The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 1018: Chapter 1018: Immortal League Cultivator Exchange Conference (Part 1)

The formation nexus of the Earth Yuan Array is the key to linking the formations of the seventy-two Immortal Mountains. It couldn’t be included in the Green Cloud Cave, so it was placed at the outer mountain gate of the Red Flame Sect.

Controlling the nexus allows one to mobilize the power of the grand array to execute actions such as killing, defense, suppression, confusion, and refining. If unrestrictedly depleting the earth vein and spiritual vein, it can even contend with and suppress Divine Immortals!

If anything were to happen to the Red Flame Sect, like internal strife breaking out between different factions, the sect’s leadership being controlled by enemies, or True Immortal figures infiltrating, once this grand array is fully controlled and operated with full force, even Shen Mo could be trapped and refined to death within it.

Therefore, Shen Mo was particularly cautious when arranging the array’s authority...

He personally held the highest authority over the formation nexus in his real body, while the second authority was divided into multiple parts, with each part refining a spiritual key, in total thirty spiritual keys were refined.

He then distributed these keys to Deputy Sect Masters Yuan Heming, Situ Huo, and Ming Cang, as well as to Chen Mengze, Jin Chinian, Yuan Jing, Xu Liang, Feng Wushuang, Thunder Corpse Master, and other key figures of the nine peaks and one lake main halls.

Zhao Lingyin, being his Dao companion, and Meng Biao, the Deputy Hall Master of the Hundred Arts Hall responsible for array completion, were also given a spiritual key.

However, since Zhao Lingyin was still in the Lower Realm and hadn’t returned to the mountain gate, her spiritual key was temporarily managed by her Master Wu Gong.

In this way,

As long as Shen Mo’s real body remains on Five Dragon Mountain, with the highest authority of the array in hand, he needn’t worry about the Earth Yuan Array falling into others’ hands and being used against him.

If he is not present, the sect’s high-ranking members can gather the required number to operate the array with the second authority, thereby maximizing the precaution against unexpected occurrences!

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”Law Master, this is the roster of sect members from our Red Flame Sect participating in the first Immortal Alliance Cultivator Exchange Meeting, along with the detailed list of spiritual item rewards our sect will provide. Do you need to make any adjustments?”

After arranging the follow-up matters of the formation, Shen Mo handed them over to Meng Biao and the other five, and then returned to GuanYun Mansion to concentrate on cultivating the Dharma Body. It wasn’t long before Deputy Sect Master Ming Cang arrived, holding a list with fifty names and ten spiritual items for him to review.

It was at this point that Shen Mo remembered that the date of the Xuanyuan Immortal Alliance exchange meeting was a month away.

A few years ago, he had brought over a thousand sect members to the Xuanyuan Clan’s son-in-law selection ceremony, where he signed an alliance pact in the Cloud Palace with Xuanyuan Tongzhen, Jade Spring Fairy, Ao Hao, and other True Immortals. Those who signed the pact became allies, and the forces under each also joined the Xuanyuan Immortal Alliance!

Besides the most core point of ”shared fate” in the pact, there were many details to enhance mutual relations, one of which was organizing an exchange meeting every thirty years.

This was the first such exchange meeting, and arrangements regarding the host and venue had been made in advance. It was to be hosted by the Xuanyuan Clan at Xuanyuan Mountain, though the date was to be notified by the Xuanyuan Clan separately; a year ago, the Xuanyuan Clan finally set a date, and Ghost Immortal Xuanyuan Song used his manifestation method to rush to Five Dragon Mountain to inform the Red Flame Sect of the exact date and format of the exchange meeting!

Initially, on the alliance oath agreement, those who left their blood essence and soul marks included Shen Mo, totaling thirty-seven individuals.

Yet, apart from the hosts like the Xuanyuan Clan, the dragon’s ancestral land, etc., not just a single True Immortal was present, thus the True Immortal forces becoming members of the Immortal Alliance were only twenty-nine. In Phoenix Continent, there were fourteen True Immortal forces including the Xuanyuan Clan, Hidden Dragon River, Jade Spring Mountain, Five Dragon Mountain Red Flame Sect, Taiqing Sect, Southern Desert Monster Kingdom, etc.; outside Phoenix Continent, there were fifteen True Immortal forces.

According to the exchange meeting rules...

The twenty-nine True Immortal forces must send ten individuals each from the Body Tempering Realm, Qi Gathering Realm, Spirit Sea Realm, Golden Core Realm, and Divine Bridge Realm to Xuanyuan Mountain, where Xuanyuan Tongzhen will raise the Mountains and Rivers Scroll, earmarking five areas within the Scroll Realm for unrestricted ”cultivator duels.”

Once ”slain” within the Scroll Realm, the person is eliminated, with those eliminated later ranking higher.

By this method, ranks of participating cultivators within each Dao Realm are determined, followed by establishing an overall ranking of the twenty-nine True Immortal forces based on each individual’s rank and the different weights of the five Dao Realms, thereby assessing the foundation and strength of the various forces.

The higher-ranked forces secure greater influence within the Immortal Alliance, furthermore obtaining more tangible and intangible benefits!

Fortunately, most True Immortal forces are unable to provide ten individuals of the Formless Realm to attend the Immortal Alliance exchange meeting, hence the cultivation level of participants is capped at the Divine Bridge Realm.

The current Red Flame Sect hasn’t produced a second Formless Master yet, and it’s not appropriate for Shen Mo to go personally; as officially, his status is equivalent to the over thirty True Immortals who signed the pact, it would be too undignified if he personally took part!

As the first exchange meeting concludes, Shen Mo and others will decide on the host, location, and specific format for the next one;

The manner in which rankings will be established subsequently will be arranged by the host, as long as it is not too outrageous, other Immortal Alliance forces generally will not oppose!

Of course, the time is set in stone, just thirty years after the conclusion of the first exchange meeting.

After Xuanyuan Song’s manifest body dissipated, Shen Mo entrusted the matter to Ming Yu’s mother, Ming Cang, so she could select elite talents from within the sect to attend this exchange meeting.

”From the Body Tempering Realm to the Divine Bridge Realm, ten individuals for each Dao Realm. Since the rules only restrict the major realms and do not restrict the minor realms, I have selected sect disciples who have mostly cultivated to the later stage or peak level of each Dao Realm,” Ming Cang explained, noticing the thoughtfulness in Shen Mo’s expression.

”Mm!”

Shen Mo’s divine sense swept over the list, and he quickly grasped the essentials.

Twenty sect members in the Body Tempering Realm and Qi Gathering Realm have joined the sect as inner and outer sect disciples in recent years. Since ascending to the Immortal Realm, roughly ten thousand new disciples have joined the sect yearly, so Shen Mo hardly has any impression of the inner and outer disciples.

However, Ming Cang detailed their background, age, cultivation, cultivation method, achievements, etc., showing that they are indeed one in a million geniuses!

There are a few familiar faces in the Spirit Sea Realm, most of whom came to prominence in the contest for new arrivals in the inner sect after reaching the Immortal Realm, now two centuries later advancing to the later stage or peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Regarding the Golden Core Realm and Divine Bridge Realm, Shen Mo recognizes all twenty sect members—after all, the entire Red Flame Sect comprises only over six hundred individuals with cultivation at the Golden Core Realm and above.

Among the Golden Core Realm, Meng Sanchi, Jiang Yingying, and Yang Chi are his peers, who survived through the chaotic times of the Primordial Realm, their cultivation strength naturally not lacking, all close to reaching the Divine Bridge, only missing an enlightenment opportunity.

Additionally, the list includes Qian Xiaofeng, Yu Qingning, and Fan Ying, who are the direct disciples of him, Ming Yu, and Jiang Lingfeng, respectively, regarded as the emerging talents in the generation of disciples after him!