novelraw Chapter 114 Leaving the Heavenly Azure Palace, Heavenly Wood Holy City
Chapter 114 Leaving the Heavenly Azure Palace, Heavenly Wood Holy City
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"Um—this junior has already become a disciple of the Great Mo Daojun."
Xia Mangqing said.
"Fellow Daoist Da Mo?" Daoist Yu Dou nodded: "Alright, then let's drop this matter. I will discuss it with Brother Tian Yi later and give you a satisfactory reward."
"Senior, there's no need for that. I received a fortune from the God of the Northern Rest World in the past, and it is my duty to come and deliver the message," Xia Mangqing said. This was his life oath and also a promise, and he would not ask for anything in return.
"Let's keep things separate." Yu Dou Dao Jun waved his hand: "Well—how about this, I'll deduce your destiny once, but whether you can ultimately obtain it depends on your own strength, young friend."
"Okay."
Xia Mangqing thought for a moment and finally nodded.
Then, a special aura flowed around the body of the Imperial Battle Dao Lord, as if he were seeing all the billions of changes in the endless chaos.
A moment later, the aura disappeared, and a glimmer of light appeared at the fingertips of the Imperial Battle Dao Lord. At the same time, he said, "The specific information is all inside. I cannot deduce the most core area. Young friend, you must be careful."
Xia Mangqing merged his consciousness into it, instantly absorbing all the information of this creation. Then he bowed to Yu Dou Daojun and thanked him, saying, "Thank you, senior."
"There's no need for that," said Yu Dou Dao Jun calmly.
After doing all this, Daoist Yu Dou arranged for Xia Mangqing to stay at the Tiancang Palace, treating her as an honored guest. Xia Mangqing did not stand on ceremony and immediately began her seclusion after settling in.
"First become the ancestral god."
Within a celestial abode, the mysteries of the Ancestral God Realm surfaced in Xia Mangqing's mind; it was Xia Mangqing's understanding of the "Desolate World God."
His insights have long been fully understood by now.
In the blink of an eye, the power of chaos surged. Xia Mangqing still used the spatial heavenly Dao as the core of his divine body. Before long, his divine body underwent a transformation and entered the level of ancestral god.
He then began cultivating with the Chaos Elixir, while simultaneously comprehending the mysteries of the next level of the Desolate World God. Once his divine body reached its peak, he once again activated the technique and began to break through.
However, this time he constructed his divine body with the "Chaotic Heavenly Dao" as the core. During the reconstruction of the divine body, he also condensed divine crystals, which are the core of the world god.
However, he has only condensed more than 27,000 divine crystals, and he has not yet fully comprehended the foundation of the Chaos Dao. But he is not in a hurry. After all, even if he comprehends the foundation, if he wants to embark on the ultimate Chaos Dao, he still has to follow the steps and comprehend other Great Daos.
"Next, let's directly cultivate the Void Body."
Xia Mangqing pondered in his heart that the "Void Body" was a memory shared by his clone in the Heavenly Ruins Realm before he went into seclusion.
In fact, there are quite a few protective divine abilities that are stronger than the "Void Body," and some can even cultivate protective divine abilities comparable to top-grade Dao divine weapons at the World Realm level.
However, the "Void Body" is more special. After mastering it, one can merge with the void, making it difficult for even the mind to detect. The lower half of the Dao Lord level is comparable to top-level assassination and escape techniques, and even peak Dao Lords have to be wary of it.
"The cost of cultivating the second half is too high, and one needs to become a Dao Lord of Life and Death to cultivate it. Let's not think about it for now and focus on cultivating the first half first."
The consumption of the first half is not too great, but it requires the assistance of nine kinds of chaotic artifacts from the Path of Space.
Xia Mangqing easily obtained these rare items from the Tiancang Palace, and then he immediately began cultivating.
Several months later, within the Immortal Abode, a figure would occasionally merge into the void and pass through. Even if a World Realm expert of the same level tried to detect him with their mental sense, they would not be able to find his trace.
"That's a brilliant tactic."
A few breaths later, Xia Mangqing emerged from the void. This void body not only had the effect of protection but also possessed the mysteries of assassination and escape techniques. It was indeed a good method that could greatly enhance his strength.
After completing his cultivation, Xia Mangqing left the Immortal Abode.
He had been living in Tiancang Palace during this period, but he was busy with seclusion and was not very familiar with the creatures of Tiancang Palace. This time when he came out of seclusion, he did not plan to stay in Tiancang Palace for long.
However, before leaving, he went to see Yu Dou Dao Jun again. As for Tian Yi Dao Jun, his true body was traveling abroad, while his Dharma body was protecting another brother from Tian Cang Palace.
If nothing unexpected happens, that being is none other than the third Dao Lord of Life and Death of the Heavenly Azure Palace—Dao Lord Yu Can.
Of course, Xia Mangqing was unable to meet him this time.
After bidding farewell to Daoist Yu Dou, he left Tiancang Palace and headed directly for the land of creation that Daoist Yu Dou had mentioned. That land of creation was located in another territory adjacent to Tiancang Domain—Qianyun Domain.
Centuries later, in the Thousand Cloud Domain, the Divine Void Realm.
This is the place that Yu Dou Dao Jun told Xia Mangqing, a place that might be a great opportunity for him. Its creator was a Dao Jun who failed to achieve Dao integration.
However, this "Divine Void Dao Lord" is just an ordinary Dao Lord. Of course, Xia Mangqing did obtain a lot of treasures in the Divine Void Realm, but they were not the most core inherited treasures. Calculated by Chaos Spirit Liquid, the value is nearly two million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid.
"I don't have many treasures that I can use. I'll go to the Thousand Cloud Eternal Realm to sell them, and then—go to the Holy City."
Xia Mangqing thought to himself that most of what he had obtained in the Divine Void Realm were treasures, rare items, divine weapons, and magical treasures, but he could not use most of them, so he planned to sell them in the Thousand Cloud Eternal Realm.
On the other hand, he had never been to the holy city before, so he planned to take this opportunity to broaden his horizons.
"It takes about a thousand years to get from the Thousand Cloud Domain to the Heavenly Wood Holy City, which isn't too far," Xia Mangqing thought to himself. Then he went to the Thousand Cloud Eternal Realm to trade treasures.
After that, they took the space-time array and headed to Tianmu Holy City.
Tianmu Holy City, like Tianxu Holy City, is one of the eight holy cities. Although it is called a city, it has no city walls at all. Instead, it is a group of majestic buildings floating on the clouds.
Majestic palaces, ancient caves, and peculiar buildings floated on the clouds, each radiating a forbidden light that enveloped a vast void.
The territories directly governed by Tianmu Holy City number in the tens of thousands, and the territories indirectly affected are countless. Even in normal times, Tianmu Holy City has tens of thousands of Dao Lords of Life and Death, and World Realm cultivators are everywhere.
"Is this your first time visiting the Holy City, fellow Daoist?"
Just then, a World Realm expert dressed in armor appeared.
"Exactly." Xia Mangqing nodded. "I would like to receive the Dao Alliance token. Could you please guide me?"
The Dao Alliance Token is a kind of certificate. Every being who comes to the Holy City for the first time needs to obtain a Dao Alliance Token, otherwise they will not be able to enter many places in the Holy City.
The World Realm expert smiled and nodded, "Of course, fellow Daoist, please follow me."
Having access to the Dao Alliance Immortal Palace and knowing that one needs to obtain a Dao Alliance token upon first arriving in the Holy City, this World Realm expert could guess that Xia Mangqing before him possessed considerable strength and likely had a significant background.
Thinking this, the World Realm expert led Xia Mangqing into a large hall, where many other World Realm experts could be seen.
"Which sect do you belong to, fellow Daoist? I wonder if you have left your name in the Dao Alliance?" the World Realm cultivator inquired. Dao Alliance tokens are not issued casually, after all, the Dao Alliance also has hostile forces, and spies cannot be allowed to infiltrate the Holy City.
"Da Mo Yuan, Qing Xuan."
Xia Mangqing said that when he decided to come to the Holy City, his clone contacted Daoist Da Mo and asked the latter to vouch for him and leave his name within the Dao Alliance.
Therefore, at this point, he only needs to state his identity, and the other party will be able to find out.
The World Realm expert immediately nodded, then opened a book. It was a magical artifact, but only a subsidiary one, connected to a valuable treasure within the Dao Alliance, through which he could view a great deal of information.
Soon, he saw some things related to Xia Mangqing.
"So you are a disciple of the Great Mo Daojun."
The World Realm expert nodded. The Great Mo Dao Lord was extremely famous in the Endless Territory, and his methods of deducing the Dao were no less than those of the Eternal Emperor. Not to mention that the Great Mo Territory was also under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Wood Holy City, so it was normal for the other party to know about the Great Mo Dao Lord.
"Fellow Daoist Qingxuan of the Great Mo Academy, this is the Dao Alliance token."
After verification, the World Realm expert took out a token and handed it to Xia Mangqing. The token had the character "Dao" on it, and the divine patterns on it were mysterious and complex. Moreover, this token could only be refined once, so Xia Mangqing refined it casually.
After completing these steps, Xia Mangqing was finally able to enter the Heavenly Wood Holy City under the guidance of a white-robed Chaos Immortal.
"Fellow Daoist, since you are new to the Holy City, I'll just mention a few of its rules," the white-robed immortal said. "Within the range of the array formations and restrictions of all the palaces and caves within the Holy City, you must not make any moves. The consequence of doing so will be death and the dissipation of your Dao."
"Of course, once you're outside the array's protective range of the palace and cave, no matter how fiercely you fight, nobody will care."
The white-robed immortal pointed at him and Xia Mangqing: "For example, right now, we are in mid-air without any protective array or restrictions, so we might be attacked."
Xia Mangqing nodded. The more cultivators there are, the more chaotic the place will be. As long as the interests of the Holy City are not harmed, the Holy City will not interfere.
"Furthermore, all disciples of my Heavenly Wood Sect, even those who are merely True Gods or True Immortals, must not be killed; otherwise, they too will perish."
The white-robed, chaotic immortal.
The Tianmu Sect was founded by the Tianmu Emperor, the lord of Tianmu Holy City. Anyone who dared to kill a Tianmu Sect disciple in Tianmu Holy City, regardless of right or wrong, was provoking the dignity of the Holy City, and naturally could not be let off.
Of course, the disciples of the Tianmu Sect are also easy to identify. The robes they wear exude the aura of "Tianmu". Tianmu is the sect's sacred tree, an eternal tree with infinite creation and mystery, and its aura is very easy to recognize.
Furthermore, if a disciple of the Tianmu Sect is killed for not wearing a Dharma robe, then no one will be held responsible.
"Fellow Daoist, what is the price of the cave dwellings here? I plan to rent one for temporary residence." Xia Mangqing asked. Although the Holy City is vast, placing a celestial dwelling anywhere would not be protected by any array restrictions. If a powerful being were to fight, one could lose their life at any time.
Therefore, one can only rent a cave dwelling in Tianmu Holy City, which is protected by array formations and restrictions, so there is no need to worry about dying inexplicably.
Upon hearing this, the Chaos Immortal smiled and introduced, "Fellow Daoist, our Heavenly Wood Holy City has more than 100,000 cave dwellings protected by array restrictions. Cave dwellings suitable for World Realm cultivators require 10,000 cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid per Chaos Era, and the minimum rent is one Chaos Era."
"Okay, please give me one. I'll rent a Chaos Era one first."
Xia Mangqing did not hesitate. A Chaos Era was long enough for him. Even with time acceleration, he had not cultivated for more than ten million years. A Chaos Era lasted for 108 trillion years, which was no different from buying it for him now.
Moreover, renting a cave dwelling in Tianmu Holy City ensures safety unless the city lord or a more powerful being attacks. It can serve as a place to protect one's life before becoming a Dao Lord of Life and Death.
"No problem," the Chaos Immortal replied immediately. He then contacted the Tianmu Sect disciples in charge of those cave dwellings and completed the rental procedures with Xia Mangqing.