of thousands of years.

Many powerful people speculate that if one becomes the host of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, one will be eligible to ascend to the fairyland and live forever.

This was almost a sure path to immortality, but Shen Yuan rejected it so casually.

Even the four Lianxu Zhenjun in the attic felt unbelievable when they saw this scene.

"idiot!"

“Arrogant!”

“You have guts!”

“The young are to be feared!”

Four completely different evaluations came from the mouths of Yu Changming, Mo Zhenhai, King Pingxi, and Shentu Ming.

Yu Changming and Mo Zhenhai's eyes were filled with resentment, wishing they could replace him.

However, in the eyes of King Pingxi and Shentu Ming, there was more fear and emotion.

If the road to immortality that leads to heaven were placed before them, they would probably find it difficult to refuse. After all, the realm of refining the void and the realm of merging with the Dao are two completely different concepts, not to mention the opportunity to get a glimpse of the road to fairyland.

Shen Yuan was able to reject such temptation, which at least showed that his state of mind was far superior to those of the True Lords of Lianxu.

The previous carelessness and contempt in everyone's eyes gradually turned into seriousness at this moment.

At least after Shen Yuan refused to become the host of the immortal weapon, he has been placed in a position worthy of attention by the four True Lords of Lianxu, and is no longer just a lucky junior.

In Changming's eyes, besides the anger that he wished he could replace, there was also a bit more joy in his eyes.

The stronger the talent Shen Yuan displays, the more important the secret he holds.

This was naturally a good thing for Yu Changming, who had already taken Shen Yuan's secrets into consideration.

Everything that happened in front of the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda was seen by many practitioners, and their original overwhelming support for Ke began to change.

"Didn't he rely on conspiracy and trickery to reach the top? How did he get the recognition of Xuanhuang Linglong Tower?"

"Is he really the only peerless genius in the history?"

"Is what Yu Shengzi said the truth?"

Various doubts began to arise, and Yu Ke immediately recovered from the shock brought by Shen Yuan.

He had no idea why Shen Yuan was able to surpass the immortals on the eighteenth floor and gain recognition from the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, but he was very clear about one thing, which was that he had to suppress the reputation that Shen Yuan had accumulated, otherwise it would affect his subsequent plans.

With a look of resentment on his face, Yu Ke pointed at Shen Yuan and said angrily:

“I teamed up with Saint He Zhen to set up a big plan in the trial, with the purpose of gaining the favor of the spirit of the immortal weapon and preparing to become the host of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower later.

But I never thought that after you sneakily seized the fruits of my attack, you also inherited the favor of the spirit of the immortal weapon, so you could easily induce the baptism of the spirit energy of the immortal."

“But fake is fake after all. You pretended to be disdainful of becoming the host of the immortal weapon and rejected the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. It seems that you disdain to use the power of the immortal weapon, but in fact, you dare not accept the baptism of the immortal spirit.

Once you choose to accept the baptism of the fairy, it will be revealed that you are not qualified to be a host at all, because you are just a shameless thief! "

After Yu Ke said this, many practitioners showed a look of surprise and doubt on their faces.

"Is what Yu Shengzi said true?"

"I knew it! How could anyone in this world refuse to be the host of a magical weapon? After all this time, it turns out that he has something to hide."

"Becoming the host of Xuanhuang Linglong Tower will definitely allow you to reach the fairyland in the future. No one can refuse such an offer."

"I was almost deceived by his acting skills."

"This person is truly shameless!"

Yu Ke's words that distorted right and wrong made Shen Yuan slightly stunned.

In fact, as long as you analyze it carefully, you can hear that Yu Ke's words seem a bit far-fetched.

However, Yu Ke's lofty status as the Son of the Cave Heaven and his reputation in the Qingxu Heaven made many people subconsciously believe in authority and the words of the Son of the Cave Heaven.

In addition, Yu Ke insisted that Shen Yuan did not become the host of the immortal weapon because he had something wrong with him, which gave people a preconceived subjective impression. Then, he used his own influence to continuously slander Shen Yuan, which naturally achieved twice the result with half the effort.

Seeing this, Shen Yuan couldn't help but reach out and applaud Yu Ke.

"What a great Xiaoyouqingxu Heaven, what a candidate for the Holy Son Yu Ke!"

Shen Yuan asked with a smile: "According to Yu Shengzi's words, I was able to get to where I am today because I stole Yu Shengzi's opportunity during the trial?"

Yu Ke stood proudly in the air and said coldly:

"Of course! Otherwise, with your peak Qi Refining cultivation, how can you be compared with us Spirit Refining Masters?"

The smile on Shen Yuan's lips became more and more meaningful.

"Since Saint Yu believes that my mere Qi training level cannot be compared with Saint Yu's."

"Then please, sir, take my sword!"

The moment the words fell, a long sword chant sounded like a dragon's roar in the ocean, and a sword light as bright as day rose from the earth into the sky, tearing the heaven and earth apart.

The sword light was so sharp that it crossed several miles and appeared in front of Yu Ke in an instant. The air around him was constantly compressed under the sword light, and the whistling wind turned into sword energy that spread in all directions.

“Arrogant!”

Yu Ke, standing in the air, looked normal. His right hand slowly extended the boiling Yang God power, which instantly transformed into a huge hand to grasp the sword light.

The sword light that almost surpassed the limit of the Transformation Realm was easily suppressed by the power of the Yang God. The scorching power of the Yang God turned into a large sun furnace and easily crushed the sword light. Then, Yu Ke waved his sleeves and said coldly: "Is that all?"

Shen Yuan still had a smile on his face, but he sighed softly:

"It has been eighteen years, and apart from the superficial cultivation of Yu Shengzi, he has not made any progress at all."

As he spoke, Shen Yuan slowly took a step forward.

With just this step, the entire earth of the Zhenlong small world trembled slightly, and the heavy mother energy of all things swept over Shen Yuan's robes. The majestic and heavy aura began to spread from Shen Yuan.

He was clearly just a young man in white, but in the eyes of all practitioners, Shen Yuan's body seemed to resonate with the entire earth, as if it was about to transform into a second Xuanhuang Linglong Tower standing between heaven and earth.

During the eighteen years in the small world, Shen Yuan was unable to break through his cultivation level, so he embarked on the ancient path of refining Qi to cultivate the Xuanhuang Qi. He used the Xuanhuang Qi as the dominant force while laying out the veins of the earth, and was even able to briefly contend with a great demon king comparable to the Huanxu realm.

Although he has now left that small world and the veins of the earth are no longer under the control of Shen Yuan, there is the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower in this world. The Xuanhuang Qi is much richer than that of that small world, enough to push Shen Yuan to the extreme by borrowing the power of heaven and earth.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Shen Yuan slowly raised the ancient bronze sword in his right hand.

"The earth is in a low position, and a gentleman should be virtuous and hold the world in his arms!"

Shen Yuan slowly swung the ancient bronze sword in his hand, and the mysterious and yellow energy merged with his soul's method of controlling the sword. The unity of sword and energy was pushed to the extreme at this moment.

Yu Ke felt an irresistible sense of oppression suddenly descending upon him.

The ancient bronze sword in Shen Yuan's hand was like an ancient sacred mountain. The sword force connected the mountains, rivers and the earth, enough to crush anyone who stood in the way of the sword force.

“Qingxu Dharma Image!”

Faced with this magnificent situation, Yu Ke did not even have the slightest possibility of escape. Between heaven and earth, a Yang God Dharma image nearly a hundred feet tall appeared.

The Yangshen Dharma Image held a whisk in his hand with a blurred face. After he stood up, the Bagua formation diagram illuminated the heaven and earth as he met Shen Yuan's heavy sword that carried the power of mountains, rivers and the earth.

“Buzz!!!”

Invisible waves began to spread between heaven and earth. The earth collapsed in an instant, and the raging earth vein energy rushed straight into the sky and swallowed up the Yang God's Dharma image.

Yu Ke looked calm, with a magical Bagua diagram under his feet protecting him. The power of the Yang God on the huge Yang God image was compressed to the extreme, and he managed to withstand the blow that connected the mountains, rivers and the earth.

The sword energy and the Yang God Dharma Image continued to collide, and the huge Yang God Dharma Image was actually forced to the earth. The stalemate only lasted for a short moment before signs of defeat appeared.

A fierce look flashed in his eyes, and Yu Ke waved his sleeves, and several talismans appeared in the sky to transform into magical powers. Wind and clouds gathered and transformed into the appearance of a dragon and a tiger.

"Cloud Dragon Wind Tiger Technique, go!"

Yunlongfenghu roared angrily and rushed towards Shen Yuan in front of Xuanhuang Linglong Tower with a strong wind. His aura was as powerful as that of a peak Jindan cultivator.

Shen Yuan's eyes were indifferent, and between his breaths, two wisps of Qi from heaven and earth quietly rose from his mouth and nose. A cold moon reflected the bright sun that appeared above the earth, and carrying the scene of the sun and the moon shining together, it crashed into Yunlong Fenghu.

At the end of the year, Tian Han and Zhu Ming Cheng Ye gave birth to the complete sun and moon in their small universe. Although there was an element of trickery involved, it was an indisputable fact. As the source of the sun and the moon, the two levels of heaven and earth Qi were no longer comparable to the ordinary middle-level heaven and earth Qi.

The vision of the sun and the moon shining together easily tore apart Yunlong Fenghu, who was comparable to a peak-level Jindan cultivator, and the remaining momentum continued as it crashed into Yu Ke in the sky.

In the glow of the sun and the moon, two sharp sword energies carrying the spirit's sword-controlling method slashed down again.

The sun and the moon alternated above the sky, and in an instant it seemed as if a day had passed. The powerful sword intent forcibly broke through the defense of the Yangshen Dharmakā and fell on Yu Ke's body.

"How brave!"

With an angry roar, a large area of ​​space above the sky was shattered in an instant, and the heaven and earth seemed to be pouring out anger at this moment.

An invisible giant hand crushed the sword energy forged from the three elements of heaven and earth with absolute power, and crushed the connected mountains, rivers, and earth. Only a figure remained in the broken sky, standing proudly in front of Yu Ke.

The person who made the move was Yu Changming, the great elder of the Xiaoyou Qingxu Tianchuan Fa, who was also Yu Ke's grandfather.

He just stood on the sky, and the aura around him continued to distort the space. His will spread, and all the power of heaven and earth within a radius of hundreds of miles was under his control.

In a single thought, one can change the world within a radius of hundreds of miles, and a single thought is enough to kill all practitioners below the level of spirit refining.

"Breaking the void and changing the world, this is Master Lianxu!"

"How could a True Lord Lianxu appear in the Zhenlong Small World?"

"Why did he intervene in this fight?"

Yu Changming glanced coldly at the rather embarrassed Yu Ke and said in a cold voice:

"Your strength is not worthy of your strategy."

Yu Ke said with difficulty: "I'm sorry to disappoint my grandfather."

Yu Changming did not respond, but just looked down at Shen Yuan in front of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. The oppression of Lianxu Zhenjun poured down on Shen Yuan without reservation.

Shen Yuan could feel that the void was constantly twisting at this moment, and the powerful will to change the world seemed to invade his Yin Shen and forcibly rewrite his inner cognition.

"Hand over the secrets on your body, or die!"

Yu Changming's cold voice rang in Shen Yuan's ears.

Under immense pressure from Master Lianxu, Shen Yuan smiled and asked:

"Is Xiaoyou Qingxu Tian such a tyrant?"

Yu Changming's eyes remained indifferent. He flicked his right finger and the Huiming sword in Shen Yuan's hand, which was full of sword power, was blown away by the distorted space and fell to the ground.

Yu Changming looked at the Huiming Sword in surprise. The distorted space did not tear the rusty ancient bronze sword apart.

But he didn't care. After all, everything on Shen Yuan was in his pocket, including the ancient bronze sword.

He just stared at Shen Yuan and said in a cold voice:

"This is how the world is. If you are strong, you can also rob me. Those who are weak can only become lambs to be slaughtered, and cannot blame others."

"Without strength, you're a lamb to be slaughtered?" Shen Yuan seemed to be savoring Yu Changming's words, and a wanton smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He turned his head and looked at the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower behind him, and said slowly as if talking to himself:

"The Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda trial has ended. The pagoda spirit no longer needs to contain the Xuanhuang Qi."

The Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda seemed to have heard Shen Yuan's words. The Xuanhuang Qi that had been gathered by the pagoda and transformed into a canopy all over the sky fell down in an instant.

A huge amount of Xuanhuang Qi fell from the top of the pagoda again, and a wisp of it carried the pressure of a mountain and engulfed everything in front of the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda.

Yu Changming's face remained calm. He took a step forward and the void in front of him was torn apart. In the midst of the dark yellow energy in the sky, a passage leading directly to the front of the tower was formed, and he appeared directly in front of Shen Yuan.

The dark yellow aura that filled the sky was ignored by Yu Changming.

"Is this your trump card?"

There was no concealment of contempt in Yu Changming's eyes.

This vast amount of Xuanhuang Qi can kill a True Man of Lianshen and stop a Great True Man of Huanxu, but it cannot stop a True Lord of Lianxu.

The power therein is too dispersed. Unless True Lord Lianxu takes the initiative to rush into the wave of billions of strands of Xuanhuang Qi and withstand the erosion of Xuanhuang Qi, he will be able to preserve himself.

He never took Shen Yuan's trump card seriously at all.

However, contrary to Changming's expectations, when seeing the powerful enemy so close, there was no panic on Shen Yuan's face.

He simply raised his right hand, bathing in the mysterious yellow energy in the sky, and slowly brought his five slender fingers together.

The next moment, the restless Xuanhuang Qi in the sky fell into a state of stagnation. The torrent formed by billions of Xuanhuang Qi seemed to have a ruler and flowed according to Shen Yuan's will.

Whispering quietly, he slowly returned to this world created by the mysterious energy.

"The Great Divine Power of Heavenly Gang: Nine Breaths of Conviction!"