Chapter 500: Chapter 304: Four Sides_2
The Great Five Elements Divine Light, at the Return to Void Realm, is already a peerless Divine Power. Throughout the history of the Five Elements Immortal Sect, there have been numerous Saint Heirs with Saint Tao Fetuses who cultivated such Divine Power at the Return to Void Realm. Afterwards, they were not only rare opponents in their own tier but even waged cross-tier battles, defeating Marginal Unity cultivators and Left Path Great Powers, bing a popr topic of the time.
Byparison, how was the Five Elements Divine Light initiated by Xu Yang with the power of White Jade Capital?
Naturally, it was even better!
Not to mention the assistance of external perks like Skill Characteristics, the Divine Power itself,bined with the Dao of the Five Elements and the principles of the void, plus the Immortal Spirit Mech Armor, and the foundation of myriad weapons. Such an activation of the Great Five Elements Divine Light, although not yet reaching the Innate level, had nheless surpassed the conventional Great Five Elements Divine Light.
With this Divine Power, even if Xu Yang were to impersonate a Saint Heir of the Five Elements Immortal Sect, few could find fault with him.
The Immortal Sect’s Saint Heirs could battle beyond their Realm against Integration cultivators, and so could he, even defeating them in battle.
Unfortunately, this only applied to Marginal Unity cultivators and Left Path Great Powers. Those born in the sacrednds of the Immortal Sect with Integration Great Power were not included in this list. This is because they too possessed peerless Divine Powers. Even if not as profound as the “Void Great Five Elements Divine Light” of White Jade Capital, they wouldn’t be far behind and could at least ensure an undefeated status.
If even those at Integration tier were like this, there was even less need to mention the Mahayana Realm. Facing the Holy Lands of the Immortal Sect, he still belonged to the weaker party.
Therefore, he had to avoid their sharp edge. After taking down this person, he would escape with the method of wind and thunder, heading straight south.
In the Great World of Cultivation, which was at its zenith, there existed the concept of fortunes, residing within all things, primarily categorized into four types: “Heaven, Earth, Human, and Objects.<div>
Humans are talents, objects are treasures; these need no boration, with the Saint Tao Fetuses of the various sacred ces and their treasures as examples, suppressing the fortunes of their Sects and flourishing their legacies.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om
As for heaven and earth, they are easy to understand; they are the spirit veins, the foundations. The better the spirit veinnds upied by a Sect, the more prosperous its fortunes will be.
Therefore, all the famous mountains and great rivers in the central part of the Northern Domain,nds of outstanding people and spiritual aura, have been upied by the sacrednds and their branches. Unless one joins their fold and looks up to them, it is virtually impossible for Loose Cultivators and small Sects to survive.
Xu Yang next sought to find a ce to settle down and fully develop himself by relying on the “Farming Great Law.” Certainly, he could not go to the central part of the Northern Domain, where he would be subject to the constraints of the major sacrednds.
Fortunately, out of the Great Dao 50, Heaven evolves forty-nine, the major sacrednds also understand the principle that actions must not be absolute and fortunes must not be exhausted. So, outside of the central part, there are four vast bordends designated for the survival of Loose Cultivators and other Sects.
These four vast bordends correspond to the four directions east, west, south, and north, and are respectively known as Eastern Abyss, Western Barbarians, Southern Sea, and the Northern Region.
Among them, the Northern Region is a destend with thousands of miles of ice and extreme bitter cold. The Eastern Abyss and Western Barbarians are bordered by the two tribes of demons and are always on the verge of breaking into war.
Only the Southern Sea is rtively peaceful but is also connected to the Endless Sea; it is said to be a transit point between the Central Region and the other three regions, often suffering from attacks by various demons, strange creatures, and even ancient beasts from the Endless Sea.
In short, all four bordends are in turmoil.
That’s why the sacrednds leave them as such, allowing Loose Cultivators and smaller Sects to settle there, bing four barriers to withstand attacks from all directions.
Over time, the four bordends have be sanctuaries for Loose Cultivators. Many strong figures among the Loose Cultivators have established Sects and schools, gradually evolving into “Marginal Paths and Left Dao,” distinct from the major sacrednds.
Although these Marginal Paths and Left Dao cannotpare with the holynds of the Three Orthodox Sects, riding on the reputation of “teaching without distinction,” they have also recruited arge number of disciples. Their legacies are extremely prosperous, with a few Marginal Sects and Left Path factions even boasting hundreds of thousands of disciples. iming to convene a gathering of tens of thousands of Immortals, they also make quite a spectacle.
With so many people over such a long period, inevitably a few will seed, and from time to time, a “Marginal Sect Hierarch” or someone of the sort will emerge from the bordends.
Unfortunately, even a Marginal Sect Hierarch is only at the Mahayana Realm, with not one capable of Crossing the Tribtion for Ascension.
This is the disadvantage of being Marginal: in terms of Law, wealth,panions, andnd, they are inferior to the Three Orthodox Sects and the major sacrednds. Coupled with the subtle differences in fortunes, cultivators from Marginal origins have always been weaker than those from Orthodox origins, which applies even at the Mahayana tier. Not only is the thunder tribtion difficult to cross, and ascension to immortality is hopeless, but theirbat power is also far weaker than that of the Mahayana cultivators from the Immortal Sect holynds.
Despite this, the major sacrednds still oppress Marginal Sects from time to time, either supporting, instigating, or directly taking action under the pretext of “Demon-Exterminating and Guard of The Dao,” preventing those Marginal Sects and Left Path factions from uniting the bordends.
Up until today, the four vast bordends remain a tangled mess. Marginal Rights and Left Paths, Heretical Daos, and various Loose Cultivators all mixed up, in constant strife. The few Marginal Sects and Left Path factions can only serve as nominal leaders, with virtually no real power over their subordinates, and even their own Sects are riddled with holes, infiltrated by numerous undercover agents from the holynds of the Immortal Sect.
It’s chaotic, extremely chaotic!
But this chaos is exactly what Xu Yang was looking for.<div>
How else to fish in troubled waters?
Although the four bordends are not as privileged as the famous mountains and great rivers in the central part of the Northern Domain, which abound with outstanding people and spiritual auras, they are still within the scope of the Great World of Cultivation. The Heavenly Earth Prime Spirits there are quite ample and can even support Mahayana cultivators.
Add to that the weak and meager governance of those Marginal Sects and Left Path factions, it creates a situation where “the emperor’s power does not reach the viges.” As long as one has sufficient strength, it’s possible to seize a territory and develop from there.
These conditionsbined were like a courtesan from the brothel, all dolled up and beckoning to Xu Yang with a flirtatious wave, “Sir,e and y with me!”<div>
Therefore, Xu Yang decided to take root in the Southern Sea.
The four great wilderness fronts each had their own troubles, but the Southern Sea’s situation was the best, free from the direct threats of the Eastern Abyss and the Western Barbarians, as well as not as bitterly cold as the northern frontiers.
Hence, the Southern Sea had thergest number of cultivators, as well as the highest civilian poption, rightfully earning its ce as the foremost among the four great borders. Within it, there were extremely powerful dragons, presenting a situation where three powers equally stood against each other.
Moreover, the qualities of the sea territories matched the “Ind Master” and “Dragon Monarch” skill characteristics of the Earth Deities, making it the unquestionable first choice for Xu Yang.
Go to the Southern Sea, find a ce, continue being Ind Master, farm thend, raise fish, pass on the teachings, educate, grow gradually, and steadily expand. Once strong enough, return to settle the scores with the Big Dipper Immortal Sect and the Five Elements Immortal Sect.
Just as Xu Yang was hurrying to the Southern Sea…
Elsewhere…
Outside Void Spirit Cave Heaven, within the Tianshu Great Array.
An elder sat in the center of the array, asking several Deity Transformation cultivators who hurried back, “What is the situation?”
“To report back to you, Great-Uncle Master, we have searched the surrounding three thousand miles and found no trace of Uncle Master Beiyuan.”
The several Deity Transformation cultivators bowed, their expressions grave.
Hearing this, the elder’s eyelids drooped, revealing a trace of worry, “Just now, Beiyuan sent a distress message; he must have encountered a formidable enemy. The message was cut off instantly, showing that the enemy must be far superior to him. Now, I fear the odds are grim.”
“This…”<div>
The cultivators looked at each other, filled with apprehension and uncertainty.
“Uncle Master Beiyuan has reached thete stages of Return to Void and received your true teachings, Great-Uncle Master. To bring him down, it would take an Integration Great Power from an Immortal Sect Holy Land, but we have searched the vicinity without seeing forces from other sects.”
“It’s true that all the great holy ces have gathered in these Barbaric Wastes to the west, but the wastnd is vast. Since the Sect Masterid deceptive arrays many years ago, unless they take direct action to Scour the Court and Sweep the Den, other holy ces would not dare to confirm the exact location of Void Spirit Cave Heaven.”
“Could it be the Five Elements Immortal Sect getting desperate?”
“Even if they are our foes from the same Immortal Sect Holy Land, battles are fought openly and honestly. There has never been such a thing as a sneak attack; that would break the rules.”
“The Five Elements Immortal Sect has long held a grudge against our Big Dipper Immortal Sect, and this Void Spirit Cave Heaven is so crucial to them, it is inevitable they might harbor some ill intentions.”
The cultivators conversed, their worry growing amidst their spection.
The elder shook his head and sighed, “I have already received a message from the Sect. In at most thirty years, the Sect Master and other Supreme Elders will return from the Ten Thousand Star Sea to resolve the issue of Void Spirit Cave Heaven. I didn’t expect Beiyuan to fall into trouble first.”
After speaking, his tone turned cold as he looked at the others, “Pass mymand, starting today, no one is to leave the array without my order!”
“Yes!”
The cultivators bowed their heads, answering in a heavy voice.
The elder’s gaze shifted, and he asked again, “Still no news from within the Cave Heaven?”
“None!”<div>
One of them shook his head, saying solemnly, “Communication suddenly stopped twenty years ago, it’s likely rted to that person.”
“Thunder Lightning Mana King—Shi Jian?”
“Hmph!”
The elder snorted coldly, “Don’t bother with him, we’ll settle the ount in thirty years’ time!”
“Yes!”